Grand Army of Republic Grows in Numbers in 1900s
Minneapolis August 16 The Grand Army of the Republic reports total membership at 235823 an increase of 3368 in six months. Deaths for the year ending December 31 reached 9205 about 3.9 percent, matching the prior year. Debates on funding congress reports and possible tax increases are noted along with flourishing soldiers homes and treasury balance.
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Grand Army OF Republic
Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army
Tweedale
Congress
M J. Cummings
Clark
Treasury
Frank Battles
Grand Army of the Republic
Henry Wirz
Wirz
Duel May Be Fought Down in Georgia
Thomson Georgia August 16 It is feared Thomas E Watson and Postmaster John M Barnes will fight in a street clash when they meet Their dispute stems from the gubernatorial campaign with Watson backing Hoke Smith Barnes opposes him Barnes accuses Watson of aiding Republicans in 1902 Watson vows to run Barnes out of Thomson Barnes says he will never leave Thomson alive Both men plan to go armed and officials fear bloodshed cannot be avoided.
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Thomson
Thomas E. Watson
John M. Barnes
Watson
Hoke Smith
Barnes
Rumor of Palma assassination plot alarms Havana
Rumors of a conspiracy to assassinate President Palma have prompted doubled palace guards and armed police. Customs workers are armed and rifles issued to police as chiefs of police and detectives meet at the palace amid official deferrals and sensational newspaper rumors. Calixto Garcia's son is said to be shadowed along with other leaders.
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Havana
Palma
Calixto Garcia
Des Moines Quarters Choose New Officers Next Meeting Set
Quartermaster General Lieutenant C. B. Lewis from Colorado Judge Advocate M. J. O'Donnell from Kansas City and Chaplain Rev. J. A. Beebe from Des Moines are listed. The next meeting will be held in Kansas City.
Dick Little in New Stunt to Break Auto Record
An attempt to break the auto record from New York to San Francisco began at 3 AM from Herald Square. The two cylinder car carries Richard H. Little and Christian D. Hagerty of Chicago aboard as the machine begins its cross continental run.
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New York
San Francisco
Herald Square
Richard H. Little
Christian D. Hagerty
Chicago
Dawes Named as Receiver of Milwaukee Avenue Cooperative
Federal Judge Bethea appointed Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trust company, as receiver of the Milwaukee Avenue Cooperative store. The majority stock is owned by President Stensland of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank. Auk Wins First Race in Roosevelt Cup series in Marblehead Massachusetts.
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Stensland
Chicago
Bethea
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company
Milwaukee Avenue Cooperative
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Auk
Marblehead
Mass
Boston
Fusion is completed at Central Illinois bachelors reunion
Nokomis Illinois August 16 the fifth annual reunion and picnic of the Central Illinois Bachelors association drew about 20000 attendees one of the largest gatherings in the group’s history a parade contrasted bachelorhood with married life and members wore yellow badges bearing None that I love more than myself New York Swift & Co Jersey City branch announced fifty dollars in gold to any employee who marries the first winner Thomas McBride a bachelor chief clerk was chosen Lincoln Nebraska August 16 Democrats and Populists forge a fusion ticket with governors names and state offices decided Danville Illinois August 16 Joseph G Cannon welcomed at the Eighteenth district convention and nominated for president consideration noted George Prince nominated for congress in the Fifteenth district
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Nokomis
Central
Bachelors’ Association
New York
Swift & Co
Henderson
Ninth Streets
Jersey City
Swift & Er
Cooper
Jersey
Thomas McBride
J. S. Canady
Professor Watson
George Horst
J. W. Davis
A. P. Fitzsimmons
Cannon
Danville
Fil
Joseph IG
Eighteenth Congressional District
Prince
Galesburg
George W. Prince
Miners clash in Butler Junction battle leaves one dead
In Butler Junction union and nonunion miners fought with stones and knives last night. Stef Reaway, a nonunionist, was fatally stabbed and Steven Morely is missing and presumed killed. About twenty-five others were injured as unions shifted from union to nonunion three weeks earlier at Freeport Coal. A second report notes an east bound Big Four passenger train colliding with an extra freight car at Summit, Lafayette, killing several sheep and lightly injuring some passengers.
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Union
Pittsburg
Butler Junction
Stef Reaway
Steven Morely
Freeport Coal Company
Lafayette
Ind
Summit
Sullivan replies to Bryan demand for resignation
Chicago August 16 Democratic National Committeeman Roger C Sullivan issues a prepared statement denying Bryan’s right to question his national committee seat. He questions Bryan’s authorship of letters urging resignation and accuses two Jacksonville men of stirring discord to revive factional leadership.
