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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1904

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2

Grant Wins Victory at Thoroughfare in Virginia

Gen Frederick D Grant breaks the center of Gen J Franklin Bells Brown army at Thoroughfare near Haymarket with a three hour blue assault. Casualties include Private M E Williams of Seventh Brown Cavalry shot in the lungs. Blue forces capture ground and push Browns back toward Thoroughfare Gap as reinforcements race to the field.

Washington Gainesville Frederick D. Grant J. Franklin Bell Grant Gen. Bell Gen. Grant Bell Theodore J. Wint Gen- Bell Carolina Road Haymarket M. E. Willams Brown Cavalry First Tennessee Infantry Manassas Tennessee Grayson House Seventh Cavalry Williams Barry Uoeps Smith Regan New York Maryland Massachusetts Regular Wint United States Engineers Massachusetts, the Seventy-fourth Georgia Brown Guanes Corbin Mae Blue Army Army of Blue Maine Stepa Fairfax Court House F. A. Smith Maryland Infantry Gov. Warfield Eighth United States Infantry Delaware Infantry Secom South Carolina Infantry West Virginia Thomas H. Barry New Jersey James Regan Harket Tooroughfare Gap Front Royal Field Artillery Col. Bell Antioch Grent Schoolhouse Twenty Fourteenth New York Infantry Col. Cine Connecticut Infantry

One Soldier Reached City In Bull Run Fight

Militiaman thought insane Frank Hildebrand of Orangeburg D C fought police near Southern Railway yards in Washington last night. He refused to leave a freight car from Manassas and, after a brutal struggle, was placed in a First precinct cell. He misidentified officers, claimed a captain, and ranted about Connecticut regiments as officers subdued him. Gov Chamberlin headed to Manassas for maneuvers. Arlington Camp No 2 Woodmen of America formed in Hartford area with officers listed.

Gore Col. Wagner Connecticut Grant Corbin Wagner Bull Run Vermont Infantry Washington Shenandoah Valley Anandale Centerville Bell Front Royal Gainesville Persion Frank Hildebrand Orangeburg D. C First Precinct Hildebrand Manassas Southern Railway Twelfth Werzt William Calling Uitle

Clerk Accused of Embezzlement at Local Stationery Firm

S Emory Martin a 32 year old clerk at Schrot Brothers stationery on Louisiana avenue was arrested by Detective Helan on a charge of embezzlement. Herman Schrot swore out the warrant. The clerk is accused of securing about $4. On account of illness he spent the night at Emergency Hospital.

S. Emory Martin

Congress Opens as Peary Heads North American Congress

Five hundred National Geographic Society members host an informal pre congress reception at Hubbard Memorial Hall with diplomats and scientists from around the world in attendance. The eighth International Geographic Congress opens at 10 o'clock with Commander Peary presiding. sessions and a full program follow at George Washington University Hall and nearby venues.

National Geographic Society Hubbard Memorial Hall Congress Commander Peary International Geographic Congress Sixteenth M Streets National Society G. K. Gilbert Society Wer John Joy Wdson O. P. Austin Eliza R. Scidmore A. Graham Bell David T. Day A. W. Greely Angelo Hellprin Russell Hinman W J McGee Gifford Pinchot Henry Gannett Charles J. Bell George Davidson William M. Davis John Joy Molson A. J. Henry C. P. Austin C. Hart Merriam Henry F. Blount C. M. Chester V. Coville D. Cc. Gilman H. Kauffmann Willis L. Moore Israel C. Russell R. D. Salisbury Gardiner G. Hubbard Penek Austria Artchowski Belgium de Claparede Switzerland Henry Cordier Grandidier Paris Wanner Quischer Marcuse Oppel Hassert Germany Bela Kredi Hungary C. D. Walcott Roosevelt Congresa Graf. v. Piel Geographic Society of Berlin C. David White Peary Arctic Club James Muirhead Royal Scottish Geographic Society Glasgow Scotland EK. Oberhammer Geographic Societies Vienna Munich Charles Ray Dean Mile C. de Lobel Societe de Geographie de Parla James Page Henry Wallace Royal Geographic Society London Imperial Austrian Society William Morrie Davis Harvard Travelers’ Club Cambridge Mass Albrecht Fenck Williams, Roberts National Geographic Societ Willams. Fox International Bureau of American Republics Frank Baker Washington L. Chaliklopoulos Cairo Egypt Greek Geographic Society Edouard Wagner Leipzig Otto Quelle Natural Society of Nordhausen Alfred J. Henry Carlos da Mello Societe de Topographie de France Real Institute of Lisbon Heinrich Matzat Wellburg An der Lahn Tadayuki NASA the Geographic Society of Tokyo George Henry Hall Liverpool Liverpool Geographic Society William Libbey Princeton University Pinckney F. Green Filsons Loulhville National Graphic Society Berlin Stanislaus Hanzlik Prague Boherata James Morris Morgan Royal Geographic Society of Australasia Franz Tetzner Leipaig Mme. de Lobel Societe de Geographis &E Paris M. Loteq de Lobel Mise Tehane de Lobel Mise Jessie E. Hutchingon Marle V. H. Smith PF. Austin Bureau of Statistics Geological Survey Dkl Hloki Tokyo Geographical Society Clay MacCauley Asiatic Society of Japan John Joy Edson Henryk Arctowski Royal Geographic Society of Brussels Antwerp Arthur Janke Miles Alles P. Gannett Bryn Mawr Club New York Gilbert H. Grosvenor Geographic Society of Philadelphia Victor H. Olmsted Department of Agriculture Ruth M. McCormick John H. McCormick Henri Carater Council Societe de Geographie Hergchel Parker Columbia University Appalachian Mountain Club G. W. Littiehalen Maj Alfred St. Hilll Gibbons Mude Cornwall England Royal Geographic Society of London Middieton Smith Bureau of Statistica Roberto Maldonado C Valparaiso Chile J. W. Spencer Geological Society of America Ernard Pattenhausen Dresden James Waterhouse Ral Georaphic Society of London William Barrett Ridgely Treasury Department David Joseph Kennelly Loundsbury Novaa Scotia Wilhelm Waldeyer George Washington Columbian) University Hall Robert E. Peary Columbian)University Hall United States Naval Observatory Ebbitt House Hubbard Hall Jay Eventing Natonaal Geographic Society Henry Bryant Geographical Society of Philadelphia George D. Shattuck Geographical Society of Baltimore A. Lawrence Rotch Boston Zonta Baber Geographie Society of Chicago Geographical Society of the Pacific San Francisco Frederick W. D'Evelyn Geographies Society of California John Mur Bierra Club Rodney Lb. Gisan Mazamas Portland Angelo Heliprin American Alpine Club Herbert L. Badman William Morris "Davia J. H. McCormick R. E. Peary W. 3. Davis W. M. Davis Bailey Willis H. Hitchcock BQ. Hovey H. ¥_ Reid R. & Tarr R. A. Harris R. de C. Ward L.A. Bauer A. S. Packard Frederick Starr J. F. Hayford B. Haynen H. G. Bryant H. L. Bridgman R. Johnson C. W- Hall 2. B. Dodge E C. Jones E.L. Stevenson G. H. Grosvenor

