Admiral Dewey Arrives in Chicago to Warm Welcome
Admiral George Dewey and his wife arrive at Chicago’s Grand Central Station to a hearty reception. Police control crowds while officials including Mayor Harrison greet the party. Mrs Dewey is escorted to a welcome by Chicago ladies and then to the Auditorium Annex before settling at a city hotel.
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Chicago
Manila Bay
George Dewey
Gridley
New York
Manila
Railway Station
Grand Central Station
Auditorium Annex
First Cavalry
Illinois National Guard
Naval Reserve Veteran Association
Fifth Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
Lieutenant Caldwell
Harrison
Charles Plamondon
Dewey
Carter Harrison
Bryan Lathrop
Charles A. Plamondon
Franklin MacVeagh
George Dewey, Jr
Victor Elting
Admiral
Mrs. Dewey
Illumination and Grand Ball for Admiral Dewey in Chicago
A breakfast for Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey started a day of events in Chicago with a 2:30 pm reception for Canadian-Americans and a grand ball at the Auditorium. The mayor led the patronesses and managers in a formal receiving line as guests met the admiral and his wife. Outside, Michigan Avenue lights and lake front illuminations drew crowds, with over 15 000 bulbs creating elaborate displays surpassing prior festival efforts. Mrs. Dewey drew cheers at the station and in the ball crowd.
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Dewey
Wes
Arthur Caton
Harrison
Bryan Lathrop
Admiral
Caton
Twelfth Street
van Buren
Committee On Illumination
Logan Monument
Lake Front
Court of Honor
Garrett
Ind
Chicago
Strawberries Promise Abundant Eastern Indiana Crop
Rushville Indiana May 1 reports say there is a fine prospect for an abundant strawberry crop in eastern Indiana. Vines are in excellent condition and have weathered the winter well.
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Rushville
Ind
Indiana
Women Election Fight Ends In Slap and Scratches
In Weiser Idaho May 1 two women clash over candidates at a local election. Mrs Martinson and Miss Harris fight with hair pulling slaps and face scratches. A chaotic jury room scene ends with both freed as the judge issues reprimands. Public sentiment remains heated.
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Boise
Ida
Weiser
Britons Ordered to Leave Pretoria Within Forty-Eight Hours
Pretoria reports British subjects urged to depart the republic within two days after a Johannesburg explosion. Relief funds exceed 4,000 pounds for victims while Commandant Schatt loses command and goes on commando. In Ladysmith, Botha returns to Pretoria to resume supreme Transvaal command.
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Pretoria
Johannesburg
Republic
Schatt
Ladysmith
Louis Botha
Transvaal
Five Die in Georgia Sawmill Boiler Explosion
In Tifton Georgia five men were killed and three injured in a boiler explosion at the J. N. Bray & Co sawmill. The dead are Luther Clair Hugh Chambers Gus Nicholson Jack Castle and Will Houston. Injured include J C Raine and Wesley McPhanl with one likely to die. nearby buildings were wrecked and the boiler blew half its unit 200 yards. In Paris France a cabinet council announced nine dead from a bridge accident at the exposition and said authorities are not responsible with an inquiry into victims’ families under way.
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Tifton
J. N. Bray & Co
Luther Clair
Hugh Chambers
Gus Nicholson
Jack Castle
Will Houston
J. C. Raine
Wesley McPhanl
Bray & Co
Paris
Loubet
M. Millerand
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Baseball Scores From May 1 League Games
Chicago yesterday saw Chicago St Louis a split with Chicago scoring a win and loss. Brooklyn defeated Brooklyn 5 to 2 while Philadelphia beat New York 14 to 13. Cleveland edged Detroit 6 to 5, Buffalo beat Indianapolis 16 to 15, Minneapolis won 11 to 5 against Kansas City, and Milwaukee defeated Chicago 10 to 4.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Canadian cattle import business grows in eastern Indiana
Rushville Indiana May 1 report notes that eastern Indiana has developed a cattle import industry with Canadian yearlings and two-year-olds shipped mainly via Buffalo. Animals arrive lean and underfed and sold at much lower prices than native cattle of the same age despite a one dollar duty per head at the border.
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Rushville
Ind
Indiana
Canada
Buffalo
Steamer City of Glasgow Runs Aground Near Dummy Light
The City of Glasgow ran aground near the Dummy Light on Lake Erie while bound up Sunday night with coal. The Wales departed yesterday to assist in the release. The Dummy lighthouse had burned recently, leaving the channel poorly marked and hazardous.
