A MEMORABLE YEAR.
THE ANNALS OF 1892 GIVEN IN /
NUTSHELL.
Hie Year Has Been Marked by I'eaeeabl
Political Revolutions, Itrmurkuble La
bor Disturbances, Unusual Disaster
and Notable Anniversary Celebrations.
The year 1892 will pass into history a.
one of the most remarkable in the an
nals of the world. There have been wan
and rumors of wars, famines, cholera
yellow fever and labor disturbances
election contests of a remarkable char
actor in England and the United States
each resulting in the downfall of tht
Aitherto dominant party; a comet ha.
blazed across the heavens, there hav*.
been star showers, the president's wife
has died, and to the president elect hat
come the celebration of his daughter's
one year birthday.
A man who might have become king
of England and emperor of the Indies
died and left a fiancee, who was promptly
betrothed to his brother and successor in
the royal line. Three great American
millionaires have gone to the grave, and
the world has sorrowed at the deaths ot
Whittier, Whitman and Tennyson, the
notable poets of our day.
But turn the shield; shut out the record
of death, disaster and calamity and view
the brighter side. There you may see
the bright promise of prosperity inci
dent to good crops and fair prices; the
splendid possibilities of the World's fail
at Chicago; the growing power aud
greatness of the United States; the ad
vancement in science, invention and the
arts, both liberal and industrial; th
angmeutation of knowledge; the in
crease of morality and prosperity, and
as we consider the various phases of the
year's record we cannot but admit that
despite all drawbacks 1892 was a twelve
month in which it was well to live, to
observe, to learn, to suffer and to enjoy.
FIRES AND DISASTERS.
JANUARY.
8. Nashville had a $476,C00 Are; 3 lives lost.
8. Saybrook, Ills., destroyed by lire; loss.
SIOO,OOO.
6. A collision on the Wabash railroad in Illi
noia killed 8 persons*
7. A boiler explosion at Boiling, Ala., caused
4 deaths.
8. Fire damp explosion at Krebs, I. T., killed
65 and injured 115.
1L Derailed train at C'rawfordsville, Ind., cost
8 lives.
13. Brass factory destroyed by fire at Water
bury, Conn.: $260,000 loss.
16. Wausau, Wis., Grand opera house de
stroyed; loss, $200,000.
18. Phamix Powder mills at Central City, W.
Va., blew up; 6 deaths.
21. A hospital fire in Indianapolis caused 10
deaths and injured 21.
$500,000 worth of books and Jewelry destroyed
by fire in Union square. New York.
22. Collision on the Atlantic and Pacific rail
road in New Mexico killed 5.
Dynamite explosion in New York caused 2
deaths.
25. Fire at Beverly, W. Va., made 500 persons
homeless.
36. Fire at Columbus, 0., caused $500,000 loss.
Elizabeth, N. J., had a $300,000 tire.
28. Near St. Clair, Pa., 5 persons wore killed
by locomotive explosion. *
Exploding dynamite killed 2 and Injured 13
at Honey Brook, Pa.
FEBRUARY.
2* At Newark, N. J., alcohol explosion killed
8. A falling scaffold at Birmingham, Ala.,
killed 3 and injured 6.
4. Fire at Rochester, Ills., caused a loss of
$125,000.
•7. 30 lives lost by burning of Hotel Royal
Now York city.
8. $1,000,000 fire at Memphis.
By the explosion of a Reading railroad loco
motive 4 persons killed at Nicetown, Pa.
11. Fire destroyed the Grand Central hotel at
El Paso, Tex.
12. Monmouth, Ills., suffered $150,000 loss by
13. Murta, Ark., ewopt by fire; loss, $126,000.
10. Mississippi asylum for the insane burned
at Jackson.
IT. New Orleans visited by fire; loss, $1,000,000.
At Plattsburg, N. Y„ 3 men killed by fall of
stone in mine.
18. Cincinnati lost $300,000 by fire.
At Pittsburg 3 workmen were fatally burned
in steel works.
lt& Fire in Cleveland; loss, $300,000.
21. "JJecatur, Ills., lost SIOO,OOO by fire.
A li\e at Malvern, Ark., caused SIOO,OOO loss.
23. Lur,*e fire at Deerfleld, Mass.; elevator and
gralnVnills destroyed; loss, $100,00)).
25. San Tex., swept by flames; loss,
$250,00(\
27. Gas explosion at East Liverpool,O., killed 3
workroJn.
