Floral Offerings at Hero's Last Resting Place
Thousands gathered at Riverside Park New York for memorial rites honoring a war hero. Mrs. Grant laid flowers on the tomb while others sent wreaths and tributes from Deer Lodge Philadelphia Melrose Mass and the Chinese minister. Ceremony featured Grand Army ritual and an oration by Rev. Dr John Rhey Thompson. Memorials continued at the Academy of Music with Rev. Dr. Talmage delivery and remarks by Governor Hil and Mayor Hewitt.
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Chicago
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Philadelphia
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Mass
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Fred Grant
General Sherman
John Rhey Thompson
Washington Square Methodist Church
Academy of Mausic
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Hewitt
Hill
Beaten by Two Boats A Poor Test of Her Ability
London May 30 The Harwich yacht race was won by the Trex in 4 hours 17 minutes. Other finishers followed with times, amid thick fog that hindered buoys. A Harwich to South End match hoped to better gauge the Thistle. Paris May 30 President Grévy signed a cabinet list naming Rovuvier as premier and finance minister with several others appointed or pending final decisions. The new cabinet faced opposition and possiblesession closure on June 15.
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Thistle
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Paris
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Posts and Telegraphs
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Ferron
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M. Dautresme
M. Barbe
President Grévy
M. Heredia
Ministry of Public Works
Department of Commerce
Chamber of Deputies
M. de Heredia
Udstone
Scotland
Paris Opéra Comique
Cutter Thistle
Gaudaur Is Champion After Close Calumet Race
In rough conditions at Worcester Hanlan and Gaudaur raced three miles for $5000 and the American title. Gaudaur overtook Hanlan in the third mile, finishing four lengths ahead in 19:30 after a soggy afternoon. Hanlan cited illness as a factor and praised Gaudaur's form, while Gaudaur set a course record, winning most of the gate receipts with 40 percent of $8500.
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Calumet
Hanlan
Gaudaur
Gandaur
Hamilton Busby
New York
Gauaur
Teemer
Captain George Y. Jordan Dies at 76 in Saco Maine
Captain George Y. Jordan a famed New England seaman died Sunday in Saco Mo at age 76. He spent forty three years at sea and circled the world three times.
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New England
Saco
Elbridge McConkey
Harrisburg
Penn
State Agricultural Society
United States Senate
Tie
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
Earthquake and cyclone strike Nocanss Ari
A strong earthquake rattled Nocanss Ari at about 1 pm with no damage reported, followed by a lighter tremor ten minutes later. The previous evening a severe cyclone from the eastern mountains razed many Mexican huts and damaged other structures, but no injuries occurred.
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Nocanss
Ari
An English View of Royalty
From the London Standard the piece asserts the monarchy remains popular and stable in a constitutional framework. It argues the royal office blends romance with practical government, serving the country under limits that prevent abuse. The monarchy acts as a check on faction and democracy, guiding without domination.
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London Standard
Rele
The Nineteenth Centaurion and Riding Outfits Ad
A humorous note on a caricature titled the Nineteenth Centaurion shows a rider leaping the garden wall. The piece links equestrian outfits to fashion items like riding coats breeches loggins jerseys bats and shoes. It promotes a broad range of young men’s apparel available for purchase.
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Century Magazine
Various Events and Incidents Dominate Diverse News Tapestry
General Butler voiced detachment from politics while oddities stretch from labor politics in Cleveland to a New York murder case. Fires, boiler explosions, ship and yacht races, weather updates, and memorial services fill a busy page with diverse local and national notes.
Mt Mansfield Hotel Sold to Charles J Brooks in Stowe
Srowe Vermont May 30 Colonel E C Bailey and Son sold all interest in the Mt Mansfield Hotel and mountain property in Stowe to Hon Charles J Brooks of Boston for 50000 dollars. George Doolittle takes a lease and will manage the hotel this season.
