Solace Lost After Cuban Landing Ship Reported Missing
New York reports the hospital ship Solace carrying sink and wounded sailors from Bantige is four days overdue and feared lost after wreckage sighted near Fire Island. The Robe also aboard a number of convalescent sailors en route to Chelsea naval hospital. Authorities face unconfirmed sightings and theories of storm damage disease or deliberate delay.
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New York
Boston Sty
Het Cross
Solace
Bantige
Cuba
Slimpeon
Chelsea
Tian
Almet
Troop Movements From Camp Thomas in Tennessee
From Camp Thomas near Chickamauga Park Tennessee the Second Nebraska Fifth Missouri and Ohio regiments depart as Southern railway shifts troops General Breckinridge plans moving First force within two days while unknown Third corps transit details. Water shortages at Huntsville may delay plans. Mustering out Second Nebraska proceeds likely by Monday night with Omaha departure possibly Tuesday. Hospitals receive intensified care as many patients are sent home and charity sisters aid hospital work.
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Chickamates Park
Tenn
Thomas
Rnexville
Missouri
Huntsville
Aniston
Ata
Nebraska
Negroscents
Omaha
Beca
Birses
Charity
Brink of the Grave. Nine sleepers return from Chickamauga
A train carrying 152 veterans from the First Second and Fifth Missouri Volunteer regiments arrives home from Chickamauga Park. Many are near death from fevers and wounds. Some are sent to city hospitals for care while others proceed to home regions across Missouri.
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Lowis
Bro
Missouri
Chicamauga Park
Wartine
No Fire Department as Tire Trashes Pa Town
Aug 372 A special dispatch details a devastating tire that struck Pa tankala and eastern cities early today. Depot Street wrecked with shops, blocks destroyed and losses around 25 000 with 18 000 insured. No local fire department. engine from Colum- arrived to battle flames.
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Calumius O
Patankala
Here
Lowe
Pataskale
Colum
Yellow Fever Alerts At Gulf Ports
Reports indicate several yellow fever cases in Vera Cruz and Veracruz area with authorities implementing strict sanitation. State officials announce measures to prevent further importation of the fever into Gulf ports under their jurisdiction.
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Vera Cruz
Crismaki
Ave
Gulf Ports
First U S Cavalry Arrives Jersey City for Montauk Move
A section of the First United States Cavalry arrived in Jersey City this morning and was moved to Long Island City to proceed toward Montauk. The regiment will march in several detachments and arrive at intervals throughout the day.
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United States
Jersey City
Long Island City
Montauk
The Peacemakers Elect Officers and Vice Presidents
Mystic Aug 2 The Peacemakers held elections for officers and 75 vice presidents amid reports from the Washington and Madrid fronts. Secretary Chas Hastings and Alfred Love named to key posts, with ten resolutions urging arbitration and condemning the war as unwise. The group emphasized humanity over continued conflict and urged Congress to seek peace through negotiation.
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Samual
Senate
Madrid
Jeter
Wiens
Frida Peace Society
Alfred
Ratabus
Yarlis
Sheatian
Open rupture between Funston and Little sparks mutiny threat
War era tensions flare in San Francisco as Col Funston threatens Lt Col Little with court martial over senior officers' replacements. Little defends actions, claiming proper authority, while Funston accuses him of insubordination and military prejudice. The dispute centers on a looming arrest and court martial for the Thomas affair.
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San Francisco
Col
Funston
Little
Doltce
Leedy
Tite
Martal New Bitting
Thomas
Littte
Moon
Ells
State quarantine established against Galveston
State Health Officer Blunt returned from Galveston and announced a strict quarantine for Galveston and nearby areas. He cited a suspicious fever case at Fort Point involving Rammed Coodyein, a soldier stationed about a mile and a half from Galveston, and said developments over two to three days would confirm whether yellow fever is present.
