Chicago Markets and Military Movements Highlight Aug 27 Telegraph
Chicago Wheat closes at 677% and corn 30 with oats at 197% as Montauk transports arrive from Cuba bringing 1778 men and 225 sick. Admiral Schley greeted with cheers at the Navy Department. Secretary Alger ill with dysentery after Montauk Point trip.
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Evening Journal
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Montauk Point
Cuba
Yucatan
Washington ,D. C
Schley
Navy Department
Santiago
Long Island City
Washington, D.C
Alger
Commission Named for Peace Talks with Spain
Secretary Day announced Justice White and Whitelaw Reid have accepted peace commission roles, with John Moore and J R MacArthur named as secretaries. The War Department seeks contract annulments as 100,000 soldiers muster out, amid reflections on hardships of the Cuban war.
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Spain
Justice White
Whitelaw Reid
Day
Paris
War Department
Washingto
Washington
Department
War Department contested claims of soldier suffering
General Corbin states no official complaints about want, destitution, or supply shortages have reached the War Department. He says reports of suffering are exaggerated, urges an investigation, and notes officers anticipate a congressional inquiry to reveal all facts. Concerns over Chickamauga hospital reports prompt a thorough review.
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Washington
Corbin
Army
War Department
New York
Chickamauga
Boynton
First Wisconsin Mustering Controversy Delays Outing
Gov Scofield resists removing the First Wisconsin volunteers amid opposition. Colonel Schadel says men are nearly immune and wish to stay for potential Porto Rico deployment. General Lee asks to swap in another Wisconsin regiment, but Scofield favors mustering out the First and Fourth, keeping them in reserve.
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First
Wisconsin
Gov. Scofield
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Volunteers
Scofield
8. P. Schadel
Porto Rico
Fitzhugh Lee
Lee
Camp Douglas
Jacksonville
Mine Fire Breaks at Bonett Coal Pit Injures Several Men
Danville Wisconsin August 27 Eight men were trapped in A. H Bonett s coal mine when a fire burned from dawn to mid afternoon The group forced a dangerous crawl through smoke to an air shaft burning cage and cable were destroyed Some workers sustained severe burns Charles Hattie and his son were among the injured two men were reported in dangerous condition as rescuers pulled workers to safety
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Danville
Wis
A. H. Bonett
James
Charles Hattie and Son
Rebel general seeks disbanding insurgent army in hopes of U.S. backed government
A rebel general in the islands urged disbanding his unruly force and returning to the provinces. He criticized rebel leaders for lacking honesty and military skill and said he trusted the United States to form a free government with his cooperation. Meanwhile the Seventh Illinois arrived at Camp Meade from Thoroughfare Gap and the One Hundred Fifty-ninth Indiana was due soon.
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United States
Middletown
Illinois
Camp Meade
Indiana
Mine Fire Destroys Shaft and Ruins Equipment
After a main shaft fire the escape air shaft was too small to free the trapped animals. About 2500 tons of lump mined and all mining tools were consumed. The mine is deemed practically worthless and unlikely to reopen.
Ton Of Fireworks Explodes Injuring Six In Minnesota Plant
Six persons were injured when nearly a ton of fireworks exploded at George W. Porter’s fireworks plant in Minneapolis. Names include Martha Fe. Betcher, Mrs. J. Ginsburg, Emma Betcher, August Kloebn, A. Griswold, W. J. Krussow. One may die.
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Minneapolis
George W. Porter
Martha FE. Betcher
J. Ginsburg
Emma Betcher
August Kloebn
A. Griswold
W. J. Krussow
Supreme court ruling shifts Stanford estate tax to university
Washington reports the supreme court reversing a superior court ruling on the collateral inheritance tax for the Leland Stanford estate. The decision states that the inheritance tax must be paid by the university, reversing prior expectations and reshaping responsibility for the tax. The brief items also note contemporaneous regional labor unrest and a oil property sale in Indiana with details on wells and leases.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Leland Stanford
Ameri cana Plate Glass to expand Alexandria plant
Anderson Ind Aug 27 The Americana Plate Glass company decided to enlarge the Alexandria plant by adding another casting hall. The expansion will employ 200 skilled men. The company says it refused many overtures to join the trust and remain independent.
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