Peace Jubilee Opens in Chicago Auditorium Crowd Packed
Thousands fill Chicago's Auditorium for the national peace jubilee opening. Noted speakers include Mayor Harrison President McKinley archbishop Ireland Judge Emory Speer and Booker T. Washington. Events continue with five afternoon meetings across Studebaker Hall Columbia Theater First Regiment Armory and more.
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Chicago
Charles Traux
Jubilee Committee
Harrison
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Emory Speer
Georgia
Studebaker Hall
Albert J. Beveridge
Indianapolis
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
Columbia Theater
Miles
Henry M. Duffield
Detroit
Booker T. Washington
First Regiment Armory
James Wilson
Davis S. Rose
Milwaukee
Samuel Gompers
Second Regiment
Charles Henry Smith
Turner Hall
Troops Sail for Manila From San Francisco
About 500 soldiers from Camp Merriman marched through San Francisco streets to board the steamer Senator for Manila. With seven US transports in port, the Zealandia and Pennsylvania’s arrival allows sending the remaining Presidio troops in a convoy, likely by week’s end.
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San Francisco
Camp Merriman
Manila
United States
Zealandia
Pennsylvania
Presidio
Widow’s suit would make Elizabeth Adair a millionaire
The Missouri supreme court affirmed a circuit court ruling in Adair vs Matte, upholding a claim to about 1 million dollars in property in St Louis. The case centers on Elizabeth Adair seeking title to her late mother's assets once held in trust by her stepfather Thomas Hayne and his heirs. Estimated total property value reaches roughly 1,060,000 across parcels on Eighth Street Meyer Avenue and additional tracts, with further suits pending.
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St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court
Mary Jones
Elizabeth Post
Thomas J. Hayne
Elizabeth
R. Adair
Sullivan
Bunch
Louis Matte
Eighth Street
Meyer Avenue
Skeleton in ravine sparks mystery near Decatur
Three youths hunting two miles south of Decatur found a skeletal man in a ravine still clothed, with hat nearby. Coroner Bendure took charge as the body had been dead at least three months. no identifying items or missing persons reported in the area.
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Decatur
Bendure
Paroled outlaw Geronimo Parra found in Santa Fe prison
A fragment from a 19th century notice reports Geronimo Parra, who killed Texas Ranger Charles Fusselman near El Paso in 1889, has been located in the Santa Fe penitentiary. The brief item also notes various local incidents including a fatal train wreck in Barnet England and a cottage fire in Sherman Texas.
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John Sherman
M. Ruffy
Swiss Confederation
National Prison Congress
Hartford
Conn
Barnet
Eng
Hughes
Barber
Shepard
Tex
Mattie Baker
Sherman
John Davis
Houston
Geronimo Parra
Charles Fusselman
el Paso
Santa Fe
N. M
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Elizabeth Adair
San Diego
Cal
Henry Drent
Guadalupe Island
Smithsonian Institution
Knoxville
Holston
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Norristown
Barbee
Smith
A. Price
Midland Methodist
Hobson
New York
Herald
Caimenera
Cuba
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Colon
William Steele
Omaha
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Swift
R.fj. Ford
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Denver
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Denison
Housty
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Galveston Houston
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Waxahachie
Dallas
Plano
McKinney, Sherman and Denson
C. W. Bern
M. L. Rossius
G.P & T, Agt
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Agt
Paul M. Baylor
James Drugstore
the American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
E. D. Beach
NEW CI Bakery
Joan M. Lawrence& Co
E. Griesser
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