Victory at Duffield as Harries forces best imaginary foe
Camp Ordway dispatch reports Brig Gen George Harries and regulars defeating Captain Hickok's imaginary force at Duffield in a complex night maneuver. The encampment drew praise from West Virginians and Fort Myer troops, with scouts, signals, and logistics teams demonstrating disciplined, veteran-like operations. Troops prepare to return to Washington after a final review by Gen Gillespie.
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Washington Post
Ordway
Harpers Ferry
W Va
Fort Myer
George H Harries
Dufield
Hickok
West Virginia
Ordwas
Washington
George L Gillespie
Staf
Boodeck
National Capital
West
Blue Mountains
Harrigs
Shenandoah Junction
Dutfich
Duffield
Whittington Cross
Migstepnan
Keller
B and GO
Juleur Wialtside
Mig Brooks
Bo Mingarral
Touvia
Shevasin
Tumeien Cipro
Fas
Farres
Ccm
Hirmes
Ord
Fonte
Harnes
Fifteenth Cavalry
Dushield
Forth
Harties
Waihington Cross Roads
Cant Hinkek
Ger Harries
Harries
Tuffield
Pont
Whittington Crosa
Harthy
Ling
Hristiin Briand
Dufflelil
Umpres
Elchok
Ninth Blue Infantry
Charles H Ovrand
Twentieth Blue Infantry
Martvyn & Buchey
Fifth Blue Cavalry
Blue
George C Shaw
Ww D Davidge
Stephen JC Foote
Koester
Foote
Ureil
Buckey
Twentieth
Blue” Infantry
Gen. Harres
John Joy Edson
A. B. Browne
Frank Reeside Perry
Turpin
Co. F. Nes- Dit
Oraway
Band
Signal Corps
Baltimore and Ohio
Gillespie
Fort Riley
Kans
James F Bell
William & Harvey
Glen Tie DB Young
Luther Ho Reschelder
Alfec J P Robbins
Ald de Camp
District of Columbia
Milta
Alexander FL Summers
Frank & Siiner
Frank W. Hult
William Woodandson
Richmond
Frederick H Heldenreich
Milton P Brittany R
Firiot Tieat Haiph
Soret Charles B Grooms
Beetrd
Duward
Samuel Wetherald
Pyobert
Maurite Appleby
J James E
Warrant Issued for Thomas A McCauley After F Street Fight
A warrant was issued for Edward McCauley for assaulting William A Davis at midnight on F street. Davis reported the incident to Police Court and accused a police officer of not arresting the assailant, prompting delays while a correct address was sought and Davis prepared to return after a brief trip out of town.
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Thomas A. McCauley
Thomas A McCauley
William A. Davis
F Street
Davis
Assaliant
Gessford
Fifth Precinct
McCauley
Edward
B Street
Embezzlement Case Heard in Boston Commissioner Hearing Held
Detective Howlett reported that William Hopkins, wanted on embezzlement charges here, was given a hearing before a U S commissioner in Boston and held for this jurisdiction. Lewis Poland, former manager of the Georgetown Glassworks, filed the complaint alleging Hopkins was $1000 short in his accounts.
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Washington
Howlett
Boston
William Hopkins
Boardman
Hopkins
United States
Lewis Poland
Mw Glriage Manufactory
Georgetown
Accused of Stealing Bicycle
Edward Frazier a seventeen year old Negro was arrested by Detective Trumbo on a charge of stealing a bicycle from Frank Shore at 121 New York avenue last winter The bicycle was recovered Frazier said he bought the wheel from another boy for 50 cents
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Edward Frazier
Trumbo
Frank Shore
New York Avenue
Frazier
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Promises Value and Longevity
The ad touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a strong economy with a bottle lasting longer and delivering more benefit than competing remedies. It claims the medicine offers 100 doses for one dollar, asserting superior value.
