Prosecution in a state of collapse at Camp Meade
The state of the Major C. R. Parke prosecution appears weak as he faces charges for failing to forward descriptive lists of patients. Major Parke, aided by Brigadier General Gobin and Captain Norris, presses the case, while Captain S. S. Derman dies from malaria and fever. General Graham tours hospitals. corps orders require ten day health returns to the War Department, raising questions about muster policies. Private Lyfin, Corporal Biddleman, and others are hospitalized. bread funds and cash distributions to companies spark interest among soldiers. Sergeant Major McCulloch assumes duties amid celebration. lawmakers visit the camp as furloughs and pay-day concerns influence the ranks.
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Camp Meade
Middletown
C. R. Parke
Parke
Gobin
Norrie
Third Brigade
War Department
Minnesota
Eighth Pennsylvania
Graham
Red Cross
First Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon
Stephen Lyfin
Camp Alger
Division Hospital
Biddleman
William Casterline
Emmet McDermott
Divisioon Hospital
Johnson
H. B. Cox
Wormser
Ohia
Checle Sam
Harry R. Lathrope
Princeton College
William McCulloch
Coursern
McCulloch
National Guard
Gretna
Traders’ Bank
Scranton
Camp Hastings
Jones
Carbondale
Lee
Harrisburg
William Meyers
Andrew Mitchell
Moyers
Mitchell
Derman
Kambeck
Berry
Roberts
Joseph Geiger
Tnd
John Malia
Arthur Ridgway
Thomas Lewis
Prigate Thomas Lewis
Malott and Kidler
Cleary and Day
Edward J. Kelly
Hospital Corps
Harry Lucas
Sang
George Robling
Beelman
Division
Dunn Loring
Fort Myer
Warren Colwell
Herry
Thompson
Zacharias
Major Parke on Trial for Refusal to Receive Descriptive Lists
Major Charles R. Parke of Scranton faces general court martial at Davis HQ for alleged refusal to receive descriptive patient lists at the Second division hospital. The trial opens with defense objections to assistant judge advocates and witnesses. Parke's supporters expect acquittal and restoration. Also notes Typhoid death of George W. Hoffman and Red Cross hospital preparations. Seventh Ohio and Fourteenth Pennsylvania muster-out plans cited along with camp training shifts. Jewish soldiers may attend Atonement services per General Graham.
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Camp Meade
Middletown
Charles R. Parke
Scranton
General Court Mart
Davis
Parke
Stringfellow
Missouri
Cgobin
Norris
Avis
West Vir- Binks
Mattisen
Rhode Island
Vankin
Tennessee
Kalbach
West Virginia
Second Division
George W. Hoffman
Company H
Second
Tunnelsvilla
Red Cross
Girard
Red Croga
Ohio
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
War Department
Robbi Friedman
Harrishire
Graham
Crall Elected Vice Councilor of Junior Order
In New Castle Pennsylvania on September 12 Charles P Crall of Monongahela won the election for vice councilor of the Junior Order United American Mechanics with 227 votes to Charles A Westerman 176. The order reports 74000 members in good standing in 1899 with a 15 cent per member tax and 10 cent orphanage tax. Salaries for officers were cut and the order notes a healthy membership increase across councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
New Castle
United American Mechanics
Charles P. Crall
Monongahela
Crall
Charles A. Westerman
Order
Orphans’ Home
City council debates paving bids and tax extension
The council considered Harbor Asphalt paving at 2.27 per square yard, opposed by some based on a prior 2.10 estimate, and the decision allowed payment of taxes without penalty until Nov 1. Other actions include firemen convention committee changes and paving plans for Forest Court and Prospect Avenue.
