Comrades Gather for Grand Army Arrival in Boston
Boston hosts a bustling Grand Army encampment with large contingents arriving by rail. Detroit and Milwaukee posts lead a multi state turnout as officials set up headquarters and plan receptions while drills and parades begin and officers report to encampment care in Mechanic's Hall and Hartford flags are displayed.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Horticultural Hall
Laents
River
Mechanic’s Hall
Connect
Cranoe
Jana
State Ecticut
Hartford Capitol
Boston
Detroitsion
Austin ‘O
Detroit
Common Council of
Tment
Billings
Women's Relief Corps
Grand Army
Col
Ement House
Om Golorado
Montans
Minnesota
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Eng
Eight murder victims found in Memphis stir demand for action
Reports say eight murdered infants were found in Memphis during the week prompting calls for immediate investigation and mass citizen meetings to urge authorities to capture the killer. The public unrest grows as editors face hostility and a Kaukauna incident involving a street commissioner ends with a woman attacker fleeing. Local market notes list creamery prices and dairy terms.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lenn
Este
Investige
Vor
Tariff Focus Dominates Senate While House Plans Small Week
Washington August 12 Tariff discussion will predominate in the Senate this week with river and harbor bill to be called up by Frye. Conference reports may interrupt tariff progress. Hoar's rule resolution may be acted on in caucus. House work to be light as many Republicans are in Boston leaving Democrats in charge.
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Senate
House
Ashington
Frye
House Committee On
Committee On
Agricultural Colleges
Boston
800 BILL HELD BACK TO PROMOTE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL
Washington August 12. It is claimed the Soo bill is delayed in the house to push the river and harbor bill from the senate with amendments. Many members fear the Soo bill if passed separately would derail the broader river and harbor measure. Minnesota and Dakota lawmakers along with lake region interests see river improvements as vital to their states. Critics say McKinley and Cannon use the Soo bill as a pretext to stall a top northern boundary priority.
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WasHington
Senate
Congress
Minnesota
Dakota
Mississippi
Missouri
McKinley
Cannon
Prairie fires devastate Kansas farmlands in Ford and Edwards counties
Prairie fires rage across western Kansas with Ford and Edwards counties hardest hit. A twenty acre tract in northern Ford county burned in two hours. No lives lost yet, but livestock killed and crops ruined nationwide.
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Codgee City
Kan
Kansas
Ford
Edwards Counties
Ford County
Canadian Pacific ExpressDelayed by Mountain Accident Rumor
Winniega Manitoba August 12 The Canadian Pacific express from the Pacific is reported fourteen hours late with rumors of a major accident in the mountains spreading among travelers and observers.
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Winniega
Man
Canadian Pacific Express
The
Pacific
Four express cars carry $15 million silver bullion through Parkersburg
A rushed transport of four express cars carrying silver bullion valued at $15 million passed Parkersburg on Saturday night while en route from Washington to a New Orleans mint. The dispatch notes no binding policy stance from officials regarding Armenia.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Washington
New Orleans
Death of John Boyle O'Reilly in New England
Boston and Nantucket reports say John Boyle O'Reilly died suddenly at his summer home in Hull and later at Charlestown. The cause appears accidental poisoning linked to medicines for his wife and possible chloral overdose. Obituary notes his Fenian past and leadership of The Boston Pilot. Clerical leaders call it a public calamity and great loss to the church and nation.
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The
Boston Pilot
John Boyle O'Reilly
Nanttucket Bracu
Mass
Litehead
Mr. O'Reilly
Boston
Hull
Pilot
John R. Murphy
O Reilly
Dowth Castle
County Meath
Ireland
Tenth Hussars
Fenian Society
Reilly
Dartmoor
Australia
Estern
Gifford
Philadelphia
Newsrs
Canada
Papyrus Club
Bar Harbor
Globe
Cardinal Gibbons
Ryan
Bohemia Steamer Deck Collapse Traps Grand Army Voyage
Near Montreal on the Bohemia bound for Boston a crowded hurricane deck buckled under 1000 Grand Army men and families. The ship struck a rock near Cedar Rapids and jammed, causing panic, injuries, and a mass scramble for life preservers before boats reached shore.
