Thousands Arrive for 32d National G A R Encampment
Cincinnati hosts the 32d national encampment of the G A R with over 20 000 excursionists arriving. Depots and streets show a festival mood as candidates for commander in chief work for early victory. Col Albert D Shaw James A Sexton and L F Mack are active in the race, with Philadelphia Pittsburgh Denver and others pursuing the next encampment venue.
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Cincinnati
Albert D. Shaw
New York
James A. Sexton
Illinois
L F. Mack
Ohio
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Denver
Camp Wikoff to shrink as Spanish War ends
Camp Wikoff in New York will dissolve over the next three weeks shrinking to small proportions by October. About 3,000 to 4,000 men will depart weekly by transport. Convalescents from hospitals will return home rather than rejoining units. Regulars east of the Mississippi will be sent back to their posts as directed by the president.
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Wikoff
Camp Wikoff
N. Y
War Department
Mississippi
Omdurman
Nile
Kitchener
La Duke Given Life Term for Puerto Rico Saloon Murder
Private Alexander La Duke of Company I Second Wisconsin volunteers is imprisoned for life at Fort Leavenworth for the murder of Private Thomas Stafford of the Thirteenth United States infantry in a saloon row at Ponce Porto Rico. La Duke says the shooting was in self defense.
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la Duke
Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Kan
Alexander la Duke
Second
Wisconsin Volunteers
Thomas Stafford
Thirteenth
United States Infantry
Ponce
Porto Rico
Stafford
Panama Sails From Ponce With 240 Sick Soldiers
Washington dispatch from General Wilson at Ponce reports transport Panama sailed at 4 p.m. carrying 240 sick and convalescent soldiers with Surgeon Daly and three assistants on board. No additional patients could be accommodated.
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Panama
Ponce
Washington
War Department
Wilson
Daly
King Oscar to Send Delegates to Peace Conference
Stockholm Sept 6 King Oscar accepts invitation to send delegates to a peace conference on the recommendation of the Swedish Norwegian council. The emperor will represent the kingdom in efforts toward negotiation and settlement.
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Oscar
Stockholm
Ezar
Russian Oil Refinery Fire in Baku
A dispatch from Baku reports a Russian kerosene refinery on the Caspian is in flames and about 800000 poods of oil have been consumed. The incident underscores the scale of energy facilities affected in the region.
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St. Petersburg
Baku
Caspian
The Colon Arrives Home in San Francisco
The transport Colon, which brought troops from this port to Manila, arrived in San Francisco on its homeward voyage.
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Colon
San Francisco
Manila
Eighteen Kille Appalling Disaster on the De aware and Hudson at
An appalling disaster is reported along the Delaware and Hudson line with tallying casualties. Officials confirm eighteen killed as investigators begin to examine the wreck and its cause. Passengers and local authorities coordinate rescue efforts amid early confusion.
Tragic Troy trolley crash as train strikes crowded car
In Cohoes near the Hudson River bridge a Troy City Railroad trolley car was struck by a Delaware and Hudson night boat express. Eighteen of 35 passengers died, many more injured, as wreckage scattered bodies and mangled remains across the crossing. The accident occurred at a grade crossing as trains converged, with witnesses recalling a horrific scene and frantic searches for relatives. Authorities report the motorman attempted to halt but could not avert disaster.
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Conosgs
N. Y
Troy City Railroad Company
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Hudson River
Lansingburg
Rennsaeler Park
Troy
Troy City Railway
New York Central
Albany
Continental Knitting Mill
Defenses in Camps Exaggerated Says Shafter
Reports of widespread hardship in camps are disputed as soldiers’ sickness in Cuba is framed as a campaign summer consequence. General Wheeler contends officers blame not troops for alleged starvation stories and details a steady retreat of Dervishes after a hard fought engagement near Omdurman.