At Butte, Mon., 8 miners killed by falling
earth.
28. I urge clothing establishment burned in
Brooklyn; loss, $500,000.
29. Fifteen stores burned at Hot Springs, Ark.;
loss, S7S,UOU.
MAUCH.
I. Fire destroyed the state female reformatory
at Indianapolis no lives lost.
Railroad collision at Milwaukee caused 7
deaths.
4. At Mahanoy City, Pa., 4 miners were fatal
ly burned by fire damp explosion.
Electrotype foundry burned at Rouse's Point,
N. Y.; loss, $70,000.
9. Fire in Pittsburg caused loss of $250,000.
11. Over 200 lives lost in a coal mine in Bel
gium by explosion of fire damp.
Bloomfleld, la., had a big blaze; loss, $105,000.
14. By the fall of a loaded elevator at St. LouI
3 liveH were lost.
15. At Kittanning, Pa., fire destroyed SIOO,OOO
worth of property.
Danbury, Conn., hud a fire that cost SIOO,OOO.
18. Tobacco factory burned in St. Louis; loss,
$345,000.
21. At East Jordan, Mich., a boiler explosion
killed 10 persons.
An exploding boiler killed 4 at Cheltenham,
Mo.
At Springfield, Minn.,s persons perished In a
burning house.
16. SIOO,OIXI loss caused by burning of glass
works at Braddock, Pa.
A sawmill boiler exploded at Fidelity, 0.,
killing 4 persons.
$). Suffocation ended 5 lives in a I/misana sul
phur mine.
APRIL.
1. Building blown down in Chicago; 8 lives
lost.
2. Erie, Pa., suffered loss of $200,000 by fire.
3. 2 fires at New Orleans; total loss, $2,!500,(XX).
Fire swept the town of Milton, Ala.
6. At Fort Madison, la., 0 lives were lost by
fire.
Piqua, 0., had a $160,000 fire.
7. SIOO,OOO loss caused by fire at Portland, O.
12. Butte, Mon., visited by fire; loss, $250,000.
13. An explosion of gunpowder at Moosic, Pa.,
oaused 0 deaths.
14. Clarke university, Atlanta, damaged by
fire; loss, SIOO,OUO.
Paper mill burned at Coltßville, Maes.; $125,-
000 loss.
16. Incendiary fires at San Antonio, Tex., re
sulted in SIOO,OOO loss.
18. Powder explosion at Lake Hoptacong, N.
J., killed 7 persons.
10. $0Uu,OO() fire at Kenosha, Wis.
20. Great damage wrought by incendiary fires
at Louisville.
At Minersvillo, Pa., 12 inon were drowned in
a flooded mine.
22. Fire blotted out the town of Slights, Mich.
23. Gainesville, Tex., had a $2(K),000 inceudiury
fire.
tl. Large fire in Philadelphia; 12 killed and
many injured; loss, $1,000,000.
W. Chase, Mich., nearly destroyed by fire; loss
SIOO,OOO.
80. $300,000 fire in Pittsburg.
2. Fire in a Leadvillo (Colo.) theater caused J
deaths.
B. Fire entailed a loss of SIBO,OOO at Rushvillc.
Ind.
A train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad went through a trestle at Ite
vere, Mo.; 7 killed, 20 hurt.
8. Extensive lire at St. John, N. B.; 80 fami
lies rendered homeless.
$600,000 fire at Ludlngton, Mich.; salt works
destroyed.
At Anthony, Kan., 5 children were crushed
by the falling of a cyclone cave roof.
10. 41 miners killed in a mine at Roslyn,
Wash., by a gas explosion.
lp. Fire at Trenton; loss, $176,000.
13. New Mexico's capitol building destroyed
by lire at Santa Fe; loss, $260,000.
14. Mine disaster at Butte, Mon.; 11 miners
killed by a caveiu.
Hazleton, Pa., suffered a loss of SIOO,OOO by
fire.
15. A railroad collision at Clcves, 0., resulted
in 15 deaths.
21. At Crooked bayou, Arkansas, a railroad
wreck caused 7 deaths; 18 iujured.
An explosion in a fireworks factory at Hart
ford; 5 were killed.
23. Fire at Spokane Falls, Wash., caused $230,-
000 damage.
27. A cyclone followed bv fire resulted in 53
deaths in Wellington, Kan.
31. Explosion in a coal mine at Wilkesbarre
killed o persons.
JUNE.
1. Fire in a silver mine in Bohemia killed 30C
persons.
