Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1891 — CHRONOLOGY OF 1890. [ARTICLE]

CHRONOLOGY OF 1890.

RAW MATERIAL FOR HISTORYRECORD OF A YEAR. JL t Ylotims of Steamship Wrecks. Mine Disasters, Fire Horror , Boiler Explosions, , Railroad Collisions and Epidemic Disease—Croat Floods of the Year—lncidents of Each Month. The year 1890 opened inauspicioualy as far as accidents were concerned, ana the national administration, outside of politics, was singularly unfortunate early in the winter. .At the beginning of the social season in Washington life the wife of the President suffered an affliction in the loss of her sister. Then came the death of Walker Blaine, the eldest son of the chief member of the Cabinet. Within a fortnight Mr. Blaine mourned the loss of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Coppinger. and then came the terrible calamity that befell the family of Secretary Tracy. From the standpoint of the philosopher, the attentive reader will observe that neither wealth nor high official station exempts anybody Irom the ills of human life. It is estimated that the railroads of the United States lose C 1,000,000 yearly by landslides, $5,000,000 by floods, $1,003,000 by fire, and $9,000,000 by collisions. Important occurrences follow, with dates: JANUARY. 7. Several horses killed at St. Lonis, Mo., and many small fires started by elect)ic wires which were brokeu bv a storm. 9. Announcement ncaie of the discovery of Cleopatra’s tomb im Egypt. 11. Fire at Lexington, Ky., cremated thirty-five valuable horses, among them the trotter Bell Boy, for which $51,003 had been paid, and whose owner bad once refused SIOO,003 for him; total loss, $350,00u. 12. Number of cases of Influenza (or “la grippe*) in Berlin to date, estimated at 400.000; number of deaths due to the disease, 650. Drunkenness greatly ii creased at Paris, because physicians prescribed alcoholic drink as a preventive. 15. The Pope issued an order that in countries where the government is opposed to Catholicism Catholics must obey the state where such a course does not entail disobedience to the divine laws; also, they must not tie the church to any political party The South Dakota Legislature passed its first bill—to provide for refunding the indebtedness of the State. 21. About a thousand fishing boats wrecked off the Posnu coast, Japan; nearly all on board, between 2,500 and 3,000, perished. 22. Incoming steamers at New York reported the worst weather ever before known on the Atlantio Ocean. 27. Andrew Charter (colored), aged 8 years, received at the Nashville penitentiary, to serve one year or larceny. 28. Near Cascade, Cal., the tracks of the Central Pacifio Road were covered by snow to a depth of fifty feet; trains in the Sierras were snow-bound and passengers livedon canned goods for a fortnight. FEBRUARY. 8. Burning of the reßidenoe of Secretary of the Navy Tracy at Washington; Mrs. Tracy, her daughter Mery, and a French maid, Josephine Morrell, lose their'lives. 4. Celebration at New York of'the centennial of the Unitfed States Supreme Bench; addresses made by ex-President Cleveland, Associate Justice Field, and others. 6. Explosion in Abasycham colliery, near Newport, Wales; 170 lives lost. 10. In the municipal election at Fait Lake City the Gentiles were successful by oyer 830 majority, the event being considered the virtual overthrow of Mormon rule in Utah. 19. Dead-lock in lowaHouße of Representatives ended by compromise, having lasted over five weeks. 22. Sixty persons drowned by the giving way of a great reservoir at Prescott, Arizona. 25. beventy bodies of murdered infants found oh the premises of a midwife named Skobiski, whose house was burned at Warsaw, Poland. 28. Loss of the steamer Quetta in Australian waters; 118 persons drowned. MARCH > 6, Near Chapel Hill, Texas, a hailfall to the depth of eighteen inches to two feet was reported. 10. Explosion in. the Morsa colliery, Glamorganshire, Wales ; 88 miners perished. 