BIG CONFLAGRATION IN ST JOSEPH DESTROYS HALF A MILLION
Sioux City Iowa reports a six hour fire at Townsend Wyatt Emery dry goods in St Joseph Missouri. Losses include Townsend Wyatt Emery stock and buildings totaling around 500000 with major insured amounts. Firefighters faced low water pressure and several injuries occurred including two firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Townsend & Wyatt
Felix and Edmond
Edmond
St. Charles Street
Townsend, Wyatt & Emery
Ragnier & Shoup
Hougland
Joss
Commercial Bank
Calvery Block
W. L. Allen & Co
France Block
Ransom, Garret & Brewster
Riots at Riverside mill trigger deadly clash near Bellaire
A riot across the Ohio River at Benwood West Virginia involved about 150 Hungarians and twice as many Americans over a wage dispute. Hungarians offered $1.15 a day after a wage cut to 29 to 80 percent. Americans attacked with stones and clubs, leaving five Hungarians dead and many injured including broken arms amid the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Ohio
Benwood
W. Va
Riverside
Lightning at a Funeral in Linglestown
A funeral service in Linglestown, Dauphin County, Pa, was interrupted when lightning struck the church. Everyone present was stunned but no one was killed and the service resumed after the shock and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrisburg
Speciaft
Nat Linglestown
Wreck on Queen & Crescent near Birmingham
North of Birmingham the limited train on the Queen and Crescent was wrecked by track removal. The engine and mail cars were damaged. several trainmen were hurt but passengers escaped injury. Bloodhounds are tracking the wreckers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Queen & Crescent
Ebauggige
No Polygamy Debate Stirs Chicago Parliament
Mohammed Webb, an English convert to Islam, caused a uproar in the Chicago Parliament of Religions by asserting polygamy could be right under certain conditions. Women shouted no and Webb, amid the din, abandoned the topic in despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mohammed Webb
Parliament of Religions
Webb
Mystery bottle tied to lost ship rumor surfaces in Mersey
A bottle with two wooden slips reading All hands lost Naronic no time is buy more was found in the Mersey. It is linked to the rumored White Star steamship but thought to be a joke. In Newton Pennsylvania Samuel Rightley 84 and wife Rebecca were murdered in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naronic
Liverpool
Mersey
Newton
Samuel Rightley
Rebecca
Foul murder at remote farm leaves elderly couple dead
Mrs Annie Strattler found the house on fire and discovered the bodies of Mr and Mrs Rightley in their bed with deep head and face wounds. An overturned lamp and signs of arson suggest a murder to cover up a crime at the farm a few miles away. No clear motive or beneficiary is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Strattler
Roanoke Riot: Mob Attacks Jail. Mayor Injured
In Roanoke Virginia a mob attacked the jail after a woman was assaulted by a man named Thomas Smith. The militia fired on the mob, killing about a dozen and wounding many as Mayor Trout ordered guards to restore order. Negro Smith was secreted from the jail and the incident ends with the mayor pledging to uphold the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Henry S. Bishop
Thomas Smith
Roanoke Light Infantry
Phu
Wood
Hastings Court
Smith
Milittia
Yrout
Minnesota White Caps Raid on Lone Man Ends in Gunfight
Four masked assailants in rough attire raid Eling Goettling’s granary five miles southwest of Northfield. Goettling fights back from a window, four shots fired, one attacker wounded as the gang flees with blood staining the ground. Authorities say the case stems from a two year feud and arrests are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Minn
Eling Goettling
Ile
Godling
Gooding
Hatched Whole Family Tragedy Shocks Indiana Town
Washington Indiana special reports a family of six butchered with a hatchet at Hare tison nine miles from the city. Denison Wratton, his mother, wife and three children killed. only a 12 year old daughter survives unconscious. The elderly mother found headcut and hands severed. Baby, three, slain in bed. Neighbors discover the scene. $32 found on wife. seven dollars in a drawer. Tracks of three men spotted. bloodhounds brought in to track suspects, believed to be tramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Hare Tison
Denison Wratton
Wratton
Seymour
Skit Goes Down In a Squall at Collingwood
A skiff with eight aboard including Walter Morris and family left Collingwood Ontario for the Nottawasaga River. A squall overturned the boat. all drowned except William Denby and Burrill Denby who reached shore. Bodies of Woods and Denby found on the beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingwood
Noltawasaga
Walter Morris
Alfred Woods
William Denby
James Denby
Burrill
Mr. Denby
Denby
Signs of Trade Revival In Dun and Co Weekly Review
New York report notes tangible trade improvement with abundant money at 3 percent on call and freer commercial loans. Foreign trade grows favorable. pork products and cotton rise modestly. Fifty eight works resume wholly and twenty eight partly, while iron and steel show the least gain amid rising demand. Failures total 19 in the United States and Canada 0 this week compared to last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
TR. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
New Labor Organization Proposed by Pittsburg Leaders
Pittsburg labor leaders plan a national workingmen’s advance uniting Knights of Labor United Mine Workers National Glass Workers Pattern Makers and others. General Master Workman Powderly approves. Aiming to gain railroad support, the alliance would admit all wealth-creating workers and seek political influence while pledging no strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
Powderly
Knights of Libor
United Mine Workers
