Deming Headlight in Deming, New Mexico

Year 1894 Seen Through Turbulent Tariffs and Fires

A historical roundup notes 1894 as noteworthy for tariff and home tax fights, the Pullman boycott, labor strikes, Samoan dispute, and a China American treaty. It catalogs major fires and disasters across cities, including Omaha, Albany, Worcester, and Denver, with losses in the hundreds of thousands to millions, and lists prominent deaths and memorials from January to May.