17. Prince Bismarck, Chancellor of the GeHnan Empire, tendered his resignation and retired to private life. 27. Louisville, Ky., swept by a cyclone; 103 persons killed. Along the line of the storm in Kentucky, outside Louisville, 150 persons were killed; at Clay the dead numbered twenty-three. 80. Strikes reported spreading in Europe; throughout Catalonia, in Spain, 40,000 factory employes and 23,000 shoemakers in England quit work, and the colliers at St. Elo, France, demanded an advance in wages Levees along the Mississippi River broke, and a vast amount of damage resulted; the 1 town of Skipwith, near Vicksburg, was I swept out of sight by the water from a huge crevasse, and in Desha County, Arkansas, a section of land 20,000 acres in extent was covered by the flood, the settlers living on the tops of houses and in trees and suffering for food. MAY. 8. At Laurel Fork, W. Va., James Sevate, aged 101, and Mrs. Terence, aged 83, were married; the groomsman was 81 and the bridesmaid 78...... Hermit, the winner of the sensational Epsom Derby of 1867, when 60 to 1 was bet against him, died of oftl age; he was the property of Henry Chaplin, Minister of Agriculture of England, who won a fortune on him. $, Fire in Longue Pointe Lunatic Asylum, near Montreal, Quebec; over 150 lives lost Burning of the Singer sewing machine faotorjat Elizabeth port, N. J.; loss, $3,000,000. 18. Powder explosion at Havana, Cuba, results in loss of thirty-four lives. 24. Ellis Island, New York harbor, turned- over to the United Stateg Government as a landing place for Immigrants Report that New York lawyers entered into an agreeement to refuse answering questions 1 of census enumerators touching acute or chronic diseases, or defects of mind or body. TONE, 8. Bradshaw, a Nebraska town, laid in ruins by a cyclone. 11. Democrats of the Fourth District of Indiana unanimously renominated Congressman William 8. Holman—the nineteenth tlmo he has been similarly honored by his party. 13. Cholera made its appearance at Valencia and Malaga, in Fpain. 16. Explosion of fire-damp in ft coal mine at Dunbar, Pa.; thirty-four killed. 26. The lower house of the Louisiana Legislature passed a bill extending the franchise of the lottery company twenty-five years; the company is to pay into the State Treasury $1,250,000 yearly In a match race at Sheepßhead ’Bay, Long Island. the four-year-old colt Salvator established a record that is likely to remain unbeaten for many years—he having ran a mile and a quarter in 2:05. JULY. 4. The President signed the bill admitting Idaho to the Union, and the forty-third star on the American flag was add* d. 7. Discovery of gold, the richest "strike” on record, reported near Tin Cup, Colo Fargo, North Dakota, swept by a cyclone, almost laying the town in ruins. 81 Seven hundred persons killed by a cyclone in Muscat, a province Of Arabia. 10. The President approved the act for the admission of Wyoming to the Federal Union State Senator J. Fisher Smith, of Louisiana, died soon after the passage of the lottery bill by a two-thirds vote; he had-been ailing, but was carried to his seat, as bis vote was necessary to override thp Governor’s veto. 11. Explosion of gas on the steamer Tioga, in the Chioago River; forty stevedores and ’longshoremen hurled to instant death, 15. Lake City, Minn., swept by a cyclone which capsized the steamer Sea Wing on Lake Pepin, the latter being crowded with excursionists ; 190 lives lost, The same storm Bwept on its way through the charming summer resorts of Northern Minnesota, adding scores more of victims »■ to its fury, besides wounding a great number and destroying much valuable property. 16. White Star steamer Teutonic made the passage from Queenstown to New York in 5 days 13 hours—beet on record. 29. Explosion of fire-damp in ooal-pit at St Etienne, France; 123 miners reported killed. AUGUST. 4. Railway accident near Innsbruck, in the Tyrol -123 people perished. 