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Detroit
City of Glasgow
Lake Erie
Burglars Loot G E Cogdal Dry Goods Store
Chicago May 1 burglars broke into G E Cogdal's dry goods store on a Sunday night. They pried open a rear door and stole 110 from the safe which was unlocked plus cash from the front drawer a bicycle and a quantity of dry goods.
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Chicago
G. E. Cogdal
Austin
Acquittal Reported for Eli Fisher in Montana Murder Case
A telegram from Benton Montana states Eli Fisher of Treaty County is acquitted of involvement in the killings of three ranchmen near Lewistown Montana last year and sentenced to death.
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Wabash
Ind
Benton
Mont
Eli Fisher
Lewistown
Dunkhorst Falls to Fitzsimmons in Two-Round Go
New York May 1 report Dunkhorst was KOed in the second round by Fitzsimmons in their twenty five round go at the Hercules Athletic club.
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New York
Dunkhorst
Fitzsimmons
Herccules Athletic Club
Merriam Concludes Boers Get No Senate Sympathy
Washington May 1 Brigadier General Merriam testified again in the Coeur d'Alene inquiry with cross examination by Attorney Robertson. Merriam defended using power to enforce mine owner obligations and to compel mine workers to observe theirs, and corrected an interview misstate about a labor criminal conspiracy law.
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Washington
Merriam
Coeur d'Alene
Robertson
War Department
Gen
General Merriam
Coour d'Alene
Congress
Sovereign
Gompers
Sulver
Sulzer
Patrick J. Murphy
Dowie Plans Lace Industry Venture Near Waukegan
John Alexander Dowie met with Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Taylor at the treasury to discuss importing twenty lace makers from England and setting up a lace plant on 20,000 acres near Waukegan for his Christian Catholic church community. He has purchased five Nottingham lace machines and seeks legal clearance to bring the workers.
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Washington
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Christian Catholic Church
Treasury Department
Gage
Taylor
Nottingham
England
Waukegan
Wis
Treasury
United States
Dowie
Senate Defeats Motion on Pro-Boer Sympathy Resolution
Washington May 1 The senate defeated a motion to proceed on Pettigrews pro Boer sympathy resolution by 20 to 26. The roll call showed 20 yeas including Allen Bate Berry Chandler Clay Hale Harris Heitfeld Hoar Jones of Arkansas Kenny McCumber McEnery Martin Mason Pettigrew Ross Teller Turner and 20 days Aldrich Allison Bard Carter Clark of Wyoming Davis Fairbanks Foster Frye Gallinger Gear Hawley Jones of Nevada Kean Lodge McComas Morgan Nelson Penrose Perkins Pettus Platt of Connecticut among others.
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Washington
Senate
Pettigrew
Yeas
Allen
Bate
Berry
Chandler
Clay
Hale
Harris
Heitfeld
Hoar
Jones
Arkansas
Kenny
McCumber
McEnery
Martin
Mason
Ross
Teller
Turner
West
Aldrich
Allison
Bard
Carter
Clark
Wyoming
Davis
Fairbanks
Foster
Frye
Gallinger
Gear
Hawley
Nevada
Kean
Lodge
McComas
Morgan
Nelson
Penrose
Perkins
Pettus
Platt
Connecticut
Pullman Marriage Rumor Sparks Bigamy Doubt
Chicago reports raise questions about George M. Pullman marrying Louise Bowers in Chicago and a New York claim of a Chicago license. County records and officials challenge the marriage, while J W Fernald says no divorce exists and no Chicago record of a Pullman first wife’s divorce or the April 19 ceremony.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Palace Car Builder
New York
Louise Bowers
Cieck Salmonson
Pullman
J. W. Fernald
Victim of His Own Rage In Michigan Farm Scuffle
George Hammond owner of the Simmococo lon stop farm in Ypsilanti Michigan was struck on the head by a hammer wielded by an employee. Hammond recovered enough to disarm the assailant and throw him into a brook before seeking medical attention. No serious injuries expected. In Fort Wayne Indiana officials say a diocesan meeting will forward names for the Fort Wayne bishopric to Rome for consideration following the death of Bishop Rademacher.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
George Hammond
Hammond
Ypsilanti
Fort Wayne
Ind
Elder
Cincinnati
Father Seivfert
Renssalaer College
Schiefer
Father Specht
Rail collision near Spanish River tolls heavy damage
Two CPR freight trains collided in a rock cut at Spanish River Winnipeg Manitoba. Brake man Cote killed. operator asleep cited as cause. Damage to the railway company estimated at least 50 000.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Spanish River
Cote
Scaffolding Collapse Kills One at Paris Exhibition
A scaffold collapsed in the Salle des Fetes during the inauguration ceremony yesterday. One worker was killed and three others were seriously injured in the accident at the Paris exhibition.
