Two Great Debts and the Nation's Veterans Tribute
Cashton May 30. Hon. William McKinley spoke at Memorial Day events about two great debts the nation owes to creditors and to veterans. He urged readiness for defense, praised citizen sacrifice in the Civil War, and noted pension and interest obligations, highlighting efforts to honor soldiers and preserve the Union.
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Caston
William McKinley
America
Uberty
Ohio
McKidhey
Richmond
Washington
Teeson
Republic
Nancy
Fins
Union Annus
Renal
Soogal
Ana Ee
Harrison's Noble Words at Memorial Day Address
President Harrison spoke at Independence Hall on Memorial Day urging obedience to law as the path to domestic peace. He advocated placing flags at the peak, honoring the silent sacrifice of fallen comrades, and called the day a joyous, triumphant commemoration before at Laurel Hill Cemetery notes.
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Philadelphia
Harrison
Proctor
Tracy
Wanamaker
Halford
Independence Hall
G. A.B
Tates
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Ohio honors Andrews Raiders with monument at Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee the state of Ohio unveiled a monument at the National Cemetery in tribute to the Andrews raiders. Judge Thaddeus A Minshall led the program with remarks by ex Governor Foraker. An eight year old boy Marion L Ross unveiled the monument, marking the raid led by James J Andrews in 1862.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ohio
Andrews Raiders
General Assembly
National Cemetery
Thaddeus A. Minshall
Andrews Raiders’ Monument Commission
Foraker
Marion L. Ross
Christiansburg
Marion A. Ross
Ross
Andrews
James J. Andrews
Atlanta
Big Shanty
Ex Governor Wise Attends Decoration Day in New York
Decoration Day ceremonies in New York featured ex Governor John Wise of Virginia as a guest and speaker at General Grant tomb services in Riverside Park conducted by the U S Grant Post of Brooklyn. The battleship Enterprise fired minute guns during the observance on the Hudson River. Governor Hill attended the cornerstone laying of a new armory in Poughkeepsie.
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New York
Ueaon
General Grant
Riverside Park
U. & Grant Post
Brooklyn
United States
Hudson River
John 4. Wise
Virginia
New Jersey
Governor Hill
Poughkeepsie
Exercises at Gettysburg Memorial Day Observances
Memorial Day ceremonies drew about 5 000 people to Gettysburg with visitors from Philadelphia Washington Baltimore Hagerstown and Winchester. Morning graves in colored cemeteries were decorated followed by a 2 PM parade to the Gettysburg Cemetery. Leaders included Gettisburg junior Band Corps Rely Post No. 9 Ladies Aid of Rochester and Eker Post of New York among others in carriages and escorts.
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Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Winchester
Ageret
Gettisbuunior Band Corps
Rely Post
N R York
New York
The Ministry in the Struggle of Rebellion Address
At the cemetery a formal ceremony followed services with Rev. W H Keith introducing the ordination program. Rev Morrison of Baltimore delivered the oration on The Ministry in the Struggle of Rebellion and Charles Wahle Jr son of a Fifty fourth New York veteran spoke briefly as the exercises closed.
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Sweentera
Bichard
D. D
Theologieal Seminary
W. H. Keith
M. E. Church
Senet
Rey.e Morrison
Baltimore
Charles Wahle, Jr
Memorial Day Across the Union Celebrations Reported
New York dispatches note Memorial Day spreading from four quarters of the Union. Americans honor soldiers at cemeteries south to Texas with decorations by Federals and Confederates. Notables attend events from Murfreesboro to Chicago and Dayton to Rheinbeck. Weather varies by region but celebrations are widespread and well received.
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New York
San Antonio
Tex
Murfreesboro
Pettibone
Chicago
Miles
Ben Butterworth
Findlay
Morton
Rheinbeck
Conan Kennedy
Cleveland
Hayes
Dayton
G. W. Atkinson
West Nia
Washington
St. Louis
Detroit
Denver
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Toledo
Columbus
Evansville
Kansas Town
Parades Across Western West Virginia Observed Statewide
Dispatches report broad observance of a parade day in Braddock New Castle Mansfield Spottdale and Lima along with Western and Northern West Virginia towns. The Governor reviewed the parade at Grafton West Virginia.
