Multiple Disasters and Political Moves Dominate Week
The week saw a Fort Wayne brewery destroyed by fire with $350000 loss and minimal insurance, deadly river drownings in Kansas, rail and industrial strikes in Pennsylvania and New York, and a large Treasury dip for debt liquidation. Reports include a Boston fishing schooner tragedy, Chicago rail disaster, court actions, and political nominations across several states.
Notable Losses and Political Exchange Across States
Reports of deaths include Howard Smith former Kentucky auditor in Louisville on the 15th from heart disease. Joux K Post Oswego leader and lumber importer dies. E C Jonpan Jordan White Sulphur Springs proprietor dies in Winchester after a pet squirrel bite and blood poisoning. W T Lewis resigns Miners National Progressive Union secretary to join Paris Exposition and practice law. Dr C Mason Knights Templar California dies at Chico on the 15th. Rev Jdamima A Conconan Catholic theologian dies at St Charles Borromeo Seminary Overbrook aged 70. The President denies Blaine resignation as rumor, calls it stuff and nonsense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covonet PD
Howard Smith
Kentucky
Louisville
Blaine
Joux K. Post
Oswego
N. Y
E. C. Jonpan
United States
Jordan White
Winchester
W. T. Lewis
Miners’ National Progressive Union
C. Mason
Knights Templar of
California
Chico
Jdamima A. Conconan
St. Charles Borromeo Sempary
Overbrook
Flood in Kwantung Province Triggers Thousands Homeless
City of New York reports a Kwantung flood causing 6,000 deaths and 10,000 homeless after a waterspout rupture. Water stood thirty six feet deep. Other items note a Puerto del Agua clash leaving two guards and three smugglers dead, Berlin suicides, Millet painting sale, attempted royal assassination in Rio, and a Scottish earthquake.
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New York
San Francisco
China
Kwantung
Puerto del Agua
Mex
Custom House
Berlin
Germany
M. Proust
Fine Arts
Millet
Angelus
American Art Association
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Caroline Miller
Legitime
Arran
Scotland
Ottawa
Roche
John Morley
Prince of Wales
Egypt
Global brief of varied 19th century incidents and notable deaths
A wide array of short items from 19th century news: English syndicate eyes factory assets in this country. two men suffocated in a Santa Rosa fermenting tank. Garfield County faces a county seat outbreak threat. Mitchell and Donavin depart New York for Canada. a murder in Carbon W T by a butcher Friedman. Albert Bulow hanged in Little Falls Minn for Eich murder. balloonist Hogan reportedly safe aboard an Atlantic vessel. New Jersey Prohibitionists nominate George LaMonte for governor. boiler explosion in Washington D H C kills two, injures eight. Joseph Busch Brewery Lake Linden sold to English capitalists for 200000 dollars. Nelson Dewey dying at Cassville. three men shot near Adgers Ala while pursuing a desperado. one killed and several injured near Waycross Ga in railroad collision. James Boags commits suicide in Trenton N J. Rev Denis StarksER dies at Owensboro. President Harrison mails Brazil dispatch to Dom Pedro after assassination attempt. coup in Little Kanawha Valley with Morris village destroyed. Henrietta Mc Daniels convicted of manslaughter in Maysville Ky. Fort McDermit reservation restored to public domain per Proctor recommendation.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Lincoln
Neb
Mary Brapy
Jersey City
N J
Multonomah County
Washington Territory
Versailles Woolen Company
Connecticut
Sing Sing
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Kemmler
M. A. Lillibridge & Co
Port Allegheny
Alexander Bremer
Musical Mutual Protective Association
Grant
Brewton
Ala
Gaston
Iowa
Wiliam Bouse
Henry Bolle
Martin Pipher
Santa Rosa
Cal
Denver
St. Paul
Albany
Joseph Hunter
Star City
Ark
Paterson
N. J
Old Orchard
Thomas B. Winchester
R. V. Stone Lumber Company
Chicago
Nobte
Indian Territory
Purvis
Miss
Fitzpatrick
Bud Renaud
C. B. Rich
Sullivan Kilrain
Chambersburg
Point Pleasant
Anita
Miriam Boggs
James Copeland
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Tur
St. Louis United Grain Elevator Company
Webb M. Samuels
B. L. Slack
Brazil
Ind
Eastern Association of Glass Bottle Manufacturers
Garfield County
Kas
Mitchell
Donavin
Canada
Carbon
W. T
William Miller
Friedman
Albert BuLow
Little Falls
Minn
Frank Eich
Hogan
Cassville
Adgers
Thos. Simpson
Savannah
Florida and Western
Way Cross
Jas
Boags
Trenton
Denis Starkser
M. E. Church
Owensboro
Mammoth Cave
Harrison
State Department
Dom Pedro
Kanawha
Ooe
Morrison
Maysville
Henrietta McDaniels
E. J. Cross
Cyclone strike Princeton ignites extensive damage in Butler County
A trio of cyclones hit Princeton eight miles east of Hamilton causing roofs to blow off and trees to fall. The school house was wrecked, crops damaged, and several homes left homeless with losses estimated above five thousand dollars. No injuries were reported as residents aided each other and began cleanup. Ohio pension officers were appointed in Alliance Youngstown and Massillon with listed examining surgeons.
