Confed leaders attend Oakwood dedication ceremonies in Chicago
Chicago May 29 ex confederates and guests converge for Oakwood cemetery dedication with a day of theater visits and a 5 pm Palmer House reception. Notables include Seho fick Longstreet Palmer and Butler with a grand banquet and Bell Toll signal followed by a Battery D salute. Special trains and Randolph street pickup organize crowds.
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Chicago
Oakwood Cemetery
Mc Vicker's
Palmer House
Citizens’ Committee
Kinsley's
John M. Sehofick
James Longstreet
John M. Palmer
M. C. Butler
John C. Biack
Fitzhugh Lee
R. 8. Tuthill
Wade Hampton
Hiram W. Thomas
Stephen D. Lee
Alfred Orendorff
A. P. Stewart
Luther Latlin Mills
John W. Daniel
H. Kyd Douglas
Henry L. Turner
George 8
Knapp
Lake Front
Oakwood
Battery D
Russell
Randolph Street
Ilinois Central Railroad
Still in the Ring Richard Croker Refutes Racing Exit
A London dispatch reports Richard Croker denying plans to quit racing in New York. He states no partnership with Dwyer ever existed and denies any feud, insisting they remain friends and continue in racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Mr. Croker
Were
Dwyer
Funeral of Gresham Opens Washington Memorial Service
Washington May 29 funeral details unfold for Secretary of State John Sherman Gresham. Remains moved from the Pomeroy House to the White House for service with cabinet members, President Cleveland, and military honors. Floral tributes from state, cabinet, diplomatic corps, and veterans surround the casket as mourners gather. The procession forms along Lafayette Square with mounted police and a military escort, as the funeral advances toward final rites at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pomeroy House
Lafayette Square
Arlington Hotel
White House
Department of State
Diplomatic Corps
Army of Tennessee
Lamont
Jones
the Treasury
Bristow
Charles Sumner
State
War and Navy
Treasury Department
Mansion House
Cosmos Club
Lafayette Place
Taylor
Senator Cameron
Blaine
General Sickles
Francis Key
Seward
Bagle
Sylvania Avenue
Wilson
Arlington
Hall
Fourth Artillery
Uhl
Olney
Herbert
Cleveland
Smith
Mr. Cleveland
Carlisle
Herbert and
Morton
Bishop Hurst
Andrews
Otto Gresham
Fuller
Mra. Carlise
McGrain
Broad Avenue
Supreme Court
Congress
Cualler
Corps of Engineers
Gilmore
Navy
Army
Hayward
Renick
Faison
Smith and Keller
Kurino
Julian Pauncefote
Patenotto
Baron von Kettler
Catalque
Weckerlein
Netherlands
Ruggles
Batchelor
Stanton
Breckinridge
Msey
Matthews
Eckels
Wike
Moa
Offre
Gresham
Ther Hotel
Catafalque
Charles D. Hall
Nineteenth
Funeral of a Statesman Sees Vast Washington Procession
A solemn funeral for a late secretary unfolds in Washington with a vast procession from the White House to the church and back to the capital. Cabinet members, diplomats, and Supreme Court justices attend while a long military escort guards the casket and a final service ends in a simple Episcopal rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhl
Hurst
Episcopal Church
Church of England
Sywood
Cardinal Newman
Kato Field
Chicago
New Crop Reporting Scheme To Be Implemented
A scheme to reform crop reporting will be put into operation by the agricultural department. It will rely on detailed reports from a vast corps of correspondents, covering every township in the country, aiming for a thorough and complete government plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Liver Regulator
Wera J. He Reilin & Cos
Philadelphia
Agricultural Department
Death of Jockey Griffin at Clyde Park Brookline
Jockey William Griffin aged 25 was killed after being thrown from a horse while exercising at Clyde Park track Brookline. Griffin was known as a crack steeplechase rider from New York. In New York, May 28, M C D Borden authorized a $10,000 reward for arrest of Ferdinand Harrig’s murderers at Mr Borden’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William Griffin
Clyde Park Track
Brookline
Griffin
New York
M. C. D. Borden
Ferdinand Harrig
Borden
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Ourgla
A. Coleman
Dalling’s Cash Grocery
Jackson Street
Y. A. Stallings
B.myrick
Windsor Cagnier
Lester Windsor
the People’s National Bank
Americus
Grave
Is Medicine Co
Galatia
GROVE
Abney, Carr & CO
Davenport Drug
EW_DESIGNS
John Bas Windsor
Ighest
Price
J. Stevens
Cotton Avenue
Bickford
Smithwick's
Ricoxpen
Dr. Aitles
Conpeds
Richard Croker
California
Flé Syrup Co
Saw Francisco
Cal
Vuc
WEW Tore
White House East Room
Leavening
Powe
Reval
U.S. Gov’t
Bimetallic League
Prince Hohenlohe
Artaxia
Morris Brown College
South
Big Bethel Methodist Courcy
Hoke Smith
Greatian
Coben
Youk
Santiago de Cuba
Maximn Gores
Quirch
Bire
Cook
Dos Rio
Senor Marcano
Gomez
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