Ill inois Battleship Illinois Launch Crowds Witness Civic Pageantry
Newport News witnessed the launching of the battleship Illinois with an estimated twenty to thirty thousand attendees. Notables from Chicago and Washington attended, including Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen. Miss Nancy Leiter christened the ship as champagne wine burst from the bottle, and the vessel slid into the James River amid cheers and harbor whistles.
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Nancy Leiter
Illinois
Newport News
Get
Chicago
Washington
Prairie State
National Capital
Allen
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Dolphin
Chamberlain Hotel
Peace talks indoors as commissions meet in Paris
October in Paris sees American peace commissioners indoors to confer with Maj Gen Merritt about the Philippine situation. The American session ran from ten until one as Merritt outlined his views and those of Rear Admiral Dewey on the islands. Merritt planned to continue his remarks today while Spanish chairman Montero Rios handled telegraphic correspondence and related chores.
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Paris
Gen. Merritt
Admiral Dewey
Merritt
Dewey
Philippine Islands
Errard
Montero Rios
Indicated Chippewa Trouble Faces Quiet, Peace Effort
Washington dispatch reports Inspector Tinker at White Earth Minnesota says Indians near the agency held a weak council and refuse to surrender guilty parties. The cabinet discussed the issue with Attorney General and Secretary Bliss and urged no alarm while Gen. Bacon in Dakota directs peace efforts with 80 soldiers available.
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Washington
Tinker
White Earth
Minnesota
Dliss
Walker
Minn
Bear Island
Otter Fall
Cass Lake
Ainker
Bliss
Schooner Palmer Wrecked Off Charleston During Storm
The S C schooner Sarah E Palmer with phosphate rock from Charlotte Harbor to Cateret was wrecked off Stone Inlet seven miles south of Charleston after a five day voyage. Captain Whittier and six crew were lost. two black sailors survived after drifting on a plank. The vessel, a large coasting schooner and government collier at Guantanamo Bay, broke apart as pumps failed and seas rose.
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Charleston
S. C
Sarah E.palmer
Whittier
Charlotte Harbor
Cateret
Stone Inlet
Palmer
Edisto Island
Guantanamo Bay
Columbia Professor Found Dead After Suicide in New Haven
Henry E. McDermott assistant professor of chemistry at Columbia University was found unconscious at Beers Street and Edgewood Avenue in New Haven on October 5 and died shortly after. Officials report he committed suicide by prussic acid.
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New Haven
Conn
Henry E. McDermott
Columbia University
New York
Beers Street
Edgewood Avenue
Newport News Steamer Brings Invited Guests for Launch
The steamer Newport News carried guests including Commodore Endicott Captains Crowninshield and Lemley along with Wilson Meikeljohn and others to witness the big battleship launch at 12 32 PM. Miss Nancy Leiter, sponsor for the Illinois, led a Chicago party to christening duties amid cheers and the breaking of a champagne bottle.
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Newport News
Washington
M. T. Endicott
A. S. Crowninshield
Edwin Stewart
George W. Moulville
W. K. van Reypen
Philip Hichborn
Romuel C. Lemley
Agriculture
Wilson
Meikeljohn
Martin Knapps
J. D. Yeoman
Migs
Nancy Leiter
The
Illinois
Chicago
Miss Leiter
Ovation to Gen Lee at Wallack's theater
Maj Gen Fitzhugh Lee received an uproarious ovation at Wallack's theater in New York last night after entering a box with friends during The Fortune Teller. Roses were thrown, the lights came up, and 80 to 90 performers joined in three cheers and a chorus as the audience acclaimed Lee, who shook hands with many from the balustrade.
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New York
Fitzhugh Lee
Wallack
Fortune Feller
Alice Neilsen
Gen. Lee
Lee
Ohio Day celebration trip reaches Chicago and Omaha
Hon Lyman J Ohio and his staff arrived in Chicago on the Panhandle and departed on the Burlington for Omaha to participate in Ohio day exercises at the exposition. The party will return home via St Louis.
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Denver
Col
Lyman J
Ohio
Chicago
Panhandle
Omaha
Louis
Intense Excitement Over Oconnor and Tinker Capture
Minneapolis dispatch reports that U S Marshal O Connor and Inspector Tinker were captured by Bear Island Pillager Indians near Walker Minnesota. Emissaries demanded surrender of warrants for all Bucks. authorities refused to meet with anyone but the two officers. O Connor and Tinker prepared to depart as Indian boasts grew louder. Reinforcements under General Bacon from Fort Snelling awaited with uncertainty about their fate.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Walker
United States
Marshal O'Connor
Tinker
Bear Island
O’connor
O'Connor
Bacon
Fort Snelling
Peace Jubilee Week Invitation From Ex Confederates
Adjutant General Moorman reports a fraternal letter from Gen L S Clarkson past G A E commander now general manager of the TransMississippi and International exposition at Omaha inviting ex Confederate veterans to attend the peace jubilee week October 10 to 15. The invitation seeks to spread the word to all United Confederate Veteran camps and ex Confederates to participate in the ceremonies.
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New Orleans
Moorman
J.H. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
L.S. Clarkson
Manger
Omaha
Neb
A Novel Suit Over Immigrant Ship Berthing
In New Orleans on October 5 the French Navigation Co filed a suit concerning the Britannia which arrived with 408 Italian immigrants. The city board of health detained the ship at the mouth of the river fearing fever, while the company argues the health board acts under an unconstitutional state law and that only Congress may regulate foreign commerce.
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New Orleans
French Navigation Co
Britannia
Board of Health
Congress
La Fayette Day Proclaimed by Governors Across States
A national call to honor General Lafayette marked by October 19 La Fayette day proclamations in schools and educational institutions across the United States. President McKinley lauded the movement, urging youth participation to inspire devotion to liberty and great principles.
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United States
Lafayette Memorial Commission
Commission-General of the
McKinley
la Fayette Memorial
Gen. la Fayette
America
William M'Kinley
la Fayette
France
Europe
Silas Denne
Paris
Congress
Washington
Monmouth
Brandywine
Baron Hill
Yorktown
England
Hall of Representatives
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St. Paul, Minn
Department of Dakota
Wilkinson
Bahama Hugerigade
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Nancy Luiter
Wallack's
Diers
Leech Lake
Marshal O’connor
Indiana
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