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Zisleman
Moir
FE. Wenzel
Gilroy
Select Council
Forest Court
Spruce Street
Kellum Court
Ash Street
Tax Court
W. 3. Lanestaff, Jr
T. J. Hughes
Paving Award Contested In Select Council
In select council last night the paving bill for Quincy avenue was taken from the paving committee and awarded to Barber Asphalt Paving Co for $2.87 per square yard after property owners petitioned for pavement. The move drew questions about city liability if assessments were irregular, with votes showing a divided council but the contract approved. Additional actions included tax payment extension until Nov 1 and bids for Tax court paving reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey Avenue
Pine
Gibson Streets
Harbor Asphalt Paving Company
Wage Select Council
Common Council
Select Council
Forest Court
Spruce Street
Gilroy
Farber Court
PP. J. Thornton and Company
John J. Fahey
Park Committee
Wirth
Tripp
Tenth Street
Scranton
Luserne
Garfield Avenue
Washburn
Jackson Streets
Meridian Street
W. OW. Davis
I. KR. Williams
James McNally
William CC
Jones
I. Mulligan
R. 8. Keesler
Streets and Children Committee
Delaware Streets
Washington
Wyoming Avenues
Pect Avenue
Quincy Avenue
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Barber Company
Coyne
McGinley
Chinese Exclusion Act Ruling Limits Chinese Entry
Washington September 2 The secretary of the treasury issues a ruling that Chinese consuls abroad cannot issue certificates for privileged Chinese entering the United States. The circular to customs officers cites an acting official opinion anchoring the policy and its enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Great Trotters Contest at Readville Harness Meet
Readville Massachusetts September harness race featured Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry. Patchen won in two straight heats despite a headwind and slow times 2.06% and 2.044 with over 5 000 in attendance. Patchen driven by owner C W Marks led early and held Gentry at bay to finish nose ahead in the first heat and by a length in the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readville
Mass
Star Pointer
Joe Patchen
John R. Gentry
Patchen
C. W. Marks
Chicago
Gentry
Mr. Marks
Allentown Fair Trots Break Records Amid Falls
Sixty thousand spectators saw Democracy miss a 2.10 goal by half a second while Lord Vincent won the 2.20 trot. Reuben 8 captured the 2.15 pace as Patsy K broke. In the 2.15 heat Marty P fell and Swain’s drive left him with a broken nose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Democracy
Lord Vincent
Reuben
Patsy K
Marty P
Swain
Edward G
Little Hector
Klondike Victims Foreshadow Harsh Marsh Crossing
The Klondike rush via overland Canadian routes claims more lives in marshes between the Nelson and Pease rivers. Among the dead is Fred erica Short of Chicago. Seven East ern men started from Fort St John on the Pease river and never returned. Joseph Hotu of Montreal, among the first pilgrims, survived by 600 miles of river flow to Lake Athabasca and onward.
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Seattle
Wash
Klondike
Nelson
Pease Rivers
Frederica Short
Chicago
Fort St. John
Pease River
Nelson River
Fort Nelson
Fort Halkett
Joseph Hotu
Montreal
Dawson
Iaike Athabaska
Mackenale
MacMillan Rivers
US troops ready to occupy Cuba with no evacuation delay
Washington reports the war department has not received detailed Cuban commission reports from Havana. No depositions to delay evacuation beyond next spring are planned, and U S troops are being prepared for occupation of Cuba, with no definite departure date set.
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Washington
War Department
Cuban Military Commission
Havana
Cuba
United States
Jamaican Annexation Debate Heats Up As Plebiscite Is Withdrawn
Kingston Jamaica Sept 22 The Gleaner notes withdrawal of the plebiscite proposal amid strong opposition and threats of personal violence. Report says popular demagogues claim ruin of white interests will benefit legitimate owners of the country.
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Kingston
Jamaica
The
Gleaner
Republican convention names Buster M. Voorhees for governor
In Trenton New Jersey the Republican state convention nominated Buster M Voorhees as gubernatorial candidate. Voorhees is a current Union county senator and president of the committee. The meeting was described as the most harmonious of its kind in the state.