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Braddock
New Castle
Mansfield
Spottdale
Lima
West Virginia
Grafton
W. Vo
Weak Foot Bridge Collapses After Big Crowd Spills into Creek
About 2 500 spectators at Bradford Meadville game witnessed a bridge collapse on Tuna Creek. The flimsy hemlock structure gave way as the crowd surged leaving 15 injured. List includes James Granger Michael Myers William Curry Captain R Johnson Halley Moore J Sullivan E Mannery F M Johnson with injuries ranging from broken bones to heart disease shock.
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Girla
Scranton
BeepForp
Bradford-Meadville
Bradford
Tuna Creek
James Granger
Michael Myers
William Curry
Michael Doherty
R. Johnson
Cleveland
Halley Moore
J. Sullivan
E. Mannery
F. M. Johnson
Many Buildings In Ashes In North Dakota Town Fire
A destructive blaze in Wanrerox North Dakota began in a shed behind W A Seely Co warehouse at 2 pm. Wind drove flames to a stable and warehouse then spread west destroying three two story business houses, the US Western Union Telegraph office, the Great Northern depot, and a flour mill owned by Dann Thompson of Duluth. Two large buildings were vacant and uninsured. Total insurance stood at 14000 dollars.
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Wanrerox
N. D
W. A. Seely & Co
US Western Union Telegraph Office
Great Northern
Dann Thompson
Duluth
The Fall of the States Float Collapses
Memorial Day parade scene in Lansisg Mica ends with a float built on a truck collapsing near the cemetery. Forty three women representing states are hurled when the platform fails. William Hardy suffers a badly smashed ankle and several riders incur bruises.
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Lansisg
Mica
Unian
William Hardy
Hardy
Osseon Business Street Fire Destroys Main Thoroughfare
Trempealeau county Osseon suffers a morning blaze that swept the principal business street. Damage tallies include H A Field and P H S and Johnson businesses with losses from two to six thousand dollars. total losses exceed fifty thousand dollars. Insurance status not fully known. Local figures list additional damaged properties and structures.
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Milwaukee
Osseon
Trempealean County
H. H. Ses
P. H. Sy Eral
H. A. Field
J. J. Sutton
Smith ‘Bros. Hardware
F. Newell
Wall collapse on South Canal Street kills three workers
A wall fall in Chicago on May 30 fatally injures laborers Lars Olson Charles Finor and Charles Faulk while three others are injured slightly. Authorities report the incident occurred on South Canal Street this after noon.
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Chicago
South Canal Street
Lars Olson
Charles Finor
Charles Faulk
Store and Two Dwellings Burned in Rice Lake Fire
A late May fire in Rice Lake Wisconsin destroyed Monteith and Broderick's general store and two residences. Loss estimated at 37,000 dollars. Louis Jessawr and Antonie Fainto involved. the latter used, both locked in their rooms at the time.
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Rice Lake
Wiis
Monteith & Broderick
Louis Jessawr
Antonie Fa
Veto of Briggs Stirs Union Seminary Split Talk
Detroit May 30 reports in the wake of the Briggs case show an overwhelming Assembly majority against the New York professor. Union Seminary may yield to the verdict and seek a peaceful settlement while questions rise about independence from the General Assembly and possible director resignations.
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Detroit
General Assembly
Briggs
New York
Hriggé
Patton
Union Seminary
Parkhurst
New York Presbytery
Colonel McCook
Paul
Dr. Parkhurst
Philip Schaff
Worcester
Assembly
Union Theological Seminary
E. M. Kingsley
Kingsley
Mary
Famine Threats Prompt German Government to Shun Reichstag Session
Berlin reports anxiously track grain supplies as ministers delay tariffs action until Austria-Hungary treaty takes effect. Prince Bismarck faces opposition coalition efforts while a semi famine warning stirs talk of tariff relief. The czar’s treatment of Hebrews draws international outrage as liberal factions hazard new program splits. The Cordia Theater offers Faust Up to Date as Osler’s Cabbage debuts at international fair.
