A Year Reviewed 1897 A Busy One Chronology
The retrospective lists major 1897 events across finance and disasters. It catalogs bank suspensions, failures, and large sums tied to numerous national and regional institutions. It notes flood and mine disasters, deadly accidents, and a substantial yellow fever epidemic affecting the Gulf states with thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths.
Multiple disasters tally five or more dead in early year incidents
A compiled casualty list from January to April records disasters and deaths across many states including mining explosions in Nelson Nebraska and Gouverneur New York, factory and building collapses, shipwrecks near North Carolina, boat drownings, and house fires. Names of towns and dates appear with counts of fatalities or injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Neb
Pottsville
Dallas
Tex
Quoyne
L. J
Perry
O. T
Schoou
Evansville
Ind
Hartford
Tazewell
James
Chadwell
Murray
Lake Moreston
S. D
Sherman Heights
Tenn
Boston
de St. Nazaire
Carolina East
Jodyary County
Ala
Nemeha Eounty
Kan
Knoxville
Shocking Tragedies Mark Domestic Killings Across States
A dated roundup lists numerous domestic killings and suicides from January to December, detailing incidents in Wisconsin Illinois Kentucky Nebraska Michigan Missouri and elsewhere. The累 reports include spouses children and relatives slain, with many cases also ending in the perpetrators taking their own lives amid jealousy insanity or drunken sprees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jang
Janesville
Wis
Herman Slimm
Jane
Wayne
Neb
C. K. Rash
Robert Cort
Lexington
John W. Marrs
Orrick
Bee Rainwater
Self
South Haven
Mich
Isaac T. Dickerson
Leadville
Col
Geo. Ratliffe
Belle Walker
San Antonio
Tex
Pud Franks
Urbana
Mishicott
Peter Pluckerman
Wife
Davenport
John Gugelheimer
Key West
Ila
Sylvanus Jackson
Morristown
Tenn
Black
Brother
Toledo
R. Ashwell
Victor, Col
Henry H. Tillotson
Ella Taylor
Park City
Utah
James Quinn
Whiteside
Victor Anderson
Shamokin
A. W. May
Cora Caseman
Carroll
John Boecker
Flint
Lester L. Burton
Leominster
Mass
John F. Boynton
Gallup
N. M
Clemente Rivera
Victor Barrera
Blue Earth City
Geo. Young
Chicago
Luetgert
Worcester
Edward Hamilton
Dallas
Jas
Boswell
Emma Smith
Barton
Unadilla
Ralph van Horn
Pineville
Andrew Vaughn
Cushing
L. D. Spickler
Benton Harbor
Henry Kammerer
Mason
Scott Bowdish
Milwaukee
Albert Krueger
Dee
Kansas City
Chas, Denneller
Widespread Fires Cause Losses Across Cities in 1900s Reports
Historic fire records list damages from grocery and dry goods warehouses to a power house and factories in cities like Philadelphia Chicago Knoxville New Orleans Newport News York Washington Detroit St. Louis Cleveland Yonkers and more. Totals exceed millions with multiple fatalities and widespread destruction across towns from January to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Savings
Whitehall
Mich
Citizens’ National
Iargo
N. D
Omaha
Neb
Germania
West Side
St.Paul
Minn
First City
Nora Springs
Merchants’ National
Devil’s Lake
N.e
Commercial
Eau Claire
Wis
Bank of Canton
Farmers' and Merchants
Freeport
Ill
Sane
Bankers’ Exchange
Minneapolis
State Trust and Savings
West Superior
Commercial Savings
Leeds
Helena
Mont
Jacksonville
Pla
State National
St. Joseph
Tonawanda
N.Y
Bank of Lithonia
Security Loan and Trust Company
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Mullanphy Savings
St. Louis
Lexington Savings
Baltimore
Bank of Mulhall
O.T
Wrest Point
