Grand Columbian Dedication Fete in Chicago Auditorium
The Chicago dedication week culminated in a vast private celebration and a public parade through downtown. Notables led by Vice President Morton and President Higinbotham watched a display of banners, troops, and dignitaries before the grand dedication at the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building with speeches by Henry Watterson and Chauncey M. Depew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Philadelphia
United States
the Treasury
Secretary of War
Chicago
Hayes
The
Treasury
John Sherman
Lyman J. Gage
W. T. Baker
Senate of the United States
House of Representatives
Army of the
Navy
Board of Control
National Commission
Supreme Courts
Ity Conneil
Washington Park
Morton
Michigan Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Higinbotham
Fifty-seventh Street
Exposition Grounds
Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Lake Front
Manufacturers
Davis
Washburn
T. W. Palmer
Potter Palmer
Chauncey M. Depew
Bishop Fowler
Methodist Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Washington
Lincoln
Garfield
World’s Congress
Ireland
A Brilliant Pageant of Societies in Civic Parade
Early this morning the band fire and drum drew hundreds of societies to their headquarters and into assigned parade positions. The three grand divisions featured units led by Mounted police on foot Sousa Chicago band Miles staff and Chicago officials with flags and escorts. The second division highlighted Foresters Italian societies Patriotic groups and military orders. Officials from Carlisle and Chicago were listed among participants.
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Miles
Sousa
Chicago
Chicago Hussars
KE. L. Brand
Carlisle
Indian School
Order of Foresters
Patriotic Sons of America
Orangemen
Patriotic Guard United States
Order United American Mechanics
Military Order of St. George
Royal Scots
Order Sons of St. George
Turner Socie
Pointer Fails to Break Record at Nashville Races
Hal Pointer raced at Nashville yesterday and could not beat his 2:04 1/5 record as he clocked a mile in 2:05 8 5. The quarter splits were 0:30 4, 1:01 3, 1:81 ⁰ and 2:05 8 5.
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Nashville
Hal Pointer
Thirteen Deaths In Great Northern Bridge Collapse
Spokane dispatch reports a girded bridge on the Great Northern line west of the Columbia river collapsing during track laying. Sixty feet of fall killed seven workers and fatally wounded four, with two section hands killed on the St Paul line by a separate error. Names include Conductor John Leonard and several others. wounded rushed to Wenatchee hospital. Cause and responsibility remain undetermined.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Spokane
Wash
Columbia River
Columbia
John Leonard
John Johnson
James A. Wright
Dan Walcott
Nels Nelson
Joseph Ores A. Olsen
J. Millmore
Gus Nelson
J. J. Campbell
J. Linville
Wenatchee
Rail wreck near Plymouth leaves two dead in Milwaukee and Northern line
A construction train backing toward Plymouth from a gravel pit collided with freight No 14 at 10 55 yesterday morning near Plymouth, resulting in two section hands killed Thomas Fitzgerald and Nick Rengle and several injured including Frank Bowen John Jacob William Peal and Chris Esling. The crash follows a flagman duty issue or unobserved signals.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee and Northern
St. Paul
Plymouth
Thomas Fitzgerald
Nick Rengle
Frank Bowen
John Jacob
William Peal
Chris Esling
Mrs. Caroline Harrison Passes Away at White House
Washington report confirms Caroline Scott Harrison wife of President Benjamin Harrison died peacefully at the White House after hours by his side. The death occurred early this morning as the nation watched with grief and the family mourned together in private rooms.
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President Harrison
Washington
White House
Loon Lake
Caroline Scott-Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Explosion Hits Santa Fe Hospital Boiler Room
In Ottawa Kansas Sunday night a boiler room blast at the Santa Fe hospital seriously injures Dr Wright the surgeon and attendant W Bliss while attempting to start the boilers for fall. Both are severely cut burned and bruised but expected to recover.
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Ottawa
Kan
Santa Fe Hospital
Wright
W. Bliss
Notable Persons Listed Across Cities and Roles
The register names prominent figures including Major David K. Caldwell in Lexington, James Sloan Gibbons an early abolitionist in New York, Joan H. Buck ex-mayor of Lockport, and Joseph Horne a Pittsburg merchant and philanthropist. Others include Henry G. Eppy in Lockport, Lucy Wheeler kin of Joseph Smith in Burlington Iowa, and more figures such as J James H. Woopo Adrian Michigan and George Howland former Chicago school superintendent.