5. Oil City and Titusvillo swept by fire and
water; 190 lives lost and immense property
destroyed.
In a railroad wreck at Carrollton, Ky.,4 were
killed and 25 wounded.
7. Steam pipe works burned at Akron, 0.; loss.
SIOO,OOO.
10. Fire in Cleveland did $250,000 damage.
13. 14 men killed by a powder explosion at Maro
Island navy yard.
14. Baltimore experienced a million dollar fire.
7 persons were killed by a train falling from
a trestle at Lonesome hollow, Kentucky. |
15. At Covington, Ky., a bridge over the Lick*
ing fell, and 82 were killed.
16. A cyclone in Minnesota caused 50 deaths.
17. At Neville island, in the Ohio river, 5 chil
dren were drowned by the upsetting of a
buggy.
18. $300,000 fire at Maurice, Ind.
25. In a railroad collision at Harrisburg 12
were killed and 23 wounded.
29. Merchandise valued at $400,000 burned at
Seattle, Wash.
JULY.
2. $250,000 fire at Montgomery, Ala.
Fire at Providence caused $600,000 damage.
At Logausport, lud., a washout wrecked a
train and killed 5 men.
3. $600,000 fire at San Jose, Cal.
9. 15.000 persons rendered homeless and $20,-
000,000 worth of property destroyed by fire
at St. John's, N. F.; 7 lives lost.
13. At a railroad crossing in Wurteboro, N. Y.,
4 persons in a wagon were killed.
23. Exploding gas at the York Farm coal mine, '
Pa., killed 15 men.
25. Large fire at Bay City, Mich.; loss, $1,000,-
000.
27. Fire nearly wiped out tho town of Bodie, 1
Cal.
3. Paris, Tex., lost $250,000 by fire.
8. A runaway team went over a precipice near
Guthrie, O. T., killing a family of 6.
14. Fire wiped out the Red Mountain mining |
camp, Colo.; loss, $265,000.
New Orleans visited by fire, causing a loss of
$350,000.
15. By the wrecking of a gravel train at Co
shocton, 0., 6 train hands were killed.
18. Fire did $175,000 damage in Geneva, O.
26. Over 100 lives were lost by fire damp ex
plosion in Wales.
27. At Parrott, Minn., 2 coaches on the "Soo" ;
road went through a trestle; 4 killed, 36 |
wounded.
Metropolitan opera house, New York, dam
aged $400,000 by fire.
30. Fire caused $250,000 damage to a Milwaukee
brewery.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Rocky Bar, Ida., swept away by fire; loss,
$75,000.
$175,000 fire at Muncie, Ind.
7. New Boston, 0., had a $250,000 fire.
8. A railroad collision near AltoonA, Pa.,
killed 14 persons.
A shoe factor}'and 10 dwellings burned at
Burlington, N. J.; loss, $100,(J00.
10. 100 buildings burned at Hadleyville, Can
ada; loss, SBO,OOO.
A collision on the Fitchburg railroad, near
Cambridge, AMosb., killed 0 and wounded 35.
13. Tbo derailment of an electric car in St.
Ijouis caused 0 deaths.
17. By the explosion of a boiler 7 were killed
and 20 injured at Staples, Gnt.
The Brooklyn navy yard damuged by fire to
the extent of $250,000.
20. Fire damaged Rockaway Beach SBOO,OOO
worth.
21. At Wooster, 0., on the Fort Wayne rail
road, 13 persons were killed in a collision.
22. $250,000 fire at Buttle Creek, Mich.
23. 4 Hebrews killed in New York during a
panic in a synagogue.
7 railroad men killed in a collision at New
Hampshire, la.
27. 2 deaths ami SIOO,OOO damage caused by fire
in Howard, S. D.
28. $300,000 fire at Warren, Mass.
OCTOBER.
1. Waco, Tex., had a $200,000 fire.
6. In New York fire destroyed a cigarette fac
tory; loss, $300,000.
Richmond, Ind., suffered SIOO,OOO loss by fire.
12. Solix, la., wiped out by fire.
14. 5 men and 4 race horses killed in a collision
on tfle New London Northern railroad,
near New London, Conn.
21. A premature explosion of fireworks at Los
Angeles, Cal., caused 7 deaths.
24. Near ManAyunk, Pa,, 7 persons were killed
In a collision on the Reading road.
28. Nitroglycerin factory exploded at Lima,
O.; 3 killed.