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Tedas Agaist
Galveston
Houston
Tex
Aus
Blunt
Ft Point
Sul Gothe
Uwcast
Three New Cases Reported in Key West Yellow Fever Scan
Washington and Rug Dr Weman of the Marine Hospital Service notes three additional fever cases and reports the army surgeon in Galveston has burned clothing and bedding. New cases at Key West may indicate genuine yellow fever but are not yet confirmed.
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Washington
Rug
Weman
The
Marine Hospital Service
Galveston
Wreck of the Guardian Reported by Unalaska
San Francisco August 27 merchants exchange confirms wreck of the bark Guardian. Captain and crew landed at Unalaska. Vessel bound from Kotzebue to Sentia for shipment was driven aground during Semiaride dekard amidst Garfied parks tamor. details limited.
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San Francisco
The
Merchants Exchange
Unaluska
Guardian
Unalaska
Kotzebue
Semairde Dekard
Rofinnd Concert
Garfield Parks
Tamor
M'Kinleys Co on a Visit to Somerset Pa
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley travel from Washington to Somerset Pennsylvania to visit Mr Abner McKinley with only Secretary Cortelyou and a maid. They stop at Harrisburg for a welcome reception before continuing to Camp Meade.
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Washington
Aue
Camp Wikoff
Anglo Russian Trap Threatens British China Policy
London reports an authoritative confirmation that relations between the Young Li Yamen and Sir Claude MacDonald are strained toward rupture. Britain may regard noncompliance with British wishes as casus belli. Sir Claude demands China honor agreements with British syndicates and explain the Pekin Hankow railway dispute. The Wei Hai Wei squadron could back him if needed. Negotiations between Sir Charles Scott and Russia proceed in a friendly spirit.
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London
Fekin
Daily Mail
Li Yamen
Claude Mac
Donald
China
Claude
Great Britain
Claude MacDonald
Huntish
Wei-Hai-Wei
Foreign Office
Charles Scott
St. Petersburg
President McKinley Letter to Army and Navy Commission
President McKinley writes to John J. McCook Eva chairing executive committee praising the Army and Navy Commission of the Young Men's Christian Association for aiding soldiers and urging continued efforts in welfare among troops during the war. The note expresses admiration for the work and signs with the president’s name.
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Washington, Ave
MclKinley
Army and Navy Christian Comeallasion
John J. McCook
Eva
Army and Navy, Commission
New York City
Sir
Army and Navy Commission
International Commission of the
Young Men’s
Christian Azesociation
Gail
M’kinley
Shifting Them Around In U S Navy Movements
The Harvard cruiser arrived at Montauk Point landing two men of the Thirty third Michigan. The Red Cross hospital yacht came from Camp Wikoff with fifteen treated fever. The transport Mortars under Captain Hanson docked at Montauk after landing over 500 soldiers. The vessel, once a captured Spanish cabin ship, is now a prize of the United States, detailing another ship’s movements and disinfection actions.
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New York
United States
Harvard
Cooma
Montauk Point
Red Cross
Camp Wikoff
Lae
Montauk
Shatter
Morters
Hanson
Tramp Seeks Handout Displays Wealth in Emporia
In Emporia on August 3 a tramp wearing worn clothes approached a home begging for aid. After being refused he became enraged and boasted of possessing $60 in greens, flashing the money to the householder. The spectacle followed a claim of belonging to a “Uiventood” and included loud threats before calming.
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Emporia
Louis
Hurrah for Schley Enthusiastic Washington Welcome
Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley arrived in Washington at 4 10 PM amid cheering crowds at stations along the Pennsylvania line. He and Mrs Schley were greeted with shouts of hurrah and crowded depots as they made their way to the Shoreham Hotel then to the White House for a cordial reception with the president.
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Washington
Winfield S. Schley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Shoreham Hotel
Kod
Allen
White House
Sampson
Tok
Batts
Santi- Here
Mail for Alaska postal inspector Clum boosts Arctic offices
Victoria reports Postal Inspector Clum has opened many offices in Alaska interior towns from Juneau to Tanana with twice monthly mail and monthly routes for St Michael to Tanana. He vows year round service and frequent inspectors to ensure contractor performance. Major Walsh notes royalty collection was discretionary, enforced mainly against wealthy mine owners.