State Bank
Paris
Tex
de Kalb County Bank
Maysville
American Exchange
Buffalo
N. Y
Globe Savings
Chicago
N. Barnes, Son & Co
Bankers
Worfolk
Bank of Hutchinson
Kan
William van Ordstrand & Co
Heyworth
New Hampshire Banking Co
Nashua
J. B. Wheeler & Co
Manton
Aspen
Col
Exchange Bank
Atkinson
Miners' State
Cripple Creek
Belknap Savings
Laconia
Nhw
Monticello
Ind
Logansport
Third National
New York
First National
Orleans
Bank of
Bank of Johnston, Neb, Jun 1—Merchants', Lincoln, Neb, Jun 9—Boone County
Harrison
Ark
First State
Fenton
Union Trust and Savings
Tacoma
Wash
Keystone National
Erie
Mason, Tex
Nebraska National
York
Bank of Monmouth
Ledgerton
Lodi
National
Asheville
N.C
John A. Willard
Mankato
Philadelphia
Hanscom Bros
Willams
Tnarrisburg
Statuos
Ely
Walker & Co
Knoxville
Tenn
Merchants’ Refrigerating Co
Nohboken
N. J
Alexandria
Bryan
Isis Island
Peoria
Hye Ear Co
Yonkers
Tunis Lumber Vo
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington
Power House of Central Traction Co
Detroit
Wabash Railway
John & Jas. Dobson
Cleveland
Business Center
Coliseum
Royalton
Milan
Staffordville
Conn
Pavifie Junction
Caledonia
Stryker
Pheasureville
Blondin
Jean Francois Gravele
London
Henry Ward Beecher
Stamford
Jos. N. Dolph
Portland
Ore
Wm. T. Adams
Culver Optic
Boston
Margaret J. Preston
Jesse W. Peyton
Haddonfield
Albert G. Porter
Indiana
Indianapolis
Admiral Meade
U. S
Richard Coke
Texas
Waco
Jno. Evans
Denver
Isham G. Harris
Eongressman
Wm. Slocum Groesbeck
Cincinnati
J. A. Morton
N. C
Hart
Jas. R. Doolittle
Edgewood
Providence
R. L
TU. S
James Z. George
Mississippi City
Miss
Ashley B. Wright
North Adams
Magss
Secretary of the Navy
Geo. M. Robeson
Trenton
Neal Dow
Samuel J. R. McMillan
St. Paul
Jnc
Roderick McPherson
Jersey City
Charles W. Jones
Roberson
Columbia
S.C
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Glencove
L. I
Algernon S. Paddock
Beatrice
Jno. Lorimer Worden
Monitor
Merrim
Milton
Del
Nathan Fellows Dixon
Westerly
R. I
John M. Langston
Fox
Ephraim M. Wormer
Lebanon
Jas
Catheran
Nancy McKinley
Canton
Charles IL. Childs
Pittsburgh
Hesing
Chas. Daniels
John Patton
Towns Besieged by Massive Floods Across States
A wide sequence of flooded towns and villages is listed with dates from February through December, naming places in multiple states. The text records extensive destruction with many communities wiped out or nearly erased by rising waters, highlighting widespread impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellrock
Plano
Tex
Millbank
Palmer
Sun Prairie
Wiss
Causey
Iikins
W. Va
Bloomington
Wis
Beaver
Albany
Ind
Lindsey
Ashley
Mich
Murdock
Ill
Hillsboro
Kan
Catawba
Ina
Til
Berlin
Catro
Hubbard
Creston
Mars
Malvern
Ark
Indian Town
Tomahawk Lake
Pottersville
Carterville
Marshland
Tashina
J. T
Dexter, Minn
Eerie
Tuake Ann
de iWalb Junction
N. Y
Riverdate
Willow Springs
Austin
Centerville
St. Elmo
Tenn
Flat Creek
Greek Turkish War Escalates Across Crete and Med
Chronicle of violent clashes from February to December detailing massacres in Crete and battles between Greek and Turkish forces. Notable events include Greek advances, Turkish counteractions, and foreign diplomatic moves amid the wider conflict.
Industrial, strikes ripple through steel and coal sectors
A chronology shows South Chicago steel works reopening and 3,000 workers returning. Major labor conflicts span Pittsburgh and Youngstown with 125,000 miners idle and 75,000 workers affected by wage talks and plant closures as unions push for higher pay.
