History of a Year 1895 Major Happenings and Bank Failures
A chronological record of 1895 events highlighting heavy business failures with debts over $600,000, international incidents, notable deaths, political shifts, and sporting notes. The list covers banks for numerous cities, disasters, lynchings, and a wide spectrum of world happenings and fatalities throughout the year.
Tragic Front Street Theater Fire Kills Twenty Four
Panic feared fire breaks out at the Front Street theater in Baltimore as a gas leak and torch spark ignite flames. About 2,500 spectators, mostly Poles and Russian Jews, surge for exits. 24 dead, 15 to 20 injured, many crushed on stairs and in aisles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
City National Bank
Sioux City
Fidelity Loan & Trust Co
Dover
N. UH
National Bank
N. H
Five Cent Savings Art Ie
Binghamton
N. Y
Merchants' Bank
Atlanta
Duluth
Minn
William McKinley
Lake City
Merchants Bank
Providence
R. I
Sherman & Riley
Holdredge
Neb.) Bank
Texarkana
Tex
First National Bank
Chicago
Waukesha
Hygeia Mineral Water Co
National Bank of Kansas
Jaffray & Co
Nashua
Bristol
Neb) Bank
Aurora
O. T
Oklahoma National Bank
Pella
First National Bank W
Boston
U. S. Cordage Co
Capital
Indianapolis
Bank of Commerce
Ocosta
Wash
Milford Savings Bank
New York
John Osborn, Son & Co
Cincinnati
Specker Bros. & Co
Sturgeon
Exchange Bank
Cartersville
Harvard Bank
Tina
Citizens’ Bank
Cloverdale
Ind.) Bank
Campbell Commission Co
Norborne
Carrollton County
Everett
Puget Sound National Bank
Archie
West Superior
Wis
Superior National Bank
Denver
Citizens’ State Bank
Rocky Mountain Savings Bank
C. T
G. W. Eddy
Commission Merchants
Buckner
Palouse City
South Bend
Shelby
Blaine
State Bank
Barry County
Monett and Purdy
Creighton
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Omaha
Neb
Everest
Kan
Springfield
Commercial Bank
Wort Scott
Tacoma
Commercial National Bank
Gothenburg
Louisville
Bamberger, Too & Co
New Whatcom
Bennett National Bank
Leadville
Col
Savings and Deposit Bank
New Orleans
Bank of North America
Urichsville
Armers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Salem
Ore
Williams & Ingland Banking Co
Nebraska
Savings and Exchange Bank
Columbus
Chattahoochie National Bank
Pratt
First Nationalank
San Francisco
Grangers' Bank of California
Richmond
James JB. Pace
Planters’ National Bank
Lincoln
German National Bank
Nichols, Frothingham & Co
Samuel S Sands & Co
de Neufville & Co
L. A. Weldman
B. Senton
American Securities
Bank of Farmington
Toe
Ewing, Mich
Exchange An.c
New Jersey
Pottsville
Sherry
Tech
Cerrillos
N. M
Red Canyon
Wyo
Blue Canyon
Petterson
Newton
Ixan
Sioux County
Alaska
George R.white
South Acton
Mass
Lake Mich
West Bingham
Devil's River Country
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Oxford
Douglas
Wye
Arensville
Baxter Springs
Memphis
Island No. 40
Detroit
Mich
Fenn Yan
Lake Kenka
Santa Cruz Island
Cal
Restless
Three States
Socorro
Grant Station
Mehaffy
Ocean City
Gunry Hotel
Braddock
Buffalo
Yachte de Coeur d' Alene
Burning Ridge
Kodak Island
Walter Larle
Wapakoneta
Central City
Earnest
Specht's Ferry
Journal
Cleveland
Carmel
Rosenborough
Ark
Huron Isle
Marquette
Pearl G. Campbell
Rutherford
N.J
Cha Folette
Tenn
Greenville
Dayton & Union Railway
Big Stone Gap
Bowider
St. Paul
Raleigh
