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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1885
Page
6
A London cablegram reports Mr Gladstone patching a two week truce in the Irish crimes act dispute and fleeing to Hawarden for Whitsuntide. The secrecy over the Russo Afghan situation widens belief of a hitch in negotiations as Gladstone headlines warnings of warlike moves to pressure the czar.
Reports describe Apache raids in Arizona and New Mexico with killings near Eagle Creek and Alma. Troops pursue the raiders as other global and domestic notes touch on postal route cuts, Riel trials, Gulf coast shipping incidents, and various U.S. government appointments and actions.
A compilation of brief notices reports the death of Samuel C. Nutt during a forty day religious fast, Rev J R Reasoner in Collitsville shoots himself, and other personal tragedies. It notes R M T Hunter’s long career, Grant’s reelection, and political appointments including Cox to Turkey. Also records Miss Cleveland at the White House, Louis Riel defense in Quebec, Lulu West’s paralysis, Alice O Keefe divorce settlement, Blane’s book, and clergy tensions with Bishop Potter. Several more deaths and suicides are reported including Mrs John A Haldeman, Mrs Rowley, Sullivan’s divorce case, and Miss Clarus’s suicide over trial. Edgar Robinson’s morphine death closes the list.
The Exchange Bank of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin suspended payment amid broader tensions in money policy. Senator Sherman proposed bi metallic money options and the Treasury struggles to circulate 31 million dollars of fractional silver despite multiple attempts.
A census bill sailed through the regular session of the New York Legislature but was vetoed by Governor Hill. A subsequent special session was convened to address the issue and push action swiftly.
A Sixth Street dye-house and printing office in Cincinnati exploded from gasoline, trapping escapes and hindering ladders by telegraph wires. Five people died leaping from windows and ten bodies were recovered on upper floors. The report lists multiple deadly fires across the country, including the Bayard sinking near Newfoundland after ice encounters, and notes extensive fire losses in Lansing Iowa and other cities.
A series of criminal acts is described including John Blaisdell’s defalcation of 44 083 at Fail River Weetamoe Mill, a fatal shooting of Marshal Henry Auer by Allert Guest in New Struitsville and a mob execution of Guest. Additional riots and assaults are noted in Glostr Mss and Gavesto with multiple victims and violent deaths. Reports mention a youth slaying in Tchem a and other executions and imprisonments across various locations.
Reports tell of five armed men boarding a southbound Grand Trunk train at Fort Gratiot and detaining it until a posse reached the scene. Deputies were overpowered at Mt Clemens, a message sent from Frezon prompted officers to pursue, but no trace of the robbers has been found. The incident unsettlesDetroit-area rail traffic as efforts to reinforce span offshoots gather.
A benzine explosion in a sixth street Sultan printing works caused a top-floor fire that trapped eighteen girls and several men. Ten died on scene, five leaped to their deaths, others perished from smoke and heat before firefighters reached the fifth floor.
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