Brave G A R Encampment in Indianapolis Inspires Nation
The twenty seventh annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Indianapolis drew vast crowds, with trains, visitors, and a grand reception at Tomlinson Hall for national and department officers. Gen Harrison gave the welcome, while Weisert answered. organizers and Western veterans, especially from Indiana, fueled a week of reunions and parades.
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Hoosier Capital
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
Decatur
Stephenson
Hoosier
Grand Army
Illinois Street
Department
Tomlinson Hall
Gen Harrison
Weisert
Western Veterans Parade At Indianapolis Encam pment 1866
The article recounts the 1866 Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Indianapolis with Western dominance in delegates. It highlights key organizers led by Eli Lilly, the vast volunteer committee, and Navy and Army veterans gathering for a multi-day program including a grand parade, fireworks, reunions, and a war pageant amid monumental illuminations and the 200-foot soldiers monument.
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Igan
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Indianapolis
Philadel Nas
Indiana
John A. Tabans
Illinoiis
Eli Lilly
Commercial Club
Lilly
D. P. Erwin
William Fortune
Allan Bendricks
Albert Gall
Gov. Matthews
Chase
Thomas Sullivan
Lew Wallace
Atlantic
Mississippi
Shiloh
Perryville
Stone River
Missionary Ridge
Chickamauga
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
International Sunday School Convention Opens in St Louis
Delegates from all parts of the world attend the opening session in the Grand Music Hall at the Exposition Building. The United States and British provinces convention claims 130 197 Sunday schools 1372 558 teachers and 10 870 104 scholars with scores of foreign delegates. Edward Towers of London marshals the foreign delegates for this vast gathering.
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United States
America
Exposition Building
St. Louis
Millerars
Congress
Canada
Newfoundland
Edward Towers
London
World Sabbath School Congress Links Nations At Exposition
Exposition Building hosted a gathering led by Rev B F Jacobs of Chicago with delegates from New York Pennsylvania Indiana Connecticut and Vermont among others. International lessons church organization and Bible instruction were discussed with representatives from Paris Italy Egypt Palestine Japan and China. Boston selected for 1896 convention and $5000 raised toward the World’s Fair model Sunday school building debt.
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B. IF. Jacobs
Chicago
America
New York
W. A. Duncan
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
J. R. Caldwell
New Hamburg
G. W. Smith
Denver
William H. Hall
Connecticut
Cemeeny Nicholson
Indiana
T. B. Sweet
Topeka
George R. Bird
Nevada
J. H. Babbitt
Vermont
Paris
McAll Mission
Signor Charanti
Italy
Egypt
Palestine
Japan
China
Asia
Home Department
Pittsburg
Boston
Gladstone Triumphs as Home Rule Passes Commons
Ireland wins a major victory as the English House of Commons approves the home rule bill by 601 to 267. The measure advances to the Lords after a swift passage, concluding a two decade campaign led by Gladstone and the Home Rule movement built around Isaac Butt and Charles Stewart Parnell.
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Ireland
English
House of Commons
Gladstone
Commons
Parliaments and Home Rule in Ireland
In 1874 Parnell led a bold Irish approach contrasting with Dr Butt’s. Gladstone backed home rule and the public saw its likely success. The writer notes five years of turmoil, predicts the Lords may defeat the bill this session, possibly dissolving Parliament and reshaping Liberal strength in a new election.
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Meath
Parnell
Dr. Butt
Ireland
Gladstone
Commons
Lords
House of Lords
Pan American Medical Congress Opened in Washington
North and South American doctors gathered in Washington for the Pan American Medical Congress. President Cleveland opened the event. Dr. William Pepper presided as president, and Dr. Charles A. Reed served as secretary general. About 3,000 delegates attended with 500 essays presented, and post-congress tours included New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago World's Fair.
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Washington
Hoth
Cleveland
William Peper
Reed. Kine
Pennsylvania University
Charles A. Reed
Cincinnati College of Medicine
Wolfred
New York
United States
Colombia
Panama
Juan J. Ulloa
Costa Rica
Allen
Philadelphia
Boston
Niagra Falls
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Gold Arrives in New York From San Francisco and Europe
Gold shipments totaling 41 million dollars from San Francisco and 6 million dollars from Europe arrive in New York. Three loaded wagons with guards and 1594 pound boxes bring 40 thousand dollars per box to the sub treasury amid anxious crowds. European gold on steamships Campania La Bourgogne and New York adds to the total. Joel Barnhardt injures himself trying to save his daughter in Peru Indiana after a buggy crash that kills the child. Hotel de Logorot in New York goes to an assignee with liabilities of 147 thousand dollars.
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New York
United States Sub-Treasury
San Francisco Mint
Joel Barnhardt
Peru
Ind
TK Hotel de
Fate of a Drummer Murder in Silver City
A traveling valise of B. L. Watson of Shelby Iowa for the Empirre Shugart Hardware Co. was found under Silver City station platform with its contents slashed and rifled. A hat and watch chain fragment were nearby and a bar of iron lay beside the hat. Watson had ridden to the depot at midnight to catch a freight train to Council Bluffs and has not been seen since. A large search seeks the body and suspects.
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B. L. Watson
Silver City
Council Bluffs
Shelby
Iowa
Empirre-Shugart Hardware Company
Watson
Rights of Wheelmen Triage in District Court Case
In Rock Nuapids District Court Noah Blough engaged in a dispute over damage to A t Eng s bicycle after Blough s wagon struck it. The jury awarded Blough for repairs, and the case may reach the Supreme Court to decide wheelman road rights. Remains of Thomas Klumph were found along the Milwaukee and St Paul line near Cedar Rapids.
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Rock Nuapids
Noah Blough
A. T. Eng
Blough
Eng
Stit
Bloughing
League
Supreme Court
Thomas Klumph
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Klumph
Murdered by a Burglar in Fort Madison
Fort Madison farmer Herman Antelman was killed during a burglary while pursuing a fleeing suspect. He captured the burglar, summoned help, but the assailant fired twice from the wagon, killing Antelman. A posse pursues the suspect amid high tension and possible lynching.
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Fort Madison
Herman Antelman
Antelman
Tramp Fatally Crushed at Cedar Rapids Yard
Henry White a 19 year old tramp died after being crushed by a moving Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern freight engine in the Cedar Rapids yards. He died in hospital after saying he had no relatives and expressing indifference to death.
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Henry White
Cedar Rapids
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
White
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Hartford
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Monument Commission
Ter
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Gas Belt
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Samuel M. Jackson
State Treisurer
Allan Mendricks
Wm. Fortune
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el Lilly
Tomlinson Nall
Soldiers OF Christ
T. Louis
Bishop Vincent
DR Masters
Izaac Butt
Home Rule Party
Charles Stewart Parnell
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Gold
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Europe
Boone County
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Henry
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Mitchell, S. D
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Samurel Moopy
Rock Island Railroad
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