Disastrous Earthquake Hits Cashmere India
Reports from Bombay describe a severe earthquake in Cashmere starting Sunday 31st with aftershocks every ten minutes. Serinagar bore the worst damage, many soldiers buried in wreckage, at least fifty killed and about a hundred injured. Entire city sections collapsed, crops ruined, relief efforts under way as rescuers race to save those trapped. Sopur mosque near Serinagar leveled, two hundred killed.
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Bombay
Cashmere
India
Serinagar
Inmagur
Euccor
Mohammendan
Sopur
German Actor Gustave De Paetz Dies in New York
German actor Gustave De Paetz died in New York after a cancer at the tongue root, closely mirroring General Grant's illness. He fell ill a year ago with throat irritation, grew weak, and briefly recovered, with the doctor noting similarities to Grant's case and his own hope of survival. He drank small amounts of wine and beer and followed Grant's progress daily, eventually dying after hemorrhages and exhaustion.
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Gustave de Paetz
New York
General Grant
United States Minister Phelps Attends London Banquet
United States Minister Phelps is the principal guest at a Lord Mayor Fowler hosted banquet at the Mansion House London. The toast praises friendship between England and America amid ongoing Anglo Russian settlement talks as English and American ties are celebrated.
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United States
Phelps
Fowler
Mansion House
London
Arthur
Lowel
England
Russia
America
Whelps
Corporation of London
New York Type Setting Match Sets Records in Contest
McCann of the Herald defeated Somers of World in a fast type setting contest, 6 542 cms to 6 032 cms in three hours, winning 500 dollars and the American championship. McCann lined 24 lines and Somers 241, with larger, quicker corrections securing the win. Somers, years younger and less experienced, led to a close finish by eleven lines.
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New York
Ra Somers
James McCann
Herald
McCann
Mr. Somers
Arensberg
Somers
Reappointments and promotions across federal offices
S& Squires named assistant postmaster in Chicago. Minnesota surveyor generalship to be decided this week. Darius A. Ogden of Penn Yan appointed chief of a division in the third auditor’s office. Ex Judge McClure of Brooklyn, now solicitor to the treasury, buys a house in Washington near Admiral Almy. Jury acquits John W. Drew in a car department voucher case. Col F D Stephenson removed for offensive partisanship. pension division governs PA OH MI. George W. Julian appointed surveyor general of New Mexico without application. McConville says changes aim to raise efficiency. 370 clerks, 60 to be cut. Cadet Engineer Perkins case holds navy pay continues after dismissal. Pension act effective July 1 blocks clerk vacancies. reductions planned. William H. Walsh named deputy third auditor of the treasury, replacing resignation. Knott outlines April–May transport reductions totaling 45,595 with various shifts in star route, steamboat, and mail messenger services.
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Minnesota
Darius A. Ogden
Penn Yan
N. Y
Third Auditor of the Treasury
Col
F. D. Stephenson
Illinois
Pension Office
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
George W. Julian
New Mexico
Jan Ves
Knott
Storms, Accidents, and Local Havoc Reported
A lightning strike near Chicago killed about six people. Dr. N Young of Vincennes Indiana was accidentally shot by friend Ganet Robinson during a hunting trip. A severe Murray County hailstorm damaged windows and grainfields with minor injuries reported.
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Chicago
N. Young
Vincennes
Ind
Ganet Robinson
Murray County
Odium the jumper saves Colfax kin at Fortress Monrose
Odium, the late distinguished jumper, was noted for saving the life of Schuyler Colfax’s son at Fortress Monrose. At Joliet, NL, Judge Josiah McRoberts was present, marking a notable local remark.
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Odium
Schuyler Colfax
Fortress Monrose
Joliet, NL
Josiah McRoberts
Miss Julie Wraeckson Marries William E. Christan in Richmond
Miss Julie Wraeckson daughter of the late Stonewall Jackson married William E. Christan of Richmond. The church was crowded with a brilliant assemblage and the bridal party included friends from South Carolina Kentucky Tennessee Maryland Washington D C North Carolina New York and Virginia. Wilson P. Westfall formerly a Minneapolis banker and later a Milwaukee Northwestern Mutual Life representative at St Paul died. He was widely known across the northwest and respected as an honest businessman.
