Delayed Grand Island Route Talks Halt Kansas City Service
Port Arthur and Grand Island officials clash over details delaying trains into Kansas City. A conference in St Joseph today aims to resolve disputes. If settled, Grand Island service to Kansas City could start Tuesday or Wednesday this week, opening productive territorial shipments.
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Kansas City
Grand Island
Port Arthur
Robinson
Man- Seer Gillham
Port Arthur Road
St. Joseph
Grand Island Railroad
Miles Easy Job and Allied Porto Rico Occupation
General Miles reports in a dispatch from Ponce Porto Rico dated July 31 that volunteers are surrendering with arms and that four fifths of the people are overjoyed by the arrival of the army. Troops disembark and supplies, including beef cattle, are being brought in while custom revenue has yielded 14.60. He asks for spare national colors and clarifies tariff questions during military occupation and governance under President Lincoln era directives.
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Washington
Miles
Alger
Ponce
Porto Rico
DC. C
Trondrom
Porte
Foren
Santiago de Cava
Provisional Port of Ponce Amid Cuban War Dispatches
From Ponce August 1 General Porto Rico U S A states no forward army move yet transports with Brooke's corps arrive slowly. General Miley stays at the Port of Ponce while General Witt commands troops in the city. Rumors of Spanish attack fade as outposts hold, villages burned, and Juana reports uncertain. General Jose Garcia leads Spanish forces.
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Ponce
Aus
Aeveral Ders
Brooke
Goren Miley
Poncé
Witt
Wilson
Ernst
Wayth
Lison
Juana
Jose Garcia
Desperate Retreat and American Arrival in Yauco
Fragmentary report describes volunteers deserting at dawn and surrendering to the Provost Marshal. Americans enter Yauco amid cheers, while Thailards' attempts to blow up wine stores fail. Transport ships depart, and officials consider defense for captured cities as disorder and fear of reprisals ripple through the region.
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Gener Aston
Arene i Aay
Sonesa
Yauco
Yauro
United States
Ohio
Formion
Hoes
Henry Bax
Mewstad
Gould
Tampa
Spain
General Mills
Shali
The Texas Comes In
The battleship Texas returns from the coast of California, its guns gleaming in the sun as officers and crew cheer on holiday sailors. Captain J. W. Philip leads the vessel up the lower bay to the Brooklyn navy yard after a stop at Tompkinsville to gather mail and dispatches.
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New York
Cal
Texas
J. W. Philip
Formand
Sandy Hook
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Tompkinsville
Ten Picnicers Hurt In Viaduct Tally-Ho Crash
Chicago August 1 Ten young people were seriously injured when a tally-ho overturned at the foot of Gedden avenue viaduct. Injuries included internal damage, crushed limbs, and head injuries to a group of named victims. The vehicle rammed down the steep incline as horses bolted and webbing bushes scattered. several escape with non fatal injuries while others suffer more severe harm.
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Chicago
Geden Avenue
Mamie Breit
Josie Flanery
Mamie Kelley
Bruives
Nellie Hanley
Magate Noonan
C_ Noonan
Wren Elis Cripan
Martin Heyer
Nelle
Nellie Mee
Annie Aoei
Ocden Avenue
Agathet
Engineers Lost Loves in Engine Pool at Santa Fe
An old time engineer compares locomotive pooling to losing a cherished home item. He recalls engines as like wives and toothbrushes, noting pooling erodes familiarity and excuses to keep engines clean and cared for. He supports pooling as sensible for the company but laments personal ties to engines.
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Paok
Santa Fe
New York
Round House
Oldest steam engine moved for preservation in England
The engine said to be the world’s oldest steam engine, built by Bolton & Watt in 1777, has been removed from the Canal company site in Smethwick and reerected at Ocker Hill to be preserved as a relic. The Birmingham Canal Navigations ordered it in 1777 and the same firm will supply two modern triple expansion engines for the Walsall Pumping station in Smethwick with 240 bore power and a daily pumping capacity of 12,715,600 gallons.
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Birmingham Canal
England
Bolton & Watt
Canel Company
Rolfe Street
Scuntwick
Canal Company
Ocker Hill
Tinton
James Watt & Co
Soho
Smethwick
Walsall
Cotton on the Santa Fe Advances Oklahoma City Shipping Point
The large cotton compress at Oklahoma City nears completion with machinery in place. When opened next fall it will advance an industry already a factor in western business enterprises. Last spring Santa Fe handled vast cotton shipments from Oklahoma City and extending business is expected to be a principal output.
