Nebraska News Roundup From Sidney Telegraph Headlines
Letters from Stuart show Company M Third Nebraska men want home and Cuba garrison duty. Injuries from a train fall near Red Cloud and a Beatrice doctor joins Surgeon General Sternberg staff. Porto Rico arrival of Lt. Watts C. Valentine. York man faces suicide attempt and prior horse theft sentence.
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Stuart
Company M
Nebraska
Holt County
Cuba
D. Carson
Kearney
Red Cloud
C. P. Fall
Beatrice
Washington
Sternberg
Chickamauga
West Point
Watts C. Valentine
Porto Rico
Nineteenth Infantry
Harry Getchell
York
Getchell
Aguinaldo to chair Filipino Congress as dictator says American officer
A Manila dispatch reports General Aguinaldo plans to appoint a majority of the Filipino Congress and rule through decree. Spaniards may vote if resident ten years, but districts with revolts will be controlled by Aguinaldo. Santa Cruz fell to rebels, and forts around Mataclos strengthen insurgent capital while an American general warns a crisis cannot be delayed.
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New York
New York Herald
Manila
Aguinaldo
Filipino Congress
Congress
Maniplos
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Mindinao
Spain
Santa Cruz
Manila Bay
Iba
Mataclos
Washington
Generals Miles and Corbin Meet in Amiable Washington Greeting
In Washington on September 12 General Miles greeted Adjutant General Corbin with a cordial fraternal handshake. Miles placed a hand on Corbin's shoulder as they exchanged warm, brother officer salutations, signaling unity rather than rivalry.
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Washington
Miles
Corbin
Snow Falls Along Rock Island Line in September
Snow is reported along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line from Goodland Kansas west to Limon Colorado. The storm began with rain turning to snow overnight and the fall is described as light but unusual for this time of year.
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Rock Island
Goodland
Limon
Colo
Torrica
Kan
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Goodland Kan
Chilean Argentine Border Talks Suspended Over Treaty Insertion
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports negotiations between Argentine and Chilean border commissions halted as the Chilean side refuses to include existing treaties in the report to be submitted to both governments and the eventual arbitrator.
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New Yon
New York
Tierald
Buenos Ayres
Chilian Commission
Burials Expanded for Soldiers Under Government
Washington report states Secretary Alger ordered an increase in burial allowances from ten dollars to thirty five dollars and transport of remains at the government's expense, effective before leaving Washington.
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Washington
Alger
Alaska Boundary Dispute Referred to Independent Tribunal
Ottawa reports that the Alaska boundary dispute will be sent to an independent tribunal for decision as commissioners on both sides hold widely differing views. The issue is among topics before the Quebec conference.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Alaska
Quebec
Mallarmé Dies Noted French Essayist Poet
Paris reports the death of Stephane Mallarmé the renowned essayist and poet. The obituary notes his influence on French letters and his prominence in literary circles.
McKinley Tenders War Commission Posts
President McKinley offered seats on a proposed inquiry commission into the Hispano American War conduct to Major General Schofield and former Georgia senator John L. Gordon. The administration weighs finding universally approved appointees before proceeding with the investigation.
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Wasmyoaron
McKinley
War Department
Schofield
Army
John L. Gordon
Georgia
Veterans Score Mr Evans Under Him at G A R Encampment
The thirty second annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment closes with unanimous applause as resolutions laud President McKinley and Secretary Alger for leadership during the Spanish American War. The pensions committee urges fair enforcement of pension laws and criticizes current rules reducing widow pensions and the loss of disability ratings under recent orders.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
McKinley
Alger
William MckKinley
United States
Spain
Committee On Pensions
William McKinley
Harrison
Attempted assassination of Queen Wilhelmina reported
The Lokal Anzeiger states a fortnight ago an English anarchist fired at Queen Wilhelmina near Amersfoort in Utrecht. The shot missed the queen but wounded a lady in attendance. The would be killer was arrested and secrecy was kept to avoid disturbing enthronement celebrations.
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Berry
Lokal Anzeiger
Wilhelmina
Amersfort
Utrecht
Castle Loostydt
Baar
Woman travels 3000 miles to wed colored man in New York
Comes over to Weda Negra New York on September 12 as Margaret Wood 25 years old seeks marriage with a colored man. She sailed aboard the Allan Line steamer Morgan arriving from Glasgow.
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Weda Negra
New York
Allan State Line
Morgan
Glasgow
Margaret Wood
Kansan Officer In Acquitted
Camp Nora AvdE Pennsylvania September 12 Lieutenant Guy Morgan of the twenty second Kansas was tried by court martial on a charge of desecrating Confederate graves in the South and has been acquitted.
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Kansan
Camp Nora Avde
Guy Morgan
Kansas
South
US sets civil and military rule for Cuba under peace plan
Washington reports that Spanish authorities may resist evacuating Cuba until the peace commission acts. The commission, sent from New York, is empowered to enforce evacuation and govern as troops withdraw. They will appoint civil officers, define military civil roles, and prepare for occupation by mid October.
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Washington
Havana
Peace Commission
Blanco
New York
Cuba
United States
Spain
Wingfoot Missing After Hong Kong Dispatch Run
The Wingfoot chartered by the United States to carry dispatches to Admiral Dewey is believed lost with all hands. The steamer sailed from Manila and after a series of mishaps returned to port and has not been heard from since. The Wingfoot was commanded by Captain Sherman and reported overdue as of September 12 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Cal
Coptic
Hong Kong
Wingfoot
Sherman
United States
Wildman
Dewey
Manila
Esterhazy Appears in Paris Denying Death Rumors
Paris Sept 12 Count Esterhazy surfaced in a cafe last night to deny reports he died by his own hand or fled. He told friends he was neither a Zola nor a Judas and rejected rumors of suicide or flight.