Wage Advances and Labor Actions Reported in December
In Youngstown Ohio 7000 workers in lunestone and iron trades received wage boosts from 10 to 20 percent. A coal miners strike in northern Illinois fields was declared off on December 10. Wages for about 10,000 Pittsburgh district window glass workers rose 15 percent in mid December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Steel Co
South Chicago
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and Manufacturers
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Avery
Louisville
Algonquin Woolen Mills Co
Passaic
N. J
William Cummings
Scottdale
Judse Jackson
Parkersburg
W. Va
J. W. Debs and Associates
Monongah Coke & Coal Co
N. Y
Cleveland Gas Coal Co
Unity Mines
Lmployers
New York
New York City
St. Louis
Latimer
U.S
Wheeling
W. Debs
Martin
Wilkesbarre
Girardsville
Hazelton
Wilmington
Ilt
Missouri Pacific
Olneyville
Lunestone
Tlinots Fields
Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Water Street
Richard Q. Davis
List of lynching era crimes with locations and dates
A long compiled ledger lists incidents from January to December across states like Georgia Alabama South Carolina Florida Texas Kentucky Mississippi and others. Entries include murders assaults arson incitement and rape linked to named individuals and towns with dates from January 7 to December 16 and broader weather and disaster notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New Orleans
Ocean Springs
Miss
Edwards
Biloxi
Gulf States
Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service
South
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas
Iainois
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Massive early century cyclone and flood chronicle across states
A dated ledger records numerous disasters from Jan to Jul including Mooringsport Louisiana cyclone fatalities four, Kishm Island earthquake killing twenty five hundred, widespread cold waves to 30 below in Texas and Louisiana, river floods U S wide with Des Moines and other river basins flooded, multiple tornadoes and cyclones devastating towns in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota, with deaths and property losses in many communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tn Pilea
Illnois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Kentucky
Illinois
Youngstown
Saratoga
N. Y
Upper Hinton
W. Va
San Jose
Ill
Wilmot
Port Arthur
Sabine Pass
Jex
Delaware
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Boulder
Galena
Point la Huche
Lebanon
Iil
Kishm Island
Texas
Louisiana
Northwest
Virginia
Minn
Hocking
Bedford
Ind
Ralston
O. T
Leeds
Lynn
James
Hinton and Merrill
Minnesota
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Utlen
Miss
Plano
Denton
Hutchins
Itasca
Fort Worth
Lake Charles
Clayton
Hornsby
Vidalia
Arlington
Academy
Abbeville
Genoa
Ala
Rockingham County
N. H
Cynthiana
Washington
Des Moines
Indowa
Lloyd
Gig Sioux
Little Sioux
Rock
Jim
Vermillion
Elkhorn
Mankato
Tooded
Austin
Tex
Chandler
O.Y
Gladys
Ark
Superior
Neb
Indian Bay
White River
Madrid
Cleveland County
East Grand Oaks
N. C
Quincy
West Guthrie
Mississippi River
Alemphis
Paso
Vermont
Lytle
Divinity
Illinois Institution
Lincoln
Saline
K<an
Repence Kan
Barnum
Lowry
List of notable deaths and public notices ranks many figures
A long OCR list records deaths and obituaries of politicians generals and notable figures from J J Davidson to Nancy McKinley and others. It includes ages and locations such as Beaver Pennsylvania Honolulu Bangor Memphis Lexington Washington and Chicago along with dates from January to December and mentions of reenactments and political events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Davidson
Beaver
Minister Willis
Honolulu
Daniel T. Davis
Maine
Bangor
J. A. Brooks
Prohibition
Memphis
Tenn
Jos. O. Shelby
Adrian
John Randolph Suches
Lexington
P. St. John
New York
Edmund R. Calhoun
Washington
Ace Alf
Pleasanton
Political social religious and educational items list
