Destructive Cyclone Sweeps Wisconsin Towns
A sequence of May cyclone events from Milwaukee to Racine and Jefferson county causes extensive damage. Reports describe demolished houses, downed telegraph lines, wrecked depots, and casualties across Racine Watertown Jefferson County and surrounding areas. The spread covers multiple towns with official tallies of injuries and deaths as crews assess the wreckage.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Racine
Janesville
Watertown
Obstreperous bricklayers clash in Chicago riot on Hubbard street
May 23 Chicago reports a riot during a bricklayers strike on Hubbard street. About fifty strikers gathered near a building site and attempted to intimidate workers. Bricks flew and revolvers were fired. John Bullivan, bricklayers union president, is named as the man who handled a discharged gun amid arrests and quieting efforts.
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Chicago
Hubbard Street
John Bullivan
Bricklayera’ Union
Sullivan
Tax circular on capital and deposits repeal
Washington May 23 Mr Rig ere acting as commissioner of internal revenue has issued a circular to collectors on the repeal of the tax on capital and deposits. It notes no returns will be required on forms 106 or 67 after November 30 1882 except for certain entities. The report mentions taxation on circulation and notes and cites firms and banks as liable under provisions. It also covers amnesty plans announced by the czar and a ship loss near Chicago with crew details.
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Washington
Rigere
Internal Revenue
Attorney General
Earthquake Shakes OnTr Letrasura Kentucky
Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at 11 80 last night in OnTr Letrasura Kentucky. They shook buildings in the town.
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OnTr
Man and Wife Drowned at Lake City Sailboat Accident
In Lake City Minnesota on May 21 John Matter and his wife who married three months ago perished when their sailboat capsized while they were aboard the vessel.
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Lake City
Minn
John Matter
Fighting Frenchmen Workmen's Congress Ends in Fight
In Paris on May 21 a so called workingmen's congress ended with a general fight. One man was stabbed and several others were injured including Jefferin a municipal council member.
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Paris
Jefferin
Body Found Near Castlebar After Four Months Missing
In Ireland near Castlebar a steward named Quinn who had been missing for four months was found dead in a lake with a heavy chain around his neck indicating foul play. Also report from Dublin that the crown plans to distribute a reward for Phoenix Park murder informers and that Parnell funds rise to £9,000 as the drive to £50,000 continues. The New Governor note says Canada governorship offered to the Marquis of Lansdowne who will likely sail for Canada next October.
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Castlebar
Ireland
Uinn
Here
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Canada
Marquis of
Lorne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lansdowne
Louis
W. L. Howard
Nevada
Bill Fox
Howard
Fox
Sagatoca
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Chil-lan
Cincinnati
Howard Crosby
Social Committee
Board of Church Erection
Dr. Ewing
Shooting at Jealville leaves Beverly Brown dead
In Cove Near Cailveston Galveston May 22 a special reports Beverly Brown was shot and killed Saturday evening by Betta Cockburn over a dispute about clapping a boy, brother-in-law to Brown. Brown struck Cockburn, who then fired. Brown died within minutes.
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Galveston
Jealville
Beverly Brown
Betta Cockburn
Brown
Cockburn
the Sentinel
Amies Campbell
Madison Street
Misa Camobell
H. V. Swaringen
Deserters Desert Ship in Lake Disaster
At Milwaukee on May 21 six crew members abandoned the schooner Petret while near the port. In a lifeboat they aimed for shore but the boat capsized after a short distance. Three crewmen drowned, the remaining three were rescued clinging to the boat.
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OxicaGo
Antares
Widmanp
John
Jacob
Wallace
Charles Anderson
Milwaukee
Petret
Informer Carey Released From Custody in Dublin
James Carey the informer was released from custody in Dublin. He plans to remain there and will vigorously prosecute tenants who refuse to pay rent at his premises. Since becoming an informer his house has been guarded by policemen and the guard was doubled upon his liberation.
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Desiin
James Carey
Carey
Dublin
Archbishop Croke Returns To Ireland From Rome
Paris report says Archbishop Croke remains firm in his views and denies pope rebuke He notes that his Rome visit does not appear favorable to the national cause despite his unchanged stance.
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London
The
Central News
Paris
Croke
Ireland
Rome
Train Crash Kills Engineer in Illinois Storm
A storm blew down a bridge on the Indianapolis and St. Louis road near Hillaboro Illinois sixty five miles from St Louis. In darkness and rain the engine and baggage car plunged into the stream. Engineer Pat Welch was instantly killed and fireman Dan Harrington was severely injured.
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St Louis
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Hillaboro
Pat Welch
Dan Harrington
The Wheat Shows Improvement in Illinois Crops
Reynolds Bros exhibit a large wheat stalk sample from Illinois fields, noting marked crop improvement after favorable weather. Their broad reports cover a wide area and indicate fields once worthless or damaged may look promising. Stephen Hinchey and James Hoffman quarrel over a woman. Hoffman shot Hinchey dead and was arrested. Bismarck pain mars health news as czar to meet emperors next autumn. officials urge caution over bullets.