13. Bridget Dooay died at Mineral Point, Wis., aged 123 years;, she was born in Ireland, and the parish record shows the date ot her birth. 13. Explosion in government powder mill at Canton, China: 290 houses destroyed and over 1,000 lives lost. 19. Wilkesbarre, Pa., and vicinity visited by a terrible cyclone; loss of life in devastated district exceeded 100. 22. Wreck on the Old Colony Railroad at Quincy. Mass.; twenty-two persons perished. S 5. Tokay, Hungary’s famous wine-producing town, wiped out by fire; only thirteen houses were left in the place.... Great rejoicing marked the practical completion of the Canada-United States tun-

nel under the St. Clair River at Port Huron, Mich. 96. The Grand Master of Missouri Odd Fellows declared that the Grand Lodge had no authority to dismiss saloonkeepers from the order. 28. On the straight course at Monmouth. N. J., the horse Salvator ran a mile in I:3s>s. SEPTEMBER. 5. Great flood sin- Central Europe; 40,600 person* made .homeless by the overflowing of the Drave, Elbe and Danube rivers. 6. Twenty men killed by a premature blast at Spokam Falls, Wash. 9. California celebrated the fortie’h anniversary of the admission of that State into the Union. 11. First snow fall of the season in the United States reported from Fort Aeainaboine, Montana. 12. Four million people rendered homeless in one provioE'of China by the Yellow River floods. 16. Mining disaster at St. Wendel, Germany; 150 miners entombed. 18. Turkish man-of-war Ertzoproul foundered in Japanese Sea; 500 lives lost. 19. Wreck at curve on Reading Railroad, near Shoemakersville, Pa.; fifty persons killed. OCTOBER. 2. Forest fires in the Black Hills reported the most destructive in the history of the country; loss to mining ca&pt and ranches and to timber Interests very heavy. 7. Fifteen lives lost by an explosion at the Dupont powder-works, near Wilmington, Del.; the shook was plainly felt at Philadelphia and Chester (Pa.), Millville (N. J.),. and other points thirty to.thirty-flve miles away. 30. Wreck of the Spanish steamer Vizcaya off Barnegat, N. J.; ninety-seven lives lost. NOVEMBER. 10. British cruiser Serpent founders at sea, eff the coast of Spain; 276 lives lost. DECEMBER. 12. Cholera ravaging the State of Guatemala; 1,200 deaths in the city of Guatemala in seven days. 20. At Cordova, in the Argentine Republic, the canal burst its embankments; 103 lives lost and hundreds of houses destroyed. 21. President Harrison issued a proclamation inviting ill the nations of the earth to participate in the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1833. THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD. JANUARY. 2. Hon. George H. Boker, poet, playwright, and ex-Minister to Turkey and Russia; Philadelphia. aged 66. 7. Augusta, once Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia, aged 78. 9. Judge Wm. D: Kelley, the father of the House of Representatives; Washington, D. C., aged 75. 10. Dr. Doellinger, head of the "Old Catholic" movement in Southern Germany. 14. Lord Robert Cornelius Napier of Magdala; London, England, aged 80. 15. Walker Blaine, eldest son of the Secretary of State;-Washington, D. C., aged 35. 18. Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, brother of the King, and formerly King of Spain. 23. Adam Forepaugh, the veteran showman. 24. Ex-Senator H. H. Riddleberger, of Virginia. 27. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Bross, of Illinois... .Rev. Father Stroup, head of the Catholic Order of the Holy Ghost la America, FEBRUARY. 2. Mrs. Alice Coppinger, eldest daughter of Secretary Blaine, 7. Captain General J. Salamanca, of Cuba. 8, Cardinal Pecci, brother of the Pope.... William Goldthwaite, one of the old-time billiard players ; New York, aged 47. 18. Count Julius Andrasßv, Hungarian statesman. 19. Joseph Gillis Biggar, M. P., well-known home-ruler. 