March On A Boer Heroine Echoes Barbara Frietchie
An account compares Rightman’s farm confrontation in South Africa to Barbara Frietchie. Kitchener orders destruction, but Rightman’s girl stands in the doorway, inspires the troops, and demands the march be pursued with her as a symbol of resistance. The scene links Boer struggle to Civil War heroine lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kitchener
Rightman
South Africa
Barbara’ ‘Frietchie
Kitchener
Stonewall Jackson
Barbara Frietchie
Whittier
Lightman
Prieska
Hage Little
South African
Peeres
Trong
Frederick
Brightman
Cheapest Railroad Fares Spark Siberian Emigration Push
Ruwesia's government offers unusually low fares to emigrants from European Russia willing to settle in Siberia. Officials emphasize transportation costs are dramatically reduced to attract new homes, seeking to accelerate migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Siberia
Rightman's girl defies Kitchener in Boer siege tale
A dramatic account describes Rightman's farm as a Boer refuge and the girl there defying Lord Kitchener's order to burn the house. The piece contrasts Boer resilience with the brutal realities of war including field hospitals and casualties during the siege of Prieska district. The narrative blends romance and martial pride with historical sketches of the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rightman
Kitchener
Prieska
Rightman Farm
Apd
Upset His Pians and a Woman's Funeral Consolation
An Indianapolis Sun snippet shows a pair in a dreamlike exchange about leaving home and light of life. A line recalls a woman finding solace at a funeral in the presence of old Perrants, while a broader reflection notes that the more faults a man has, the less he tolerates in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er—Weill
Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic encampment program in Chicago
The thirty fourth and likely final grand army encampment in Chicago outlines a dense schedule from Sunday August 76 to Saturday September 1. Events include naval and army parades, presidential and cabinet visits, fireworks at Lake Front Park, multiple recetions at Palmer House and Medinah Temple, Marine and veterans ceremonies, and extensive street illumination across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicsigeimi
Naval Arch
Naval Veterans
National Association
Ez Union
Geo. L. Seavey
Naval’ Veterans’ ‘Associaton
James Atwell
Association
Albert D. Shaw
Grand Army of the Beenie
Joan EB. ‘Tammer
Carter H. Harrison
Ets
Lake Front Park
Todoen Park
United States
Naval Kettle
Lincoln Park
Naval Veterans’ ‘Association
Medinah Temple
Coliseum
Court of Honor
Michigan Agences
Lake Front
Army Arch
Varade
Grand Army of the Republic
Illinois
Washington Boulevard
Gerfield Park
Thirty-Fourth
Studebaker Hall
Shaw
Department of Winds
Joel M. Longenecker
Adjt
Thomas J. Stewart
Convention of Woman's Notes Corpu
Ladies—of
G—A—R
Daughters of Veterans
Hall
Masonic Temple
Ladies of ex-Prisoners of War Association
Ladies of the Naval Reserves
Handel Hall
ex-Prisoners of War Association
Army of the Poto- Inac
Army of the Tennessee
Army of the Cumberland
Army of the Aliasissippi
Gulf
Army of the Frontier
Washingtonn Park
Hlllnois National Guard
Imnois Cavalry
United States Artillery
Barchall
Lincoln
South
Gartiel Parks
Nomination Sweeps Illinois Democratic State Convention
Samuel Alschuler of Aurora won the Democratic nomination for Governor on the second ballot. The convention adopted the Chicago platform reaffirming the faith, condemned the administration, backed direct senatorial election, and pledged unity for Bryan. Alfred Orendorff and Nicholas Worthington were among contenders for state offices as Illinois delegates organized for the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
Ilinois
Alschuler
Committee On Resolutions
Walter Watson
State Central Committee
Dr. Taylor
Fred E. Eldred
Watson
State Committee
Elmore W. Hurst
Rock Island
Hurst
McKinley
Porto Rico
Bryan
Kansas City
John P. Altgeld
Wurst
Kramer
Reading
John T. Keating Azrove
Adam Ortgeffen
William Loeffler
Kane County
Elmer A. Perry
G. A.windell
Charles K.ladd
Kewanee
Free P. Morris
Frank J. Quinn
Peoria
Nicholas E. Worthington
James M. Graham
Gen. Orendorff
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Alfred Orendorff
Ortseifen
Orendorff
Worthington
American Major Waller Leads Allied Relief at Tien Tsin
dispatch from Taku via Chefoo reports 2000 American Marines under Maj Waller relieve Tien Tsin. British and Americans first to enter, followed by Gen Chaffee. Russians suffer four killed and thirty wounded. Commander Wise named at Tong-Ku. Gen Chaffee ordered to command US land forces in China with Ninth Fourth Twentieth Infantry and Sixth Cavalry sailing from Manila and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waller
Taku
Chefoo
Tien-Tsin
Maj
Chaffee
Wise
Tong-Ku
Adma S. Chaffee
United States
China
Manila
San Francisco
Ang
Grand Canal
Convention Adopts Platform nominates state officials
In a one hour forenoon session on Wednesday the convention completed its work. The platform was adopted and the candidates for all state offices were nominated. Except for the Attorney General, each nomination was by acclamation. Immediately after procuring order Mr.
