Troops Begin Arriving at Chickamauga Park For Cuba Mobilization
Reports from Chattanooga and New Orleans detail widespread troop arrivals to Chickamauga Park as General Brooke organizes the force for a Cuban campaign. Regiments including the Seventh Infantry and Battery B arrive. mobilization offices move to the park. crowds and celebrations accompany the influx. armed discipline tightens as officers relocate and barracks are prepared.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga Park
Cuba
Weeny
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Uncle Sam
Ninth and Tenth Cavalry
Fort Logan
Col
New Orleans
Benham
Fourth Artillery
Jackson Barracks
Lee
Brooke
Sheridan
Visitors Pack Chickamauga Park on Spring Day
Chickamauga Park in Chattanooga Tennessee drew at least 14 000 visitors from dawn to afternoon as regular crowds enjoyed the spring day. The turnout surpassed expectations with families and locals exploring the grounds and facilities.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga Park
Education Aids Colored Race Amid Southern Crisis
Speakers including Horace Bumstead of Atlanta University and Professor Albert Hart of Harvard urged college support for Black students in the South. They warned labor competition risks and called for higher education to develop worthy Black leaders, citing Booker T. Washington as a model. Subscriptions to the Atlanta University Fund followed the talks.
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South
North
Gulf
Spere
Old South Church
Horace Bumstead
Atlanta University
Donald
Trinity Church
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard
C. Cuthbert Hall
New York
Andrews
Hart
Booker T. Washington
Atlanta University Fund
Lawyer Clifford H. Plummer Leads Colored Troop Plan
Boston leaders say Clifford H. Plummer will raise a battalion or regiment of Massachusetts colored troops to aid the government in the McKinley call. He asserts 25,000 colored residents could field 2000 ready within thirty days and says a statewide meeting will advance preparations.
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Boston
The
Commonwealth
Clifford H. Plummer
Plummer
McKinley
Racial Protective League
Colored National League
Post
Massachusetts
America
Key West
Pemberton Square
Death by self-inflicted gas at Lexington Avenue boarding house
J B Thomas a 24 year old clerk killed himself with illuminating gas in a Lexington Avenue boarding house on Saturday night. The door was broken after the odor was noticed. he was found unclothed on the bed. Thomas had recently moved from Brookline Massachusetts where his parents live and had spoken of army service but was told his heart was weak. Brookline police could not obtain details.
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Mobile
Ala
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Brady
Lake Superior
Mich
Chicago
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Cuba
Washington
Richmond
Virginia
Georgia
Pacific Slope
Ort McPherson
Department of the Gulf
Forest Park
New York
J. B. Thomas
Kiam Rodgers
Lexington Avenue
Thomas
Brookline
Mass
Potter & Wrightton, Canners
Boston
Sailor Marries Quickly Before Departing for Southern Waters
Roland Emery Jackson a sailor on the United States cruiser San Francisco wed Catherine Hanson of 602 Clinton Street Hoboken by Justice of the Peace Livingston Conkling at 1 yesterday. Upon word the ship would sail soon Jackson took shore leave to marry, Hanson agreed, and the ceremony was performed before the groom returned to the ship.
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New York
Roland Emery Jackson
United States
San Francisco
Catherine Hanson
Clinton Street
Hoboken
Rome
Jealous Caesar in Paris Divorce Suit Over Beauty Wife
Paris report says Joseph Raphael de la Mar plans to sue for divorce from Mrs. De La Mar the famed American beauty Nellie Sands. He cultured her rise with wealth and art but jealousy erupts after he discovers love letters signed by a New York business associate.
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Paris
Joseph Raphael de la Mar
Monte Cristo
America
New York
de la Mar
Newport
Falguiere
E Mar
de la Mars
Aix-les-Bains
de Mar
Madison Avenue House
Morro's Black Ball Details On Havana Blockade Arrival
The steamer City of Washington arrived from Havana with 95 Cuban passengers, mostly women and children, as the last ship before the blockade. Captain Stevens described Havana fortifications and a hidden freshwater pipe project that prompted the Morro Castle signal, allowing entry after the pipe was laid and the ball lowered.
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New York
City of Washington
Havana
Stevens
Morro Castle
Fort Cabanas
Spanien Authoritiee
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Eddy Refrigerators
Piazza
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LARGE
Morris
Hoskins
Hermsdorf
Crockery & Glassware
Dollar
Morocco
Heinrich Schopper
Larrabee’s
Larrabee
C. O
Willimantic
Grant Allen
Jules Verne
TOYS
Ames
B.F. Larrabee & CO
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Grim War
Ort Ringgold
Tex
Rio Grande City
Fort Ringgold
Chat
Tanooga
Meridian
General Shafter
the Merchants and Miners’ Transportation CO
Chatham
Providence
A. M. Girauam
Battery Wharf
Thads
Qoorad Education
Lee Iga
Chas. Lawrence & CO
Sailor
Caesus
Captain de la
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Morro
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