Summary of late events across rail and fire incidents and finance
A broad late news roundup reports a string of calamities and investigations. Notable items include a robbery and express carriage alert near St Louis, a burning railway bridge incident causing fatalities, bank closures and resumptions, and various legal and criminal cases. The report also covers coal output up to late November, tariff cases, weather extremes in the Midwest, and territorial boundary survey tensions between Indiana and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Eus
Emdiasapolis
WC Mendenhall
United
Indiana-Ohio
Chase
Ohio
Ghee
Carvey VT
Menienhal
Uuiv
Endiana
Columbus
Dedsena
Tate House
Staten
Capital and Labor Doings Across Several Regions
The report covers miners meetings in Brazil and France, strikes and arbitration in Pennsylvania, and factory activity in Germantown. It notes a coal miners' general strike in Pas de Calais with troops guarding mines, resumed work at Marmet in West Virginia, and a costly stoppage with rising output and improvements. Pittsburg printers seek nine hour pay with nine hour work, while employers deem the strike crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ani
Emmates
Western File
Pas de Plais France
Re Western Fileworks
Brighton
New York
Rhenland
Penmsylvania
Ohio
Germantown
Department of
J'as de Calais
France
Cowell
Paris
United Mine Workers
Napiniers
Marmet Mining Company
Putman County
W. Va
Tuea
Fur Wer
National Association
Pittsburg
Mistakes in Dead Letter Office Report Reveal Lost Mail Toll
D Leichhardt, Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office, reports 6,829,499 pieces of original dead mail received in the year, up 311,904 from prior year. Among undelivered mail are 422,639 misdirected letters and 104,073 held for postage, with 32,273 containing money totaling 47,983 dollars. Of 21,183 deliveries, 36,759 dollars reached owners. 31,202 undeliverable with 11,223 dollars. 3,166 lottery tickets found. Of 5,716,482 letters with no enclosures, 1,568,313 were returned to writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Leichhardt
Struck by a tidal wave wrecks crew of Boston schooner
Captain Lee of the schooner Wm. Bradley arrived on the steamer Orizaba reporting that after leaving Charleston for Boston on October 15 the vessel was struck by a tidal wave five days later. All crew except the captain and mate were swept overboard. the schooner sank and the captain floated near the wheel house. He sighted the cook on wreckage and later the mate was not seen. Captain Lee was rescued October 21 by the Fama de Canaries and taken to the Canary Islands, then weiterered to Havana and back to this port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lee
Wm. Bradley
Boston
Charleston
Fama de Canaries
Canary Islands
Trenhe
Havana
Washington Notes Summarize Trade and Treasury Movements
Merchandise exports last month reached 102.9 million dollars, imports 66.8 million, with immigrant arrivals at 54,182. Germany supplied 13,224 arrivals, followed by Russia 7,046 and England and Wales 5,382. Treasury shows net money and bullion increase since Nov 1, with details of currency components and circulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Russia
England and Wales
Ireland
Weden
Norway
Italy
Farmers National Bank
Longmont
Col
Secretary of the Navy
Commodore Dewey
United States Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Treasury
National Bank
Secretary Nobles Report On Interior In Good Shape
Secretary reports the Interior Department in good shape with massive work last year. He notes pensions, Indian affairs, school funding, and land programs expanding. 27,619 Indians naturalized and 7,019 in Oklahoma taking allotments. He cites Utah statehood questions and Yosemite management abuses urging Congress action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taale Fi Mondas
General Land Office
Indian Bureau
Geological Survey
Railroad Bureau
Union Pacific
United States
Oklahoma
Alaska
Congress
Pension Bureau
Utah Commission