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Trenton
Repubican
Buster M. Voorhees
Ite
Voorhees
Union County
Gomite
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
France Sends Forces to Reinforce Marchand at Fashoda
Paris reports the government ordered an immediate dispatch of Senegalese sharpshooters and artillery to reinforce Major Marchand who is said to have occupied Fashoda on the Nile about four hundred miles above Khartoum. An official denial followed the Journal’s claim.
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Paris
Marchand
Fashoda
Nile
Khartoum
Inspection of Chickamauga by War Secretary Alger party
Secretary of War Russell A. Alger Surgeon Piernberg and party conducted a thorough inspection of Chickamauga today. They left Chattanooga in a special car at 15 o clock and have since toured the battlefield.
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Chattanooga
Tern
Sept. i
Russell A. Alger
Piernberg
Chickamauga
Transatlantic Schedules and Scottish Rite Meeting Notes
Shipping notices record Fuerst Bismarck sailing from Southampton to New York and Brittania from Liverpool to New York with other sailings to and from Rotterdam and Naples. In Cincinnati a Scottish Rite Masonry meeting adjourned to meet in Philadelphia in September with the finance committee report adopted showing a $151,000 surplus in the investment fund.
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New York
Fuerst Bismarck
Hamburg
Southampton
Queenstown
Brittania
Liverpool
Liverppool
Nomadic
Rotterdam
Werkendam
Ionou
Alier
Naples
Fulda
Cincinnati
Scottish Rite Masone
Philadelphia
INO
Financiai Committee
Ite
Two Miners Die in Dorranceton Coal Fall
Henry Baibin and Stephen Kuniski were fatally injured in a Pettibone mine accident at Dorranceton. A fall of coal broke their legs and caused internal injuries while they were at work for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western company.
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Wilkes-Barre
Henry Baibin
Stephen Kuniski
Pettibone
Delaware, Lackawinna and Weston Company
Dorranceton
Pojlndexter Praises Wife Over Bonnets
A light aside from the Detroit Free Press quotes Mr Pojlndexter praising his wife for her bonnet choices while paying the bill. The remark underscores affectionate regard in a domestic moment.
Sister Loses Voice Doctors Fail Prompt New Mouse Cure
A chaotic handwritten quip from the Chicago Record jokes about trying a mouse to cure a sister's lost voice after doctors fail. The line reflects humorous press flavor rather than a factual medical report.
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Chicago
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Corbin
Beranton Tribune
Harry Costner
May Williams
Miss Watson
Lieut. Roberts
Richard J. Bourke
Major Parke
Hood
MR. Keller
General Phinney
Dicktion Manufacturing Company
Quincy Avenue Pay
Sanderton
Roche
Ayes
Meyers
Thomas
James
Melvin
Wagner
Fellows
Lansing
Feable
Chittenden
Nayva
Mesers
Ross
Finn
Williams
Sanderson
Schroeder
Lanning
Breckcourt
Columbia Hose Company
Frank Rystivk
Royal Rysdyk-Megen Blossom
Beyer
Dig
Purey
Joe Patehen
Patvuhen Wilkes-Josephine Young
Jo Young
W. Marksi
John Ro Gentry
Ashland Wilkes-Lyome Wood
Wed
Allentown Fair
Br. G
Ryan
LGW
Baty
Bos
Galvin
Leary
Connallyan Wallac
Land Wallac
Coyle
F. Boos & Bro. Fur Co
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
France
Jay Wyoming
Wyoming
Lagkawanna Lumber CO
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Mina
Potter County
Coudersport
Port Pileneny
General Office —Board of Trade
Scranton, PA
Laflin & Rand Powder CO
Hid Repauno Chemical Co
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ava
Father & Sons
Rich'd Anderson
Goneva
Utah
Toatemaa
Dieria- Vaish
Morgan
National Supply and Metal
Goo West Lackawanna Avenue
Dickson M'F’600
Serunton and
Wiiken-larre Pa
General Orew Scranton
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