Jubilee at Chicago President a Guest of the City
President McKinley arrives in Chicago for a Jubilee week opening marked by a Thanksgiving service at Auditorium. Thousands fill the city as illuminations blaze for the event. McKinley and Mrs. McKinley attend, amid cheers and a bustling welcome line. The president notes patriotism and prosperity during the journey. A large escort accompanies him to Captain Lafayette McWilliams’s residence where Mrs. McKinley is entertained.
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McKintley
Chicago
Thirty-ninth Street
McWilliams
Kankakee
Ills
Lafayette McWilliams
McKinley
Canton
Captain McWilliams
Great Jubilee Opens With National Peace Service
The Great Jubilee opened with praise and patriotic talks at the Auditorium where President and Mrs. McKinley attended the union thanksgiving. Speakers included Booker T. Washington Emil G Hirsch and Rev John Henry Barrows as similar services spread to Studebaker hall First Methodist Episcopal and Forty first Street Presbyterian churches. The program featured organ recitals hymns responsive readings and anthems culminating in the Messiah and Star Spangled Banner.
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National Peace Jubilee Union
Booker T. Washington
Emil G. Hirsch
Thomas
Hodnett
John Henry Barrows
Studebaker Hall
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Forty-first Street Presbyterian Church
H. W. Thomas
America
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Amenom
Samuel Fallows
Colum
J. P
Bushingham
Hallelujah
Magnificent Chicago Jubilee Concert Draws Thousands
The cabinet and diplomats filled a vast hall as 900 voices led by Professor Henry B. Roney performed with nine male and eleven female quartets. The crowd swelled beyond capacity while the president’s box drew furious applause. The day included a noon University of Chicago reception and a 3:30 pm armory gathering. Chicago Press League opened 404 Times-Herald HQ for Jubilee week. Electric street decorations and State Street lighting created a radiant parade ambience with heavy crowds and elaborate displays.
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America
University of Chicago
Harper
McKinley
First Regiment
Chicago Press League
Women of the City
Times-Herald
Decoration of Chicago Beautifies City for Victory Parade
Chicago once again stuns with exterior decor as the business district lights up with flags bunting evergreen wreaths and portraits of heroic figures. Residents along parade routes compete to outdo each other, some hiring professional decorators to craft the most elegant streetscape in the city.
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Chicago
Business District
President's Jubilee Journey Draws Great Crowds Across Illinois
The president traveled from St. Louis to Terre Haute and beyond, greeting immense crowds at many Illinois towns. In Terre Haute he spoke to 12,000, mentioning local residents Richard W. Thompson and Daniel W. Voorhees. Stops included Paris and Decatur with Senator Cullom and Governor Tanner aboard. Springfield hosted the day’s largest assembly with Generals McClernand and Palmer nearby, while Sherman-like talks touched on territorial expansion. At Mount Pulaski, Clinton, Warmer City, Gibson City, Gilman and Kankakee, crowds gathered as the train continued toward Chicago where the reception committee met. In Springfield the president referenced the heroism of negro soldiers at San Juan Hill. The Fifth Illinois volunteers were mustered out at Springfield, with Lt. Col. Wells receiving a sword.
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St. Louis
Terre Haute
Ind
Illinois
Richard W. Thompson
Daniel W. Voorhees
Paris
Lls
Decatur
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
John A. McClernand
John M. Palmer
Cullom
Tanner
Gage
Wilson
Bliss
Virden
San Juan Hill
Santiago
Chicago
Mount Pulaski
Clinton
Warmer City
Gibson City
Gilman
Kankakee
Harper
University of Chicago
Ocean Horror Mohegan Sinks With Many Missing
London reports the Mohegan wreck off The Lizard leaving 11 passengers saved, 10 bodies recovered, 33 missing among passengers and 39 crew saved, 14 bodies recovered, 51 missing among crew and cattlemen. Nine more bodies later recovered including two passengers identified. Cause remains a mystery as the ship strayed north of course with no fog.
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London
Atlantic Transport Company
Mohegan
Lizard
PILLAGER INDIAN SITUATION VIEW OF CONFLICT
Dispatches from Walker Minnesota report Indian leaders ready to surrender some warrants issued and expect others to follow by next Wednesday. Washington heat notes peace prospects, with General Bacon predicting delayed, fragile peace and renewed hostilities if truce holds. College football results list include Princeton Navy 0 and Michigan 18, Lehigh 0, Pa, 49. Albany Democrat ticket linked to Chicago platform.
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Washington
Interior Department
Jones
Walker, Minn
St. Paul
Chicago
Betoit
Annapolle
Princeton
Navy
Albany
Carlisle Indians
Williams
Lawrence
Kus
Town Agricultural
Kansas
Minneapolis
Crinnell
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Ann Arbor
Western Reserve
Michigan
Champaign
Als
Depauw
Trmels
Shafter Arrives in Sycamore for Grand Reception
Major General Shafter reached Sycamore Illinois at noon on October 17 and spent the day visiting his brother and resting before the planned grand reception and tonight’s banquet honoring him. Separately a filing lapse on an Ulster county petition left an Independent ticket unplaced after midnight Saturday.
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Racy
Secretary of State
Ulster County
Sycamore, Ills
Shafter
Sycamore
Telegrams From Around The World News In Brief
Secretary Alger cannot attend the Chicago peace jubilee. World reports show unprecedented wheat yields. Rumor of a new Democratic paper in Chicago. A plot to topple France has not progressed. Mrs. Julia Wilson of New Albany Indiana dies at 100. Queen Louise of Denmark buried at Roskilde. The Ecstasy breaks the 2 year pacing record at Lexington. The International Typographical Union adjourned sine die. Mrs Theresa Klawitzer wins jury verdict in Bloomington damages suit. Kansas City judge says city can ban non union labor. Paris strikes end after government shows resolve. Beatrice Hoyt defeats Wetmore for women’s golf title. Amund Johnson files bankruptcy. assets 46k, liabilities 931k. Secunda Canova shot dead by game warden Looker after threatening him. Weather: Indiana Illinois rain cooler. Lower Michigan rain cooler. Upper Michigan rain cooler with easterly winds. Wisconsin rain then clearing. Iowa rain then cooling with northerly winds.
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Alger
Chicago
Washington
Julia Wilson
New Albany
Ind
Queen Louise
Denmark
Roskilde
Lexington
International Typographical Union
Syracuse
N. Y
Pheresa Klawitzer
Ivory H. Pike
Bloomington
Ills
Secarritt
Kansas City
Paris
Beatrice Hoyt
Shinnecock Hillis
Miss Wetmore
Newport
Amund Johnson
New York
Secunda Canova
Haledon
N. J
Paterson
N.J
James I. Looker
Canova
Looker
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State Street
Inois
Fifth Illinois Volunteers
United States Service
Wells
Engien
Mich'an
Tacon
Reda
Bacon
Bryan Democracy
Chicago Platform
Democ
Gen. Shafter
Indiana
Ilinois
Lower
Wisconsin
Uch Coler
Iowa
Extree
What Is
Castoria
THE
Murray Street
New Yonk City
Pioneer Line
Rockford
Caledonia, Beloit
Janesville
Milton Junction
Kish
Koning
Jefferson Junction
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Stephenson St
Palmer Gox
Inter Ocean
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