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Free-P
Morris
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Tanner
United States
Bryah
Thomas N. Jett
Thomas Gahan
RM. Barnes
Lacon
Elmer A. Perry
Brown County
Mr Perry
Jary
Cook
Reading
O’donnell
Hubert E. Burke
W. B. Bright
Effingham County
George. M. Lecrone
Wright
Lectone
Effingham
James Fo'donnell
McLean County
Robert Fowler
Hardin County
George B. Parsons
M. I.’. Dunlap
Jacksonille
Dunlap
Vincent H. Perkins
James Todd
Cook County
L. W. James
Lewistown
H. W. Masters
Fulcom County
Todd
Mastera
Sangamon County
State Central Committee
Julia Holmes Smith
Joseph Swartz
Marion County
Charles A. Bliss
Montgomery County
Prohibitionists Nominate V V Barnes for Governor
The Illinois Prohibitionists held a state convention in Chicago with 1,651 delegates, nominating Visscher Vere Barnes for governor and detailing a ticket that includes Henderson for lieutenant governor and Radford for secretary of state. The platform initially targeted liquor traffic but added support for woman suffrage after debate. The article also notes a weather proverb and a cotton mill origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Prohibitionists of
Illinois
Hale Johnson
State Central Committee
J. G. Evans
Grant Park
Hugh M. Bannon
Rockford
Alonzo E. Wilson
George W. Gere
Champaign
Harmon L. Parmalee
Cook County
Frank Hoblett
Logan
John A. L. Beott
Wayne
H. C. Tunison
Morgum
Hoblett
Scott
Psrmalee
Tunison
Visscher Vere’ Barnes
Chine
John A. Henderson
Sparta
Ford
B. J Radford
James A. Stone
Bradfordton
Joe Treamier
Jackson UK
Frank Regan
Elvira 5
Stewart
J. E. Bettinger
Fulton
Clara Harford
Verona
W. P. Throgmortosm
du Quoin
He _ Bannes
Oregon Runs Ashore Near Chefoo in China Coast Disaster
Reports from Shanghai say the American battleship Oregon, then en route to join Admiral Kempff's squadron at Taku, wrecked Thursday night on an unknown rock four miles south of the How-ki light near Chefoo. A Indo-China Navigation Co steamship aided the vessel. officials in Washington hesitate to believe the wreck while recalling the loss of the Charleston. The Oregon, built at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, began in 1891 and is famed for its role in the battle of Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
United States
Ore
Hong Kong
Ashor
Oregon
China
Chefoo
Wilde
Charleston
Manila
San Francisco
City of
Portland
Three Oaks Unveils Dewey Cannon In Jubilant Welcome
Nearly 10 000 visitors celebrate in Three Oaks Michigan as Helen Miller Gould lifts a silk strand to unveil a Dewey captured Manila cannon, marking the town's Maine monument fund prize. Russell A Alger and Governor Warren witness the ceremony as a silk flag and band play The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Dewey
Helen Miller Gould
Manila
Three Oaks
Maine Monument Fund
Russell A. Alger
E. W. Warren
Hard fighting tale from the Chinese relief column
A dispatch from Admiral Seymour describes a fierce engagement near Pekin as the allied forces reach Anting twelve miles from the capital. The narrative notes heavy casualties among British and other divisions, the retreat decision, capture of rice and stores, and uncertainty about ministers' fate in Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Seymour
Anting
Pekin
London
China
Taotai
Shanghai
Six million in famine relief in India noted in brief item
Brief dispatches report six million persons in India receiving famine relief. Other notes mention laborers recruited in Jamaica for Panama Canal work, a Princeton student driving to the Pacific coast in a prairie schooner, and auctioning contents of Willard's Hotel Washington ahead of its demolition for a new $2,000,000 modern building. The term compound is explained as a Chinese and Japanese enclosure with high brick walls around key structures.
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India
Jamaica
Panama Canal
Princeton
Pacific Coast
Washington
China
Japan
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Barbara Frietchiz
Jackeon
Ruwesia
Sberia
Moscow
Tobolsk
Vladivostok
Czar
New York Sun
Rightmans
Gen
Kitcitenei
m.—Taps
Aurora Man
Samuel Alchuler
Elmer A
Beate
Homas F. O’ Donne
Geo Parsons
Gegee Millard
Caene James Todu
University
Chailes Bliss Tlinois
Jaxp
Schwartz of
Bem
Julix Helmes Smith
Illinois Prohibitionists
V. V. Bernes
Beverly, Mass
Ile
Ae Vrata
Dewey Cannon
Three Oaks, Mich
Seymour
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