Practice March to the Potomac by Thirteenth Regiment
Special from Brookmount Maryland reports the Third brigade under Gobin on a march from Camp Alger to a bivouac near the Potomac. The route included Falls Church Chester Brook and Leesburg Pike with liaison guards from Eighth Thirteenth and Pennsylvania regiments. No serious injuries reported. officers praised troops discipline and endurance.
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Falls Church
Chesterbrook
Leesburg Pike
Fort Thompson
Fort Marcy
Leesburg Road
Pierpont
Pennsylvania
Camp Alger
Chainbridge
Gobin
Balls
Britley
Typhoid scare at Camp Alger deemed non epidemic
Camp Alger reports scattered typhoid cases linked to prior diarrhoea or dysentery, not an outbreak. Surgeons led by Lt. Col Stewart assess camp sanitation and water readiness, with Major Parke to receive brigade surgeon appointment. furloughs and local visits noted among soldiers and families.
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Camp
Alger
Parke’s promotion leaves salary and rank unchanged
The observer ranks Major Parkes as the best suited but his promotion does not increase pay or rank, and he may be reassigned to another brigade or kept on General Gobin’s staff. Acting Commissary Sergeant Wormseer looks likely to receive stripes soon, with McKinley signing a bill creating regimental commissary sergeants for each regiment.
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Stewart
United States Army
Sternberg
Cook
Parke
Gobin
Halberstadt
Pake
Coursen
Keller
Blanchard
Tribune
Parkes
Girard
Keystone
Wormser
McKinley
Hull Organization
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Commissariat
Quartermaster’s Department
Commissary
Wormeer
Completing the Equipment at Camp Alger
Washington July 11 Officers at Camp Alger work to complete the Second Army Corps gear. The Seventh Ohio received rifles and accoutrements. some Twenty second Kansas rifles are worn out and need replacements. The Seventh Michigan Sixth Pennsylvania and Third Missouri regiments near readiness receive gear. Third Virginia Fourth Twelfth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania start a practice march. General Gehin receives a sword from friends. Private Moore of Sixth Massachusetts at Fort Myer suffers paralysis. Private Lonely of Twelfth Pennsylvania undergoes abscess surgery and Trooper Stevenson of New York cavalry suffers typhoid fever.
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Washington
Camp
Alger
Ohio
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Virginia
Fuerth
Gehin
Moore
Massachusetts
Fort Myer
Lonely
Stevenson
New York Cavalry
Echoes of the War Reception for New York Regiment in San Francisco
A reception is planned in San Francisco for the First New York provisional regiment arriving today. A large breakfast with tables set for 100 guests will precede the welcome. Governor and staff are expected. many former New York residents turned San Franciscans will attend. Kerward Martin, a Carbondale native, served aboard the Baltimore at Manila and is 29 years old.
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San Francisco
New York Provisional
Vic
New York
Soldiers and Sailors in War News From Home
A report from No. 32 Canaan Street recalls Martin who enlisted in the regular army at twenty and served against the Sioux uprising. A letter says he joined the U S Navy six years ago aboard the Adam e and later Baltimore as a gunners mate. Prize money he sent home. Also noted is a court martial for sleeping on guard and the departure of Company 1 Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania volunteers from Lansford for Chickamauga with 46 men, plus details on officers and an order favoring National Guard enlistments.
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William V. Johnson
Company A
Orange
N. J
William HH. Dennis
Montrose
Corporal Dennis
Company G
Dennis
Marshall H. van Seoten
Corporal van Seoten
Company
Conrad Watson
Wagoner Watson
John Huff
Huff
Mt. Vernon
Captain Smith
Varcoe
Charles Wrigley
Daniel Matthias
Edward Burkhouse
Leutenant
Captain Robling
United States Navy
Adame
Spain
Baltimore
Hom
Pennsylvania
Lansford
Chickamauga
Jersey Cental
Heutenant
W. Clewell
Summit Hill
G. BR. Brown
Carpenter
Wilken-Borre
Simon B. Cameron
Harrisburg
New Guard
National Guard of
Endeavorers Adjourn After Seventeenth International Convention
The closing session of the seventeenth International Christian Endeavor convention was held in Nashville Tennessee with many delegates returning homeward and some planning travel to Chickamauga. Despite a smaller than expected turnout, prominent members attended as sermons and addresses were praised as among the best. Evening services were moving and touched many attendees including nonmembers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Internatonal Christin Endeavor
Chickamauga
Amone Thear
Menmiere
Bidding Opens for Big Siege Guns for Havana
Bids were opened by the War Department for 1 inch shrapnel shot 3 000 howitzers at 105 pounds and 1 000 mor tar shrapnel at 125 pounds. The ordnance is to equip large siege guns planned for positions in the hills around Havana. Principal bidders include Taunton Locama &give Works United States Projectile Co Brooklyn Schith & Co Philadelphia Builders Iron Foundry Providence Falls River and Machine Co Ohio and Marine Machinery and Conveyer Co.