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St. Lawrence
Monttreal
Grand Army
Boston
Cedar Rapids
Montreal
Fire Wipes Out Pullman Car On Grand Army Excursion
At Actonvale Quebec a Grand Army excursion train from Chicago to Boston suffered a fire in the Pullman car Freeport between Montreal and Actonvale. Ten Chicago passengers escaped with some scorched but no serious injuries. clothing and valuables were lost as the car was reduced to ashes. The remaining cars continued after a brief halt.
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Actonvale
Que
Chicago
Boston
Montreal
Freeport
Poulet
Upton
Fire damages Arnold block meat market in Chicago
A blaze torn through the Arnold block in Chicago Aug 12 badly damaging the Arnold Bros meat market and Bernhard Hulzebus nation stop. Loss to stock and building is around 125000 dollars. Two fourth floor families narrowly escaped with their lives.
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Chicago
Arnold
Arnold Bros.’ Meat Market
Bernhard Hulzebus’ Nation
News Briefs from Around the World
Baron Leon of Vienna dies after a fall in the Alps. Italy orders stopping emigration to South America. Ohmandar valleys flood and destroy crops. French Park dies in Nashville of lung fever after $10,000 sale. Hungarian towns Pushak Lanany Hatvan suffer partial destruction by fire killing eight. Rail strike momentum grows as Welsh workers gain hope. US consular group to meet in Frankfurt on the 20th to report on labor convention. The convention lauds Mr Rathbone for energy. Mr St Clair listed.
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Baron Leon
Vienna
Alps
Italy
South America
French Park
Charles Reed
Daviaideon
Nashville
Pushak-Lanany
Hatvan
London
Wales
J. Clair
Tingle
Edwards
Berlin
Mazon
Frankfort
Crawford
St. Petersburg
United States
Germany
Washington
Rathbone
St. Clair
The Folly of Night Work Says New York Journal
The New York Journal argues against night work, noting the body remains worn in the morning even after long sleep. Recuperation from strain takes time, and there is no loss when the body yields to sleep.
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New York Journal
Big House Dinner Delayed Until Next Day
In a Pittsburg Bulletin style exchange, Dennis asks when they ate at the big house and Patrick replies they did not eat until after dark, with the supper postponed until the following day, noting ignorance toward the timing.
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Dennis
Patrick
Powers
Pittsburg Bulletin
Ancient Bread Facts from Neolithic Swiss Ruins
Fragments of unfermented cakes found in neolithic Swiss buildings reveal crackers as an early form of bread. The relics show similarities to modern crackers, suggesting ancient baking practices and culinary evolution.
Like to Like a Mourning Reply in Almanach Pour Rire
A comic line remarks on a mulatto woman asked why she would accept a negro as a lover. Her witty answer: she is in mourning, implying social constraints and irony in racial dating references from the Almanach pour Rire.
Allies of the Knights Linked to Central Rail Tie Up
A Times dispatch from New York reports that after midnight the Hudson river division locomotive firemen, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, joined the Knights of Labor strike. Firemen may halt traffic between New York and Albany as engineers vow not to run without firemen, with a plan to tie up the Lake Shore, Michigan Central and Michigan Southern main line from New York to Chicago.
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Curiaco
the Times
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Hudson River Division
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Knights of Labor
New York Central
Albany
Brotherhood of Locomotive’ Engineers
Lake Shore
Midean Central
Michigan Southern
Central
Chicago
Florence M. Donovan
State Board of Arbitration
K. of L
State Board of Arbitration For Settlement
Donovan
Messrs
Purcell and Robertson
Trains Run as Blockade Tension Persists in New York
Breaking the blockade, three passenger trains depart Grand Central with on duty firemen and engineers. Knights threaten broader action while officials report the strike’s backbone broken in New York, though concerns linger at Syracuse and Albany. District Master Workman Lee cites about 8,000 men out from Buffalo to New York.
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New York
Grand Central
Brotherhood
Committeman Holman
Hayes
Knights
New York and
Harlem
Sixty-fifth Street
Syracuse
Albany
Webb
Mr. Webb
Gen- Haman
Western Railroad
E. J. Lee
Buffalo
Governor Hill defies militia use over freight crew dispute
In Albany Governor Hill refused to order troops to protect freight traffic. He warned action only if serious trouble arose and sent adjuvant general messengers as needed. Pinkerton guards tighten near freight bridge while engineers seek higher pay and consider work halt if denied.
