Calamitous Portsmouth Fire Claims Three Family Lives
A early morning blaze in a two story frame house in Munn's Run Portsmouth OH destroys a home occupied by Samuel Ccheman his wife and five children aged up to seventeen. The eldest daughter and both parents perish attempting to save each other and furniture as rafters fall and engulf the home. Firefighters arrive but the family is lost in the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Munn
Mireton
Paren
Pension bill seeks indefinite revival of arrears act
In Washington May 22 the Pensions Committee reported a bill to extend benefits of the 1879 act to all claims filed after June 30 1880 and those yet to be presented. Estimated arrears total at least 60 million with potential larger payouts if enacted. A vote is expected soon with a likely passage, possibly under suspension of the rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Invalid Pensions Committee
Attempt to Murder a Woman in Oxford Pa
A special from Oxford reports a murderous assault on Mrs Ruth Elk Griest a married woman. An intruder entered her bedroom struck her with an axe as she slept her husband chased the attacker who fled leaving the victim bleeding. Police consider motive possible assassination and robbery tied to funds from her former husband’s estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Pennsylvania
Ruth Dsome
Elk Griest
Chashimg
House T
Thunderbolt Strikes Tree Killing One Sister in Suburbs
In Totepo on May 22 Mrs Emma Pfann and her sister Miss Tillie Fear sheltered under a poplar during a thunderstorm. A bolt tore the tree apart and struck Miss Fear, tearing hair and injuring her scalp while the other occupants escaped unhurt and the two children in the carriage were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totepo
Emma Pfann
Tillie Fear
Miss Fear
Mexican Revolution Rumor Tied to Linares Fire
From LarREpo May 22 reports no confirmation of an uprising at Linares Mexico about forty miles southeast of Monterey. Only word is that a great conflagration has spread in Linares while the Monterey Revista cites a Mexico situation editorial about liberty and a dual destiny to become Yankees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrepo
Linares
Mexico
Monterey
Bankers' William Sweeney Arrested Over Mutual Life Suit
William H. Sweeney a banker and broker of 104 Nassau street is arrested in suit by Garret B Haight to recover several thousand acres balance due to the Mutual Life Insurance Company for 1 250 000 E H Shaw has announced his suspension at the Stock Ex-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Bankers
New York
William H. Sweeney
Nassau Street
Garret B. Haight
Mutual Life
E. H. Shaw
Isaac W Veitch Dies Suddenly At His Office
May 22 obituary reports Isaac W. Veitch a longtime local figure dies suddenly in his office. Veitch was a senior member of a regional medical lodge and held past titles including Grand Master and Grand Secretary of the national lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Lovuts
Isaac W. Veitch
Mr. Veitch
Thetliteener
Grand Lodge
Bank fugitives grimly traced in Erie County discovery
In Pennsylvania on May 22 authorities reveal that Adam Brabender and cashier R Pettit of the Erie County Savings Bank have exhausted the bank’s funds in speculation. Brabender is missing and depositors await stockholder action on rewards.
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Erm, Pa
Erie County Savings Bank
Adam Brabender
R. Pettit
Brabender
Alligator Drops Into Dallas Sewer After Rain
After a heavy forenoon rain, pupils of a Private school in Dallas Fourth Ward found a young three foot long alligator in the schoolhouse sewer. It is believed to have fallen from the clouds, a rare sight in local streams and ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Fourth Ward
The Duty on Works of Art
Paris dispatch reports French artists indignant over the American Congress inaction on duties for imported artworks. The note suggests U S policy may curb art shipments and provoke protests among exhibitors and collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpor
Paris
American Congress
The Last of Napoleon's Guard Death The Guard Survivor
Derriok May 21. W. T. Palmer who claimed to be the sole remaining member of Napoleon's guard at St. Helena Creek has died. He had recently celebrated his birthday.