Utah
Senate
Yosemite Valley Park
State of
California
Detroit Holocaust Fire Claims Five Lives
A midnight blaze at the Reis household above a Detroit grocery on Orleans street killed Geo J Reis 50, his wife 25, son Charlie 22, daughter Josie 12, and son Eddie not yet in the stairway. A 15 year old son Mo Reis escaped by the lightning rod, servant girl jumped to safety. damages about 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George J. Reis
Orleans Street
Mr. Reis
Mo. Reis
Tony Reis
June
Geo
J. Reis
Mrs. Reis
Charls Reis
Josie Ries
Eddie Reis
Train Robbers Use Dynamite Near St Louis City
Dynamite was used by three gunmen who halted a St Louis & San Francisco train just inside the city limits. They fired on the engineer and fireman, blew open the express car, beat the messenger, rifled the safe, and escaped with an estimated 20 000 to 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Louis
St. Louis
San Francisco
Tragic Cumberland Fire Burns Hoffmans Family Child Dies
In Cumberland Maryland on December 4 a coal oil lamp exploded in a kitchen burning a little girl to death. The mother suffered severe burns while trying to save the child and two other youngsters were only lightly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Charles Hoffman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Woman Burned to Death in Full View of Crowd
In New York a woman, Mrs Edward Lyon, died after her clothing caught fire while thawing a frozen water pipe in a basement. She fled to the second floor, leaped to an escape balcony, and perished as flames spread in a strong wind, with about 600 spectators unable to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick National Bank
Nelson
Taied
Wernes- Way
Pere Marquette
Lake “Bure
George F. Barr
Hosel Warwick
Boston
Mass
Ray City
Ieh
Edward Lyon
Maxwell
Little Lock
Ark
Philadelphia
Adam W. Booth
Atlantic Refining Company
Conpary Ermeiting
Wei
New York
Thos
Field, Field, Lindley, Weichers Scandal Rocks Wall Street
Facts from the past 43 hours show a massive fraud scandal at Field Lindley Weichers Co. Edward M. Field, son of Cyrus W. Field, faces warrants and possible arrest as assets vanish. He allegedly rehypothecated bonds, misused trusts, and left partners ruined with liabilities near 3 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Field, Lindley, Weichers & Co
Wall Street
Edward M. Field
Cyrus W. ‘Field
Field, Lingley, Weichers & Co
Bloomington Insane Asylum
Lim
Milney
Mr. Field
Hrong
Tarrytown Presbyterian Church
Washington
Bite
Woershoeffer & Co
Peter Cassidy
Bondy
Union Pacfic Railroad
Chioa Pacific
Field
Toney
Cuba
Cyrus W. Field
Mr. Lindley
Edward
David Dunley Field
Justice St. Field
Edward M. Kieiu
Hia
Napoleon
Cyrus W
Eviwand
Cyrus Field
Edward Field
Fires and Failures Sweep Many Cities in Widespread Losses
A sweeping report details extensive fires and business collapses across multiple states. Second Avenue Electric Railway sheds in Glenwood, Pittsburg, suffered total losses of 130000 dollars, with the Electric hotel beside them also burned. Other failures include Hunt Mercantile of Ironton, Providence Tool, and insurance-heavy losses across Winnebago, Galesburg, Oakley Avenue in Chicago, and New Orleans. The Chicago Arc Light and Power plant fire darkened downtown, while banks and firms from Wilmington to Baltimore faced defaults, deals, and asset losses totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue Electric Railway Company
Pittsburg
Glenwood
Electric Company
Hunt Mercantile Company of
Ironton
Col
Gladstone
Mich
Winnebago
Ill
Galesburg
Presbyterian Church
Berry
Oakley Avenue
Chicago
Chicago Arc Light and Power Company
Farther Startling Rumors About the Tahiti Slaver Ship
San Francisco reports weigh discussion on the Tahiti ship's trade and alleged slaving activities. While initial loss figures cited 270 decked at Drake's Bay, observers now claim over 100 islanders perished, potentially totaling 400 lives. Some sources allege as many as 400 Guilbert island natives were aboard and lost.