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Wikorr
L. L
Wheeler
Official Report on Omdurman Losses
The official list shows British officers killed in the capture of Omdurman as 2 with 18 wounded. Of the troops 23 were killed and 99 wounded. Egyptian losses include 1 officer killed and 8 wounded, 20 men killed and 221 wounded. Colonel Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes’ brother and London Times correspondent, was severely wounded. The dervish loss is estimated at 10,000 slain.
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OmpourMan
Khartoum
Nubia
Herbert Kitchener
Omdurman
Mahdiam
Cameron Highlanders
Lincolshire Regiment
Soudenese
London
Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
London Times
Arkansas election results and constitutional amendments
Arkansas voters elected a full slate of state officers with Dan W. Jones leading the Democratic ticket and returned 100 state representatives and 16 state senators plus local county offices. Two constitutional amendments were in doubt, one creating a railroad commission and the other levying 8 mills for road funding.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Dan W. Jones
St. Joseph Hurricane Destroys Homes and Mills
A hurricane swept St. Joseph Missouri at 5 30 p m causing roofs loss of tents and barns. Residences were unroofed and many buildings demolished including the St Joseph rolling mills with 10000 in damage Careys saloon and six other houses were blown down. The total monetary loss is placed at 150000 dollars.
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St. Joseph
Carey
Forest fires burn near Bison in swamps
Heavy fires have roared for two days in swamps near Bison Wisconsin as a strong west wind drives flames eastward rapidly destroying everything in their path.
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Bison
Wis
Death at Camp McKinley Reports Second Fatality
Private J W Cronnin of Company A Fifty second Iowa died at Cottage hospital in Des Moines during the day. This marks the second death at Camp McKinley.
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Camp McKinley
Des Moines
J. W. Cronnin
Company A
Fifty-second
Iowa
Cottage Hospital
Shafter on Santiago campaign and medical care
The World publishes General William R. Shafter's interview defending the summer campaign at Santiago. He cites scarce doctors early, overwork, and low death rates from wounds, blaming the fever-infested climate for deaths and praising pack trains for supplying fodder and provisions.
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New York
the World
William R. Shafter
Santiago
Shafter
Hospital Train For Sick Minnesotans Ordered South
Governor Clough arranged with the Omaha road to move Minnesota soldiers from Chickamauga to St Paul. The trip will be led by Colonel Hartley, the governor's private secretary, who has departed for Chickamauga.
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St. Pau
Clough
Omaha
Minnesota
Chickamauga
Hartley
Minnesota Regiments to be Mustered Out
A telegraphic dispatch from Washington to Governor Clough, received in St. Paul, states that the Twelfth and Fourteenth Minnesota volunteer regiments will be mustered out of the service immediately.
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St. Paul
Washington
Helstrand
Clough
Minnesota
Work of Mustering Out Volunteers Reaches One Third
Washington Sept 5 A War Department statement shows that by Friday three of the volunteer forces have received orders for muster out. The figure covers 58 regiments and several minor units including artillery batteries and cavalry companies, likely about one third of the roughly 220,000 men drawn by the president’s proclamations.
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Washington
War Department
Volunteer Army
G A R Encampment Opens With Brilliant City Decor
Cincinnati reports the 32d annual G A R encampment opening day surpassed expectations. Commander Gobin and staff arrive with other dignitaries, thousands of excursionists flood in, and the city glows with elaborate illuminations and public displays. Reunions and campfires fill venues statewide as veterans recall Civil War leaders.
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Cincinnati
Gobin
Kelley
S. J. Martin
Flora N. Davey
Jennie Laird
Ladies’ Naval Association
A. D. Shaw
New York
J. A. Sexton
Chicago
L F. Mack
Sandusky
Fushc Hall
Camp Sherman
Buell
Erie mill seeks Lake Superior spruce for new pulp paper
Representatives of a new paper mill at Erie, Pennsylvania, have spent two weeks on Lake Superior contracting for spruce pulp wood. The plant aims to produce the first U S wood pulp writing paper using only spruce. Contracts exceeding 100000 cards were said to be arranged.
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Duluth
Erie
Lake Superior
United States
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