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Napoleon
Derriok
W. T. Palmer
St. Died Ate Creek
Bank Closes Amid Run as Pennsylvan ia Bank Faces Delays
Prrissunne Pa May 21 The Pennsylvan ia Bank of this city closed its doors at 12 30 p m and posted that owing to a continued run for several days they have decided it wise for their payment for the ee The scene was crowded with excitement as officers were stationed nearby and the crowd surrounded the doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrissunne
Pennsylvania Bank
Butler Accepts Nomination by National Antiwar Organisation
New York May 22 General Butler accepts the nomination of the National Antiwar Organisation for President of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Butler
New York
General Butler
National Antian Were Organisation
United States
Fearful Fall of a Bridge in Portsmouth
A suspension bridge over the Scioto collapsed at 11:30 am, sending a four-ox team and five tons of stone plunging into the river. Mrs. Charles Fulchler and three children perished. a two month old baby was lost. A six year old boy saved his sister and a passing ox driver fell unhurt. One boy named Tom Walker was knocked senseless but survived. The bridge, 638 feet long and valued at 35000 dollars, had failed previously in 1859 and four bridges have since fallen at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Scioto
Charles Fulchler
Tescue
Charles Barr
Tom Walker
Eastern Railroad
Adieu
Abraham Cassell
Richland
Vinton County
Ohio Christian Missionary Society
Akron
Burcuars
C. O. Warren
Alliance
M. Chatteau
Joe Sullivan
Wellsville
Sullivan
Mary Armstrong
R. J. Armstrong
Carroll County
Frank Cunningham
Caldwell
Duck Creek
Sam Peeples
Irondale
Perry Alexander
John Young
Tiffin
Bulldog Attack Mangles New Brighton Storekeeper
Dennis Hennessy, superintendent of the Castleton Poor, Cape Staten Island, faced a brutal bulldog attack Tuesday night. He entered a rear stable, forgotten to light, and the dog tore his nose and cheeks, breaking a cheekbone and causing severe injuries requiring many stitches. His wife and he had recently survived a house fire.
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New York
Dennis Hennessy
Castleton
Staten Island
New Brighton
Hennessy
Mr. Hennessy
Ving
Mixed Train Collides With Freight at Wheeling Junction
At Wheeling Junction fifty miles from here mixed train No. 69 collided with freight No. 41 at 5 AM. One man killed instantly, five injured. Victim is D. Bartholomew, traveling salesman from East Dubuque Illinois. Injured are James Caine M Cain John Currans James Duffy Daniel Sweeney John Daly.
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D. Bartholomew
Cincinnati
East Dubuque
Inl
James Caine
M. Cain
John Currans
James Duffy
Daniel Sweeney
John Daly
Courthouse Fire Ravages Hardin County Records
Reports from Elizabethtown say the Hardin County Court-house and all records were destroyed by fire on Monday morning. A long vendetta in the county left many harmed, and authorities believe the blaze aimed to delay indictments and obstruct legal proceedings.
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Shawkneetown
Ill
Elizabethtown
Hardin County Court-house
Ferdinand Ward Arrested in New York Bail Set at 300000
Ferdinand Ward of the Grant Ward firm was arrested in his office and brought before Judge Donahue who set default bail at 300000. He was turned over to Sheriff Davidson and sent to the Metropolitan Hotel under guard on a complaint by J Nelson Tappan chamberlain alleging fraud.
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Ferdinand Ward
New York
Grant
New Hampshire Democrats Convene in Concord for tariff debate
The New Hampshire State Democratic Convention met in Concord on May 21. Chairman H W Parker denounced protection and urged a tariff for revenue only as the campaign issue. Delegates Fran Jones Henry Q O Kent Frank A McKean and Alyay ene were chosen with no instructions but favored supporting the old ticket at the National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
H.W. Parker
Fran Jones
Henry QO. Kent
Frank A. McKean
Alyayene
Bridge Collapse During Infantry Test Fatalities Reported
BErri tn May 21 A regiment of infantry marching across a newly built bridge tested its strength when a section failed sending soldiers and bystanders into the river. Twenty were injured, some mortally, as rescuers and townsfolk pulled survivors from the water.