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San Francisco
Tahiti
Drake's Bay
Jace
Guilbert Islands
New York Navy Cruiser Launched at Philadelphia yard
The cruiser New York, among the best equipped in the U S Navy, was launched at William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia. Miss Page broke a champagne bottle to christen the vessel as workers released the cradle. The ship carries a heavy armament, twin screws, four engines, an electric plant, and extensive armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Navy
Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons
Harrison
Freedom
Miss Page
Uncle Sam
Maine
Texas
Ajax
Fragmentary World News Recap From 19th Century Dispatches
A set of foreign items reports widespread illness and deaths in Bartin with a week reaching SO fatalities. Denmark's Radical leader M Berg dies in Copenhagen. Rain-making in India fails. Russia plans to bar horse exports for cavalry needs. A Blackburn market explosion wrecks Brown Hotel and shops, with over thirty feared dead. Berlin’s Herr Cohen commits suicide after firm failure. Emperor William addresses recruits about peace time valor. A Turkish warship incident kills several. Croa and Croa wine crops fail. A fatal train derailment on Orelgras lines kills 23 and injures 10. Bangkok reports a cyclone destroying Char Ya and Bandon, killing 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Russia
Blackburn
England
Brown
Victoria Street
Herr Cohen
Berlin
Germany
Friedlander & Sommerfied
Engineer's Terrible Revenge Triggers Deadly Train Crash
An engineer disgruntled by dismissal climbed into a locomotive cab on the Aargau Waldshut line and opened the throttle. He leaped from the cab as the engine sped onto the opposite track where a passenger train approached. The two locomotives collided head on, wrecked both engines, killed the engineer and the passenger train fireman, and injured or killed multiple passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Aargau
Waldshut
Important decision on railroad liability for pass riders
Court of Appeals sustains verdict for Ira Porter against N Y L B & W R R Co. for 82 725 35, holding railroads liable for injuries to passengers riding on a pass. Case from 1838. Government says Chile will not indemnify U S for slain seamen. reports from Valparaiso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Ira Porter
N. Y
Plaitiff
U. S
Valparaiso
Santiago
Interesting Figures From The Interstate Commerce Report
The third annual report on Statistics of Railways in the United States covers operations for the year ended June 30, 1890. It lists mileage, corporations, locomotives, cars, freight and passenger totals, employment, capitalization, earnings, and deaths with regional safety comparisons and a suggestion to broaden data inclusion from express and water carriers and rolling stock providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Cammerce
Interstate Commerce Omissioner
United States
Potomac
Ohio Rivers
Mlineis
Ohio
Western Territory
Southwest
Republican National Committee calls for presidential ticket nomination
The Republican National Committee issues a call to Republican electors for a June 1892 Minnesota convention in Minneapolis to nominate candidates for President and Vice President and conduct related business. Delegates are allocated by state and district, with rules for district and territorial representation and an alternate for each delegate. Contests must be filed with grounds and dates, and James S. Cuannon is chairman with Jacob S. Dar for secretary.