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Hamilton
Princeton
Butler County
Here
Herman Lutz
Kirk Condon
Clinton’ Clawson
John Lenhoff
Augustus Kinear
Ross Miller
J. Stimpson
Salem Clawson
Andrew Lebrich
Richard Blue
Ashley Wallace
Shakerville
M. E
Princetonians
Ohio
Washingtoa
Commissioner of Pensions
Alliance
Frownfeller
Canton
P. W. Walker
J. H. Tressle
Youngstown
R. Justus
John C. Mc. Curdy
Massillon
A. Perle Pease
T. Clark Miller
New Ohio Postmasters Appointments Listed
Washington announces new Ohio fourth class postmasters including Martin V. B. King for Canfield Mahoning County W Wallace for Petersburg Mahoning County Lizzie Davis for Bucks Columbiana County and Shepherd Hawley for Actor Columbiana County among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Washington
Canfield
Mahoning County
Martin V. B. King
Petersburg
W. Wallace
Columbiana County
Lizzie Davis
Bucks
Shepherd Hawley
Not Common Knowledge On Disasters And Divorces
The piece notes ten year US giving totaling 20 million for disaster relief and epidemics while US divorces in 1886 reach 25 585 versus Europe 22 080. It mentions nitrate of soda sources at Iquique Chile with a ten dollar per ton export duty and long beds along South America’s coast from decayed seaweed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Iquique
South America
Ohio County Fairs and Tragic Accidents in 19th Century
A compilation of state news items from Ohio recounts fatalities and incidents across counties. Lovie Marz gored by a bull near Youngstown. Orro Kocu crushed under earth in Camp Washington. Leon Chapel killed by a generator explosion in Bowling Green. many other injuries and accidents noted including a drowning, a suicide attempt, and a fatal railroad accident. The piece also covers local governance appointments, a major sale of Tux Otis Iron and Steel to a British syndicate for 4.5 million, religious unrest, and ongoing labor and public safety reports.
