Observances Mark Decoration Day in Washington
Washington May 31. Congress rested and government offices closed for Decoration Day. Flags at half mast and crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue as veterans parade. President Cleveland attended ceremonies at Arlington and other sites with Congress members, wartime veterans, and officials.
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Morton
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Carlisle and
Hoke Smith
Augustus N. “Martin
Indiana
House Committee On Pensions
John A. Joyce
Representative Bryan
Nebraska
Artington
Monumental Confederate tribute draws Richmond crowds
In Richmond May, a grand celebration marked by a cavalry reunion and speeches by Gen Fitzhugh Lee and Wade Hampton plus Gov O’Ferrall. The parade, led by General Lee as chief marshal, showcased a massive crowd and a special children's division in badge and sash.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Wade Hampton
O'Ferral
Troubled Glouster ends peaceful. troops withdrawn
At Glouster Ohio a coal strike flare subsided after a telegram from Sheriff Riley said Toledo and Ohio Central would halt coal shipments. Five companies of the Seventh regiment were en route but ordered to stand down as miners surrendered tents and gear to the creek. Home guards sought refuge in a schoolhouse before withdrawal.
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Cotesets
Giouster
Riley
Athens County
Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company
West Virginia
Glouster
Columbus
Union
Reilly
Southern immigration congress opens in Augusta Georgia
The southern interstate immigration congress met in Augusta at the Grand Opera house with welcome remarks from Mayor J H Alexander and Governor Northen. Speakers highlighted Augusta’s growth in manufacturing, capital, labor, and public improvements as a case for inviting industrious immigrants to the South.
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Southern Interstate Immigration Congress
Augusta
Grand Opera House
Bryan
Nashville
J. H. Alexander
Congress
Alexander
Joseph R. Lamer
Young Lion’s Business League
Northen
Georgia
Patrick Walsh
McCorkle
West Virginia
Carr
North Carolina
Tillman
South Carolina
M. T. Bryan
Tennessee
B. F. Elliott
Florida
Birteen-Year-Old Lad Wins Chicago Road Race
Operence May 24 The Chicago road race on an eighteen mile course drew a huge crowd and offered prizes exceeding £2500. A young rider from Lake View, Ray, won with Bezenek second and A Widen third. Traumatic crashes and a northeast wind marked the event, Linthquist injured seriously while Bezenek and Widen followed.
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Ray
Bezenek
A. Widen
Raw
Millburn
N. J
Irvington-Millbern
A. H. Barnatt
Elizabeth
Horace A. Aven
Asbury Park
E. A. Boffinger
Riverside
Conspirators Sentenced and Unrest Marked Sicily Case
A Sicilian court martial sentenced Deputy Giuseppe de Felice to eighteen years in solitary confinement and three years police supervision. Others like Bosco Barbato Verro Montal Pico faced years in confinement. several were acquitted. In Denver, railway telegraphers elected officers including W W Powell and M M Dolphin. In New York, Horace Greeley statue in Greeley Square was unveiled with ceremony and remarks by Amos J. Cam tingings.
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Montal
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Petring
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Cassiza
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Guli
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Railway Telegrapher
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Wichita
Kan
M. M. Dolphn
Kansas City
J Winterbee
T. BM. Pierson
Indianapolis
J. E. Stinson
Dallas
Tex
Ins.de Sentinel
W. C. White
London
Ont
Outside Sentinel
J C. McDermott
San Francisco
J. BR. Tan
Grand Execute Come
L. A. Tangtary
Fuelio
Charles Daniis
Atlanta
New York
Greeley
Atigedak
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Thirdstreet
Greeley Square
Horace Greeley
Gilroy
Sterney Fellows
Amos J. Camtmoings
Nuggets of News From Across The Nation And World
Reports from Connecticut describe pockets of damage to crops caused by nighttime storms. The Russian government plans to build three new ironclads for the Black Sea fleet in 1905. Cairo dispatches note an outbreak of cholera at Mecca. In Perth Amboy a statue of Rosciuske the Polish patriot is unveiled during ceremonies. Cripple Creek miners authorize Governor Write to settle their dispute, and he is pursuing a resolution.
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Black Sea
Cairo
Egypt
Mecca
Perth Amboy
N.J
Rosciuske
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Colo
Write
Train Wreck in Wisconsin Ends in Fire and Deaths
A St Paul Limited passenger train on the Wisconsin Central derailed near Mannville after hitting a split switch. A mass of cars piled up, caught fire, and several died or were badly injured. Names include James Hubbard and W B Russell among the dead, with multiple injuries reported.
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Tuo
Mannville
Hecviver
Howard Morris
Sidney Hirsch
Ironwood
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England
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O. W. Bozley
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Chicago
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Glidden
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Burtle
Springdale
William Hyan
Sturgeon Bay
K. A. Twitchell
Minneapolis
Russell and Bigelow
Gloomy for Core Strikers as Labor Unions Face Rebuffs
In Scortpage Pennsylvania May 31 strike leaders held a half day of quiet action and a parade to honor fallen workers at Moorewood. Three thousand men planned a return to work on six and a half hour shifts if Frick recognizes the union, but General Manager Lynch refused any recognition or change to the existing scale. Weather worsened hardships for workers in mines and coke works, keeping the mood mournful and uncertain.
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Baseball scores in yesterday's doubleheaders and mixed league results
National League games featured Philadelphia routing Chicago 12 to 4 and Boston dominating Cincinnati 15 to 1 while Washington trimmed Louisville 17 to 3. Afternoon showdowns had New York beating Cleveland 3 to 2 and Boston defeating Cincinnati 20 to 9. Eastern and state leagues posted varied morning totals with Springfield Providence and Buffalo Erie matches among others. A series of unrelated items covered a murder attempt near Watseka Ill, a street fight in Chicago, an angler's drowning in New Jersey, a river flood warning, Yale aimed at England competition, and a Pennsylvanian elopement amid a string of local notices.
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