Vast 1890s disaster roundup spans storms fires and deaths
The report catalogs fires in Minneapolis and San Antonio, tornados harming Wisconsin towns, a deadly freight wreck near Montpelier, and multiple drownings and accidents across the country. It notes crop prospects, bank failures, executions, and political shifts surrounding silver and gold currency debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxie
Ton
Ridgeville
Montpelier
Edward Brown
Janesville
Wis
J. Leskind
Chicago
Jeffery Furniture Company
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Clayton
Clear Lake
Neshkoro
la Crosse
National Association of the Deaf
Philadelphia
Seashots Dry Goods Company
Louisville
Colorado
Sioux City
Richardson
George Dean
David Eldridge
Harlan Courthoune
Boston
United States
B. F. Jacobs
Bank of Salt Lake
James G. Bacon
Sault Lake Ity
W. B. Hulett
Paul Hulett
Rocheport
Georgie Drake
Irene McKinney
San Francisco
James J. Corbett
Tom Sharkey
Lehigh and Wilkesharre
Wilkesharre
Rogers
McLeod County
Minn
Glencor
Texas
Wills Point
Wacco
Adelaide C. Mitchell
Henry W. Mitchell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Minnesota
Dakotas
George Stutz
Cora Borden
Bisterville
W. Va
Morahan Wace
Tyler
West Virginia
Collins Manufacturing Company
Jackson
Mich
Rebecca Sutton
Hiff's
Hampton
N.J
Martin Reed
Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Security Savings Bank
Winchester
N. H
Hinsdale Savings Bank of
Hinsdale
Anna Putnam
Bessie Newhall
John A. Putnam
Sherman
St. Paul
Annandale
Falls River and Machine Company
Cuyahoge Falls
Thomas Sharkey
Atlantic
Cass County Fair
Marietta
Custer
Little Big Horn
Demands and deaths stir political and social news
Benjamin H. Bristow dies in New York at 64. Texas Democrats nominate R L Henry for Seventh District and renominate Sayers in the Ninth. Arkansas Prohibitionists split with nar row-gauge faction joining broad gauge. Midwest party conventions name tickets, platforms favor silver coinage and gold standard. Notable deaths include T R Hudd and Col Joseph King Cumings. Major incidents include a yacht disaster in Shawano and a Paterson mill fire. MLB standings highlight weekly leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Bristow
Treasury
Grant
New York City
Texas
R. L. Henry
Congress
Joseph D. Sayers
Arkansas
National Party
Finais Democrats
Peoria
John P. Altgeld
Monroe C. Crawford
Finiu I. Downing
W. F. Beck
Edward C. Pace
George A. Trade
T. R. Hudd
Green Bay
George B. Bartlett
Concord
Mass
Bristol
R. L
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
W. F. Vilas
E. §. Bragg
J. G. Flanders
J. J. Hogan
Cleveland
Morgantown
W. Vs
Alston G. Dayton
Spain
Cuba
Joseph King Cumings Forcat
Nestor
Chicago
A. T. Walling
Circleville
Lewis Gokey
A. Risum
Herman Drackrey
Emma Galbrecht
Margaret Crowe
Shawano
Wis
Todd
Paterson
N. J
Twin Shaft
Pittston
Louisville
Pearl Hicks
Havana
United States
Braddock (Pa
Wire Nail Trust
Nicholas Minninger
Patrick Buckley
Lowell
Ind
Red Oak
John R. Gentry
Patrick McKeown
Cincinnati
Youngstown
New York
San Francisco
Joseph Cocking
Hilltop
Daisy Miller
Port Tobacco
Andrew Cole
Grand Rapids
Ifid
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Crete Turks Threaten Shops Amid Possible Pillage
Dispatch reports Turks marking Christian shops in Khania Crete raising fears of widespread pillage or massacre. Other cables note 30,090 perished in the Yeaso Japan earthquake tidal wave. General Wilson killed near Guanatanamo in Cuba action. Liberal Léonard Lau rier wins Canadian premier post amid French support. Spain spent 19,821,000 since March 1995 to suppress Cuba rebellion. Thomas F. Bayard awarded Oxford DCL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Khania
