New York Apr immigrant arrivals and assorted notices
ILTINGIS reports 4675 immigrants arrived in April compared with 60458 in the same month last year. A resident from Sing Sing buys a Stanford Connecticut home and will start a New York business. The note lists global mining shares from 1801, a shoplifting confession, proposed tracks for deaf inmates, a hair extension ad, and a forthcoming hair restorative product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ferdinasp Wan
Sing Sing
Stanford, Conn
Danish maid insurance opens for spinsters at thirteen
An old maid’s insurance firm starts in Denmark offering spinsters a small sum at thirteen and a regular allowance if unmarried at forty, forfeited if they marry. American corn gains favor in Europe as army rations mix corn with barley meal, with barley said to improve the corn and vice versa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
America
Oldest American naval officers by rank and service
Commodore Henry Bruce born 1798 entered service 1813 Rear Admiral Selfridge born 1804 entered service 1818 Commodore Samuel Lockwood born 1808 entered service 1820 Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee born 1812 entered service 1825.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Henry Bruce
Selfridge
Samuel Lockwood
Samuel P. Lee
Tradition and Progress in River Crossing and Notable Patter
The piece recalls De Soto on the Mississippi and a modern $8,000,000 steel bridge. It mocks a theater theft and jokes about gags. It notes patter about historical figures as book canvassers and publishers across centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
Mississippi River
Memphis
Long Line of White House Ladies Survive Into Grant Era
Mrs. Br Tarton Danpripar of Winchester, daughter of President Zachary Taylor, served as the lady of the White House during his presidency. She married Col. Bliss and later Philip Dandridge, whom she survives. Mrs Dandridge and Mrs Harriet Lane Johnson are the sole survivors of the notable women who presided over the White House before Gen. Grant’s term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Tarton Danpripar
Winchester
Zachary Taylor
White House
Col. Bliss
United States Navy
Philip Dandridge
Dandridge
Harriet Lane Johnson
Henry Johnson
Baltimore
Gen. Grant
Sun Will Shine For Millions Of Years, Say Experts
The article notes estimates that the sun could provide heat for 18 million years at most, with four-fifths of its energy already dissipated and the remaining one-fifth lasting about 3.6 million years. It adds that these figures may be off by millions, but the sun will continue to shine for a long era.
Emigration from Quebec Accelerates to U S Exodus
A Toronto paper reports a large wave of French Canadian emigration to the United States described as a stampede. At one Quebec station 250 tickets sold in a day. down the St Lawrence parishes the exodus is heavy. at Levis a weekly average of 1,500 depart for the states.
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Toronto
United States
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Levis
States
Sheep as burden carriers on Himalayan trade routes
In northwest India thousands of sheep carry goods along steep mountain paths. Each sheep bears sixteen to twenty pounds while traveling village to village where farmers shear wool and exchange grain loaded on the sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Himalayas
Meantime Congress Debates Navy Growth and Public Works
The week in Congress featured bills to register certain steamships as U S vessels and fund public buildings in Battle Creek Michigan Joliet Illinois and Lansing Michigan while the navy's size was debated amid a naval appropriations bill In the House and Senate new measures included a ship canal survey linking Lake Erie and the Ohio River and a free list for lumber amid flood and storm losses and political conventions across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tursday
Senate
United States
Battle Creek
Mich
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Wepms Bay
Wellate
Bartine
Crisp
House
Tuuesday
Bland
Treasury
Joliet
Ill
Lansing
George W. Jones
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
Grain stocks and fiscal data from Washington report
Washington reports show grain in store on the 16th at Wheat 35 106 000 bushels Corn 4 315 000 oats 4 501 000 rye 870 000 barley 454 000. Also noted are arbitrator appointments Senator Morean and Justice Harlan in the Gehring sea controversy. Fiscal year tax collections for ten months to June 30 1892 total 125 548 061 an increase of 5 609 841 over the prior year. Clearing house totals for the week end the 20th reach 1 281 800 7737.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
More@an
Justice Harlan
Gehring Sea
Twe
New York Stock Exchange Centennial Observed and Crime News
The East notes the New York Stock Exchange marking its one hundredth anniversary. Delaware Democrats at Dover condemn the McKinley bill, oppose free coinage of silver, and back Cleveland. Auburn prison inmate Joseph L. Tice, the Rochester wife murderer, is electrocuted. Oliver Curtis Perry, Lyons train robber, pleads guilty and receives a forty nine year sentence. An American authors association forms in New York to aid literary workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Ture
Dover
Cleveland
Auburn
Joseph L. Tice
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Association of American Authors
Lyons
Oliver Curtis Perry
Vast floods and fires sweep multiple states with casualties
Flooding swamped towns from Illinois to Iowa and Missouri with up to feet of water inundating farmland, while fires devastated Dexter and Fort McKinney areas. Dozens killed in Ringling Bros wreck near Concordia and a jail break in Clarkesville led to hangings. Damages reached millions as rail lines and bridges failed.
