Greatest Grand Army encampment promises record turnout
Cuicano Aug 28 The 4th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens with Civil War veterans arriving by train and an estimated 45,000 old soldiers and 800,000 excursionists. Navy veterans march with Ex-Prisoners of War as ceremonies at the Naval Arch honor their service.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Repubic
Monitor
Winnebago
Farragut
Mobile Bay
E. D. Woodtruff
Rockford, Illa
J. R. Lynn
Chicago
Winneb.c
Eflent
Montejo
Manila Bay
Cervera
Santiago Harbor
Association of Ex-Prisoners of War
Michigan Avenue
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Jackson Boulevard
Army Arch
van Buren Street
Court of Honor
Naval Arch
United States Life Saving Service
Naval Militia of
Ilinois
Naval Reserve Veteran Association
Sons of Veterans
Boys’ Brigade
National Association of Naval Veterans
Hubbard Court
John A. Logan
America
Samuel Fallows
George L. Seavey
The
Naval Veterans
Dr. Mnndock
Bishop Fallows
Commodore Seavey
Defendants Win In Government Land Case At Leavenworth
In Leavenworth Kansas on August 28 Judge Hook issued decrees in the government suit against the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway and about 1500 land owners to cancel company patents. Suits against most defendants were dismissed. only those in error remain. Foreigners in Germany face tighter police supervision. travelers must carry passports. Governor General Wood left Cuba for Manzanillo after a trip that boosted Cuban goodwill.
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Washington
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United States
Berlin
Italy
Germany
Wood
Cuba
Manzanillo
Palace approves $40,000 for high school construction
The palace sanctioned numerous projects for improvements and water developments and approved a 40 000 appropriation to construct a high school.
Fitzsimmons Says He Will Go Out With the Horton Law
Robert Fitzsimmons and William Brady met to discuss a match with James J. Jeffries. Fitzsimmons said he is through with fighting and will retire from the ring, declaring he will go out with the Horton law, leaving one less in the heavyweight division.
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Jeffries
Horton Law
Romania Says Bulgaria Must Be Taught a Lesson
Bucharest dispatch says public mood in Romania grows warlike as Sofia refuses to suppress the Bulgarian committee in Sofia. Roumanians demand a lesson by arms if needed and report continued expulsion of Bulgarians from Romania.
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London
Roumania
Bulgaria
Ans
Sofia
Revolutionary Committee
Bucharest
Daily Mail
Rormania
Ore Handlers Go On Strike At Erie Docks Cleveland
About 600 iron ore handlers at the Erie Railway docks in Cleveland quit work after owners of the steamer Simon J Murphy refused a claim for extra compensation for unloading a wet cargo. If no settlement is reached at Erie there will be a strike on Cleveland and Pittsburg docks affecting roughly 1,400 men.
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Erie Railway
Simon J. Murphy
Erie
Cleveland and Pittsburg
West-Walcott Prize Fight Ends In Unequal Twelfth Round
In New York on August 28 Tommy West defeated Joe Walcott when Walcott refused to continue after the 11th round due to a claimed left arm injury. Referee Charlie White ruled West the winner as Walcott would not proceed.
Kansas City Darkened by Midday Storm Causes Panic
Kansas City plunged into darkness during a midday storm on Aug 28 causing store lights to be lit early. Torrential rain and fear of a tornado drove people to seek cover as Union Depot signals failed and train service halted for 30 minutes. No damage reported.
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Kansas City
Kansas Oity
Union Depot
Canal proposal drivers Nicaraguan canal talks
News briefs report Nicaragua has submitted to the United States a proposition on building the Nicaraguan canal. Other items note Bryan declining to attend a G A R encampment, a severe cholera outbreak in London, a Minnesotan killed by a runaway horse in Milwaukee, postal officials warned on political contributions, Ohio troops withdrawn from Akron, and eleven farmers charged in an attempted lynching in Tioga County Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Nicaragua
United States
Curiaco
Norman G. Whitney
Gray Eagle
Minn
Milwaukee
North Avenues
Whitney
Iron Brigade
Smith Jaques
Wasnixetoy
Civil Service Commission
Smith
Evans
Wil Tham McCann
Gleason
Tioga County
Rumor of Battle in Pekin Sees Allies Retreat
A St. Petersburg dispatch reported by Le Siecle claims a fierce Pekin battle forced Allied retreat with 1,800 casualties, mostly Russians, while Chinese forces occupy fortified positions and barrages the relief troops.
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St. Petersburg
Pekin
Paris
le Siecle
State Department Publishes Conger Dispatch on China
The dispatch from Minister Conger reports no major movements since prior message. The military is working to restore order and no Chinese government representative is encountered. Tsung Li Yamen members are in the city and expected to appear. generals avoid entering the imperial palace as it remains vacant. Two thousand Germans arrived today.