Crete
Yeaso
Japan
W. W Wilson
New York
Cuba
Guanatanamo
Nberals
Wilfrid Laurier
Spain
Oxford University
Thomas F. Bayard
United States
England
Illinois Democrats Nominate Ticket At Peoria Convention
The Illinois Democratic state convention in Peoria renominates Gov. John P. Altgeld and nominates Monroe Crawford for governor with a platform backing bimetallic money and the immediate restoration of free coinage of gold and silver. Delegates to the Chicago national convention are named and Altgeld urges reform of tariffs and opposition to Wall Street control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
atrAistin
Lyman ‘Trumbull
Hig
Chicago
United States Senate
Illinois
James Manley
Metropolis
Indianapolis
B. F. Shively
Daniel Voorhees
David Turpie
James B. McCabe
G. W. Menzies
Gov. Matthews
North Carolina
Raleigh
Cyrus B. Watson
Forsyth
Democrats of
Georgia
Macon
W. Y. Atkinson
Col
A. G. Brackett
Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
National Silver Party
Denver
Teller
Benjamin H. Bristow
the Treasury
New York
Peter McGivney
St. Louis
Tenth
Kentucky
John W. Langley
Floyd County
Congress
John W. Kelly
Tacoma
Albany
David B. Hill
Roswell P. Flower
Edward Murphy, Jr
Frederick &. Coudert
Fac
James J. Kingsbury
L. M. Crist
Columbus
Allen W. Thurman
L. E. Holden
John R. McLean
E. B. Finley
Chilton A. White
Peoria
Ill
Cleveland
Bell
Altgeld
John P. Altgeld
Monroe C. Crawford
Finis C. Downing
W. F. Beck
Howard Crace
George A. Trude
Downing
Gen. Rinaker
Seventeenth Congressional District
John P Altgeld
W H Hinrichsen
George Weaves
Samuel P. McConnell
Trude
Jesse Sherwoo
Edward Tilden
Thomas Bryne
Arles Artin
Bert
John Powers
William Loeffier
H W Masters
Dr W Register
B. P. Preston
Frank Robinson
T MoeNeely
J T Beach
A. W Hope
C. W. Bliss
RN Brottler
H. Tanner
Wiliam H. Green
J R. Williams
J. N. Penin
W A J Sparks
L. O. Whitewell
William W Clemens
Eckels
Eleventh
Committee On Credentials
National Committee
G. W. Stipp
EB. M. Johnson
W Ho Hin- Tichsen
State Central Committee
Hamilton Bell
Carlinville
Charles K Ladd
Henry County
Mllinois
Europe
Tress
Democratic Party
Hwan Serted
England
Flo
Jill
Clark
Missouri
Boles
Bland
Ryan
Matthews
Blackburn
Iowa
Poke
Hamiton
Jefferson
Wall Street
National Convention
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Pensylvania Ave
Washington,d.c
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Swift ‘Specific Co
Atlanta, ‘Ga
Hieney
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H. J. Bell
Denier
Henry
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Haddon
Old Standfell
Haddon, Henry, Ll
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Meath
Warren
Meept
Thompcould
Eil
Earnest Shoemaker
Cumming Bros
Sparland
Mayitt
Mort Reno
Ompeon
Lacon
Che Beury
George Hort
Eptrox
Greston
Tal
John Phillips
Jacob Wierule
Belt
Mont
Canyon City
Thomas Colt
Elbert Noble
Dominica Romero
John Solomon
Trinidad
Irving L. Ford
Elsie Kregio
Marshfield
Ore
Carl Albrecht
Elkton
James H. Truss
Kiling
Thomas Sasene
Marin
Ark
Debus Oe
Charley
Richard Golden
Harry Golden
Kingston
Irene Williamson Leonard
Wichita
Kan
Edwardsville
Tfl
Ladier
Mary
Rore Harrian
Marine
Carson & Weidler
Portland
R. Dawson
Walter Scott
Des Moines
Point Pleasant
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Ilinois
Wisconsin Democrata
Gov. Altgeld
Andreid
Mechanicaville
Wying
Ewen
East Grdne Forks
Fredericktown
el Hill
Neb
Culberson
DeWi Neb
Shelton
Nev
Prentice
Wiss Blackwell
C. T
North Enid
C.T
Colby, Kan
Blackhawk, Col
Wiritig
Lazard Frerey
J. & W. Beligman & Co
Seligsberg
Germany
Withdre
Treasury Reserve