Witnesses reveal harsh conditions at Chickamauga camp
Major Charles F. King testifies food and supply delays strained the Fourth Wisconsin. He recounted officers' evasive replies and a general rebuke over a surgeon’s blunt remark. Other witnesses described sanitation failures, improper camp sites, and nurse shortages at Camp Thomas. Colonel Cabell notes horrible hospital conditions and careless supply handling.
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Anniston
Ala
Charles F. King
Wisconsin
Wilson
Henry H. Lee
Third Corps
Chickamauga
Benson
Woodbury
Frank
Camp
Thomas
Fremont
Hubbard
Fountain Ragland
Edward Simmons
Alabama
H.C. Lemke
Representative Colson
Kentucky
Cabell
Arkansas
Connor
Third Army Corps
Reunion with Her Brother Ends Long Search in Indiana
Miss Mattie Thomas a Chicago singer is reunited with her twin brother James Fowler at Van Buren Indiana after a 25 year abduction. Their parents spent a fortune seeking the girl who was kidnapped from the Fowler home. The siblings embrace on stage as the truth emerges.
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Kendallville
Ind
Mattie Thomas
Chicago
James Fowler
van Buren
Maud Fowler
Fowler
Signal Corps Kept Truth On Cervera Identity And Blockade
General Greely reports that Sampson and Schley did not know Cervera's identity until the signal service clarified it. Col James Allen and Lt Col Joseph Maxfield of the signal corps first located Cervera at Santiago harbor. The blockade followed from presidential and secretary Long’s trust in the signal corps.
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Washington
Joseph E. Maxfield
Signal Corps
Cervera
Secretary of the Navy
Army
Long
Santiago
Allen
Santiago de Cuba
Comanding
Sampson
Madrid
Pelayo
Schley
Cienfuegos
Correctness of Signal Corps Information Questioned at Santiago
An excerpt notes that at Santiago the accuracy of information provided by the signal corps was sharply questioned, indicating doubt over the reliability of communications during the engagement. The remark highlights scrutiny of military technical reporting in the field.
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Santiago
Signal Corps
Second snowstorm hits part of Missouri with two inches
St. Joseph reports a second seasonal snowstorm with a gale throughout the night and two inches of snow in the morning.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Abbreviated telegrams reveal varied 1900s incidents
Reports note Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is dead, a wheel tax ruled illegal by the Illinois supreme court, and the National Grain Dealers' association meeting planned for Chicago Beach Hotel on November 2. Other items include Milwaukee’s wish to christen the Wisconsin with beer, Hawaii's exclusion act reach, a peace jubilee in Atlanta, and multiple crime and military notes from Chicago, Omaha, and Peking-Hankow.
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Illinois Supreme Court
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Chicago Beach
Milwaukee Brewers
Wisconsin
Hawaii
Richards
Chicago Commercial Association
Chicago
Atlanta
McKinley
Pardo Lucero
Los Angeles
Soledad
Salinas
Cal
Omaha
John Melchert
Northwestern
American Sunday School Union
Seventh Illinois Infantry
George Crawford
Denver
New York
South Mountain
Grand County
S. P. Wait
Austin
Marco Polo Bridge
Peking-Hankow
Frank Collier
General Pio
el Pilar
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Mrs Sanderson Declares Innocence in Michigan Poison Case
In Battle Creek details emerge as Mrs. Sanderson, accused of killing her husband by ground glass, asserts her innocence and plans to refute all charges. She cites motives about money and a possible second will, and claims access to her husband’s papers and finances. Her brother Harry Butterfield remains convinced of her innocence, awaiting preliminary exam.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Sanderson
Marquette
Allwaradt
W. A. Crosby
Farrand Training School
Harper Hospital
Detroit
Adams Brothers
Mary Robertson linked to Sanderson murder case mill mystery
The long, tangled saga centers on Mary Robertson and the vanished mill once tied to Sanderson’s death. The state pressures for evidence and a controversial letter sign Marie loom, while Mrs. Sanderson fights to safeguard her late husband’s estate amid talk of further arrests.
