The Weekly Call Insighted on Spain and War Leaders
The piece notes cheating contractors in Spanish ammunition at Santiago and cites Spain's troubles as internal. It highlights Kitchener's rapid rise from engineer to major general commanding 25 000 troops in Sudan. It also mentions postmasters authorized to issue money orders creating a postal savings like system and Dreyfus case reopening as a civil liberties issue.
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Santiago
Spain
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
French field gun fires 24 shots a minute and holds aim
Reports describe a modern French field gun ready for action with two ammunition wagons, while notes on the Spanish-American War era discuss illness at Camp Thomas and jokes about sutlers and canteens. General Boynton cites sickness among volunteers, not regulars, and General Wheeler reflects on hardship and a celebrated victory with the Santiago army.
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Boynton
Army Investigation Commission
Camp Thomas
Speedy Cuba evacuation lauded for future aid
The text applauds a rapid Cuban evacuation, arguing no lasting benefit for the island while Spaniards stay. It asserts American goods would flood in after withdrawal, feeding the hungry, reviving trade, and creating Cuban jobs.
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Cuba
Cuban Volunteers in Havana Arise Threat to Patriots
The 50,000 Cuban volunteers around Havana are described as intractable allies of Spain. Their bitter sentiment toward the United States raises concern they might clash with patriots if allowed to bear arms or display organized strength. Disarming them and disbanding their organization alongside Spanish evacuation is suggested.
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Anl
Havana
Spain
United States
Americans Seek Space at Paris Exposition of 1900
Requests by Americans for space at the Paris World’s Fair of 1900 exceed expectations and draw comment from European officials and press, reflecting heightened global attention to American affairs in recent months.
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Paris
Merritt carries report to Paris on Philippines surrender terms
General Merritt delivers to Paris peace commissioners a Dewey note stating Luzon should be retained if surrender is chosen. He denounces as false the Spanish press claim that the Philippine population is hard to govern or that the United States would be unequal to the task.
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Merritt
Paris
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Luzon
United States
Spain Eyes Philippine Sovereignty in Paris Treaty Talks
Rumors from Madrid say Spanish commissioners will press for sovereignty over the Philippines and clarify Cuban debt terms at the Paris negotiations. They expect to push for concessions beyond what they anticipate receiving, signaling a hard negotiating stance in the early stages.
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Spain
Paris
Madrid
Philippines
BSAF
Bevietore
News in Brief Personal and Political
A roundup of notes from the navy and church missions and political shifts. Items include Captain Crowninshield confirming no changes to orders for Oregon and Iowa, Bishop Cranston's safe return from Asia, retirement of Chief Engineer Cline, and General Fitzhugh Lee preparing to move to Savannah for Havana deployment.
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Crowninshield
Navigation Bureau
Navy Department
Oregon
Iowa
Pacific
Earl Cranston
Methodist Episcopal Church
Asia
Pekin
China
W. H. Cline
New York City
Baltimore
Navy
Wyoming
Alabama
Fitzhugh Lee
War Department
Jacksonville
Fla
Savannah
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Garcia
Santiago
W. A. Woodruff
C. L. Clenhorn
Washington
Samoa
Samoan Islands
Sherman Hoar
Concord
Mass
Bath Iron Co accepts contract for torpedo boats
The Bath Iron Co of Bath Mo notifies the navy department it will accept the contract for the three torpedo boats recently awarded to the concern. In Omaha the 600 members of the Indian congress show interest in reports of fighting among Minnesota Indians at the exposition grounds. Some braves are excited over the situation.
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Bath Iron Co
Bath
Navy Department
Indian Congress
Omaha
Exposition Grounds
Steamship line ties Puget Sound to Sydney via Honolulu
Telegram items note a steamstory line will link Puget Sound with Sydney Nova Scotia through Honolulu. Garonne sails December 1, with a second ship a month later, in cooperation with the Great Northern railway. Other dispatches report political, cultural, and health news including a ballot delivery to Kansas negro soldiers in Santiago, artist M Phaulow’s New York stay and Carnegie hospitality, a rising yellow fever outbreak in Mississippi, survivor Albert Krag arrives in Flinders Tasmania, and various international updates.
