Honor to McKinley Memorial Services Across the Nation
Sorrow and reverence marked the first anniversary of President McKinley’s death as hundreds of churches held services and mourners recalled his life and the dying words nearer my God to thee and lead kindly light. In Buffalo, crowds filled the city convention hall for tributes led by Mayor Knight and speakers Locke Becker and Smith, with hymns and Mendelssohn’s funeral march. Memorials were also observed in Canton and Washington churches, cemeteries, and schools as floral tributes and public remembrances continued nationwide.
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William McKinley
Canton
William R. Day
McKinley
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Judge Day
Lis
M. Kinley
Garret A. Hobart
Hobart
Garret A
West Lawn Cemetery
Buffalo
Erastus C Knight
B. C. Locke
Tracey
Becker
Anselm J. Smith
America
Mendelssohn
Memorial services honor McKinley in Chicago churches
Chicago crowds attended memorial services across churches with union services at First Methodist. Rev. Milburn, brother of John G. Milburn, spoke at the house in Buffalo where McKinley had stayed and died. Hymns included Nearer My God to Thee and Lead Kindly Light sung by Carl Young and Nellie Brushingham. Notably, Czolgosz’s name was avoided as speakers honored the late president. Francis Kossuth, son of Lajos Kossuth, attended the unveiling in Chicago and spoke later from Budapest on his father’s legacy.
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Chicago
First Methodist Church
Mr. Milburn
John G. Milburn
Buffalo
McKinley
J. P. Brushingham
A. Upham
Madison
N. J
Canton
Carl Young
Nellie Brushingham
W. A. Watterman
Melkinley
William Lawrence
Bishop Farons
Czolgosz
Pennsylvania
McShinley
Francis Kossuth
Kossuth
America
Budapest
Hungary
Death of United States Senator James McMillan of Michigan
Senator James McMillan of Michigan, born in Hamilton Ontario in 1838, built a vast industrial and political career. He helped form the Michigan Car Company and Detroit Mackinac and Marquette Railroad, later serving as Michigan Republican chairman and three terms in the U S Senate with a focus on the District of Columbia and naval affairs.
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United States
James McMillan
Michigan
Hamilton
Ont
Detroit
Detroit and Milwaukee
Michigan Car Company
Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad
Republican State Central Com
District of Columbia
Spain
McMillan
Memorial services mark McKinley death in churches nationwide
The nation observed a day of mourning with memorial sermons in Catholic and Protestant churches from Washington to New York and across Ohio Minnesota and New Jersey. Clergy and officials attended services praising the late president while prayers for his soul were offered. Memorial events included a large Central Park concert by a regimental band.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
McKinley
Hitchcock
Wilson
Fairbanks
MacFarland
George B. Cortelyou
Frank M. Bristol
St. Patrick’s Church
Father Dolan
Cardinal Gibbons
Washington
New York
Central Park
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Columbus
Ohio
Guv, Nash
Third Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Grosvenor
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Senator Warner
Cleveland
Eastwood Congregational Church
St. Paul, Minn
Missouri Cities Hold Special Memorial Services
In Missouri, cities including St. Louis Kansas City St. Joseph Springfield and other locales held special memorial services as part of the observance.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Springfield
Missouri
Killing Frost Hits Wide West Crippling Crops
Dispatches report a broad frost across the Northwest and Plains with temperatures near 24 degrees in multiple locales. Late corn and uncut crops in North Dakota Minnesota Iowa South Dakota suffer heavy damage while some regions fear further losses. Denver notes 80 degrees as the contrast.
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Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Omaha Weather Bureau
Kearney
Watertown
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Denver
Weldy Qounty
Reverent grateful remarks from son of his father
He states he is accustomed to being treated as his father’s son and expresses deep gratitude for the esteem shown, particularly by the devoted people of the United States.
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The
United States
Eureka Kansas Drills Deep Gas Well Report
A second natural gas well was drilled at Eureka Kansas with gas struck at 890 feet. The report notes other distant items including a large sea skins cargo, ship speeds, mining plant damage, horse race results, Livingston fire loss, a meat strike settlement, a Texas murder case, and Gen. Anderson denying Manila remarks.
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Eureka
Kan
Brunswick
San Francisco
Barry
Solomon's Island
Mass
Alice Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company
Butte
Mont
Anzella
Charter Oak
Hartford
Conn
Livingston
Texas
Chicago
Tom Brownlee
Justice of the Peace
Tucker
Merkle
Associated Press
Anderson
Manila
Dewey
Manila Bay
Captain Peters Completes 101st NY to Rotterdam Voyage
Captain Peters, commander of a Dutch American Oil Company vessel, completed his 101st round trip from New York to Rotterdam, Holland, signaling notable mastery as an ocean traveler.
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Peters
Chester
Charlois
Rotterdam
Standard Oil Company
Scylla
Charybdis
Holland
Labor and union items across industries and regions
A national survey shows index changes in wages and employment for 1500 Toledo workers at a 10 percent rise, while Los Angeles plans a union labor party linked with the A F of L. Data report 798 unions totaling 60,590 members with 1.9 percent unemployed in June, and 700 Alaska salmon fishers striking for higher wages.
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National Malleable Castings Company
Toledo
Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Alaska
Refused Loan Reveals Charitable Tycoon’s Dark Past
A well known businessman at a Street corner refused a loa n to a shabby man, sparking a tale of shared childhood and a hard past. The man, once a neighborhood hoodlum, recounts a life at sea with Captain Peters of the Rotterdam, piloting tanker voyages and moving vast petroleum sums without a loss.
Old Gloves and Royal Glove Treasures Through the Ages
The article traces historic royal and noble gloves in England. Queen Elizabeth's gloves, a jewel adorned relic linked to Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, and a Henry VI furlined glove with a boot and spoon in Pudseys Bolton Hall. Wykeham's gloves at New College Oxford and a private same-date pair, with evolving sleeve lengths through Charles II. Nell Gwynne famed for lavish gloves. some gossip taints the tale as almost criminal.
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Clifford
Elizabeth
Earl of Cumberland
Henry VI
Hexhaw
Pudseys
Bolton Hall
Yorkshire
New College
Oxford
William Wykeham
Nell Gwynne
Rev Jowin Henry Dorsey Raised to Catholic Priesthood
Rev. John Henry Dorsey becomes the second native American of African descent to be ordained a Catholic priest in the United States. Born in Baltimore he studied at St Marys Sulpician Seminary and earned three honorary degrees before serving at the Catholic Catechetic School in Montgomery Alabama. The article notes a prior African American priest and mentions a third ordained priest in U.S. history.
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John Henry Dorsey
United States
R. ©. Anceler
Epiphany College
Baltimore
Father Dorsey
St. Mary's Sulpician Seminary
Kill Your Dog and Buy a Pig and After 60 Happiness
A passage contrasts killing a dog for a pig to save on taxes with the emotional limits of pigs as companions. It notes the dog’s faithful but predictable companionship versus a pig’s lack of welcome, then shifts to a sociable note that after sixty a man prefers a slower town life with neighbors who recall birthdays.
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Cuba
Terrence V Powderly
Knights of Labor
Immigration
Pennsylvania
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M’kinley
Waslington
James Fi’ Millan
Washington Post
James Iwmillan
New York City
Er Wilam Lb. Dickinson
Elmira
Ashtabula
South Bend
Dickinson
Ocean
SAA
Jowin Henry Dorsey
J. H. Dorsey
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