Devastating Kansas Missouri Tornado Kills Dozens Across States
Despatches report a Friday tornado tearing through Missouri Kansas Nebraska and beyond. Casualties include many killed and wounded in Frankfort Irving and Delphos with churches barns and trains damaged. Lincoln Nebraska favorable rain ended a severe storm helping crops.
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Missouri
Kansas
Frankfort
Marshall County
Taylor
James Downs
John Howe
Mr. Grooves
Miss Grooves
Wosefield
Mrs. Vaughan
John Vaughan
A. S. Fox
Henry Johnson
Ben Fox
Johnson
Mr. Bolton
Joshua Howe
James Vaughn
Henry Carter
Robert Laughlin
Miles Kelly
Irving
Kan
Tornado Ravages Kansas Farm Settlements Across County
June reports describe a cyclone near Barnard devastating multiple farms from Sam Smith’s home to Turner's new house, with extensive property loss, injured residents, dead livestock, and trees torn by the force. Experts deem the storm the most destructive locally, predicting more damage as heat and drought persist.
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Kansas City
Sam Smith
Barnard
Schmidt
Sixteen Mile
Maryville
Savannah Road
Mr. Phelps
Turner’s
Henry Harmon
Harmon
Sarah Goforth
Taking His Cue Hawkeye Cat Attack Incident
A neighbor’s cat scratched a baby prompting a Hawkeye era report as a man heads to the woodpile with an axe to address the situation in this terse line of local incident coverage.
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Hawkeye
Cat Mercy Calls End in Brutal Household Accident
A man answers his cat’s plea with a cruel act, fatally harming the animal with an axe and later severing his own toes during the violent incident. The scene ends with the man seeking medical help, while the cat sings from a neighbor’s shed.
Domestic infelicity in Lebanon ends with unanswered questions
In Lebanon New Hampshire June 2 a young wife Della Carpenter is involved in a murky domestic dispute with her husband George Winter and her parents. A church exit confrontation and a possible intent to pursue a divorce leave Winter hopeful for separation to avoid divorce. A Boston association with a wealthier suitor is suspected as motive though not proven. Public sympathy favors Winter, who maintains dignity amid gossip.
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Lebanon
N. H
George C. Winter
P. M. Kenyon
Della M. Carpenter
Winter
Carpenter
George
Boston
Himeself
A Long Tramp Express Messenger Plans Foot Trip to California
Barney Gould, famed Hyannis pedestrian and former Gould's C. C. express operator, announces a foot journey from Hyannis to California beginning June 2 after a printer delay. He will carry letters and parcels for forwarding along major route cities, recalling a decades-long career of traveling by foot and cart to deliver small items and collect a one cent “government tax” from locals. Gould, now about 65, has a colorful history including a stint touring as a crate exhibit “wild man of the forests” and marriage to a colored woman, with community ties in Happy Hollow Methodist circle.
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Gould
C. C. Express
Hyannis
Boston
Barney
South
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Charleston
D. C
Happy Hollow
Methodist Church
Jair
Frank
Hamilton Denounces Decoration Day Speech
The New York Tribune reports General Schuyler Hamilton apologized for last year's remarks urging equal grave decoration for Union and Confederate soldiers. He said the words stemmed from faulty portrayals of rebels and urged G A R members not to honor traitors from 1861, labeling them treasonous.
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New York
the Tribune
Schuyler Hamilton
Grand Army
Congress
Fraudulent American Doctor Foiled In Dublin Bank Checks
A man calling himself an American doctor forged checks totaling £400 and £320. He used two servants to cash the cheques at different Dublin banks, observing delays before fleeing the country possibly to America. The incidents involved a jeweller noting a check issued under Dr Harvey, and both forgeries appear in the same handwriting. The implicated swindler likely departed Ireland.
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Dublin National Bank
Ireland
Harvey
America
College Street
Democrats Plan Restrictive Army Bill Clauses
Washington May 31 to June 1 reports say the next Democratic move will be to pass appropriation bills with spending restrictions rather than repeal clauses. Atkins and Stephens back Congress oversight on appropriations including prohibitions on deploying troops at polls, with caucus decisions and drafts of a new army appropriation bill.
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WaAsumaroy
D. C
Congress
Atkins
Stephens
Georgia
Democratic Joint Caucus Committee
Gon Heman
Thurman
Washington, D.C
House
Eure
Washington, D. C
The Vital Statistics of Benny Scotland 1878
The 1878 vital statistics for Scotland show population rise and a sharp drop in marriages. The birth rate fell to 3.53 percent from 3.56, with 10,589 illegitimate births out of 126,707 total. Southern and northeastern mainland rural districts show 9.93 percent illegitimacy, while insular rural districts are around 5.97 percent. Trade weakness and wage lows are blamed for fewer marriages.
