Grand Army Parade Draws Fortyse Camped Veterans For Pittsbore
Forty thousand veterans marched through Pittsburg and Allegheny with old tunes and faded uniforms. They used canes and crutches, passed under bright cannons, while crowds filled every street corner in a steady parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. Delegations from many states followed in order, from Illinois to Alaska and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Pittsbore
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Grand Army of the Republic
Monongahela House
Kansas
Delaware
Minnesota
Missouri
Oregon
Kentucky
West Virginia
South Dakota
Washington
Alaska
Arkansas
New Mexico
Utah
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Montana
Texas
Idaho
Arizona
Georgia
Alabama
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Indiana
E’ennsylvania
Death of Bridget Gorman Queen of the Gypsies
Bridget Gorman known as the queen of the gypsies in America died near Cincinnati at age five. Her husband King John Gorman died two years ago and her son Bartley Gorman will rule under a regency. Hundreds of history scrolls are being sent to gypsies in different parts of the country. The queen led a roaming life and was popular with her subjects.
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Bridget Gorman
America
Cincinnati
John Gorman
Bartley Gorman
Gas Explosion Traps Miners at Centralia Colliery
An explosion in the Centralia colliery works owned by Lewis A. Riley & Co traps several men underground. Some workers are brought to surface including two unknown Polish miners and a man named Cook. One Polish man dies and Cook is fatally burned. Exact death toll not yet known.
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Centralia
I A
Lewis A. Riley & Co
Ouk
Gurface
Notable Kentucky Duel Ends With Fatal Wounds
Two prominent farmers, Thomas Osborn and Marvun Murdy, fought a knife duel near Posiville Kentucky after Murdy’s tga broke into Osborns corn field. Both men were found dying in a pool of blood.
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Thomas Osborn
Marvun Murdy
Posiville
Murphy
Tga
Osborn
Rescue Fails as Chean Wrecks in Che-Tung Pass
The Chinese transport Chean carrying 1,100 troops ran aground in the Che-Tung pass while bound for Formosa. Aboard panic ensued but all soldiers and crew were landed safely by boat, with no hope of saving the vessel.
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Chean
Formosa
Che-Tung Pass
Pope seeks to ease China Japan tensions in Rome move
A Rome dispatch says the Pope wished to settle the China Japan strife but France blocked it fearing church intervention would hinder its Hast work. In Shanghai it’s reported Korea notes two opposing armies are now split by the Imin River hindered by famine. Constantinople reports 800 Turkish pounds relief for forest distress in the United States. Madden and Rossington burned by gas at Randal Hotel Fort Wayne.
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Rome
China
Japan
France
Shanghai
Korea
Him
Imin
Constantinople
United States
J.N. Madden
Charles Rossington
Randal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Diverse 19th Century News Across Cities
Reports include deaths of Gen George Stoneman and a banker named George F Work, a child’s accidental shooting, wage cuts in Fall River and New Bedford, failed unions in Pittsburg, and a solvent Mutual Benefit Life Association facing claims. Also noted are a divorce suit, a bank fraud sentence, whisky sales, arsenic poisoning, a murder in Missouri, coal mine deaths, a Chicago rail wreck, Iowa monument events, and Oregon hop yard trouble with mold.
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George Stoneman
California
Buffalo
Benjamin H. Williams
Philadelphia
Loroy Smith
Winfield Scott Smith
Fall River
New Bedford
Pittsburg
Mutual Benefit Life Association of America
Broadway
New York
George F. Work
James Coleman Drayton
Charlotte Augusta Drayton
William Astor
John Jacob Astor
Drayton
Allett Alsop Borrowe
London
Borrowe
Court of Chancery
State of
New Jersey
Trenton
A. W. Dickerson
Cass County
Atlantic City
Iowa
Cincinnati
James Strine
Dundee
Ind
Strine
Horace Loomis
James Gregory
Kokomo
Allin Brockaway
Rule
E. Reed
Central City
Colo
W. S. Forbes
Edwardi
Kirby
Mr. Kteed
Tub St. Paul Express
Chicago and Northwestern
Wells Street
Chicago
Barrington
Cary
John Shaw
Riverside Scho
Yon County
Shaw
Shiras
United States Court
Lyon County
Willampette
Woodburn
Midland County
Millington lynching probe gains momentum with indictments
Long inquiry into the Millington Tennessee lynching widens as the Grand Jury returns five indictments. Governor Turner vows a thorough investigation, offering rewards and detectives to pursue those responsible. The report also notes related violent episodes in Texas and Louisiana.
Union Pacific orders employees to avoid politics
A General notice from Union Pacific Railroad bans political discussion and urges resignations from those unwilling to stay out of politics. The report also includes standings from the National and Western Leagues with team records and percentages.
Grand Army Veterans Gather for Pittsburgh Encampment
Nearly twenty thousand old soldiers assembled in Pittsburgh for the twenty-eighth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Delegations from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania led a vast parade including Naval Veterans and Sons of Veterans. Women’s groups and ex-prisoners of war held meetings as the event featured addresses by governors and dignitaries at the Grand Opera House.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Pittsburg
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army
Daughters of Veterans
National Association of Naval Veterans
National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War
Pennsylvania
Ueta
Tinion
Isil
Uinter
Umberland
Gettysburg
Littaburg
Ohio
Northwest
Washington
Northwest Wall
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Wiscnsin
Army
Bradley S. Osbon
New York City
Naval Cadets
Sons of Veterans
Osbon
Farragut
John (J. LB. Adams
Airiota
Department of Illinois
Grand Opera House
Robert E. Pattison
Hf. McKenna
Pittsburgh
William M. Kennedy
Allegheny
McKinley
UG. A. N
Woman's Relief Corp
Westinghouse
Union Ox
Sona of Veterans
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Sultan
Gan Explonian
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Gervais
Pine
Kanabec
Carlton
Pine Belt
St. Cloud
Commission
Southern
Millington
Tenn
Stephen Giles
Kirkmansville
Chariva‘i
Giles
Turner
Teno
Memphis
Nacogdoches
Henry Watson
Miss Summers
Jesse
Joe Summers
Watson
Dykesville
Clinton Thompson
Felix
George Lridges
Jacob Muir
Thompson
Hridges
Jones
Nevada
James A. Ward
Pierre
Colorado
Pueblo
Davis H, Waite
B. W. Haakon
Lincoln
Cee Cahmero Bakela
Milwaukee
Geo. W.leck
Aeadler
Attormey
Geneva
Gomsmlasoner
Dsormey
Prescott Insurance
Wnd
Cil
BlugHvnds
Comte de Paris
Stowe House
Louis Albert Philipps d
Orleans
Duc @Verenns
Louis Philippening
the Trench
Paris
Duches d’Oveans
Claremont
England
Vienna
St Petersburg
Bialowirz
Spain
Achharin
Union Pacific Railroad
W. L. Cent
Baltimore
Pitteburg
York
Joeton
Louis
Brooklyne
Cleveland
Louisville
W. L
Sioux City
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukeess
Rigel
Gloucester
Mass
George W. Dixon
North Sidney
N. B
Mirana
Dr. Cook
St. John’s
Belle Isle
Miranda
Greenland
Sukker Toppan
Holstenberg
St. John's
Esquimaux
Riget
Dixon
Farre
Higel
Labrador
Lipel
Farrell
Geo
RuTrey Ghote Creamery
Pararoxis
Ianal Olis
Pri
G. A. RB
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