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Beeritn
Crematory Limited to Washington County Residents
Washington Pa May 22 trustees of the Le Moyne Crematory announce limits on cremation use due to high daily applications and letters of injury. Only residents of Washington County may be cremated at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Messrs. le Moyne
Harding
le Moyne Crematory
Washington County
Bonapartist Rupture Rumored Over Victor’s Departure
Paris reports tension within the Bonapartist camp as Prince Victor may leave his father Jerome’s house. Belief grows of a rupture between Jerome and Victor, influencing Victor’s future decisions.
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Paris
Prince Victor
Jerome
Victor
Child falls from balustrade in Cincinnati tenement
Six year old Annie Bergemeyer of 331 Fifth Avenue Cincinnati slipped over a hall balustrade yesterday. She was thrown from the second story, sustaining a severe head wound and multiple fractures. Her parents live on the fourth floor of the same tenement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Annie Bergemeyer
Fifth
Ake Saat
Gas Well Strike on Westinghouse Property
A natural gas well delivering 8,000 horsepower was struck this morning on the East End Westinghouse property at a depth of 1,560 feet in Pittsbure.
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Pittssure
Westinghouse
East End
Bandits Attack Near Galena Kill Three and Steal 4000
A group of ten to twelve bandits near Galena, Nuevo Leon, attacked a party of men, killing three and taking 4000 dollars. Authorities pursued but the outlaws scattered into the mountains and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MatTamanas
Mex
Galena
Nuevo Leon
Freight Train Accident Near Karns City Injures Men
A Parker & Karns City Railroad freight train derailed near Karns City, Pennsylvania, injuring workers Senwead Thoupeots and Cook who were several men.
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Petrona
Parker & Karns City Railroad
Karns
Cook
Loss of French brig Senorine sinks with all hands
The French brig Senorine, carrying sixty four persons including fifty three passengers and nine crew, sank east of the Great Banks after leaving St Malo March 5 and being caught by a gale May 5. All aboard perished.
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Str. Joans
N. F
St. Malo
France
Int Pierre
Embezzlement Shocks West Side Bank Veteran Teller
Chas A Hinckley paying teller at the West Side Bank on Eighth Avenue and Thirty Fourth Street vanished after embezzling 96000 of bank funds. Discovery followed his absence and delayed summons. Officers report bank capital 200000 and surplus 100182 plus 10000 bonds from Fidelity and Indemnity. Hinckley, 15 years with the bank, was regarded as highly trustworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chas. A. Hinckley
West Side Bank
Eighth Avenue
Thirtysfourth Street
Hinckley
Fidelity and Indemnity Company
Seventieth Missionary Union Meets in Boston noting debt drop
The Missionary Union held its seventieth meeting in Boston with J Warren of Merrill MA presiding. The annual report spans over a hundred pages. Financials show 342443.89 raised and 364813.56 spent leaving a 22369 deficit. In Europe Asia and Africa the union reports 21634 missionaries 112126 members and 11716 baptisms. The society supports schools colleges and dispensaries.
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Baptist Missionary Work
the Missionary Union
Boston
J. Warren
Merrill
Massachusetts
J. N. Murieck
Secre
Weden
France
Spain
Greece
Wew Asia
Burmah
Assam
China
Japan
Africa
Sheriff’s Bond Whisky Levy Upheld by Court
In PitrspurG Pennsylvania on May 23 the U S Court ruled the sheriff cannot levy on whisky in bond. The rule against Frank R se, Internal Revenue Collector, to show cause for contempt was discharged with costs to the sheriff. Judge Atcheson and Justice Bradley concurred in sustaining the collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitrspurg
United States Court
Common Pleas Court
Frank R. Se
Internal Revenue
Atcheson
Justice Bradley
Illinois Winter Wheat Prospect Report May 1
The Illinois winter wheat outlook shows stronger conditions in the North with 14 percent killed there, 20 in the Central division, and 27 in the South. Yields average 94 cents in the North, 86 in the Central, and 73 in the South, with the Southern division comprising half the state acreage, yielding a state average of about 82 percent of an average crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Board of Agriculture
Bank Reopens After Suspension in Pittsburg Penn
The Penn Bank in Pittsburg opened at two and stayed open until five. Deposits today exceeded withdrawals by about 50, marking a return toward normal activity after the suspension. The run ended early and officials expect business to resume normally tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Penn Bank
Railway Mail Bureau fixes daily US to City of Mexico mail
The schedule shows daily service between New York and the City of Mexico with a six days twenty three hours run to the capital and a return trip of seven days one hour. The timetable covers points in the United States and the City of Mexico.