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Hood
Silver Jubilee Observed At Georgetown University Hospital
A solemn Mass marked the silver jubilee of Sister Mary Pauline O S F director of Georgetown University Hospital. Rev Father Daugherty and Father Becker led the rites with acolytes and sisters providing music, followed by a reception in a decorated hall and a letter from Archbishop Falconi to commemorate twenty five years of devoted service.
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Georgetown University Hospital
Mary Pauline
Jerome Daugherty
James Becker
Hennessy
Messrs
Pauline
Father Daugherty
University of Georgetown
St. Francis
Father Becker
Falconto
Rome
Pius X
D Falcomo
Kiefer
Creamer
Zipp
Appomattox project offer funds for veterans descendants
A retired U S Army major proposes donating 1000 acres of the Appomattox battlefield to descendants of Civil War soldiers for building an industrial home. He envisions a $300000 trust to establish The United Industrial Appomattox Home with separate facilities for men in trades, women for sewing and nursing, and spaces for industrial training.
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Appomattox
Lee
Grant
United States
Incorporating & Company
United Industrial Appomattox Home
É&C
Virginia
Appomattox County
Gho A. Arms
M. Fairfield
Rachington, Dy
Marine Stabbed by a Woman at Resort Inn
Frank Curtis a 23 year old Marine Corps member was stabbed in the back twice by Olga Blythe an inmate of a resort at 307 Thirteenth street northwest at dawn. Wounds were treated at Emergency Hospital and Curtis aided to the Marine Barracks by friends. Olga Blythe was arrested by Policemen Downs and Cavanaugh in the Police Court extenuating circumstances noted. assault charge dropped, fine of 20 dollars for vagrancy.
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Frank Curtis
Marine Corps
Olga Blythe
Thirteenth Street
Curtis
Marine Barracks
Downs and
Cavanaugh
Zion City Smallpox Mild Report Boosts Health Officials
Zion City reported by Dr. J H Blanks as having very mild smallpox cases. Patients are not confined to bed and are isolated two miles from town in a hospital, with no danger of an epidemic. In Altoona a miner named Andrew Viderslio was robbed and killed by highwaymen at Baker Mines near here, with about 250 dollars missing and a suspect arrested and jailed.
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Springfield
Zion City
State Board of Health
J. H. Blanks
Blanks
Altoona
Andrew Viederlio
Baker Mines
Here
Viedeslio
Ebensburge
Rioting in stockyards strike nears peak amid calls to Harrison
Chicago August report details escalating violence in the stockyards strike. Union leaders and retail dealers press Mayor Carter Harrison to mediate, while police prepare for increased unrest. A train carrying strikebreakers is attacked, and President Golden of the Teamsters is injured while aiding a stricken union member amid widespread clashes and crowd panic.
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Golden
Teamaters’ Union
Attack by Mob in New York Targeting Nonunion Packers
In New York on August 12 striking beef butchers and sympathizers renewed demonstrations against nonunion drivers at Schwarzschild & Sulzberger and United Dressed Beef. A nonunion meat truck guarded by two policemen was attacked at Fifty second Street and Second Avenue. a stone struck a officer’s helmet causing a head gash as police dispersed the crowd. Several nonunion drivers were assaulted throughout the afternoon amid ongoing tensions and police guards for strike-affected teams.
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New York
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
United Dressed Beef Company
Fifty-second Street
Second Avenue
Cable men may strike at Midway Island stand-off
A cablegram from Owen commanding Marines at Midway Island reports cable company employees threaten to leave the island by the next steamer unless the Navy prohibits armed employes from carrying firearms and shooting the island birds. The Navy Department maintains the order must be enforced to stop the slaughter of the plumage birds.
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Theut. C
Owen
Midway Island
Pacific Cable
Cable Company
Navy Department
Heir to the Russian throne amid birth predictions and myth
The article notes a future heir to Tsar Nicholas II and discusses traditions around naming, including Alexis, the father of his country. It describes Alexandra villa at Peterhof, crowds near the imperial residence, clergy prayers for an heir, and Father John Cronstadt’s influence, with folklore predicting seven daughters before a son.