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Washington
Ordnance Bureau
War Department
Havana
Taunton Locama
United States Projectile Company
Brooklyn
Catholic Summer School Opens With Varied Talks
The Catholic Summer School of America opened its first weekday session at Haven New York with Rev M J Lavalle of New York presiding. Rev Thomas P MelLaughlin a music historian lectured on Gounod as a Song Writer and performed pieces. Rev Charles Warren Currier opened his historical series with Foreign Complications Before 1812.
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Haven
N. Y
Catholic Summer School of America
Ihe
Fev
M. J. Lavalle
New York
Thomas P. MelLaughlin
Gounods
Charles Warren Currier
Baltimore
Destructive Fire Destroys Midway Mills and Town Property
A major blaze last night in Midway Pa originating at Crescent flouring mills left about 75000 dollars in ruins. The town lacks fire protection beyond a bucket brigade and key losses include Crescent Mooring mills Midway Supply Co J N Ogie drugs post office the 81 L railway bridge freight depot and telegraph tower plus four residences.
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Pittsburg
Midway
Crescent
Midway Supply Company
J. N. Ogie
Georgia Commission Rules War Tax on Telegraph and Express Fees
The Georgia railroad commission finds Western Union Telegraph Company and Southern Express Company require patrons to pay the War Tax as a condition to sending telegrams and packages. They have been cited to appear July 1 and show cause why they should not be found in violation of commission rules.
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Aianta
Georgia Railroad Commission
Western Union Telegraph Company
Southern Express Company
Schuylkill Democrats Nominate Ryan Marr Cummings Muldoon
Schuylkill county Democratic convention nominates James W. Ryan for Congress William A Marr for judge B W Cummings district attorney H F Muldoon controller Dr A B Leller coroner John F Herrigan poor director John S Brout county surveyor The platform centers on state issues.
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James W. Ryan
Congress
Pottavile
Schuylkill County
William A. Marr
B. W. Cummings
Fottaville
H. 4. Muldoon
Shenandoah
A. B. Leller
Prackville
John F. Herrigan
Mahanoyhuw
John 8. Brout
Weet Penn
Death of Ex Senator Conger Reported in Ocean City
Ex Senator Conger of Michigan, who had resided in Washington, died this afternoon at Ocean City Maryland. The obituary notes his retirement from the senate and marks his passing in July.
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Conger
Washington
Michigan
Senate
Ocean City
Kenney Denies Guilt In Senate Bank Robbery Trial
Senator Richard Rollin Kenney of Delaware pleads not guilty as trial opens in Wilmington circuit court. Prosecutors allege he aided accomplice William Boggs in a $107000 bank defalcation via stock deals and checks from the bank funds. Witnesses detail Boggs’s defalcation and Kenney’s signed checks used in stock schemes. The jury selection begins as the court adjourns for the night.
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Wilmington
Del
United States Senate
United States Circuit Court
Edward D. Bradford
Richard Rollin Kenney
Dover
United States
Delaware
Wiliam N. Boggs
First National Bank of
Boges
Boggs
Senator Kenney
George Gray
Levi €. Bird
Lewis C. Vandergrift
AB Foon
Harry A. Richardson
R Richardson
Fogg
T. Edward Ross
Philadelphia
Mr. Kenney
EK. D. Page
E. Cuthbert& Co
Borgs
Hissstock
Kinney
Hawaii Trade Under Reciprocity Era Highlighted
A summary from the bureau of statistics shows United States dominance in Hawaii’s commerce since 1876. Exports to the islands rose from under 1 million in earlier years to over 6 million by 1896, with the United States supplying most imports. Sugar remains the chief export. rice coffee pineapples and bananas growing in importance.
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Hawaiian Islands
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Mawaiian Islands
Hawaiiian Islands
Lslands
Important rank in the exportations of the Islands
The 1898 exports totaled 15.5 million dollars with sugar dominating at nearly 15 million, plus 5.0 million pounds of Mee, 225000 pounds of coffee, 126000 banana bunches, and 17000 pineapples. Sugar and coffee rises show rapid growth from 1887 to 1896.
Suit in Equity Begun Over Wilmington Railroad Bonds
Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington filed a bill in equity in Philadelphia common pleas court against the Altoona and Philadelphia Converting Railroad and Union Trust as mortgage trustee. The action seeks foreclosure of a $400,000 bond issue on railroad property and franchises and the appointment of a receiver. The plaints contend the company holds $190,000 in bonds, the railroad defaulted on interest since 1900, and is insolvent.