A digest of events from February to June detailing arbitration treaties in Washington Nebraska suffrage hopes Nevada legislatures and the first national congress of mothers in Washington. Political shifts include Hanna elected in Virginia and Debs leading a labor group toward a cooperative commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Washington
Fuller
Justice Brewer
Lord Herschell
Robin Collins
Great Britain
Nebraska
Ireb
I. B. Potter
N. Y
League of American Wheelmen
Albany
Nevada
National Congress of Mothers
Mann Page
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Adlai Stevenson
Daughters of American Revolution
Mark Hanna
Rep
U. S. Senate
Wm. McKinley
Garret A. Hobart
Mass
Interior
Cornelius N. Bliss
Agriculture
Jas. Wilson
Lra
T. B. Reed
House of Representatives
U. S. Supreme Court
Field, Gray, Shiras
White
Trans-Missouri Wreight Association
Carter IL. Harrison
Harrison
Chicago
Asha Dyer
Rhode Island
Wolcott
C. J. Paine
Boston
Stevenson
International Monetary Conference
Mobile
Ala
Grant Monument
Mclxinley
William J. Deboe
Cuba
Good Citizens’ Convention
Nashville
Tenn
General Assembly of Presbyterian Church
Eagle Lake
Ind
Cassius M. Barnes
Oklahoma
International Commercial Conference
Philadelphia
MckKinley
Irving Rouse
Nurserymen
Skating champion and racing feats spark headlines
A sweep of athletic feats is listed from Feb to Dec including Nilsson of Minneapolis turning professional in Montreal, Fitzsimmons winning a world boxing title in Carson City, and multiple bicycle and track records across cities. Other items note Cuban affairs with Spain denying more troops, political changes in Havana, and U.S. president remarks on Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussulmans
Crete
Richard Rutz
Philippine Islands
Turkey
Greece
Nezeros
Kontra
Damasi
Turke
Matt
Larissa
Tyraniavos
Paris
Charity Bazar
Pharsalos
Dokomos
Velestino
Thessaly
Calhoun
Cuba
Barney Barnato
Morocco
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Margaret O. Oliphant
London
Gen
Martinez Campos
India
Ambassadors
Powers
Armalfo Arroyo
Pres. Diaz
Mexico
Sagasta
Spain
Philippines
Gen. Weyler
Marshal Blanco
United States Monetary Commission
British Foreign Office
Tongland
Duchess of Teck
Queen Victoria
Richmond
Eng
Blanco
Havana
Porto Rico
Russia
Khiao-Chau
China
Dee T—Hayti
Guisa
Haytian
Sanguilly
Alphonse Daudet
Col
Rute
Aranguren
Port Arthur
Canto River
Nilsson
Minneapolis
J. K. McCulloch
Winnipeg
Montreal
Chicago
Denver
Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Nev
Corbett
Tillie Anderson
Detroit
Eugene Taylor
Linotype
R. I E. Beach
Farmer Martin Burns
Dan
S. Mcleod
Davenport
Louisville
Cunard Line
Lucania
New York
Queenstown
Lucretia Borgia
Oakland
Cal
C. H. Henderson
Ir. C. van de Lande
Rudolph Lauricks
Boston
Arthur Gardner
Springfield
Walter C. Sanger
Albatrons
Colorado Springs
McReynolds
Carruthers
Wesley Robinson
John Dresher
Orange
N. J
Atlanta
R. M. Alexander
Stamford
Conn
H. Ten Eyck
Henley
Harry Sidwell
Cincinnati
Lizzie Glaw
Toledo
Star Pointer
Joe Pachen
Pedro
Peter Tollons
South Bend
Ind
John Flanagan
Ralph Gregory
Ben Kelley
Scranton
Readville
Mass
A. L. Hachenberger
Walters
Geo. W. Clark
Michael
Indianapolis
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Stocks
H W. Jackson
Chathan
Ont
Chas. Roberts
Toronto
Baltimore
Clevelland
Washington
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphi
St. Louis
Philadelphia
John R. Gentry
Robert J. Ty
Glen Falls
N. Y
Baltimore Club
University of Wisconsin
U. of Chicago
University of Chicago
U. of Michigan
Chicago Athletic Association
New Jersey Association
U. of Wisconsin
Northwestern
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Union Pacific Fast Mail
Cheyenne
Omaha
Slosson
Ives
C. N. Miller
C. B. Buckley
Kiia
McCoy
Dan Creedon
Milwaukee
Pando
Manzanillo
Senor Sagasta
Santiago de Cuba
Madrid
Weyler
United States Congress
McKinley
The
Nacional
Tavana
Rafael Montero
Marquis of Montero
Francisco Zayas
Galvez
Congress
