Tribute to Grant Land and Naval Parades in New York
A detailed account of Grant memorial day events in New York on April 26, highlighting the grand parade, the summoned leaders including McKinley and Porter, and the tribute mixing blue and gray. It notes the dedication ceremony near the tomb, the crowd, the military review, and Mrs. Grant's quiet farewell at the tomb before ships and crowds disperse. The piece also recounts fundraising for the tomb, its history, and the 1892 campaign leading to the grant monument’s completion.
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New York
United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Squadron A
McKinley
Hobart
Strong
General Porter
Julia Dent Grant
Fred D. Grant
Nellie Grant-Sartoris
Jessie Grant
Nellie Grant
Chapman Grant
Cleveland
Richard Watson Gilder
W. S. Rosecrans
O. E. Ruger
H. G. Wright
J. O. Parker
Hudson
Monewest
Dolphin
Union League Club
Napoleon
Paria
St. Helena
Paris
General Grant
New York City
William R. Grace
Chester A. Arthur
Mr. Arthur
Hamilton Fish
Grant Monument Association
Arthur
Sidney Dillon
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Grand Army of the Republic
J. H. Duncan
Work of train wreckers derails Houston Central passenger train
A southbound Houston and Texas Central passenger train derailed after saboteurs loosened rails at Fairbanks, 20 miles north of Houston. One man died, several injured including Dr. E. C. Winn and H. S. Hotppese, with multiple others listed as injured or bruised.
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Passeenger
Houston
Texas Central
Tex
Fairbanks
Here
H. S. Hotppese
E. C. Winn
Sherman
Walter Giles
Porter
H. 8. Goldberg
H. Paul George
Charles McCarthy
Wellborn
Anton Diehl
Dean Tompkins
Dallas
W. B. Cole
D. G. Carter
Sards
D. G. Cornelius
Matagorda
M. J. Jacobs
Brenham
W.C. Duvall
Milbur
Refuse to Go Back on Brown in Dubuque Meeting
At the Dubuque Congregational Association a case concerning Rev. Dr. O. Brown, tied to the San Francisco scandal, was discussed. California church leaders urged rescission of the fellowship action but the request was tabled 14 to 4. Brown received a dismissal letter and has accepted a Chicago church call.
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Dubuque
Chicago
Track Record Lowered at Mespais
Bannockburn lowered the Montgomery Park track record for 2-year-olds to 4 furlongs 4944 from 4934, surpassing the previous holder Howland. Fire at Newport News wharfs destroys two coastwise piers, three vessels, and a tug, with estimated losses over 2.5 million and several injuries. Captain Kreil, Captain Bulman, and Captain Roper among the injured. three ships, Clintonia, Solveig, and Bischoff, destroyed or burning. Illinois budget hike for Transmississippi Exposition participation from 40,000 to 50,000. bill moves to third reading. Grand Trunk Train No. 25 derailed at Hampauer, plunging engine down embankment into a pond. no injuries.
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Mespais
Newport News
Kreil
J.D Bischoff
Bulman
Clintonia
Roper
Wanderer
Solveig
Bischoff
Springfield
Senate
Tlinois
Omaha
Grand Trunk
Hampurer
Mich
Market Letter Highlights Shifts in European War Angst and Wheat
McLain Bros letter notes calm in financial circles after fears of war ease. It cites weak stock and bond activity, European investor bankruptcies, and a depressed wheat market due to Levant peace prospects. It predicts a future short interest rise and potential upward movement if alarm catalysts appear.
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McLain Bros. & Co
Commission Merchants
Rialto Building
Chicago
England
Levant
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Northwestern
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
France
Northwest
United States
Canada
A Lively Chase In A Louisiana Hotel
A traveling man recounts a chaotic midnight chase in a Louisiana hotel. He battles a swift rat through a wrecked room as the yellow boniface and a landlady arm themselves with pistols before the intruder escapes. The tale ends with the landlord urging calm.
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Louisiana
Boni
Boniface
Detroit Free Press
Relief Maps By Pauling A Novel Contour Method
Nature describes Pauling s relief maps as a new contour system printed on silvery gray paper. Contour lines appear white when illuminated from a 45 degree western light and black otherwise, with gray paper showing level areas. Steep westward slopes are lightened, eastward slopes darkened, giving a clear sense of slope without map shadows.
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Pauling
The Trade In Plants Before 1875 Through Trade Growth
George F. Walsh notes in Lippincott's on the rise of the cut flower trade in New York. Before 1875 only a few greenhouses existed, mostly for flowers. private estates had small hothouses. Suburban greenhouses emerged to meet winter demand, reducing costs and expanding growth. Large glasshouses and widespread employment followed as the business proved highly profitable.
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New York
George FE. Walsh
Lippincott’s
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President McKinley
Galena
Gaena
Tus
Robert McIntyre
Brown
Loxton
Wilfred Laurier
Charles Tupper
Constantinople
Djarbakir
Asiatic
Osman Pasha
Edhem Pasha
Rome
Tennyson
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Rey
California Fig Syrup Co
F.C. Go
A. CG. Beech
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