Fires and accidents span Chicago to Oklahoma in wide news
A Chicago fire destroyed over 70 000 dollars in men s clothing at 221 3 Market street and adjoining blocks. A hoseman from hose company No 21 was knocked down and run over. Elsewhere a Duluth bank project incurred ore deposits under a boiler room with iron ore 65 percent metal. In Birmingham Alabama death by suicide ended Warner M Newbold s life after personal losses. A pastor in Omaha battled a burglar and police were summoned after the attacker claimed to be from Helena Montana. The Wisconsin battleship stood firm in a rough voyage to Port Orchard and Washington. John E Hudson of the American Bell Telephone Company died suddenly at Beverly Farms Massachusetts. A Wichita streetcar accident in Chisholm Creek left one baby drowned and twenty eight injured. A rail wreck near La Cosa Iowa killed one and injured several. A Santa Fe wreck near Guthrie Oklahoma injured many. A Pattsburg dye works fire caused two deaths and two serious injuries. A Cuyahoga Falls murder case surfaced with a body found on a railroad track and linked money findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worlmen
First National Bank
Duluth
Warner M. Newbold
South
Birmingham Mineral
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Birmingham
Ala
Newbold
Father Fitzpatrick
Holy Family
Omaha
James Wilson
Helena
Mont
Wisconsin
Port Orchard
Golden Gates
Washington
John E. Hudson
American Bell Telephone Company
Beverly Farms
Mass
Chisholm Creek
Wichita
Kaw
L. Ww. L
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburg
St.Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Jacob Klein
Circuit Court
Studert William Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Santa Fe
Joseph Irlbicher
Pattsburg
Patrick Mauden
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Mullen
Edward Burns
Richard Logan
Louisiana
Ensign
Randel Abrahameos
Michigan
Supreme Court
Texas
Gulf Coast
Adams Express Company
Keokuk
Iowa
Salem
Charley
Lac du Flambeau Reservation
Causa
Glen Carbon
Edwardsville
Isaac Carlock
Charles Mather
Elmer Chumley
Thomas Hartbeck
Joseph Burchardt
Chillicothe
David Brooks
Amos
David
Sarah Ver -Mehren
Herman H. Ver Mehren
Bck
Newmarket
Iron Mountain
Baring Cross
Ark
Notable Deaths and Disasters Reported in One Chronicle
Collated items include Col John C. Wymar dead in Providence and Gen Nelson Miles elected commander in chief of Spanish war veterans. Fire destroys Corning Lumber yards at Atlantic Highlands, multiple train wrecks kill and injure workers, and Atlantic shipping ventures launch ships Oceanic and Ventura. The roundup also notes immigration, court cases, and assorted political and crime items from New York, Pennsylvania, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Wymar
President Grant
Providence
R. Felix R. Bruno
Pittsburg
College of the Sisters of Bethany
Topeka
Kan
Nelson A. Miles
Washington
Four more Down elders driven from Mansfield Ohio
A string of brief items reports residents leaving Mansfield Ohio. Another attack in Avondale Alabama ends with a mother murdered by her son Viguanee Ciack, a stage robbery near Ontario Idaho yields no loot, and Nome Alaska records a bold gold dust theft. A banking leader, William V Wolcott, dies after a train stroke. The Ontario Burns stage robbery is thwarted. A Greenville Pn youth swims Conneaut lake, a thousand observers witness. Brooklyn contractor bids 10 000 04 dollars for Havana sewer paving. Winston Churchill’s win brings American wives to Commons. Mrs Frank Leslie resigns from Popular Monthly and accuses management of trickery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
Avondale
Ala
Lee Ciack
Viguanee
Chadleston
Mangwave
Nome
Marion Christy
Greenville P'n
Swan Acros Conneaut Lake
Dads
Brooklyn
Havana
Winston Churchill
Members of Commons
Roosevelt mobbed in Colorado and other late events
A violent mob attacked Gov Roosevelt and his campaigning party in Victor Colorado, with the Governor struck by a man. Other items note a fatal snake bite in Chillicothe Ohio, a Rockefeller suit decision in Cleveland, a fatal shooting in Fisk Missouri, a new Bessemer plant in Youngstown Ohio, a deadly Iowa tornado and water spout, a Clinton Iowa marriage, and Melville Vines ending his life in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pueblo
Colo
John M. Palmer
Springfeld
Des Moines
Dueber Watch Company
Canton
Ohio
George Pumphrey
Croton
Chicago
C. J. Hamlin
Buffalo
Terre Haute
Ind
Victor
Prof. Comstock
Chillicothe
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Lamson
The
Common Pleas Court
John J. Rockefeller
James Corrigan
Fisk
Homer Treadway
Oscar
Bessemer
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown
Ferguson
Iowa
A. McCullough
Clinton
Col. E. P. Savage
Nebraska
Julia McCullough
Melville L. Vines
Silver Bow County
Mont
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Road
Padgett
Bains
West Frankfort
Troubled Year in 1894 Headlines From Across States
The Decatur launched at Richmond shipyards. James Howard found guilty of murder in Frankfort with death as punishment. Patrick shot on a Tennessee turnpike near Fayetteville, Kentucky House passes election bill for equal board representation. George Owen killed by Dr. McCullough in Louisville after a feud over a peafowl. Penn and Whitlock fatally duel on a Lebanon train after a two year dispute. Elizabeth Van Lew dies in Richmond. Civil War heroine and postmaster. A Weston West Virginia oil well yields large crude loss writes of booming fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
William R. Tri Compety
Richmond
Frankfort
James Howard
Goebel
William Patrick
Fayetteville
Tenn
Patrick
Kentucky House of Representatives
Louisville
George Owen
Wugh McCullough
Jefferson County
McCullough
Owen
M. W. Penn
J. L. Whitlock
G. Copeley
Weston
W. Va
Notable deaths and distressing world events reported
Obituary notes Eduard Albert of Vienna. Yerkes plans for rapid transit in Paris face strong opposition. London endures a new influenza like epidemic. Filipino assault near Manila fails. 400 men repulsed. Iwo trips to the south pole planned next year by German and 11 British. Clawing of Charles T Yerkes appears in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduard Albert