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Washington
Railway Mail Bureau
United States
City of Mexico
New York
Three Railroad Men Drowned at Port Huron
Detroit May 23 Port Huron scene reports a row boat capsizing on the river. Train dispatcher Chas Moony baggageman John Ford and brakeman Thomas M. Ewan all of the Chicago Grand Trunk Railway are drowned. Bodies not yet recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Port Huron
Chas Moony
John Ford
Thomas M. Ewan
Chicago Grand Trunk Railway
Dakota Capital Location Reversed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed the lower court on the capital location, ruling in favor of Bismarck. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court will delay relocation for two or three years.
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Dakota Capital
Yanxtton, Dak
Supreme Court
Bismarck
U. S. Supreme Court
Ship canal stock issue subscribes in three hours
London May 23 The £5,000,000 Manchester ship canal stock issue was subscribed within three hours after the announcement of necessity. There is great rejoicing over the successful issue of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Manchester Ship Canal
Damaging Flood in Spain Affects Murcia
Maprio reports floods across southeast Spain with Murcia the hardest hit. Roads impassable bridges destroyed rail traffic halted and twenty people listed as missing in the disaster.
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Spain
Maprio
Murcia
The Week's Failures Reported to Dun & Co
The past seven days saw 282 failures worldwide, with 212 in the United States and 20 in Canada, marking an overall rise of 23 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Enigmatic Broadway Belle Draws Gawkers in Silk Dress
A striking young woman with fair bangs attracted much attention on lower Broadway. She wore a color-changing silk dress and a bell-shaped hat adorned with flowers, butterflies, and beetles. A bronzed owl with diamond eyes fastened a bow at her throat, while a parasol bore a peacock feather and her belt-hidden handkerchief displayed birds and animals.
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Lower Broadway
N. Y. Sun
Court orders dog removed and residence in dispute to be decided
Louis Stervoski and Harris Aaron son claimed the same dog before the New York Tombs Court. The court told officers to remove the dog and let the owner decide his legal residence by going to it.
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Louis Stervoski
Harris Aaronson
New York Tombs Court
Solomon
Chica Plans Artificial Island and Luxury Summer Hotel
The note states Chica will build an artificial island in the lake costing $1,000,000 that will host a summer hotel. It envisions Chicago gaining a sea beach and salt water bathing facilities, reflecting ambitious urban leisure plans.
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Chicago
Graphia
Contested elections and bills as Senate agenda spans May 19 23
The Senate during May 19 to 23 considers petitions on Nash ville customs port consolidation appraises Nashville and divides the Eighth Circuit. It reports bills for a new Judicial Circuit, soldier pensions, and tax prosecutions. House and Senate discuss contested elections English v Peelle, river fees, and relief for flood sufferers with bills for public buildings and labor statistics.
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Washington
Senate
Harris P
Merchants’ Exchange
Nashville
Memphis
Eighth Circuit
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Ninth Circuit
Sherman
Committee On Library
Garfield
Salviati
Venice
Italy
Wallace
McKinley
Randall
Collins
Eller
Secre
Treasury
Lewis
King
Secretary of the Treasury
Holman
Appropriations Committee
Ative Judicial Executive
J. Hatch
Eges
Alexander
Army and District of Columbia
Slater
Northern Pacific
Atlantic
Palmer
Detroit
Mich
Hovsr
Ellis
Louisiana
Mississippi
Connolly
Pennsylvania
Obj
Messrs
Holman and Ryan
House
Converse
English
Peelle
Indiana
Vicksburg
Chattan
Lousa
Portland
Oren
Sacramento
Dayton
Springfield
Yeas
St. Paul
Ce Morgan Committee On Foreign Relations
Wm. E. English
Utah
Kellogg
Tennessee
Executions at Ashland Over Easter Murder In 1883
Grovere A. Horn and Wm H. Gribbens were hanged at Ashland on the 16th for an Easter Sunday 1883 murder. A mob of about eight thousand roared outside the jail as the trap fell. militia kept order. Gribbens and Horn sang and spoke before death, with Gribbens crying to not blame his wife. Bodies removed amid more violence and shots.