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Peterhof
Greece
Russia
John
Cronstadt
Alexandra Villa
Arbitration plan adopted by Building Trades Alliance
The Structural Building Trades Alliance decided to use an arbitration scheme to guide disputes. The plan mirrors coal mine operator and union agreements and aims to apply first in New York with a governors’ board meeting possible in New York City. President Buchanan may convene the board soon.
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Building Trades Alliance
Indianapolis
Ind
The
Structural Building Trades Alliance
International Officers of Labor Unions
United Mine Workers
New York
Arbitration plan tested against Sherman act claims
New York Aug 12 Charles L Erdlitz president of the Building Trades Employers’ Association was served with a summons in a Supreme Court action brought by James J Daly for the Tile Sayers’ Union on behalf of the Building Trades Alliance. The suit seeks to determine the validity of the general arbitration plan adopted July 13 1908 and whether the employers’ association is a restraint of trade and if bonding members sustains court approval. A motion will be made to compel production of all association books and arbitration board minutes for inspection by the alliance.
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New York
Charles L. Erdlitz
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Supreme Court
James J. Daly
Tile Sayers’ Union
Building Trades Alliance
Building ‘Trades Employers’ Associaion
Employers’ Association
Frank Accer
People's Security Company
Supreme Court of
New York County
General Arbitration Board
Complainant Alliance
Death by Own Action By Dwyer in Baltimore
William Dwyer 28, of 336 I Street Southwest Washington, killed himself with a policeman's pistol at 611 Gough Street Baltimore. He had been drinking heavily, shown signs of mental derangement, and was staying with his uncle George Deal. Coroner's certificate cites death by his own act. he worked as a brickmason for C Fulton Company in the burned district. He came from Washington six weeks ago. survived by a brother and sister in Washington.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
William Dwyer
I Street
Washington, D.C
Gough Street
Dwyer
C . Fulton Company
Washington
George Deal
Deal
Hase
Washington | Ae
Grievances of Miners Board of Conciliation Meeting
Wilkesbarre Pa August 12 a meeting of the anthracite board of conciliation failed to resolve the check weighman controversy. The board deadlocked on the interpretation of section five and adjourned after proposals from miners and operators. A next session is set for New York August 19 with umpire Carroll Wright present.
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Board of Conciliation
Wilkesbarre
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
R C Luther
Gray
Nicholls
Carroll
Wright
Centralia
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Dunmore
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Erievance
Lytle
Lehigh Valley Company
New York
Strikes and labor notices spread across several states
Across Ohio Pennsylvania Illinois and Texas the day brought miners strikes layoffs factory bankruptcies and an embezzlement arrest. In Crooksville and Coshocton 2000 miners see no settlement after meetings and a discouraging outlook. MacBeth Evans Glass Co plans open shop production with 4000 workers. Phoenix Tram Works machinists end strike after amicable settlements. Lehigh Valley Coal stops 21 mines for a week idling 15000 workers. Belgian officials and breeders travel to St Louis for the exposition as King Leopold's horses depart for shipment. Fred L Grant charged with embezzlement up to 10000. Clarkson Co files bankruptcy petition with 174599 liabilities and 51301 assets.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Crooksville
Coshocton
Prince Henry Story Denied Plans for U S Tour
St Louis reports claim Prince Henry of Prussia his wife and eldest son would tour the United States and visit New York then St Louis with lavish entertainments by Dr Theodore Lewald German World s Fair commissioner. Berlin foreign office and Kiel court marshal deny any knowledge of the trip and discredit the report.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Prince Henry of Prussia
Germany
United States
New York
Theodore Lewald
Lewald
Berlin
Foreign Office
Prince Henry
America
Kiel
Associated Press
COLOR LINE IN G. A. R. DELEGATIONS TO BOSTON ENCAMPMENT
New Orleans Aug 12 Delegations of the GAR began leaving today for the Boston encampment. Two factions in the jurisdiction of the local commander split, sending separate trains. Keating heads a party of forty five, while Surveyor of the Port Lewis leads a large group largely consisting of colored members of the army and their families and friends.
