Sketch of General Sheridan Life from Ohio to National Leader
A long obituary sketch traces Philip H. Sheridan born March in Somerset Ohio to a family of recent immigrants. It follows his West Point entry, early Army service, key Civil War campaigns from Missouri to the Potomac, his rise to major general, postwar commands, Europe visit, marriage to Irene Rucker, and his death at Nonquitt with national mourning and funeral arrangements at Arlington.
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Phillip Henry Sheridan
Somerset
Ohio
Columbus
Rink
America
West Point
Ritchie
Phil
Texas
Pacific
Washington
Caseates
Cascades
Columbia
Sheridan
Yarn Hill
Oregon
Thirteenth Infantry
Missouri
Pea Ridge
Grant
Millions of Moths Overwhelm Reading Area Flash Flood
A vast moth invasion sweeps central Pennsylvania with Readings and Easton reporting heavy swarms. Millions are killed by light and oil, fires burn heaps of insects, and homes close doors to keep pests out. Entomologists attribute the outbreak to a cotton boll moth cycle tied to southern cotton crops with bursts every twenty one years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Reading
Aston
Lehigh Valley
Easton
South
Reading Railroad boiler blast across Philadelphia suburbs
A boiler explosion on a Reading Railroad locomotive in Philadelphia suburbs killed the engineer and fireman and injured five passengers. Other items report a Paris Green poisoning suicide in Virgil New York, political conventions, fires, drownings, deaths, and global incidents.
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Staten
Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Jars Rath
Paris Green
Virgil
N. Y
Connecticut Prohibitionists
Hartford
National Prohibition Party
Internal Revenue
Hiram Cook
New Haven
Richard W. Horn
Lake Mihigan
Henry Haight
Mayon Vroom
New Jersey
New York
Long Island
Birmingham
Conn
Midnight collision destroys excursion train near Hampton Wick
A midnight collision in England when a freight train was diverted onto an excursion train caused a wreck. The freight locomotive climbed over the passenger locomotive, two carriages telescoped, and several cars piled in ruins. The crash killed four passengers and the driver and stoker, with twenty to twenty-five injured, four fatally.
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Tuexlay
Hampton
Wick
England
Devastating Volcanic Eruption in Japan
A volcanic eruption near Mount Iwahassi near Wakamotson destroys fifty houses in Iwasenara and buries about six hundred people in Hira village including fifteen visitors at nearby hot springs. The disaster unfolds over several days with heavy loss of life. Also reported are New Orleans receiving its first bale of new cotton from Mrs J Hausmann of Moyersville Texas, weighing 402 pounds and selling at twelve cents per pound, and a decapitation of Pao, a relative of a Chinese General, for trading forged decorations with an engraver punished by banishment.
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Presipant-Cievelanp
District of Columbia
Government Printing Office
Govenor Locu
Melbourne
Masawah
Italy
Eppy
Ottawa
Canada
Daiphong
China
Aineteen
Chang-Chon
Behring
Germany
Russia
Austria
AGIOS
Canadian Junction
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa River
Preasast Island
Pacific Ocean
Vistula
France
Europe
Adelaide Harbor
New Zealand
Japan
Mount
New Orleans
Mra J
Onegon
Dawora
Campasay
Uteraturo
California
Jungland
L. Co-Operative
Brooklyn
Saginaw
Mich
Frm
Liverpool
Great Britain
Art Toledo
Ohio
Knights of Labor
Pittsburg
African Transvaal
Westen
North Carolina
South Carolina
Bricklayers' and
Masons' International Union
Boston
Bradstreet
United States
Gensan
Tir
Grand -Lodge-of- the-Pianomaker's Union
Art London O& Machine
Ankcent Conference of Tanners
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
National Bureau of Labor
England
Uoer
York
Pann
Tragedy at Bowery Tenement Fire in Broad Daylight
A devastating blaze at 197 Bowery adjoining the People's Theatre killed at least one and left fourteen bodies recovered with charred remains. Rescue efforts were hampered as residents and workers, many trapped on upper floors, leaped or crawled toward salvation. Firemen faced a chaotic escape, and a mother with newborn and two other children perished in the flames.
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New York
Bowery
People’s Theatre
Sixsory
Emma Stephenson
Bho
Eby
Biocon
Ageia
Soms
Agnew Ag Cts
Harrow
Joseph
Cecilia
Newsy Gleanings From Across The Nation
A broad roundup notes Philadelphia with 62 churches and Texas with 8500 miles of railroad while Congress budgets 6202670 for armaments. It cites cable rates, butter exports, bank growth, and political shifts in Indiana. Also covered are salt crop plans, an oil pipeline, peach canning output, and various international and domestic economic and social items.
Senate and House Proceedings on Naval and Civil Bills
A long Senate and House day by day record notes appropriation bills, fisheries treaty debate, and memorials. It covers the Senate ratification battles, appraiser positions in New York, and urban mail transit. mentions General Sheridan’s death and Congress’s response.
Prohibition party accepts national ticket stance and labor notes
The National Prohibition party accepts its presidential and vice presidential nominations. The acceptance cites reform of individuals and states, condemnation of the liquor traffic, and a platform promoting home virtue and universal citizenship. Labor and industrial issues, tariffs, and anti trust themes appear alongside references to strikes, unions, and emerging cooperative efforts across states.