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Republican National Committee
United States
Minneapolis
Minn
Congress
Columbia
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican State Committee
Territorialites
District of Columbia
Republican Central Committee
National Committee For
National Committee
James S. Cuannson
Jacon 81
Dar Fagserr
Explosion Kills Five at Haverstraw Dynamite Works
Five men were killed in a dynamite factory explosion at Haverstraw. Victims named were John Wadsworth engineer Peter Carbasa Joseph Williams Josh E Addles and Perry Lounsberry of Sing Sing who died near the shore in a boat. One man aboard survived. Cause of blast unknown. Also notes a French breakthrough in purifying chloroform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverstraw
V. Y. Nyack
John Wadsworth
Peter Carbasa
Joseph Williams
Josh E. Addles
Perry Lounsberry
Sing Sing
Dreadful incidents and fires reported in Pennsylvania towns
The year includes numerous tragedies and events. John Skipp dies after a Fort Wayne Express collision near Allegheny while Nicholas Clemments is fatally shot hunting near Greensburg. Fires at Fayette City destroy three houses owned by O Neil Case company leaving families homeless and Col A E Everhart dies at Martinsburg. Additional items note a Beaver Falls glass company case verdict, a Reading youth awarded damages after being run over, liquor violations in Greensburg, railroad trouble, jail escapes, and various fatal accidents across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skipp
Allegheny
Fort Wayne
West Tenn Hospital
Nicholas Clemments
Greensburg
Scott Spier
Repine
Blairsville
Fayette City
O'Neil Case Company
Col
A. E. Everhart
Blair County
Martinsburg
Beaver
Cooperative Flint Glass Company
Beaver Falls
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Comny
Lizzie Bary
Reading
Daniel Somer
Gen. Steins
Frank McGuire
Sewickley
Southwest Railroad
Pasengers
Charles King
Butler
Clintonville
Carbonvale
Willie Kelly
James Gilmartin
Daniel Brown
Fleetwood
Erie
Roberta
John Graham
Lake Eric
William Matron
New Castle
Plumas
Cal
Wilkesbarre
Ceus
Defunctorry National Bank
John W. Morrison
William Livsey
Iry Goldstein
John Pepper
Connellsville
Mary M.neah
Braddock
John McChirg
Oil City
Foperal Wax Works
Tuesay
John Hugh
Evan Price
Extension of an Important Postal Department Report
Postmaster W. J. Pollock reports for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901 that free delivery offices total 519, up 65 from the prior year. Costs show reductions and increased carrier numbers, with various unrelated anecdotes and dialogue pieces interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Pollock
Postoffice Department
Whitefield
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Diana Progress
Furl Largest Paper
Wepxeswar
Munday
Messenge Bactivon
Wis
Ridfers
Edward S&s. Pease
Gorne
Cleveland
Pui
Stutzman
Bufulo
Olsen
Mir
Sarah Gibson de Semoskay
Caranda‘gua
Weber Winters
Tera & Paris
Houwe
Camaro
Parker
Albright
al Bright
Dia
da Quoin
Bill Nye
Seckson, Mich
First National Bank of
Cheboygan
Mica
Benjamin Berenson
Salem
Speen
Bic Naker
Buffalo
Newington
Marford
Genn
HB. &. Whitman
Grand Rapids
Murtia Benslie Life Insurance Annaciation
Newark
N. 3
Galem
Mississippi
Kovesaber
Maire
Tex
The
Labor and Weamers Arcadizations
New York Time
Ite
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Great Northern Railway
St Paul
Qwest
Northern Railway
St Moalishell
Mont
Noble
Napoleon Ives
Providence Tool Company
Straight University For Colored People
New Orleans
First National Bank
Wilmington
N. C
G. Cassard & Son
Baltimore
Samuel Snowden
Marshalltown
Fremont
P. A. Stern
Bromley, Ingledue & Co
Dallas Dressed Beef and Packing Company
Dallas
St. Albans
American House
Congregational Church
Bank of
P. 8. Paul & Son
Irwin
Bartin
M. Berg
Radical Party
Denmark
Copenhagen
Perlin
William
Constantinople
Cro A
Orelgras
Bangkok
London Standard
Char Ya
Bandon
Switzerland
Railroads
Statistics OF Railways
Pennsylvania
Jeff Supper
Butter County
Albert Kixer
Ford
Chas King
Greenville
Hecla
John Barner
Elias Dunkeil
Dunmore
Scranton
Conway Yards
James Fee
Rochester
Wheda
Hugh McKowan
Rankie
Creston & Cashport
John Hobman
Ohio Pyle
Boyer
C. E. Heydrick
Franklin
Venango County
Supreme Court
Silas M. Clark
Charles E. Heyrick
Venango
Warren
Crawford
Hina
Brame
Nigad
Mra
M. F. Butts
Im St. Nichales
Aurobots
Uverherd
Lovelace
Mr. DeBullion
Biterly
Com. Sista
Fitz Wee
Johnny
Pressini
Harry
Iereak
Adi
Antigua
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