Storm and calamity sweep Lexington Newbury counties
A tesselated string of disasters and incidents crosses the region with a damaging tornado in Lexington and Newbury counties flattening homes and mills while killing a woman and injuring several. A German worker near Wilbur commits suicide by dynamite. Lightning kills a depot agent’s wife and a farmer. Cyclone damage, fires, wrecks, and drownings pepper the news across states as arrests, trials, and political actions unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Newbury Counties
N. C
Avcerst Witmax
Wilbur
Mrss
HE Pees
Sirady
Tenn
Boston Warren
United States
McDermott
Wyoming
West Virginia
Courtis I. Gare
Laramie
Wyo
Oxford
New York Stock Exchange
Cordage Trust Company
Schuyler Walden
Henry Allen & Co
BL. Smyth & Co
Moody and Sankey
Chicago
Turk National Normal University
Lebanon
Carlyle W Morris
Gov Flower
New York
Bailyville
Kan
St. Joseph & Grand Island
Gregg Bros
Odd Fellows
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Warrior River
Post Office Department
Plum Island
Mass
Bonne Terre
Chattanooga
John Quigley
William Teak
Joan S. Prixes
Houston
Tex
Prince
George Taylor
Berrien Springs
Mich
Mary Comely
Niles
Jackson
Eckles
Paxton
Amos Kerg
Frank Gilmore
Green River
Allance of
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Congress
James Collins
Sherman
Pennsylvania
Interstate Oratorical Association
Columbus
Harry B. Walder
Missouri
C. A. Prosser
Indiana
Benjamin Mason
Iowa
Avr
Atvwater
Zanesville
Ilinois
Wouramu Wiasts Transas
William H. Harrison
Hazelton
Parandals
Broadway
New 2
Cork
Forty-fourth
Relics Unearthed After Floods At Massie Farm Near Chillicothe
Heavy rains near Chillicothe wash soil from the Massie farm uncovering stone implements bullets coins and silver buttons. Gold coins dated 1727 and 1750 are found with a finely chased gold watch charm inscribed Lafayette.
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Chillicothe
Massie Farm
Lafayette
Notable Political Figures and Notables Die Across States
Jaines Wiruiis PATTERson, congressman 1863 1887 and senator 1867 1878, dies at home in Han over NY aged 70. Mrs Erim Heoesan Depew, wife of Chauncey M Depew, dies in NYC after two year illness. Jostan Tarton, Oregon's oldest man, dies near Sheridan at 104. William E Noace, Indiana political judicial figure, dies in Indianapolis at his Tist year. Ignacs Jan PaDEREWSKI, pianist, sails for Europe from New York after praising American tour. Lird Con Exy McCLelan, US army surgeon, dies in Chicago aged 62. Rinpy McKes dies in Seymour Ind aged 103. Grn S Rosecrans, treasury register, resigns. appointed by Cleveland, kept by Harrison.
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Janes Wiruiis Patterson
United States
Hanover
Erim Heoesan Depew
Chauncey M. Depew
New York City
Jostan Tarton
Oregon
Sheridan
William E. Noace
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ignacs Jan Paderewski
Europe
New York
Lird Con
Exy McClelan
United States Army
Widespread unrest and disasters tally across 19th century reports
A tumult of events floods the page from Europe to the Americas. Drownings occur as a pontoon bridge collapses near Santa Eulalia Spain. In Central America rebels seize Granada Masager and Matagalpa with adjacent territories under their control. Ottawa hosts a Liberal convention starting June 20 with 1,200 delegates debating unrestricted reciprocity with the United States. Reports claim mass Jewish expulsion in Poland and Cuban uprisings drawing 500,000 in the U.S. The Great Eastern’s laying, shipwrecks, epidemics, and political resignations ripple through headlines in a global panorama.
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Santa Eulalia
Spain
Nicaragua
Granada
Masager
Matagalpa
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Kingdom of
Poland
L. Rawlins
Congress
Utah
James Anderson
London
Caprivi
Gladstone
Lord Tennyson
John Ruskip
Mexico
Guanajuato
Matamoras
Rome
Italy
Englishman Dead After Merrimac Falls Tragedy
On May 8 in Haverhill Massachusetts two thousand onlookers watched Englishman George Cooper, 50, leap toward a drifting cask to save his craft. the wherry flipped over the falls and smashed on rocks. Cooper's wife on the bridge cried out as the boat plunged, and his body later washed ashore in the city. The report also notes a cherry amaryllis gifted to Mrs Cleveland and a brief aside about tropical forest plants and troffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haversill
Mass
Merrimac
George Cooper
Cooper
Boiled Alive at Cairo Steamer Disaster
The steamer Ohio belonging to the Memphis and Cincinnati Packet company collapsed a flue near Wolf Island thirty miles below Cairo DL on Sunday morning. Seven men died and twenty were badly scalded with many others likely to die. Names include Collins Hampton W W Hurshman Cyrus Myers Thomas Woods and three unknown men. The explosion occurred after engineers changed watches as men in the lower deck suffered severe scalding. Rescue efforts followed with medical aid from Dr S S Woodburn and local physicians.
