Dedication Day Pageantry at Riverside Park for Grant
A grand dedication at Riverside Park featured Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ceremonies with the Grant family arriving in carriages, President McKinley and Vice President Hobart attending, and a multi-vehicle procession through Manhattan. The day included a naval parade, speeches by McKinley, and a final Union League reception honoring the late soldier president.
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Ponting Wihoet
Atlas
Prostatas Tied
Uae
Julian Patneeds
Giggides
Ehvar
Doar Pete
Peormie
Herode Ius
Porter
Siet 7
Mayer
Posusce
Siaees
Mth Street
Grant
Fifth Avenue
Afra Grant
Fred D. Grant
Tessalle
McKinley
Hobart
Strong
Julia Dent Grant
Frederick TD. Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Nellie Grant Sartoris
aoMea Jence Grant
Nellie Grant
Chapman Grant
Tennessee Centennial Exposition Opens With McKinley Bells
President McKinley pressed the opening button as the Tennessee centennial exposition unfurled in Nashville. Officials and dignitaries including Gov. Taylor and Postmaster General Garzia attended ceremonies, with the crowd hearing Helistedt and Bultenberg's band as the machinery began.
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America
Maj
J. W
The
Tennessee On Co
Lion. Nobaylor
Tennessee
Maj . Lewis
Association
Foward
Lewis’ Adress
White House
Washington
Mc.Kinley
Columbia
Long Trip on an Wheel to the Pacific Coast
Alvin A. Swan of Peck and Williamson left Cincinnati Sunday for the Pacific coast by bicycle. The trip aims for San Francisco around July 1 with a roller sprocket and M. W. tires on the bike. Notorious character Burt Adier fatally wounded after a second murder in three years in Kansas City.
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Cincinnati
Alvin A. Swan
Peck & Williamson
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Mr. Swan
Kansas City
Mary
Burt Adier
Sunday
Insurance losses and casualties from workplace disaster
An experienced insurance expert estimated total bids to insurers hover around 1.4 million dollars. They break down to Joseph Horne & Co. stock and building values, and additional damages to Jenkins machinery and stock, with several firemen listed as killed missing or injured. Remaining crews are feared buried under Liberty Avenue rubble as rescue operations continue.
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Pal
Joseph Horne & Co
TLC
Jenkins
Horne
George Atkinson
Geo. Thomas
Elmar Croke
Michael Datey
Robert Badner
No 4 Engine Company
Rev. Meekin
No. T Engine Company
Steven
Anmumber
Massine
Liberty Avenue
Ceeil Ailey
Bireman Atkinson
Imerning
Reneer
Sewer Pipe Works Resume in Corumpes Co May 4
Corunpes Colorado May 4. Columbus sewer pipe works idle since before the election resume work Monday with 19 men employed. Company officials say business outlook grows brighter daily as activity returns.
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Corunpes, CO
Columbus
Earthquake Shakes Polaski Virginia Town
An earthquake struck Polaski in Ricumosp county near May 1 around noon causing widespread fear though no damage was reported. Residents fled into streets and were shaken by the tremor reaching nearby areas.
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Virginia
Ricumosp
Polaski
Idle Coal Miners Idle in Jellico District
A Jellico dispatch to the Tribune reports 2000 miners in the Knoxville coal district idled as operators fail to renew price contracts that expired April 30. No party has attempted to negotiate new terms.
Coal shipments to southern ports rise to 2 746 000 bushels
The report notes 2 746 000 bushels of coal shipped Monday by boats to southern ports, requiring 20 steamers to tow. A further million bushels may depart Tuesday. Gold purchases rise as Austro Hungarian bank reports 7 030 037 fortas in three weeks.
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Vpittebartsh
Corning
Pittskunen
Boonts
Gobbier
Loxponx
Vienna
The
Economist
Andidate
AustroHusgarian Bank
Austria
Bank of England
Japan
Russia
Pittsburgh Fire Destroys Jenkins Wholesale and Nearby Block
A massive blaze in Pittsburgh on May 3 188? gutted the Jenkins Thomas A Jenkins wholesale grocery on Pen avenue near Liberty street and swept to Fifth and Sixth streets. Horne & Co six story dry goods, Duquesne theater, Methodist Book Concern, and many other buildings burned or damaged. Total losses exceed 5 million with extensive insurance. several firemen injured but none seriously.