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ToLepo
Reynolds Broc
Illinois
St. Louis
Stephen Hinchey
James Hoffman
Broadway
Hoffman
Hinchey
Martha Summers
Theo
Embassy Arrives for Coronation View Windows Rent High
The French special embassy to attend the czar's coronation arrives in Moscow. Viewing windows for the ceremony are rented from 100 to 1,000 roubles. Police require verifiable character references and bar seating until proof of no dangerous items. Oranges are forbidden for safety reasons amid fears of dynamite.
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Moscow
France
Present For the Crown Prince at Berlin Jubilee
Berlin May 21 Presentation of a gift to Crown Prince Frederick William by ninety-one towns of Prussia in the 25th anniversary celebration of his marriage took place in the White Hall. The burgomaster of Berlin delivered the address. Also reports of wrecks and deaths on Lake Michigan and an explosion in the czar’s palace in St Petersburg. A bottle on Chicago beach carried a message about the schooner Sea Gull and pleas for help.
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Beeblin
Frederick William
Prussia
Royal
Bnergemaster
Berlin
London
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Chicago
Twenty-Fifth Street
Sea Gull
Iam
James Donahue
Oswego
Two men rescued from lake bluff during great storm
In Chicago on May 22 two men imprisoned since Sunday night on the crib near Fullerton avenue were released this morning by the life saving crew after strenuous effort. Crowds watched the perilous rescue as the survivors showed signs of severe exposure but remained otherwise unharmed.
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Mcinwall
Barnum
Caseyville
Iil
Dixon
Chicago
Fullerton Avenue
Moscow
Moorcow
Peterofflaky Palace
Kremlin
Peteroffsky Palace
Singular Cause of Death in Arkansas Hotel
Joe Johnson, son of Bradish Johnson of New York, died at the Arlington house in Singlar Cause of Death. He awoke for water, broke the pitcher, and the pitcher severed the femoral artery. He was found pulseless and speechless. surgical aid came too late. His body to be embalmed and sent to New York.
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Her Spaiies
Ark
Joe Johnson
Bradish Johnson
New York
Arlington House
Tornado Death Toll Crops Up Across Illinois Counties
Advices received up to this morning calculate Illinois tornado deaths from sixty to sixty eight across counties and towns. DeWitt Mason Livingston Jersey Madison Winnebago Liter Morgan Roadhouse Green Douglas Logan Macoupin Hillsboro Staunton Mount Olive Osyugs McHenry Sangamon Macon Buffalo Station report various counts from four to eight in each locale.
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Ouicaco
Illinois
De-Witt County
Mason County
Livingston County
Grafton
Jersey County
Madison County
Winnebago County
Liter
Morgan County
Roadhouse
Green County
Douglas County
Logan County
Macoupin County
Hillsboro
Staunton and
Mount Olive
Osyugs
McHenry County
Sangamon County
Macon
Macon County
Buffalo Station
Judge Tuley rules for bucket shops in exchange dispute
Chicago May 23 Judge Tuley in the circuit court grants injunction against Western Union Telegraph to stop removing the ticker from the Grain and Stock exchange. He says the dispute is about competition not morality and the stay lasts until the state supreme court reviews. Also reports Irish papal circular denounced in Dungarvie and Chicago with protests and political commentary.
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Cnicago
Tuley
Board of Trade and Telegraph Companies
Western Union Telegraph Company
Grain and Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Supreme Court of
London
Ireland
Dungarvie
CuicaGo
Third Ward Land League
Patrick Melody
Patrick Egan
Irish Land League
Vatican
Italy
Spolatti
Walsh
McHale
Thomas Davis
Destructive Fires Hit Vermont and Several Cities
Reports detail a massive Vermont forest fire at Grafton Pond on the Montpelier and Wells River line, destroying depots mills and homes with losses exceeding 100000 in some properties. Additional notes cover fires in Dover New Hampshire Brooklyn New York and others with multiple fatalities, scattered damages and ongoing investigations.
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Baltimore
Leruch Bros
Dealera
Montpelier
Grafton Pond
Montpelier and Wella River
Vermont
Montpelier and
Wells River Railroad
Boata
Taste
Alvan T. Baldwin
Wella River
Baldwin
Peabody Station
John
Moree
Dover
N. H
Hale’s Woods
Barrington
Brooklyn
John F. Loomin
Lancaster
Stone Lock
Fram Brothers
Incendiary
New York
Green Street
Carlston
8. C
J. C. Claussen & Co
Boston
Henry W. Moody
Lyme
Lyman Moody
Louisville
Senberg Broz
Main Street
A. Englehard
John White
Chicago
J. H. Pearson & Co
Hack Malting Co
Robbery Aboard Lake Shore Express Steals $2000 to $15000
In Cleveland two bags of money from the Lake Shore line were swapped with brown paper parcels as Alexander Granger attended the buggy outside the Union depot. Initial estimates ranged up to $15,000. later a local agent put the suspect sum at about $2,000. Investigators report weeks of planning and a clue pointing toward arrests.
