21 Aug 1891
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1891
Page
1
A condensed distillation of a scattered Proviso Illinois publication noting odd bits about politics, fashion, chemistry, geography and foreign affairs. It mentions Look and Twenty Years in Congress and diverse trivia from Alaska to Sumatra with various names and figures.
Week ended August 15 reports total exchanges at 910 million dollars, down from 1.0 billion the prior week. Treasury notes stronger, farm prospects seen brighter, and silver dollar issuance lower year over year. Notable incidents include drownings near Cincinnati and St Louis fire losses, with multiple local calamities across states.
A scattered OCR list reports a burned mine frame in Alum Cave Pennsylvania killing two children, drownings in New York and drowning of a Syracuse man, a Japanese wrestler death in New York, fireworks importers failing for 200000, a bank cashier sentenced to eight years, fires causing 200000 in losses, a 22nd birthday celebration, an Austrian christening accident with four fatally hurt, earthquakes in Connecticut, Pennsylvania political platform support, a Vermont Memorial dedication, jailhouse hangings in Buffalo, a freight crash in New York killing several, and a brewing company failure for 100000.
The report lists multiple disasters and crimes from diversos places including Newark, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Fatal shootings domestic tragedies arson and wrecks devastate towns. arrests for scrip theft and illegal transport. weather and crop losses. river floods and train tampering. Notable deaths include a pastor’s family and a business leader in Indiana.
The article lists a string of international calamities and finance shocks: the British Bank of Australia in Melbourne collapses with 300000 in liabilities. a note on punitive actions against China. a Swiss rail collision kills fourteen and injures twenty four. a German prestige project suffers a large loss. Chilean president Balma curl issues 6 million in fifty cent notes. a murder execution in Leeds. train wrecks near Osnstrong and other misfortunes. Canada moves toward reciprocity with the US. a cloudburst floods Kollmann with forty dead. drownings in Brockville. Nordenham collapse injures many. a Caribbean hurricane devastates Martinique. Canada wheat output soars to 4 000 000 bushels. an Australian bank suspended with liabilities.
A scrambled 19th century digest reports storms, shipwrecks, fires, and crimes. Items mention Martiques hurricane damage, mine disasters in Idaho, a Liverpool murder, a widow killed in Lancaster, and an express car robbery near Collins Station. Also notes railway game-law enforcement and a bicycle world record in Rochester.
A fragmentary report describes a Paris express accident injuring Swiss peasants and delaying a historic procession. Passengers escaped unharmed. the disaster prompted the quick halt of a city celebration and only minor bruises among those on board.
Tension rises in Shanghai as foreign ministers demand swift reparations for rioting against foreigners. China faces possible joint naval action by British German and other squadrons if authorities fail to respond. Local residents await the Chinese reply with anxious interest.
The Treasury secretary in PitLanes tora says there is a money reserve including gold and unliabilities that can be drawn on in case of emergency. He notes a shift to confidence from prior unease, cites 107 million available beyond gold, and details buckets of funds and checks that could be mobilized.
A fierce blaze on Forsyth Street destroyed forty buildings in the core business district. The fire swept through Hubbard Burbridge and other blocks near Main, damaging hotels and the convent district. A wind-driven inferno burned for hours, with losses exceeding 1 million and insurance around 650 thousand. Dozens injured by flying glass, city residents displaced as embers spread.
New York August reports indicate Benjamin Hutchinson known as Old Hutch made sizable gains in wheat during the week. He is tied to a New Street broker firm with profits rumored around $600,000 as markets show mixed movements in December wheat corn rye and provisions amid a cautious trading day and firm pork prices.
Aug 10 at Cincinnati the Ohio River near Fulton station claimed three young lives. Clara Feehheimer 18 of a wealthy family Laura Bamberger of Chicago Emil Slock 18 a Jewish leader and George Solomon who had visited the art museum, drowned after the skiff swamped. Solomon reached shore. the others disappeared. A heroic rescue attempt by Solomon failed and a large crowd watched as divers searched for the bodies.
A Botzen dispatch reports Kollmann destroyed by a cloudburst near Botzen. The flood swept through the village, drowning forty residents, carrying away cattle, and flooding the Bremer railroad line. Nearby Sarr-Moselle region hit by a cyclone with two pound hail, causing multimillion-mark damage to fruit trees and vines.
Charles Lawrence ex assistant cashier of the Keystone Bank Philadelphia was sentenced by Judge Widdle to eight years in the Eastern Penitentiary with labor a $100 fine and costs after pleading guilty to two indictments for false entries and conspiracy with Gideon W h president of the bank The case was reported from Philadelphia and Washington.
The president arrived at Jersey City at noon aboard Pullman car No. 90 from Cape May on a special West Shore train, then proceeded to Albany. A procession of ovations unfolded from Kingston to Bennington with flags, factory whistle salutations, and crowds. In Bennington Gov. Hill introduced the president who spoke on unity, peace, and national duty, praising civic institutions and American workers. The trip included remarks on grain exports and national prosperity, followed by stops and greetings at Kingston, Troy, and North Bennington before nightfall.
A column sketches various royals and attendants with sharp, satirical notes. Princess Alois Liechtenstein faces total blindness while Sweden’s crown princess favours a young Egyptian page boy in colorful dress. The Duke of Edinburgh shows stingy traits, the Duchess of Fife earns England and Scotland praise as a mother nursing her baby, and Britain’s army commander is seen driving by Kew Gardens.
Amid a grand pageant at the Green Mountain site Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts figures attended a monument dedication. President Harrison spoke after oration by Edward Z. Phelps as crowds filled the grounds and banquet for 3,000 followed with dignitaries from multiple states. The event highlighted shared history and patriotism through Stark, Warner, and Chittenden. A separate report notes a wife drownings in the Rhine tragedy caused by alleged cruelty, with a suicide following.
A Nordenhamm dispatch reports a scaffold collapse at a work site of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company. Ten men were killed instantly and forty others injured, with around fifty workers plunged into the water but many saved by grabbing planks and poles. Four drowning victims later died.
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