Gettysburg reunion to honor Civil War veterans on battlefield
Edward B. Clark reports that about 40,000 Civil War veterans from the North and South will gather at Gettysburg in July for a peaceful fiftieth anniversary reunion. The event is backed by the U.S. government and Pennsylvania with ample camps, hospital support, and enhanced sanitary measures to ensure a safe, dignified commemoration.
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Edward B. Clark
Ashington
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
United States
Union
North
South
Pennsylvania
Congress
Vicksburg
Mississippi
James B. Aleshire
United States Army
Henry G. Sharpe
Texas
Téxas
Little Round Top
Oak Ridge
Cemetery Hill
Longstreet
Meade
Lee
National Park
Legislature
Secretary of War
DATA OF CIVIL WAR By COL. W. J. HANDY
Col. Handy details Civil War mobilization from Fort Sumter surrender demand to 1864 calls. Key events include Lincoln militia calls of April 15 1861 and successive calls for 500 000 and 300 000 troops, with parsed enlistments by period and credits for drafted men. Major Anderson evacuates Fort Sumter April 14.
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W. J. Handy
Second
Michigan Infantry
Fort Sumter
Beauregard
Maj. Anderson
Lincoln
Civil War draft totals and battle casualties listed
The document records draft figures including 2,320,272 aggregate men over three years, 500,000 on previous calls, and 286,461 men secured. It notes $6,724 paid for commutation to release by $300 each, used for bounty money, and lists colored troops total 156,097. It cites Five Zouaves, Kansas first colored regiment, and battle casualties across Seven Days, Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg with Union and Confederate losses, missing soldiers, and wounded totals.
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E. E. Ellsworth
New York
Kansas
Roosevelt Newett jury panel complete in Marquette
The Roosevelt versus Newett case in Marquette, Michigan, completed its jury after fifty-two veniremen were examined. Sworn jurors include Ishpeming teamster Joseph Robear and Marquette locomotive fireman William Pryor among others, with ages ranging from twenty-five to sixty-eight and several living in Marquette County communities.
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Marquette
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. Newett
Joseph Robear
Ishpeming
William Pryor
Robert Bruce
Powell
W. H. Matthews
Gwyn
William
Fass Tender
John Frederickson
Negaunee
Gust Polten
Wells
William Sharp
England
John A. Johnson
Marquette County
William Garrow
Ely
Andrew P. Johnson
Humboldt
Thomas Howard
Chocolay
Veniremen
United States
Newett
Brother Elks
The
Elks’ Lodge of
Pound
James H. Pound
Detroit
W. P. Belden
Belden
Roosevelt
James A. Garfield
George. A. Shiras
Venireman
Garfield
Shiras
Peruvian flood study under Meade leads Indiana report
Experts under Daniel W. Meade of the University of Wisconsin began evaluating flood conditions in Peru and area plans to prevent future disasters. The delegation included Capt. John G. Kingman, W.G. Atwood, Edward Dunlap, Ed Beck, E.C. Clark, and local officials and business leaders who organized a fundraising canvass raising $6,000 for a fall festival.
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Peru
Daniel W. Meade
University of Wisconsin
John G. Kingman
United States Army Engineering Corps
Louisville, Ky
Indianapolis
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Edward Dunlap
Anderson
Ed Beck
Wabash Railroad
Richmond
John J. Kreutzer
John Horan
Jacob Casper
Berne Welch
John W. Parkhurst
Peru Commercial Club
Mourrie Eagen Dies After Auto Accident
Eleven year old Morrie Eagen son of M G Hagen night yard foreman for Big Four died from injuries after being run down by a demonstrator driven auto. The motorist failed to see the boy until impact. Other brief local items note a suit against A Elmer Manning former Elkhart sheriff for missing account funds and deaths and incidents in Muncie Rushville and Connersville.
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Wabash
Morrie Eagen
M. G. Hagen
Big Four
Eagen
Elkhart
Sidney K. Ganyard
A. Elmer Manning
Elkhart County
American Bonding Company
Manning's Surety
Manning
Long Beach Empire Day pier disaster claims hundreds affected
A British Empire day celebration on a doubled deck pier in Long Beach California collapsed killing 35 mostly women and injuring dozens. Witnesses describe a sudden plunge as lower deck gave way sending victims into tide sands and splintered timbers. Officials and English societies aided frantic rescue amid panic.
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Long Beach
Cal
Great Britain
California
M'Carty Killed in Battle in Calgary May 27
Lauther McCarty white heavyweight champion of the world was counted out by Referee Edward Smith. Eight minutes later he died from a blow to the heart after a brief fight with Arthur Pelkey. Pelkey was arrested on manslaughter charges and released on bail. The bout was short and bitter with McCarty outweighing Pelkey and a fatal blow ending the contest.
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Calgary
Alberta
Northwestern Mounted Police
McCarty
Sud
Pelkey
S- Fac
Peli
Carty
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Antietam
Maryland
Confederate
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Ishsion
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Commercial
Columbus
Muncie
Delia
May St. John
Frank St. John
Rushvile
Stacey Hinkle
Joseph Meredith
Margaret Herkless
Edwin Merideth
Connersville
Jacob Kaller
Highland Center
Franklin’ County
Wil- Mam
Pal’ ‘Auditorium
Ene
Beach
Gal. Falls
M’carty
Arthur Pelkey
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