National Pinte Glass Workers
Pattern Makers
Graves Desecration In Vermont Sparks Outrage
Montpelier Vermont reports two Middlebury College students dug up graves at midnight and placed skulls in their rooms. One skull belonged to a revered Vermont woman buried forty years, with epitaph copied on the skull. The other was an ex-instructor's bones with a Shakespeare quotation tied to a pipe. The scandal unsettles a historic family and college community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Middlebury Collety
Vermont
Timperial Casur
Two Murders Over a Farm Claim In Oklahoma
Williams of Vernon Texas shot two claimants over a disputed farm in Enid Oklahoma. He was arrested and jailed in Kingfisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Oklahoma
Williams
Vernon
Texas
Kingfisher
Nation’s Jubilee marks Capitol cornerstone centennial
The centennial anniversary of laying the Capitol cornerstone was observed with a civic and military parade and ceremonies at the Capitol. Washington’s Masonic rite, with Martha Washington reception, framed the day, while notes on Latrobe, Bulfinch, and Capitol expansions traced construction from 1793 to the mid 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Republic
Free and Accepted
Order of Masons
Lafayette
George Washington
Martha Washington
Dames
Capitol Building History and Burning Recap
The piece reviews the Capitol’s origins and ceremonies, noting the corner stone laid by George Washington on September 18, 1783, its undisturbed placement under the Law Library, and the Burning of the Capitol during the 1814 war with England. It cites cost estimates around $29,100,000 spent since construction began, with comments from Grover Cleveland, William Wirt Henry, Charles Cripp, and Chief Justice Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latrobe
Bulfinch
Boston State House
Congress
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Statuary Hall
Supreme Court
Fillmore
Daniel Webster
Thomas N. Walter
Edward Clark
Capitol
England
Ross
Admiral Cockburn
Capitol Fire Destroys Wing Interiors Amid British Assault
Destruction reports describe boards torn from passageways and fires raking the Capitol. Books and papers from the Library of Congress scattered, paintings cut from frames, and flames surrounding the Senate and Supreme Court areas as rockets scar the night sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fies
Library of Congress
Senate Chamber
Supreme Court
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Opeless
Boomers Return From Cherokee Strip Rush
The Cherokee Strip rush drew a vast crowd to claim farms and town lots, then many return home disappointed or stranded. Southern winds dry land, fires burn grass, and sand storms rage while unrest and theft disrupt new towns. Some claimants found others had arrived ahead with papers, grabbing prime land and causing outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Strip
Thorugh
Danvger
Canaan
Bombardment of Rio continues as rebel fleet engages forts
A Rio Janeiro dispatch reports the insurgent fleet resumed heavy bombardment of the city at noon Monday and fought for three hours. The Republic steam cruiser broke through the bar and headed south toward Santos to blockade the port, while the Aquiban with remaining vessels sailed southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rio Janeiro
Legation
Republic
Bar
Santos
Aquiban
Feet
Bandits Beaten Off Near Centralia Train Hold Up
The New Orleans Limited on the Illinois Central was robbed near Centralia Illinois but the bandits failed to seize any money. A gunfight wounded engineer Ben Young and fireman Charles McDowell, but the crew repelled the robbers. One captured bandit, William Jones, confessed naming three accomplices O Dwyer Harding and Nichols and a Marion of DuQuoin. All four were under arrest by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Illinois Central Road
Centralia
Iil
Cecal
Ben Young
Young
Charles McDowell
William Jones
Kansas City
Jones
O'Dwyer
Harding
Nichls
Marion
DuQuoin
Arore
Rain Belated Struggles Across Western farmlands
The Weather Bureau reports scant rainfall west of the Mississippi with large dry areas. In the Ohio valley and Atlantic states rain improved pastures and fall plowing, while drought persists in Texas and Nebraska. Crops vary by state with frost in New England, tobacco and corn outcomes mixed, and harvests underway across Michigan Wisconsin and the plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
New York
Wisconsin
Missouri
Arkarsis
Nebraka
New England
Mississippi
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
de Daviess
Dupage Connura
Southeern
Porison
Ohio
Michigan
Brato
Minnesota
Owa
North Dakota
Benefit
South Dakota
Cron Pensen Alont
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
California
Currencies Condensed and Cities Hit by Fire
The message notes Prince Bismarck progress and pacifist pace in Nicaragua with inkapature spreading in England. Smallpox breaks out in New York. Net treasury gold stands at 9,038,004 dollars. Michigan sawmills resume operations. A fire in Louisville Kentucky caused losses of 25,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Bismarck
Nicaragua
Engand
New York
Michigan
Louisville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hull
Iowa
Sioux County
Allen Lard
Oliver Knapp
Kane
Hunter
Calvin Wyatt
Guthrie
Perry
Ine
Une
Land Office
Salt Fork
Flat Iron
Victorian
B. G
United States Fishery
Albatross
Alaska
London
Jord
Mexico
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Holland
Sague
DUN & CO
NEW Labor Organization
Yopeka
E. Murphy
Murphy
Spokane
Wash
Kettle River
Boundary Creek
Nettle River
Cornwell
Leeds
Eng
Goldwin Smith
Tiv
United States Capitol
Washington, East
State House
Priladelphia
Rio
Toro Roadmasters' Association of America
Haverhill
Mass
L. B. Misensa
Guatemala
San Francisco
New Orleans Limited
Centralian
TNL
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!