10 persons killed and property valueffat $3,-
500,000 destroyed by fire at Milwaukee.
29. Fire blotted out the town of Cullery Junc
tion, Pa.
30. $150,01 X) vanished in smoke at St. Johns
bins', Vt.
NOVEMBER.
2. Near Thirsk, England, a railway collision
resulted in 9 killed and 11 wounded.
5. $450, 000 fire in Brooklyn.
11. Fire destroyed the business portion of Cam
den, Me.; loss, $400,000.
12. Fire in Brooklyn caused $400,000 damage.
i 14. Winstou, N. C., had a $250,000 fire. '
15. Gladstone, Minn., damaged slso,uuo by fire.
I 16. Fire In Milwaukee; loss, SISO,<MX).
23. Faribault, Minn., bad a S3OO,(XM) fire.
24. $150,000 lire at Lynchburg, Va.
At Winston, N. C., Zrinzendorf hotel de
stroyed; loss, $125,000.
DECEMBER.
3. The new Elm Park Methodist church, at
Scranton, Pa., gutted by fire; loss, S2OO,(XX).
Main business block of Cumberland Gap,
TenD., burned; loss, SSO,(XX).
4. Park opera house, at York, Pa., burned.
A $1(X),000 fire at Cranford, N. J.
Locomotive collided with a street car in Phil
adelphia; 11 killed and injured.
5. 25 buildings burned in Raymond, N. II.;
loss, $llO, OIK).
Business center of Alexandria, Ind., burned:
loss, SI2O,(XX).
6. The Public Ledger office burned out in
Philadelphia; loss, $150,000.
8. 15 injured by a telescoping accident on the
Jersey Central railroad near Jersey City.
CRIMES AND CONVICTIONS.
JANUARY.
2. At Denver Dr. T. T. Graves waa convicted
of murder in the first degree.
7. Four men killed in a fight with outlaws at
Springfield, Kan.
FEBRUARY.
2. Helen Potts' murderer, C. W. Harris, con
victed in New Ydrk city.
20. A robber named Perry, uliaa Cross, boarded
a money car on the New York Central, near
Syracuse, assaulted a messenger and waa
captured.
25. In Memphis Alice Mitchel cut the throat
of Freda Ward.
29. In New York city "Jack the Slasher," H.
G. J)owd, was acquitted of uutay murders
on the ground of insanity.
MARCIT.
1. At Coldwater, Mich., the National banl
was robbed of $20,000.
AL'HIL.
4. At Salmon City, Ida., 0 train robbers werl
found to be women disguised as men.
26. In Paris, Ravachol and Simon were sen
tenced for life for using dynamite with in
tent to kill.
MAY.
19. The train robber. Perry, sentenced to prisor
for 43 years.
23. At Melbourne, Australia, the noted mur
derer, Deeming, was hanged.
JUNE.
2. In Port Jervis, N. Y., a negro named Lewii
was lynched forussuult on a white woman
21. A clerk of the United States Express com
pany in Washington, named Ryan, rar
away with nearly $50,000 in cash parcels.
JULY.
11. In Paris, the anarchist Ravachol was guil
lotined.
14. At Adair, I. T., over $40,000 in cash wni
stolen from an express car on the Missour.
and Texas railroad.
23. A New York anarchist named Berk mat
shot and stabbed Manager 11. C. Frick, o!
the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead, Pa
27. At El Reno, O. T., 2 men robbed a bnuk oi
$10,500 in cash.
In Philadelphia C. H. Page, a stockbroker
was shot to death in his otfioe by Ronald
Kennedy, who was bis customer; Kenned]
took his own life.
AUGUST.
8. At Collis, Cal., $50,000 were stolen from at
express car.
4. At Fall River, Mass., a wealthy citizet
named Borden und his wifo were murdered
SEPTEMBER.
13. At Simpson Flats, Cal., 4 men were killed 1
In an attempt to arrest 2 train robbers.
! 19. The assailant of Chairman Frick, Berk
man, sent to prison for 22 years.
i 21. At Osage City, Kan., robbers wrecked e '
• train, causing 4 deaths and 35 injuries.
' 27. In Philadelphia 0 employees of the post
I office were caught robbing mail bugs.
OCTOBER.
B. At CofTeyville, Kan., 4 of tho Dalton robbei
gang and 4 of a citizens' posse were killed it I
a collision between citizens and the out- i
laws.
POLITICS AND PERSONAL.
JANUARY.
