Washington Centenary Parade Dazzles New York Crowd
May 1 report of the Washington centennial parade in New York. Harrison reviewed by Mayor Grant and dignitaries, with numerous tableaux and floats from many groups including Tammany Hall, German and Irish societies, fire departments, and schoolchildren. A dangerous electric wire endangered twenty lives amid the procession.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Union Square
Fourteenth Street
Washington Square
Waverly Place
Broadway
Pine Street
Harrison
Madison Square
Grant
Butterfield
Mea Nixon
Statehouse
Philadelphia
Fhat
Society of
Army and Navy
Flont
Washington
Ward Putnam
Phillip Schuyler
Charles Lee
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron Steuben
Count Rochambeau
Delaware
Valley Forge
General Washington
Firemen's Association
George Calvert
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Caledonian Club of
Seventy-ninth Highland Regiment of Veterans
Swiss Centennial Committee
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Operative Plasterers’ Society
Cloak and Suit
Brooklyn Plumbers
Brooklyn Carpenters
Union of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Italian Military Association
Columbus
Italy
America
Germany
Arion
Melpomene
Columbia
Hibernians
Leon
United Poljeh
Colored Centennial Committee
George Washington
Henal
Presidents Review Madison Parade and Wrecked Float
President Morton rode to the Madison reviewing stand amid a high profile crowd including Hayes, Cleveland, and many officials. A float shaped like a triumphal arch carrying twenty young ladies was damaged by an electric wire. The address from local civic groups was presented as the president departed toward Vice President Mortons. about 20,660 spectators watched the procession.
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Morton
Madison Quare
Hayes
Cleveland
Proctor
Tracy
Windom
Rusk
Sherman
Russell B. Harrison
J. M. Barnum
Burleigh
Maine
J. M. Sprague
John Heapper
Fred Douglas
Senator Gibson
Maryland
Grant
Twenty-fifth Street
Tamany
Parnell Testimony Wraps Up Direct Examination
At the Parnell commission session in Lospbox on May 1 the direct exam concluded with Parnell defending his trial as constitutional. He denied that the Irish World fund raised money for parliamentary purposes and said he aimed to destroy landlordism not expel individuals. He admitted knowledge of money as Atlantic funds, and said he would include all Irishmen in the league, seeking to shift from violence to constitutional agitation. The cross examination followed with extracts favorable and unfavorable to Parnell read aloud and adjourned after further questions.
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Parnell
Parnell Commission
Risk World
Charles Russel
Money
Patrick Ford
Ireland
Davitt
John O'Leary
America
Webster
John Devoy
Dublin
Devoy
Brenlin
Finerty
Alexander Sullivan
League
Lyon
Mass
England
Baker Cranks Secretary of War Chair Incident
A man named Baker walked into the secretary of war’s office on May 1 and sat in the secretary’s chair opposite General Bennett. He claimed to be secretary of war appointed by Cleveland and issued orders before police arrived. Baker had previously been linked to police headquarters in a separate informal disruption.
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Wasmixeron
Crank
Secretary of War
Greene Eral Bennett
Cleveland
Himelf
Clme
Tle
Baker
Venus Ivan Tragedy in Jefferson Township
In Jefferson township a family murder scene unfolds as David and George Shanks, aged 64, allegedly hanged their father. David then shot his young stepmother as she returned from the barn. she survives. Authorities believe the motive was to hasten access to a very valuable estate.
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Venus Ivan
Jefferson Township
David
George
Davie
Fatal colliery blast at Dartro claims three lives
An explosion at a colliery in Dartro today killed three workers and injured eight others. Kilovele agent at Herlin reports yellow fever aboard a vessel with twenty eight aboard and three dead. The Laceur railway in Baltimore on April 7 for renewal.