N. C
Monroe
Dayton
Eldorado Springs
Brooklyn
Milita
Wheeling
W. Va
Buckeye Glass Works
Building Trades Council of St Louis
Monongahela City
River Win
Bertie
Flat Top
Massilon (O
St. Louis
Carnegie Steel Co
Teague
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Iowa
New York City
Tailors’ Stike
Newark
Indiana
Illinois
Connellsville
Michigan
Clearfield
Massilion (O
Whitinsville
Whiting Machine Works
Jersey City
Javery
John Wanamaker
Christian League
Stewart
Supreme
Temple
Silver Knights of America
Buzzard’s Bay
Francis E. Clark
Y. P
Co. B
Lieut
Peary
St. Were
N. I
Organization of
Irish National Alliance
Ireland
Nelson A. Miles
Schofield
U. S. Army
Texas
U. S. Protestant Episcopal Church
Williamsport
Wanamaker
American Sabbath School Assocition
H. Pullen
American Bankers’ Association
American Missionary Association
City of New York
Massachusetts
Greenhalge
J. W. Griggs
Asa S. Bushnell
IF. M. Drake
Maryland
Lloyd Sanders
Kentucky
W. O. Bradley
Kansan
Utah
Statehood
H. M. Wells
Mississippi
Larchmont
J. K. Palmer
Redbank
N. J
Olan Rudd
Red Bank
John
Johnson
Hamilton
Ont
Clara K
Danville
Skip Ae
Thomas A. Hendricks
Syracuse
Michael Durnberg
Homer Maimond
Buenos Ayres
Louis Budinich
Anton Bein
Frank Sheldon
el Paso
Prince
Joe Patchen de Senteg Powert J
Decatur
Ill
Efe Powers
Pestora Wilkes
Fred Titus
Louis Gimm
Bloomington
I J
Western Baseball Association
Cleveland Baseball Club
Balttimore Club
Lexington
Rita
Josie
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Florida Athletic Club
B. W. Twyman
Leake Shore
Michigan Southern
Chillicothe
W. W. Windle
Sarnia
Angus McLeod
Rochester
Charles Shabel
Minneapolis
A. Hanson
Burlington & Quincey
Galesburg
Mendota
BE. J. Earle
Chisago
Charles L. Duryea
Michigan University
Chicago University
Chicago Athletic Associations
Kansas City
Missouri University
Kansas University
Prof
Enoth
Cheyenne
John Green
Charles Brswell
Clearwater
Keogh
Binghampton
John Hunter
Peter Berlo
Front Street
United Oriental Opera and Dramatic Company
A. Schongold and
Abramansman
Alexander
Severe Turkish Battle Reports Heavy Druse Losses
News from Constantinople via Sofia and Rome describe a major engagement near Zudich on December 21 in which Druses suffered about 12 200 dead while Turkish losses were 70 dead and 50 wounded. Zeitoun, held by Armenians, was recaptured by Turkish forces.
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W. W. Taylor
South Dakota
John Harris
Paxton
Neb
Samuel Hotelling
Rolling Green
Minn
Harry Hayward
Ging
Minneapoli
Tenn
James Herbert
New York
Como
Col
Benjamin Ratcliffe
Samuel
Taylor
L. J
McCurdy
George D. Wyatt
G. D. Moore
Keavy
Tipton Steern
Self
Jackson’s Hole
Wyo
Union Ridge
W. Va
Henry Bradshaw
Paris
Tex
Spring Valley
Ill
Don
Thomas
Whitesburg
Jack Wilson
Battle Creek
Mich
Thomas Speer
Pike County
Feld Is O
Christian Mott
Henry Shultz
San Frrancisco
Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Philadelphia
Amsterdam
N. Y
Herman Hattenhaft
Brooklyn
Bushred Kelch
Cleveland
Dexter
Grant Hibbs
Nibleen
Annie Bundy
Peshtigo
Wis
William Ray
Coal Creek
Minneapolis
Catherine Ging
Mose Goodrich
Rensselaer Tripp
George
Cortland
Mary Grossman
Ann Arbor
Castana
George Wolfe
William Ruttledge
Ottumwa
John Winninger
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Cuba
China
Japan
Corea
