Bones of Columbus Relic Feud Reignites National Pride
In a Washington letter the writer argues over the fate of Columbus relics as Havana surrenders looms. The discussion centers on the sarcophagus said to hold Columbus remains and whether the tombs in Havana or San Domingo are genuine. Frederick A. Ober led an expedition to San Domingo to verify the evidence with Dominican officials guiding access to the cathedral vaults.
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Havana
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Blanco
Eric
America
Columbus
Merigo Vexpucel
Cor Liitius
Lek
San Oningo
Folimbus
Frederick A. Ober
San Domingo
Maine
Dominican Republic
Fomen
Remains of Columbus Bones Questioned in Cathedral Debate
A government report outlines competing claims over the final resting place of Christopher Columbus. Spanish and Dominican authorities dispute whether his bones lie in Havana's cathedral under the flag of Castile or in San Domingo, with evidence tracing the moving of remains from Valladolid to Las Cuevas, then San Domingo, and later to Havana. An 1877 discovery allegedly revealed a vault linked to Columbus, but the true resting place remains contested between Havana and Santo Domingo.
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San Domingo
Christopher Columbus
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Las Cuevas
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Don Cristobal Colon
Francis Drake
France
Duke de Veragua
Havana
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Cathedral
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Ate
Amerie
Africa
Fev
San
Mavana
Washington
Hong Kong
Washlawan
Dewey
Hue
Council of Defense
Hong-Kong
MacArthur
Greene
Malate
Hinondo
Manila Surrenders After Naval Land Assault
The news reports Manila capitulating to American land and sea forces after a coordinated bombardment and assault. Admiral Dewey dispatches confirm surrender with about 7,000 prisoners. Gen Merritt and forces advance from the south, insurgents held at bay, and the Astor battery leads the action amid heavy combat and minimal American casualties.
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Washington
Manila
Dewey
Hong Kong
Zofiro
Mannte
Lieut
Brumby
Geo
Merritt
Gen. Merritt
Poanesston
Admiral Dewey
Astor Battery
McArthur
Minnesota Volunteers
Pasay Road
Pasig
Cingalon
Holmes
Sergt
Cremins
Minnesota
Patterson
Insane Man's Deed Shocks San Francisco Father of Pugilist
The Aug. 11 report states Patrick J. Corbett killed his wife then killed himself after shooting her, with family and friends attributing temporary insanity. James J. Corbett learned of his parents' death and mourned privately. Other cities report several suicides and a homicide in Philadelphia and New York, including a New Jersey ferry boat tragedy and a hotel murder.
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Patrick J. Corbett
Janes J. Corbett
Rockford
Jil
George Ennett
Anna
Hiladelphia
Weller
Delaware River
Dessie Foust
Federal Street
Camden
N. Jd
Maud Hoffingte
Reed Street
New York
Emeline C. Reynolds
Grand Hotel
Thirtyfirst Street
Troadway
State Republican ticket nominated by Milwaukee convention
The state ticket includes Scofield for Governor and J. C. Davidson elected Treasurer by a slim margin. Other nominees are J. Stone for Lieutenant Governor William O Frochild for Secretary of State E R Nicks for Attorney General L D Marvey for Superintendent of Public Instruction Graham Le Rice for Railroad Commissioner and Emil Gujohan for Insurance Commissioner. J J Trent was elected state central committee chair.
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Milwaukee
Scofield
Jense Stone
Watertown
William O. Frochild
Jackson
J. O. Davidson
Soldiers’ Grow
E. R. Nicks
Ord- Kosh
L. D Marvey
Graham le Rice
Superior
Emil Gujohan
Flood ravages Sawmill Run. six children missing
Pittsburgh Aug 20 a cloud burst on Sawmill Run sent a tidal wave sweeping porches away at a tenement on Toilet alley near Main Street West Carson. Six children are missing and presumed drowned. Names listed include Trene Loftus Feels Lofts Genevieve Shaughnessy and Margaret Shaughnessy. The flood caused heavy damage and a 13 foot sandbar was washed away.
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Pittsburgh
Trene Loftus
Lofts
Genevieve Shaughnessy
Margaret Shaughnessy
Nellie Sauls
Anna Holzapfel
Mainstreet
West Carson
Literary and Personal News Carousel From Contemporary Europe
Mr Quither Coweth Seems Cooch named editor of the Cornish Magazine while Mr Andrew Lang prepares a romance of the last century in collaboration with another man. Mankacsy, real name Liebbern, declared insane by the Paris court. his wife appointed guardian of his property. Over 40,000 Channing works have been given away by the American Unitarian Association in recent years. Cardinal Steinhaber to revise the condemnation. A Welsh revival controversy unsettles London theaters. Prescott Belknap, son of a rear admiral, in Nicaragua when war broke out, rushing home to join the Rough Riders. At Coquelin’s Cyrano de Bergerac, rubber models of Cyrano’s nose circulated among the audience. Marion Crawford forsakes his usual line, drafting a legendary history of Italy and a second crusade romance for next year. Prince Robert of Bourbon now father of his eighteenth child, a daughter, ninth child by second wife. All seven sons and four daughters living. eldest daughter is the wife of Ferdinand of Bulgaria, age 28. John A D Morrissey once made half a million in ventures at Leadville, then failed in horse racing and died a pauper in Leadville.
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Cooch
Andrew Lang
Mankacsy
Lieb
Bern
Faris Court
Ttmn
Dr. Channing
American Unitarian Association
Cardinal Steinhaber
Congregation of the Index
Henrey
London
Prescott Belknap
Nicaraga
Key West
Rough Riders
Coquelin
Lyceum Theater
Marion Crawford
Italy
Robert of Bourbon
Varma
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
John AD
Morrissey
Miling Ventures
Leadville
Col
Madame Had the Clock Besieged by Hotel Keeper in Theft Tale
A hotel proprietor in a sensational tale watches guests pilfer bric a brac and suspects a long stay dame. He confronts her at the station, the trunks reveal no clock, then a dramatic 12 chime erupts from the dame’s defraided item as she returns the loot and the hotel man apologizes, the head clerk staying silent.
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Dame
Boniface
Madame
N. Y. Advertiser
British Army and Navy Costs and Reforms in Elizabethan Era
The article surveys royal expenses and naval orders under Elizabeth I. It notes high per-soldier costs, penalties for navy constructor delays, and the government owning camel stock. It details planned shipbuilding, sanitary gains for sailors, and future army medical titles. Paris visitors are admitted monthly to a large audience.
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England
Birekwood
India
Britain
Army Medical Corps
Fragmented clipping shows scattered jokes and quotes
A garbled montage from a Detroit Free Press page features snippets of humor and gossip. Jokes about pins on a desk, absent clerks, and government waste mingle with quoted lines from Atchison Globe and Chicago papers.
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