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Grovere A. Horn
Wm. H. Gribbere
Ashland
Gribbens
Moses Owens
Akron
Julious Kurzer
Waechter Am Erie
St. Clair Street
Botten
Tyrol
America
Peoria Democrat
Aug. Thieme
C. Mueller
Clinton Brewery
Tiffin
Frank Wagner
George. Johnson
Hocking Valley
Columbus
E. A. Quinn
Lansing
Mich
Hagenbaugh
Anderson Bell
Springfield
Buck Creek
Suerirr Gorpon
van Wert
Bertie Hull
Reform Farm
Lancaster
Hull
John Peeples
Salem
City Flouring Mills
Nebraska
Pickaway County
Emanuel Dickens
Senate pass Aldrick substitute for Bureau of Labor bill
The Senate approved Aldrick's substitute by 55 to 2. The bill creates a Bureau of Labor in the Interior Department led by a President appointed Commissioner of Labor with a four year term and a $3,000 annual salary. A Chief Clerk and staff will be hired with expenses capped. annual reports required to promote bureau efficiency. Other items touch German publishing output and Stanley’s African stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Colquitt
Salisbury
Aldrick
Bureau of Labor
Department of the Interior
Labor
Secretary of the Interior
The First Voter and the Two Parties
A call to first time voters to choose between the Republican and Democratic parties. The piece argues the Republican record is strong and enduring, while the Democratic party is blamed for national failures. It urges careful, informed judgment by young electors and contrasts party principles with past actions. The text references Indianapolis Journal and an Exchange from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Liperage
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Citizenae
Preud'ee
Indianapolis Journal
Virginia Republicans Merge Read after-Coalition into State Party
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes the Virginia Read after-Coalition merges with the Republican party at the State Convention. The shift downgrades Democratic political influence and opens the door to a unified party appealing to newly enfranchised voters and white Republicans. It discusses tariff policy, civil service reform, and the broader national partisan dynamics shaping the South’s political realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Seceded
North
South
Heneforth
Danville
Democratic Party
Eolom
Act
Hancock
Bee
House of Representatives
Republican Congress
Congress
Randall
Bayard
Wayne
Tilden
Democrac
Pendleton
Hardihood
Jefferson
Jackson
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Political paragraphs point to fragmented party shifts
The fragments cite Roswell Flower’s faltering bid and Hewitt’s failures against Chandler, urging Democrats to choose steadier spokesmen. It notes the Bourbon line in Virginia splintering and General Mahone’s followers aligning with Republicans, signaling shifting Southern loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Mahone
South
Fragmented Notes on Chronology and Oddities
A garbled collection mentions varied items from adulterated spices and a wardrobe of dyed textiles to a grand wedding and a tall statue. It references a Doctor Gross famed for chloroform use, a garden built from strawberry plants, a jury inquiry into Cincinnati riots, and ships bound for Japan with oil, plus a distant equatorial island climate and a Chief Justice statue in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Justic
Ranier
Delphia
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Men Island
Mars
Isla
Philippine Island
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Ohio
Lost
The
Penn Bank of Pittsburg
Germany
Great Britain
Mabel
Mr. Nicefellow
Nicefelow
Nicefellow
Rhode Island
Chicago News
Henry M. Stanley
Carlisle
Gift
Minn
Trenaw
Chilcott
Washington Government
U. S
Martin Deming
Forst
Queen of Hanover
Alexandrina Maria
Charlotte Thesresa
Paulina Elizabeth Frederica
Gross
Tor
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