Great Flood Devastates Dallas and North Texas
A catastrophic Texas flood overwhelmed Dallas and surrounding regions as the Trinity River rose to its highest mark in fifty years. Water engulfed streets, bridges failed, railroads shut down, crops damaged, and residents faced widespread destruction with drifted debris and submerged structures. In London, Henry M. Stanley arrived at Victoria station to a large welcome, while elsewhere three horse thieves were publicly whipped in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Trinity River
Dallas
Dais
Flanders
Cals Clift
Lachian Street
Ward’ Street
Morta
Texas Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Sonta Fa
Greenville
Santa Fe Central
Indian Territory
Gulf
Marshall
Abilane
Stanley
London
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Victoria Station
Abercom
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Stanley Bouquet
Gird
Mr. Stanley
Dover
Mr. New
Garnet Wolseley
Rustem Pasha
Gebsbourg
Af Stanley
Prince of Wates
Parke
William Mackinnon
Francis de Winton
Bandringbata
Georgetown
Del
J. Owens
John T. Owen
Teading
Sussex
Cwlpra
Newsy Gleanings From Distant Markets And Events
Texas cattle totals soar and agricultural output data appear, while speculative notes mention Panama Canal ventures, foreign immigration pushes, and industrial figures. The periodical records varied items from cattle and wool to universities, cigars, and electrical execution debates, with local and international notes.
Fires, floods, and riots mark global turmoil in reports
A sweeping historical digest notes boiler explosions at Etna Iron Works in New Castle Pennsylvania killing three workers and injuring many, a fatal gun accident in Missouri, Yale University gifts totaling 716000, village DeRuyter fire destroying fifteen buildings, a Gypsy camp killer in New Jersey, and wide weather, crime, and political developments across the United States and abroad including floods in Texas and Louisiana, lynching near San Augustine, and diplomatic appointments from Ohio to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Etna Iron Works
New Castle
Penn
Silsduchanna Iron Works
Middletown
Ton
George Matthias
William Strook
Art Dearing
De-Ruyter
Tosa
Noatt Palmer
Trenton
N. Jy
B. Beanpsuey
Superior Court
Bridgeport
Conn
Grange B. Ives
Salem (Mass
Harvard
Essex County
Mass
W. Davis
Morgua
New York City
Casten Soen
Newark
N. J
Joan J. O'Brien
Bureau of Elections
Aalers Hotel
Coney Island
Fittspurg Commission Company
Pennsylvania
Pirates Surrounded in Tonkin Redoubt Amid Pyrrhic House Battle
Telegram from Nan Dinh Tonkin reports French troops encircled Ging Phung village and besieged a house used by pirate chief Davan. Three hours of fierce fighting left three French dead or wounded and the pirates slain or captured. Davan was found dead, the entire band of about thirty eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan-Dinh
Tonkin
China
Ging Phung
Davan
Dayal Hinself
Faes
Printing 20 Million Census Blanks Stuns Officials
The Government Printing Office finished a colossal job for the Census Bureau printing 20,000,000 enumeration blanks. About 11,459 reams produced 20,009,009 sheets. 18,000,000 were 15 by 24 inches. Stacked, the blanks would form a 65 10 foot high pile, a gravel-heap column taller than the Washington Monument. The line of paper would stretch 155 miles from San Francisco to New York and on to New Orleans, covering 24,800 square feet and weighing over 22 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
Washington
Washington Monument
San Francisco
Cal
New York City
New Orleans
United States Mint Reports 1889 Precious Metal Output
Director Eoward Leech submitted a 1889 production report: US gold output 1,587,000 fine ounces valued at 32,800,000. domestic silver mined about 50,000,000 fine ounces valued at 46,750,000 with coinage value 1,040,464. total mine refined silver around 62,000,000 fine ounces. Government coinage 1,833,012 gold pieces and 34,651,611 silver dollars, plus subsidiary and minor coins. Minted bars and purchases totaled further, with substantial exports to Hong Kong, London, and the East Indies. Colorado leads in combined gold and silver output. Montana and California also notable. Net annual loss from precious metal trade totaled about 59,675,419.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eoward
Leech
United States Mint
Washington
Congress
United States
Owsi
Mexico
Hong Kong
Japan
East Indies
London
Colorado
Monetana
California
Iilaho
New Mexico
Rapore
Arizona
Nevada
Dakota
South
Oregon
Appalachian
Treasury Department
New York
Lipence
India
Indian Council
Eight Stowaways Perish on Steamer from Japan to Hong Kong
Terrible account of stowaways on a Japanese steamer bound for Hong Kong. Eight dead Japanese were found in a water-tank compartment after arrival, four more alive. Survivors, naked and heat-stricken, endured extreme confinement and dehydration. A man diverted women to Hong Kong. authorities barred women from accommodations. a failed smuggling attempt contributed to deaths. One elderly woman survived. a man perished. Survivors received care and supplies aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Stong Kong
China
Hong Kong
Eleven of the mob killed during Galicia town sacking
