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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1895

Page

5

Battle of the Blue remembered with Topeka battery heroism

The article honors Captain Ross Burne and the Topeka battery in the 1814 Battle of the Blue near the Big Blue river. It recounts Shelby's rebels, Veale's militia, Burne's steadfast defense, and Burne's capture after heroic canister fire, with notes on the memorial monument dedication and a contemporaneous letter from General Shelby praising Burne. It also details Boutwell's dangerous message ride to Pleasanton and the parade plans for the monument.

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A Point for the Santa Fe Judge Lacombe Delivers a Decision

In New York on May 30 Judge Lacombe ruled the defendants in the Prescott & Arizona case against the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe system need not furnish separate costs securities. The $8,250,000 suit alleges conspiracy among AT, St Louis San Francisco, Atlantic Pacific, and Santa Fe lines to bar the plaintiff from privileges in Arizona and New Mexico. Russell Sage Cecil Baring John J. McCook and George F. Crane are named as interested parties.

Lacombe New York United States Circuit Court Prescott & Arizona In Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe Company St Louie & San Francisco Atlantic & Pacific Southern California & Santa Fe Arizona New Mexico Russell Sage Cecil Baring John J. McCook George F. Crane

Thousands Disappointed As Parade Route Changes

Thousands gathered to honor the old soldiers but rain made Eighth street muddy forcing a parade route shift. A marshal announced the change up Kanaae avenue to those above Sixth street, though few heard. Some suggested marching up Quincy street then Kansas avenue to Sixth. The postponement disappointed many.

Gage Monument Sixth Street Kangas Avenue East Sixth Street Kansas Avenue East Eighth Street T. J Kanaae Avenue Eighth Street Quincy Street Sixth

Chicago Road Race Crown Goes to Homer Pairman

The Chicago road bicycle race from Lincoln Monument in Lincoln Park Evanston covered about twenty miles amid crowds estimated 95 000 to 60 000 cheering the riders. An official decision awarded first to Homer Pairman Chicago after ruling Dworak did not complete the course. second to George Emerson Englewood and third to Wiebach Englewood. A mention notes new styles of surries and phaetons from Columnis Beer Co P J Hindmarsh manager.

Chicaco Chicago Lincoln Monument Lincoln Park Evanston Juturo Homer Pairman George Emerson Englewood Wie Back Claitina Dworak Pairman

Monument to Confederate Desi Engraved with Seal In Atlanta

Memorial dedication by the Ladies' Memorial association of Charleston with two Atlanta carloads delivering roses ettos moss and designs. Monument stands forty feet high atop a pearl granite pedestal from Constitution Hill near Atlanta. Base details include raised letters Confederate Desi and a bronze relief of a mounted General Washington within a southern wreath. Die of the monument described as crafted from ...

Atlanta Iest Memorial Association of Constitution Hill At- Ga Gen. Washington

Drought Broken by Widespread Rain Across Kansas

Rain broke the long drought across western Kansas with reports from Hamilton, Stanton, and surrounding counties. Multiple towns including Kansas City and Goodland described heavy rainfall, up to three and a half inches in ten hours, boosting wheat prospects and signaling potential heavy corn yields if showers continue. Farmers welcomed relief as soils soaked and crops beginning to respond.

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Monument to soldiers and civic rites honor Civil War dead

Long feature recounts memorials in New York City on Memorial Day 1880s, noting graves at Trinity churchyard and Grant's tomb, a naval salute from USS Cinempathi, and a John Ericsson statue tribute. Also reports May Howard's divorce filing, crop rains across Kansas and Colorado, and a humorous tale of a Louisiana captain's boy winning a prince’s hat tip.

York New York Fifth Avenue Fifty-ninth Street 25Th Street Harrison McKinley Murton Strong Old Trinity Church Yard Grand Army Greenwood Grant Riverside Park Hudson River U. S Grant Gov. McKinley Ohio United States Secretary of the Navy Battery Park John Ericason New Rechellea Thomas Paine Col R G. Ingersoll Thaddeus B. Wakeman Philadelphia Howard Louisiana Dublin Prince of Wales

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