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Enix
Dartro
Herlin
Ave Oral Airivers
Desperate Riot at Guanajuato over Jesuit Priests
Descriptions from Guanajuato detail a massive 12,000 strong mob attacking the jail to free five imprisoned Jesuit priests. Royalist forces fired on rioters, yielding 2,400 deaths mostly miners and laborers, with 16 soldiers killed or wounded. Priests are held at Castello de Granderas as authorities quell the outbreak.
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San Antonio
Tex
Guanajuato
Mexico
la Luse
Guanajuta
Texas
Castello de Granderas
Hidalgo
City of Mexico
Silva
Northern Pacific Directors End Wisconsin Central Pact
A May meeting in New York saw Northern Pacific directors finalize operating terms with Wisconsin Central. Three contracts cover Chicago access, terminal use, and a no-compete clause, with unanimous approval. A separate move considered reopening regulations for a joint lease with Union Pacific and Oregon Navigation.
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Orthern Pacific
New York
Northern Pacific
Wisconsin Central
Chicago
Union Pavitic
Oregon Navigation
New York Art Transfer From Lord Gowey
Mrs. Frank Les le received notice from Lord Ronald Gower of a plan to present through her a colonial bust of Que Savior finished at the Royal Academy London to a New York public gallery. Accompanied by a Shakespeare monument plaster cast to bronze, the donor hopes for a public collection. Mrs. Leslie may place the marble Christ with possibilities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or St Patrick’s Cathedral.
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New York
Frank Lesle
Ronald Gowey
Royal Academy
London
Ronald Gower
Stratjordan Avon
Loelle
Leslie
Metropolitan Museum of Art
St. Patrick's
Widow of Colonel Gheenlaw Informs Robbery of Body
A damaged report from May 2 at Dexview notes the widow of Colonel J A Gheenlaw learned his body had been robbed and that possession of the regimental items might be bought for several thousand dollars. Police investigations followed with arrests mentioned in the fragment.
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Calorade Gea & Hobbers
Dexview
J. A. Gheenlaw
Gronwald
Thieves tied by secret pact confess grave robbery motive
Ro Sherwin W O Byron and J C McKay signed a secrecy pact promising death for disclosure. One thief confessed and guilt appears strong. A prominent grocer is among the suspects. Greenlaw’s body, exhumed from the grave, was reburied on the prairie three miles from the cemetery and recovered today.
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Ro Sherwin
W.O. Byron
J.C McKay
Death
Greenlaw
Summarized telegraph items from May 2 reports
Multiple brief dispatches note events: General Boulanger summons supporters for May 16 meeting. railroad coal miners strike widens with about three thousand out. Funeral of Columbia College President Barnard draws educators. Engineer Cullen shoots himself after jealousy. Secretary Blaine health improves. Fugue dies of pneumonia. Andrew Gregory shoots woman claiming wife then himself. Governor general prorogues parliament. speech summarizing measures. Dutch king regains power as Luxemburg regent retires. Catholic Germantown building fire kills Ignatius Hillen. Weser vessel reports claim of Dover passage while other Weser ships exist.
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Lospex
General Boulanger
Preissure
New York
Barnard
Columbia College
Atuany
John Cullen
Capitol
Marquerie
Mich
Andrew Gregory
Orrans
Ont
Downs
Tipperary
Joe O'Connor
Thomas Condon
Charles Tanner
Manning
Pintavecenia
Catholic College
Germantown
Ignatius Hillen
Michael
Prominent Jersey Shore resident found dead in boarding house
George F. Thombs, a well known Gloucester citizen, was found at the foot of a boarding house stairway with a head wound and died soon after. He had gone there with a young woman named Miss Donaldson who said they retired to their room late and that he left at midnight. Thombs wore fine clothing and carried about $1000 in diamonds. Officials are split on whether the death was an accident or foul play.
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Gloucester
N. J
George F. Thombs
Jersey Shore
Melvin Jackman
Miss Donaldson
Thombs
Double Tragedy in Ear Ruinaios Ballroom
Louis Morton shot Miss Lizzie Hays after a ball confrontation. Three bullets struck her breast, fatal wound ended Hays’s life and Morton’s violent career. Morton had previously attempted to murder Bedford Crabtree over Miss Hays.