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Illinois
Missouri
Venice
Brooklyn
East Madison
East Carondelet
Centerville Station
Forest Lawn
Cahokia
Iowa
Kansas
Samual T. Busey
Congress
North Carolina
A. H. Williams
Charles Camp
West Chicago Street Railroad Company
Hieu
Union Pacific
Omaha
American Republican College League
Ann Arbor
Mich
James F. Burke
Michigan University
Concordia
Kan
Ringling Bros
Clarkesville
Carter
Toscoa
Democrats of
California
Fresno
Chicago
Cleveland
Denison
Tex
W. T. Iaynes
Wyo
Dexter
Sioux City
Nebraska
Mlinois
Mississippi
Foreign Intelligence Report of Multiple Conflicts and Disasters
French forces captured a private stronghold after killing 125 defenders. Fifty three trench soldiers and five officers were killed. An earthquake destroyed three Russian villages with twenty seven dead. A Mauritius hurricane wrecked Port Louis killing and injuring thousands. A Spain dynamite factory blast killed sixteen men and three women. Edward Parker Deacon was found guilty of murdering M. Abeille in Cannes and received one year imprisonment.
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Onquin
Russia
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Port Louis
Galdoncano
Spain
Edward Parker Deacon
M. Abeille
Cannes
France
U.S. Senate Idle as House Ends Pension Bill Debate
Chronicle notes the Senate was not in session on the 21st while the House spent time on the sundry civil bill. An amendment by Mr. Forney of Alabama to deduct pension money above five dollars per month from national soldiers home inmates passed 96 to 93 amid debate. Also reported are birthdays, battles, fires, drownings, shipwrecks, hangings, and baseball standings.
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United States Senate
Forney
Sarau Boruscuiny
Chicago
Lagos
Magbone
Hartford
Conn
Melbourne
Australia
Solimoes
Uruguay
Preverick B. Deemina
Guttenburg
Brigham City
U.T
Oswego
N. Y
Minprep Ann Clay
Leavenworth
Kan
Smirm
Covington
Cotton Belt
Goodman
Ark
Boston
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Baltimore
Columbus
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Solimoes sinks after striking rock off Montevideo
In Montevideo harbor the Brazilian ironclad Solimoes struck a rock near Polonio island and sank with 123 lives lost. Only four sailors and the pilot survived, as the crew of 127 perished aboard the vessel bound for Matto Grosso relief operations.
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Rio Janeiro
Matto Grosso
Montevideo
Mitta Grasso
Olonie Island
Point Negra Castillos
Polonio Island
Cape Santa Maria
Rio de la Plata
Solimoes
Bay
Port Philip
Hartford Fireworks Factory Blast Kills Multiple Workers
A Hartford pyrotechnics factory on Mechanic Street exploded Saturday, killing at least four workers including Superintendent J L B Sibley. Eight bodies were recovered, burned beyond recognition, with search continuing for one missing man as an arc light illuminates the ruins. In Arkansas, a Cotton Belt wreck near Dumphreys injured many and killed seven, including four men and three women, with one identified as Mrs Henson.
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Hartford
Conn
Huna Pyrotechnic Company
Mechanic Street
J. L. B. Sibley
Talcott, Frisbee & Co
Sibley
Teezy i
Emma Treganza
Emma Tarbox
Magurie Daly
Cotton Belt
Arkansas
Pink Bvurr
Ark
Cotton Belt Road
Dumphreys
Golden
Henson
State National Bank of Memphis
James Morgan
Mr. Oarsman
Mr. Jones
A. M. Swan
Fragmentary notes on society and geography
A collection of short items mentions Scottish land owned by twelve individuals and life expectancy differences between England and France. It notes Frerr Street in London as a busy newspaper hub, discusses French elections on Sunday, and describes difficult Rampoor to Spiti paths. Also referenced are needle making in Elizabethan England and Spanish needle cultivation in New South Wales with small crop yield.
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Scotland
England
France
Frerr Street
London
World
Rampoor
Spiti
Elias Crowse
Cheapside
Deeming hanged at Melbourne for Rain Hill murders
The Australian execution of Frederick Bailey Deeming occurred at 10:01 a.m. He faced his fate calmly, denied the Rain Hill murders, and expressed peace with God. His crime spree spanned England and Australia, ending with the deaths of his wife Emily Mather and four children at Rain Hill.
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Melbourne
Meenoourne
Deeming
Deemin
Ife
Iie
England
Australia
Lyle
Liverpool
Windsor
Mebourne
Rain Hill
Dinham Villa
Asho
Williams
Frederick Bailey Deeming
Girkenhead
Emily Mather
Dewetlves
Birkenhead
Jack the Ripper
Miss Mather
Misa Mather
Decming
Kate Rounseville
Southern Cross
Mather
British Privy Council
Flood Devastates Major Potato Field Near St Louis
Alarming outlook as the Great American Bottom flood covers Madison and St Clair counties. The inundation ruins nearly all potatoes and cabbages, washing away the season and preventing any harvest or movement of crops planned for July.