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Cleveland
United States Express Company
Alexander Granger
Lake Shore
Union Depot
Express Company
Granger
Lake Shore Road
Chicago
Toledo
W. G. Yates
Bismarck Plans Visits As European Leaders Confer
Berlin May 24 It is announced Biamark will visit Emperor William during the latter's stay at Gastein and if Emperor Francis Joseph goes to Gastein Count Kalnoky foreign minister will accompany him. Rumor places King Humbert and Signor Madderi Italian foreign minister visiting Gastein. Bismarck will go to Kissengen for a month end of June if no improvement is seen and then proceed to Gastein.
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Bismarck
Berlin
Francis Joseph
Austria
Humbert
Italy
Prussia
Vatican
Biamark
William
Gastein
Count Kalnocky
Signor Madderi
Bismark
Kissengen
Berlin Says Czar Promotes Peaceful Settlements
The Provincial Correspondence reports the czar has initiated and upheld a policy that settles pending questions amicably and Germany joins others in wishing Russia’s welfare. It notes the nihilists’ oppression threatens civilization and peace as a result.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
Europe
Dunn Acquitted In Pugilist Murder Trial
Chicago verdict finds Dunn not guilty in the murder of famed boxer Fatty Fatt after a lengthy trial. Crowd applauds as the prisoner is discharged. San Francisco reports a Democratic Union veterans council proposing nationwide expansion and Rosencrans as a leading figure for a presidential bid.
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Chicago
Ily
Dunn
Fatt
Beir
Prsoner
San Francisco
Cal
Council of Democratic Union Veterans
United States
Rosencrans
Canal plans parallel coast serosa at Isthmus
The Suez Canal company announces plans to begin cutting a parallel coast serosa of the Isthmus and seeks English government backing to obtain land concessions from the Khedive. Reports from St. Louis detail miners strike violence near Collinsville, with saloons closed, deputies sworn in, and shots fired as workers block mines along the Vandalia line. The piece also includes a long roll of honor listing Allen County soldiers buried in Linden Wood and nearby cemeteries, naming regiments and individuals.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
Serosa
Khedive
St. Louis
Collinaville
Haat St. Louis
Troy
Stevens
Sobey
Collinsville
Confidence
Weisenberg
Lanham
Belleville
Caseyville
Ohio
Mississippi
Brookside Mine
Vandalia
Brookside
Pleasant wedding at Cathedral for MacCarthy and Donnelly
James MacCarthy and Margaret Donnelly wed at the Cathedral on Thursday morning. After the ceremony guests gathered at the bride's parents’ home for congratulations and gifts, including furniture, silverware, and china. The couple left for Philadelphia and other eastern cities at 11 45.
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James MacCarthy
Margaret Donnelly
James Cour
John Leach
P. J. Golden
M. J McDonald
Carney
John Shay
William Conley
William J. Nolan
Wilson Harveston
Prescott Bros. & Co
Mr. Donnelly
William and
John Donnelly
Mr. Oetting
S Chamberlin
P. M. McDonald
Moore
Mrs. McKeon
Mieses Victoria
May Cour
Timothy Hogan
Grable
Mina Maggie Driscoll
Misa Nellie Fitzpatrick
M. J. Carroll, Jr
Mra. Driecott
T. J. Carroll
Philadelphia
The Last Hanging Bee in Early American History
Recalling the 1855 hanging of Benjamin Madeen and George Keefer as interest revives the scene. Clerk D G Nelson issued the warrant to the sheriff for the execution and witnesses’ return lists many named county citizens and officials. The piece notes plans of villains foiled as miscreants attempted to wreck Wabash train No 4, placing a tied boulder on the track two miles west of Rosnoke, with passengers Marshal Falker and H E Fisher aboard.
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Falker
Doyle
Mannix
Huntington
Benjamin Madeen
George Keefer
Sam McDonald
D. G. Nelson
THE
Sentinel
John Conger
H. P. Ayers
B.A. Rowan
J. Carey
C. Bloomhuf
Conrad Jansen
Henry McEwen
Silas Giles
W. Lapelle
Scott Logan
Pewr Parker
Jesse Coles
I. Lauterty
EK. A. Daniela
F.H Aveline
Villians
Wabaeh
Marshal Falker
H. E. Fisher
Rosnoke
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Joan Frizzall
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Charlea Dudley
Philip Gable
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Henry Cramley
Samuel P. Freeman
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O. D. Rogers
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L. S. Null
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James Johnson
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Robert M. Shrever
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William &Chlaudroff
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James H. Jamison
Louis Matiewa
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Louis Evard
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Alexander Irving
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Wiliam Bloomfield
John ~Hultz. Forty-fourth Indiana. Pratt Squire, Lieut. David K Sinpher
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