Formosa
Russia
Bonzey
France
Nicaragua
Britain
Corinto
Great Britain
England
Germany
Liao Tung Peninsula
Spain
Ching-Tu
Kell
Manitoba
Lord Rosebery
House of Commions
Lord Salisbury
Thomas Henry Huxley
London
Stefan M. Stambuloff
Bulgaria
Sofia
Llberas
McCarthyites
Tarnellites
Constantinople
Lalo Tung
Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
Buaiburt
Turkey
Alfred Austin
Aeitoun
Bell
Nari
Syria
Aleppo
Alexandre Dumas
Poe
Mrs. Bliss
Memphis
Armenia
George Augustus Sula
Brighton
Eng
Sultan
Dardanelles
Vilayets
Asia Minor
Madrid
Martinez Campos
Wregler
Eldora
Africa
Zudich
Dee
Zeftoun
Leyroot
Rome
Zeitoun
Marash
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Albany
Waverly
Deception Bay
Van
Ha Vash
Butte
Mont
Rusk
Stis
Sturgis
Vade Water Co
Lake Michigan
C.ulcora
New London
Conn
Milwaukee
Intake Tunel
Point of Woods
Rehoones
Chesapeake
Gloucester
Winston
Macon
Waxelbaum & Son
Armourdale
Reed Bros
St. Augustine
Fla
Elkhorn
Pasadena
Raymond
la Porte
Pratt City
Stevens Point
Pattonsburg
Kalamazoo
Dewing & Sons
Menominee
Oas
Atlantic City
Forest Res
Ind
Belle Fourche
Warren
Plano
New York Manhattan Bank
Geneva
Xcelsior
Chilton
Ridgefield
Carlock
Cornell Bluffs
Titusville
Bethel
Vienna
Stuartaville
Jonestown
Miss
Lindsey, O
Silmanton
Canserago
N. Wyckoff
Riverside
Osgood
Walcot
Lamora
Hamlin
Warrenton
N.C
Wilmore
Leipzig
Jamaica
Flamiston
Waterford
Flora
Devine
Fort William
Man
Flays City
Dorchester
Ardmore
I. C
Chester
Minnewaukan
N. D
Lorimer
Elmo
Ceresco
Galien, Mich
Kalama, Mich
Odell
Manchester
Alta
Ceres
Henderson, Mich
Anchor
Juawndale, Ill
Madisonville
Mount Pleasant
Tern
Cantonment
I. T
John F. Bergeron
Idalia
Mar
Jackson
Watts Murphy
Jeriche Shivers
Montgomery
Nestoes
Isllaville
Pla
Mamie Armstrong
Hob Huggard
Mulautto
Winchester
Wiley Bunn
Summerville
Chamberlain
Brookside Coal Mines
George Hill
Charles Jenkins
Bedderly Brothers
Vigilance Committee
Buffalo County
Lawrence Johnson
William Null
Louis Moreno
Garland Stemler
Yreka
Harrison Lewis
William Blake
Lfe
Hampton
D. C
Charles Hurd
Wartburg
Bryan
Perdue
Alley
John Richards
Thomas Watts
Greenwood
Jack Yardborough
Crystal Springs
Kearse
Broxton Iford
Squire Jones
Moulton
White River
Lake Champlain
Portland
Ofe
Jefferson
Lewisburg
Sioux Center
Perkins
Herrington
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Virginia
West Virginia
Grayson County
Keysville
Lengir City
Winona
North Dakota
Canton
Deer Creek
Brecon
Wenona
Indlania
Missouri
Kansas
Franklin
Sherman
Triplis
Kansae
Osage
Osage Valley
Covington
Denison
Augusta
Washington County
Matties Landing
Patterson
Kai
St. Joseph
Lockport
Hartford
Kenwood
Albert Lea
Philip Sidney Post
Ilinois
Washington
John Newton Waddell
Chadwick
A. T. Hay
Marlington
Rockwood Floar
United Shier Atorney Areal
Concord
War Mcallister
New York Society
John Leavitt
Hawaii
United States
Frederick Douglass
Freedman
Ienjamin IF
Prescott
Epping
Gen. Mason
Prayman
Idaho
Ward
John P. Tuee`dom
Toledo
John A. Broadus
Amos Townesend
Mia
Philip St. George Cooke
Richard Vaux
Maturin M. Ballou
Cairo
Egypt
Benjamin Gwin Harris
Leonardtown
A. Scott Sloan
Beaver Dam
W. Jennings Demorest
Prohibition Party
James H. Campbell
Wayne
James W. Scott
Chicago Times-Herald
Charles H. Mansur
Treasury
Robert C. Wyckliffe
Louisiana
Shelbyville
W.N. Sweeney