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St. Louis
Madison
St. Clair
Ilinois
Mississippi Valley
Pen and Pencil Points From a Varied Page
A scattered digest notes Amelia Edwards as a child author, mentions travel plans of the Quararn Kierra couple through Asia and Oceania, labels Henry Lanorengax skeptical of modern poets, recalls Brows1oa memory for quotations, highlights young Miss Manin AprLarnr TRitaoc in journalism and a Chinaman's pride in a long pigtail.
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Amelia I. Edwards
Quararn Kierra
Japan
China
New South Wales
New Zealand
Samoa
Australia
Ceylon
India
Henry Lanorengax
Tennyson
Himas
Manin AprLarnr
Tritaoc
Desolation and Flood Havoc Ripple Across Illinois
Describes widespread flood devastation in Illinois and Missouri valleys with hundreds displaced including 850 at Belleville and 2,500 at Alton. Gov. Fifer contemplates a relief proclamation, census of sufferers, and broad private aid. relief efforts mobilize boats, trains, and shelters as communities face long recovery with crop losses and beggared farmers.
Notable portraits and art grants linked to columbian exposition
Sanau Beemanor plans to donate a painting for the women’s gallery at the Columbian Exposition. Chicago’s Guneatiis reports the Browning portrait by Moseheles as the poet’s best likeness, praised by family and Browning himself. Empress Eugenie’s recognition boosted Mile Bonheur, while Rosa Bonheur declined further commissions. Pars Sears of Toward county, Indiana, marks a century as a church member.
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Sanau Beemanor
de. Guneatiis
Chicago
Robert Browning
Moseheles
Lesty Traveany
Rosa Bonheur
Empress Eugenie
Mile. Bonheur
Arifat
Legion of Honor
COUNTING THE COST OF FLOODS AROUND ST LOUIS
The losses in the Mississippi inundated district near Alton southward total eleven million dollars, with Saint Louis County three million four hundred thousand and city one million. The river decline allows assessment while 1,500 square miles were flooded and 15,000 workers displaced. Sioux City遭 winds add up to major damages and relief efforts continue as railroads repair and stockyards rebuild.
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Columbia
D. C
Cleveland
Wall Street
Farmers’ Alliance
Morrillton
Ark
Hamp Wilson
Salt Lake City
U. T
Minneapolis
Harrison
Ilinois
Allen Warner
Congress
Hot Springs
Danville
Illinois People's Party
A. M. Tarnett
Ofce
Charles 3. Dixon
Chicago
F. G. Blood
Mount Vernon
J. W. Mellroy
Rosemond
Jesse Cox
C. Hill
Martinsville
Lester C. Hubbard
Jesse Harper
Omaha
F. Norton
Ofllinois
Charley Everett
Manchester
Tenn
Indiana
W. A. Spurgeon
N. T. Bates
EE. V. Brookshire
Dem
J. Swan
People's Party
Raleigh
N. C
Gov. Hoyt
Ena
Irwin Osborn
Elbing
Kan
Joan A. Anderson
Kansas
Liverpool
England
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Rolling Fork
Miss
William Knight
Michael Shea
Louisville & Texas
Pine Bluffs
Marrnn Young
Elisha Young
Sky Young
Holman Mabel
Alfred Crossley
Chester
Alfred McAlley
St. Louis
Fifer
Belleville
Alton
Mississippi
Missouri
Ares
Altonia
Ramble
Piase
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Percy Swain
Brance Dorsett
Sioux City
Pierce
Floyd
Spuinerreny
Reilly
State Board of Health
Mississippi River
Arsenal
United States Quartermaster
Heizer
Journal
Feeen Popes Eed Anene
Scs
Dockery committee report proposes half salary cuts for officials
The Dockery committee report on world's fair affairs, presented to the House, runs 713 pages and calls for a 50 percent salary reduction for officials. It also supports a government loan of 5 million dollars and praises the exposition management for its scope and construction progress. A separate item notes a dynamite factory explosion at Galdames near Bilbao killing eight, injuring ten, and destroying the plant, with warrants issued for recently discharged workers. Another dispatch reports cholera raging along the Afghan Persian frontiers and Persian authorities taking preventive steps.
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Washington
Dockery Committee
House
Right
Maprip
Galdames
Bilboa
London
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Iltingis
Napoleon T
George Washington
Trydell
Longfellow
Daniel Webster
de Tocqueville
Irving
Jame
Henry Clay
Gismarck
Heidelberg
Blumenbach
Foreign Intelligence
Tves
Curiaco
Frank Ives
George F. Slosson
Central Music Hall
Jake Schaefer
Ives
Brunswick-Parke-Collender Company
Slossun’s
Over the
Ocean
Tongih
the Painters’ Art
Parser Sears
Toward County
Cleland
Henderson
Armstett
Ally Peterson
Northwestern
Sioux City & Northern
Ilinois Central
Floyd Valley
Big Sioux
Dakota
South Dakota
Elk Point
Sioux Valley
Dockery
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