Gen Sheridan Dead A Sudden Heart Failure Ends Career
Gen. Sheridan died at 10 20 p m after signs of heart failure appeared suddenly at 9 30. Family and doctors were hopeful until the rapid decline. Burial planned at Arlington with funeral arrangements led by Gen Schofield and several notable pallbearers. Sheridan’s life outlines from Ohio birth in 1833 through West Point to a pivotal Civil War commander.
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Sheridan
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Phil Sheridan
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O'Reilly
Mary
Louise
Irene
Philip
Justinia
Urban
Oreilly
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Chicago
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Hawley
United States Senate
Carlisle
Frank Thompson
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Joseph Fullerton
St. Louis
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George W. Childs
Philip Henry Sheridan
Ohio
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West Point
Texas
Oregon
Young Sheridan
Missouri
Philip H Sherman
Rutanel
Second
Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Stone River
Chattanooga
Chicamauza
Thoma
Grant
Army of the Potomac
James River
Richmond
Gen Grant
City Point
Lee
Virginia
Dinwiddie Court House
Five Forks
Biehmond
Petersburg
Gulf Division
Gulf
Fifth Military District
Louisiana
Department of the Missouri
Fort Leavenworth
Generauch de Hull
Winchester
Song
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Uncle Sam
Thomas J. Topp
Tragic New York Tenement Fire Kills Nineteen Occupants
A New York City tenement housing Polish Jewish tailors burned for about an hour. A narrow alley blocked access and many occupants could not use a fire escape. Nineteen died from burns or suffocation. several others injured. Origin of the blaze unknown. poor building design and timing hampered firefighters.
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New York
New York City
Fie
Swept by Storm in Central Missouri Causes Severe Damage
A devastating rain and wind storm struck central Missouri on August 7, causing extensive damage to crops and property. Glasgow and nearby areas faced losses over 350 000, Saline County over 300 000, and Pettis County wide corn losses. Robert Patterson in Salesbury was fatally injured by debris. Slater saw two business houses and a Baptist church demolished, New Hamburg’s Catholic church destroyed, and Lordborne expected damage around 10 000. Shelby County and surrounding regions reported heavy crop damage while Columbia reported minimal damage.
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New Hamburg
Saline County
Pettis County
Lordborne
Shelby County
Visiting the Ruins Factory Inspector Pins Fire Cause
Albany dispatch reports Factory Inspector Connolly visiting the ruins of the People's Theatre building destroyed by fire on August 3. He blames rapid flames on an uncovered air shaft running through the center of each floor and calls the central alleyway an unsafe exit. He also notes a neighboring building lacking water and orders water pipes and sinks installed within thirty days.
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Connelly
New York
Albany
People’s Theatre
Connolly
Maxwell's Case Hearing Delays Final Appeal
Jefferson City Mo Aug 7 Governor Morehouse heard Martin and Fauntleroy for Hugh M Brooks alias Maxwell on a request for another reprieve asked by Minister West. The governor said he would not interfere with the sentence unless new reasons from Secretary Bayard papers are produced. Attorneys asked postponement to prepare more papers for a final effort Wednesday.
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Morehouse
Jefferson City
Messrs. Martin and
Fauntleroy
Hugh M. Brooks
Maxwell
West
Bayard
Explosive Blast Kills Italian Injures Gang Leader
In Sham, Conn, a twenty five pound powder keg burst during an attempted rock cut blast. Italian Antonio Cavelti, 19, died instantly. gang boss Dennis Sullivan was blown from the cut and survived with severe injuries. He walked miles to summon a team and was later hospitalized. Nearby, Italian figures fled the scene.
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Conn
Squantuck
Here
Derby
Antonio Cavelti
Dennis Sullivan
St. Francis Hospital
New York
Deaths of Statesmen and the Costly Funerals
Special Correspondence from Washington reports on statesmen hobbies and the growing cost of congressional funerals. A Western congressman, an undertaker by nature, discusses death by Bright's disease and heart disease among leaders, the price of coffins, sashes, gloves, and travel for funeral tours, and the value of eloquent obituaries and speeches at Washington burials.
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Senate
Abelard
Heloise
Pere la Chaise
Paris
Dante
Florence
Westminster Abbey
Bright
United States
Washington
Salmon P. Chase
Waukesha Springs
Waukesha
Anthony
Rhode Island
Ben
Perley Poore
Poore
Miller
San Francisco
Burnside
Gen. A. S
Palmer
Dan Voorhees
Senator Spooner
Sherman
Sunset Cox
Statesman
County Building to Rise in Minneapolis in Romanesque Style
Special correspondence reports plans for a new county building in Minneapolis. The square structure will feature two towers of 250 and 200 feet, a 90 foot wall height, marble interiors, cast iron supports, fireproof tile partitions, tiled floors, marble wainscoting, a central cooling and moistening fan system, and 240000 square feet of floor space with substantial cubic capacity.
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Minneapolis
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