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Albany
N. Y
Hill
Knight of Labor
Adjutant General’s Office
Farnsworth
Dewitt
Syracuse
United Press
Webb
Pinkerton
New York
Local disruptions persist as trains run but situation remains strained
Report notes trains continued to operate yet the overall outlook remains unsettled. Officials, including a superintendent, spoke cheerfully at first but later conceded limited improvements amid ongoing disturbances near the Bissell area.
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Bissell
PROGRESS AT TROY AS TRAIN SERVICE RESUMES
Absolute quiet marks the strike in Troy as trains run in and out of the Union depot. Forty switchmen flagmen and trackmen who quit Saturday are being replaced rapidly while Pinkerton scouts arrive and scatter along the tracks. Freight trains move under Central Hudson and Itchburg company faces no difficulty handling passenger and freight traffic.
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Pinkett
Troy
Union Depot
Pinkerton
Aege
Hudson
Itchburg Company
Forced to Strike Amid Endangered Lives, Albany Rail Conflict
Reports from Albany on August 12 describe engineers firemen and conductors warning they must strike to protect their lives as new switchmen prove incompetent amid long trains with few crew. Militia talks, arbitration offers, and Brotherhood refusals accompany a Buffalo freight blockade and widespread disruption.
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Albany
N. Y
All Out at Rome Knights Strike Halts Local Work
Rome, Aug 12. The Knights of Labor employed by the Central in this city have all gone out. No work is being done here. All trains passing this station are several hours behind schedule.
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Boston
Grand Army
Te Department of Information
Gir
E. E.lcott
New York
England
Rome
Knights of Labor
The
Central
Collision Near Pittsford Kills Two Engineers
A 12 o'clock collision at Railroad Mills on the Central road near Pittsford Rochester New York injures and kills both engineers. The east bound freight and a light engine and caboose were involved. Engineer Jesse F. Dany of Birth was the past bound freight engineer.
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New York Central
Rochester
N. Y
Railroad Mills
Central Road
Pittsford
Weat.ue
Rene Pacers
Jesse F. Dany
New York Central Accident Claims Marquette Man
Victor Welch of Marquette Mich was run over by a New York Central train at the Ohio and Moore streets crossing in Burraga. Both legs were crushed and he was taken to the mine hospital where doctors fear he cannot live.
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New York Central
Burrago
N. Y
Victor Welch
Marquette
Mich
Ohio
Moore Streets
Southern Feud Ends in Fatal Wounds at Tuscanola
In Meriden Mississippi on August 12 a long running family feud between the Gandy and Fairchild families at Tuscanola erupted when two Gandy brothers fought two Fairchilds. Brown Gandy was killed and Andy Gandy severely wounded. One Fairchild is seriously cut with slim chances of recovery.
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Meriden
Miss
Gandy
Fairchild
Tuscanola
Fairchilds
Brown Gandy
John Andy
Rejoicing at Celman's Downfall in Barnes AYRES
Mass meetings and demonstrations of rejoicing over Celman's downfall were held Sunday. Circulating statements claiming to forecast the government’s financial policy are untrustworthy. Senor oquee has provided an exhibit of the nation’s finances.
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Merritt
Department of the
Washington
Celman
Barnes Ayres
Wyoming Governor Warren Ill With Brain Congestion
Cheyenne dispatch reports Governor Warren of Wyoming dangerously ill with congestion of the brain. The illness upsets political calculations in his state as he was to be placed ahead of the ticket to be nominated.
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Warner
Wyoming
New York
Cheyenne
Wyo
Warren
J G Boyden Dies Rail Official and Ship Disaster Toll
James G Boyden, assistant general freight agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway, dies after serious illness. His remains will be taken to Cincinnati for interment. Seven killed when steam pipe bursts aboard the Russian warship The sea. Victim named Khilkoff among the dead.
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J. C. Boyden
Pau
James G. Boyden
Chicaee
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Railys
Cincinnati
Khilkoff
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