Grand Army Chief Election Settled on Second Ballot
Cincinnati wins national encampment 1898 after a tense vote. Gobin leads on the second ballot with 368, aided by Missouri and others changing votes. Reception follows at Hotel Iroquois. Gobin thanks veterans as President McKinley faces admission denial at camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Clarkson
McKinley
Camp Jewett
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Grand Army
Woodruff
Ireland
Lew Wallace
Committee On Instruction
South
Isaac F. Mack
Sandusky, O
Brown
Ohio
J. P. S. Gobin
Lebanon
Stewart
George H. Innis
Boston
Wetherbee
Massachusetts
John G. Linehan
New Hampshire
Cogswell
Innis
Mack
Linehan
Gobin
Missouri
Illinois
R. B. Brown
Adjutant General
Tilicott Square
Metinleysa
United States
Cayugas+and
Pension Machinery Reforms Cited At Encampment
The retiring commander praised progress on pension cases with loosened latch strings and restored beneficiaries. He urged truthful school history in public education and endorsed a committee’s findings to ensure accurate war history in jubilee schools. The address warned of declines in ranks and urged solidarity until all discharged and suspended comrades are restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Pensions
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
The Deed of a Dastard Isolda Borda Assassinated
Avelino Arredondo a Uruguayan army officer assassinated President Borda citing personal hatred. Dispatches from Montevideo to Washington report US officials expressing deep abhorrence and sympathy for Uruguay’s people after the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Borda
Avelino Arredondo
Washington
Stuart
State Department
Uruguay
Sherman
United States
Isolda
Cleveland
Elliott Returns to His Mutton
Cleveland reports Dr. Jordan claims seals can be permanently branded. Professor Hilcott counters that branded skins offer no better work quality than furred skins, arguing care and curing matter more than branding. West Superior notes a new teaching hire policy preferring single women over married in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Paris
West Superior
Wis
Superior
Board of Education
Baseball Scores From Chicago and League Games
Chicago reports include Washington 6 at St Louis 1, Philadelphia 8 at Pittsburgh 4, Baltimore 8 at Cincinnati 3, New York 19 at Chicago 6, Boston 1 at Cleveland 7, Brooklyn 16 at Louisville 0. Western league Detroit 16 at Minneapolis 7, Detroit 7. Western association results include Dubuque 4 at Burlington, Rockford 14 at Des Moines 2, Peoria 11 at St Joseph 4, Cedar Rapids 8 at Quincy 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicag
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Louisville
Detroit
Minneapolis
Western Association
Dubuque
Burlington
Rockford
Des Moines
Peoria
St. Joseph
Cedar Rapids
Quincy
Chicago trader shoots self while practicing at South Haven
James M. Treadway, 36, member of the Chicago Board of Trade and employee of John H. Wrenn & Co., accidentally shot himself in the heart while shooting at a mark near the fair grounds south of town. His body was found with a revolver nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Haven
Mich
James M. Treadway
Chicago Board of Trade
John H. Wrenn & Co
Rookery
Treadway
Fair
Bragg Family Wedding in Fond du Lac Wisconsin
Edgar Nicholls wed Miss Beth Bragg at St Pauls cathedral in Fond du Lac Wisconsin on August 27. The ceremony occurred at 8 pm in St Augustine's chapel with Rev Warden Rogers officiating. Attending were General and Mrs Edward S Bragg and other relatives including Mrs Co M Bragg Mrs Moore Miss Emma Dean and Miss Harmun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bragg
Fond du Lac
Wis
Edgar Nicholls
Beth Bragg
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Augustine’s Chapel
Warden Rogers
Edward S. Bragg
Co. M. Bragg
Moore
Emma Dean
Harmun
Flags to Memorial Hall From Past Conflicts
Governor Tanner reviewed the Third regiment at Springfield on Aug 27. Colonel Bennett presented two flags with histories for Memorial hall the Fourth cavalry flag from the Mexican War and a flag from the Seventh Infantry during the Civil War. A grain elevator at Dalton City collapsed, owned by Hight & McCoy, holding about 50,000 bushels of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
His
Tanner
Bennett
Wavernor
Memorial Hall
Fourth Cavalry
Uoimping L, Seventh Infantry
Hight & McCoy
Dalton City
Strike Predictions Show Diverging Read on Mine Strike
Pittsburg reports Colonel W P Read defends charges against President Ratchford and predicts miners will lose the strike as new crews may be brought in. In Washington Gompers says 60 65 percent of West Virginia mines are closed and predicts a general strike resolution by month end. Springfield miners vote to accept a 40 cent per ton rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. P. Read
