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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1885
Page
8
Telegraph reports an Indian raid near Eagle Pass Texas with fifteen Mexicans killed. Other items include a New York alcohol explosion causing five burn injuries, insolvency filing in Oakland, mass strikes in Newburg and Cleveland, and various disasters and political notes across the United States.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a court hearing with names like Gibrat and Petit, and reference to General Grant's health. It notes insanity adjudication in Judge Prehdergast's court and mentions doctors seeking mental diversion for the patient. The report lacks clear dates or full context.
Reports from Winnipeg celebrate General Middleton’s troops returning from the Northwest campaign while Asia Minor and Smyrna endure violent earthquakes. London fears Russian advances, while Cairo circles debate rumors of a false prophet’s death. Spain faces a half breed uprising, a cholera surge, and a Dominion resolution backing Middleton with twenty thousand dollars.
Spanish cholera peaks with 1,893 new cases and 718 deaths in one day, raising total deaths to about 13,000. Reports from Mount McGregor note Grant's condition steady but not improved. Indian earthquakes claim over fifty lives and heavy property damage. Other items include record heat in Chicago and New York, a fatal clothing fire in McKeesport, and a tunnel disaster in Roxbury.
A July 17 blaze at the Washington Post building on Tenth and D streets northwest disrupts the Post, National Republican, Critic, and Gazette. Editorial rooms and presses are ruined or flooded. total loss around 150000 with much insured. Editors relocate to Star office for next issue. The origin is suspected in the Electric Light Company engine room.
Mrs. McIntyre of Welland Ontario, about twenty eight, visiting Buffalo, went over Niagara falls with Miss Shields as witness. She urged her companion to follow before losing balance and tumbling into the river, swept past Luna and Goat islands and drowned.
Reports from Sioux City Miller and Watertown describe severe storms with lightning and high winds. A. P. Reed of Miller was killed by lightning. E. B. Thompson broke his neck during the Wighmore blow. High more suffered extensive destruction with about fifteen houses leveled. In Ixonia an elderly resident died from electric shock and crops were crushed. St. Paul summaries place widespread damage across the region with five thousand acres of grain ruined and crops wiped out in parts of Manuel.
The special delivery service authorized by the last Congress will launch within one or two months at about a dozen main post offices including New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago and Washington. Attach a ten cent special stamp to letters to receive immediate delivery at designated free-delivery offices. roughly fifty messengers are planned for New York and twenty five for each of twenty large stations in the city.
Thousands attend a Niagara pageant with military parade and fireworks. Governor Will and officials preside as Bishop Cox opens services at Prospect Park. crowd views from Goat Island and Three Sisters Islands. Canadian troops absent due to diplomatic issues.
In Cleveland on July 16, a planned meeting in Newburg sparked a five minute battle between 700 strikers and police at the Etna street mill. Police used 22 inch maces as clashes injured six officers and thirty five strikers, seven arrested.
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