Chronology of 1890 A Year of Wrecks Fires and Floods
A compact 1890 chronology outlines how the year opened amid personal and national disasters. It cites rail, flood, fire, and epidemic losses, with numbers on drownings, coal mine explosions, shipwrecks, and a record sea of calamities across months from January through December, highlighting notable deaths and disasters, including floods in Europe and Asia, cyclones, and epidemics.
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Cleo
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Paris
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Boshu
Japan
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Atlantic Ocean
Andrew Charter
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Cascade
Cal
Sierras
Mary
Josephine Morrell
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Field
Cilliery
New Fort
Wales
Fair Lake City
Iowa
House of Representatives
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City
Enkuony
Toursville
Europe
Citalonia
Spain
England
Brance
Mississippi River
Skipwith
Vicksburg
Desha County
Arkansas
Lahd
Laurel Fork
W. Va
Tnnnes Senate
Terence
Heriot
Henry Chaplin
Longue Pointe Tunatic Asylum
Montreal
Quebec
Singer Sewing Machine
Elizeabethport
N. J
Havana
Cuba
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Glass lens for giant telescope shown in Cambridge
A Paris cast glass lens valued at over 60000 and 3 feet 4 inches in diameter will form the eye of USC's telescope on Wilson Peak in the Sierra Madre near Los Angeles. Alvan Clark will grind and polish it for two years, with a 65 foot tube and a range of feats including a 100 mile lunar reach. E. E. Spence funds the project, two Boston insurers back the value, and transport to California costs about 3000.
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Mass
Alvan Clark
Wilson Peak
Sierra Madre Mountains
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Lick
E. E. Spence
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Paris
Boston
Millions to be saved by new harvesting trust
The Times reports the formation of an American harvesting trust that will consolidate twenty major binder makers in Chicago Springfield and other cities, displacing thousands of traveling men agents and middlemen. The plan promises millions in annual savings to firms and farmers but may ruin towns and cost many workers their jobs.
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Chicaco
the Times
Springfield
American Harvester Trust
Gath
United States
Buckeye Reaper Company
Akron
D. M. Osborne Company
Auburn
N. Y
Plano
Ill
New Binder Company
Poughkeepsie
Batavia
Milwaukee
Janesville
Wis
Bushnell
Trust
Eastern storm halts trains across Mohawk valley
December snow snarls rail travel from Canaioharie to Boston. Mohawk valley trains run about one hour late while roads are blocked. In Susquehanna and Picrssure snow blocks Erie and Delaware Hudson divisions with several hours delay. Mail and freight movement slowed as passenger traffic takes priority.
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N. Y
Mohawk Valley
Susquehanna
Jefferson Division
Erie Railroad
Pennsylvania Division
Delaware & Hudson Road
Erie
New York
New York Central
Boston
Coxcorn
N.H
Égeven
Tragedy in Oklahoma as deputy slain in posse clash
Oklahoma City reports a posse led by Frank Gault and Pies Gilbert killed deputy Pete Anderson and wounded outlaw John Bly after a brutal gun battle seven miles east of Choctaw City. Bly fired from cover as Gault and Cook advanced, Anderson killed instantly, Bly wounded, Bly an outlaw from Cherokee country with violent kin.
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Oklahoma
Choctaw City
John Bly
Peter Anderson
Bly
Frank Gault
Pies Gilbert
Pottawatomie
Gaukt
Cook
Anderson
Gault
Belmonts Horses Auction At Belmont Nursery Stables
A large crowd of turfmen gathered in Banyion New Jersey for the Belmont racing stable sale. Raceland sold for 7000 dollars to Michael and Dwyer. Potomac brought 25000 to M E Dwyer. Magnate went for 3500 to Fred Hienher. La Fosa sold for 13000 to Hough Bros. Eschner bought Masher for 6000 and St Carlo for 1600. Yearlings fetched prices up to 5100 for Magnolia and 6600 for St Florian, with other colts and fillies auctioned to various buyers.
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N. J
Belmont
Rancocas
Col. S. D. Bruce
Raceland
Michael &. Dwyer
Prince Royal
Phil Dwyer
W. P. Jennings
St. Carlo
Fred Hienher
Magnate
Potomac
St. Blaise
Eschner
St. Charles
W. M. Berry
Wlavia
F. McCabe
Beauty
Alliance
Belliser
Captive
Fidelio
Ingot
Magnolia
His Highness
St. Felix
St. Florian
St. Mark
Regina
Tarantell
Caliph
St. Carolina
King Cadmus
Victory
Schuylkill
Useless Indian Agents Considered for Removal at Pine Ridge
The president weighs removing civil Indian agents at Pine Ridge Cheyenne River and Rosebud with army officers to replace them temporarily or permanently. Gen. Miles and war secretary back the move, citing incapacity of agents to handle excited Sioux. Indian office fears breaking promises, while army officers promise steadier pacification and respected authority. Major McLaughlin at Standing Rock praised as a stable agent for years.
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Pine Ridge
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Rosebud
Miles
Indian Office
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Standing Rock
Man Passes Forged Checks in Harrisburg
A man using the name H. W. Bower from Philadelphia passed two forged checks on Harrisburg businessmen this week while claiming to establish a Pennsylvania bureau of southern information. He has departed. Gunsnow reports the railroad business is resuming its usual course despite ongoing tensions between strikers and officials.
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Ida
Borger-at-Large
Harrisburg
H. W. Bower
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Bureau of Southern Information
Dakota News
Brison
Deadwood
Fountain
Yankton
John Hobson
Jamestown Insane’ Hospital
Missouri
Final Visitation Reports Praise State Institutions
Public Examiner Blanchard completes a final tour of South Dakota state institutions, noting prudent management and growing attendance at reform school, penitentiary, and lunatic asylum. He visits Brookings to collect data for the governor’s report and says bills may cut wages and guard pay to reduce expenses across all institutions.
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Penitentiary
Lanatic Asylum
Board of Charities
State Treasury Crisis Shapes Dakota Legislature
South Dakota lawmakers face a depleted treasury with taxes at the constitutional limit and new bonds issued. Analysts warn immediate deficit relief is scarce, while proposals include an extra levy and constitutional changes, plus potential irrigation aid and other debated reforms. Redfield and Dakota News dispatches note political shifts and local incidents across the state.
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Pierre
S. D
South Dakota
House
Senate
Huron
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