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Henry Republican

Location

Henry, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1885

Page

10

Earnings of Union Pacific for March 1885 top profits

Union Pacific records March 1885 earnings of $1 975 517 with expenses $1 254 563 and surplus of $720 949 up $31 142 from the previous year. Also reports in Brooklyn fires kill dozens, and Kansas winter wheat acreage falls sharply.

Union Pacific Railroad Suh Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn Kansas Uniteparates Jordan Treasury Mollie Maguires Tazewell County Tax Commissioner of Agriculture Washington National Department Grorce W. Tripp Freeville N. Y Conito City N. M Martin Nelson William H. Flynn Maberry Peter Nelson Herman Beck Nelson Jamues Anderson Holton Minn Mllinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Dakota Sea View Atlantic Ocean Hampton Beach N. H New York Chamber of Commerce Mount Scott I. T Lebanon Abo Buzzard Welch Mountains Pennsylvania Manning Blanche K. Bruo Register of the Treasury Plymouth Hjalmar ‘Hjorth Boyesen West Hampton L. L

Memorial to Poe unveiled at New York museum

A memorial to Edgar Allan Poe was unveiled on the fourth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Edwin Booth delivering the presentation speech. Various political and military figures are noted in brief accompanying items.

Edgar Allen Poe Metropolitan Museum of Arts New York Edwin Booth Invin McDonegal San Francisco West Point Jupus GresHame Bas Mackin and Gallagher Chicago Baltimore Society of the Army of the Potomac Grant Ohio W. A. Weaver AlMnois Mr. Shaw Evien V. Lispy Charles A. Libby A. P. Swingrorp Michigan Alaska Kincaid Arthur New York Civil Service Reform Association George William Curtis General Grant Russia Boyd Winchester Kentucky Switzerland John E. W. Thompson Hayti Workinghan’s Clubs United States Boston

Colonial violence and suspected murder cases reach abroad

Preston the mulatto said to have burned Colon seized three steamers at Porto on the 6th and threatened more. A quarrel between Colombian soldiers and Panama canal laborers left 25 laborers dead in their barracks and 20 wounded. Maxwell, accused murderer of Praller in St Louis, reportedly arrested in Auckland New Zealand.

Preston Colon Porto Panama Canal Apviers Maxwell Praller St. Louis Auckland New Zealand

Global Maritime Collision and Military Skirmishes Report

The chronicle notes the Lin Yun collision near Shanghai with seventy five drowned aboard the Lin Yun and the Orestes. British casualties numbered five. It also reports Graham’s rebel defeat at Tackhol with sixty rebels killed and cattle captured, while other lines speak of Indian uprisings, Afghan frontier talks, and evacuations in Sudan amid broader imperial tensions.

San Francisco St. Louis Lin Yun Orestes Shanghai Svuakim Graham Tackhol Qu’Appelle Winnipeg Otter Poundmaker Panama United States New York Earl Dufferin India Mr.Hadstone Dongola Mehdi Kordofan Sennaar Abu Haraz

Tur exchanges at leading clearing-houses week end report

The week ending shows nationwide exchange activity totaling 751 081 757 dollars, down from 704 237 432 the previous week and off 20.7 percent from the same period last year.

Tur United States Illinois Mt. Morrison Logan OnigLa Gapenel August Ruse Monongahela Hazelwood Grant Willliam Wright Harrodsburg Ind Peter Weber Philadelphia Plymouth Middleton Riel Batoche Crossing Madison Square Garden New York Salt Lake Angus Cannon Milton Musser J. C. Watson Min. Lezprr Ilinois Weaver House of Representatives Peter Lumsden Pensdeh

Devastating Chicago lumber district fire destroys vast piles

A massive blaze in Chicago's lumber district along the south branch of the river swept yards of the Chicago Lumber Co Bigelow Brothers Adams Hastings Co and others. Winds fanned the flames as crews fought to contain it amid drifting embers and threats to nearby domains.

Detroit Lower Peninsula Plymouth Chicago Chicago River Thirty-fifth Thirty-Ninth Streets Rio Grande River Laredo Tex Department of Agriculture Washington Nemaha Agency Kansas Indian Territory Bradstreet Tur Toledo Eppie Banarnr Tressy Sersland West Twelfth Street Mosxrs Caton Morganfield United States Canada Middle States New England Western Southern Pacific States and Territories Newport Nova Thirty-ninth Chicago Lumber Company South Branch Jomber Fowler Brothers’ Packing House Union Stock Yards A. Mosher McCormick Uncle Sam Bigelow Bros Chicago Dock Company Bigelow Hinkley Adams, Flastings & Co Contol Chicago Lumber Co Bigelow Brothers Adama, Hastings & Co Hinkley & Co Weaeeess Thirty-eighth Street M. T. Green Uilman Street Adams, Hastings & Co Marshal Kenney Isaurel Street Cabbage Garden Thomas Gilhooley Thirty-fifth Street Robert Burns Thomas Slattery Anton Stoke Thirty-sixth Street James McLaughlin Thirty Seventh Street

Veterans of Potomac Rally Elect Grant Commander

Memnaloa of the Army of the Potomac meets in Baltimore to elect General Grant as commander by acclamation amid scenes of protest over inviting ex Confederates to the floor. A late reception honors his re election as officers are chosen and speeches and poems are read.

Memnaloa Army of the Potomac Baltimore Grant Erie Barrmont Society of the Army of the Potomac Ford Opera House Grant Procenium Arch Horatio C. King Vandervoort Grand Army of the Republic San Francisco California John C. Robinson W. H. Brown Washington R. E. Leecamp Richmond

Indians Routed in Battle with Otter's Column Near Poundmaker

Winnipeg dispatch reports Colonel Otter's forces routing Poundmaker's braves with over a hundred Indians killed. Otter followed toward Fort Pitt seeking Big Bear and prisoners, then fought from bush cover as Indians fired from reserve. News notes rising tensions, pillaging, and Middleton's march north awaiting battle.

Otter Poundmaker Middleton Winnipeg Manitoba Coonel Otter Big Bear Factor McLean Fort Pitt Battleford Fire Hill Qu’Appelle Crowfoot Medicine Hat

Mrs Gertrude Wouse Sacrifices Self Saving Boy

In Chicago on Center avenue a Polish widow Mrs Gertrude Wouse 53 died after jumping to shield a child from an approaching train. She was struck by the locomotive near the Chicago and Northwestern tracks and died at her home 266 North Center avenue from injuries.

ChicaGo Gertrude Wouse Chicago & Northwestern Railway Center Avenue

Treasury Count Nears Finish in Washington

Treasury Treasurer Jore dan reports the count nearly complete with all found satisfactory. Three silver dollars escaped from a broken silver vault package have been recovered, leaving only a two cent discrepancy from a five dollar pennies package in the cash room.

Treasury Washinatox Joredan

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