Indiana Progress News Roundup May 25 1892
The Democrats renominated Congressman Breckinridge in the Second Indiana District. Reports warn of widespread strikes and job losses as Granite workers and other unions protest in New England and Michigan. A Ringling Brothers circus train wreck near Atchison Kansas leaves two dead. Cholera patients rise in East Africa. Germany may curb immigration from Russia. A dam accident at Crete Nebraska ends with wrecked boats and missing men. Burglary hits the home of J A Cannon in Muscatine. Chicago granite cutters strike affecting East coast supply. U.S. rice crop expected to be 50 percent higher than prior year.
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Chicago
Det
United States
Philadelphia
New England
Maade
West Prussia
Ohio
Loveland
Pattison
North Carolina
Ela. Williams
Acclain
California
Thomas J.geary
A. Camminet
James G. Fe
F. BylandeMy
Dowdle
Merrilton
Ark
Hamp Wilson
Lagos
Itca
Eeya
Boston
Mass
Tufts
Wall County
England
Ed. Jr
New York State
Auburn
Premmler
Oradence
To Unitarian Conference
Tonquin
Indianapolis
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Braddock
Ing of Tannera
Ihis
Quincy
Monson
Rockport
Milford
Concord
N.H
Hwalewell
Waterville
Clark's Mills
Portland
Barre
Westerly
R. I
Disastrous fire and multiple fatal accidents overwhelm towns
A chaotic report sketches tragedies from Mountain Home Arkansas to London and Augusta. It cites a bear attack killing children, mine shaft fatalities, a factory collapse, city fires in Trenton Savannah and Santa Fe, and numerous other deaths. It notes labor strife in New England granite and tanning sectors, and various criminal incidents. The roundup also lists weather, crop, and financial notices, with ongoing international incidents and investigations.
Mosaic of States and Elector Numbers from 1892 Election
A fragmented OCR passage lists U S states alphabetically from Alabama to Wisconsin and includes scattered numbers like 1892 1835 Electors and sequences such as 119 8 7 3 6 4 12 2. The garbled text also shows state names misread and stray characters, reflecting an old voter roll or electoral tally page.
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Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Elentors
Ee Etaee
Exposition Funds From Foreign Nations and States
The table lists nations and colonies contributing toward the Exposition and their appropriations, with totals from Argentina to Greece and nine states that avoided direct appropriation due to constitutional limits. A separate note reports the bark Earl of Aberdeeen wreck off Pembroke coast near Cardiff with eighteen drownings and crew losses.
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Re-Guatema
Haiti
Austria
Honduras
Belgium
Jamaica
Ermuda
Japan
Livia
Mexico
Brazil
Wales
New Zealand
Netherlands
British Guiana
Nicaragua
Brit
Uruguay
Victoria
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Arizona
New Jersey
Colorado
New Mexico
Delaw
New York
Idaho
North Carol's
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Vermont
Maryland
Virginia
Massachusetts
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Missouri
Wyoming
Loxpow
Pembroke
Cardiff
Haven of Rest Dedicated for Printers at Colorado Springs
The Childs-Drexel Home for Union Printers in Colorado Springs was dedicated on the 6th, honoring George W. Childs and A. J. Drexel. About 7,000 delegates of the National Typographical Association and officials attended, with speeches by Gov. John L. Routh and others. The $60,000 building features Renaissance architecture, marble furnishings, and rooms for memorial use, with a life sized Childs portrait and rooms furnished by California unions. The Home, located a mile from the city center, was funded by contributions linked to the birth anniversaries of Childs and Drexel and the joint effort of printers nationwide.
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Childs-Drexel
Colorado Springs
George W. Childs
The
Public Ledger
Philadelphi
A. J. Drexel
National Editorial Association
California
Chaffee Light Artillery
United States
International Typographical Union
Board of Trustees
John L. Routh
Ira T. Sprague
W. B. Lunt
Childs
San Francisco
Drexel
Chamber of Commerce
WB. Prescott
August Donath
J. H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
W.9. Cappeller
Mansfield
Home
Philadelphia
James J. Dailey
International Tyraphical Union
Cift
Childe-Drexel
Mississippi
Condition Of Business Weather Impacts Western Trade
R.G. Dunn & Co. reports widespread bad weather in the West dampening crops and trade prospects, though other regions show improvement. Money markets are easy, with Chicago and St. Louis noting gains, Kansas City cattle receipts high, and Omaha Denver sustaining trade. Boston and eastern states see steady but cautious activity, while the South reports limited news. US business failures total 175 this week, down from last week and year.
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R.G. Dunn & Co
Review of Trade
Cleveland
Denver
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapol
United States
Canada
Outlaw Gilmore Killed by Miss Brunt’s Shot
Seventeen miles below Fayetteville North Carolina Albert Gilmore a South Carolina outlaw entered Rev William Brunts home and forced dinner at gunpoint Miss Brunt shot Gilmore with 13 buckshot from a pistol wound him fatally The incident makes Miss Brunt a local hero and a $300 reward was posted for Gilmore prior to his death.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Albert Gilmore
South Carolina
William Brunt
Miss Brunt
Miss Brant
Gilmore
Caspian Steamer Alexander Wolcon Lost After Hurricane
The Caspian sea steamer Alexander Wolcon, sailing from a Persian port toward Baku, foundered in a March hurricane near the Caspian. Equipped with no lifeboats and carrying 250 passengers, all aboard are presumed lost as the vessel capsized under heavy deck cargo and shifting weights.
