Grand Army encampment selections and officers named
Ten thousand Civil War survivors reviewed in San Francisco as flags fluttered. The Grand Army of the Republic chose Boston for the 1904 encampment and elected officers including Commander-in-Chief Gen. John C. Black. Resolutions urged pensioning veterans at 62 and promoting flag respect. Multiple women’s auxiliaries elected leaders and a large Army Nurses group held an election. The encampment closed with endorsements of national soldiers homes and a Miles retirement tribute. A Confederate veteran leader sent greetings to Black, who replied with mutual fraternal regards.
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San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
John C. Black
Illinois
C. Mason Keene
California
Harry Kessler
Montana
George A. Harmon
Ohio
Winfield Scott
Arizona
Congress
Woman’s Relief Corps
Sarah Winans
Ursula M. Mattison
Washington
National Association of Army Nurses of the
Gettysburg
Mary E. Lacy
New Jersey
Mary F. Fox
E. L. Chapman
Germander Kessler
Philippines
Roosevelt
Committee On
Fort Shermen
Idaho
Florida
Oklahoma
P. Ef. Coney
Topeka
Kan
Nelson A. Miles
Massachusetts Infantry
Manassas
Appomattox
Black
John B. Gordon
The
United Confederate Veterans
Reliance Defeats Shamrock In 15 Mile Trial
A large Sandy Hook crowd watched Reliance lead Shamrock II in a 15 mile beat to windward and return. Heavy rain and light airs prevented a finish, with the regatta called off at 3:45 PM and postponed to Saturday.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Eip Hunter
America
Thomas Lipton
England
Reliance
Rock Ili
Shamrock
Regatta Committee
Leeward
Windward
Bellange
Stabbed With a Hatpin in Kalamazoo Incident
Kalamazoo Michigan August 22 F B McArthur a stockman from Saco Montana was likely fatally stabbed in the stomach with a hatpin by a woman who believed he brushed dust from her face during a Friday incident.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
F. B. McArthur
Saco
Mont
Veteran actor John Elisler dies at 82 in New York
New York on August 22 reports the death of John Elisler father of Effie Elisler the actress and a veteran actor and theatrical manager. He died at his home in the city early Friday from heart disease at age 82.
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New York
John Elisler
Effie Elisler
This City
Silk Reel From New Machines Shown at Agriculture Dept
Secretary Wilson displayed the first hank of silk reeled from the department's newly purchased machines. The silk is described as very fine in quality and demonstrates progress in the government’s sericulture efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Department
Stable Boy Inherits a Fortune in Omaha
Omaha Aug 22 stable boy Jack Kelley who groomed horses at six dollars weekly and slept in a loft has been informed that his uncle the late John Kelley of Rock Island Illinois has left him fifty thousand nine hundred dollars in his will The news notes the unexpected inheritance and the humble beginnings of the beneficiary.
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Omaha
Neb
Jack Kelley
John Kelley
Rock Island, J
Wife of a Destitute Striker
In Philadelphia two children, Clara and Bertha Roder, died from inhaling illuminating gas. Their mother and two other children were critically ill. The mother confessed attempts to murder her children and kill herself, saying her husband, a textile striker, was penniless and the family faced eviction and starvation.
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Philadelphia
Clara
Bertha Roder
Mass battleship Massachusetts reaches New York for repairs
The Massachusetts arrived in New York harbor Sunday night after being damaged on August 12 by striking rocks off the Maine coast. Convoyed by Indiana and the tug Potomac, she will enter dry dock at the New York navy yard in Brooklyn for repairs.
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New York
United States
Massachusetts
Maine
New York Harbor
Indiana
Potomac
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Convict Joseph Murphy Recaptured After Escape
Reno Nevada August 24 convict Joseph Murphy who escaped from Folsom prison was captured Sunday night. Convict Frank Miller was with Murphy but fled into the willows as shots were fired. A large posse tracks Miller and his capture is expected at any moment.
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Reno
Nev
Joseph Murphy
Folsom
Frank Miller
Murphy
Miller
Charles Carroll Bonney Dies At Chicago
Charles Carroll Bonney, president of the World's Congresses of the Columbian exposition, died in Chicago on Sunday after a three year illness due to paralysis.
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Chicago
Charles Carroll Bonney
Roundhouse and Shops Burned in Beaumont Fire
Santa Fe railroad facilities in Beaumont Texas were destroyed by a Sunday night blaze. Five locomotives and $20,000 worth of machinery were wrecked with total losses around $100,000.
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Beaumont
Tex
Santa Fe Railroad
Explosion at Ontario Powder Co packing house kills three
A blast at the Ontario Powder Co packing house in Tweed Ontario on August 24 killed three workers and damaged many buildings. The explosion shattered plate glass windows throughout the town and injured several structures.