22. John Jacob Astor, grandson of the man of that name, and the richest man iu America ; New York, aged 70. 24. Mrs. Lovel Greeley, sister of the late Horace Greeley; Spring Creek, Pa., aged 75. MARCH. 2. Ex-Gov. James E. English of Connecticut. 5. Abraham Lincoln, 17-year-old son of United States Minister Robert T. Lincoln, at London, England. 8, Matilda Ruley, at Raywick, Ky., aged 123 years. 11. Ex-Congressman Wm. Preston Taulbee, of Kentucky, who was shot by Chas. E. Kincaid, a newspaper man, at the Capitol, Feb. 11. 21. Major General George Crook, U. S. A. 23. Geu. Robert C. Schenck, ex-Minister to England At Salinas, CaL, “Old Gabriel,” an Indian, aged 151 years. 25. Prof. Richard Dale Owen, scientist; New Harmony, Ind., aged 80. 26. Archbishop Michael Heiss of the Catholic diocese of La Crosse, Wis Justice James V. Campbell, of the Michigan Supreme Court. 80. David Dows, a New York millionaire who during the war rendered great service to the Government in organizing the nationalbank system. 81. Vice Admiral Stephan Rowan, U. S. N. APRIL. 2. Gen. Thomas C. Anderson, prominent Republican politician and a member of the famous Louisiana Returning board of 1874 to 1876. 7. William Galloway, who ran the first locomo- ! tive on the Baltimore and Ohio Road, and probably the oldest railroad engineer in the world; Baltimore, aged 81. ' 9. Aristides Welch, a widely known breeder of famous horses; Philadelphia, aged 79. IE George B. Stuart, organizer of the U. 8. Christian Commission; Philadelphia, aged 74. 13. Bauiuel Jackson Randall, Pennsylvania’s well-known Democratic statesman. 21. Captain William L. Couch, a leaier of the Oklahoma boomers. MAY. 2. Bishop Borgess, of the Catholio Diocese of Michigan. 3. U. 8. Senator James B. Beck of Kentucky; Washington, D. C., aged 68. 5. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Andrew Shuman, of Illinois. 16. Ex-Judge Thomas Drummond, of the U. 8. Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial District; Wheaton, 111., aged 80. JUNE. 2. Matthew Morgan, the famous artist. 3. Alfred T. Perrlne, the inventor of the gatllng gun; at the Cincinnati City Hospital, in poverty. IE Jot in Penny, a Scotchman, known as the “Silver King;” Bolivia, South America, aged 58 Mrs. Henry Jaha, the last survivor of the Nipuck tribe of Indians; Webster, Mass., aged 76. 23. Hon. George W. McCrary, ex-Secretary of War. JULTi 4. Hon. Beverly Tucker, a noted politician of .Virginia. 8. Ex-Congressman P. D. Wigginton, of California ; candidate of the American party for the Presidency in the last campaign. 9. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, a wise counselor and a sagacious leader of the Prohibition party. IE Ex-Senator Thomas B. McCreary, ot Kentucky. 13. Gen. John C. Fremont, first Republican candidate for President; New York City, aged 77. 19, Congressman James P. Walker, of Missouri .... ..J. W. W. Watson, literary man and author of “Beautiful Snow New York, aged 67. 26. Judge S. S. Marsballi one of the Illinois Democracy’s ablest leaders, AUGUST. 10. John Boyle O’Reilly, soldier, revolutionist, exile, poet, and editor; Hull, Mass.v aged 46. IE Cardinal John Henry Newman, eminent English Catholic divine. 18. Noar Sandusky. Ohio, Margaret Soloman, the last of the tribe of Wyandotte Indians At the Standing Rock Agency, N. D.. George Faribault, chief of the Indian police; he was the Daniel Boone of Minnesota, and, being himself a quar-ter-breed, had great influence among the savages; during the Indian troubles he saved the lives of many whites. 25. Congressman Lewis F. Watson, of Pennsylvania. SEPTEMBER. 4. Gen. E. F. Noyes, jurist, diplomatist, and ex-Governor of Ohio. 8. Hon. I. P. Cbristiancy, ex-U. S. Senator from Michigan. 18. Dion Boucicault, playwright and actor. 2L Gov. C. C. Stevenson, of Nevada. OCTOBER. 2. Ex-Gov. Philip Francis Thomas, of Maryland. 12. Gen. W. W. Belknap, ex-Secretary of War. 13. Associate Justice 8. F. Miller, of U. S. Supreme Court. 