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Clam
Victoria
Cty
Topeka
Pine Creek
John P. Clum
Washington, D. C
Gary
Alaska
Alaskan
Juneau
Tanana
St. Michael and
Clum
J. M. Walsh
Yukon
Ogilvie
Dominion
Major Walsh
Occaxon
Unanimous at Manila reported by Times correspondent
Manila dispatch says the military division works well and local business resumes. Water works operate and the Pasig river is open. Prisons crowd the citadel while Spanish barracks conditions threaten health. American deaths total seventeen. surrender includes 23,000 arms 10,000 cartridges and vast ammunition for about 15,000 prisoners. insurgents sent a 360-man steamer to an unknown destination. coastwise steamers fear to sail without US protection. interior access limited to rail lines. widespread support favors lasting American occupation.
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London
Times
Manila
Saya
Ody
Botkin Extradition Move In Poison Case At Dover
San Francisco police and prosecutors push to prepare extradition papers for Mrs. Ada Botkin as Delaware authorities seek affidavits and evidence. Assistant District Attorney Dunne coordinates with Delaware officials while Botkin’s defense counters. Botkin remains calm, studying press coverage, and her lawyers prepare formal arguments against transfer to Delaware courts.
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San Francisco
Botkin
McVey
Mrs. Botkin
Distriet
Dunne
Delaware
White
Prom Post Office
Duncan Guilty In Court Martial At Bull Run
Camp Meade Middletown Pa Aug 21 court martial finds Dr Duncan of the Twenty second Kansas guilty of desecrating a Confederate officer grave at Bull Run battlefield and sentences him to five years imprisonment.
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Camp Meade
Middletown
Duncan
Bull Run
Abuse Americans in Santiago De Cuba War Report
A Daily Mail correspondent reports Spanish officers and soldiers who returned from Santiago de Cuba accusing the Americans of unkept promises after capitulation. They recount forced relocation near a corpse-strewn site at Caney, famine, and delayed aid or food. Several officers died. a Spanish envoy may seek diplomatic talks in Key West and Washington until peace is restored.
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London
Daily Mail
Santiago de Cuba
Sanduara
Americame
Et Caney
Tost
Key West
Washington
Boy Killed by Live Wire in Yard Accident
A six year old, John Hamilton, died instantly after entanglement with a live private telegraph wire that had fallen onto a trolley line in his yard. The nine year old brother James Lee Jr attempted to rescue him but was severely burned and is expected to die.
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Depatur
John Hamilton
James Lee
Hamilton
Died of starvation for Rough Rider Lieut Tiffany
First Lieutenant William Tiffany of New York and colonels Rough Riders died in Boston from protracted fevers and starvation after Cuba service. He was landed from the Olivette, cared for privately, with family present including his mother Mrs George Tiffany and betrothed Miss Maud Livingston. Survived by mother and two brothers.
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Boston
Wiliam Tiffany
New York
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Parker House
Bantingo
Olivette
F. M. Johnson
Perry Belmont
Maud Livingston
George Tiffany
Isabella Perry
August Belmont
Tifany
Commodore Oliver Hagary Perry
Tiffany
Rawlins Cottonet
Firth Avenue
Far West
43 LIVES LOST IN STEN WHEELER SINKING DISASTER
San Francisco reports confirm the stern wheeler Stick sen Chief was lost after an explosion. A letter dated August 10, from a friend, says 43 crew and passengers perished. The Dora saved a dog adrift on wreckage. most debris broken into small bits.
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San Francisco
Aug
Transports arrive with hundreds of troops at Montauk Point
The Yucatan Hudson and Catalina reach Montauk Point with several hundred Santiagos troops under General Wheeler. Four deaths on Yucatan, one on Hudson, nine on Catalina. Deaths include McDonald, Labaton, McGivrey, Heaton, Hyston, Thorn, Jones, Guy, and others. Reports transmitted to War Secretary Alger.