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Toronto
Ontario Powder Co
Tweed, Ont
Wife of lace merchant commits suicide in Riverside Drive home
Mrs Marie Kleeberg wife of Philip Kleeberg a wealthy lace merchant swallowed carbolic acid at her Riverside Drive home Sunday night causing her death. No reason is known for the act.
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New York
Marie Kleeberg
Philip Kleeberg
Riverside Drive
Jealousy Tragedy In Honolulu Shoots Wife and Mother-In-Law
In Honolulu on a Sunday morning E M Jones shot and killed his divorced wife and likely fatally wounded her mother Mrs Barmenter. Jealousy is given as the motive in the fatal shooting.
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Honolulu
E. M. Jones
Barmenter
Lynching Fears Spur Relocation of Colored Picnic Party
At Batavia Illinois a Chicago colored man and woman were secretly moved to Geneva prison after a mob attacked officers while a 3000 strong picnic crowd from Quinn and Bethel chapels clashed with residents. Three men and a woman were later taken from a Batavia train to Geneva as tensions spread and further arrests followed.
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Chicago
Batavia
Ill
Geneva
Quinn
Bethel
Millcreek
George Burton
Kelley
Robert Burke
William Allen
Harry Bell
Fanny Shelley
Bell
Shelby
Citi
Allen
Manville
Lil
Tng
Rub
Peonage Charge Shocks Alabama Town
United States deputy marshals in Troy Alabama arrested Marion Priestwood of Reeton Coffee county on peonage charges. Authorities say Priestwood used his son a justice of the peace to issue warrants against an elderly man named English and his son forcing them into a labor contract to work off about sixty dollars amid claims no trial or charges appeared on Priestwood’s docket.
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Troy
Ala
United States
Marion Priestwood
Reeton
Coffee County
Priestwood
English
Justice Priestwood
Rear coach fire injures passengers near Cockeysville
The York and Baltimore accommodation train on the Northern Central railroad had a rear coach catch fire near Cockeysville Maryland on Monday afternoon. A gasol ine lamp exploded and partially demolished the car as around a dozen passengers including women and children suffered burns or injuries from jumping. No fatalities are reported.
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Cockeysville
York and
Italian pledge to punish Turks over Monastir incident
Rome reports the porte promises satisfaction to Italy and punishment for Turkish soldiers who insulted Count Devisart, the Italian consul at Monastir. Turkish officers who failed to intervene will also be punished.
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Rome
Porte
Count Devisart
Monastir
Woman's Chinese Reform Leader Arrives in Washington
Kong Tunk Back daughter of Chi na reform leader Kong Yu Wei has arrived to organize the reform movement among Puget Sound Chinese. She has established 12 lodges of the Woman's Chinese Reform association.
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Women’s Chinese Reform Associations
Tacomah
Wash
Kong Tunk Back
Kong Yu Wei
China
Puget Sound
Woman's Chinese Reform Association
Chicago union drive fails to close city restaurants
Chicago officials of the Hotel and Restaurant Employee union attempted to tie up Chicago dining rooms on Monday but failed to force any establishment to shut for lack of help. No closures were reported as the effort collapsed.
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Chicago
Pope aims to place Philippine clergy under American leadership
Rome dated August 25 reports Pope Pius during an audience with Bishop Hendrick of Cebu stating the Philippines should be entirely in the hands of American clergy within one year. The remark underscores American ecclesiastical influence in the Philippine church affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Rome
Pope Pius
Hendrick
Cebu
Struck the Second Time at Buffalo Dry Dock
Six hundred workers at the Buffalo Dry Dock Co returned to the shipyard in Buffalo on Monday seeking work. Only half were rehired, and after a half day, the labor action resumed with another strike.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Dry Dock Co
Telegraph line links Seattle to St Michaels complete
Capt. Ne smith at Fort Egbert announces the last telegraph link between Seattle and St Michaels is finished. From now on messages to Nome will be sent by mail existing telegraph operations boost communications.
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Seattle
Wash
Nesmith
Fort Egbert
St. Michaels
Nome
Lou Dillon Breaks World Trotting Record at Readville
Lou Dillon trotted a mile in 2 00 lowering by 2 1/2 seconds the world trotting record held since 1901 by Crescens. Crescens driver George H. Ketchner informs the public of the record, praising Dillon and noting she was bred locally from Sidney Dillon and Lou Milton after a $150 yearling offer went unclaimed.
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Lou Dillon
Readville
Mass
Mas
Millard Sanders
Crescens
Do. O
Geo. H. Ketchner
K. Billings
Street Car Crash Injures Three Drivers in St Louis
A Tower Grove street car ran amok on Monday injuring three drivers. Ambulance driver Fred Grenner sustained severe bruises after first being struck and later continued, James McAlvey was badly bruised from an overturned ice wagon, and Jesse Carter lay unconscious after an overturned dirt wagon. He was hospitalized with serious injuries.
