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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Geo. Plessanton
Topeks
Rafaeli Ford
Sta Etrenuyth
Sven
Lexington
Burne
Shelby
Uae
Cap
Rose Burne
Topeka
Wong
Story
Fan
Owen
Bervisin
Kansas
Caplin Burne
Li la
Pawer Alternanta
Jie
Big Blue River
Hickman’s Mills
Kanses City
Kungas
Shawnee County
George W. Vaale
Gan
Ja Shelby
Price
Plaasante
Port Leavenworth
eFe
Eust
Loluntey
Ana
Ed P. Kellam
Bhelby
Kangas
Pleasanton
Shawned County
Veale
Mockbee
Burns
G.G. Gage
Big Blue
Creek Wood
Col. Veale
Sielby
Buraw
Barla
Cannister
Burna
Col
Rees Burns
Jackman
John Keiser
Jaane Bickel
John Prater
Peter Fleck
Allen Blandon
M. Howard
John Thompson
Martin Creck
James Mortis
Ross Buraa
W. J. Thompson
Jobe Brunner
John Ward
John W. Brown
A. D.C
Hiram Ward
G. H. Woods
Franks Dawson
G. Howard
Wm. Flanders
Oscar McConnell
F. M. Platcher
Nelson Young
Simon Shaefer
Stansfield
EB Williame
Levi Williams
James Warren
G. Gage
G. Fallonsbe
Jobo Link
It Fitzgerald
Fred Mackey
James Anderson
A. H. Holman
E Papo
Jacob Klein
G. G. Gage
Dr. Huntoon
Port Scott
Col Veale
Wyandotte
J. Render
J. Reader
Soldier Creek
Bavnle
Moockbe
James Handley
Handley
Colomel Veale
Col. Gordon
JO Shelby
Hoss Burns
Joseph O. Shelby
Kansas City
Liowel Jones
Ross Burne
Teadavarter
Mgugas
Byrom's Ford
Lyerr
Littl
Sneupy
Boutwells
Plessanton
Blue Sands
Pertapa
D. W. Boutwell
Topeke
Kansas Command
Leavenworth
Boutwell
Knights Templara
Santa Fe Fire Department
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BR. A. Kandiett
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Lincoln
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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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Kanaus
Synactse
Kan
Hamilton
Stanton
Hars Crrr
Kaseas Ciry
Star
Columbus
Kansas
Kansas Crry
Hoxie
Sherman County
Phillipsburg Saat
Kansas Orty
Oakley
Garden City
Lawkence
Brox Barrus
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.
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Strong
Old Trinity Church Yard
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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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