White City Visitors and Cigarmakers Hoist a Flag at Exposition
Chicago marks Decoration Day with holiday crowds at the World’s Fair. Sousa and Cincinnati bands perform as a statue of Justice is unveiled in the Mines and Mining building. A London correspondent is arrested for photographing without a permit. Cigarmakers march through Midway Plaisance and raise Old Glory with a blue union label. Wanamaker Brown pursue injunctions to close gates on Sunday. Kentucky editors arrive. Susan Anthony speaks on Woman’s Influence versus Politics. St Louis Evangelical Alliance condemns Sunday openings. Italian archaeologist Signor Rossi suffers an apoplectic stroke.
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Wamld
Chicago
Court of Honor
Sousa
Washington
Cincinnati
Frederick Villiers
London
Lordon Black and White
Midway Plasaince
Midway Plaisance
Ilinois Central Station
America
United States Circuit Court
Wanamaker & Brown
New Jersey
P. W. Pratt
Massachusetts
McKenzie Cleland
Council of Administration of
Committee On
Kentucky Editorial Association
Misa Susan Anthony
St. Louisans
St. Louis
Evangelical Alliance of
Whisky Trust Seeks Funds by Bond Sale in Limbo
Directors of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding company struggle to raise cash to pay rebates and meet obligations. They plan to sell 4 million dollars of mortgage bonds at about 50 cents on the dollar to raise 2 million, risking near-total stock wipeout and bondholder control. President Greenhut departs for Chicago to place the bonds amid mounting creditor pressure.
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Whisky Trust
Prorta
Mat
Cincinnati
Greenhut
Chicago
Memorial Day Observed in Indianapolis Crownhill Ceremony
Memorial day in Indianapolis featured a street parade and cemetery services at Crownhill. Governor McKinley spoke, with ex president Harrison introducing him. both received ovations as he defended veterans against pension-focused sentiments.
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Indianapolis
Crownhill Cemetery
Tomlinson Hell
McKinley
Harrison
Grand Army of the Republic
Gertysvone
McAllister
National Cemetery
Soldiers’ Monument
George E. Reed
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Last of the Baptists and Various May News Briefs
May 1 reports close Baptist anniversaries with talks by Lemuel Moss and William Haigi in Duxvern. Delegates scatter. Indians from Haskell Institute entertain. Also notes a death, canal survey plans, arrest rumors, naturalization ruling, Harvard Princeton game outcome, Weaver wedding, wheat harvest, a fatal billiard quarrel, a Saratoga mission session, Cleveland fishing trip, a grain elevator fire, and Judge Beck’s death in Fort Madison.
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Kessian
Duxvern
Baptist Home Missionary Society
Lemuel Moss
D.D
Chicago
William M. Haigi
American Baptist Mission Society
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Foster the Treasury Secretary in Wall Street Shakeup
Ex Secretary Charles Foster faces an assignment with liabilities around 600000 and assets about the same. The collapse triggers spread to related Foster interests in Fostoria and Toledo. Banks hold small paper, with New York and Cleveland reacting. gas ventures and glass works add to the strain. A northwest lumber dealer and a Missouri coal company also enter receivership or suspension.
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Treasury
Foster
Fosteria
the Treasury
Charles Foster
J. B. Garmies
Fostoria
Pinch
Cleveland
Foster & Co
First National Bank
Wall Street
Toledo
Torpo
Northwestern Ohio Gas Company
Toledo Asylum For the Insane
Ketcham
Second National
New York
Decoration Day Parades and Notable Events Across Cities
May 31 reports cover Decoration Day parades in Fremont and Chicago along with celebrations in Leavenworth and other towns. Other items note a miner dispute in Leavenworth, a planning mill fire in Milwaukee, a lynching in Las Vegas, and various cultural events including chess, cycling, and a late-night gas incident in Des Moines Metro area.
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White City
Kentucky
Nowspaper
Montana
Mines and Mining
Rome
Denver
W. H. Malone
R. W. Steele
Malone
Decatur
W. B. Malsby
Connelly
Malsby
Malachy
Boulevard of the Art Institute
Stephens
San Francisco
Arkansas
Lirrte Rock
Guernsey
Hempstead County
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
McKinney
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Danville
Tucker
United States
Edward Nix
Oklahoma
Territory of
Frank Dale
Supreme Court of
Territory of Oklahoma
Treasury Department
John W. Bennet
North Dakota
Second Auditor's Office
Theodore Hazen
Poverty Island
Mich
France
Wyman
Merine Hospital Service
Irwin
Marseilles
Nimes
Cette
Marsilles
Tarrrison
Eulatic
Grant
General Grant
U.S. Grant Post
No. 87
Association of Sons of Veterans of
New York City
Chinese Legation
General Meade Post
Philadelphia
Infanta Eulalio
Gettysburg
Last OF the Baptists
Ormoumway
Ita
James Chamberlain
Canal Buarvey
Fremont, Neb
J. G. Fanning
Minneapolis
R. B. Howell
Fremont and Omaha Canal and Water Power Company
Dorany
Omana
Federal Building
Frank M. Dorsey
Ponca
Wrecker Mosher
Capital National Bank of Lincoln
Frederick Row i
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Princeton
Boston
Harvards
Princetons
Holmes’ Field
Cambridge
Harvard
Weaver
Des Moins
A. R. Ketchum
Harriet A. Ketchum
Mount Pleasant
Laura Weaver
J. B. Weaver
People’s Party
Gurarm
O. T
Ricard
Aurora
George Welch
Keer C. M. Clark
Washncrox
President Cleveland
L. Clark Davis
Hog Island
Pennsylvania Railroad
Monticello
Peck Bros
Dlinois Central Road
Fort Madison
Joseph M. Beck
Lambor
Samuel Baker
Northwest
Levi Downs
Atlantic
Iowa
Muslin Underwear Department
Joe Had
St. Sosren
Fremont
Neb
Love’s Opera House
Bisix
Lafayette
Paris
Marquis de Lafayette
Kansas
Leavenworth
Walker
Mine Worker's Union
Milwaukee
C. A. Beck & Co
Menominee Valley
Beck & Co
Milwaukee Lumber Company
Las Vreas
N. M
Mub
Cecillo Lucero
Benegnno Martinez
Julio Martinez
Health Board
William Volopken
Avenue A
Easker
Hermanuel Lasker
Jordan
Ban Prancisco
David Starr Jordan
Leland Standford, Jr
University
Stanford
James Barker
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Detroit
Caicago
Detroit Cab
Chicago Athletic Club
Lincoln
Maggie Lyons
South Eleventh Street
Imesa
Tannquan
I. T
Cherokee Nation
Drs Moines
Miles Allen
Dayton
Morgan House
Douglas
Douglas Rhees
Denlera
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