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Washington
Yucatan
Hudson
Catalina
Montauk Point
Santiagos
War Department
Wheeler
Wikoff
Seventh Infantry
District of Columbia
McDonald
Ralph Labaton
Nids
Crawford Theater Fans to Cool Gay Coney Island Show
Manager Crawford installs seven electric fans to ensure audience comfort during tonight's Gay Coney Island performance at the Crawford theater. Five fans on the first floor and two on the second will circulate air while exit doors and windows remain open and ice water is provided throughout. Fans are described as desirable and seasonable accessories for the theater.
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Crawford
Gay Coney Island
Crawford Theater
Noor
Grand excursion Topeka to St Joseph by Santa Fe
The Knights and Ladies of Security organize a round trip from Topeka leaving Wednesday at 7 am and returning 7 45 pm. Tickets on August 20 at the Stormont building national HQ. Also notes regiments mustered out and a record kite altitude at Rotch’s observatory in Massachusetts weighs in with 12 12 and a half feet above sea level.
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St Joseph
Santa Fe
Knigits and Ladies of Security
Topeka
K and L. Committee
National
Stormont
Blues Hill
Mass
Br Ken
Rotch's Observatory
BM Clayion and
Ferguson
Musterd Out and Discharges at Topeka Result
Topeka soldiers Taylor Snapp and Spendlove were discharged from Atotm pany and will return home. Sgt Young faces imprisonment for embezzlement though his friends plan to appeal to Secretary Alger. The Kansas volunteers in San Francisco are adjusting after drills and health reforms as a survey repairs damages to the Tom family.
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State Journal
San Francisco
Pripite Himer Mclnutire
E Company
Temaine
Neosho Falls
Orville S. Taylor
W_ Snapp
Joseph C. Apend
Atotm
Washington
Camp Merril
W. H. McKittriete
San— Haga
Board of Survey
Thomas
Hotuny
Tennessee Pel Ment
Ellis
Little
Secretary Day and aides arrive in Canton for peace talks
Canton Ohio August 27 Secretary of State Day and Mex Day arrived by the Pennsylvania train this afternoon to be met by a board of trade committee. Day plans to return to the east to call for Paris while awaiting the peace commission on September 17.
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Canton
Day
Mex
Pennsylvania
Board of Trade
Cartan
Bira
East
Paris
Peace Commission
Letter to Weinley on Philippine friars expulsion debate
The Philippine lands committee in Europe sent a letter to President McKinley regarding appeals by high Catholic officials in America to protect the islands. It condemns hostility toward natives and Americans and urges aid to suppress religious excesses by the friars. The letter states McKinley’s name should never be tied to the friars and extols the United States flag’s humanitarian ideals.
Jordan Gone Again In Topeka Murder Case
Newton August 7 Jomneton Jordan the Topeka colored man who witnessed the Cutline murder case has left town. He was there for several days while Kier Griffin preached and another colored man Whoohe Bo Lee would like to apprehend. They were sighted at a colored woman's house on Eat Sixth street. Hutlef town severed many go. It is not Kanwe where Johnatan Went but when Bure he claimed they would return to the teams Colins.
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Newton
Jomneton Jordan
Topeka
Kier’ Griffin
Bo Lee
Kanwe
Johnatan
Bure
Thetie
Colins
Cuban refugees ponder lands in Yucatan and Cuba ports
In a late August dispatch from New York, Cuban refugees discuss options to move to Yucatan and other Cuban ports, some planning to settle and improve fortunes while others refuse to sell lands and expect to return. Helen Gould’s aid train travels to Weehawken and ferries around to the island railroad as a carload of fruit raisers heads toward California and San Diego.
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Yucatan
Meridia
Mexico
Foran
Helen Gould
New York
Jrule
San Diego
Calif
Stontauk
Weehaw
Tsland Railroad
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