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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1893
Page
10
A cyclone leveled Bonita Texas killing one man and drowning his three children. Other items report a monument unveiling in New York for John Ericsson, Opium seized at Niagara Falls, and a large Collins exposition fund total.
A series of obituary notices report long lives and public service ranges. Individuals include A. Kzua the 108 year old Crawfordsville Republican. Jom B. Parsons 82, Rockport life-saver with the Massachusetts Humane Society. Napoleon JENKINS, a famed Ohio river pilot, Louisville at 60. Mrs Extex O Cannon, Indianapolis 104. Wulus C Goupr, Chicago railroad official, 69. Goudy a leading Chicago lawyer. Joan Corse, Winchester Mass., apoplexy at 58th birth anniversary. Gen. Corse a Civil War veteran and Western Department commander at St Paul with Indian campaign success.
Reports detail casualties from battles near San Vincente and San Luis Brazil, a London arrest for an attempted shooting, a long-serving US consul’s death in Winnipeg, mass strikes at a French navy yard, a deadly storm near Prince Edward Island, a Bohemian city fire, a siege in Santiago de Cubs, a Melbourne bank failure, and a massacre in Quebec with cannibalism amid an Arab dhow capsize tragedy.
The May national circulation stood at 1.599 billion dollars, down from last year. Floods submerged thousands of acres along the Lattle Miami and Scioto rivers in Ohio, and Hoangho floods in China drowned hundreds. A Burlington destitute home fire saved 71 children. Bandits robbed a Pryor Creek train of over 2,000 dollars. Fire destroyed the Louisville power house and ten buildings for a 500,000 dollar loss. Drownings occurred near Van Buren and at a government quarry near Searcy. The Danube steamer carried 600 Chinese to Portland, and a Mulberry Grove woman killed herself after slashing her daughter.
The naval review fleet of thirty five vessels anchored near Forts Wadsworth and Hamilton and moved up the North River in two columns on April 23 1880. Admirals De Norcales and others led the ships at 8 to 9 knots while crowds filled vantage points along Staten Island and the New Jersey side to witness the spectacle before President Cleveland.
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