1. United States Senator Plumb, of Kansas 1
deceased, succeeded by ex-Congressmuc '
Perkins.
22. Maryland elected Charles H. Gibson to th
i United States senate.
: 24. Chili received President Harrl6on'B ulti
matum.
j 26. Congress received the president's message
on the Chilian imbroglio.
20. Reply of the Chilians to the demands of th<
United States received in Washington.
29. The Behring sea fisheries dispute referred
to A board of arbitration by treaty between 1
! the United States anrl Great Britain.
MARCH.
22. Texas elected Roger Q. Mills United State*
senator.
25. France and the United States signed a new
extradition treaty.
APRIL.
27. Cornerstone of Grant monument In New
York city laid by President Harrison.
29. The president appointed as minister tc
!• ranee, vice W hitclaw Reid, resigned,
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
I MAY.
15. The Italian minister. Baron de Favo, re
sumed his duties at Washington.
JUNE.
4. The secretaryship of state vacated by the
resignation of Blaino.
10. Renomination of President Harrison.
21. Marriage of the Austrian Countess Mar
garethe Hoyos to Count Herbert Bismarck.
23. Nomination of Grover Cleveland.
29. Tho president appointed Col. John W.
Foster secretary of state.
30. John Bidwell, of California, nominated for
president by tho Prohibitionists.
JULY.
4. Gen. James B. Weaver nominated by the
Populists.
19. The late Justice Bradley's seat in the su
preme court filled by the appointment of
Judge Sbiras.
A Liberal victory declared In the English
elections.
11. The English house of commons passed a
"no confidence" vote.
12. Lord Salisbury announced the resignation
of his ministry.
15 A new cabinet formed by Gladstone.
SEPTEMBER.
13. A daughter born to the German empress.
NOVEMBER.
8. National election resulted In the choice of
Orover Cleveland for president of the
b uited States; Democrats gained congress.
Elections in several states.
DECEMBER.
6. Second session 52d congress opened.
SPORTING RECORD.
11. Tennessee Derby won by Elliott.
MAY.
10. Brooklyn handicap won by Judge Morrow.
JUNE.
18. Suburban handicap won by Montana at
Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.
JULY.
1. 'Varsity boat race at New London, Conn.,
won by Yale over Harvard.
AUOUST.
17. Record of by Nancy Hanks in Chi
cago.
22. SI,OOO cup won by yacht Wasp, at Nowport,
over Harpoon and Ulorlana.
31. A mile In 2:055*4 made by Nancy Hanks at
Independence, la.
SEPTEMBER.
1. A mile in 2:08 trotted by Martha Wilkes at
Independence, la.
5. Lightweight chumpiouship of the world
won by McAuliffo over Meyer at New Or
7. Heavyweight championship won by Cor
bett over Sullivan at New Orleans.
29. Pacing record of 2:04 made by Mascot at
Terre Haute, Ind.
NOVEMBER.
13. Football in New York city—Yale, 28; Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, 0.
23. Stallion record of 2:U7VS by Stamboul at
Stockton, Cal.
24. Yale, 12; Princeton, 0; football in Now York
city.
DECEMBER.
8. At Coney Island Maber knocked out God
dard.
STORMS, EARTHQUAKES, ETC.
JANUARY.
19. Illinois roads blockaded by a heavy snow.
23. Home shaken by earthquake.
FEBRUARY.
3. Omaha shaken by earthquake.
13. The northern states treated to a brilliant
display of aurora borealis.
MARCH.
31. 75 deaths in a cyclone In Missouri and Kan
sas; lowa, Texas and Nebraska suffered.
APRIL.
o. A cyclone blotted out the town of Browns
ville. I. T.
4. A destructive cyclone swept the country
ii or e i? r C ' herr >' v ale, Kan.; 2 killed.
11. ~>o persons drowned in the Mississippi
floods.
12. The counties of Otsego, Montgomery and
\\ arren, N. Y., shaken by an earthquake.
lU. Hoveral California coast towns shaken by
eartliquako.
29. Over 1,0 M) deaths by a hurricane on Mau
ritius island.
10. A heavy blow in Texas caused 15 deaths.
18. At Sioux City, la., 35 persons were drowned
by the river overflowing Its hanks.
26. Enormous loss in wealth aud life caused by
tho Mississippi floods; on this day tho water
reached its greatest height.
A dam at Kingsman, 0., broken by a cloud
burst; 6 deaths.
JUNE.
13. 15 worshipers killed in church by lightning
in Spain.
