Fort Stevens Tribute Honors 122nd New York Veterans
Survivors of the 122nd New York and other Civil War veterans gather at Battle Ground Cemetery to unveil a monument honoring fallen New York regiments from the Fort Stevens defense. A rain-soaked ceremony features the Owl Guard, Fifteenth Cavalry band, and speeches by Col. Tracy and district officials as crowds remember the July 12 action and the capital’s defense.
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One Hundred and Twenty-second
New York
Battle Ground Cemetery
Capital
Fort Stevens
Brightwood Road
Sixth Army Corps
Haurky
Army of the Republic
Macfar
Suebls
Owl Guard
James M. Edgar
Brightwood
Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Flehla Artine
Steuben Toate
Wilfred
Judet al
Elock
Sixth Corps
Coltyngham
Strpetinn
Monument
inm+ Gasler
Iation
Dg. Vv
Camber
Trod
New York State
Col
Tracey
Ral
Weaver
Calua A. Weaver
128D Regiment
Little Batthke Ground
Fourth Artillery
Jasper DL. McFall
Benjamin F. Bingham
Department of the Potomac
Washington
New York Regiment
Monument honors fallen 128th Regiment veterans at Fort Stevens
A dedication at Battleground Cemetery recalls the 128th New York Volunteers and Sixth Corps role in defending Washington. Speakers recount Lincoln's presence at Fort Stevens, the Sixth Corps relief, and the Battle of Fort Stevens as a turning point, while tributes praise preservation efforts and a restoration by Willian Cox.
Get the Most Out of Your Food Stomach Strength Tip
An advertisement notes that a weak stomach fails to digest food, causing uneasiness after meals and headaches. It cites Hood's Sarsaparilla as beneficial for stomach troubles and a run down system, with user E.R. Hickman of W Chester Pa endorsing its use. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pitts Strengthen and tone the stomach and digestive system.
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Hood
E.R. Hickman
W.chester
Monument to fallen Onondaga soldiers unveiled in granite
A Vermont granite monument nine feet three inches high bears a Greek cross badge and inscribed dedication to the gallant sons of Onondaga County who fought July 12 1864 for Washington in Lincoln's presence. Side tablets name killed and wounded soldiers including John Bentley Alanson Muster John Kennedy George H Richardson Harvey P Chandler David L Hogeboon and John Pronton. Other names listed on adjacent panels with bronze tablet marking battles such as Antietam Gettysburg and Petersburg.
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America
Vermont
Sixth Army
Onondaga County
N. Y
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
New York
James Woodfallow
John Laupenthal
Thomas Thornton
Charley C. Baedeker
Mion J. McGough
Jehial Landphier
Pater Stabe King
William Q. Swartz
Thoman G. Dallman
Merrick @. Smith
James Davidson
Wiliam Thampaan
Rattles — Antietam
Fredarickabura
Maryos Heights
Salem Church
Gettysburg
Rapnahannoes Station
Ming Run
Wilderness
Spottsylvania C
Cold Harbor
Fort Stavens
Opaquon
Flahor
Two Drownings Within Hours Near Chain Bridge and Wharf
Two drownings occurred within hours yesterday near Arlington area as a 16 year old James T Stavers on the Virginia side and a 43 year old John Thomas from Eighth and F streets southwest perished after entering the water. Stavers attempted a wade in after seeing others dive and sank before help arrived. Thomas jumped from a sailing boat in the Washington channel as a squall rose and disappeared beneath the surface while attempting to swim ashore. Harbormaster Sutton's crew recovered both bodies and Carrier Nevitt certified the deaths as accidental.
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James T. Stavers
William Tavener
Chain Bridge
Virginia
Canal
Washington
John Thomas
Eighth and
F Streets
William Jackson
Washington Channel
Thomas
Jackson
Ninth Street
Sutton
Nevitt
Storm Sweeps Norfolk Resorts Damaging Seaside Areas
Special from Norfolk Va reports property damage at summer resorts around the city after a severe coastal storm. Winds tore roofs from pavilions and caused scattered destruction to fences roads and utilities. The storm disrupted mail service and telephones, with sailors and a drifting yacht causing anxiety along the bay.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
I Cy Iliott
Ocean View
Maude
Turventa
Vannera Creek
Plan a World Wide Union
Milwaukee July 12 The International Longshoremen Marine and Transport Workers Association adopted a resolution in favor of a world organization for all maritime crafts. A committee was named to study methods to form the federation. Leaders Keefe and Barter spearheaded years of effort. Applications have come from U S marine unions and talks with European, Russian, Japanese workers continue. A continental convention in Sweden next month will discuss unification.