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Stowe
Charles J. Brooks
Boston
George Doolittle
Cattle and Hog Receipts and Prices Reported in Chicago
Chicago on May 30 reports cattle receipts 6500 with 1800 shipments and strong demand for stockers and feeders. cows bulls and mixed cattle total 2,360 with Texas grassers at $275,325. Hog receipts 24,500 with 6000 shipments and lower price trends. packing and shipping at $480. Sheep receipts 2000 with stronger western and Texans prices around $3.50 to $4.55, lambs about $4.50.
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Chicago
Opera Comique victims toll and funeral in Paris
The Opéra Comique ruins yield ninety one bodies with authorities detaining several workers for alleged jewelry theft. Funeral rites were held at Notre Dame for thirty coffins, crowding Notre Dame and Pantin cemetery as dignitaries spoke. Henry King plans a Faust benefit performance for Paris Opéra Comique sufferers in London.
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Paris
Opéra Comique
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Pantin
M. Goblet
M. Berthelot
London
Henry King
Paris Opéra Comique
Entombed miners in Udstone coal pit numbers rise
In Guascow on May 80 the Udstone coal pit search is halted due to gas buildup and debris. Twelve bodies remain entombed while sixty-two have been recovered so far.
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Guascow
Udstone
Broken Dykes Flood Large German Regions
Theiss dyke breaks at Crongrad flooding 15000 acres while Temes and Bega overflow submerging 100 square miles of fields and twelve villages. German rivers Elbe and Vistula rise threatening further damage across the region.
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Prszu
Crongrad
Temes
Bega
London
Elbe
Vistula
Howell Wins Wolverhampton Bicycle Championship
London May 30 Howell won the bicycle championship at Wolverhampton beating Woodside by eight yards. Howell clocked Yin 475. Woodside had trained a week on the race track. He is under a doctor's care for congestion of the liver and kidneys. With three wins Howell the series will end with the remaining two races not contested.
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London
Howell
Wolverhampton
Woodside
Yin
Vatican circulars say pope open to talks if Italy restores temporal power
Rome reports the Vatican sent circulars to papal diplomats stating the Pope’s declarations are moderate, offering no change unless Italy agrees to restore temporal power. other brief items note Father Keller’s banter after release, evictions protests, Afghan conflict updates, and a Vienna postal clerk absconder with $75,000 in bank notes.
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Vatican
Dupin
Father Keller
Youghal
National League
Kilmainham
Ponsonby
O'Callaghan
Westropp
Bompay
Afghanistan
Ghushnee
Vienna
Zalewski
EN ROUTE FOR COLORADO INSPECTORS LEAVE FOR SILVER CITY
A party of Boston and New York business men travelling to Colorado to inspect the Security Mining Company property arrived in St Louis this morning and departed tonight for Silver City. About a dozen local gentlemen joined the delegation. The travelers reported all in good health and in high spirits.
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SteerAu
Boston
New York
Colorado
Security Mining Company
Silver City
Centre of the Universe: Chicago Welcomes London Exhibition
The Inter Ocean urges the British public to notice Chicago and its American handiwork as it sends greeting to the American exhibition in London. It asserts Chicago’s prominence in the Northwest and the United States and its role in shaping commercial reputation.
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Inter Ocean
United States
London
America
Northwest
Fire in Rear Shed at 94 96 A Street South Boston
Alarm from Box 121 reported a fire in an old shed at the rear of 94 and 96 A Street in South Boston owned by Timothy Sheehan. Damage estimated at $200. Cause of fire unknown.
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Timothy Sheehan
Fire destroys Conti Veranda Hotel block in New Orleans
A $30,000 blaze yesterday morning leveled the Conti Veranda Hotel and burned out the block bounded by Conti, St. Louis and Chartres streets in New Orleans. Also reported fires in Hopson New York and Hayden row Greene county.