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Duvantes McGer
Elia Mitchell
Liberty
Ind
Boston
Chicago
National Commission of the World'’S Fair
New York Stock Exchange
Montreal
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Washington
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Louisville
Ogden
Jacop Vanper
Fresnilo
Mexico
Plutarco Margro
Dayton & Nichigan Railway
Tadmer
C A Carr
William Heim
Ells Reed
Casey
Int
Alexander McDonald
Virgina
Persia
William A. Renfrow
Oklahoma
Territory
Robert B Bowler
Ohio
Treasury
Mountain Iron
Herbert Tarsney
Tarsney
T Swirt
Birmingham
Wolf Island
Cain
Ill
Joan W Fi
Donohot-Kelly Bank
San Francisco
Lafayette
Peter Jaceson
Carmi
Willoughby Courson
Florence
Betruit
Mich
de GrorGre Wittians
Nashville
Tenn
Isaac Morgan
Joy Jones
Pottstown
Paris
American Line
Campania
Cunard Line
United States
Cairo
Joussura
Lima
Lake Erie & Western Road
Lizzik Korpden
New Hedsons
Mass
Fall River
Chemical National Bank of Chicago
Jackson Park
Shepard Hardware Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Warp H. Lasey
District of Columbia
Lincoln
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rorset Dowser
Richard Hoban
Watson Major
Dixon
Iml
Carlyle W. Hanns
Sing Sing
Mary Hellen Potts
Harris
Anderderson
Eli Murray
Greene County
Bromley & Burns
Caldwell & Antrim
Tre Ott & Brewer Pottery Company
Trenton
N. J
Ahrens
Cuba
Tur
Union Loan & Trust Company
Sioux City
Antwerp
Herrert H. Warner
Rochester
Goven
Carmo
Memphis & Cincinnati Packet Company
Collins Hampton
W. W. Hurshman
Cyrus Myers
Thomas Woods
Crom
Mority
S. S Woodburn
Ageus
Que
Agens
Marine Hospital
Glennon
Executive Mansion interview rule curtailment in 1892
Washington May 8 1892 the president issued a notice explaining that existing rules for presidential interviews have failed. Personal interviews with applicants for office will be declined except as the president invites. Senators and representatives are urged to help secure uninterrupted access for their constituents on designated days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mt Cracumanon
National League Standings and Tragic Elevator Accident
The league table lists games won and lost by National League clubs this season. A deadly accident occurred when workers tore away a temporary casing at a tile kiln site. a brick roof collapsed, killing Claire Carr 58, William Heim 28, and injuring Elias Reed 23. In Milwaukee a store elevator incident at 9 am fatally injured Peter Koceja 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League Clube
National League Baseball
Cassy
May
Claire Carr
William Heim
Elias Reed
Milwaukee
Peter Koceja
C. Heunecke & Co
Wis Head
British Fire Stats From Liverpool To London In 1891
A historical survey lists Liverpool housing 517051 residents in 1691, details on 1890 fires with 578 incidents and 256 firefighters, then shifts to London 1891 data: 4,231,481 people and 557,134 brick and stone buildings, 4,164 fire alarms, and causes including candles, matches, and gas-related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
London
Chicago Herald
London Fire Department
Dance as Ancient Art Revealed in Religious Practice
President David J. Hill argues in Popular Science Monthly that dance is an early form of art central to culture. Citing Tylor and anthropological notes, the piece links dancing to worship, ritual, and infancy of civilization across savages, Indians, Australians, Mandan, and Egyptian temples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Hill
Popular Science Monthly
Tylor
Brazil
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North Galveston
Gil Scutriee
Martha Kline
Akron
Supreme Court of
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Bearden
Ark
Jesse Norman
J B Wells & Co
Utica
Dan Stuart
Des Moines
Webb Moon
Buorper & Worr
Vienna
Twinen
S& E
Concumamens
St Etienne
France
Bremen
Tobolsk
Isiveria
Illinois
Senate
Tid Hvestock Board
Gee Puailor
Higbee
Springfield
American School Book Company
Furniture Company
Berry
Craig
Champaign
Presdent Gill
Campbell
O'Malley
Lincoln Park
Jacksonville
Sphingufield
House
Northern Insane Asylum
Joliet
State University At
State Board of Health
George Thilv
Cook County
F W Ketly
William Quine
Daniel H Williams
Sarah Ancrett Stevenson
William R McKenzie
James B. Futrick
William A Haskell
Julius Koh
St Clair County
A la Clark
Bousse
T l
Yeasterday
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Chester
Farmers County
Peoria
Hioomington
Decatur
Aurora
Youngfield
Litchfield
Kent
Lil
Uweir
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Me. Fister
White House
Hope
Baseball
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Laddies
Jana Penewees
Minnesota
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S&s
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Omaha
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