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Puget Sound
Sydney
N.S. W
Honolulu
Garonne
the Sound
Great Northern Railway
Gov. Leedy
Kansas
G. D. Olden
Topeka
Olden
M. Phaulow
New York
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Mississippi
Albert Krag
C. C. Funk
Flinders
Tasmania
Cairo
Khalifa
Kitchener
Bear Island
Baker
New South Wales Chamber of Commerce
Knights Templar
Widespread Tragedies And Global Notes From City To Warfront
Dubois Mount is fatally kicked by his horse in St Louis while cleaning the animal. A French warship nears Salut islands to take Dreyfus away. The American flag may soon fly over Morro, signaling new rule. Maj General Fitzhugh Lee dined with Mrs Grant at the Fifth Avenue hotel. F H Huntington Smith’s Woodland, Missouri home burned with library loss. Harry Nevins, 15, dies after accidental shooting by a schoolmate. John Gelzeleichter, 70, hangs himself near Bippus Indiana. Near Wakita Oklahoma I Locken shoots his wife then kills himself. Cat, a Creek Indian near Bristow shot by a man trying to take his daughter to a dance. Indian Territory public morals report shows parity with states. Bishop Tanner warns ministers to avoid politics in pulpit. Elise Hoering dies at Mascoutah aged 56. Manila fall report praises American volunteers under fire. Col Pinquart reportedly attacked by cerebral congestion and left without medical care in Paris.
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Harry Nevens
Virden
Harmon
John Gelzeleichter
Bippus
Ind
Wakita
Okla
Locken
Monday Cat
Bristow
Oklahoma
Episcopal Church Conference
States
Bishop Tanner
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Elise Hoering
George Hoering
United States Army
Mascoutah
Greene
Manila
Col. Pinquart
Paris
Illinois Deaths and Local News From Vandalia to Decatur
Death notices recount numerous Illinois figures from Vandalia to Lincoln including John Phillips 74 longtime Vandalia resident and James L High Chicago attorney author of High on Injunctions plus educators such as Prof Charles S Earle Tuscaloosa superintendent not present but listed and Judge Robert Gibons from Bureau County Princeton. Also notes Cornelius Volk sculptor of Quincy wife of Leonard Volk and notable miners farmers and veterans. a church war resolved, a Bushnell peace jubilee, Sauter and Ross items, and fatal accidents including a miner Ben Anderson and a Becketts daughter.
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John Phillips
Vandalia
James L. High
Chicago
Charles S.earle
Tuscalo
T. M. James
Fayete County
Robert R. Gibons
Bureau County
Princeton
Gillum Shelton
McLean County
Saybrook
Adeline Waples
Alton
Joseph Locher
Mt. Vernon
Richard Hamilton
Bloomington
Sidney Smith
Cook County
Friendly Indians on guard at Leech Lake agency
Troops arrive to find about 50 agency Indians keeping a picket line around the settlement with scouts ready to warn of danger. Peaceful Bear Island protesters arrive with 27 canoe loads, while chiefs sign a loyalty paper to stay loyal to the United States and urge Bear Indians to lay down arms.
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Mah-Ge-Gay-Bow
Bear Island
Agency Point
Mah- Ge-Gay-Bow
Gen. Bacon
Hart
Washington
Leech Lake
Minnesota
United States
Troop Movements From Fort Snelling To Leech Lake Lines
Gen Bacon orders move of 90 troops from Fort Snelling on a special train to Leech Lake area. Two companies of the Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers to Duluth for points along the Fesston line of the Great Northern. Militia batteries precede them. A company of the Sixteenth from Meriam Park takes up duties and 50 men from Camp Van Dyze join, marching to the same route with equipment from Camp Way/Duze left behind.
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St. Paul
Minn
van Dyze
Duze
Omaha's Big Show at Exposition Draws Big Crowd
At Omaha Nebraska on October 10 the fair drew about 150000 visitors last week. Chauncey M Depew and other New Yorkers visited the grounds to view the Indian battle reenactment. Sioux and Blackfeet staged staged charges along designated lines with Goes-To-War leading the Sioux and Big Brave guiding the Blackfeet. The Sioux suffered heavy losses and the Blackfeet achieved a costly victory.
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Omaha
Neb
Chauncey
M. Depew
Empire State
Big Brave
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Yukon
Michaels
Illinois State News
Gilmore
Bloomington Methodist Episcopal District
W. F.gilmore
Grace Church
Decatur
Lincoln
Ninde
Taylor
Dr. Gilmore
A. C. Bylely
Champaign
Cornelius G. Volk
Quincy
John Wood
Springfield
Leonard Volk
Opera House
Bushnell
C. C. Matthews
Pittsfield
John Sauter
State Treasury
David Ross
State Board of Labor Statistics
William Findley
West Point
Ilinois
Philip Schmidt
Ben Anderson
Madison Coal Co
Edwardsville
Samual Ripley
Belleville
August Beckett
Greenville
John Cleary
el Paso
Kappa
Hillsboro
James Gard
Marshall
coulRge
George Sherwood
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