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St. Louis
Chartres
Herxkinton
Hayden Row
Michael Kelly
Hopson
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Grand View Mountain House
East Windham
Greene County
New Haven Board Receives Derby Railroad Funding Request
At a city Aldermen meeting a letter from Charles P. Clark of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad asks the city to back the Derby road debt with favorable interest and lease terms, tied to the companys Naugatuck lease. Clark also offers $300000 cash if the city prefers to sell its Derby stake.
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Board of Aldermen
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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Barrimore Insurance Company Suspends Operations
Barrimore Maryland May 30 The Industrial Life and Accident Insurance Company of this city suspended today. It had a paid up capital of 100000, deposited as security for loss payments. In existence four months, stockholders declined to provide more capital needed for survival. There will be no loss to policyholders.
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Industrial Life and Accident Insurance Company
Boothbay to build waterworks for fire protection
Boothbay Harbor will obtain waterworks after a May 28 town meeting vote. Water will be drawn from Adams Pond three miles away, a long deep pond of high water quality. From a hill reservoir 200 feet above sea level the system will feed twenty four hydrants and 1000 feet of hose to protect every house without steam or hand-pumped engines. Citizens are elated at the development.
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Boothbay Harbor
Adam’s Pond
Boothby Harbor
American consul explains flag loan refusal in Ottawa
Ottawa May 30 The American consul here Mr Hotchkiss states he did not intend to use consulate flags for party demonstrations and that his refusal to loan them for the O'Brien demonstration was based on his judgment He has reported the matter to Washington authorities to address the comment raised about the refusal.
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Ont
Hotchkiss
O’brien
Multiple Local Tragedies and Appointments From Regional News
A sequence of brief reports details local deaths and injuries from accidents and violence. Gilbert and Rosanna Buck die in a wall collapse near Otis Waite bridge. a Welch child’s body found in the Merrimac River. Patriot stabbed in Ansonia, with Weckersheimer in custody. Leonard Stone badly injured by a runaway horse. Rev. Erastus Blakeslee receives a presidential call from Atlanta University. D C Beach faces trial for unreported cider brandy taxes. Mrs. Luke Colburn drowns in the Nashua canal citing insanity.
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Rosanna
Eugene Buckwheat
Chester
Otis Waite Bridge
John Welch
Lowell
Merrimac
Ansonia
Daniel Weckersheimer
Leonard Stone
Natick
Erastus Blakeslee
Second Congregational Church
Fairhaven
Conn
Te Atlanta
Ten Eyck Wins At Worcester In Three Mile Race
Worcester May 30 Ten Eyck Worcester defeats Joseph Laing of Montreal in a three mile race for 8500 a side on Lake Quinsigamond referee Aldrich and judges McSweeney and Kerns timekeeper McFarland notes disputed times with stopwatches Laing led early but Ten Eyck gained and finished in 20 41 official time 6000 spectators. Ten Eyck accepts Gaudaur Hanlan challenge and deposits 200 for a $500 rematch on June 17 at the same course.
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Joseph Laing
Montreal
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Lake Quinsigamond
Charles F. Aldrich
Yale University
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Thomas Kerns
Charles M. McFarland
Regatta Point
East
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George Hosmer Beaten In Exhibition Rowing Race
Wallace Ross of New York defeated George Hosmer of Boston in a three mile exhibition race at Bowery Bay. Ross won by a quarter length over a measured course, with a time listed as 14 minutes 5 seconds. About 15,000 spectators witnessed the event and questioned the course measurement accuracy.
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Astoria
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A Dangerous Experiment at Chatham Balloon Ascent
The London Truth reports Lord Wolseley rode a captive balloon during Royal Engineers experiments at Chatham rising to about 500 feet and remaining aloft. The piece warns a single general must be kept safer lest an accident or enemy cut the rope leave the country exposed.
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Lord Wolseley
Royal Engineers
Chatham
England
President Cleveland Enjoys Trout Fishing at Saranac Lake
At Saranac Lake New York on May 30 President Cleveland started early with Col Lamont and Dr Rossman to troll for trout. They fished three hours and caught a fine large trout while others landed several. After dinner the party drove to Roy Brook House for brook trout, returning in the evening with speckled speckled trout on display.