United States
Eight Drowned and French Expedition News
The Norwegian bark Undine bound from Tyne to Table Bay was abandoned at sea with eight drowned. A Cairo dispatch says the French expedition has occupied Fashoda on the Nile, prompting British military activity toward Omdurman. Prof. W. P. Reeves of Richmond has accepted a chair of English at Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Undine
Hansen
Tyne
Table Bay
Nazareth
Portugal
Paris
Cairo
Fashoda
The
Nile
Omdurman
Iowa University
Richmond
Ind
W. P. Reeves
Iowa State University
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Wheeling, Lake Erie & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Anarene
Lake Erie Railway Co
Pennsylvania Lead Co
Kkeystone Co
Sterling
United States Building and Loan Association
National Building and Loan Association
United Press Association
Dean & Co
Tard Milling Co
Dolese & Shepard
Stone Contractors
Commercial Building Trust
Massachusetts
Cuthbert & Co
Seymore Bros
W. G. Hitchcock & Co
Fowler Cycle Co
Wrerner Co
Oshkosh
Henry Sherry
Lunber
Owensboro
R. Monarch, Distiller
Beaver Creek
White Oak Creek
Laurens
S. C
Pikeville
Pinkney
White Oaks Creek
American Falls
Alma
Keystone
Hudson
Missouri City
City
Westfield
Hartsville
Bay City
Burning Home
Boone
New Haven
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Reno
Dahlgren
Galloway County
Cladstone
Glenwood Springs
Broad Ripple
Samporla
New Castle
van Buren
Chippewa Falls
Belle Allen
Johnston City
Talya Trail
Alaska
Schuyler
Plankinton
S D
Garrisons
New York Central Express
Hudson River
Maplesville
Susan P. Thurlow
Orangeburg
Lawrence Brown
Anthony Henderson
Sumter
Simon Cooper
Amite City
Gus Williams
John Johnson
Archie Joiner
Cotton Family
Tallahassee
Fla
Pierce Taylor
Rockfield
Robert Morton
Webb City
Sodds
Charlie Brown
Rock Springs
Juliette
John Barfield
John R. Turner
Scottsboro
John Smith
Joseph McCoy
O'Neill
Frank Cole
Sunnyside
Jeff
Nellie Smith
Mandy White
Kelly
Jim Nance
Rosebud
Mountain Grove
John Mitchell
Jack Coffmann
Tyler
Wm. Jones
Chas. Mitchell
Princess Anne
Wm. Andrews
Crystal Springs
John Moses
Monroe County
Pary Gilliam
Villa Ridge
Erastus Brown
West Point
Anthony Williams
Jelba
Major Terre
W. I. Ryder
Goodwater
James Daniel
Griffin
Oscar Williams
Nebo
Iphraim Brinkley
Goldville
8. C
Jim Grey
Jackson's Hole
Wyo
John D. Sargent
Pittsboro
Jim Sellers
Little Rock
Crownover and
Beach
Barbersville
Jack Willams
Vincy Bayo
Hehtill
Ali
Geo. Turner
Brunswick
John Gordon
Chamberine
Harold Mosler
Franklin Park
Williamsburg
Eleany Sullivan
Abbeyville
Frank Smith
Evan Jury
Belleville
Bonner
Friends Mission
Henry Wall
Macon
Chas. Gibson
Versailles
Lyle Levi
Bert Andrews
Clifford Gordon
Wm. Jenken
Hiney Shuler
Head of Moreau River
Hawes
Henry Phillips
Starks
Hicks Price
Gardnerville
Adam Uber
Wesson
Chas, Jones
Brown Smith
St. Gabriel
Bankston Ferry
Tom Waller
St Armington
Chadwick Marshall
John McDonald
Gen. Inc
B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Senate
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
San Francisco
Pratidant
Wasiokal Hubebiasiaagete
National Republican League
Trans-Mississippi Congress
Silt Lake City
Nicaragua
Flouse of Representatives
Finance Committee
United States League of Building and Loan Associations
L. W. Sanborn
National Christian Alliance
Pres. McKinley
J. P
Trobin
New
Stephen J. Pield
Evangeline Cisneros
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Union Pacific Road
Reorganization Committee
Robt
A. van Wyck
Greater
Roger Wolcott
New Jersey
Bushnell
Leslie M. Shaw
Maryland
J. Hoge Tyler
Kansas
Japan
Universal Postal Congress
Aaron Jones
National Grange
Harrisburg
Chas. W. Hunt
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Gov
Griggs
American Federation of Labor
J. W. Daniel
Frederick Fraley
National Board of Trade
Nancy Allison McKinley
Treasury
Joseph McKenna
Carl Schurz
National Civil Service Reform League
Samuel Gompers
Josiah Quincy
Dem
U. S.S
Germany
Sporting
Julia Lewis
Green Point