An attack on Biala in the Government of Siedlee Galicia left eleven assailants dead and many wounded, with shops and dwellings in the Heboninhabitant area ransacked and burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biala
Siedlee
Galicia
Labor agitation rises amid global strikes and eight hour push
The piece catalogs rising labor unrest in 19th century terms, noting unions formed since 1831, strikes among cigarmakers in New York, and widespread unemployment in the United States. It highlights eight hour debates, conference actions, and labor conditions across France, Germany, England, and Italy with various local developments including wage controls for married women and factory work bans for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
England
Convention of
New York City
A. GeNenAt
Dlifton
Penn
United States
Sheffurd
Atrike Fund
The
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Oregon
Rochester
Kentucky
Marriel
Reading Rathroat
Knights
Libor
Iy Russupo
Italy
T Cincaco
Amerian Federation of Labor
London
New England
Middle States
Tur
Boston
Sie
Burmer
Albines Agricultural
Iran Gate
Aussie County
Toy Works
Fifty-First Congress Debates Various Bills and Memorials
The Senate discussed rules amendments and a $50,000 appropriation for a Major General Stark equestrian statue in Manchester New Hampshire. A joint resolution named Charley Devens as Smithsonian Regent and reappointed Charles C. Welling. Other bills passed or discussed include naval service transfers, land forfeiture, memorials for Marietta, Ohio, and pensions, with the House addressing the Legislative Appropriations bill and Galveston Harbor improvements. Executive confirmation of John C. Fremont occurred. The Mississippi floods and the Arizona admission were noted. House measures covered civil service debates, tax reductions, free import lists, and Rock Creek Park defeat. The session included multiple committee considerations and commemorations, ending with post office appropriation reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Senate
John Stark
Manchester
Charley Devens
Massachusetts
Smithsonian Institution
Charles C. Welling
Washington City
Frye
United States
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Peller
Aermmit
Marietta
Ohio
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Navy Department
Sherman
Stark
N. H
Mussin
Cull
George
Congress
Bronx
Albert H. Emery
Stamford
Conn
John C. Fremont
United States Army
Mississippi
American Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Moody
Secretary of War
Blackburn
Arizona
Ingalls
Mr. Mctherson
George 3 B. McClellan
Alexander Lawri
George WY. Thomas
House
Bregati
Stewart
Texas
Galveston Harbor
Civil Service Commission
New York
Bland
Burrows
Payson
Ines
Qzden
Utah
Rock Creek Park
District of Columbia
William Dawson
Yeas
Nicholson
Bingham
Driven Insane by Love’s Rejected Bride in Norwalk
The funeral of Miss Mary McNerney, who died violently insane, was held at St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, Connecticut. Four months earlier she planned to wed Thomas Murtha, a South Norwalk man whose sudden absence led to her mental collapse and eventual death. Murtha attended the funeral, drawing remark for his stoicism amid the mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McNerney
St. Mary’s Church
Norwalk
Connwe
Alisa McNerney
Martha
Antidelity
Thomas Murtha
Newport
Svery
Edward Foxy
Memphremagog House
Eduard Green
Europe
Labor Wadl Actl
United States
Ciicnir” Court
Roger M. Bherasin
Kemmler
Auburn
NL Yo
Stonx Reservation
South Dakota
Explosion Kills Firemen at Catasauqua Silk Mill
A dawn fire at the Unicorn Silk Manufacturing Company mill in Catasauqua Pennsylvania trapped and killed thirty volunteers as a wall collapsed after a boiler or pipe explosion. Victims included Ulysses Everett Charles Frick John Gooder Lottajeanu and others with thirty injured. The mill housed 850 workers and losses exceeded 50 000 with partial insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catasauqua
Penn
Unicorn Silk Manufacturing Company
New York
Groone Street
Lehigh Cost and Navigation Company
Lehigh
Fromen
Iandad
Ulyssea Everett
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles A. Frick
Clod Tures Bourd
John Goodé
Phoenix Fire Company
John Lottajeanu
Boss Dyer
Bos
Paterson
Catasanqua Improvement Company
Silk Company
Cloud Burst in Gainesville Texas Destroys Property
A violent storm drenched Gainesville Texas with hail and rain, flooding streets up to three feet and causing over 50000 dollars in damage. A creek overflowed, washing away forty dwellings. one life was lost from fright. Mrs Gostman died in a man’s arms during evacuation. The town and surrounding areas suffered extensive losses as waters receded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Kyle
Kyle Seminary
Gannett
Jerry Teal
San Augustine
John H. Brooks
Pacific
Louisiana
Amitewarn Laws
San Francisco
Cal
H. x. Doane
Delavan
Wis
Isoaneiz
Chicago
Little Rock
Ark
John M. Clayton
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Point
Watson
Gainesville
Gostman
Bang
Inuny
National baseball notes from early league play
The article compiles scattered baseball updates across leagues noting captains appointed like LARKIN for Cleveland and Broad teams, players switching roles, and statements on team strengths. It highlights minor leagues, college players joining pros, and attendance figures with a focus on early season performance and organizational movements.