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David KE. Caldwell
Lexington
James Sloan Gibbons
New York
Joan H. Buck
Lockport
N. Y
Joseph Horne
Pittsburg
Henry G. Eppy
Ills
Lucy Wheeler
Joseph Smith
Burlington
James HH. Woopo
Adrian
Mich
Francis Springer
Springfield
Ill
David Henry
Board of Trade
Chicago
George Howland
Public Schools of
Epward J. Denning
Merchant Prince
Charles Hl. Harris
Parade of Crime and Calamity Across Cities and Mines
Reports detail Josiah Nottingham and spouse and Robert Ray held for murder in Kankakee. Crimes span Paris policing strain, Colorado miner strikes, a fatal train wreck in Russia, and multiple local tragedies including child deaths in South Carolina and a gas-related death in Louisiana. Also noted are stock quotes, markets, and weather-freezing details across nations.
Dismissed police court case and late session in labor case
The police court case against Labor Commissioner Peck of New York was dismissed while the court of sessions case will not start until November 7. J Olford and Miss Gulia J Devore of Columbus Ohio wed in Ashland cemetery Kentucky beside her sister. Fronatic society of Berlin allocates 50000 marks for a balloon project. Malcolm Forbes offers 86000 to trot a mile in two minutes on a sanctioned track, with proceeds shared by owner and driver. The Hatabure American Packet resumes steerage to the United States November 8 from Stettin, excluding Hussians Poles and Bohemians. Paris municipal council approves 2,000,000 francs to raise wages for city workers under five francs daily. A Reading Railroad collision at West Manayunk Pennsylvania leaves seven dead and fifteen injured. Names listed include David S Herr Harrisburg Thomas Welsh Jacob Kilrain W Decker N Smith and a Phoenixville newsboy.
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Peck
New York
Court of Sessions
J. Olford
Gulia J. Devore
Columbus
Ashland Cemetery
Miss Devore
Ashland
Fronantic Society of Berlin
William
Malcolm Forbes
Arion
Nancy Hanks
Hatabure-American Packet Company
United States
Gothia
Stettin
Municipal Council of
Paris
Reading Railroad
West Manayunk
David S. Herr
Harrisburg
Thomas Welsh
Jacob Kilrain
W. Decker
Pottstown
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Jackson Park
Christopher Columbus
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Regina
West
Republic
W N. Higinbotham
H. N. Higinbotham
Isabella
Spain
Bohemian Gymnastic Society
Polish National Alliance
Sons of Veterans
Faragut Post
Chicago Sons of Veterans
Cook County
Yemen
Cretian Benevolent Society
Catholic Knights of America
Ancient Order Hibernians
Catholic Foresters
Associated Cycling Club
Illinois National Guard
Depew and
Watterson
Chicaago
Union
Dearborn Street
State Street
United States Cavalry
Ersons
Henry Preserved Smith
Nx Lane Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
France
Vatican
J.S. Bedford
Dale” Burch
Bonanza
Wyo
Berlin
Prince Metternich
Bernard J. Green
San Jose
Victoria
B.C
St. Louis
Chan Gee Wo
Omaha
Cora DeWitt
Weis
Wilson
Manitowoc
Woman Suffrage Party of
John Biddulph Martin
Heber Thaler
A.A. Carpenter
Daniels
Western Manufacturers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Legar
Lehigh Railroad
Collister
Waverly
Lipke
Wis
Bremen
Frank Weaver
Bethalto
Madison County
Dls
Stewart Rodgers
James Stevenson
Queenstown
O'Mara
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Frank Mlollick
Martin
Joe King
San Francisco
China
Zimmerman
Lorenz Strittmatter
Sioux City
Strittmatter
Charles KE
Missoula
S. H. Coleman
Denver
Morrison
Kas
Patterson
Harris
Greenwood
A. Weatherford
Emmons Blaine
Augusta
Blaine
Emil Dreier
Heckla
Copenhagen
Josiah Nottingham
Robert Ray
Kankakee
William Shannon
Chris Krueger
Louisville
Gardiens de Paix
New South Wales
Cerrillos
Colo
Penzit
Russia
Prince of
Montenestro
St. Petersburg
Waukegan
Ihls
Joseph Matthews
Claremont
Sumter County
3. C
John Sells
Swedesburg
John Thompson
Memphis
Tennu
New York Presbyterian Synod
Judiciary Committee
Briggs
New York Presbytery
Lawrence Merrit
Saginaw, Mich
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Stephen Feike
George Justice
Feike
Sardinia
Justice
J. A. Houser
Beartestan
W. Va
Livestock and Produce Markets
Umige
Tdkye
Slicky
Texas
Cape Cod
East Buffalo
Canada
Detroit
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