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New York Associated Press
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William
von Boetticher
Imperial Home Office
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cologne
Langstag
Reichstag
Austria
Bismarck
Herr Bleichroder
Friedrichsruhe
Prince Bismarck
Prince Ismarck
Germania
Agrarian Party
Marquis di Radini
Italy
Russia
Charlotten Station
London
New York
Gladstone
Mendelssohns
Bleich
Frankfort Rothschilds
Mh. de Poboedonostzeff
Holy Synod Ofary
M. de Giers
Czar
Sergius
Moscow
St. Peters
The
Zeitung
Count von Moltke
T ‘ International “ Exhibition
Osler
Rudolph Morse
Berliner Tageblatt
County auditors flag over Feather damages
AsiaStows May 30 The County Auditors report to be presented next Monday flags a $11 976 damages payout to James I Feather former Clinton House owner for moving hotel effects after condemnation. Auditors say the sum is twice what it should be and resist reopening the matter.
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AsiaStows
County Auditors
Board of County Commissioners
James I. Feather
Clinton House
Broadway
Main Street
Grand Jury
Coure House
Feather
T. B. Searight
Nathanil Ewing
Philelphia
Court House
W. G. Gailor
J. K. Hazlett
Bold Burglars Strike McKeesport in Early Morning
Two daylight robberies hit McKeesport. J P Neil wholesale lot dealer's office rifled of 250 dollars and two gold watches. locked safe left open and drawers burst. J G McKnight grocery robbed through rear window shutter with cash and goods taken. Police puzzled. same methods as prior day.
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McKeesport
J. P. Neil
J.G. McKnight
Lee
The Copper's Club
A New York Sun piece quotes a veteran policeman praising the police club as a precise art when wielded by skilled hands. The bearer recalls a famed New Yorker warning never to be struck, noting a potential for insanity or lasting harm years later.
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New York Sun
Brooks Endorsement For Massachusetts Bishop Candidate
The Standing Committee of Louisville Episcopal Churches voted in favor of Rev. Phillip Brooks for the Massachusetts bishopric. Dr Craik and William Cornwall of Christ Church opposed, contending Brooks rejects the threefold ministryconstitution.
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Louisville
Protestant Episcopal Churches
Phillip Brooks
Massachusetts
Craik
William ‘Cornwall
Christ Church
Brooks
Train strike injures elderly woman at Brownsville station
Mrs Mary McFarland aged 70 was struck by a train at Brownsville station on Thursday. She was removed to the hospital with injuries described as a possible femur fracture and other severe leg injuries.
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Mary McFarland
Brownsville
Peg
People Who Come and Go Noticeboard
Local notes mention Grand Secretary Albert of the Pennants being treated for cancer and moved to home hospital care. Passages report visits and travel of several individuals including John G. C., editor of a Camden paper, en route to West Point. Finley seeking state treasurer post. H J Wiethorn and daughter returning from an Eastern trip. Mrs. Martin Gannon planning a Europe tour. W F Stauffer at Pittsburg races. and others in transit or staying at area venues.
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Albert’ Line
Ver
Excme
Jeremen Burrows
Michi
West Point
Sam
Seadb
Finey
Mono’ Ela City
Harrisburg
Finley
H. J. Wiethorn
Fifth Ward
Allegheny
Martin Gannon
Dar
Europe
Scottdale
Pittsburg
J. K. Hemitive
Brookville
D. A . AY Jotinecon
Aveadion
Kittanning
The Gee Is Catching
Loxpox May 30 Sir Morrel Macken asserts influenza can spread via embalmed bodies. He cites a Paris case where a deceased influenza patient’s body exposed a Philadelphia family to infection. He also links the House of Commons outbreak to Sheffield witnesses in a committee room. A Miners Union proposal emerges at a special conference in Great Britain.
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Morrel Mackenall
Morrel
House of Commons
Sheffield
SY Durlap
Loxpon
The
Miners’ Federation of Great
Britain Support Move for International Miners Federation
A proposed resolution urged the federation to seek unity with American and Australian miners to form an International Miners Federation, aiming for peace through cooperation.
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Britain
Eae
International Miners” Federation
International Peace Congress Opens in Milan
The preliminary conference of the International Peace Congress opened in Milan with many delegates from Italian municipal councils. Deputies Mail and aesa served as president and vice president. An invitation from the Onbags Society to hold an international Chicago during the Columbian Fair was accepted.