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Ear Ruinaios
Louis Morton
Lizzie Hays
Morton
Hays
Himival
Aistol
Bedford Crabtree
Crabtree
Miss Hiss
Remains of ex President Vada of Mexico Moved to City
Remains escorted by U S troops from a New York cemetery to the depot for shipment to the City of Mexico. Generals Sehofield and Siekels, consuls in New York, and Mexican officers followed. Burial services are planned in Mexico.
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New Yorks
Vada
Mexico
Genemals Sehofield
Siekels
New York
Escobedo
Willamein
Careta
Secretary Prog tor to Visit Cities and Military Schools
Secretary Prog tor returns from New York and heads to Cheyenne and Washington on May 2. He will, Saturday morning, begin a trip to military schools at Leavenworth and Kansas before proceeding to Denver and other listed locations including Cheseniy ava and Chivnge.
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Washington
Progtor
New York
Weet
Dev
Barn Vhs
Leavenworth
Kansas
Denver
Cheseniyava
3. Paul
Chivnge
Tragedy Reported in Chenkans May Day Incident
A letter item from Mhatr Missouri describes a violent domestic tragedy in Chenkans May 2. A merchant named Melwick allegedly attacked his wife and a close associate, leading to deadly injuries at the residence on a farm.
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Chenkans
Phedias Democrat
Mhatr
Melwick
Ant
Bineell
Confused OCR Tale Hangs on Ancient Conference
Garbled text describes a disrupted scene at a conference with a ceremony and treaty talk. Names and places appear distorted, leaving an unclear sequence of events and participants.
Chicago's Inferno Revealed in Coroner Inquiry
Coroner Herta opens inquest into Robert Burns’s death at Jefferson asylum. Attendants Richardson Crevan and Pecha are charged with beating Burns to death. Witness Charles Heck, a reporter, describes brutal abuse and dazed, nonresisting behavior before Burns died.
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Citience
Herta
Robert Burns
Jefferson
Richardson
Crogan
Pecha
Burns
Charles Heck
Heck
Tim
Crown
Riernan
Negotiations Continue On Rail Consolidation Plans
A Winnipeg dispatch reports Northern Pacific and Manitoba & Northwestern officials are pursuing consolidation or traffic pacts. Discussions involve trains passing over both lines and Northwestern trains reaching Winnipeg via the Northern Pacific. General Managers Grahan and Baker reportedly met with Northern Pacific officials in St Paul to align on the proposed arrangements.
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St. Paul
Winnipeg
Northern Pacific
Manitoba & Northwestern
Northwestern
Grahan
Manitoba
Baker
Paville
New York Civil Service Reform Honors at May Meeting
At the annual Dial Service Reform Association session in New York on May 2 resolutions thanked the Rev Gr Porter for his clear statement of duty to the president regarding exercising patronage. George W Curtis was reelected president.
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New York
Dial Service Reform Association
Gr. Porter
Iis
St. Pan
George Washington
George W. Curtis
Disappeared Navy Officer Prompts Search in Nik
A missing Navy officer, identified as Assistant Pastmeter Dheary W Smith, left his post with intent to return west but has not been heard from since. Government property remains in his possession as authorities pursue leads and official inquiries.
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Wastinors
Phe
Dheary W Smith
Ble
Smith
Navy
Hobee
Fragmented Local Text Hints at Political and Labor Tensions
The readable fragments reference a secret delegate meeting and public sentiment about political actions. Mentions of miners, operators, and possible labor or political disputes imply a tense local scene with debates over governance and authority. Details remain unclear due to OCR issues.
