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Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1888

Page

4

Funeral of General Sheridan at Arlington in solemn Catholic rite

General Philip Henry Sheridan is buried at Arlington with a Catholic funeral mass at St Matthew's Washington and a full military escort. The procession includes Secretaries Fairchild Vilas and Dickinson, President and Mrs Cleveland, and many dignitaries. The service features a Cardinal sermon, a fourth degree of honors, and a seven gun salute before the grave overlooking the Potomac.

St Matthew's Chapel Washington Philip Henry Sheridan United States Arlington St. Matthew's Church Awa Fairchild Vilas Dickinson Endicott Sherman Mia Sheridan M. V. Sheridan Lawton John Sheridan Mra Cker Varyin San Justice Harlan Jenks Carlisle Inga Evarts Blackburn Faddock Munds Chandler Stabbeckar Westchester County Mahoney Brooklyn Congrass Catafalque Sheridan Father Mackin Cardin Ibbons Jonathan Simon Judas Medin Israel Israelf Wesley Merritt Ige’ W. Childs Philadelphia Marshall Field Chi Jongh Pallerton St Louis Agus Hurwley Speanee ‘Car Familly Cleveland Congressional The Loyal Legion Altizone Asington National Cemetary Rehofield Silents Carria Elest John F. Foley Detroit Whitney Dlace Rucker Congress Trae Ad Spat Tha'woodad

Tragic City Fatalities and Crimes in 19th Century Report

A Buffalo book-keeper Thomas A. Struthers aged twenty two was found on Carroll street with fatal skull injuries and died eight minutes after. John Miller confessed to causing the accident and was held for examination. Other items include drownings in Wilkesbarre, a convent fire in New York City, lynching in Utica Mississippi, and extensive weather and crime news across several states and countries.

Thomas A. Struthers Carroll Street Buffalo Struthers John Miller Miller Anryuor Parkes Rowland Parkes Rochester Pennsylvania New York Rhode Island Ee Awaxpes Witeon Holler M Brothers Wilkesbarre Penn Convent of the Sacred Heart New York City Utica Miss Iowa Dakota

General John M. Schofield Succeeds Sheridan in Army Command

General John M. Schofield advances by regular promotion to command the United States Army after General Sheridan's death. A West Point graduate born in Chautauqua County New York on November 89 1881 he rose from Second Lieutenant in 1858 to Major-General of Volunteers and then to the U S Army. He served in Civil War and Reconstruction era posts, led Missouri forces, and held cabinet duty as Secretary of War under Johnson before commanding the Pacific and Western divisions and eventually the Eastern Division after Hancock's death. He is noted for broad learning, including mathematics and constitutional law.

Duke of Westminster E P. Rex Archduke Joseph Hungary Denmark Kaiser William Germany Brattin Ails Ligutenant T. J. Day United States Army Henry Clay Kero KaLaxava Parker Louis Frapinano Bavaria Queen Victoria Htar Prence Biswanek Markeman Muse Matsu Washington Misa Endicott Joseph Chamberlin Natalie Servia Stéll Europe Duke Duchess of Maersborough America England Disraeli Peacocke Ralph Disraeli Addison Cammack Wallstreet New Orleans Chicago Cyrus 2 McCormick Reaper Amadeus Spain Garibaldi John M. Schofield Sheridan Con Schofield John McAlister Schofield Chautauqua County N. Y Freeport Thomas J. Turner Washington University St. Louis Missouri Frank A. Blair Missouri Infantry Missouri Militia Army of the Frontier Hindman Areio Genron Wissouri Piesa Crosk Lyon Tie Department of the Ohio Sherman Franklin Tenn Department of North Carolina West Tennessee Napoleon Mexico France Virginia Rohnson Senate Army Division of the West Hancock

World News Briefs From The Era Of Global Drake And Railways

A mixed froth of statistics and notices spans global finance and empire. Items include Tran valued at 35 million dollars, Russia borrowing 220 million, and New York housing 3 500 hotels with 75 million capital. Population and production figures for Philadelphia and US lard, opium plans, and mineral ventures appear alongside royal visits, emigration politicking, and local curiosities like a clay find at Worcester New York.

Tran Russia Italy Zulah Order of Odd Fellows Philadelphia St. Paul Brazil Lisbon Rio de Janeiro New York United States Berlin Canada Zacatecas Mexico Pennsylvania Parisly England Southern Pacific Railway Company Sacramento Cat Exteron William Germany William University of Berlin Worcester N.Y Wales Tirrez Annis Owens Williamsburg N. Y Union Oregon Tair Bates Ohio Fifth Cavalry Indian Territory Red River Texas

Tragic Fires and Disasters Reported Across Regions

A New York tenement fire kills Gustave Berg his wife and daughter. Graves is killed by lightning in Pittsburg. A Delaware River capsize drowns four women and a girl. A midnight blaze devastates Litchfield Court House area. Yellow fever spreads in Florida. A string of arson and murders across Indiana Michigan Tennessee and Missouri reported with casualties and investigations ongoing.

