Milwaukee Fire Devours City as Loss Mounts to Millions
A devastating Milwaukee blaze starting at the Union Ice Company on Best Water Street leveled vast portions of the southern Third Ward. Hundreds of homes and major firms burned, with thousands rendered homeless as winds shifted north. The disaster injured and killed several, with relief organized by Germania Society and the Chamber of Commerce preparing fundraising and aid efforts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Union Gila Company
Best Water Street
Ean
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Exey
Bhore and Western Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern
Almus
East Water Street
Henny Proddenprock
Heid Street
Chaelms Starr
Sreman No
Book and Indder Company
Fourth Avenue
A-Beamsand
Aleath
Mre
Callahan
Jacob Wellauer & Co
J. E. Patten
Lake Shore
Westene
Chicago
Northwestern
Gasipany
H.&. Johnston
Broadway
E.P. Bacon
Chamber of Commence
Third Ward
Gruenewald Opera House
New Orleans
Milwaukee fire devastates blocks and leaves thousands homeless
A massive Friday night blaze in Milwaukee destroyed thirteen blocks and about 300 buildings. Six thousand residents were left homeless as firefighters battled flames from East Water Street. The oil warehouse explosion caused the fire and killed several including Alenry Peddenbrach and Chas Stahl. Relief committees rushed to shelter 3,000 people with churches and schools opened. Property losses run to several million dollars with many companies affected.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Alenry Peddenbrach
Chas. Stahl
Kalanap
Maj
Annie McDonald
Richard Gardiner
William Wire
J. H
Henry Bergentheil
Northwestern
Union Oil Company
East Water Street
Chambers of Commerce
Funeral in White House for Mrs Harrison
Funeral services in the East Room of the White House were brief and simple at 10 o clock for Mrs. Harrison. Dr Hamlin and Dr Bartlet led prayers and readings while the St Johns Choir sang. The casket was borne to a hearse for the Pennsylvania station where a large decorous crowd waited.
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Harrison
White House
Washington
Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
Bartlet
St. John's Church
Vanes
Benjamin Harrison
Husbad
Myre
J. McKee
Russell B. Harrison
J. W. Keati
John F. Parker
J.robert McKee
Mary 5. Dimmick
Mourning in Indianapolis for Mrs Harrison
A grand floral display surrounds the casket as President Harrison and family attend a solemn service in Indianapolis. The city is draped in mourning with Grand Army veterans lining the funeral procession and a simple service held at First Presbyterian Church.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
First Presbyterian Church
Cardinal Newman
Haines
Harrison
Dr. Hyde
Congregational Church
Presidential Note of Thanks After Funeral Return
After leaving the Indianapolis cemetery the President and relatives went to the McKee residence for luncheon and were visited by intimate friends. A large crowd at the station showed sympathy with uncovered heads and waving handkerchiefs before the train carried him to Washington. The President issued a note to the public thanking citizens for their sympathy for him and his child.
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Indianapoli
McKee
Russell Harrison
Dimmick
R.& McKee
Liuncheon
Denison House
Washington
Dean Olp Frienne
Axp
Five Hundred Million Bushels Harvested in This Country
The American Agriculturist November issue reviews wheat prospects noting India exports falling, and surplus from Australia and South America small. It estimates 1892 U.S. wheat at 494,434,000 bushels with state totals: Pennsylvania 18 million, Ohio 31 million, Michigan 21 million, Indiana 34 million, Illinois 29 million, Minnesota 52 million, Iowa 8 million, Nebraska 17 million, Missouri 24 million, Kansas 68 million, California 25 million, Dakota 68 million, other states 90 million. Also reports balloon accident fatalities for L. E. Driscoll in Harper, Kansas, and a double heart-disease death in Danbury Conn and Newark N J for brothers Joseph and Charles Leimer.
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American Agriculturist
India
Australia
South America
United States
Agriculturist
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
California
Dakota
States
Fire destroys tenement. 19 families ruined in New York
A tenement house in New York City housing 19 families burned down causing about 20000 dollars in loss. Other items include a fatal shooting in New Jersey after a hunting accident, two men killed while crossing railroad tracks in New Jersey, steam pipe bursts killing dock workers in Brooklyn, floods in Sardinia destroying 248 houses with 100 presumed drowned, cholera deaths in Chung Kiang, China, lynching near Bristol Tennessee, prisoner escape in Long Island City, and Patrick Murphy’s jailbreak after sentencing.
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New York City
William, van Aredale and Son
High Bridge
N. J
John Stevens
Tennant
Frederick Hess
Brooklyn
William Bots
Michael Walters
Edward Gibson
Cogliart
Sardinia
Sang Perate
Vancouver
Chung Kiang
China
Lucas
Burgess
Oak Sutherland
Lasanora
Bristol
Tenn
Patrick Murphy
Oscar Williams
New York
Long’s Island City
Drowned in the Pacific World’s Fair official and kin perished
The Foreign Affairs Department reports the death of W. E. Giles and his family near Laura Loma in the Western Pacific. Giles, a special Exposition agent, sailed with three sailors to fetch exhibits for Polynesia. Their small boat capsized in a squall. all aboard drowned while seeking the Maori steamer at Mango.