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Chicago
Sullivan
Bryan
National Committee
Millard Filmore Dunlap
Owen F. Thomps
Jacksonville
Grand jury impaneled to probe Standard Oil rebates
Chicago reports the special federal grand jury will continue investigating alleged rebates received by Standard Oil from the Lake Shore railroad and other transportation lines. Judge Bethea in the U S circuit court oversaw the impaneling. In Sofia, the anti Greek movement grows, with rising tensions in Rosemay and Bulgaria threatening regional peace.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Lake Shore
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Sofia
Rosemany
Bulgaria
New Camp Organized by Rock Island I O O F at Woodhull
The Rock Island Encampment No. 12 I O O F returned from Woodhull with a new camp of 20 members. Members and officers were installed after a long night of work at Woodhull theater, followed by a banquet and a enjoyable evening.
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Rock Island
Woodhull
Race meeting at Davenport mile track called off
Unofficial reports circulate that a proposed 10 day race meeting at Davenport mile track before September will not take place. Several promoters have decided to abandon the undertaking due to inability to secure a sufficient field of entries.
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Davenport Mile Track
Wife Charges Desertion in Divorce Proceedings
Mrs Edith Dusenberry has filed for divorce in circuit court charging her husband John Dusenberry with desertion. Searle and Marshall act as her solicitors. A separate note mentions a forecast of a big wheat field in Manitoba with an estimate of 100,000,000 bushels for export, per the London Express, and a year to transport by railway to the coast.
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Edith Dusenberry
Circuit Court
John Dusenberry
Manitoba
London Express
Csngfa
How They Did It One Vote Keeps Higgins From Capturing State
In New York on Aug 16 former Governor Odell with Senator Platt blocked Higgins bid to seize the Republican state committee by one vote. A planned move to name M Linn Bruce as temporary chairman failed, but a Livingston reversal gave Odell control and set Saratoga as the convention site for Sept 25. Concurrent dispatches report a Baltimore like wave of attacks in Poland and Russia with 250 Jews killed or wounded, and a series of violent incidents across several cities.
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Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Thomas C. Platt
Republican State Committee
Frank W. Higgins
Friends of
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Black
Odell
Higgins
M. Linn Bruce
Strautegem
Jacob A. Livingston
Brooklyn
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Livingston
Saratoga
Buffalo
London
Warsaw
Jewish Chronicle Sage
St. Petersburg
Vistula
Novoe Vremyotichoy
St. Bartholomew
Poland
Explosion at Bahia factory fatal. twenty one dead
Rio de Janeiro reports 21 workers killed and many wounded after Bahia fireworks factory blast. El Paso dispatch says a Chihuahua dynamite car explosion killed 12 and wounded 20 with many expected to die.
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Bahia
el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Mexico
SULTAN GRANTS PARDONS AS HEALTH RETURNS
The sultan in Constantinople orders the release of all prisoners who have completed two thirds of their sentences to mark his recovery. In Boston a Danish steamship captain reports dead herring covering over fifteen miles near Dead Herring Cover Sea. In Rockford Illinois Charles E Fuller of Belvedere is nominated for Congress by Republicans in the Twelfth district.
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Constantinople
Empire
Boston
Mass
Anderson
Texas
Copenhagen
Rulers Kiss At Parting In Royal Leave-Taking
King Edward I departed Cronberg for Marienbad this morning as Emperor William Prince and Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse Nassau and Crown Princess Sophia of Greece accompanied him to the station. The parting was marked by cordial scenes with mutual cheek kissing.
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Edward I
Friedrichshof
Marienbad
William
Frederick Charles
Hesse-Nassau
Sophia
Greece
Secretary Root Tours Buenos Ayres. Puerto Rico Revolt Fears Rise
Secretary Root visited Buenos Aires to inspect national primary schools and attend races with President Alcoria, while Mrs Root hosted a reception and a gala opera event drew praise from the Buenos Aires press. Meanwhile in Iowa and Washington reports note a Republican senatorial deadlock and unrest in San Domingo with fears of renewed revolutionary activity aided by exiled Domingo leaders.
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Root
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Alcoria
Webster
Lincoln
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Blaine
Crystal Changes Hands In Major Vaudeville Deal
Davis & Churchill plan to own the Crystal theater in Peoria after a city visit by a representative. The Crystal, a big business last season under Erb, would continue vaudeville attractions as a Western Vaudeville association member. Also notes Typos to Hot Springs Next as the Typographical union sets its year convention for Hot Springs, Ark.
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Davis & Churchil
Peoria
Grand Rapids
Mich
Crystal Theater
Crystal
Western Vaudeville Association
The
Hot Springs
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ark
International Typographical Union
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