Vienna
Yerkes
Paris
Notable 1890s Politics and Global Affairs Summary
Reports include Quebec Premier Felix Marchand's death, Adlai E Stevenson accepting the Populist vice presidential nomination, and Manitoba's premier-designate replaced by R P Roblin. A Scranton convention shifts Carpenters HQ to Indianapolis, and a Mexico City store La Valencia burns for a $750000 loss. Also noted: census city growth, Japanese tea crop shortfall, Murray Bay quarantine, and British assertion over Porcupine mining district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Marchand
Quebec
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hugh John MacDonald
Manitoba
R. P. Roblin
Carpenters and Joiners of America
Scranton
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
la Valencia
Cathedral
Mexico City
Wee
Atllanta
United States
San Francisco
Russia
Murray Bay
Lower St. Lawrence
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Porcupine
Alaska
Porcupine City
Archer Martin
Supreme Court of
British Columbia
British Commission
Porcupine District
International Boundary Commission
Market Reports Show Wide Ranges Across Grain and Livestock
A dense roundup lists prices by city for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grains and dairy. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York figures span No. 2 wheat and corn values, with butter and eggs noted in creameries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Train and Express Car Robberies Plague Officials
Detectives warn an epidemic of train and express car robberies as losses exceed $100,000 in a year. Incidents across the United States include dynamite robberies, safes blown, and numerous victims, with ongoing attempts noted into 1900.
Global diplomacy and Boer war updates dominate the news
Analysis notes friction over German proposals in Far East diplomacy with major powers split on punishment for anti foreign attacks in China. In Africa the Transvaal government collapses as British forces advance and railways reopen. Reports say Filipino insurgents hit Capt. Shields unit with likely heavy casualties. Ottoman empire faces pressure from Russia and Germany amid Turkey's regional unrest while New Zealand unveils workmen ticket policy for suburban commuting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
China
Pekin
Austria
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Japan
Wheat and grain markets face irregularities amid strike and election
In New York the anthracite strike and presidential election approach have created market irregularities. The general business outlook is subdued. experts see a late upward turn. Chicago reports heavy wheat receipts, futures volumes, and price declines, while corn shows congestion fears but avoids a squeeze. Provisions stay firm on tight stocks and strong demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
China Seeks Accountability as Edict Denounces Boxers
Washington reports Consul General Goodnow cites an imperial edict denouncing Boxers and degrading four princes. Secretary Hill says Conger’s instructions to Pekin outline removal of Prince Tuan, appointment of an acceptable successor, and U S mediation limits. China’s actions reflect U S resolve to hold leaders to accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Hill
Couger
Pekin
G General Goodnow
China
Prince Tuan
Conger
United States
Germany
Earl Li Ming Chang
Prince Ching
Population of states next Census figures on big cities
Census bureau completes city enumeration over 25 000 residents for 159 cities. Arkansas starts state totals, including incorporated towns. Estimated cost about 15 000 000. 1890 city total 14 653 897. 159 city total 19 693 654 and country estimate 80 000 000 with a 25 percent gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United States
Arkansas
Galveston Hurricane Toll From Official Report
Government weather bureau figures assign 5,636 houses totally destroyed and about 6,000 lives lost in the Galveston storm. Property damage is estimated above 30 million dollars. Wind speeds reached 120 miles per hour, with the anemometer carried away at 100 mph. Barometer readings registered 28.53, the lowest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Government
Weather Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Brimfield News
Addison Pacey
Samfield
Illinois
Market Street
William Matthews
Corning Lumber Company
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Long Island
Baroness von Schutzber
William
White Star
Oceanic
Queenstown
Daniel Steinman
Paterson N. J
Immigration Bureau
Europe
Philadelphia, Harrisburg
Pittsburg Beach
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Grantham
Cramps
Oceanic Steamship Company
Australia
George A. August
George
Gaetano Bresci
King Humbert
Davenport
Erie
Con
Niagara
Commodore Perry
Erie Bay
Page Boiler Company
Norwich
Conn
Johnson City
Lespold
Belgium
Turkey
Madrid - Chan
Zeppelin
Lake Comstance
Lorenzo Marques
Bartholomew Kost
Bremen
Marie Vedicka
Nansen
Christiania
Transbaikal Railway
J. Lorey
BR. Springford
D. Robertson
Batan
Wrede
Berlin
Wan Wen Chao
Kang Yi
Baron von Ketteler
Bowling Green
St. Paul's Cathedral
Putrsburg
St. Peter
Frank Leslie
Frank Lexshe
Popular Monthly
Western
Southern
Market Reports
Aere
Chicago and Northwestern
Tower W
Missouri
Kansas
Dock Junction
Southern Express
Brandsville
S.C
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Yosemite
New Orleans
Sinois Central
Lillyfield Creek
St. Paul
Raymoor
Wis
Canlon Pacific
Pennsylvania
John Lane
Espresa
National State Bank
Sturtington
Commercial National Bank
Jost
al Pay
Wkruger
Transvaal
Koomatie Poort
Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
MacArthur
Shields
Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry
Asiatic
Ottoman Empire
Constantinople
New Zealand
State Department
Goodnow
Shanghai
Sheng
Prince Sheng
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!