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Thomas A.jenkins
Peon Avenue
Liberty Street
Liberty
Jean Avenue
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Jenkins Wholesale Grocery
Horne
Duquesne Theater
Methodist Book Concern
Tne
Jenkins
William Hunter
Oficer Milton Batley
Penn Avenue
Joseph Horne & Co
Dremon
W. B. Grier & Co
Ken Marche Glove Co
Snaman
Hinecxs Cigar Factory
Hall Bros
Methodist
Atioovlock
Glocks
Fifth and
Stixth Street
Liberty Anc
Oss
Ginss ‘ Horne & Co
T. C. Jenkins
Mayer
WPL Geier & Co
Sweeney
Jordan
Novita Remedy Co
T. F. Baskerwitch
Sykes
T. H. Swift
M. J. Conion
Mme. Velma
Moon Wart
Neills& Ads
M. Eavan
Prominent Citizens Charge Fraud in Kentucky Lumber Scheme
warrants sworn for Robert H. Sutter K H Etherington Ambrose Etherington Wendel Trust and Wm Sharp charging collusion in defrauding the state of about 17090 for lumber sold to the penitentiary chair factory. Circuit court adjourned to Georgetown as circuit judges consider demurrers in bribery indictments involving Dr Hunter E T Franks and ex Congressmen. Senator elect Deboe faces delays to his Washington trip due to missing senate clerk and lieutenant governor signatures.
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Frangrant
Cantrill
Georgetown
Dr. Hunter
E. T. Franks
Wilson
Vin. S Pryor
Robert H. Sutter
K. H. Etherington
Ambrose Etherington
Wm. Sharp
Wendel Trust
Deboe
Washington
Senate
Sir Larkins Hanged in Idaho for Murder
Bradroot Idaho May 3 Sid Larkins was hanged for the murder of Josie Hill at Idaho Falls. His neck broke and death was instantaneous. Larkins greeted friends and chatted until the execution. Killed by a Thunderbolt Sunstone Wy May 3 Mrs Howard J Williams slain by lightning while near chickens under a tree.
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Sir Larkins
Bradroot
Idaho
Sid Larkins
Josie Hill
Idaho Falls
Larkins
Sunstone
Howard J. Williams
Formal Opening of the Woman's Building at Tennessee Exposition
Monday marked Woman's day at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition with the formal opening of the Woman's Building. Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman presided with replies from Mrs. Grosvenor and Miss Temple. Mrs. W. D. Beard presented a gavel made from wood of Tennessee's first capitol. Attendance was cooler than expected but improves with forecast better weather. Exhibits arrive as work on the grounds proceeds. ten days should finish the exposition.
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Nashville
Tenn
van Leer Kirkman
Grosvenor
West Tennessee
Miss Temple
East Tennessee
W. D. Beard
Memphis
Senate and House Briefs From Washington Dull Session Notes
Congressional reports detail the president's boundary commission findings with Mexico and a Senate inquiry into Seneca oil leases. Washington notes cover floods inquiry, the Mississippi basin, and preparations for arbitration talks with Britain. House actions include funding for a Universal Postal Union congress and committee appointment debates.
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Washiseter
United States
Mexico
Rilo Grande
Quay
Secretary of the Interior
Wisconsin
Senate
West
Dem
Commerce Committee
Mississippi
Working Women's National Convention Opens in Philadelphia
Several hundred women active in local clubs gather in Philadelphia for the Working Women's National Convention. Delegates represent Chicago's Young Women's clubs and other groups. Noted speakers include Miss Grace Dodge and Mrs Frederick Nathan. The movement mirrors successful efforts in Europe, including the National Union of Working Women with thousands of members.
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Proab Enrura
Working Women’s Societies
Chicago Association of Young Women's Clubs
Grace Dodge
Frederick Nathan
National Union of Working Woman
Four Dead in New York Tenement Fire
A Brooklyn tenement blaze at Third Avenue and Fifty fourth Street killed four people including Mrs Celia Barnett and Mrs Carrie Newell and two young boys. Mrs Newell reportedly hurled her children from a fourth story window. by the time firefighters arrived, the mother and Mrs Barrett had perished.
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New York
Third Avenue
Fifty-fourth Street
Brooklyn
Celia Barnett
Carrie Newell
John Newell
Lewis Newell
Timely Discovery Saves Passengers On Eastbound Train
Columnes O May 1 TD passengers on the Pashandle train arriving at the east owe their lives to switchman Thomas Lurxs who found a wrongly thrown switch cut of cars on Leonard avenue. He moved the cars to the switch and rode a handcar to warn the limited passenger train, signaling the engineer and stopping it two minutes before train time.
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Columnes
Vdassengers
Pashandle
Thomas Lurxs
Jeonard Avenue
Plumbers Strike Halts Work in Many New Buildings
About 1,200 plumbers walked out Monday morning over helper limits, halting work on most active sites. A dozen master plumbers agreed to the union terms, about 100 workers involved, with risk of a broader walkout if non union hires occur. In St Louis river levels near danger line. gauge at 129.9 feet, expected to rise to 33.5 feet by Saturday.
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Building Trades Union
St. Louis
Mississipp
Missouri
Frankenfield
Mississippi
Clarksville
Brad Oy
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