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Oklahoma City
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Shipment Light as Territory Cattle Movement Seen Small
Freight agent reports light movement of cattle for the 3 M K and T line due to wet weather and long grass. The agent notes improved conditions are expected to keep shipments small, with cattle numbers around 415 as the season progresses.
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John Pseon
Urtveling Frelght
Aes
Cattle Movement Delayed By Fires and Drought
The report notes localities suffer from fires and a short dry spell endangering cattle. Movement of cattle from the Territory toward August is delayed by one to two months due to late spring. Mr. Roseen estimates only 35 percent of Territory cattle are one or two years old, predicting smaller fall shipments and possible return of herds to Texas for winter.
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Ryme
Ros—een
Texas
Master Car and Locomotive Painters Convene in St Paul
The Master Car and Locomotive Painters association sponsored its twenty ninth annual convention in St Paul Minnesota on September 15 and 16 with sessions at 10 am daily. Foreman John Survey of the Santa Fe paint shop will report on the railway paint shop stock and tools.
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Master Car and Locomotive Painters’ Association Sill
Ol of St. Paul
Minn
Ryne
Hich
Danit
Beato
John Survey
Santa Fe
Flavin Appointed Assistant Superintendent at Union Pacific
Harry P. Flavin of Omaha has been named assistant superintendent of the Union Pacific railroad, succeeding the resigned Robert H. Sutherland. Flavin will report to Superintendent Baxter and oversee the bridge, first and second lifters of the mainline, and several Nebraska branch lines. He arrives from Denver where he served as chief train dispatcher and trainmaster for the Union Pacific Charter of P. and G. In Danger Texas Attorney General M. M. Crane sues in Bowls County district court seeking forfeiture of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railway charter. He argues the company must establish general offices in Texas. seeks $900,000 damages plus daily penalties. Union Pacific Lincoln & Colorado Railway foreclosure sale set for August 20 in Lincoln. upset price $1,200,000 as the Union Pacific Railroad Company to acquire the property after bonds were previously exchanged last March for 40 percent.
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Harry P. Flavin
Omaha
Fiarry P. Flavin
Union Pacific Railroad
Robert HK. Sutherland
Baxter
Nebraska
Denver
Union Pacific
M. M. Crane
Texane
District Court
Bowls County
Texas
Kygnsas City, Pittaburs & Gulf Railway
Lincoln
Abs
Lincoln & Colorado
Neb
New
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Santa Fe Official Route to National G A R Encampment
State Commander D W Eastman designates the Santa Fe as official route to the G A R encampment in Cincinnati from September 5 to 10. Santa Fe will operate through cars from Kansas to Cincinnati over its line via the Wabash and the Bleet Four. The WRC also makes that line official.
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Santa Fe
D. W. Eastman
Kansas G. A. Ti
Cincmnetl
Kansas Points
Chieinhati
Tts
Wabash
W. RC
Une
Santa Fe Rumor Links Rock Island Track to North South Traffic
Rumors say Santa Fe may lease the Rock Island line from Lost Springs to Marion to connect the Superior and McPherson branches and improve north south traffic. The line leads to a summer resort area that has been neglected in recent years.
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Santa Fe
The
Rock Island
Lost Springs
Marion
Superior
McPherson
Night shirts delight twenty second Kansas volunteers at camp Alger
A discharged Twenty-second Kansas volunteer from Company L recounts his rheumatic illness and a warm reception after leaving Fort Leavenworth. He praises officers, notes grumbling among troops, and thanks women for sending colorful night shirts that brightened camp life amid a hot climate and distant battles.
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Yucapura
Atchison
Company L
Kansas
Hurk
Fort Leavensworth
Urere Lee
Camp Alger
Twenty-second
Company 1
Washington
McKinley
Soldier Reminded of Home as Night Shirt Comforts
A fragment recalls a battle company where even the toughest soldier sought solace in a night shirt, kept as a constant reminder of home and mother amid harsh conditions.
Boom Time in Ponce As Americans Arrive
In Ponce Puerto Rico aug 1 business boomed with American arrival as merchants reopen and compete for dollars. Gold prices at a 100 percent premium. Breakfast at Hotel Francais leaped from 2 percentavos to 48 1 peso. Provisions scarce for staples like meat and fuel, rail line largely intact though rolling stock damaged. Gen Garretson’s brigade near Bawoo ready to advance as two old mine-laden vessels found at Guanica harbor.
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Ponce
Porto Hico
Hotel Francais
Garretson
Puerto de Guanica
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