15. 50 deaths in a cyclone in southern Minne
sota.
16. Lightning struck the Grant statuo in Chi
cago and killed 3 people.
17. Over 2,000 deaths by a volcanic eruption on
the Island of Haugir, Dutch East Indies.
JULY.
13. 250 buildings destroyed by a tornado is
O.
i 1& lightning killed 8 prisoners In thepeniten
tiary at Zacateeus, Mexico.
tor jado made havoc with the town o.
Gettysburg, S. D.
WHVe throughout the country.
Philadelphia struck by a tornado.
JO. Intense heat stopped lal>or ami travel ii
many cities.
29. Thermometer H>s in New York city; 18f
people overcome by heat.
AUGUST.
8. South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsii
visited by a windstorm.
18. Great Britain shaken by earthquake.
, NOVEMBER.
17. Red Bud, Ills., struck by a tornado; 3i
buildings destroyed; 2 deaths.
DEC EM HER.
o. Farmhouses wrecked and many deaths bj
ft cyclone near Beuhaw, Tex.
ACCIDENTS TO SHIPPING.
* JANUARY.
I W??' 1 b >' tbo *kinpr of the British
bark Child well in a collision in the English
channel.
1 3 . garner Namchow sunk in the China seas
*l4 drowned.
? u ai w°' 8 loßt in tba wreck of the British
ton ndttle ia Gra y' B harbor. Washing-
FEBRUARY.
from tbe " reckingof the whaling
2, . Tamerlane on the Puma rocks in th<
Pacific.
201 JL dr J^ ned at the sinking of thesteamei
land 3 en od> Flmuborough head, Eug
-27' J**? 1 ® off the coast of Portugal drowned
200 fishermen.
' _ , MARCH.
• " Orowned by the siuking of the steamei
Benture at Rockport, Cal.
ander \V oleow in the Caspian sea.
30. 14 drowned by the sinking of the British
bark t alls of Garry off the Isle of Wight.
31. 5 deaths by the burning of the steamer
Golden Rule at Cincinnati.
APRIL.
8. 14 drowned by the loss of the steamei
liansa in the German sea.
9. A yacht capsized at New Haven, drowning
three people.
10. 10 boys of tbe Boston Farm school ami
their instructor, A. F. Norberg, drowned
in Boston harbor by the capsizing of u
sailboat.
20. A sloop foundered in the river Claire,
Auaui, drowning 30 soldiers.
. MAY.
10. British bark Aberdeen wrecked on the
coast of Pembroke; IH sailors drowned.
17. An explosion destroyed tho ship St. Charles
off the Oregon coast, killing tbe captain.
21. 120 sailors drowned by tho wrecking of the
Brazilian ship Solimoes at the mouth o 1
the Rio de la Plata.
JUNE.
10. A ferryboat sank at Napoleonville, La.,
drowning 0 people.
14. Tbe Petrolia, a British oil vessel, destroyed
by explosion off Bloye, France; 15 deaths.
JULY.
4. 14 drowned by the wrecking of the ship
Peter Stuart in Yarmouth harbor. Nova
Scotia.
9. Steamer Mont Blanc exploded in Lake
Geneva, Switzerland; 9 killed.
12. Steamer Fraukie Foisom capsized In Peoria I
lake, Illinois; 18 deaths.
AUGUST.
9. 00 persons drowned by the loss of tbe f
steamer Ajax In the Gulf of Finland.
10. 23 deaths by the foundering of the British
ship Thracian off tho Isle of Man.
17. 15 people, citizens of Ilouma, Tex., drowned
by the capsizing of tho schooner Suowfiuke
on the Texas coast.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Propeller Western Reserve wrecked on :
Lake Superior; 28 deaths.
OCTOBER.
28. 113 deaths by the loss off Portugal of the
Anehor liuer Roumania, from Liverpool
for Bombay.
DECEMBER.
3. German steamer Spree towed into Queens
town harbor in sinking condition with a
broken shaft.
6. 3 vessels wrecked in a gale at Santa Venere,
Italy; 10 deaths.
Norwegian bark India lost with all on board '
lu the River Mersey, England.
FINANCIAL FAILURES.
FEBRUARY.
2. At Kearney, Neb., tho Commercial and
Savings bank suspended.
8. At Moorehead, Minn., the Merchants' bank
suspended.
▲PHIL.
25. In Brockport, N. Y., Banker J. H. Kings
bury assigned.
In St. Louis the Martin Clothing company
assigned with $175,000 liabilities.
