Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — LOOKING BACKW ARD [ARTICLE]

LOOKING BACKW ARD

Review of the Year That Is Past. AT HOME AND ABROAD Epitome of the General News of the World. Chronological Recital of All the Important Events in Legislative, Judicial and Commercial Circles—Startling Deeds of Crime—Stirring Incidents in Military Matters—Record of Disasters on Land and Sea —Devastation by Fire and Pestilence—The Year of ’9-4 Made History Rapidly. Below will be found a concise recital of all the eveqts at home and abroad which go to make up the history of 1594. In America, as in Europe, there has been experienced a period of severe financial depression. The year was marked by the most stupendous'disturbance of labor circles in the history of the country, necessitating the employment of government forces for its suppression. Political contests have been nearly as stirring as a national election. The world has been thrilled by tales of horror from devastating forest fires, and death has claimed many illustrious men. The year will be long remembered as one of the most notable of the century. Abroad, the theater of news has been principally in the Orient. There is at present raging the war between Japan and Chinn, and to the astonishment of all civilized nations the island kingdom has worsted its mighty foe in every contest of note. Fort after fort has fallen before Japan’s forces, and three separate armies are marching upon the capital of the Flowery Kingdom. The Chinese empire, if not fallen, is humbled, and has already taken initiatory steps to sue for peace. Continental Europe has been at peace, and Russia mourns the death of her Czar.

, o , JANUARY. I— ,V, p r n S? of Mam liester, Eng..ship canal. ■ OVI t< ‘ r ' R ston. burns; $1,000,000. , - Six killed In liuek Island wreck at Lin1 , K * n --.-Rlot at Dayton, la.; one I “ I’’’J- ,r<x, Ps summoned. . 3-41,300,000 tire at Toledo; $27-0,000 at De- ' of°s“(l6<>o raDk “ n tJro ' e ' ll *” ® a, ik robbed 5—51,200,000 fire at World’s Fair grounds. ....Gov. McKinley inaugurated at Colum- ■ bus, Ohio. I 9—Two Senates claim existence in New i Jersey. .John L. Sullivan's wife slugs him I with an Indian club. i 11—Jackson inaugurated Governor at Des Moines, 1a... .Sherman Wagoner, wife murderer. lynched n<*r Mitchell, Ind. klllei by collapsed bridge nt Brooklyn... .Six drowned in Baltimore harbor. 13— Three men lynched nt Russell, Kan., for murder. .. .Schaefer beats Ives at billiards by one point. 14— Six sailors from Dutch steamer Amsterdam perish in vain attempt to rescue crew of wrecked fishing schooner Maggie E. Wells. In the Atlantic Ocean. Ain® killed on tile Lackawanna near Hoboken, rear end collision. .. .Ghar nominated for Senator in lowa. ... Hornblower's nomination for Supreme bench rejected bv the Senate. 17—John Buchner, colored, lynched at Valley Park, Mo., for assault. 15— K. C.. St. J. & ('. B. train held up at Roys Branch. Mo.; big booty secured Secretary Carlisle calls for bids at 177.22 for $50,000,000 5 per cent, bonde. 19—Ernest Loeore hanged at Joliet. 11l • Baumberger banged at Cando, N. D. 23 Severe cold and storms in northwest .. .Banker Koettlng convicted, at Milwaukee.... Boone County, la., insane asylum burns, eight perish. 24 Severest cold of the season general. 25 Corbett defeats Mitchell in the prize ring at Jacksonville. Fla., in three rounds. 26 George 11. Painter hanged at Chicago for murder of Alice Martin; rope broke double hanging necessary... .Public reconciliation of Kaiser and Bismarck; Germans wild with joy. 27 Han Francisco Mid-winter Fair opened 29 Roslna Yokes, actress, dies in England. 30— Admiral Benham cows the rebels at Rio. 31— Rioting Pittsburg miners forced to eat dogs. FEBRUARY. 3 Geo. W. Childs dies at Philadelphia. ... Big fire nt Omaha. 4 -Valliant, the Anarchist, is guillotined at Paris. 5 Attempted lynching at Lebanon. Ind. 7 Senate repeals Federal elections law. 8— Wreck of old corvette Kearsarge on Roncador reef; crew rescued. 