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State Department
Conger
Wasainctox
Department of State
Tsung Liuamen
Imperial Palace
Pekin
Han Kow Uprising Linked to Kang Yu Wei Plot
Shanghai dispatches state the Han Kow uprising was not Boxer driven but a plot by Kang Yu Wei supporters and the Ko Lao Hui to revolt against the Pekin government. Government leaders counted on Chang Thi Tung, Han Kow viceroy, for arms gunpowder and other destruction agents.
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Paris
Shanghai
Kang Yu Wei
Pekin
Chang Thi Tung
Han Kow
Gunepowder
Aggressive Operations Begin West of Pekin Reported
London August 28 report says allied forces resumed offensive west of Pekin. Shanghai cables cite Li Hung Chang seeking arrest of Prince Tuan and Boxer disarmament to open negotiations with powers. Tokio dispatch notes 90,000 Chinese with 15 guns advancing toward Pekin from Shandong aiming to cut allied lines.
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London
Pekin
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Hsian Fu
Prince Tuan
Fekin
Tokio
Yammagachi
Shan Tung
Convoy Formed to Escort Wounded and Civilians from Pekin
Telegram from Taku dated August 26 confirms reports a convoy is being formed at Pekin to escort allies wounded and women and children to Tien Tsin under strong escort.
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Pekin
Rome
Taku
Tien Tsin
German Residents of Transvaal Lodge British Grievances
A German deputation in Breruin seeks aid from the German foreign office over mass arrests of about 400 German residents in Johannesburg. They allege they were seized from shops and taverns or in their beds, transported to a seaport, shipped to Flushing, and landed penniless. They request damages for brutal treatment and property loss.
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Breruin
Foreign Office
Johannesburg
Flushing
Boers suffer heavy losses as Buller attacks
The Daily Mail reports during General Buller’s assault near Lourenzo Marques that half the Bethel commando gunners were killed along with Commandant vou Dalwin. A Boers council at Machadodorp rejected Botha’s advice to retire to Lydenberg. Steyn and Delarey reportedly met Kruger at Watervalondor last Saturday.
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London
Buller
Daily Mail
Lourenzo Marques
Vou Dalwin
Herr Krupp
Machadodorp
Advica
Botha
Lydenberg
Steyn
Delarey
Kruger
Watervalondor
Mrs Chamberlain Verifies Charges After South Africa Trip
Mrs Richard Chamberlain sister in law of the secretary of state for the colonel has returned from South Africa and was interviewed about her experiences there. She declares that the charges of Buardetts are true.
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Richard Chamberlain
Buardetts
South Africa
Mrs Pinkham Free Advice Cures Womens Troubles
Mrs Pinkham offers free counsel to women in Lynn Massachusetts claiming to have cured a million women. The ad urges women to seek the medicine and advice, presenting it as safest and surest option and essential guidance for female troubles.
Bartlett Bartlett-Coutts Claims Hospital Management Truth
Conservative MP William Ash mead Bartlett Bardett-Coutts asserts every word he spoke about military hospital management was accurate. He accuses the surgeon general of obstructing medical supply delivery.
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William Ashmead Bartlett Bardett-Coutts
Westminster
Poll a Million Votes by Mid-Road Populists Leader Parker
The Middle-of-the-Road Populists met in Chicago with 80 of 116 members present. National Chairman Joseph A. Parker of Kentucky will run the new national headquarters in Louisville. They seek two Congressmen in Texas and Alabama and one in Georgia, aiming to poll 1,000,000 votes.
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ChicaGo
Joseph A. Parker
Kentucky
Louisville
Parker
Middle-Of-The Road
Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Knights of Pythias Camp Pingree Winds Up In Detroit
Detroit August 28 thousands of Uniformed Bank Knights of Pythias gather for Camp Pingree the units military camp. Major General Carnac assumed command in the evening as five thousand men rested on the tented field and new arrivals filled hotels and boarding houses.
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Detroit
Pingree
The
Knights of Pythias
Carnachan
Rani
Kentucky Legislature Convenes in Special Session
FRANKFORT Ky Aug 26 The extra session opened at noon with varied views on a replacement for the current election law Members largely favor removing the party emblem from ballots to prevent disfranchising illiterate voters and expect this to be included in the bill passed.
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Eutysky
Frankfort
Bresci Attempts Suicide During Imprisonment
Bresci the assassin of King Humbert reportedly attempted death by his own action on Sunday in Rome. He refused food claiming he would not grant the bourgeoisie the satisfaction of seeing him condemned and showed signs of mental aberration.
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Bresci
London
Humbert
Rome
Daily Mail
Emperor and Prince Tuan Reported in Shen Si Province
French congress at Shanghai wires that Emperor Kwang Su and Prince Tuan are now in Shen Si. Missionaries and engineers at Chen Ting Fu southwest of Pekin remain unharmed but in a critical position.
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Shen Si
Paris
Shanghai
Kwang Su
Prince Tuan
Chen Ting Fu
Pekin
Beck Locked Up To Avoid Lynch Mob
C O Beck a Point Isabel merchant was jailed at Mapion to prevent a lynching after being accused of criminally assaulting his two granddaughters aged eight and four.
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Ind
Beck
Point Isabel
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