Lawer Tenney and Jeffery Case Involves $120000 Debt
Emma B Jeffery Burr Robins and the W C Tyler Paper Company must pay the receiver 120000. Jeffery confessed judgment to named creditors. The receiver will distribute funds under court direction to creditors and stockholders with restrictions on Jeffery’s stockholder rights until non-dirty buyers realize stock value. Jeffery’s heirs plan to appeal the decision.
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Lawer Tenney
Emma B. Jeffery
Burr Robins
W. C. Tyler Paper Company
Jeffery
Aesectites
Kansas City Hosts Assembly Of Live Stock Leaders
Prominent western stock men including Samuel Lasarus Bugbee Gregory Eaton gathered at the Transit house to discuss forming the American Live Stock Commission. Attendees offered few details, while commission men claim the aim is to avoid paying stockyard commissions. The group, comprised of large cattle raisers, plans a branch in Kansas City and may sell only cattle owned by holders.
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Cunease
Samuel Lasarus
Bugbee
A. B. Gregory
T. Eaton
Kansas City
American Live Stock Commission
Union Stock Yards
Transit House
Banquet Tendered to Ex Governor Waller at Lexpos
Ex Governor Thomas M Waller retiring US consul general was honored at a testimonial banquet in Hotel Mebipole with 200 prominent attendees. Sir John Puleson presided as a colossal silver cup was presented for all to drink and tributes were paid by Sir Lion Playfair Justin McCarty.
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Clarkson
Henry White
Col
Grant
Austria
Ile
Disappearance of Cape Cod Canal Treasurer Sparks Town Alarm
Boston reports a mystery as Samuel Fessenden, Cape Cod Canal Company treasurer and Unitarian church officer, vanished with his family two weeks ago. The Canal funds are missing, leaving unpaid bills and notes. the family’s whereabouts remain unknown, and the town awaits answers.
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Boston
Sandwich
Samuel Fessenden
Cape Cod Canal Company
Tie
Unitarian Church
Episcopal Church
Fessenden
Not Their Fault General Butler Observed by Butler Club
In Boston on May 1 the twenty seventh anniversary of General Butler occupying New Orleans was celebrated by the Butler club with 275 gentlemen attending. Hon Charles A Dana spoke praising Butler and noting past political contests and claims the failure to save the democratic party from a public director was not their fault.
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Boston
General Butler
New Orleans
Butler Club
Charles A. Dana
Butler
Democratic Party
Investigating the Cause at Hasukos May 1
General Manager Hickson arrives to lead a strict inquiry into the Hasukos accident. Thirteen dead identified. six bodies remain unidentified. Names found in unclaimed baggage include P. Levy Chicago Mrs. Smith Captain Butler Cook County Insane asylum near Chicago Randall Orr Givaha Seb.
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Hasukos
Hickson
Morgan i
Sculler
Chicago
Hoo
Phillicday
Evansville
Didiana
P. Levy
Smith
Captain Butler
Cook County
Randall Orr
Givaha
Seb
River tragedy and missing items headline city drift
An unknown man fired at the river from the Goat Islam bridge and vanished downstream. A package washed up near the bridge contained a leather pocketbook and a lntechfin tied to a note bearing a name linked to Senees Street, Buffalo. The report mentions a man with a troubled past and a broken engagement.
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Goat Islam
Javed Hleessine
Senees Street
Hoffalo
Geer
Hhieokerith
War era public works appointee amid court dispute
A mistyped notice from New York May 2 reports a public works appointment contested by a party claiming expired authority. The document notes a court order and a tentative agreement, with terms to be set in a future session.
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New York
Grilray Ware
Otninesiment of Public Works
Lowher Sraith
Elaine Bie Tao
Otto Cocet
Culroy Thirestone
Poescestan Fey
Will Not Vecept & Hedmetionm Site Aron Vis
A garbled text fragment discusses a planned action or statement by officials and a reference to a call by officers. The passage mentions coal, a contest, and a potential outcome, but specifics remain unclear due to extensive transcription errors.
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Aron
Vis
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