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Mary Robertson
Sanderson
Robertson
Crosby
Mary
Marie
Detroit
Marie Robertson
Disinterment Claims Attacked by Sheriff in Court Debate
The text notes that the information unseen by papers was read to Crosby who did not notify his correspondent here, and a letter may have informed her. Sheriff Brown rejects defense charges of irregular disinterment and juror selection from a secret group, asserting all procedures were legal and proper.
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Low
Crosby
Sheriff Brown
Corbett Preparing for Sharkey Fight in New York
Jim Corbett finishes light training in West Baden with a long morning tramp and a lecture, then plays handball and may spar Don McVey for a $1000 guarantee. He plans to leave for New York Thursday to finish at Lennox Athletic Club before the November 2 bout.
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West Baden
Ind
Jim Corbett
Sharkey
New York
McCoy Seasion
Corbett
Doc” Woods
Paoli Junction
Jim Franey
Cincinnati
Jav Rial
Don McVey
Tattersall's
Lennox Athleticiub Gymnasium
Brisson Cabinet Falls in French Confidence Vote Riot in Paris
Paris riots erupt as Brisson cabinet resigns after a 286 to 24 vote against a resolution ending the army insult campaign. Chanoine resigns amid a fierce assault. Deroulede and crowds fuel the uproar with M l La Marseillaise sung by about 10 000 people around a bonfire of Dreyfus papers. Police and troops constrain crowds outside the chamber.
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Paris
Brisson
Deputies
Chanoine
Deroulede
Dreyfus
Foud
de Mahy
Baily
Paulin Mary
Chamber of Deputies
Army
Anarchists Barred From U S Landing Woman Denied Entry
Catherine Sophia Bertha de Giraud d Agaya, a French woman who arrived from Vancouver on the Walla Walla, is refused landing by Commissioner Northrup for potential public charge risk. Officials note documents suggest she is an anarchist though she calls herself a French loyalist. She claims kinship to the French consul general in New York.
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San Francisco
Catherine Sophia Bertha de Giraud d’Agaya
Vancouver
B. C
Walla Walla
Northrup
Immigration Bureau
British Columbia
New York
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Col. Cabell
Happy
Wabash
Philip Matter
Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank
Fairmount
Fairmount Improvement Association
Barahoo
Wis
Twentyseventh
Turner
Columbia
Sank
Midway
Decatur
Macon County
State Street
Richmond
Mary Cook
Peter S. Cook
Indianapolis E
Pittsburg
Board of Adjustment
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Greely
Signal Service
Missouri
Chicago Grain and Produce
Board of Trade
Texas
Buffalo
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Canadas
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Northern
Detroit Grain
Civil Service
Springfield
Ills
Eupreme Court
Loeffler
Martin
Civil Service Commission
Carlinville
Alls
Ernestina Schalick
H. W. Wall
Staunton
Creighton
Otto Mattias
Mattias
la Follette
Alness
Madison
R. M. la Follette
bin Gen
Chanvine
Cavaignac
Tribune
Ragor
Razor
Henry
Mont Valerien
United States
Consul Billheimer
J. C. Billheimer
Zanzibar
Billheimer
Manila
Frederick Funston
Twentieth
Kansas Regiment
Therese Blankart
Oakland
Fred Baker
Company H
Fifty-first Town
Miss Monteith
Des Moines
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Gi. H. Pratt
Optician
Kline
Postomtiee
Vienna
J. Young Pees
W. KR. Jeffrey
View Pres
A. Anderson
Unah
J.T. Anderson
Rust Cash
Washington County Savings Bank
Jos Keek
A. Warre
Cashier
OH. Krow
Vo P.O
M. Keek
Ass't
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Oph Keek
H. Keek
L. D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J . Henderson
Win Smouse & Co
Worrete
Candy Kitchen
Stewarts Pharmacy
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
Casey Bros
J. J. Kellogg
Pension and
Treasury Departments
East Side Square
Chas. J. Wilson
Alberson
W. H. Butterfield
Oratl's
Iowa
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
R. F. Riley
Floral Co
Oskaloosa
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