Five Members Chosen for Peace Commission Announced
Washington August 26 cabinet sessions named four of five peace commission members Secretary Day Senators Davis Frye and Whitelaw Reid with Justice White the likely fifth pending acceptance The group will travel to Canton and Paris for duties while Cuba Porto Rico tariffs are reviewed and Philadelphia freight issues noted.
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Will Go Down in History
A fragmented wartime montage quotes officers and sailors discussing danger and action aboard ships. The lines mix battle bravado with urgent orders and reflections on duty as the ship sinks and enemies loom.
Peace Commission Appointments Named by President
Washington Aug 26 Attaches to the peace commission have been chosen by the President John Moore of Massachusetts will serve as secretary and J W MacArthur of New York as assistant secretary MacArthur previously headed the U S legation in Madrid and now serves on special duty at the state department the appointments were announced this afternoon by the President
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Madrid
Yucatan Arrives With Dead and Wounded Infantry
The transport Yucatan docked at New York after sailing from Santiago with six companies of the 7th United States infantry. Seven soldiers died during the voyage and three are reported seriously ill or wounded. The arrival prompts routine military processing and casualty reporting.
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Nations and men in the postwar scene unfold in 1898 era
Reports span naval career moves and port arrivals in 1898. Hobson eyed for naval constructor. Progresso brings 300 passengers and gold dust to Seattle. Elgin Watch plant strike with 122 finishers threatens closure. Chickamauga troops mustered out. camp illness rumors debunked. a fatal van train crash at Whiting's Crossing MA. Vesuvius arrives from Guantanamo. fusion politics in Idaho. navy dons welcomes Schley. Santiago heroes celebrated. Montan a pioneers council of war. U S and Cuba restore relations. US Army peacetime quota eyed at 100000. Nicholas proposes European disarmament talks. Hobson in Santiago to supervise salvage. Yale Harvard ships to be restored. famous war quotes mark the moment.
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Armour Party Travels by Private Car Through Helena
K B Armour of Kansas City, head of the family packer business, toured the park in Helena yesterday. He was joined by BE Chapman, a Kansas lumberman, and E W Smith, a Kansas City grain merchant, traveling in a private car attached to the west bound Northern Pacific train before departing east on the Great Northern.
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