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Philadelphia
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Common Pleas Court
Altoona and Philipshire Converting Railroad Company
Union Trust Company
Plains Company
Fire in Cincinnati Warehouse District Causes Heavy Loss
A fire at the dismantled MecHll Grave and Mantle warehouse in Cincinnati spread to the EB D Albio Lumber yards and nearby manufactories. The Albro company reported lumber losses of 5000, Queen City Mantle and Grate 30000, Mr Mackey 8000, Agger Satininge Furniture 5000, and Collier Budd offices were burned.
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Cincinnati O
MecHll Grave and Mantle Company
D. Albio Lumber Company
Albro Company
Queen City Mantle and Grate Company
Mr. Mackey
Agger & Satininge Furniture Company
Collier & Budd Toal Company
Burneil
Money for Sea Capture in Civil War Prize Funds
The article lists prize money earned by Union ships in Civil War captures. Ships such as the Augusta, Bienville, Brooklyn, Canandaigus, Cimerone, Circassian, Magnolia, Octorona, Quaker City, Rhode Island, and Santiago de Cuba, among others, amassed hundreds of thousands to several hundred thousand dollars in prize distributions for officers and crews. Names, ships, and amounts are cataloged as incentives of naval warfare.
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Amanda
Augusta
Bainbridge
Bienville
Stettin
Patras
Brooklyn
Farracut
Magnolia
Canandaigus
Cimerone
Atlanta
Uncle Sam
Cumberland
Flambeau
Hunteville
Robert E. Lee
Memphis
Boston
Quaker City
Douro
Rhode Island
Somerset
South Carolina
South Boston
New Orleans
Stephen Hart
Susquehanna
Void Valentine Note Sparks Teaser from New York World
The fragmentary text shows a playful exchange about valentines with a witty line from the New York World, suggesting a lighthearted social note or cartoon caption.
Poland's Porto Rico expedition regiments rushed to Tampa
At Chickamauga Ga July 11 orders from the war department forward recruits from Wisconsin and the sixteenth Pennsylvania to Cuba with wagon trains. First Ohio cavalry delayed to Wednesday. Second division of General Poland's First Corps named for Porto Rico expedition and to depart as soon as possible. Quarters masters supply gun slings canteens shoes and under clothing as regiments prepare for field deployment.
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Chickamauga
Brooke
War Department
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Charleston
Oh‘o
Tampa
Genera Poland
Porto Rico
Dievision
Casualties in First Division Reported at Barbago
Washington dispatch lists casualties from General Shatter dated July 11. Captain Charles W. Reywell and Private Peter Nelson killed. Lieut N J Latz and Privates Charles Jenks Charles Lentil and Nelson Gilbert Jr wounded. Details from Playa del Este near Barbago.
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Playa del Este
Adjutant General
Washington
Barbago
Charles W. Reywell
Peter Nelson
N. J. Latz
Charles Jenks
Charles Lentil
Nelson Gilbert, Jr
Big Cut In Shoes Ladies Tan Button and Lace
Bargain alert on ladies tan button and lace shoes. Sizes vary with a sharp price cut to 98 cents. Limited stock and quick sale.
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Nolle
Ths Point
Potomac
Chain Bridge
Gillman
Virginia Regiment
Ctive
Fellows
Mattes
Edifiee
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Harington
Davis
Thirteenth Regiment
T. J. Dufty
Richardson
Company E
Honesdale
Misa Lewis
Jersey City
L. A. Wood
Freeman EK. Surdam
Ralph Gregory
Company D
Scranton
J. R. Ferber
John J. Kauffman
John Ruddy
Twenteth
George Millett
Stephen Lyman
George W. Roberts
BD. J. Davis
Gourxen
John Crockenberg
Oscar J. Aldrich
Almond G. Stonier
Hubert F. Clark
Leroy Bunnell
Company ‘i
T. J. Duffy
Associated Press
Kerward Martin
Carbondale
Manila
Mr. Martin
John
Col Wallace
Pennsylvanus
Mijor McNamara
Penneylvania
Contin Bell
Penneylva- Win
Tevtenant Dunkel
Blanco Doran
Catholic Summer School
Telegraph and Express Companies
Schuylkill
Democrats
Kenney
Teller Bogge
Hawaii
Royal
Sota
Kew
Rome
Attacke
Altoona and
Phillipsburg Haltroad
Valentine
Bhie
New York World
Poland
First Corps
General Shatter
Shatter
Kozema
Heaton
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