Blair Invalid Pension Bill Passes Senate
From the capital comes news that the Blair Invalid Pension bill passed the Senate. It defines pension eligibility for Civil War service with three months or more, requires proof of disability not due to the recipient’s fault, and limits monthly rates from four to twenty four dollars. It also addresses dependent parents and enlistee record evidence, while barring double pensions.
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Wasmixnton
Benata
Beck
Berry
Cockrell
Eustis
Gorman
Gray
Jones
Ark
McPherson
Morgan
Baulsbury
Yestana Whitthorpe
Congress
Fearful record of murder by Frankfort paramour in Tennessee
Albert Wyler killed Mrs. Mary Block near Frankfort and then shot himself, dying later in St. Joseph Hospital. Report alleges Mrs Block, described as a modern Lucretia Borgia, caused several deaths in a German immigrant family dating from 1860s. The sequence includes drowned child, deaths of John Block and Mrs Schiotman, and Block’s death six weeks earlier.
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Frankfort
Jarrer
Albert Wyler
Mary Block
St. Joseph Hospital
Potter’s Field
Mary Dieck
Lucretia Borgia
George Bechlerman
John Block
Germany
Schiotman
Block
Thia
Wyler
Tragic House Fires Claim Four Children in Two States
On May 20, in Axney Ohio three miles north of Akron a widow Mary Mooney lost her home in a late night fire. Four children aged four to twelve died in the blaze. In Maryland a Linwood district residence of John Baltimore burned Tuesday night with two children aged three and eight perishing in the ruins.
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Axney
Mary Mooney
Akron
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Minois
Attica
Williamsport
Here
Attica Milling Company
Revere Honan
Hees Survey
Ingianarouis
Wilkingon
Bamual
Glen Bunc
J. W. Smith
Tipton
End
Uriah Gates
Miss Barger
Marah Tucker
Lou Deg
Preller's Fate in May 19 Statement
Maxwell, charged with the killing of Preller, claims he administered chloroform before a surgical operation, the anesthetic proved too strong and caused Preller's death. He says he was driven to frenzy and recalls little after the act.
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Preller
Br. Lous
Maxwell
Proller
Chicago Strikers End Turnout Return to Work Widely
In Chicago May 20 over 400 men attended a meeting at Unlich's Hall where the executive committee voted to declare the strike off. Workers will return to their posts on the prestrike basis. Reports indicate 7,000 yard workers and 5,000 more seek jobs as unions wind down eight hour agitation. The pork packers revert from ten hours to eight, impacting up to thirty thousand.
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Masa
Unlich’s Halk
Yeaterday
Lumbermen’s Labor Union
Blue Island Avenue
Twentieth Ar Rest
Chicago
Aystem
Cook County
Waa
Rodgers
Wayrmarket Rick
Pullen
Rosedale
Logan
Wasumarox
Hoenator Logan
Senate
House
Repubican
Democratic Organization
Railro Corporation
Commissionera
United States
District Court of the
Ais
Baieurgine
Grand Jury
East St. Louis
Lontavills & Nashville
Capitalista
Pmuanerona
Boston
Troy
George P. Ide &Co
Bigelow Carpet Milla
Clinton
Maya
Southern Bard-Wire Company
St. Louis
Minera
Cumberland
Sharon Iron Company
Sharon
Nosely
Blaat
Third Avenue Railroad
New York
Ita
Third Avenue
Fem
Ward & Payne
Sheffield
Eng
Germany
Cinelionati
Fighting MAD Great Excitement Over Seizure of Weasels
Portland Maine reports widespread fury after Canadian authorities seize an American fishing schooner Ella Mr. Doughty. Residents urge non intercourse with Canada, arming ships to protect fisheries and demand immediate release. a second schooner is said to be seized. Also note a Weyant opera fire incident injuring twenty two.
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Portland
Canada
Portand
Halifax
O Aeizure
Lansdowne
Ella Mr. Doughty
Fish Exchange
United States
Canadian
Great Britain
Congress
Londaty
Michigan Republicans Plan State Convention at Grand Rapids
Mich May 20. The Republican State Central Committee met Tuesday and decided to call the state convention to meet at Grand September 1. The action aims to organize the GOP's statewide gathering with delegates from all counties attending.
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Michigan
Jacuequ, Mich
Republican State Central .Committee
Grand
Tragic Cyclone Ravages Xenia and Nearby Towns
A devastating cyclone smashed Xenia Ohio and parts of Indiana on May 14 15 leaving scores dead and many missing. Damages exceed 150000 in Xenia with rail lines and culverts blamed for rapid floods. Dayton and other cities report losses up to 2 million with crops, bridges, and pikes heavily damaged across multiple counties.
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Piorgue
Xenia
Nellie Anderson
Lydia Cksey
Samuel Corcoran
Tewenty
Mat Evans
Orrin Morrin
Wif Aid
Stephen Anton
William Powell
Henry Brazelton
Powell
Lewis Andersson
Tinfe
Mr. Powell
Columbia & Xenia
Wilmington Pike
Dayton
Shakentown
Miami City
Boeayertown
Zionville
Alpha
Zimmermanville
Tippenanoe City
Minnisburg
Germantown
Alexanderville
Carrollton
Vandalia
Sulphur Grove
Fairmount
Frogtown
Centreville
Gettysburg
Farmersville
Johnsville
Liberty
eBrookville
Little Rock
Maimburg
Jonna Wrury
Springford
Cwenysti
Seneca
Wyandot
Hancock
Hardin
Auglaize
Mercer
Mercer County
Wabash City
Dunkirk
Hardin County
Blanchardiver
Carey
Bloopsville
South Carey
Wharton
Tiffin
Seneca County
Kenton
Lancaster
Celina
Lansing
Albion
Mich
Decatur
Ind
Indilna
Terrible cyclone wrecks Montpelier and Lonnto towns
Lonnoy reports a hurricane causing 1,000,000 francs in damage to Montpelier's buildings and vineyards. Several parsons were killed and five lives lost in Lonnto. Two German ships were foundered in the Oder River.
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Lonnoy
Montpelier
Lonnto
Oder
Cyclone demolishes Union Pacific roundhouse in Idaho
May 20 at 2:15 p m a cyclone struck Blackpool Idaho demolishing the Union Pacific roundhouse. About thirty inside escaped with fire risk. three injured. Separate report from Ont Canada notes two dynamite blasts, office and Police Miss Monroe residence, wrecking office and damaging adjoining property with no fatalities. The unrest follows temperance-law enforcement by Magistrate Monroe.
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Idaho
Blackpool
Union Pacific Roundhouse
Obangeyiles
Ont
Monroe
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Opera House Reporter
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