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Rome
Milan
Mail
Aesa
Onbags Society
Chicago
Assessments for 1891 Water Rents Report
George W. Miller presents the 1891 water rent assessment to Chief Bigelow, noting a 1880 comparison. The Third ward has the largest assessment at 57540 dollars, while the Fourteenth ward shows the biggest rise this year with 9104 dollars and 30 cents.
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George W. Miller
Bureau of Water Assessments
Chief Bigelow
Bloody clash at Union depot restaurant ends with injuries
John Surges, a French cook, and James Patterson, a colored waiter, quarreled at the Union depot restaurant. Surges slashed Patterson with a cleaver leaving a forehead gash. Patterson retaliated with plates and chinaware. Both men were taken to the Centralon hospital with multiple wounds.
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Union Depot
John Surges
James Patterson
Monongahela House
Patterson
Zimmerman
Centralion
Sargos
Peace disturbers jailed after city arrests
Thomas Nieut and Harry Smithere were arrested on the Southside and confined in the Twenty-eighth ward police center near fast ai. Night Officer W. A. Brown patrolled near South Twenty and Carson. Lieutenant Johnston led a raid on a shanty boat at South Eleventh Street foot, capturing seven men for daylight brawling and resisting officers. J. B. Ecorr faced charges for disturbing activity on a cable car and failing to pay fare. Jousx Gnavam charged with disorderly conduct amid disruptive behavior and housekee stones schemes.
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Thomas Nieut
Harry
Smithere
Twenty-eighth Ward
Fast Ai
W. A. Brown
South Tw
Carson
Smith
South Third
Carson Y Soong
Johnston
Third District
South Eleventh Street
J.B. Ecorr
Metzgerson
Eleventh Ward
Avenue
Temperature and Rainfall Report for May in Several States
The United States Signal Service reports in this city on temperature and rainfall for May. The data include mean temperature figures and variability with fair days and variable winds across Pennsylvan ia and West Virginia.
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United States Signal Service
River Gauges Report Mixed Readings Across Streams
Special telegrams indicate various river gauges: Alleomment Junction River 3 feet 2 inches and rising, Mongax Trows River 6 feet 3 inches and falling, other gauges show 5 feet 6 inches and rising as river levels vary. Weather is cloudy with warm temperatures around 72 degrees.
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Tite Distatch
Alleoment Junction
Mongax
Rainstorms disrupt Pittsburgh streets and wreck makeshift circus
Dark clouds offshore signaled heavy rains in Pittsburgh with floods washing away dirt and gravel, flooding basements and delaying trains. A 10 cent circus collapsed under wind and rain while streets became impassable and sewers backed up, injuring no one but causing property damage and transportation delays.
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Pittsburg
J. D. Littell
Perrysville Avenue
Federal Street
Perrysville
McClure and
Fleming Avenues
Benjamin Caseman
Citizens' Traction eyes new Allegheny bridge plan
Talk of the Citizens' Traction Company building a bridge across the Allegheny to connect Butler Street in Pittsburgh with Ferry Street, if terms with the Sharpsburg Bridge Company fail. A survey has been made, and the project would span both railroads to reduce crossing accidents.
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Citizens’ Traction Company
Allegheny
Sharpsburg
Cure for Eczema Hopeful Mother's Testimony
A mother reports relief for her son after a year of eczema on the cheeks. She says after three months of Cutwtra Remedies the skin cleared and the disease stopped spreading across his body.
Correra Remedies Proved Helpful in Skincare Claim
A reader reports long running skin disease resolved after using Correras Remedies. She notes her sister suffered for years with eruptions on the face despite various doctors and treatments. A testimonial from Mary Mc Ty of New York Ave Ugdensburg invites others to try the product.
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Mary Mc
New York Ave
Ugdensburg
Cuticura remedy claims for skin and blood purification
An advertisement extols Cuticura Resolvent as internal cleanse for impurities and Cuticura externally as skin cure and healer. It promises blood purification, improved complexion, scalp restoration, and hair care through a suite of Purifier and Cure products.
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International Peace Congress
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West Penn Hospital
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Lucy Furnace
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