MAY. '
31. In Chicago grain speculators Coster &
Martin failed for $500,000.
JUNE.
21. In New York city Jeweler John Mason as
signed with debts of $107,000.
JULY.
11. In Boston McConnell & Sliaws failed for
$300,000.
19. At Woburn, Mass., Robert Duncan, leather
maker, assigned with debts of SIOO,OOO.
AUGUST.
16. In Philadelphia the Mutual Banking asso
ciation assigned.
21. At Laconia, N. 11., Coburn <fc Leavitt, mill
operators, assigned with $:X),000 debt.
SEPTEMBER.
14. In Chicago Spiegel & ('o., furniture dealers,
failed for over $150,000.
OCTOHKR.
8. In New York city A. B. Alden <fc Co., straw
goods, assigned with debts of $150,000.
20. In New York city Burkhalter fe Co., whole
sale grocers, assigned owing $700,000.
NOVEMBER.
18. In New York city Mommer & Co., import
ers, assigned owing $150,000.
DECEM liE It.
8. In Hamburg, the brokers Carow and Bar
tels assigned, owing 7,500,000 marks.
THE WAR OF WAGES.
MARCH.
12. In Great Britain U50,(H)0 coal miners struck.
MAY.
15. 20,000 men locked out in New England gran
ite works.
JULY.
0. At the Carnegie works, Pittsburg, strikers
attacked Pinkerton's guard; 11 deaths.
10. The state militia of Pennsylvania called |
out to guard Carnegie's works ugainst
strikers.
11. Strikers riot nt (Jem, Ida.; 4 deaths.
12. 12striking reapers killed by gendarmes at
Bebar, Hungary.
AUGUST.
1. The president sigued the 8-hour law for
government employees.
12. strike of switchmen on three railroads of
Buffalo.
15. Militia ordered to Buffalo to protect rail-'
way property during switchmen's strike. I
17. A convict stockade at Oliver Springs, Teun.,
captured by angry miners.
18-19. Militia and miners fought at Coal Creek,
Tenn.
Striking switchmen and militia fought at
Buffalo.
24. Strike of Buffalo switchmen declared off.
NOVEMBER*
21. End of the strike at Carnegie's mills.
CELEBRATIONS.
JUNE.
1. 100 th anniversary celebration of the admis
sion of Kentucky into the Union.
JULY.
2. Oenteunial celebration of the founding of
Paterson, N. J.
AUGUST.
24. 250 th anniversary of the settlement of
Gloucester, Mass., celebrated in that town.
OCTOBER.
2. Woburn, Mass., 250 years old, held an an
niversary festival.
12. Columbus' discovery of 400 years ago hon
ored by festivities in America and in many
foreign countries.
21. General jubilation throughout the United
Btates over Columbus Day.
Dedication coremonies in Chicago of the
World's fair buildings.
NOVEMBER.
12. The Salvation Army met in Now York city j
to hold a continental congress.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TpOR POOR DIRECTOR
JOS. p. MCDONALD.
of Freeland.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
convention of the middle coal Held poor district.
TjX)R C' >NSTABLE
CHARLES SAULT,
of Five Points.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
JpOR SUPERVISOR
MATTHEW DENNION,
of Five Points.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
TpOli SUPERVISOR
CONDY MCLAUGHLIN,
of Five Points.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
SUPERVISOR
JOHN METZGER,
of East Foster.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
SUPERVISOR
JOHN O'DONNELL,
of Eckley.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
EjX)R TAX COLLECTOR -
I CONRAD BREHM,
of Upper Lehigh.
Subject, to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
JLpOR TAX COLLECTOR
PAT' K J. GALLAGHER,
of Highland.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
pX>lt TREASURER
DANIEL BONNER,
of Five I'oints.
Subject to the decision of the Democratic
nominating convention of Foster township.
SSO REWARD
convicted for writing a libeling letter t> one of
my family on December 22, 18112, signed T. D.
Geo. Wise, Jed do, Pa.
SALE.—One house. 24x84 feet; stable,
iJ I 20x20 feet; lot, 25 feet front; also good will
and fixtures of saloon. Michael Welsh, Five
I'oints, Freeland.
~IJH)R SALE.—TWO lots situated on oust side
J ' of Washington street, between Luzerne
and Carbon streets, Five Points. Apply to
Patrick McFadden, Eckley, or T. A. Buckley,
Freeland.