Notable Victories and Disasters Across the World in 1889
A long bulletin reports 104 year old Mrs Anastasia Pansells dies in Hayones City New York. The U S sloop Yantle to be surveyed at Brooklyn Navy Yard after a voyage from Haiti. Various notices include a contract for Lopsus Bureau, a tabulating machine project, wheat fields hit by a tiny fly, a railroad accident in Staunton Va. and a theater group injured. President Harrison names David H Jerome to chair the Cherokee Indian Commission. Reports touch on Pan American arbitration, Boulangist votes in France, a Russian fortress shooting, Lisbon earthquake, Argentine financial crisis, Samoa treaty, and a court martial at Brooklyn Navy Yard among other national and international items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxnav
Pittsburg
Bostox
Oriven Wexvelt Rotmes
Scuinnick
Louisville
Secoxp
Wa Wee
Chicago
Ezra Station
Hartford
Peru
Loxe
Boston
Hoy
Buffalo Players
Brooklyn Brotherhood
VircaEn Chankaoy
Youse Rusie
Yeager
National League
American Association
Carlisle
Penn
Amd Amercan Association
Jor Hornunc
Reso
Fe Y
Pine
Tur
Bineball
Cluvago League
St. Lous Association
Tae
Ulibs
Spothing
Chicago Gumual
Taguo
Louisville Hay
Taylor
Shinnek
Players’ League
Atlantic Association
Anastasia Pansells
Hayones City
N. Y
Yantle
David H. Jerome
Saginaw, Wich
Cherokee Indian Commission
Angus Cameron
Wann O.steen
Int
Thas
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Iowa
United States of America
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Salvador
Honduras
Bolivia
Ecuador
Haiti
United States of Brazil
Blaine
Pan-American Congress
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Finland
Fonr
France
Schwapt
Cronstadt
Petar
Indian Elopement Ends in Sioux Marriage at Lower Brule
A dramatic wedding on the Stout Reservation in South Dakota saw Frank Foot marry Mary Crazy Bull after a late night elopement. Once engaged to Mary, Tommy Tompkins had prepared a wedding outfit and anticipated a formal ceremony, but Foot and Crazy Bull eloped and wed the next day at Lower Brule Agency after a confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Stout
South Dakota
Frank Foot
Mary Crazy Bull
Lower Brule
Tommy Tompkins
Tommy
Mary
Frank Font
Frant
Frants Tool
Drowning Tragedy Near Shelburny Ontario Father Drowns Three Children
Marion Irving, a well-to-do Canadhan Palmer father, reportedly drowned his three children in a rain barrel about two miles from Shelburny Ontario. He then attempted suicide but remained alive. Neighbors found him in a serious condition. no motive is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadhan
Palmer
Marion
Irving
Shelburny
Ontario
Canada
Remarkable Surgical Operation On Child In Allegheny
Dr John Mabon and W M Herron of Allegheny performed a new intubation on three year old Charles B Locks, son of a Smithfield Street M E Church pastor, suffering diphtheria. A cone shaped silver tube widened the windpipe while preserving the esophagus, warming inhalations, and avoiding pneumonia risks of earlier methods. The procedure, invented by Dr Dutweyer of Chicago, had only been used twice before and shows signs of aiding the boy’s recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dra. John
Mabon
W. M. Herron
Allegheny
Charles B. Locks
Smithfield Street
M. E
Dutweyer
Chicago
Locke
Jillsburg
Two Girls Climb Corey Hill in Vivid Observation
An observer recounts two girls with escorts ascending Corey Hill. One bounds with brisk chatter, pausing to pant and adjust a fresh skirt while the other climbs with stiff, short steps. The tale shifts to a tip from women doctors on stair climbing as a safe, restful exercise versus hurried ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corey Hill
Boston Transcript
Thors
Pierce
Prague
Bohemia
Cragin & Co
Philn
U. 4
Canada
Wobbins
Oyster Food From Currents to Mouth of Oyster
The oyster feeds on microscopic organisms and organic fragments carried by water currents to its mouth, with indigestible dirt accompanying the meal. Scientists note a lowly plankton called customs within delicate sandstone-like cases. A fragment lists topics from oysters to catalogs of education and a medical testimonial, with dates and names across unrelated text.
