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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1897
Page
1
The Grant Memorial Riverside Mausoleum is handed to New York City as nearly sixty thousand men parade. Representatives from the entire union honor the great soldier hero with grand street and naval parades through New York City. The tomb ceremony features addresses by President McKinley and General Porter and an ovation for Governor Sinstings.
Crowds fill streets as President and leaders honor Ulysses S. Grant at the dedication of his tomb. A nation unites across races and parties, with Cleveland and other dignitaries present, as soldiers parade past the gray monument and the city offers a solemn tribute.
President McKinley reviewed a vast military pageant with cabinet members and veterans, as crowds cheered and Mrs. Grant quietly visited the tomb. He then boarded the Dolphin to review ships, followed by a grand Union League Club reception as the city celebrated in gala fashion.
A grand parade on April 27 from Twenty fourth Street to Madison Avenue drew Major General Grenville M. Dodge and a host of units from Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey Ohio and Massachusetts. Veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic and Confederate veterans received high honors as Independent companies gray cadets and temperance orders marched past a cheering crowd.
A blaze at Chesapeake and Ohio pier No. 5 in Newport News Virginia destroyed two massive piers and three vessels, injuring eight with one serious. The British steamer Clintonia and Norwegian ship Solveig were lost, the tug Wanderer burned, and the James sank after fighting the flames. Firefighters saved a grain elevator as crews narrowly escaped.
Anderson Indiana April 27 The Ladies Industrial association of the city voted to implement the Pingree farming plan securing vacant lots for work. They expect about a thousand workers in the suburbs and will plant potatoes and vegetables to store for fall and winter to aid the poor next winter.
Alexandria Mad April 27 excitement continues as the Nim Caver farm well two miles east of the city shows strong output. Two large tanks stand, oil gushed today and yields about twenty barrels per hour with output rivaling Pennsylvania wells. Land leasing proceeds rapidly with two additional derricks going up and shipments arriving from Findlay Ohio.
Heinrich See beck carpenter and Frita Bankelmann seaman of the German bark Milzabeth Ahrens arrived as prisoners from West Indian ports. They are charged with attempting to set fire to their vessel and to bore holes in her bottom at Martinique while she lay at anchor, and were allegedly discovered in the act.
In Lima on April 27 a chaotic street brawl left Slate Simmons and Joseph Morrin mortally wounded after being slashed and struck with a brick. Morrin and another assailant attacked two bystanders who tried to intervene. Simmons died from his injuries.
The steamer Bannock Burn from Toledo runs aground at Four Mile Point with a hull breach in the bow and part of her cargo likely damaged. the incident occurred in Kingston on April 27.
Compiled from a fragmented OCR, the record traces Ulysses S. Grants rise from West Point admission in 1822 through brevet promotions for gallantry at Molino del Rey and Chapultepec, to command in the Fourth Infantry, later serving as United States Army general and secretary of war. It notes presidencies, treaties, and his death at Mount McGregor with Mausoleum events in 1885.
Edward Seabarr, about sixty, killed himself at his Heck Avenue home in Ocean Grove New Jersey by shooting himself in the head while facing a mirror. The room door was nailed shut from the inside and his wife, hearing the shot, found him seated with a bleeding face and the mirror smoke-stained. He had lived in Ocean Grove about six years, formerly of Brooklyn.
In Troy New York about 79 girls at a large textile factory report fear from what they believe is the ghost of a forewoman who died weeks ago. The apparition allegedly moves papers and desks, prompting morning guards and causing work disruption. Workers threaten to quit if the haunting continues.
An electric car on Portland Oregon's Mount Tabor line jumped the track at East Morrison and Eighth streets and plunged into a slough twenty five feet below. Three dead are W. W. Blanchard laborer Newton Hanson 18 and a young girl. Thirty four passengers were aboard with many wounded by shattered glass.
Local physicians warn that amateur hypnotic exhibitions are rising in Sioux City with social gatherings and school children joining in. Doctors say the practice risks serious harm including possible death and urge a city ordinance limiting hypnosis to licensed physicians.
Isidore Weber shot his 4 year old daughter Josie to death in New York on April 17 then killed himself. A Tennessee native and longtime drinker, Weber had married Lena Huebner in Baltimore six years earlier and was expelled from a home before returning. He offered to walk Josie to school and, as they left, drew a pistol and killed both.
St Louis reports gravest flood danger as swelling rivers overflow banks and breach levees. Several lives lost and many residents endangered as waters rise rapidly along the Mississippi and Missouri river region.
Authorities raided alleged speakeasies in Cornwallie and Cairo, seized five wagonloads of Molt 40ers and related evidence, and began transporting the contraband to Vairrieville. Reported on arrival en route that those aboard became intoxicated and all prisoners behaved to the full.
Warmer conditions with northerly winds. Reports of the Grant Memorial ceremony amid a Greek threat and a disastrous Newport fire. A thief captured. Zemitin acquitted. Local sports note on Scranton Club and Batting updates. Oregon?
A dispatch from Athens says King George of Greece may be deposed or assassinated as mobs threaten the capital. The Greek minister of marine resigned after mob mistreatment, and Prince Constantine urged Greeks to stand and fight. Turko Greek clashes persist with prisoners well treated. Turks retreat toward Thessaly as Greek press spreads misleading reports.
A Portuguese gunboat reports meeting two Greek cruisers and two torpedo boats about twenty miles from Salonica. The Greek commander orders inspection of the Portuguese ship, while British and French vessels are noted nearby. Turkish headquarters shift reported near Tyrnavos and Larissa as French mail steamer is halted briefly at the gulf entrance.
Reports from Constantinople and Athens indicate Edhem Pasha is poised to seize Volo and the town of Tyrkhala to tighten Turkish hold in Thessaly. The Turkish government would offer Greece Crete evacuation in return for Turkish troop withdrawal from Thessaly. A Thessaly deputation reassures inhabitants of safety amid the advance.
AP correspondent notes perfect Turkish discipline in Larissa as troops occupy the town. Harsh orders against pillage are shown when a soldier is arrested for stealing a shirt. Greek residents flee while volunteers loot after regulars depart, leading to renewed attacks on Muslims.
April dispatches report mediation discussions between Turkey and Greece in Constantinople. Albanian mutineers reportedly submitted after palace efforts. Janina not in imminent danger. Creeks in consular and foreign service roles may remain in Turkey. others must depart. St Petersburg views the Greek defeat as reducing Balkan tensions and broader war risk.
A 13 year old, Charles Cave rier, faces court charges after an incident at a circus where he allegedly banged a Tittle plaperetet and caused damage with hot power. He says he was just playing.
The barometer rises in New England and the lower lake regions aid the Allies. Temperatures fall in New England and along the Atlantic coast. Fair weather expected for New England and the Atlantic states. Warmer conditions forecast for the Atlantic area on Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees warmer air with northerly winds turning variable. Western Pennsylvania to warm with breezy southerly winds and likely high winds on the lakes by Wednesday night.
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