Hospital Supplies and Special Prices for Hospitals

Rubber bedding belts bandages webbing and bed pans Kelly operating cushions beds cushions and fitlows operating and nurses gloves and all kinds of surgical specialties SJ special prices to hospitals on application

Armenians in distress reach 15000 as famine bites

American consul at Harput reports from Blitis and Moush that massacres, plunder, and hunger rack Armenians. About 15,000 have lost everything and are starving while 3,500 deaths are noted from exposure. Insurgents in Moush push guerrilla warfare demanding reforms. govt aid is limited though some relief arrives via American board and foreign missions.

Harput State Department Blitis Moush Sassun Bassun Bitlis I&c American Board of Commissioners and Foreign Missions Macedonia

Meador Unites Four Couples in City Hall Matrimony

Rev Dr Meador, pastor emeritus of Central Baptist Church, sought to commit a friend to an insane asylum at City Hall. He instead married four people in one day without changing any surnames, uniting Robert F. Lee with Annie Lea and James C. Gordon with Violet L. Gordon, in two licenses noted by clerks amid a curious scene.

Meador City Hall C. C. Meador Central Baptist Church Thirteenth Street Lee Gordon Dr. Meador Fredericksburg Robert F. Lee Annie Lea Lees James C. Gordon Violet L. Gordon Washington Ell Dr. Gordon Mr. Gordon

Waggaman Admits Inability to Pay Debts in Bankruptcy Plea

Thomas H. Waggaman filed an amended answer in the bankruptcy case against him by three local banks. He admits he cannot pay his debts and is willing to be adjudged bankrupt on that ground, potentially ending efforts to appoint a receiver. The university's answer, via George J. Bonaparte, remains to be filed if needed.

Thomas H. Waggaman Irving Williemson Catholic University of America Waggaman Justice Anderson Catholic University Wxaggaman George H. Hamilton Charles J. Bonaparte Waggeman University Bonaparte

Diplomat Tent Pegging At Lenox Event

Daring riding by Sir Mortimer Durand, British Ambassador, Wyndham, a legation secretary, and Van Ness Phillips of New York, headlines the Gym Khana race at Tanglewood. Tea events followed, with Miss Charlotte Parsons, Miss Kate Carey, and Miss Rosamond Dixey among participants witnessed by the summer colony.

Lenox Mass Sir Mortimer Durand Wyndham Legation van Ness Phillpps New York Tanglewood Richard C. Dixey Boston Sir Mortimer

Weather Across California Dominates Sept 7 Evening

The Weather Bureau notes an abnormally high California temperature with a storm off the Southern California coast. San Francisco hit the highest ever, with Valley temperatures 106 to 110. Ohio and Upper Lakes saw light showers, while the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts had continued rain. Warmer conditions expected in the Middle Slope and Upper Mississippi Valley later, with winds shifting by region. Downtown readings show a warm late day, and tides at local points.

Dept. of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington Wednesdy California San Francisco Ohio Upper Lake Region South Atlantic Coast Gulf States Texas Lake Region Minnesota Wisconsin Upper Michigan South Atlantic Middle Slope Mississippi Valley Lake New England Middle Atlantic Gulf Great Ameck

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