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Cleveland
Colonel Lamont
Rossman
Lamont
Riddle
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Massachusetts Chess Association opens grand state tournament
The first Massachusetts Chess Association tournament convened at the Boston Chess Club with 34 entries. Dr Horace Richardson and Captain E S Huntington led the meeting, with a July 15 Framingham gathering pledged. Prizes totaled ten dollars for the major event, plus multiple awards in minor and consolation sections. John W Hawes won the top prize and was lauded for prior success in Boston Chess Club events.
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Boston Chess Club
E.S. Huntington
Horace Richardson
Framingham
John W. Hawes
British Chess Magazine
H. E. Snow
Staunton
Wormald
F. F. Woodward
Selkirk’s
H. N. Stone
G. H. Simmons
W. H. Howe
C. Fr. Burrill
Boston
Wendell Phillips Memorial Observed At Faneuil Hall
Central Labor Lyceum and Wendell Phillips Club held memorial services at Faneuil Hall with addresses by EK Chamberlain and tributes from General Butler and others. Readings included poem by Edworah Nahar and remarks from Archibald Grimki. letters from Powderly Ford McGlynn Swinton and others were read.
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Wendell Phillips Club
Faneuil Hall
Wendell Phillips
EK. M. Chamberlain
The
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Phillips
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Butler
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Edworah Nahar
John Boyle O’reilly
Archibald H. Grimki
Hyde Park
J. V. Powderly
Patrick Ford
Edward McGlynn
John Swinton
John Bogie O’rielly
George T. Downing
Weather Indications for New England and New York
Weather bulletin issued from Washington indicates over the next 24 hours starting May 31, Maine and New Hampshire will be slightly warmer with fair weather and rain by Tuesday night or Wednesday. Rest of New England and eastern New York expect warmer, then cooler unsettled weather with rain and generally southeasterly winds.
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Maine
New Hampshire
New England
New York
Meteorological Record of Yesterday Across Stations
Observations summarize yesterday’s weather up to 10 p m collected simultaneously from all stations. The report notes temperature, wind, pressure, and rainfall readings, detailing regional differences and consistency across locations for the stated time.
Late Ship News Arrivals At New York Harbor May 30
New York reports the arrival of steamers Toxford Palermo Mgcan Cardenas Barks Marigida Rio Janeiro Silvio St. Vincent Columba Bilboa Brig Atalanta Carthagena. Listings indicate inbound ships and ports of origin. Shipping scene highlights active transatlantic traffic and fleet movement.
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St. Vincent
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Honoring Mr OBrien Dinner for Irish Cause In Boston
A Parkes House dinner for William O’Brien editor of United Ireland drew 250 guests praising the Irish Nationalist effort. General Collins presided while General Butler delivered a notable speech that stirred enthusiasm among attendees including political figures from both sides of the era.
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O’brien
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M. W. Doherty
Robert R. Bishop
Eben Jordan
E. Chamberlin
Stephen O’meara
Press of the Press Club
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Alanson W Beard
Johnn. Fitzgerald
J. Boyle O'Reilly
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John B. Martin
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Charles V. Whitten
Godfrey Morse
Thomas F. Doherty
James 5. Murphy
Hugh J. Brady
Edward J. Jenkins
William Taylor
Roger Scannell
Id. Maguire
John P. Dore
John Scully
Thomas Flatley
John E. Nolan
Colonel P. T. Hanley
James A. McGeough
John F. Dever
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H. A. M’glenen
Patrick D
Dare George
I. Babbitt
John R. Alley
Boston Welcome to William OBrien and General Collins
General Collins opened to a large Occasional Club gathering praising Ireland and the Boston welcome. He credited two Milesian families with political influence, lauded O Briens, and praised Irish American solidarity. William O'Brien thanked the audience, spoke of Ireland’s coercion era, Canada work, and the genuine hospitality of Irish and American hearts.
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