Parade Honor Keeps Alive Spirit of 1900 March
Charles Beckwith of Sheridan Post No. 4 fell dead in the parade at Michigan avenue and Madison street from heart disease. William H. White of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, went insane at the central police station after worrying over his family’s disappearance and was later taken in by a cousin. Wisconsin delegation officials issued orders to police to locate the missing relatives.
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Michigan
Coloran
Wisconsiin
Michigan Avenue
Randolph Street
J. H. Wood
Second Infantry
Shaw
Warder
Harrison
Columbia Wost
Chicago
New York
Grand Army
Bidwell Wilkeson
Buffalo
Cook County
Buffalo Military Band
Old Continental Drum and Bugle Corps
New York City
Chapin Post
Arion Military Band
Milwaukee
Maine
Jackson Boulevard
Army of the Republic
Veterans in Line Parade Marks Greatest Demonstration
In Chicago a grand parade draws thirty thousand veterans, the largest since the Grand Army’s founding. Old soldiers march in a monster demonstration showcasing enduring veteran pride and civic remembrance.
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Chicago
Million Spectators Pack Route for Grand Army Parade
Chicago August 29. The Grand Army of the Republic held its 84th encampment parade drawing about 1 million spectators along four miles of Michigan Avenue. About 80,000 veterans marched four hours and twenty minutes past reviewing stands, with crowds cheering largely for relics of the Civil War era.
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Cicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Association of the Veterans
Washington
Amy of the Earth
Veew
Army of Votwns
Ante Mortem Statement of Captain Crenshaw Dying Soldier
Captain Frank Crenshaw of the Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry died in Atlanta after suffering wounds from Puolo t and injuries on a transport voyage. He alleged outrageous treatment and neglect aboard the Sherman, offering a bribe to obtain care, and his body will be laid in state at the capitol before interment in LaGrange, Georgia.
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Crenshaw
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Atlantas
Frank Crenshaw
Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Cuba
Philippines
Putol
Atlanta
Father
Sherman
Manila
San Francisco
Grenshaw
Ana Francisco
Atlante
Capitol
la Grange
Afro American Council Meets in Indianapolis with 400 Attendees
The National Afro American council gathered in Indianapolis on August 29 with about 400 representative colored men from US states. Bishop Walters chaired as Governor Mount and Mayor Taggart welcomed attendees. Walters urged constitutional rights, noncombative progress, and independent political action while condemning disfranchisement and federal neglect of black franchise rights.
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Indianappliis
Indianapolis
National
United States
North Carolina
Northern steamship Tacoma runs ashore near Al Ki point
In Seattle reports the Northern Beacon company Cape Nome steamship Tacoma went aground in dense fog about half a mile southeast of Al Ki point. The vessel carries over 1,000 tons of coal and lies close to large boulders, risking structural damage if she shifts on the rocks.
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Seattle
Northern Beathiout Company
Cape Nome
Tacoma
al Ki Point
Handwriting experts sue city over Molineux fees
Eight handwriting experts sue New York City for $8,208.02,contending they were to be paid $50 a day plus railroad fare and hotel bills for services in the Molineux case. The suit follows an agreement with Assistant District Attorney Osborn.
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New York
Molineux
Osborne
Suits Filed Against City Over Police Riots Damages
Seven damage suits filed with Comptroller Bird Coler claim police clubbing in the recent race riots. Six suits seek 15000 each and one seeks 20000 as preliminary steps to court action in the supreme court.
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New York City
New York
Bird Coler
Supreme Court
Minnesota Red Men Meet in State Gathering
Davin August 29 850 delegates from across Minnesota attend the great council of the Improved Order of Red Men of Minnesota. The assembly opened in the morning and will stay in session for three days.
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Minnesota
Davin
Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men of
N E Morgan Nominated for Congress in Appleton N E
Telegraphic notices report N E Morgan of Appleton Wisconsin nominated for congress by the Eighth district Democratic convention. The autumn maneuvers of the German army will be attended this year for the first time by the representative of the French army. Germanys Porto Rican imports for 1899 amounted to 12 900 000 marks an increase of 400 000 upon the previous year. The exports totalled 9 800 000 marks an increase of 5 200 000.