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HB Harrison
Harrison
Ogden
Territories
Hancock
Mich
Joseph Roberts
Jotn Thomas
John Rowe
Roberts
Thomas
Rowe
John Williams
Lafayette
Lima
Minnis
Gertie Pierce
Ella Faris
Clif Church
Yorkville
Cotton Plant
Woodrulley
Sourseay Enterprises
Pants
Fea
Beauy
Panama Canal Company
St. Louis
Gzmwany
Key West
Fla
Brazil
Oroton
Caro
Alabama
Nollagha
TizRe
Kunzo
Woodruff
Cronin
Chrests
Duaine
Trenty
Russia
Fon
Roe
Amun
Bury
Frank B. Lcouts
St. Etienns
Francs
St. Etienne
Atcol Manufacturing
McKee
White House
Miss Shepard
John P. Jackson
Florida
James A.ganrup
J. Stanley Brown
Garfield
Fredding
McKve
Ostrau
Karwin
Austria
Kondo
Sir
W. A. Rosa & Co
Bankside
Dro
Hernandez
Canonez de Jubsidienos
la Gents
Domovioroff
Moscow
D Bargnon Wierra
Quasa Victoria
Darmstadt
Peter Kemp
Neil Matterson
Parametts
Sidnay
New South Wales
Kemp
Cannoz
Paria
Emperor Witliam
Queen Victoria
Tetiet
Ina
Maul
Ty Ury
West. Lin, Crowery
Watertown Mass
Cattel
Ayella
Ite
Sy Butter—Creamery Dali
Win Law
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Philadela
Cleveland
Iteconp
Rey Mm Pigtade
Ston
Columbus
Syracuse
Athletia
St. Touis
Toledo
Atlastic Associa
Pertrey van Fart
Wali Tie
ToeEne
Mautetoa
Samoa
Apia
Tamaseso
Secroc
McCalla
Navy Yard
Cotton Belt
Black Jack
Phather
Tuk
Concordia
Teisas
Tnestenner HB
St. John's River Line
John Collins
Albert Mallory
Winttan Lawment
Michigan
Durait
Wannisey
Nesmige
Edward P McCabe
Frankstadt
Silesia
Nob
Sunnen
Marquis du Moros
Fompt
Foot
Ig Uuts
State of Ohio
Treas
Olio
Joan PY
Slemmons
Davactsrs
Axp
Drarine
Charles A, Vogeler CO
Baltimura, Wa
Walt
Sigan
Totepo
Messrs
F.j.cheney & Co
Hall
Tours Trelsy
Gonston
M. D
Summit St
Prola
Cheney & Co
Tic
Utan
Prent Sal
Hantronp
Pr. Tobins
Tobias
Paepet
Murray
Kurne
Kline
lArch St
Puila
Tool
Hood
J. Clayuay
UM Potts
J. LL Veaney
Supt
Granites Uy. Co
Concart
Neil
C.J. Hood & CO
Lowell
Lobre
North Fittoaue
Philadelphia
Oinotnnad
Costa
Golden Medical
Ain
Wonn’s
Dir Raad Medical Assocesa
N.Y
Age
Maine
Winesa
Ayer
Jd. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Mall
FLY Brothers
USA
Inca New York
Tombler
Wisier
PatDway’s
Val Tech
B. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Atanas
Northern Pacific
Montana
Tiiabo
Orozon
Aid
Luburg
Rasiueas Rane
Gaia
Lebanon
Dames
Conateus
Etons
Archos
Isa
New Fort
Koehler
Calio
Sr A
Roemlelr & CO
Bothlehom
Tina Dr. Koehter
Dr. Bizturs
Asaac Moses & Bro
Crohange
Zaston Fu
Hazelarne
Warren
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Eps
Lonbox
Exglaid
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