Middle States New York Gustave Berg Aved H. Brepre New Castle Del Brantly Lillie Potter Plainville Conn Lawrence R. Jerome Hans Sharon Winselhine Brierman Pittsburg

Maxwell Hanged The Englishman Who Murdered His Friend

Maxwell alias Maxwell hanged at St Louis Mo for the murder of Charles A Proller a young Cheshire solicitor. The trunk murder followed a voyage from New York to San Francisco then Auckland and back to St Louis. Proller’s body was found decomposing inside a trunk nine days after Maxwell fled the country.

Hugh M. Brooks Maxwell Boan St. Louis Charles A Proller Maxwells Proller Cheshire England Cephalonia New York St. Out Southern Shayep Preslar San Francisco Auckland New Zealand Preller

Wreck on Erie Chicago Express near Shohole causes deaths

A fatal wreck west of Shohole injures many as a fast freight collides with a rock slide in rain and darkness. Passengers, crew, and horses aboard Mrs. Langtry's two car shipment survive or perish amid fire and collapsed cars. General Sheridan's will filed, Italian troops massacred at Massowah, and Moltke retirement noted.

Erie Chicago Express Shohole Aise Iera John Kinsile Alexander ‘Newman Kingila Eil Calfornia Lily Langtry Act Possamer 7 Fll Scandinavia A. D. Storms California Athora Eolo Eolist Palanca Certainty Mra

Execution of John Wright in Indian Territory Court

John Wright was executed in White Sulphur Springs Court House Indian Territory for the murder of Timothy Jefferson. He killed Jefferson on July 10 1837 and had been in custody over a year. The sheriff shot him through the heart and Wright died within five minutes as his brothers held his hands during the execution.

John Wright White Sulphur Springs Court House Indian Territory Timothy Jefferson Wright Jefferson Hoad Indiana

Grain and dairy prices from regional markets listed inclusively

Market listings show prices for wheat corn oats barley and rye, with notes on state and regional grades. Dairy items include butter creamery extra and cheese varieties, while live stock prices reflect hogs lambs and calves. numerous abbreviations indicate specific grades and regions such as Western and State factories, Philadelphia and Buffalo markets.

Seceseere Staw Penn Philadel N. Y

Senate Proceedings Highlight Turbulent Extra Sessions and Bills

A historical Senate log details multiple day sessions including budget and public works bills. Highlights cover ports projects in Michigan and Kalamazoo, construction for Martinsburg and a Kalamazoo building, wartime military expenditures, yellow fever prevention funds, and interstate telegraph commerce regulation. The record notes executive session debates over the Fisheries Treaty, a Chinese restrictions attempt, and pension measures.

Senate House Waya Moana Stewart Ifr Evarta Evarts Messrs Call Morgan and Frye Palmer United States Portage Lake and River Improvement Company Lake Superior Ships Canal Railway and Iron Company Michigan California Oregon Nevada District of Columbia Faulkner Martinsburg Stockbridge Kalamazoo Mich Blair Government Printing Office Secretary of the Treasury Orca Camp Sheridan Supreme Court Idaho Congress

Train wreck near Aforgantown injures twenty

A Fairland and Franklin passenger train ran off an embankment near Aforgantown Inn after a broken rail went unnoticed. Ten passengers were killed or fatally hurt while twenty were injured as mail, baggage cars and a passenger coach plunged fifty four meters.救

Fairland and Franklin Aforgantown Inn

The Labor World. Denver and New York Industry Notes

Readable items on U S labor life from Denver to New York cover brick production by electricity silk manufacturing employment figures labor strikes and wage trends. Reports include Duluth Chicago and Reading areas and China locomotives. Notable figures show payrolls and employment counts across several industries.

Denver California Mak Federation of Labor Attleboro Wast Notold United States Tve Duluth and Iron Range Iota Japan New York Ohio River Nashville Duluth Ifvin Reading Railroad Reading Penn PictssurGs Knights of Labor Baseball Ninog Ms Morker GeEnwax Salvador Central America Heow Ir Clinton Mass Government_of China B Mannufacturers Old Colony Railroad and Steamboat Company of Massachusett Tukre Eroy N. Y Philadelphia Taxtila Machinery Augusta Lavok Prasala Ja Ian

The Eagle and the Salmon Tale from Newcastle Ontario

A Canadian hatchery superintendent recalls an eagle that nests in a tall pine above a frozen river. When the stream froze, the bird still hunted from the tree and plunged beneath the ice to catch fish, vanishing briefly before resurfacing with its prey.

Samuel Wilmot Newcastle Ontario Canada

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