Grant Memorial Day Dedication Draws Big Crowd at Tomb
May 31 memorial activities at General Grant's tomb drew about twenty thousand attendees. Governor McKinley spoke after a day of ceremonies with Gov. Morton and Mrs. Grant among the mourners. A grand floral pillar framed the tomb as a cannon salute opened the program and contractors hailed the tribute to Union and Confederate memories alike.
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New York
General Grant
McKinley
A. B. Grant
Morton
Stafford
Grant Post
Farra- 76 Naval Post
Phil Sheridan
Jacobs
United States
Cincinnati
Henry Glass
Hudson
Stewart L. Woodford
Horace Porter
Grant Monument Association
Stanton
Hermann Smith
Parlington
Harrison
North
South
Wakado
Onakwoods
Southland
Grand Army of the Republic
Gibson
Cemetery Ridge
Hood
Wranklin
Longstreet
Schofield
Stuart
Sheridan
Fitzhugh Lee
Wade Hampton
Wesley Merritt
Decoration Day Games National League results
Baseball scores from Decoration Day across leagues with multiple games. Highlights include Boston and Brooklyn teams winning, tied or split contests and second games featuring additional matchups among Stivetts Breitenstein Gauzel Peitz Nichols Clarkson Daub Dailey Guppy O'Connor and others.
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Boston
Louisa
Stivetts
Ryan
Breitenstein
Peitz
St. Louis
Nicholad Gauzel
Clarkson
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Daub
Dailey
Guppy
O'Connor
Lucid
Gunbert
Wallace
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Carsey
Funeral of Gresham Attended by Great Chicago Grief
Walter Q. Gresham was entombed in Oakwood Cemetery with military honors and a citywide display of mourning unmatched since Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Grover Cleveland and Loyal Legion veterans joined the open vault ceremony as Seventh Cavalry and Fifteenth Infantry saluted, with Taps signaling the final tribute.
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Chicago
Walter Q. Gresham
Oakwood
General Gresham
Abe Lincoln
Washington
The
Loyal Legion
Grover Cleveland
Grand Army
Union
Seventh Cavalry
Fifteenth Infantry
Morton
Carlisle
Woodlawn Station
Mistaken Shootout Kills Deputy Sheriff in Little Rock
May 31 report from Little Rock recounts a fatal misfire by Deputy Sheriffs Ed Edwards and Willis Baxter while pursuing a suspect named Abrams on the Little Rock and Monroe railroad line. They separated to trap the suspect, collided in darkness, and exchanged fire. Edwards died instantly and Baxter was fatally wounded.
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Kentucky
Privevitun
Straight Creek
Here
Long John Helton
Jim Belcher
Charles Johnson
George Taylor
Jim Taylor
John Arnett
Sarah Griffith
Heston
Taylor
Johnson
Taylors
Hatal
Little Rock
Monroe
Ed Edwards
Willis Baxter
Abrana
Abrams
Edwards
Baxter
Fair's Expensive Wheat Deal Costs Millions
A San Francisco probate sale confirms the estate of James G. Fair sold 179,400 tons of wheat at 85 cents per cental to a west coast syndicate, ending Fair's attempt to corner the market. The deal transfers about 8,049,600 to administrators, with losses estimated at not less than 2,000,000.
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San Francisco
James G. Fair
Porta Costa
George W. McNear
Balfour, Guthrie & Co
Eppinger & Co
Girvia, Baldwin & Eyre
Fair
T. W. McLaughlin
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Kan
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Fort Dodge
Decoration Day
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Silas A. Holcomb
Formosa
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Tameui
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Paris
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