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Bart Cirford
Nelsonville
Foraker
Board of Elections
Springfield
General Sherman
Findlay
Joan Stevens
Lawrence County
Penitentiary
Gro. Buerriicn
Shrum
Newark
Tux Otis Iron and Steel Company
Cleveland
Orro Kocu
Camp Washington
Cincinnati
Leon Chapel
Bowling Green
Thmas Wagner
Fostoria
Jack McGuire
Ohio
George Graham
Clyde
George
C. A. Thatcher
Oliver Parks
West Liberty
M. Age
Miller Henry
Speer
Kiike
Hatch
Common Pleas
Reese
Buckingham
Henry Berthoio
Hartland Station
Sam’. Copeland
Pittsburgh and Western Railroad
Tiis
Youngstown
Republican State Central Committee
A. T. Bringmade
A. W. Kimler
Dayton
A. L. Conger
Akron
John M. Doane
Columbus
G. W. Sinks
Asan S. Bushner
George K. Nash
A. ©. Hard
GC. Il
Ketcham
Toledo
L. Maxwell
Xenia
Auwor Smith
L. Johnson
L. Kurtz
Athens
Bellaire
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Fort Wayne
C. L. Gentlivre & Son
Alex Duenning
Charles Noll
Charles Yonkers
Paola
Kan
Addie
Kate Gordon
Myrtle Cranby
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburgh Committee For the Relief
Johnstown
State Commission
Pittsburgh Committee
Edith Emery
Sullivan
Boston
Mass
Highland Light
Plattsmouth
Main Street
Electric Motor Railroad
Robert Dalton
Oklahoma
Dalton
Lee West
West
Gilman
Eatenhower
Empire
Ore
George Morris
Philadelphia
Thomas H. Green
Knights of Labor
Atlanta
Brooks Iron Company
Birdsborough
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Scranton
W. J. Pelot
Sharon
Althea Terry
Calais
T. J. Hourigan
Bardstown
J. H. Hays
Paducah
Gus Fowler
Henry Shelton
Treasury Department
Windom
Treasury
William P. Hil
Missouri
Louis Hughes
Hill
Hughes
National
Bodine
Milford
Hanoio M. Sewans
Samoa
Samoan Commission
Wri B. Cantor
Westchester
Rhode Island
Providence
Mississippi
Jackson
John M. Stone
M. M. Evans
George Becuren
Staten Island
Richmond County
Benjamin Owen
Ishpeming
Mich
Gerorge W. Norton
Duluth
John F. Bingham
Daniel Appleton
Seventh
Emmons Clark
Virginia
Lynchburg
Thomas E. Taylor
Loudon County
Ohio County Fairs
Lovie Marz
Trembull County
Alphonso Hart
Internal Revenue
Bselote
Portsmouth
Highland Seeenene P
Chillicothe
Seeeener
Champaign
Urbana
Eens
Vveveeens Ag
Wee
Clarke
Charleston Delaware
Delaware
Sone
Fayette
Washington Cane
Richland
Mansfield
Trumbull Warren
Belmont Teeee
St. Clairsville
Clermont
Owensville
Cuyahoga
Chagrin Fai
Morgan McConnellv
Ile
Eneee Painesville
Paulding
Paulding Wyantot Upper
Sso
Marietta
Enone
Portage Pheeeeee
Ravenna
Ashtabula Jefferson
Fulion
Saseeenes
Wauseon
Guernsey
Holmes
Millersburg
Seeeae
Lovain
Elyria
Mercer Celina Aevaee
Tte
Shelby Sidney
Union Pees Ween
Marysville
Jefferson
Smithted
Ept
Lawrero
Ironton
Hancock
Miami
Troy
Cadiz
Auglaise
Wapakoneta
Brown Georgetown
Licking
Loganellefontains
Marion Marion
Get
Morrow Mt. Gilead
Summit
Tuscaraay's
Dover
Wayne Wooster
Nichols & Nichols, Attorneys AT Law
Batavia
Tatman's Building
Av. Pease
Cincinnati, C
Lincoln Inn ‘Place
Ames E. Robinson
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Amelia
Mownsley & Woodlief
Attorneys AT Law
W. A.townsley
J. R. Woodhief
D. Q. Crane
Uana Notary Public
Bantam
Clermont County
Test & Hicks, Attorneys AT Law
Court House Row
S. A. West, Louis Ticks
Frazier
Ames B. Swing
Esplanade
Y. Mallbary
Lincoln Inn Court Building
Cincinpee
Mildale
William C. Bishop
Main Steel
Clermont House
Wing & Breeding, Attorneys AT Law
Gee
L. Swing
T. P. Breeding
C. Hulick
Sardinia
Dunn
Louis Hicks
Market Street
Rayer
Race Street
H. Clark
Goshen
Hotels
M. Kautz
Biehn House
Georgetown
Public Square
Prank Hurdle
Ohio House
Felicity
Ellsworth House
F. Smidley
Dick Hotel
Moscow
West Sixth St
Vine
Sitoer
John D. Park & Sons, Wholesale Agts
Prio
DYE House
Robert Walker
East Third Street
A, Detzel
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