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Milwaukee
Wis
International Longshoremen, Marine, and Transport Workers’ Association
Daniel F. Keefe
H. C. Barter
Who is James Brainard arrested in Montreal
Montreal dispatch reports James Brainard a suburb postmaster near Washington D C. arrested by US Secret Service Detective Anderson in Montreal for allegedly fleeing with 10000 in negotiable money orders and a woman. Washington authorities deny knowledge of the case, awaiting the prisoner’s transfer.
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Montreal
Washington
James Brainard
D. C
Anderson
United States Secret Service
Wilkie
Seewat Service
Davis
City Post Office
Post Office Department
Crescie Tells Motive for Murder in Chicago
Anthony Crescie admitted shooting his brother-in-law Andrew Cuneo citing a motive to prevent a family murder plot. He asserted he acted to protect his family, while police question Crescie's sanity. Cuneo survived the shooting. In New York, Mark Twain Samuel Clemens and his daughters returned with Mrs. Clemens body from Italy to Elmira, New York.
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Chicago
Anthony Crescie
Andrew Cuneo
Cuneo
Crescio
Sr. L. Clemens
New York
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Clemens
Italy
Genoa
Palermo
Naples
Elmira
N.Y
Two Wilsons Arrested in Washington Case Mystery
Marie Cicottee Wilson and Maria Martha Ott Wilson, known in Toledo for a string of sensational actions, are detained after arrest in Washington at the Anderson Hotel. Doctors say neither is insane. Detectives pursue further charges while noting prior lawsuits and clashes with officials in Toledo Fremont Cincinnati Omaha and Detroit.
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Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
Washington
Marie Cicottee Wilson
Maria Martha Ott Wilson
United States
Marla Wilson
Peter Burroughs
Fremont
Marie
Beckwith
Marvelous Sluh
Omaha
United States Court
Cincinnati
Marciartha ‘Moreatt-Ott Wilson
Marie Cinette Burroughs
Anderson Hotel
John Marshall Place
C Street
Washington Asylum Hospital
Fred Webber
Capitol Police
Sophie Lyons
Detroit
Marcia Martha Moreatt-Ott
Wilsons
Burroughs
Parham
O'Brien
Three Burlington County Defendants Indicted for Violent Crimes
Grand jury in Burlington County recommends capital punishment for rape and indicts Agron Timbers Jonas Sims and Willum Austin for felonious assault breaking and entering. Joseph and Israel Timbers and Horace Robinson named as accessories after the fact. Defendants to be brought from Pennsylvania once requisitions honored.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Burlington County
Jorday
Agron Timbers
Jonas Sims
Willum Austin
Hislo T. Middle
Thomas Stricker
Rancocas Road
Joseph and
Israel Timbers
Aaron
Horace Robinson
Burlington
Pennsylvania
Cardinal Gattoli Honors Planned in Twin Cities
Satolli guest of honor Cardinal Gattoli arrives in St Paul to visit Archbishop Ireland then tours to Duluth and Buffalo. Receptions planned in his honor include a dinner at Archbishop Ireland’s residence tonight and a Knights of Columbus reception at the Ryan Hotel tomorrow. Friday he heads to Minneapolis to meet the local Catholic clergy at the West Hotel reception.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Knights of Columbus
Ryan Hotel
West Hotel
Battle warnings and troop movements near Liaoyang
The message notes cavalry reinforcements and possible demonstrations to mask moves, with speculation that Kuropyatkin may retire to Liaoyang. It remains unlikely there will be major fighting before Liaoyang is reached, and possibly not then.
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Kuropyatkin
Liaoyang
British Ships Searched by Russian Fleet Steamer in Red Sea
The British steamer Menelaus and Crewe Hall report being stopped on June 11 in the Red Sea south of Jodda by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg with eight guns. Papers and manifests were overhauled, ships detained four hours, then released. Dispatches from Constantinople note Russian vessels passing the Bosphorus, stocks loaded, with Smolensk and St. Petersburg moving through the area en route to Vladivostok and possible plans to meet the Baltic Fleet in the Red Sea.
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Perim
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Bab-El-Mandeb
Menelaus
Clyde
Shanghai
Crewe Hall
Kurrachere
Jodda
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
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Sevastopol
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Veazel
Red Cross
Tuly 4
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Porte
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Smolensk
Port Said
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Suez Canal
Suez
Allanton case lifts war risk rates for British steamers
The London Times insurance correspondent reports higher war risk charges after the Russian seizure of the British steamer Allanton. Warranties for contraband avoidance and blockade denial have shifted from 29 6d to 10a in rate terms. Critics blame foreign office leniency, noting German actions in Delagoa Bay during the South African war.
