McKinley Lays Corner Stone of Chicago Federal Building
President McKinley formally laid the cornerstone of the new federal building in Chicago amid a massive crowd on Jackson Boulevard. dignitaries from Mexico and Canada plus Cabinet members attended, a grand parade followed, as cheers drowned the band and the city celebrated Chicago Day.
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Chicago
McKinley
Federal Building
Jackson Boulevard
Dearborn Street
Union League Club
Jackwon
Christian
Kohlsaar
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Prank W. Gaungaulus
Smith
C.E Kramer
Federal Committee
Noun
Benator Wim
E. Mason
Feehan
M. W. Sheridan
Insurgents Engage U S Troops Near La Loma Church
A body of insurgents was seen near La Loma church four miles from Manila. Fire opened with infantry and artillery exchanges as Americans manned trenches at 1200 yards. The tough fight lasted an hour before insurgents retreated with one American wounded. Scouts from the Twenty first Infantry resumed reconnaissance.
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Manila
Insurgenta
la Loma
Twenty-fifth
Yania
Twentith Infantry
American Troops Drive Insurgents in Cavite Campaign
A cablegram from Manila reports a U S military column of the Thirteenth Infantry the Fourteenth Infantry the Fifth Cavalry and artillery left Beevor for Noveleta and engaged insurgents at Old Cavite and beyond driving them back and inflicting losses. Casualties include Captain Bofaffold killed Captain McGrath seriously wounded and ten enlisted men wounded. Naval vessels and marines staged demonstrations at Noveita while Schwan advanced. Imus forces attacked San Nicholas driving insurgents into the woods with four wounded and six insurgents killed.
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Filippines
Washington
Culasaya
Bohwan
Fourteenth Infantry
Beovor
Noveleta
Old Cavite
Boaffold
McGrath
Fourteenth Cavalry
Homurlo
Cavite
Noveiata
Schwan
Imus
San Nicholas
Harrison's Big Fee and Other National Briefs
A diplo matic officer may be needed to collect a $260000 fee promised to Benjamin Harrison for Venezuela arbitration services. Other items note postal revenues and door to door registration plans, an acquittal in an embezzlement case, leper deportation efforts, a brave night clerk, Dewey's Atlanta visit, conscript tricks in Europe, and a new waterspout demonstration.
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Washington
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Venezuela Republic
Parla Arbitraton Commission
Venezuela
Veneguela
Thin Cane
State Department
Harrison
Kington
Post Office Department
Brewer says he cannot discuss Philippines due to lack of information
London reports Associate Justice David J. Brewer, arriving from Paris, declines to give views on the Philippines. He says Americans err by judging with insufficient information and he does not claim special expertise to decide the issue.
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London
David J. Brewer
Kaglas
Paris
Newa
Philippines
Petition for Mediation Urges McKinley to Offer U S Services
A mass meeting at Carnegie Hall to back mediation between Great Britain and the Transvaal and Orange Free State drew signers including Gov. Tyler of Virginia and Justice Peters of Maine. Notable attendees spanned 13 governors 26 congressmen six U S senators 12 judges and 200 bankers. Bourke Cochran to speak as the evening’s orator.
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New York
McKinley
United States
Great Britain
Tranavaal
Orange Free State
Gov. Tyler
Virginia
Joe Henton
William Goebel
Kentucky
Booker T. Washington
Supreme Court of
Michigan
B. Grant
C. D. Long
F. A Hooker
J. B. Moore
Peters
Maine
Blodgett
New Hampshire
Carterright
Ilinois
Henry L. Nelson
Harper's Weekly
Monnett
Ohio
Hoers
Carnegie Hall
Bourke Cochran
Canadians in Chicago honor Sir Wilfrid Laurier at rally
In Chicago Studebaker hall, Sir Wilfrid Laurier greeted by 3000 French-Canadians as he accepted roses from schoolgirls and praised Canadian-U S relations. He spoke of conciliation as his gospel and noted equality in politics. The crowd showed strong support.
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Mir Wilfrid Laurier
Freier
Chicago
Wilfrid Laurier
Dominion of Canada
Studebaker Hall
Wilfrid
Canada
Wittheas
Walter Wellman Arrives in New York From Arctic Expedition
News notes report Walter Wellman, the Arctic explorer, has reached New York. Other items include a Kansas City boxing show halted by a county marshal, a train station brawl on a Chillicothe train, and fires near Kansas City.
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Walter Wellman
New York
Kansas City
Chillicothe
Hrakemaan Cook
Helen Iould
Representative Roberts
Utah
National House
Chicago
Sheffield
Washington
Congress
San Antonio x. Street Railway Company
Mexico
United States
Pirates of the East Coast and Modern Chinese Sea Raiders
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt discusses American ships protected from pirates in Chinese waters. It quotes Prof. Skertchley on pirate craft and tactics, including disguises, rapid raids, and daring launches, with examples of successful hijackings and the complicity of corrupt officials.
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United States
Wildman
America
Skertchley
Britteh Museum
Far East
Hong Kong
Custom House
Ofbcrals
Borneo
Cope Taln
Barnes
Ap Hr
Chicago Chronicle
Phonograph Amazes African Tribes at Earl's Court
Representatives of Zulu and Shangaane tribes gathered at Earl's Court as an Edlaau phonograph played back their own voices. Utterances sparked warlike reactions and misbelief, with a Zulu shouting Suka and others peering from officers quarters for imagined foes. The crowd then held an animated indaba outside the Kaffr krass amid pranks and disbelief.
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Earl's Court
Frank Fille
Kaffr Krass
London
Britain mobilizes vast army amid Transvaal crisis
London reports Britain orders an army twice the size of Wellington's to be deployed as tensions rise over Transvaal. authorities cite a need to deter Boer resistance and prepare for possible peace talks if Kruger disarms and grants rights to Outlanders. Mafeking remains key frontier flashpoint with guard measures and defensive works.
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Johannesburg
Great Britain
Duke of Wellington
Europe
McKinley
Suan Hay
New York
South Africa
Greyne
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Atriculy
Pretoria
South African Republic
War Office
Mr. Balfour
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Liverpool
Woolwich
Africa
Mafeking
Waas
Connisting
Robert Stephenson Smyth
Baden- Powell
Fifth Dragoon Guards
Haw
Natal
Bechuanaland
Kimberierg
Cape Argus
Bosef
Kimberley
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Hofmeyer
Cape Colony
Free State
United States Judge Sentences O Malley and Jen nings in 1897 Rock Island case
Pat and Morris O Malley and Frank Jennings receive five year terms at Leavenworth for involvement in the Rock Island railroad robbery of 1897. The report also mentions Negratives and a separate historical vignette about Admiral Dewey and pianist Adelina Patti in Marseilles.
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Jennings
Ardmore
J. T
United States
Townsend
Pat
Morris O'Malley
Frank Jennings
Deminge
Leavenworth
Kansas
Rock Island
al Jenologs
Texas
Markets by wire update from Wichita to Kansas City
Market notes show cattle and calves steady to lower with native steers around 4.00 to 66.90 and native cows and heifers near 1,756.00. Receipts about 6000, heavy packers 1.20 to 0.8, lambs 5.10, and grain futures in wheat contracts, with No 2 and No 3 hues and mixed prairie creamery references.
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Wameas Crevy
Ocy
CarrLu
Egosipta
Othen Fc
Bolle
Texas
Yorker
Onaics Prairie
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