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Newspaper

Lanark Gazette

Location

Lanark, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1895

Page

6

A Year’s Happenings Leading Events of a Memorable Twelve Months

A summary of notable events from the year highlights major political shifts social changes and regional milestones as reported in a mid century newspaper chronicle. It notes key figures and institutions shaping the period with succinct accounts of each milestone.

Year 1894 Reviewed Across Banks Crimes and Disasters

Chronicle of 1894 tallies business failures bank collapses and notable losses. It lists fires floods cyclones murders lynchings and railway upheavals with dates places and amounts beside dozens of banks, firms, towns, and disasters, including major fatalities and economic fallout nationwide.

Jain Southerna Land and Improvement Co Frankfort Citizens’ Bank Ogden Utah Bank of Mort Washington Wis W. Teek & Co San Francisco Corurcesion Meadlville Savings Bank Jan Merchants’ Bank Ellis Kan Third National Bank Detroit Bank of Zumbrota Mink Dup Westview Savings Bank Louis Title First National Bank Fort Payne

National Civil Service Reform league in session in Chicago

The December meeting in Chicago re-elected Carl Shurz as president. Highlights note December events in labor and politics, including John McBride elected at Denver as head of the American Federation of Labor and a Carlisle banking bill debate in the lower house.

William Lindsay U. S Kennedys New Jersey Senate William B. Hornblower New York U. S. Supreme Court Samuel Blatchford John E. Gear U.S Walthall Cornelius N. Bliss American Protective Tarif League House of Representatives McCreary Minister Stevens Cleveland Congress A. J. McLaurin Mississippi Marion Butler North Carolina National Farmers’ Alliance Topeka Kan U. S. Senate W. H. Peckham Supreme Court Edward D. White Louisiana Charles H. Luscomb League of American Wheelmen Louisville National Woman Suffrage Association Washington Susan B. Anthony Newspaper Publishers’ Association J. W. Scott Chicago Adlai Stevenson Daughters of American Revolution Grosseup St. Louis Charles F. Joy Spring Hill Kun House Hillborn Rep Cal English Massachusetts Senate Tillman South Carolina Theodore Cox National College Republican Eague Syracuse Madeline Pollard W. C. P. Breckinridge J. T. Jarvis Senator Vance Horace Porter Sons of the Revolution Jacob Cox Harrison The Loyal Legion Cincinnati Grand Council of the American Protective Association Des Moines John Patton, Jr Grand Rapids Mich F. B. Stockbridge O. O. Howard National Temperance Society J. O'Connor National Order of Hibernians Omah Charles Henrotin General Federation of Women's Clubs Philadelphia Don Caffery Pan-American Bimetallic Association United States South and Central America Mexico Gov. Northen Georgia American Baptist Educational Society Saratoga N. Y American Congress of Liberal Relire Societies J. W. Thomas American Baptist Missionary Union N.Y Robert Bonner Scotch-Irish Society C. W. Hazzard Monongahela Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum George P. Wetmore Rhode Island A. C. Loring Minnesota National Association of Millers A. S. Webb Army of the Potomac Concord N. E John A. Lee St Louis Commercial Travelers’ Protective Association Milwaukee W. W. Trace Illinois National Republican League Denver Prendergast Carter H. Harrison San Francisco Albert A. Stanley Ann Arbor Utah J. M. Cleary Minneapolis Total Abstinence Union St. Paul Republic of Hawaii William E. Bundy Ohio Sons of Veterans Davenport Madge Howe Springfield Til Ladies’ Aid Society Urban A. Woodbury Vermont H. H. Cleaves Mame Enjamin Parkhurst National Association Boston Thomas G Lawler Rockford Ill G. A R Pittsburgh Daughters of Veterans Ellen M. Walker Worcester Mass Woman's Relief Corps James Needham J. J. Shortall American Humane Society Evansville Ind J. J. P. Odell American Bankers’ Association Baltimore Navy Connecticu Massachusetts New Hampshire Delaware Pennsylvania North Dakota South Dakota California Wyoming Colorado Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Kansas West Virginia Idaho Montana Iowa Nebraska Kentucky Texas Florida Alabama Russell A. Alger Detroit National Warf Association McCook U. S. Army Gen Howard Montgomery Ala National Association For Protection Frances E. Willard National Woman's Christian Temperance Union James R. Sovereign Knights of Labor New Orleans Buffalo S. A. Wells John T. Morgan National Conference For Good City Acongress Dale Supreme Court of Oklahoma National Civil Service Reform League Carl Shurz John McBride Denveree American Federation of Labor Lee Daniel Webster John Stark Dee Congressman Springer