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Onion
Cablegran
Washington Post
London
London Times
Allanten
Far East
Foreign Office
Delagoa Bay
Haussings
Takushan Army in Battle Near Cheechhechuna
Japanese Takushan army campaigns against Russian forces across several skirmishes from July 1 to July 10. Japanese advances northward after occupying Kai-chou, while Russians fortify positions at Tapingshan Nangmatat and nearby camps. Casualties: Japanese around 156. Russian losses heavier.
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Tokyo
Bin-chai-ku
Slutehikou
Kai-chou
Oku
Taping- Shan
Wniusenihan
Nangmatat
Ching- Ihis
Sickness Increases Among Manchurian Army After Rains
From St Petersburg dated July 12 an official report shows a sharp rise in sickness and wounded among Manchurian forces after a few days of rain. Before the rains the rate was 71 officers and 89 men per 2000 with 10 officers and 6 men wounded per 1000 and 2 per 1000 contagious diseases. After the rains the figures rose to 46 officers and 29 wounded per 1000 and 9 men per 1000, with contagious cases at 58 per 1000 and new cases of scurvy and smallpox, plus 7 plague cases. Also 22 cases of horse and cattle plague were reported.
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St. Petersburg
Mounts for Japanese Cavalry Seeks 100000 Ponies
New Orleans report says Minister Takahira negotiates with a Texas firm for 100000 Creole ponies and bronches to equip Japanese cavalry. Negotiations include stock cars with Southern Pacific to speed the herd to San Francisco and then by ship to Japan.
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Takahira
New Orleans
Louisiana
Plains
Texas
Japan
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Bop
Shriners on Special Train to Atlantic City
Almas Temple delegates and 150 nobles left Washington at 11 15 yesterday by Baltimore and Ohio special train for the thirteenth Imperial Council session in Atlantic City. The foot patrol led by Capt Samuel C Redman and mounted patrol led by Past Potentate William I F Gude will take part in the parade as the convention adjourns tomorrow. Also that night the International Motor and Power Company trustees were elected at a stockholders meeting at 14th and K Street NW.
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Almas Temple
Teaven
Atlantic City
Myatic Shriners
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Imperial Council
Samuel C. Redman
William I F. Gude
International Motor and Power Company
Hopewell H. Darneille
Samuel W. Smith
Pontiac
Mich
Charles F. Joy
St. Louis
Jacob HM. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Alexander H. Bell
William L. Walter
Port Huron
Frank W. Bartlett
Edgar Weeks
Mount Clemens
Ballinger Custody Dispute Spurs Arrest of Parents
Mrs Ballinger and C M Edwards in custody on a husband’s complaint. Four year old Wallis Ballinger pleads for his mother at police headquarters as a custody fight unfolds. Court orders had given each parent access to the child for three days a week, but the arrangement had lapsed for weeks. Police in the Ninth precinct arrested Channing M Edwards, a farmer, on a charge alleged by Mr Ballinger.
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Ballingers
Ballinger
Talea
Barerio Tie Hay
Polias
Channing MM. Edwarda
Weather Summary From July Conditions Across States
The July weather bulletin notes active high pressure disturbances over the Atlantic coast and Montana driving eastward, with showers and thunderstorms east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio. Fair weather expected inland Wednesday, with scattered showers on the eastern Rocky Mountain slope. River levels: Missouri below danger in Kansas City, Mississippi rising near St Louis, Arkansas River above danger at Little Rock. Downtown temps and humidity tracked, rain total 0.13 inches, sunshine 19 hours.
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Lla. Dept. At Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
United States
iAtlantic
Lawrepea Valley
Flateau Preston
Montana
Naval
Mississippi
Ohio
Lake Region
New England
Ohio Valley
Tennesses
Mississippi Valley
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Gulf
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain Region
Rocky Mountains
Plains Region
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Upper Lakes
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Louis
Arkansas
Little Rock
Accused of Robbing Old Soldier in City
John alias Louis Mackell is wanted on a grand larceny charge after allegedly stealing a pocketbook with pension checks from Peter Woelfing, an old soldier. He was arrested in Atlantic City yesterday. A shoe purchase from B Rich & Son involved a stolen check. Detective Tyser pursues the prisoner.
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John
Louis Mackell
Atlantic City
Mackell
Peter Woelfing
B. Rich & Son
Tyser
Washington Fugitive Arrested in Braddock Pa
Frederick Moore alias Buffalo, a negro and month long fugitive, was captured in Braddock and held on charges he struck John B. Jackson causing a fractured jaw. Detective Lacy travels to Braddock to custody Moore. The Fifth Baptist Church marks its forty seventh anniversary and pastor Rev C C Meador D D observes the occasion at 8 PM.
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Buffalo
Braddock
John B. Jackson
Lacy
Moore
Fifth Baptist Church
C.C. Meador
D. D
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