Mass memorial for Spanish–American War dead at Brooklyn Navy Yard
About 15 000 armed men gathered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard parade ground for the fifth military field mass honoring sailors and soldiers who died in the war with Spain. An altar stood central as priests in white and gold led solemn rites attended by Navy Yard crews, Governor's Island troops, and diverse veteran and civil organizations.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Spain
Navy Yard
United States Infantry
Governor's Island
National Guard
Naval Reserve Battalion
Grand Army of the Republic
Hebrew Veterans
The
Sons of Veterans and
Army and Navy Union
Gould Case Talk With Abe Hummel Reported
Third Deputy Commissioner Hanson visited Abe Hummel at Blackwell’s Island and questioned him about Mrs. Howard Gould’s followers. Hummel said he warned her that detectives were watching her movements and offered to help publicly or privately. Hanson noted another comparable investigation is active.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Hanson
Abe” Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Gould
Hummel
Howard Gould
Peabody
Bingham
British official denies Costa Rica ultimatum report
London May 2. The Foreign Office received a cable from Lionel E. G. Carden minister resident to the Central American republics denying a circulating report that he issued an ultimatum to Costa Rica demanding payment of debts to Great Britain within two weeks. The government will publish his cable and a denial that Britain contemplates such action.
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Foreign Office
Lionel E. G. Carden
United States
Europe
Costa Rica
Great Britain
Car
Lawyers Ten Use Every Challenge in Haywood Trial
Boise May 26 Thirteen jurors drawn for the second special venue remain with twelve on the panel and one salesman held for examination. The state accuses W D Haywood of conspiring to murder former Governor Stuenenberg. Both sides plan to exhaust all peremptories. only seven jurors final.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
W. D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Stuenenberg
MGCOUGHS FATAL TO KENTUCKY MAN
Joseph J. Noonan aged 72 of Covington died in St Elizabeths Hospital after sudden illness during service on the Federal Grand Jury He was attended by physicians but hiccoughs exhausted him He entered the hospital four weeks ago Survived by five children Anna Kennedy Ida Noonan Frank Noonan Fred Noonan and another married daughter all in various cities
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Joseph J. Noonan
Scott Street
Covington
Internal Revenue Department
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Noonan
Federal Grand Jury
United States Court
Anna Kennedy
Sterret Avenue
Ida Noonan
Rookwood Pottery
Cincinnati
Frank Noonan
Chicago
Fred Noonan
San Francisco
Tragic Bridge Crash Kills Three Teens Near Morristown
Three Indianapolis youths Frank St John 16 Orville Babb 17 and Joseph Farchfield 18 were sitting on a railroad bridge over Blue River one mile east of Morristown Indiana when passenger train No 27 swept them into the water. Relatives took the bodies to Indianapolis.
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Commercial Tribune
Morristown
Ind
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Daytona
Blue River
Here
Frank St. John
Orville Babb
Joseph Farchfield
Indianapolis
River Park
Armenian priest found murdered in trunk in New York
Special Dispatch reports Rev. Kaspar of Hoboken was killed and placed in a trunk used as security for rent. Police suspect two Greek lodgers and possibly killers from Chicago. Autopsy shows suffocation with neck and arm injuries. Suspects named Sarkis Ermojian Sarki Bar Movian and Paul Sarisatan sought.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Father Kaspar
Armenian Apostolic Church
Hoboken
N. J
Henry Sherer
West Thirty-seventh Street
Chicago
Halsted Street
West Pullman
Sherer
John
Paul Sarkis
Monastery Street
West Hoboken
Ather Kasper
Sarkis Ermojian
Sarki Barmovian
Paul Sarisatan
Simon
Lineal descendants plan July 4 Jamestown Independence event
Norfolk, May 26 lineal descendants of Declaration signers prepare to form a permanent organization July 4 at the Jamestown Exposition. The event, under the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association with exposition managers, will feature patriotic addresses and songs in Convention Hall starting at noon.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jamestown
Commercial Tribune
Norfolk, Va
Jamestown Ex
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of
The
United States
National Capital
Convention Hall
Exposition
Tucker
Hughes
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Gurko challenges Rodicheff to a duel over famine speech
In St Petersburg on May 26 M Gurko Assistant Minister of the Interior challenged M Rodicheff MP and Bar Association official to a duel citing an insulting famine speech. Rodicheff declined saying the charges remove him from the code of honor. Gurko’s move is seen as a gallery play. The challenge letter appeared in Novoe Vremya before seconds were sent.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Gurko
Interior
M. Rodicheff
The
Bar Association
Gurko
Novoe Vremya
Higgins to visit Ireland after 43 years away
Bernard Higgins, noted Democratic leader, plans a voyage to Ireland in the spring, his first return in 43 years. Most of his immediate relatives have died, leaving only one surviving brother.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Bernard Higgins
Ireland
Isle
Devastating May Storm Hits Troy And Evansville
A cloudburst at 5 pm in Troy Ohio wrecked crops flooded fields and damaged buildings while churches held services as panic spread. In Evansville Indiana a severe electrical storm with rain hail and uprooted trees disrupted streetcar service over a 50 mile radius.
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Commercial
Tribune
Troy
Miami Valley
Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Hail Storm Ravages Knox County in Civil War Era
A May 26 hail storm in Vincennes Indiana and Knox County caused extensive damage with stones up to three inches. Trees gardens greenhouses roofs and windows suffered. Estimated Knox County damage about 50 000 with Vincennes damages around 15 000.
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Commercial Tribune
Vincennes
Ind
Knox County
Unknown Tramp Fatally Hit by Train Near Columbus Grove
An unknown man believed to be about 70 named George Mack was decapitated by a northbound Detroit, Toledo & Ironton train while sleeping on the track early today. The crew recovered the body at Columbus Grove.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus Grove
George Mack
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Mine Explosion Research Station Planned in Pittsburg
Plans for a novel mining school to prevent explosions and save lives are under way in Pittsburg. The station will be run by the US Geological Survey Fuel Division and will simulate mine gas, damp, and blast conditions to train rescuers and test safe explosive use. The project aims to reduce global mining deaths, referencing recent West Virginia and Pennsylvania mine disasters.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Fuel Division
United States Geological Survey
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Murder Follows Alleged Insult in Cleveland Hotel
Mary Steadman, wife of hotel owner William Steadman, was shot three times and killed by William Brown, a Spanish American War veteran, in Cleveland. Brown fled through Lama Park, was captured, and reportedly confessed, saying he regretted the killing after being ejected from the Steadman Hotel.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Mary Steadman
William Steadman
William Brown
Brown
Lama Park
San Juan Hill
Steadman Hotel
Steadman
Stead
Mrs Ida McKinley Dies After Long Illness in Canton
Mrs Ida Saxton McKinley dies at 1 05 PM in Canton Ohio after a long period of invalidism. Secretary Cortelyou announces the death and plans a simple funeral at the McKinley home with President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks expected to attend. Ida McKinley, born June 8 1847 in Canton, supported her husband through years of illness and sought to live to see the nation mausoleum dedicated.
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B. Columbus
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Commercial Tribune
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Rixey
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Loeb
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McKinley
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James A. Saxton
Ida Saxton
Delhi
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