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National Prohibition Party
Clinton B.fisk
Indianapolis
Joly
Brotherhood of Man
National Democratic Party
Republic
St. Louis
National Republican—party
Prohibitionists
Prohibition
Michigan
Texas
Tennesse
Oreon
Ilowa
Rhode Island
Maine
Supreme
Bagcoms
Stevia Omas
Chicago
John A. Brooks
Prohibition Party
Violent Tragedies Across Regions Reported In Briefs
A Choctaw Nation Myers family and two children were murdered on the Red River near Denison, Texas. In Ohio, 200 Italian railroad workers were ordered shipped home. Young Herann Keupren Otto Bergmann and Edward Hogenbaum were killed by a man named Roder in Quincy DL during an apple robbery. Cartes Perkins killed two deputy marshals and a citizen at Marshall's Ferry. A pension bill for Mrs. Irano Rucker Sheridan moved in Senate. General Schofield to command the army as Sheridan successor questions are settled. Workers on a trestle were crushed when a car loaded with stone fell in Tur Rev. J. W. Hanford, Indian Missionary, died after derailed mowing accident. Groner N. Milner boiled to death in a hot liquor vat. Grorge Stampen fatally cut Rev. John Giddony in Bradley County Tennessee during a landlord dispute.
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Sheridan
Winchester
Baosoma
Bhenandoah
Chicago
Europe
Arthur
Army of the
United States
Sherman
Washington
Grant
Irene Rucker
D. H. Rucker
Phil” Sheridan
Irene
Mary
Louisa
WashIndon
General Sheridan
Dane
Lanont
WastiNaton
Robert E. Lee
Acros
Potomac
Schofield
Third Artillery
Arsenal Barracks
Onde
Senate
House
Congress
R. B. van Valkenburg
Florida Supreme Court
Suwanee Springs
Japan
Co GranGe Hannis
East Norwood
Ohio
Shachar Rod
Pittsboro
Miss
Bob Reagan
Charles Cochran
E. N. Enochs
Jamies Enochs
T. J. Goodwix
Rawlins County
Han
Carthage
W. H Handtey
Sheriforman
Charles
Alias
Blinky" Morgan
Hulligan
Eowanp Strarer
Josiah Smith
Wood
W. Va
Shafer
Smith
Miss Smith
Sha
Witter's Point
N. Y
Burnex
Watervliet Arsoipl
New York City
Flassra
Hovey
Mmccutcheon
McKinney
King Reino
Tp House
Torror Groot
Erasy
New Jersey
Richard Stockton
Failip Seearney
Mr. Phelps
New York
State Commerce. Commission
Cleveland
Sivridan
Hooker
Committee On Finance
Mali
Messia, Townsend,’ Marsh and Ltd
Lill
Columbus
Myers
Winfu
Red River
Denison
Texas
Findlay
Italy
Herann Keupren
Otto Bergmann
Edward Hogenbaum
Roder
Quincy
Cartes Perkins
Marshall's Ferry
Indian Territory
Irano Rucker Sheridan
Jarwall
Bheridan
Worgemen
Baretin
Pont
J. W. Hanford
St.Stephen's
Mtission
Dakota
Groner N. Milner
Salem
Mass
Grorce Stampen
John Giddony
Bradley County
Tenn
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Kington
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Philip H. Sheridan
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Committee On
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Mississippi
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J. G. W. Childs
Joseph Fullerton
Frank Thompson
Pennsylvania Road
Whitney
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Marshall Field
Joseph R. Hawley
William Tecumish Sherman
Fred Grant
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G. W. Day
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Bureau of
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Hir
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Dominion of Canada
Sherindan
Army of
William F
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James Payn
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Denmark
Ewin Bey
Edward Schoit
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Prince George of
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Skanion Davis
Baltimore & Ohio
Quen Manguenita
Charles ‘Stewart Parnell
Senator Cracy
ARTCA
Nellie Granth
Gen. Fisk
Dr. Brooks
N. J
Mayzck
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Robins
Orioles
H A.fechter
Berlin Goethe Society
Perie
Dr. Pierce
Jadyn Thorman
Mr. Morton
General Harrison
Sage
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Minneapolis
H. A. Fechter
Glasgow
Saline County
Norbono
Slater
Standing Lovk
Opon
Seay
Washington Territory
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Lawrence Xml Donovan
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Hungerford Bridge
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P Jacobs Ol
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Lanisville
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Charlee A. Voceler
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Watertown
Dresad
Wright
PHI Adel
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Stevens* Institute of Technology
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Jimson Weed
Menry Richie
Lynchburg
Virginia
Firat Pettlers
Leonard Street
Nferi
Datalon
Radway
Bowe
Radway’s. Pills
Tany
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Beautier
Jersey
Cis
USA
Howse
Leonard St
Marlin Afpertine Agaun Tlin
Ballard
Dorlin Fine Arms
Gorg Bex
Haven
Frazer Axe
Garatis Herbrand Neebra
Garrity Clevelina
Moxpleat College Hexion
Eee
Joga
Agdrene
William T. Mmimer
Blair
Brest
Schenck
J. H.schenck
Philladelphia
Tatea
Heaton
Cluxaen
Columbia Lay Vale
Wellesley
Oberlin
University of Pain
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Chautaigua
Aéc
Fireuau Phoctor
Sudan
Penjamin
Gigon
Gaox
Prin
Loisette
Fifth Ave
Dion
BS Bon & CO
Matinat
Bidhny
Pauz
Hyde Park
Vermont
Laworth
Pettit
Willeaol
Baeay
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