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St. Louis
Tower Grove
Fred Grenner
James McAlvey
Jesse Carter
A C Cleveland Dead In Nevada Ranch Incident
A C Cleveland died suddenly at his White Pine county ranch in Ely Nevada while reading a newspaper. A prominent cattle raiser he was born in Maine in 1839 and served as a delegate to the 1896 Republican national convention and as a presidential elector in 1888 and 1892.
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Ely, Nev
A. C. Cleveland
White Pine County
Nevada
Cleveland
Maine
Silver Republicans
Lord Salisbury Dead Ends a Storied English Career
Lord Salisbury dies after a long illness attributed to internal paralysis. Tributes pour in from King Edward, Queen Alexandra, Portugal’s queen, and President Loubet. Hatfield hosts officials and crowds as Premier Balfour attends a church service and the funeral is set for week’s end to allow Lord Edward Cecil to return from Egypt.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Britain
Victroia
Edward
Marquis of Salisbury
Marienbad
Queen Victoria
Eet
Hatfield House
Alexandra
Portugal
Loubet
United Kingdom
Hatfield
Balfour
Earl and Countess of
Selborne
Marquis’ Sons
William Cecil
Saul
Edward Cecil
Egypt
Keasley Firm Granted Liens on Torpedo Boats
Newark August 25 Judge Kirkpatrick granted an order allowing Robert A. Keasley and Co. to file liens against the torpedo boats Nicholson and O'Brien now under construction at Crescent ship yards Elizabethport. The liens cover work performed on the boats, but the order bars the firm from seizing the vessels.
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Newark
N. J
Kirkpatrick
Robert A. Keasley & Co
New York
Nicholson and O’brien
Crescent Ship Yards
Elizabethport
Engagement announced of Miss Young and Lieut John R Hannay
Omaha Nebraska August 25 announcement of the engagement between Miss Young daughter of Lieut Gen and Mrs Young and Lieut John R Hannay second battalion adjutant of the twenty second infantry now stationed at Ft Crook in Nebraska.
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Omaha, Neb
Miss Young
Richmond Street Railway Strike Ends After 69 Days
Richmond Virginia the city’s street railway strike was officially declared off on Monday ending a 69 day stoppage that cost an estimated 155000 dollars in labor disruption and revenue losses.
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Richmond
Peasants Invade Italian Estates in Rome Riot
In Rome on August 25 peasants around the city seized estates of Prince Chigi Torlonia and Piombino claiming land rights and profit share. Soldiers were dispatched to restore order and quell the disturbance.
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Rome
Chigi, Torlonia
Piombino
Cuban Commissioners Named for St Louis Fair
Havana August 25 President Palma designates Senor Quesada Cuban minister at Washington and Senor Tamallo Cuban consul at St Louis as commissioners to the St Louis exposition.
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Havana
Palma
Senor Quesada
Washington
Senor Tamallo
St. Louis
Black Sea Squadron Recalled From Turkish Waters
The Russian Black Sea squadron arrived at Ibada on August 19 to back Moscow's demand on the sultan after the Monastir consul Rostkowski was killed. It has been recalled to Sebastopol following the Porte's note that the sultan ordered compliance with Russia's demands.
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Monastir
Sofia Dnevnik
Krushevo
Dnevnik
Vilayet
Adrinople
St. Petersburg
Ibada
Turkey
Russia
M. Rostkowski
Sebastopol
Union Pacific settles Hanna mine disaster estates
Rawlins Wyoming reports Union Pacific Co. pays settlements to 41 miners families from the Hanna mine explosion of June 30. Widows receive $800 each, children $50 each, and single men $45 each. Separately in Philadelphia the armored cruiser Pennsylvania was launched at Cramp yards with Coral Quay, daughter of Senator Quay, as sponsor.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific Co
Hanna
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
William Cramp Ship and Engine Building Co
Coral Quay
Senator Quay
General Chaffee Arrives in Portland for War Maneuvers
Maj. Gen. Chaffee arrives in Portland to command army forces in this week’s war maneuvers at the port. He is accompanied by Gen. Barry, Capt. Harper, and Capt. Hamilton, arriving Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Chaffee
Barry
Harper
Hamilton
Big Steamer Ireland Launched At Chicago Shipyard
Chicago august 24 The R L Ireland the largest boat launched on Lake Michigan this year took water at the Chicago Shipbuilding Co plant. The Ireland is 436 feet long and 50 feet beam with home port at Fairport Ohio.
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Chicago
R. L. Ireland
Lake Michigan
Chicago Shipbuilding Co
Ireland
Fairport, O
Count Van Der Valde Dead On Ocean Boulevard
San Francisco reports the death of Count Van Der Valde an aristocrat said to be from Holland found on the ocean boulevard Sunday afternoon. It is believed he died of heart disease.
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Count van der Valde
San Francisco
Holland
Ocean Boulevard
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