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Foreign Affairs Department
W. E. Giles
Laura Loma
Pacific Islands
Great Marble Beds Discoveries in Idaho Marble Quarries
Mineralogist F B Schermerhorn reports in Boise on Cassia county finds a vast marble quarry 15 by 22 miles with depths up to 800 feet and 20 types of marble. He notes unclaimed government quarries of white marble rivaling famed Italian sources. Treasury debt statement shows October net increase of 63907915 with total debt at 83531183204 and cash in Treasury at 13101140119.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Greenback Redemption Fund
Vast 19th Century Press Roundup of Disasters and Labor
The bulletin reports mining hours across Durham at seven on average, wages rising in St. Joseph, Missouri, and a string of fatal accidents. Incidents include a Palos locomotive explosion, a caisson suffocation near Bellefonte, a steamer collision on the Sound, a deadly gas exposure in Chicago, and major urban fires in San Francisco and Milwaukee. Also noted are crimes, electrocution plans, a Paris murder, trotting horses’ deaths and records, plus bank failures and railway shortages in South Dakota.
Choynski Defeats Godfrey at Coney Island for Purse
Joe Choynski won a 15 round decision over George Godfrey at Coney Island Athletic Club earning a $5000 purse. Choynski weighed 163 pounds to Godfrey's 170. Also reported are unrest at Homestead Pennsylvania and various international calamities including cholera in Vienna, fires in Austria, mining disasters, flood damage in Mexico, and a Paris murder scene found in rags.
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Coney Island
N. Y
Joe Choynski
George Godfrey
Coney Island Athletic Club
Choynski
Godfrey
Homestead
Germany
Puebllo
Mexico
Saldo
Paxaca
Midland
England
Norfolk
Hamburg
Altona
Luebeck
Rune Bottsaris
Paris
Flames Devour Family in Des Moines Fire Tragedy
A Des Moines fire at George Cage residence leaves seven dead including four children and two adult women go mad with grief. Cage rescues Mrs Cage and three children before perishing from smoke. Neighborhood spectators unable to aid due to lack of ladders witness the horror.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Cage
John Cage
Cage
Chuildren
W C T U Battle To Keep Out Liquor At World’s Fair
The National Women's Christian Temperance Union opened sessions in Denver with Frances E. Willard presiding. She urged repeal of laws limiting liquor restrictions at the World's Fair and denounced drum shop pery. A massive petition with 1,112,735 signatures was cited against liquor sales. Willard pressed for woman suffrage to empower political action. The report quotes membership figures for local and state unions and other N W C T U activities.
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W. C.T
Willard
Women's Christian Temlerance Linion
Denver
Col
Frances E. Willard
Chicago
Caroline B. Bneil
National Association
Roumania Wreck Claims 113 Lives Near Peniche Portugal
The British steamship Roumania with 53 passengers and 67 crew foundered at the mouth of the Arel bouver near Peniche Portugal. The captain and pilot are among the dead with only nine survivors. Wreckage washes ashore along the coast as many ships report wrecks amid a gale over the southwest coast. The Roumania, 3887 tons, an Anchor line steamer en route Liverpool to Bombay, sailed from Liverpool October 22.
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Arelbouver
Peniche
Portugal
Liverpool
Bombay
Penrche
Tagus
Louvre
Bayonne
Penmarch
Finisterre
Ireland
Youthful Lovers Hanged in Dessau Park Murder Mystery
A girl about 17 and a youth about 19 were found hanging from a tree in a park wood near Dessau Germany. They were attacked and robbed while strolling. The girl was assaulted and the youth died defending her. Their attackers staged the scene to suggest suicide.
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Park Wood
Dessau
Germany
Cholera Reports Spread Across Cities and Europe
Cholera outbreaks update with two cases near Sinope in Asiatic Turkey from Odessa arrivals, four Holland cases and one death, nine suspicious in Vriesland, nineteen new cases and five deaths in Pusta, seven new cases and two deaths in Hasisune, two cases in St Petersstre, and spread to Winnitza due to poor sanitation. Baltimore manufacturing census bulletin released by Census Bureau shows comparative totals with 188? figures.
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Sinope
Black Sea
Turkey
Odessa
Prague
Holland
Viesna
St. Petersstre
Winnitza
Podolie
Baltimore
Buregu
Washington
Wage and attendance figures from 1890 city report
The article lists wage increases and other indicators from 1890 including average annual wage rising to 124 dollars with 56.21 percent increase, establishments up 35.22, capital invested 104.63, hands employed 40.39, wages paid 121.83, materials cost 44.27, product value at works 69.19, city population 50.73, city valuation up 14.02, and municipal debt with sinking fund 14.02. It also notes baseball season attendance at home grounds in Pittsburg with Baltimore drawing the largest crowds and champions the smallest, followed by scattered team figures such as St Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, Brooklyn, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston with various attendance totals.
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Fittsburg
Ohio
Timothy Hoo
Elgin Creamery
Fancy Creamery
New York
Goshen
Wisconsin Swiss Bricks
Wisconsin Sweitzer
Limbuy
Pa & O
CMF
Baltimores
Cross
Zeta Altimore
Zag Hopiaviile
Pat Anaes Hicuga Si
St. Loui
Cincinnati
Taaoe
Washington
Brooklyn
Jacksons announces one price fashion house with discounts
The Jacksons firm promotes a strict one price system for fine clothing and mens furnishings. They offer a special discount of 10 percent on every dollar when customers cut out this card and show it at purchase. Spring suits priced at 10, 12, and 15 dollars claim top style, fit, and workmanship.
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House of Jacksons
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