Chicago
Ratchford
Buffalo
Read
St. Louis
Dolan
Gompers
Washington
American Federation of Labor
West Virginia
Cooner
Pocahontes
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Springfield
Tls
Fisher
Sangamon Shaft No. 2
Women Take a Hand in the Fight at Oak Hill Mines
Jeer and deride the men going to work as the striking miners at De Armit’s Oak Hill mines near Turtle Creek face daily demonstrations. Wives and daughters mobilized with banners, greeting workers with shouts, while authorities move to evict striker families. Leaders and lawyers discuss contempt actions as deputies enforce the injunction amid continued unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
de Armit
Oak Hill
Turtle Creek
Tipple
S.C. de Armit
Plum Creek
Bundla
W. J. Brennan
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Gus Datte
Sheriff's
Dolan
Clare Ridge
Westmoreland County
McGovern
McIlvaine
Walcott Knocks Out Geo Green In Eighteenth Round
In San Francisco on August 27 Joe Walcott defeated George Green in the eighteenth round of a fast bout. Walcott led every round except possibly rounds two and twelve, landing sharp rights and left jabs then finishing with a right cross that sent Green through the ropes. Referee Tom O Rip, oratory, counted Green out as he was held up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Joe Walcott
George Green
Walcott
Green
Kansas Wheat Boom Lifts Farmers As Crop Reaches 61 Million Bushels
Chicago reports Topeka journalist Frank P. MacLennan says Kansas wheat has risen about 30 cents a bushel since he left home. He estimates a 61,000,000 bushel crop, yielding over forty bushels per acre in some areas, bringing $15,000,000 more to Kansas growers and raising farmer fortunes toward independence. The crop may allow mortgage relief and land value gains across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank P. MacLennan
Topeka State Journal
MacLennan
Topeka
Mackinac
Kansas
Kingdom Come
Wrenn Wins National Tennis Championship in Newport
American champion Wrenn defeated Eaves three sets to two yesterday in the national tennis title match at Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrenn
Newport
R. L
Eaves
Hasn't Canreda Got Klondyke
New York on August 27 reports gold totaling $100,000 withdrawn from the sub treasury for shipment to Canada in what authorities term a routine transfer. The move echoes Klondyke era interest as markets absorb the cross border flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canreda
New York
Sub-Treasury
Canada
Abbreviated Telegrams and Local Updates Echoed
Reports note Mrs Hugh Walllace out of danger and a Panama canal syndicate forming. Silk firm Stehli & Co plans a U S branch factory while a Rhinelander liquor case yields four months in jail. Pennsylvania’s alien tax law ruled unconstitutional. Drowned party from West Superior returns safely. A Texas lynching is confirmed. Bellville mob attacks an elderly woman. A Chicago Great Western collision at Alta Vista injures and kills. Marion Tooker sails Lorna Doone to victory at Foxlake. Hanna and Schlesinger buy Newport iron mine in Guogehic range. Juneau mill shifts drive as ten stranded in Dyea head to Klondike. Mrs Kruse identified after Newburg car strike. Sitka saloonkeeper Michael McGee charged with giving whisky to Indians. five victims dead. Consul in Havana says Evangelina Cisneros case misrepresented. Burley Co founder A G Burley gravely ill in Chicago. Wheat tops yearly prices in Chicago. September at 98½, December 93½, September corn 30. Chicago fire losses for six months end June 30 reach 1,782,097.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Walllace
Fuller
Panama Canal
Stehli & Co
Zurich
Julius Samuelson
Rhinelander
Wis
Pennsylvania
Acheson
United States Court
Berrying
West Superior
Texas
Bellville
Chicago Great Western Railway
Alta Vistata
Marion Tooker
Lorna Doone
Foxlake
Florence Brophy
Mark Hanna
F. Schlesinger
Milwaukee
Newport
Juneau
Aldea
Dyea
Wklendyke
Newburg
St. Paul
John Kruse
Michael McGee
Sitka
Cieneralee
Havana
State Department
Lévangelina Cisneros
A. G. Burley
China and Crockery House
Burley Co
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Army's
J. P
Keystone State
N. Y
Alger
Senator Hanna
Elliott
Oracles
Lt. WI
Rend
Fiora M. Davy
Duluth
Geo. Green
Geo. H. Tandy & Co
G. W. Tandy
Oxford
Pike
Stephenson St
Freeport, Il
Queen & Crescent
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga National Military Park
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
W. C. Rinearson
L Pass
McHenry
Pepsin Gum
The
M.vpvhenry
Furfierl College
School of Business
J. J. Nagle
GC. S
Prin. Bluet
Galena St. Freeport
Stephenson Street
Brewster House
Southern Teachers’ Bureau
O. M. Sutton
Sutton Teachers’ Bureau
S. W. Cor
Dearborn St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!