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New Orleans
GAR
Boston
Keating
Tve
Port Lewis
Army
Preacher Barred at Gates Over Alleged English Conviction
Alfred Burleigh Hart former Brooklyn church pastor is held on Ellis Island for possible deportation after immigration officials received accusations he was convicted in England of a crime involving moral turpitude. An inquiry will determine if he may be deported and reported to Washington authorities.
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New York
Alfred Burleigh Hart
Brooklyn
Ellis Island
England
Washington
Alfred Burleigh
Hart
Immigration Service
Wast Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company
Lester & Price Room
Goliminan
Fifth Street
Weather conditions in eight August notes dispatch from Washington
The Weather Bureau reports a high pressure area over the Lake region moving into the North Atlantic states bringing fair weather and moderate temperatures. A low pressure area from the Missouri and Wisconsin valleys travels to Lake Superior with cool north central readings and thunderstorms in western Michigan. Local rains persist in the South Atlantic and Gulf states and in the Middle Rockies and plateaus. Fair weather with rising temperatures is forecast for Saturday across the Middle Atlantic and Northeast while central valleys and the Lake region stay generally sunny. Local rains expected in the South and in the northern Rockies and plateaus. Atlantic coast winds will be easterly. Gulf coast winds east to fresh. Great Lakes winds southerly shifting northerly. Steamers to Europe: southeasterly turning southerly and partly cloudy to Grand Banks. Temperature readings: midnight 68, 2am 67, 6am 66, 12m 68, 2pm 78, 4pm 78, 6pm 74. Maximum 78, minimum 62. Relative humidity values 70% at 8am, 48% at 2pm, 61% at 8pm. Rainfall 0.00 inches. sunshine 12.8 hours. 100% possible sunshine. Drought index notes. Temperatures in other cities show rainfall within twelve hours ending 8pm. Dolphin arrives at New York. Navy Secretary Morton and party aboard Dolphin from Washington arrives tonight.
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Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Region
North Atlantic
Missouri
Wissterpot
Lake Superior
Michigan
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Middle Rocky Mountain
Middle Plateau
Middle Eastern
Lake
Middle
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
European Porta
Grand Banke
Dale Lewt
Drowntown
Army of the Philippines Elects Officers in St Louis
Officers of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines were elected. President is Gen. Wilder Metcalf. Vice presidents include Col. James W Pope Capt. Charles B B Lock Capt. H A Crow Gen. J Franklin Bell Gen A T Frost Col Clarence R Edwards. Secretary T B Duncan treasurer FB Krembs chaplain Rev James Marley. Chicago chosen as next meeting site.
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St. Louis
Natonal Society of the Army of the Philippines
Wilder Metcalf
James W Pope
Charles BB. Lock
H. A. Crow
J. Franklin Bell
A. T Frost
Clarence R. Edwards
T. BE. Duncan
FB Krembs
James Marley
Chicago
Murder Climax of a Feud at Huber Station
Louisville August 12 Francis G Hagan died from pistol wounds inflicted by John R T Barbour at Huber Station a suburb In an ante mortem statement Hagan said he did not know Barbour was near and that Barbour shot him in the back The tragedy ends a feud that had lasted several years
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Louisville
Francis G. Hagan
John R. T. Barbour
Huber Station
Hagan
Barbour
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Charlotte NC
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Hutterly
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Idth St
Wach DC
McGill & Wallace
Froz E St
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Osteopathy
Epesss
St. Pope
Mainares
Candy Cathantie
Army OF the Philippines
Gen. Metcalf
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Tharp
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