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Benny
Scotland
Mirror Shattering Intruder Goat Disrupts Home
An unnoticed woolly animal wandered into a house and confronted a mirror. It charged at the reflective surface, shattered a fifty dollar mirror, then fled through a French window pursued by hysterical women. The incident ended without further injury.
Ohio 1879-80 Democratic convention Ohio Thurman editorial
The Star editorial discusses Thurman as a potential Ohio governor candidate and possible presidential nominee implications. It argues against assuming the next Ohio governor is destined for the presidency, notes the need to consider both Ohio and New York dynamics, and warns Ohio Democrats about Washington influence and Tilden prospects while urging unity and forbearance among party factions.
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New York
the Star Today
Ohio
Thurman
Senate
Ar. Thurman
Uhbia
Democratic Party
Bishop
Washington
Democrats
Tilden
Democrats of
Warner bill sparks western senator critique
A prominent western senator, once a lead advocate of amended Bland silver, calls the Warner bill mischievous. He says it would make silver certificates freely usable for treasury receipts, forcing silver payments on public debt and expanding western bullion duties. Eastern Democrats reportedly oppose the bill in caucus.
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Tribune
Washington
Treasury
Mexico
Senate
Warner
Brewers Junket to St Louis Delegation Heads West
The Eastern and Middle States Brewers Association travel in a private car to Philadelphia and Harrisburg before joining a larger party en route to the St Louis convention. A mayoral reception, exhibits of brewing innovations, a banquet, and discussions with Internal Revenue officials are planned, with excursions on the Mississippi and a Niagara Falls return voyage.
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New York
Philadelphia
West
United States Brewers’ Association
St. Louis
Middle States
Harrisburg
Pensylvania
Unit States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Raum
Washington
Mississippi
City
Eastern
Niagara Falls
Grant's China Reception Returns to Canton With Eighty Course Lunch
General Grant's tour of China includes a public levee in Saigon, a reception at the U S consulate, a state dinner at the Government House, and a Canton luncheon of eighty courses attended by 100,000 locals. He sails May 11 toward Hong Kong then Amoy Foochow Shanghai then Tianjin Peking and Nagasaki for further grand receptions.
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Hone Kone
General Grant
Saigon
Government House
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Mosbey
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Hong Kong
Amoy
Foochow
Shanghai
Tientsin
Peking
Chefoo
Nagasaki
Japan
The Latest Horror At House of Refuge Reform Methods
A Philadelphia Press report outlines alleged abuse at the House of Refuge tied to former superintendent Bulkley and ward operations. William Christman, an orphan, recounts solitary confinement in a hot cell, beatings to extort confession, a staged release, and later vagrancy detention with lasting injuries including near blindness. The piece portrays systemic cruelty within reform institutions and the fate of a once-healthy boy reduced to a hospital inmate.
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Christman
Ackley
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Bulkley
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Willey
Twentythird Street
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Hhis Ide
House of Correction
Holmesburg
Philadelphia
Matt Carpenter's Fatal Vice Smoking Himself to Death
Correspondence from Milwaukee notes Senator Carpenter has been urged by his physician to seek Florida for health. A friend alleges his heavy tobacco use, claiming twenty Havana cigars daily, has led to severe wasting and emaciation, described as rheumatism but attributed to tobacco, with death expected to follow.
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Cuicano
Ill
Milwaukee
Carpenter
Florida
Matt
Varied Adventures Of One Of New York State Daughters
The Times prints a romantic Elmira story about Katie Hanson of Tioga county who vanished twenty two years ago at age eighteen. She dressed in male attire, worked as cook and roustabout, served as a soldier, became a nurse, married Major Hopkins, then faced estrangement from his family in Ohio, and eventually prospered in Cuba before planning a New York summer reunion.
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the Times
Elmira
N. Y
Katie Hanson
Tioga County
Penn
Katie
Hopkins
Ohio
Cuba
Commotion at Roman farmer's house with tame horned sheep
In a Rome area farm Monday afternoon a family disturbed by a busy house cleaning left doors open to all rooms. A large floor mirror stood in one room while a horned sheep, unusually tame, entered the house during the commotion.
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Utica
Rome
Emigration Tide Flows From Mersey in April
April emigration from the Mersey shows 65 vessels carrying 10,917 passengers. English total 634, Scotch 58, Irish 1546, foreigners 809, unknown 156. Destinations include United States 8931, British North America 1728, Australia 48, South America 110, East Indies 39, West Indies 13, China 4, West Africa 44. Emigration up on March and well above many Aprils past, with brisk current into the present month.
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America
Mersey
United States
British North America
Australia
South America
East Indies
West Indies
China
Africa
A Mother's Horrible Crime Reported in Chenango County
Norwich June 7 Great excitement spreads in eastern Chenango county over a fourth murder in five months Esther Mudge a New Berlin resident about to bear an illegitimate child sawed a barrel into halves to make a tub filled it with boiling water and carried it to her chamber where the infant was delivered into the water and scalded to death She then buried the body in the cellar.