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N. E. Morgan
Appleton
Wis
Germany
ARE AT TENS Occupied Five Days in Making the Journey
A travel item recounts a voyage taken by water over five days with the party occupying tents along the route. The narrative emphasizes endurance and the challenges of long waterborne travel.
Americans Rescued from Pekin Arrive at Tien Tsin
Fifty Americans reach Tien Tsin from Pekin after five days at sea. Miss Condit Smith Miss Payne and Miss Woodward identified. baroness von Ketteler possibly with group. Military moves and injuries reported as Russians Germans and Japanese push toward Pekin.
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Tien Tain
Condit- Smith
Woodward
Pane
Pekin
Commissary
Tong Ku
Waldron
Ninth United States Infantry
Hoshiru
Hunting for Boxers near Pekin finds no armed bands
Allied forces from Russia Japan Britain and the United States sweep the area south of Pekin with three Russian and two Japanese battalions plus one American unit. They fail to locate any Boxer bands and only a Chinese scout is killed. The Japanese hold the imperial summer palace while the winter palace remains guarded. Russians plan to destroy it. Japanese aim to save it. A southward advance begins with detachments staying to guard convoys.
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Pekin
Taku
Imperial Park
Imperial Summer Palace
Winter Palace
Chaffee Plans To Hold Fifteen Thousand In Winter
From Pekin and Taku reports say General Chaffee intends to maintain 15,000 American troops through winter. Fifteen wounded, including marines from the legation siege, arrived by boat. Captain Myers is ill with typhoid and cannot be moved. A large influx of refugees is due. The American and British signal services have completed the Pekin to Taku telegraph line.
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American Signal Service Corps
Pekin
Taku
First Cavalry Receives Orders at Kobe
Washington reports the War Department diverted the First United States cavalry and their animals from Kobe to Manila. The move follows a policy to refrain from sending troops to China for the time being. The Girrone with eight cavalry companies and the Packling animals had reached Kobe.
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First Cavalry
Kobe
Washington
War Department
China
Department
Japan
United States
Manila
Taku
Chinese imperial retinue reported near Tai Yuan
A Shanghai dispatch says the emperor, dowager empress and Prince Tuan have reached the vicinity of Tai Yuan, capital of Shan-Li province, about 240 miles southwest of Chi Li.
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London
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Tai- Yuan
Tai-Yuan
Shan-Li
Chi Li
Pekin
Russian and Japanese Forces Advance North From Pekin
A dispatch from Che Foo reports that Russian and Japanese troops head northward from Pekin toward the front, signaling continued Allied pressure in the region.
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Vienna
Kaiserin Maria Theresia
Che Foo
Pekin
Mary Carmack and Richard Walker Charged With Murder
In Dallas Mary Carmack and Richard Walker were jailed on murder charges in the death of W. T. Carmack, a wealthy cotton planter, who reportedly died from poisoning near Dallas on Sunday. General Edward S Bragg was unanimously re elected president of the Iron Brigade at a Chicago gathering of 300 veterans.
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Dallas
Tex
Mary Carmack
Richard Walker
W. T. Carmack
Carmack
Bragg
Chicago
Edward
The
Iron Brigade
Famous Brigade
IOWA MID-ROADERS CONVENTION Fails to Name Ticket
Des Moines hosts a sparse Middle of-the-Road Populism convention with no state ticket chosen. The central committee will file a ticket by petition as last year’s vote fell short. L. H. Weller of Nashau chaired the gathering and resolutions backed Barker for president and Donnelly for vice president.
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Central Committee
Des Moines
State Central Committee
L. H. Weller
Nashau
Omaha
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Wharton Barker
Ignatius Donnelly
Bryan Pleased by Populist Endorsement of Stevenson
In Lincoln Nebraska on August 20 Mr Bryan expressed high gratification at the Populist national committee in Chicago endorsing Stevenson's nomination for vice president. He praised Stevenson as committed to the Kansas City platform and said the endorsement strengthens the ticket by placing principles above partisanship.