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Paris
Count Esterhazy
Zola
Judas
Drowning Ends Holiday Canoe Trip of Chicago Writers
Carl Smith author of Fired at Random and Louis Sass sporting editor of the Chicago Record were drowned in the Grande Discharge rapids after their birch bark canoes upset during a holiday tour in Quebec on September 12.
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Bheir
Qurbec
Carl Smith
Chicago Record
Louis Sass
Grande Discharge
Board studies rifles in use by volunteers and regulars
General Flagler orders a board of ordnance officers to compare the Springfield 45 caliber rifle used by volunteers with the 32 caliber Krag Jorgensen used by the regular army. The panel will also assess the Mauser rifle used by Spain and the field and siege guns employed at Santiago.
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Wasnineroy
General Flagler
Ordnance
Shafter
Santiago
Miles Outlines Army Expansion and Standard Ratio
General Miles told the War Department that army growth should follow a standard, proposing one soldier per 1000 inhabitants. He urged trained soldiers and efficient officers, with operations led by military professionals, as population and territory expand. He stressed deliberate, practicable steps to implement these reforms.
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Wasnixaton
Miles
War Department
Army Headquarters
New Name for Islands Hawaii Territory Proposed
The steamer Coptic brings advices from Yokohama via Honolulu dated September 2 announcing the annexation commission’s recommendation to Congress to name the islands the Territory of Hawaii. Government will mirror existing territories with local self government via municipal districts such as Honolulu on Oahu.
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San Francisco
Cal
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Hawaii
Annexation Commission
Congress
District of Columbia
Alaska
Islands
Oahu
Utah Republicans Indorse McKinley at State Convention
In Salt Lake City the Republican state convention endorsed President McKinley and declared support for free silver. W. K. Walton chaired the session with Joseph Bagley of Ogden as temporary chair and Arthur Brown as permanent chairman as the resolutions committee report was adopted nearly unanimously.
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McKinley
Salt Lake
Utah
Opera House
W. K. Walton
Joseph Bagley
Ogden
United States
Arthur Brown
Illness in Porto Rico Leaves Quarter of Troops Unfit
Ponce Porto Rico September 12 More than a quarter of United States troops are unfit for duty in the region around Ponce. About 1000 soldiers lie in hospitals within a few miles. Several commands report 30 percent down with fever mainly typhoid fever.
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United States
Ponce
Porto Rico
Woman shoots man then kills self in hotel room
In Denver at the Oxford hotel a Cleveland man W H Lawrence was shot by a woman identified only as Florence Richardson. Lawrence was wounded and likely fatally injured. the woman then shot herself in the heart and died instantly.
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Drennver
W. H. Lawrence
Cleveland, CO
Oxford Hotel
Florence Richardson
Penwell Mining to Open Under Union-Breaker Policy
George V. Penwell, president of Penwell Mining, announced plans to open the mine on Monday paying 25 cents per ton, the same rate as non union black workers at Springdale. He stated a preference for white miners who desert the union, otherwise he will operate with black and foreign labor.
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Pan, Ill
George V. Penwell
Penwell Mining Company
Springdale
Cassius M. Clay Granted Divorce in Madison County Court
General Cassius M. Clay of White Hall obtains a divorce from Dora Richardson Clay in Madison county circuit court. Judge Scott grants the decree and restores the defendant to her maiden name.
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Rigamont, Ky
Cassius M. Clay
Sage
White Hall
Dora Richardson Clay
Scott
Madison County Circuit Court
Silver Party Nominates Newlands for Congress in Reno
The silver party convention in Reno reassembled at 10 o'clock yesterday and nominated Francis G. Newlands for congress along with R. Sadler for governor, signaling a unified slate for the ticket.
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Reno
Nev
Francis G. Newlands
Congress
R. Sadler
Turmoil in Spanish Cortes over war and government
In Maparo September 9 the Cortes debate war behind closed doors prompting a call for an investigation into Sagasta's government. Riots followed as Republicans protested while generals Weyler, Polavieja and others criticized political leaders for Cuba and Porto Rico failures. General Polavieja urges political reorganization and decentralization with unity. General Correa bans publication of the manifesto.
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Maparco
Chamber
Senate
Senor Salmeron
Senor Sagasta
Weyler
Dominguez
Azcarrogs
Palavieja
Rivera
Count D’almenas
Cuba
Porto Rico
Primo de Riveras
Wey Jer
Count D'Almenas
Riveras
Polavieja
Philippine Islands
Spain
Pollavieja
General Correa
Polagieja
Fifth Spanish American peace commission member uncertain
Washington Sept 9 The fifth member of the peace commission remains unsettled and Senator George Gray of Delaware is deemed unlikely to serve.
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Washinaton
George Gray
Delaware
Ten Year Old Boy Commits Suicide in Sipata Missouri
Henry Winter, 10, killed himself at home on Washington Avenue in Sipata yesterday afternoon using strychnine. Authorities report parental restraint failed to prevent the act.
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Sipata
Henry Winter
Washington Avenue
If every man would fight as he talks the earth would
A concise aphorism noting that bluster in speech would rapidly reduce the population if matched by action. The quotation emphasizes a link between rhetoric and behavior without naming any person or event.
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