9 Blizzard over whole northwest. ll Terrible blizzard in southwest; nianv die In Oklahoma. J 12— Chicago literally snow-bound by fiercest storm ...er known; wind reaches 84 miles per hour; storm wide spread. ... Lincoln’s birthday. .. .Another bomb thrown in a Paris case 13— Von Bulow, the pianist, dies at Cairo 14— Death of Mrs. Myra Bradwell at Chicago. 16— Murderer Stone, slayer of Wrattan family at Washington. Ind., hanged at Jeffersonville. ... Bandits wreck and rob a Southern Pacific train at Roscoe, Cal.; two men killed, and large booty secured from the wells-Fnrgo Express C 0.... Senate rejects Peekham’s nomination to Supreme bench . .. .Explosion on German warship Brandenburg at Klei; kills 39. 1 ID—Senator White, of Louisiana, appointed nnd confirmed Associate Justice. .. .Norton Bros', can factory. Chicago, burns; loss $250,000 ... .Death of Jos. Keppler, Puck caricaturist. . . .Boss MeKane sentenced to six years in Sing Sing... .Gov. Rich, of Michigan. removes salary grabbers... .Bandits Evans and Worrel captured in California 22 Washington’s birthday... .Guatemala suspends payment. 23 Four Michigan State officials Indicted by grand jury for fraudulent salary grabbing. . ‘ 25 Steel Mackaye, dramatist, dies on a Santa Fe train... .Terrific snow storm in the South. 26 Interstate commerce law decided void .... Fierce storms in the East. 27 Double lynching at Mountain Home Ark....80y lynched for murder of a sheriff upon his mother's orders at Sherman AJa 28— News of drowning of 18 Cape Ann' Mass., fishermen, Jan. 12.... Murder and burglary in Exeter Township. Monroe County, Mich. .. .Miners’ riot at Eagle, W. Va • troops summoned MARCH. 1— Bland’s bill to coin the seigniorage passed. 2 Gladstone recommends Roseberrv for Premier. .. .General Jubal A. Early" dies at Lynchburg. 3 Gladstone formally retires from the British Premiership. 4 Death of Ed Williamson, the famous base-ball player. 6 Sugar fluctuates 18 points on New York Exchange; Senators charged with speculation in the stocks. 7 Serious illness of Gladstone announced 8— Daniel Coughlin acquitted at Chicago of Dr. Cronin's murder. 12— DaGama. Brazilian rebel commander, a refugee on a Portuguese vessel. 13— Brazilian Insurgents surrender . House of Commons votes to abolish Lords 15— Denver in possession of troops because of quarrel between Gov. Waite and police board. 16— Mulct nnd local option bills defeated in lowa. .. .Exceeding mild weather. 26 Death of Louis Kossuth, Hungarian patriot. 23 -Judge Chetlaln, of Chicago, stays execution of Prendergast pending trial "for insanity; his act excites widest criticism and consternation. .. .“Buff” Higgins hanged at Chicago, 24 Temperature in Central Northern States drops to near zero. 25 Extreme cold kills fruit in Northern States; mercury marked zero... .Coxey’s “army" marches from Massillon, 0., toward Washington. 70 strong. .. .Death of Senator Colquitt, of Georgia. 27 Death of Major Nevans, famous bandmaster. at Chicago... .Furious snow storm in Northwest. 29 Gov. Northen appoints Speaker Crisp to succeed Senator Colquitt of Georgia.... Cleveland vetoes Bland selgniorago coinage bill. 30— Four killed, many hurt, in liquor laxv not at Darlington. S. C. .. .Speaker Crlsri declines a Senatorship. .. .Peoria, 111., water tower bursts; oue killed, many hurt.... Big fires at Barry. 111., and Traer, la. 31— Four killed, many hurt, by natural gas explosion at Alexandria. Ind. .. .Borden, lud., sxvept by fire. „ „ APRIL. 2—Connellsville, Pa., coke workero strike and riot. i B—Catholic and A. P. A. riot at Kansas

City election; four kilted. 4—Prendergast sets another «tay of execution to July 2 .9 killed In riot. In <x>ke re 8 1o °-•• bill defeated. r>„. u Ven S. ,Ue<l flreworks explosion at Petersburg, U. . four killed by boiler explosion near Bourbon, Ind 9—Nine firemen killed at Davidson Theater Are, Milwaukee. .. .Six sailors lost off Massachusetts coast.... Seven men killed on logging train at New Era, Mich. 11— Thirty Inches snow at Buffalo' fearful blizzard throughout the east; many Ilves lost and vessels wrecked on the coast. 12— 11,000,000 Are In Buffalo; 13 perish. 