James I. Wilson
Fairfield
Augustus Frank
Warsaw
N.Y
Levi L. Taft
Pontiac
Robert Klots
Mauch Chunk
Robert S. Green
Ilizabeth
James A. Weston
New Hampshire
A.M. Hamilton
Fort Wayne
Charles Sutherland
Ira J. Chase
Tube
Julius N. Ledlge
Amherst College
Amherst
iMass
John J. Almy
U. SS. Navy
fox-Guy
Peter H. Burnett
California
Wiliam Carswell
Saliem
Henry A. Chittenden
Mt. Clair
United States Navy
William W. Heaton
Lewis Eb, Parsons
Alabama
Green Clay Smith
Williiam F. Parrott
Evansville
Alexander H. Rice
Melrose
Edward Beecher
Henry Ward
John Dean Caton
George Frederick Roof
Bailey's Island
Howell Isdmunds Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
West Meade
U. S
Sam Bell Maxey
Eureka Springs
William Strong
Connecticut
U.S. Supreme Court
Lake Minnewaska
Leonard W. Volk
Osceola
Luzon B. Morris
New Haven
James Stuart
Paul Webb
Spokane
Patrick F. Quigley
American Protective Association
Harrisonburg
Var
Charles Anderson
Kattawa
William A. Bache
Saratoga Springs
Ilax
John B. Haskins
Hjalmar Hiorth Boyesen
Columbia College
William Wettmore Story
William Mahone
Cyrus A Cook
Eugene Wield
Robert W. Shufeldt
Albert G. Watkins
Moorsburg
Samuel Francis Smith
America
Henry Snapp
Joliet
A. W. Wayman
Gen
Edward Wright
Destoines
Allen G. Thurman
Bohus
H.S. Bundy
Eit Wellston
W. B. Royall
S. A
Iedward McPherson
Gettysburg
W.A. MicKeighan
Wastings
M. Kitcher
Martinsburg
Moses B. Walker
Chickamauga
Kenton
Capt. Tate Bassett
U. S. Senate
J. ‘St. Rich
Levi P. Morton
Chas. A. Bustier
Henry LB. Cleves
W. H. Upham
Richards
John B. Jones
Ned
MclIntyre
Juan
Budd
John C. Black
John M. Thurston
Hastings
Chas
Culberson
McMillan and Lurrows
Hoar
Wm. J. Chandler
Gov. Lord
Lee Mantle
T. H. Carter
Mon
U.S. Senate
Wolcott
G. S. Morrison
American Society of Civil Engineers
J. B. Farrow
National Farmers’ Federation
U. 8
Senate
Shelby i Cullom
Y Warren
C. D. Clark
J. Dolph
Wnelin Baker
E Ae Chilton
Uy J. Sewall
N. A
Gee
O. A Ensteat
R.&. Pettigrew
Harris
Maat Butler
N.C. N
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Cleves Yeh
Strong
X. Yetty
Tammany
National Electric Light Association
League of American Wheelmen
Mary P Melester
Congress of Daughters of the American Revolution
Geo. W. McBride
M. W. Ransom
Mexico
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Congressional Temperance Society
John W. Showalter
U. S. Judicial Circuit
Mary L. Dickinson
National Council of Women
National Dairy Congress
Bissell
W. L., Wilson
W Va
Geo. L. Shoup
U. S. Berate
J. V. Debs
A. BR. Ui
Confederate Deal
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Brotherhood of Railway
P. H. Mooney
Grann
Olney
Harmon(o
Louis N. Megargee
International Iwatue
Whisky Trust
Supreme Court
New — London
John Gibbon
Army of Potomac
TE. A. McAlpin
Nation Republican League
Itoston
International Supreme Lodge of Independent Order of Good Templars
Chattanooga
Epwaurth League
Consuelo
W. K. Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Oberlin
Cornelia Alford
Worcester
J. H. Brigham
Grange Patrons of Husbandry
E. V. Debs
Woodstock
Rufus W. Peckham
Rufus H. Peckham
Congress
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House of Representatives
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House
Venezuelan Boundary Commission
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