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Norwich
N. Y
Chenango County
Esther Mudge
New Berlin
Inauguration of Newport Rhode Island Mayor Burdick
The Newport city government held an inauguration meeting on June 2. Mayor elect J. Truman Burdick was sworn in by city clerk William G. Stevens, who was re-elected to the post. The new mayor then delivered his inaugural address.
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Newpont
R. I
J. Truman Burdick
Wiliam G. Stevens
Democratic convention prospects rise with arrivals
Columnus Ohio reports a warmup in the Democratic fight as leaders arrive for the Wednesday convention. Ewing Rice and Ward book rooms and travel today while few statesmen are present. Rice appears to be gaining ground and Bishop’s chances hinge on carrying Hamilton County. Toledo and Zanesville results dampen expectations.
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Columnus
Messrs. Ewing
Rice
Ward
Toledo
Zanesville
Bishop
Hamilton County
Assassination of Count Kaskiel in St Petersburg
Despatches from St Peters burg report Count Kaskiel murdered in Moscow suburbs. The czars confidant's death shocks officials amid conflicting theories of Nihilist order or private enmity. The report notes police secrecy and surrounding mystery.
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London
St. Petersburg
Count Kaskiel
Kaskiel
Nihilist
Great Britain
Portugal
Dime Novels and Young Burglar Society in Vermont
In South Royalston Vermont a group of youths aged sixteen to twenty formed a burglary band inspired by dime novels. They displayed secret signs grips and oaths and hid in a hillside cave. A stolen ring and property were traced to the group with several items recovered. Parents vow action to curb such reading and its influence.
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South Royalston
Sargent
Parry Wing the Belt with a Record of 268 Miles
Large crowd at the exposition building watches Parry win with 268 miles and a belt worth $1000. Dobler and Banks tied for second at 263 as protests arise over alleged scoring and ether hazing. Prizes total $2,550 plus refunds and incentives for 250 mile finishers amid strong accusations against Parry’s trainer and associates.
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Dobler
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Sherry
Dana
Brandstetter
Dr. Rowe
Daniel O’ Leary
Dobier
Joseph Smith
Rowe
Jerry Moore
State Street
Monro
McAvoy
Dunne
O'Leary
A Curious Discovery in Alabama Mound Dig
A Decatur Alabama special reports that near Union Springs in Bullock county on Major Fielder's plantation a colored laborer uncovered the skeleton of an Indian man and his horse in an ancient mound. The remains were found with ornaments and offerings indicating the burial as a figure of note.
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Decatur
Ala
Major Fielder
Union Springs
Bullock County
Mystery of the Manhattan Bank Robbery Janitor Confession
New York June 2 Captain Byrnes and detectives present three suspects Kelly Glenn and Schoolin in court for the Manhattan savings bank heist with old criminal records. Janitor Michael Shevelin admits full complicity, saying a three year plan with multiple gangs led to last October theft of about two and a half million dollars.
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Boston Globe
New York
Byrnes
Dorsey and
Slevin
Jefferson Market Court
William Kelly
Henry Glenn
Patrick Schoolin
Manhattan Savings Bank
Kelly
Blackwell's Island
Glenn
Charles Perle
French Charley
Augusta Harris
Schoolin Litte
Justice Morgan
Captain Byrnes
John Kerrigan
John Dobbs
Michael Shevelin
Jimmy Hope
Shevelin
Noted Plot to Kill Church Heads Foiled in New Orleans
A New Orleans May 30 despatch reports an assassination plot against Catholic church leaders, thwarted by a sister who handed over threatening letters from W. T. Corbet. Corbet, 40, Irish-born, connected to journalism, was arrested near Cathedral for seeking Father Rouxel and faces trial on June 7. His sister Sister Mary Magdalen of St Marys Dominican Convent is implicated in the case.
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New York Telegram
New Orleans
St. Mary's Dominican Convent
W. T. Corbet
Archiepiseco
Father Bouxel
Perche
Mary Magdalen
Corbet
Father Rouxel
Cory Bet
Dublin
Liverpool
Australia
Melbourue
Order of the Sacred Heart
Charity
Uike
Edinburgh
Sydney
United States
Chicago
John
Pratt
St. Mary's ‘Dominican Convent
Dryades Street
A Young Girl's Misfortune in New York
A statement from New York dated June 2 describes Henrietta Ascher, a skilled young woman, staying at a lodging house after a supposed bowery hotel incident leaves her with unpaid board. She claims her father is a Vienna rabbi and seeks work. She was directed to the house of refuge after wandering the streets. James Gordon Bennett reports a half interest purchase of 1000 acres near Jerome Park by a Bennett representative.
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New York
Henrietta Ascher
Vienna
Bowery Hotel
James Gordon Bennett
J. G. Bennett
Sawmill River Valley
Jerome Park
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