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Paris
Salle Des Fetes
President McKinley Stricken With Cold After Canton Trip
Washington May 1 President McKinley suffers a cold contracted during his trip to Canton. The illness confines him but officials report no danger and expect a quick recovery.
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Washington
McKinley
Canton
France elects Kruger to Pas de Calais council
Nationalists in France choose Paul Kruger as a department councilor for Pas de Calais. John Alexander Dowie drew 10,000 listeners in Philadelphia as he denounced Christianity and required 100 police guards. Max O'Rell retires from lecturing due to ill health. The government is said to have lost 2 million dollars from Captain Oberlin M. Carter frauds. Several items cover strikes, fires, and electoral counts.
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Natimnaligs
France
Paul Kruger
Pas de Calais
John Alexander Dowie
Philadelphia
Max O'Rell
Oberlin M. Carter
New York Central
Atlas
Chicago
United States
Philippines
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Claude M. Johnson
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Sarah Boston
New Brunswick
N. J
W. J. Bryan
Harrison
Illinois
Grosvenor
Ohio
McKinley
Bryan
St. Peter
Murders and suicides stain Chicago Sunday record
Chicago officials report a violent Sunday with the shooting of Desk Sergeant Timothy S O Connell and a murder on the viaduct. Minnie M Wray killed herself at the Palmer House after noting unrequited love in letters. A man killed his wife and himself and other incidents add to the grim tally.
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Chicago
Palmer House
Canalport Avenue
Hinman Street
Timothys. O'Connell
Woodlawn
Eighteenth Street
O'Connell
James Fanta
Eighteenth and
Jefferson Streets
Department
Shelley
Minnie M. Wray
A. N. Older
American Express Company
Moline
Ill
Mr.Ohler
Ohler
Miss Wray
LL. Grav
Labor War Developments in Chicago Report
May 1 Chicago reports Edward Carrolls resignation from the civil service commission and his role as Building Trades council president. Mayor Harrison transfers seven police captains over lax enforcement amid labor strife. Warrants issued for Thomas and Dennis Moran as grand jury probes assaults linked to the labor war. The grand jury starts in earnest tomorrow with six witnesses subpoenaed.
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Chicago
Edward Carrolls
Civil Service Commission
Carroll
Building Trades Council
Harrison
Ripley
Thomas
Dennis Moran
Grand
Victor Falkeneau
Contractors’ Committee
Edward Carroll
Falkenean
Law Schools Contain 7311 Students in 1893
The nation’s law schools held seven thousand three hundred eleven students in the year 1893, reflecting growth in legal education and professional training across institutions.
Just Notice Him Tailored Spring Suits Ad
A vintage advertisement urges men to file for a mortgage on attention and buy tailor made spring suits from $23 with trousers from $5.50. It promises prosperity and business success, with up to date styles and alterations available at 1 OB 24 St Up Stairs.
New Buggy Designs Arriving At Headquarters
Beautiful new rigs of the latest designs are arriving frequently and he offers horsemanship gear. Visit him for your new buggy and entire outfit as he remains the local headquarters for quality horse equipment.
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Krager
Tifton, Ga
Base Ball Daily Record
U.S
Coeur d'Alenes Laebor
Keruger
Sewell
Shoup
Stewart
Sullivan
Warren
Wolcott
Pullman Marriage Affairs
Rcomes
Rademacher
William Edmunds
Englewood Union Hospital
Iron Mountain
Mich
Niagara
Marinette
Boy
Escanaba. Mich
William Pelton
Murderer
Grand Jury
Disciples of Christ and Christians
Jas. H. Cosgrove
Ottie Snyder
Lehigh Valley
Niagara Falls
Ches, S. Lee
Gen. Pass
Second Street
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