"TjALK( 'TI< IN NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given
Ali that at tlie election to be held lit the third
Tuesday of February, 1802, being the 21st day
of the month, tin following officers of the mid
dle coal field poor district are to bcjelected, to
wit:
One person for director, to serve three years,
from April 1, IMU, wliose residence must be in
that portion of the district known as the Lu
zerne portion of the district.
One pei-son for poor auditor, to serve three
years from April 1, IHICI, wliose residence must
be in that portion of the district known as the
Weatherly or middle district.
A. S. Monroe, 1
A. M. Neumillcr, 'Directors.
Samuel llarleman, \
SPECIAL
HOLIDAY SALE!
Hero is the place to find a
MAMMOTH STOCK OF
It AltO A INS
suitable at this season.
THOUSANDS OF
PRETTY NOVELTIES.
Ladies* Coals, Furs, Gloves,
('<(]}*, Hats, Underwear, Hosiery,
Dress Patterns, Corsets, Linens,
Trimmings, Etc., Etc.
Childreus' and Infants'
Goods
In great variety, and a storeroom filled with
the prettiest sort of useful and ornamental
goods that you will want during the holidays.
SPLENDID SOUVENIR
GIFTS to all persons pur
chasing to the amount of $1
and over.
MRS. B. A. GRIMES.
Centre Street, - Below Front, - Freeland.
WE TELL YOU
nothing new when we stun- tliat ii pays to engage
ina permanent, most healthy and pleasant Cusi.
ness, that returns a profit for every day's work.
Such is the business we offer the working class.
We teach them how to make money rapidly, and
guarantee every one who follow > our instructions
Ldthfully tlie making of tf.ioo no u month.
Every one who takes hold now ami works will
surely and speedily increase their earnings; there
can be 110 question about it; others now at work
are doing It, and you, reader, can do the same
Tliis is the best paying business that you have
ever had the chance to secure. You will make a
grave mistake it you fail to give it a trial at once.
If you grasp tlie situation, and act quickly, you
will directly find yourself in a most prosperous
business, at which you can surelv make ami save
large sums of money. The results of only a few
hours' work will often equal n week's wages.
Whether you are old or voting, man or woman, it
makes no different- \ do us we tell you, and suc
cess will meet you at the very start. Neither
experience or capital necessary. ' Those who work
for us are rewarded. Why not write to dav for
full particulars, free ? E. 1' ALLEN Jfc Co.,
Box No 420, Augusta, Me.
i i
; VEGETABLE \
AMANDRAKEA A "
i; GOSTIVEN ESS i
, Biliousness, Dyspepsia, |
, Indigestion, Diseases of ,
the Kidneys, Torpid Liver
' 1 Rheumatism, Dizziness,
11 Sick Headache, Loss of '
1 1 Appetite,Jaundice,Erup
< I tions and Skin Diseases. 1 '
i | Prico 25c. por bottle, Gold by all Druggists. I |
BFART, JOIISSOI k LORB, Props., Burlington, Vt.
tsMMissssx I
"\X7"e ZEEave J"ust Eeceived.
250
Ladies'
IPlain. and. ZE'var Trimmed
ZFioae Jaclccts
acid.
Reefers
from one of New York's largest manufacturers, which
Must be Sold Within the Kext Ten Bays.
In order to sell tlieni within the time specilied we
have CUT the PRICES so low that you can buy them at
less than the cost of manufacture. ' If you want a coat
don't miss this opportunity hut come at once and secure
whatever suits you out of the lot at
A. - Genuiiie - ISargain,
\\ e have also cut the prices on our entire stock, so
that ii will be worth your while to come to this, the great
est-of our bargain sales, and purchase whatever you
may need in
ZDrjr G-ocd.s, 01ctli.in.g-,
Overcoats,
XT nderwear,
Gloves, Hats, Caps,
IHccts, Slices, ZK-u/bter G-ccd.s,
Ladies* and. Cents'
Purnishing- Gccds,
Trunks,
~t7"alises,
ISianlcets, Ccm£crta"bles,
ZbToticxis, etc.,
at prices lower than ever. As we must reduce our
stock within the next ten days as much as possible,
whatever you buy during this time you get at a great
sacrifice, at
Jos. Meuhurger's
BARGAIN EMPORIUM
in the
P. 0. S. cf A, Building, Freeland, Pa.
Wi Ait
FOR
r
c a
And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE*
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed!
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Guns, Ammunition ami
Sporting Goods.
BIRKBECK'S,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA .
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