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Julie Wraeckson
Stonewall Jackson
William E. Christan
Richmond
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Maryland
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
New York
Virginia
Wilson P. Westfall
Minneapolis
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omy Araen
Northwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakota
Multiple Homicides, Lynching, and Suicides Face Courts
Reports detail a spree of violent acts including Dr. E. E. Loyof in Cincinnati killing his brother-in-law Chample, W H McMartin attempting to murder Widow Allen then dying by suicide, James Seely fatally shooting Carl Schoolcraft in Kansas quarrel, Willie Bryant’s killing of a boy in Virginia, and a lynching near Mount Airy. Other items note embezzlement exposure, a sheriff’s gunfight at Lapwai, suicides by K M Reynolds in St. Louis, and postmaster schemes in Idaho. Abe Buzzard surrenders in Lancaster with efforts for parole and a nine-year sentence reduction are also reported.
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E. E. Loyof
Cincinnati
Chample
Bozeman
W. H. McMartin
Widow Allen
Abe Buzzard
Lancaster Pa
Matt
John
Burkholder
Buzzard
Foreign Gossip Dispatches Deaths and Disturbances Abroad
Berlin reports the death of Prince Charles Antoine Hohenzollern, while Rome saw radicals march and shout against the Vatican. A Hungarian village of 400 houses burned, 1,000 people left destitute, and a culprit killed by his mob. Austria reproaches Julius Rosenberg over a two year prison term for a duel death. Winnipeg losses hit two lumber firms with a $5,551,000 failure. Union Bank of Lower Canada warns shareholders of dividends. London reports Phelps warmly received by the prince of Wales and dukes. Afghan Russians and Islam fervor stir tensions as Penjdeh evacuation hints surface.
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Union Bank of Lower
New Orleans Exposition Closes and Diverse 1886 Notes
A wide survey of 1880s news items notes the New Orleans exposition closing, New York City real estate gains of 55 million, a 31 car train from the Centralia district to Chicago bearing strawberries, and 2700 Pennsylvania Steel workers earning 9 000 monthly. It mentions Kansas pests lowering wheat yields to 15 20 million bushels, a Detroit divorce for Mrs Permelia Hopkins, progress on the Bartholdi pedestal, St Paul Brainerd Northwest loan of 7 000, Vermont efforts to defeat Edmunds in 1886, Inka and Rataplan racing outcomes, Massachusetts telephone reform, factory summer closures, and rail and charity conference news. It ends with labor strikes and iron industry comments from Representative Hewitt on Pittsburg and New York implications.
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Detroit
Grant Excerpts From Memoirs on Shiloh and Appomattox
Excerpts from Ulysses S. Grant memoirs recount his Civil War service from West Point onward. He recalls boyhood, early battles, the Shiloh fight, Fort Donelson, and Vicksburg, his interview with Lincoln, the Chattanooga campaigns, and the final meeting with Robert E. Lee, reflecting on leadership, courage, and the war’s end.
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Grant
Matthew Grant
Dorchester
Mass
Eng
Noah Grant
Noah
West Point
Hon
Orris
Ohio
Scott
van Buren
Taylor
Thomas
Gabra Ll
United States
War Office
Harris
Illinois
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Lynching of Rainsbarger brothers shocks Hardin county Iowa
In Expana Iowa a mob of about a hundred masked men seized Finn and Mans Rainsbarger at the Hardin county jail around 1 am and shot them after capturing them following arrests for firing on two prominent citizens en route to Steamboat Rock. The killings stem from a long feud tied to the murder of Enoch Johnson last fall and a mob-linked inquiry into multiple acts of intimidation. Public sentiment largely approves the lynching and prosecutions seem unlikely.
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Expana
Iowa
Hardin County
Finn
Mans Rainsbarger
Steamboat Rock
Enoch Johnson
OS Ae
Nathan Rainsbarger
William
Nathan
Underwood
Eldora
Robertson
Ritenour
Johnson
Mouse Rainsbarger
Hal
Nathaniel
Frank
Marshalltown
Nate
Dr. Underwood
Eldorado
Rains Bargers
Kiedenour
Fin
Theamily
Annual session of United Workmen reports gains and leadership
Des Moines Iowa hosted the Supreme Lodge annual session with reports showing 1074 deaths for the year, 2 150124 50 dollars in beneficiary fund disbursements, a decline in death rate from 839 to 754 and a rise in age assessments. Officers were elected including William G Morris and John A Brooks, with Iowa litigation resolutions endorsing the loyal grand lodge and Minneapolis chosen for the next meeting on the third Tuesday in June.
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Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Des Moines
Iowa
William G. Morris
Ilinois
Hugh Doherty
Massachusetts
A. B. Berry
Kansas
Loyal Grand Lodge of
Iowanneapolis
Lies and blackmail in Sharon divorce trial unfold
Worth Wilson case in San Francisco hears a key witness Nettie Brackett admit lying to aid Miss Hill, declaring a conspiracy to blackmail Sharon. She reveals promises of money to change testimony, while noting Hill’s forgery began after Sharon’s arrest as commercial stagnation and dull markets persist across many sectors.
