First Day of Duty Opens With Disagreeable Weather
Rain drenches Fort Warren as the First Massachusetts Regiment begins duty. Nine companies arrive from Boston, guard mounting postponed, then services held with Chaplain E A Horton delivering a sermon titled The Battle of the Lord. Horton reflects on unity, law, and national purpose amid military life.
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Horton
Pompeii
London
Death Fire After Drunken Merrimac Street Orgy In Tenement
Mary Randall fatally burns after a drunken orgy with Kate Ford and Cora Dicey at 128 Merrimac Street. Ford is badly burned, unable to use limbs for weeks. Fire started by kerosene lamp and alcohol. investigation by police and Mass General Hospital reports extensive injuries. Building owned by Maria Burke. child cared for by neighbors.
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Kate Ford
Cora Dicey
Merrimac Street
Daniel Leary
Box 412
Randall
Station 3
Massachusetts General Hospital
Double Murder in Narberth Boarding House Orchard
In Narberth a summer boarding house in Philadelphia suburbs near an orchard yielded two bodies, Ewer McDarnell and Mary Brown, both colored, with crushed skulls. Police suspect a lover and later arrestedWilliam A. Rickson on suspicion of the killings.
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Philadelphia
Narbeth
Ewer McDarnell
Mary Brown
McDarnell
Wiliam A. Rickson
Li Hung Chang Arrives in London as National Guest
Li Hung Chang arrived in London this evening. The Queen invited him to visit England at the national expense, through Lord Salisbury. He will stay in England for a month.
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London
Li Hunt Chang
England
Lord Salisbury
Queen Emma Visits Chathamport Amid Cannibal Fame
News reports Queen Emma of the Bismarck Archipelago, wife of Paul Kolbe, touring the world with her third husband, staying with Captain Hiram Harding’s family in Chathamport. The Samoan American queen, nearly 40, speaks English with a faint accent and recalls her eldest son, the crown prince, who spoke fondly of faraway lands.
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Emma
Bismarck Archipelago
Hor
Paul Kolbe
J. M. Malcomb
Laura Coe
Hiram Harding
Haverhill
Marie Bashkirtseff
Our Islands
San Francisco
Queen Emma of Samoa Visits Cape Cod in Royal Tour
Queen Emma, a formidable ruler of the South Pacific, tours Cape Cod. She notes clean streets, expresses delight at seeing her sister, and outlines her realm’s growth under various alliances. The visit marks a rare royal stop in Massachusetts as she plans to return to Haverhill for several days.
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England
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Bismarck Archipelago
South Pacific
Forsaith
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Emma
Haverhill
Man Arresed After Shot At Veterinarian In Woods
William Kane of Dracut was arrested in the woods after firing a shotgun at Dr Eaton a local veterinarian who was driving by Kane says he mistook Eaton for Police Officer Scott whom he holds a grudge against Scott has been shot at repeatedly in recent weeks and the origin of the shooting remains a mystery
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William_ Kane
Dracut
Dr. Eaton
Kane
Eaton
Scott
Cockran Bolts and Opposes Third Ticket in 1896 Clash
Bourke Cochran routes a sharp rebuke of the Chicago platform. He argues the Chicago convention seeks to paralyze industry and seize property, vows to oppose the silver movement, and calls for a sound money platform while endorsing McKinley electors. He says no neutrality in civilizational struggle, and urges a unified, economical, pro labor stance to defeat Bryan.
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the Sun
Bourke Cochran
Europe
Chicago
Bryan
Democratic Party
Tammany
Major McKinley
Silver
McKinley
Republican Party
St. Louis
Union
Bryan replies to promise charge over cabinet post
Lincoln Neb Aug 2 Bryan answered the charge that he promised a cabinet post to Altgeld supporters in a quiet Sunday. He attended services at the First Presbyterian Church and the report notes continuation on page three.
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Bryan
First Presbyterian
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