2L At the Columbus (Ohio) penitentiary, Pete McCartney, the noted counterfeiter. -4 NOVEMBER. 23. King William 111. of Holland. 24. August Belmont, leading financier and influential Democrat of New York. 25. Benjamin P. ShiUaber (“Mrs. Partington”), veteran humorist and author. DKCRMBKR. .. 6, Joe Coburn, the onoe famous pugilist. 8. Washington McLoan, formerly a leading politician of Ohio. 9. Gen. George C. Ginty, distinguished member of the Wisconsin press. 15. Sitting Bull, the Sioux chief—slain while resisting arrest. 16. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, U. 8. A. (retired). LEGAL EXECUTIONS. JANUARY. 3. Calvin Morris at Houma, La. 17. James HoLombe at 8E John, La.; Isaiah

and Charles Dent at Clinton, La. FEBRUARY. IE Wong Ah Hing at San Francisco, CaL 18. Ellison Mounts at PikeriUe, Ky. 93. William Seeley Hopkins at Bellefonta, Pa: Sehoope and Coles at Philadelphia. 2E Rev. Henry Dunean at Ozark, Ala. 96. G. A. Black at Laramie, Wyoming; Georga Clarke at Waynesburg, Pa. 28. Dick Hawes at firmingaam, Ala. MARCH. 7. Felix Camp at Charleston, W. V*. IE Robert Raines at Hartzell’s, Ala 19. M. J. Cheatham at Grenada, Miss. 2E Prince Saunders at Plaquemine, La. APRIL. 3. Robert McCoy and William Hicks at Homervine, Ga. 9. Alfred Andrews at Bellefonte. Pa.; William H. Bartholomew at Easton, Pa.; Zach Taylor at Waynesburg, Pa ; William Carter at Ebentburg, Pa 1L Charles Simmons at Mount Pleasant, S. C. 16. Martin Futrell at Hernando, Misa 18. Ben Elsey at Birmingham, Ala -MAY. 1. James Palmer at Conoord, N. H. 9. Bob Hill at Augusta, Ga ; Sandy Jones at Birmingham, Ala.; William Davis At Union, S. C. JUNE. 20. Josiah Potts and Elizabeth, his wife, at Elko, Nev.; Peter E. Davis at Belleville, Ontario; Fritz Dubois at Quebec. 24. Harry Ballard, Parker Harris, Edward Carr, and Frank brenniah at Memphis, Tenn. 27. W iiiiam Brooker at Pine City, Minn. JULY. 9. John Stansberry at Fort Smith, Ark. 30. Harry Hi Tins, alias Dudley, at Scranton, Miss. 31. Kelly Stewart at Live Oak, Fla AUGUST. 1. Rachel Cateo and William Clyburn at Lan- • caster, Pa. 6. WiUiam Kemmler put to death by electricity at Auburn penitentiary, N. Y. 15. John Phillips at Boynton, Va 29. Otto Leuth of Cleveland and John (alias “Brocky") Smith of Cincinnati at Colum* bus, Ohio. OCTOBER. Yl. James Maxwell at Morris, IIL 22. Harry Williams at Rolling Fork, Miss. 29. Thomas G. Wool folk (who murdered nine members of his famllv) at Perry, Ga. NOVEMBER. 14. John Reginald Birchall, at Woodstock, Ont. 21. Jack Staples, at KuoxviUe, Tenn. DECEMBER 1. ElUs Miller, at Columbus, Ohio. 12. William W. Blanchard, at Sherbrooke. Ont. 18. Arthur H. Day, at Welland, Ont.; Elmer Sharkey and Henry Popp, at Columbus, , Ohio. 19. Four Indians—Lollacee, Pierre Paul, Antley. and Pascale—at Missoula, Montana; Kemi La Montague, at Sherbrooke, Ont. 23. Mary Eleanor Wheeler, alias Mrs. Pearoey, at London. England. VICTIMS OF JUDGE LYNCH, FEBRUARY. 13. George Corvett at Crawfordsville, Ark. 27. Brown Washington near Madison, Ga. MARCH. 8. AJlen and Wttherford Irving at Princeton, W. Va. 15. Amos Stanton at Bromfleld, Neb. 16. Henry Williams at Gadsden, Tenn. 19. Benjamin Grewel at Robinson Station, Ky. 21. Robert Mosley near Huntsville, Ala. MAY. 4. C. M. Miles lii Indian Territory. 10. Ed Dennett at Hearne, Texas. JUNE. 16. George Swayze at East Feliciana, La. JULY. 17. Green Jackson at Fort White, Fla. AUGUST. 9. William Beaver near Warren, Ark. 15. Charles Pratt at Blair, Neb. 17. Thomas Woodward at Humboldt, Tenn. SEPTEMBER. 2. Thomas Smith at Poplar Bluff, Mo. OCTOBER. 2. Ernest Humphreys at Princeton, Ky. 11. Frank Wooden at Homer. La. 17. Bill Singleton at Macon, Ga. 30. Near Valdosta, Ga., Falseo. NOVEMBER. 14. Ned Stevens at Savannah, Tenn. DECEMBER. 9: Moses -Lemon at Roebuck. Miss. 10. Dan Williams, near Quincy, Fla. 21. At Boydtown, Va., five negroes who were In jail for murder. 22. Near Huntington. Oregon, three unknown tramps—by railroad men.