Somnolent Judge Walked Through Trials and Affected Verdicts

An aged judge known for dozing during court proceedings wandered the chamber while cases were argued. A visiting attorney failed to address the bench as the judge perambulated, prompting disputes, adjournment fears, and a lost case amid courtroom uproar.

Supreme Court St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Currency debate in the National House of Representatives

On January 3 Mr. Black resumed debate on the currency bill amid criticism of the banking committee. Congress is urged to back a flexible and elastic currency, with speakers arguing for state banks of issue, retirement of greenbacks, and independence of government finance from private credit. The discussion features remarks on gold reserves and potential bond funding, with support and opposition across Democratic and Republican ranks.

Cartisie House of Representatives Black Dem Banking and Currency Committee Congress Haughen Rep Wis Springer McCreary Carlisle Hendrix Dem. N. Y France Bank of France Sperry Conn the Treasury Mr. Pence Mr. Hepburn Dingley Treasury Gresham Tex

Deadly revenge ends in sheriff’s fatal shot in Kentucky

Sheriff Joan I. Van Arsdall killed Dr. F. L. Harrod in Lawyers’ Row as he left his office after a visit to Judge CG A. Hardin who lay dying. The death follows a county election loss and an anonymous circular accusing the sheriff’s domestic life. Harrod, a Louisville graduate and Ohio native, leaves a widow.

Gus Meeks Browning George Rose Kuhl Cottonwood Kun Alexander McCurdy Charles Berry Golden Cal Hill and Parker Colfax Wash Johann Kauffman Self Cramp Hill N.J George Brock Borden Ind William Stacy Iowa Falls W. M. Pinkerton Anna Baroski Spring Valley Jil Merrill Baker Montgomery William Simms Washington Court House Laurel Run Edward Martin Crittenden County Bill Goode G K. W Arthur C. Brown Henry Reesh Auburn Deshler David Spragg Ridgeway George Brunsen Charles Smith Lee Brown Clarke County Ettsell Adams Florence N. C William Dean Fort Jones Dixon da Nelson Omaha Neb Kid Lavigne Saginaw Mich New Or- Mac Andy Bowen John Huntington Council Bluffs Cassville William Jones Simeon Bowen Zeke Bryant Troy Ala Joseph H. Isonr Quitman W.S. Whitman Winooski Permonth Miss Meister New Castle Robert Charles Wellington Matthew Palmer Hunter Hill Doss Hatts Lizzie Smith Peter Murdock New Orleans Harnopspune Joan I. van Arsdall F. L. Harrod CG. A. Hardin van Arsdall Chatham Harrod Louisville Ohio Wallace Lexington

Belgium Follows Suit Denies Admission of Cattle

On New Year’s Day Nelson Morris, a noted packer and shipper of dressed beef, learned by cable from Antwerp that Belgium prohibits import of live cattle from the United States due to pleuro-pneumonia. The ban seals continental ports to American cattle and beef products, leaving exporters to rely on Britain, which is unattractive in the current market.

American Reeves Antwerp Curiaco Nelson Morris United States Europe

Michigan Men Seek Fourth District Seat in Congress

Lansine Mich January 7 Secretary of State Washington Gardner announces his candidacy to succeed Burrows in Michigan's Fourth district Ex-State Senator Phil L Cosgrove Hastings also enters the race If an extra session is called Gov Rich will order a timely election otherwise vacancy fills after the legislature adjourns

Lansine Mich Washington Gardner Burrows Phil L. Cosgrove O& Hastings Rich

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