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Worth Wilson
San Francisco
Sharon
Nettie Brackett
Miss Hull
Senator Sharon
Miss Hill
Wheat crop outlook improves with rains in Fargo dispatch
Correspondence from Fargo reports uniformly favorable weather for wheat growth, with three to four gentle rains aiding crop condition. Wild buckwheat fears persist despite localized damages, and southern reports share optimism. Ransom County is especially encouraging as wheat prices dip to 70 cents per bushel with no near rise expected.
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Fargo
Barnes
Ransom County
Betrothal Report From London and Other Notices
A London cable reports the betrothal of Mile Nevada to Dr. Palmer. Kansas City General Bowman was buried with military honors. President appoints John W. Nelson Georgia US marshal for the Northern district. Mrs Grace Robinson of New Haven confessed her deathbed cause defection from a physician’s malpractice. Cadet Whittaker practicing law in Columbia. Prof Dodge of the agricultural bureau estimates wheat near 100,000,000 bushels. Judge Harlan rules tobacco is interstate commerce and not taxable in transit.
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London
Mile Nevada
Dr. Palmer
Kansas City
Bowman
John W. Nelson
Georgia
Grace Robinson
New Haven
Prof. Dodge
The
Agricultural Bureau
Harlan
United States Court
Sub Treasury Defalcation In New Orleans Clerk Absconds
Joan H. Auldemorte a confidential clerk in the U S sub treasury at New Orleans has absconded with several thousand dollars of government money. Amount not yet certain but believed over 15000. Herwig treasurer will make the amount good. Dispatch says a description was sent nationwide including Mexico Canada and Europe. It is believed she fled to Mexico and can be apprehended and returned.
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Shiloh
Beauregard
Johnston
Corinth
A. D. McCook
Vicksburg
Lincoln
Congress
Stanton
Indianapolis
Louisville
Mississipi
Jefferson Davis
Washington
Thomas
Joan H. Auldemorte
United States
New Orleans
Herwig
Mexico
Minnesota Commandery Organizes Loyal Legion Ceremony
The Minnesota Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States was formally organized at St Paul with Gen. W. Hancock as president. Twenty nine members were elected, vested with the ribbon and elaborate regalia, including Capt. Edward Simonton and Col. Glover Perin among others. Officers for the ensuing year were elected, and greetings from former commanders were read at the Metropolitan Hotel amid speeches by Gen. Sanborn and others.
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Minnesota
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Gen. W. & Hancock
St Paul
Edward Simonton
U. S. Infantry
Daniel Leasure
Pennsylvania Infantry
Glover Perin
U.S
Charles Kittelson
Minnesota Infantry
Edward Corning
U. 8 Volunteers
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Twenty-eighth
Wisconsin Infantry
Harvey
Minnesota Artillery
John Vander Houck
Veteran Reserve
Corps
Geo. W. RK. Marshall
William H. Dixon
U. A Colored Artillery
H. M. Blaisdell
John Kelliher
U. S Army
Frederick von Baumbach
Thirty-fifth
William
Samuel A. Gilbert
Fortyfourth
Ohio Infantry
Alfred B. Johnson
Twenty-fifth
Brt
R. W. Johnson
H. H. Sibley
Appleton
W. Smith
H. A. Castle
W. Brown
Clay McCauley
U.S. V
George White
U.S A
C. W. Hackett
U. S
Albert Scheffer
G. W. Baird
U.S. A
Edward D. Neill
U. S&s V
Metropolitan Hotel
Terry
Col. Alden
J. A. Reed
W. 8
Hancock
Joseph J. Hawley
Jeskins
Stewart van Viiet
M. C. Meigs
S&s. P. Halabird
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Fairchild
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Philadelphia
H. H. Thomas
Chicago
Stephenson
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Order of the Cincinnati
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Judge Denies Bermidye Divorce in St Paul Case
At St Paul Judge Simons denies the petition of Daniel Bermidye for a divorce. A special conductors train runs from St Paul to Elroy a distance of 1 miles in four hours fifty nine minutes the fastest time on the Omaha line. Ova Cook of Rochester awarded a lion of 10 monthly and back pay over 1500. Efforts to secure the pardon of William Otto sentenced from Stearns county for murder lie in awaiting eleven months. F W Riedel of Brown Lake killed when thrown from wagon six motherless children left. July 7 set for conference at Moorhead with local farmers. Glyndon granary burned loss 1000 uninsured. Minnesota Illustrated edition progress. Norwegian edition nearly complete.