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Towne
Cuicano
National Committee of the People’s Party
Stevenson
George F. Washburn
National Committee
Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Populists’ National Committee
Chicago
Kansas City
Croker’s Tammany Wins First Round in New York Primary
Partial returns show Richard Croker’s forces edging the Hill Coler faction in county primaries. Croker predicts control of the Democratic state convention at Saratoga on Sept. 11, while Hill and Coler deem the result unfinished and expect further battles at the convention.
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Tammany
Senator Hill
New York
Richard Croker
Saratoga
Croker
Friends of Comptroller
Coler
Hill
Greater
Bixby Will Stay as Indian Territory Dawes Official
Washington Aug 29 The interior department announces Tams Bixby acting chairman of the Dawes commission has withdrawn his resignation and will resume duties in Indian Territory. The decision followed talks with President McKinley Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner Bixby after a lengthy White House conference.
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Interior Department
Tams Bixby
Dawes Commission
Indian Territory
McKinley
Hitchcock
Bixby
White House
Pythians In Session At Detroit Temple
The Masonic temple in Detroit hosts multiple Pythian gatherings including the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisterhood. Supreme Chancellor T O Sample of Allegheny presided. The order reports 6,740 subordinate lodges and 492,506 members as of Dec 31, 1899 with 58 lodges and 21,287 new members, most gains occurring in 1899.
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Detroit
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisterhood
T. O. Sample
Allegheny
Supreme Keeper of Seals
Officials threatened as Akron riots prompt grand jury plea
City and county officials in Akron are flooded with anonymous letters threatening death if arrests are made after Wednesday night riots. Citizens ask Judge J A Kohler to convene a special grand jury. A 12 man guard surrounds the county jail to deter harm to Sheriff Kelly on county property.
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Akron
J. A. Kohler
Grand Jury
Kelly
New Naval Queen Battleship Alabama Wins Speed Trial Title
The battleship Alabama claimed the title in a magnificent speed trial. It achieved an average speed of seventeen knots over four consecutive hours, signaling superior performance and endurance.
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Alabama
Alabama Becomes Fastest US Battle Ship in Speed Trials
Boston August 29 The battleship Alabama achieved an average speed of 17 knots over four hours in a standout navy trial. Built by the Cramp yard Philadelphia the vessel surpassed 16 knot contract requirements and finished the run off Thatcher Island Cape Ann before circling at full speed. Commissioning under Captain W H Bronson expected in six weeks.
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Boston
United States
Alabama
Iowa
Cramps
Philadelphia
Thatcher Island Light
Cape Ann
W. H. Bronson
Escort to Tien Tsin Offered by General Chaffee
General Chaffee reported to the War Department that he offered assistance to Baroness von Ketteler and would furnish transportation and escort to Tien Tsin in a few days. He also offered transport to Nagasaki. Baroness von Ketteler, widow of the murdered German minister to China, is an American from Detroit, Michigan.
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General Chaffee
Baroness von Ketteler
Washinatron
War Department
Tien Tsin
Nagasaki
China
Ledyard
The
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit
Mich
Arrests in Marshall Town Tramp Case Identify Killer Gray
In Marshall Town on August 29, police report 35 tramps detained in the county jail with one man named Gray positively identified as the killer of Joseph Williams a colored dray man Williams defended two young girls from assaults by the tramps as the mob terrorized the area
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Marshall Town
Gray
Joseph Williams
Bryan Heads to Chicago for Labor Day Speech Tour
Bryan plans to leave Lincoln for Chicago Friday evening and likely speak in Illinois Saturday before moving to Chicago. After delivering his Labor Day speech there on Monday he will probably continue speaking in the vicinity, staying away from home for two to three weeks.
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Bryan
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Illinois
More Shipments of American Coal This Week
New York reports additional coal shipments to land this week. One consignment will be for the British admiralty and will be sent by the Chesapeake and Ohio coal agency.
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New York
British Admiralty
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency
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