Territorial and State Conventions Shape 1892 Nominations
Reports from conventions across states outline Republican and Democratic delegates chosen for Chicago and Minneapolis, with platforms urging free coinage, unity, and Cleveland support. Democratic groups split locally but largely back Cleveland, while some states nominate candidates like Elias Carr for governor amid silver coinage emphasis.
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Paornix
Agiz
Minneapolis
Tudsor
Antz
Chicago
Grover Cleveland
Dover
Del
Cleveland
Chi
Atlanta
3. C
Ocala
Fresno
Cal
United States
Barziou
N. C
Elias Carr
Edgecomb
Chicago B
Four Women Murdered in Denison Night of Panic
Four women killed in Denison in a single night as an unknown assassin opened fire at multiple locations. Mrs Haynes, wife of a prominent doctor, may have been taken from or killed at her home. Teen Hawley was shot in the city center. Maud Kramer and Rose Stewart, inmates of disreputable houses, were shot in their rooms. Business halted as thousands search for the criminal.
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Denon
Trx
Denison
Haynes
Teen Hawley
Rivers
Maud Kramer
Lester
Rose Stewart
Methodist Conference Debates Constitutional Revision Reforms
The Methodist Conference adjourned gatherings with debates on constitutional revision visions and lay representation. Bishop Goodsell led Fridays session as resolutions on capital labor and army chaplaincies were discussed, while proposals to admit women as lay delegates and relax disciplinary amusements were considered or tabled for further study.
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Bishi Se RT Seeeros
Joseph Newman
Rev
Halstead
Indiana
Freeman's Aid and
Southern Education Society
Educational Society
Board of Education
Buckley
Constitutional Commission
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Goodsell
Thomas Hanlon
Pennington Seminary
Hurst
Army
Navy
William Swindell
Methodist Church
Bowman
Congress
Payne
New York
Foster
Baltimore
Dr. Tigert
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Great Bridge Gone Cuts Traffic Over Missouri River
Omana May 18. The east approach of the Union Pacific bridge over the Missouri river collapsed leaving a 30 foot gap. The river is rising and more of the bridge may fail. Half the town of Beatrice is flooded.
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Omana
Nxt
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Beatrice
World Fair Half-Dollars Proposed for Exposition Use
The secretary of the treasury and the mint director approved a plan for a 20 million dollar issue of fifty cent pieces bearing designs fitting the World’s Columbian exposition. Congress must authorize the action. Sixth victim of the Cleves wreck identified in Cincinnati report details.
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Foster
Srl
Secretary of the Treasury
Mint
Congress
Italian Minister Baron Fava Returns to Washington Post
Baron Saverio Fava, Italian Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, resumes duties in Washington after a year away. He arrived on La Gascona amid a large Italian-American welcome, while a plan to transfer him to Laura M. Stalin was thwarted by rough seas. Fava dismissed New Orleans unrest as no harm to U S relations, and reaffirmed amicable ties amid ongoing arbitration.
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Baron Saverio Fava
United States
Washington
New York
la Gascone
Baron Fava
Italy
New Orleans
Baron Favais
Laura M. Stalin
Baron
Bis
la Gascona
Messemer
United Italian Societies
North River
Pennsylvania
Abe
Asl
Bering Sea
Fealy
Great Wastes Of Water In Floods Across Midwest
May 17 dispatches report the Mississippi crest near, with crews racing to rescue thousands in East St. Louis as floodwaters rise across Missouri and Arkansas. Toll rises from ruined farms, destroyed homes, and hundreds feared dead, with relief boats rescuing stranded residents along banks and islands.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
East St. Louis
Fort Smith
Ark
Arkansas
Madison
Mullanphy Island
Noonan
Reedy
Fawn
Dancer
Bend’s Island
Illinois
Merrimac
Foster's Taland
Erchant Bridge
Erchant Bridge, In North St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas City
Herman
Greensvlle
Mass
Panther Forest
Arkansas River
Bayou Mason
Reaks
Co Oumena
Ind
Multiple Fatalities and Disasters Reported in Local Areas
A collection of brief notices reports deaths from apoplexy and accidents including 60 year old editor Hervey J. Stag s. 16 year old Charles Svaster killed after a fall from a horse near York. Grover Gazzaro fatally injured at Claridge mines Greensburg. Benjamis Gustrtz run over by limestone car. W McInyess injured near Ligonier. 32 Erie houses with diphtheria. court action on mandamus to close public schools for three weeks. William Johnsfox near death in McKeesport. Sunday smoker collapse. John A. and Joseph Craig Jr horse dealers in New Castle with liabilities. writ Savere ill with nasal hemorrhages. tax bills against Hugh W. Car. Armweil township farm incident. Art Carlisle steam laundry machinery sold. general fire and property damage noted.
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Priastivaxta Ramwar
Starmt
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Stewart
Maraker
Shawn Nexpandes
Defeay- ST
Pennsylvania
Department
Jons A
Joseph Craig, Jr
New Castle
Writ Savere
Greensburg
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