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St. Paul
Simons
Daniel Bermidye
Elroy
Omaha
William Otto
Stearns County
Better garden plan urged by Missouri horticulturist
L A Goodman of the Missouri Horticultural Society recommends modern methods for garden work. He advocates plowing long plots, harrowing to break clods, planting in rows, and using horse cultivators and wheel hoes instead of hand tools. The improved plan promises in hours what the old method took days. He also advises planting tall trees near buildings for protection.
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Arden
L. A. Goodman
The
Missouri Horticultural Society
Rural tips on trees calves and farming practices
A blend of agricultural notes covers tree planting for lightning protection, calf feeding stanchions from old boards, sprouting peas to speed harvest, a Fort Worth ranch sale of 70,000 cattle and 50,000 acres valued at 3.5 million, use of vaseline in baking, pine fungus destruction in Russia, cottonwood furniture from Mississippi, Russian wheat and rye exports, catfish leather tanning, sweet potato vine support, Alabama cotton king Bragg Comer’s sizable crop and acres, beekeeping boosts fruit yields, wood ash pasture benefits, Iowa climate change, Fort Fetterman cowboy hospital plan, Delaware peach bud abundance, wool-buying agencies in Australia, and the Central New Mexican Stock Growers’ association with 100,000 cattle.
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New York Experiment Station
Alon
Fort Worth
Texas
Espuely Land and Cattle Company
Eer
London
Council of Hygiene
Bulletin of the Society of Naturalists of
Moscow
Russia
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Cairo
Jacob Trungenwalt
Philadelphia
Virginia
Alabama
Bragg B. Comer
Barbour County
Iowa
Colorado
Fort Fetterman
Delaware
United States
Australia
Remarkable Story of a Silver Half Dollar
A Louisville Courier story notes a silver half dollar minted in 1858 bearing the engraving S. T. Simons to S. Parker Cornell. The 20 year old Mr. Cornell recalls receiving the coin as a infant, spending it at age ten, and later receiving it back from a firm bookkeeper yesterday. He prizes it highly and keeps it from circulation, calling the return phenomenal.
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S. T. Simons
S. Parker Cornell
Cornell
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hooked fish case ends with discharge in court
In a Boston Beacon report a judge questions how fish were obtained. A prisoner answers he hooked them, and officer corroborates the tale. The judge dismisses the case and calls for the next.
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Boston Beacon
New Styles in Carriages Show Elegant Fresh Designs
A parade of new turnouts dominates the streets as carriage makers unveil fresh styles for gentlemen and ladies. The grand photon, phaeton, London brougham, and demi mall phaeton lead the line with notable features, weights, and prices. Notable buyers include Mr. 8. J. Tilden, Mrs. George Osgood, Judge Hilton, and Mrs. Orme Wilson.
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J. Tilden
George Osgood
Photon
London
Judge Hilton
Orme Wilson
Astor
Duke of Victoria
Cornell
Tilden
Osgood
Washington E. Connor
Blair
Washington
W. Vanderbilt
New York Mat and Express
Bacon and Shakespeare as Products of Later Thought
Alice Wellington Rollins notes in Harper's Magazine that neither Bacon nor Shakespeare authored all they are credited with, arguing both were long-evolving products. She praises Bacon for steering scholars toward earth sciences and practical knowledge, contrasting it with ancient focus on morality and fantasy. The piece glances at Roman decline and includes humorous scenes of sheep farming as observed by Harvard-educated observers.
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Lord Bacon
William Shakespeare
Bacon
Shakespear
Shakespeare
Rome
Virgil
Pliny
Harvard
Alice Wellington Rollins
Harper's Magazine
Masked Marriage Tour Ahead of Omaha Rumor
Two boys in an alley recount a prankish tale about a man named John Blank and a bridal tour to Omaha. The chatter jokes about the couple’s marriage, the crosswalk observer asks for details, and a warning about public exposure ends the exchange.
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Clifford Street
John Blank
Omaha
Chicago
Jim
Detroit Free Press
Remarkable Accident Near Tacoma W T Strikes Man
A 250 pound stem fragment blasted from ground by giant powder near Tacoma blows past observer Frazier 420 feet away. It injures his feet tearing clothes and boots, leaving him bare and partly paralyzed. He was insensible for twenty minutes, with no other serious injury expected.
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Pacific Coast
Tacoma
W. T
F. Frazier
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