18—David Dudley Field dies at New York. 14— Gen. H. W. Slocum dies at Brooklyn ••' £. en “'. or Vance, of North Carolina, dies at Washington.... Miss Pollard wins her suit against Congressman Breckinridge of Kentucky. ~l7—H eurv S. Ives. “Napoleon of Finance,” dies at Asheville, N. C. 20—Riots at Omaha over Kelley’s army. „21—coal miners’ strike Inaugurated.... Earthquakes in Greece kill 160. ,23— live negroes lynched for murder In Mississippi.... Death of Jesse Seligman, New York banker. 25 Contingents of Coxey’s “Commonweal Army” are marching all over the country. especially in the West; trains captured and cities closely guarded... .Federal troops recapture a train from Hogan’s army In Montana; one man killed... .Great loss of life on Ireland's coast: 26 Striking miners march on Toluca, 111. 27 Celebration at Chicago aud Galena of Grant’s birthday. 28— St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, burns; four lives 105 t... .Missouri Valley, la., marshal killed by burglars. 29 Coxey’s army reaches Washington; no demonstration. 30— Death of Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan; at Chicago, and Editor Frank Hatton at Washington... .Murderer of Missouri Valley's marshal lynched near Council Bluffs. MAY. I— Riot at Cleveland. 0....C0xey and Browne arrested while attempting to sneak from the capitol steps at Washington. .Great Northern strike ends In favor of employes. 4—Fatal riots on Mesaba Range and In Pennsylvania coke regions. 8— Coxey, Browne aud Jones are found guilty at Washlugton of disorderly conduct. ...Coal strike raises price of soft coal 100 per cent. 9 Cloudburst at Stillwater, Minn... Health officials declare Chicago sweatshops full of small-pox. * 11—Meeks family four people, murdered at Milan, Mo. 13— Talmage’s Tabernacle at Brooklyn burns for the third time: loss 52.000.000.... Thirty people burned badly at Bradford, Pa., by exploding tank car. 15— Half million loss, 180 dwellings burned and 3,000 people homeless by fire in Boston . ...G. A. R. encampment at Rockford. 111. ....Tremendous storms and cloudbursts in Northwest. I^l6— Hottest day in May, in Chicago, since 17— Five killed by cyclone at Kunkle. O. ... .Temperature drops from 85 to 35 degrees within five hours at Chicago. 18— Snow in Chicago... .Schooner Cummings and crew of nine lost at Milwaukee; nine schooners and eleven lives lost at Chicago; schooner Shupe aud six lives lost at Port Huron... .Storm most furious known In years... .Heavy snow In Northern Michigan. 19— Seven killed In a tunnel collision near Princeton. Ky.... Frost damages crops In several States. 29—Great floods on Susquehanna River.... Half million fire loss nt Philadelphia. .. .Six inches of snow at Carlisle, Ky. 24 Riots and bloodshed at Pennsylvania and Illinois coal mines. 25 Militia sent to several Illinois mining points. 39—Six killed in a wreck at Manville, Wls. ....General observance of Decoration Day exercises. 31— Tremendous floods In Pueblo. Col., and Canadian Northwest. JUNE. 3 fire at Ottumwa. la. 4 Four rioting miners killed by Indiana troops: troubles continue In Indiana, lowa and Illinois. .. .Pullman strikers sorely in need of aid. .. .One million dollar failure in St. Joseph. Mo. 5 Anarchy and riot at McKeesport, Pa. G—Fatal riots and arson near Peoria, 111. ....Rosebery’s colt Ladas wins the English Derby and £5.909. 7 Twenty Coxeyltes drowned near Brighton, Col. .. .Death of Prof. Whitney of Yale. ....Activity of troops of Illinois, Colorado and Ohio. .. .Battle at Cripple Creek, Col 8— Apparently authentic report of the death of Outlaw Bill Dalton. 9 Illinois troops called to Pana. .. .$475,009 fire loss at Dubuque, la. 10— Four strikers shot by deputies at Lemont, Pa. ll Columbus conference ends the coal strike. .. .News of death of Muley Hassan, Sultan of Morocco, aud succession of his son. 14— Death of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge at London. 15— miners killed In Austrian Silesia . ...Erastus Wlman found guilty of forgery at New York and recommended to the mercy of the court. 16— Death of William Walter Phelps, diplomat, at Englewood, N. J. 18— Troops quell riots at Mount Olive, Ill.; 100 arrests made. .. .Hottest June dav ever known in New York; many people prostrated and nine suicides because of the heat; mercury 91 degrees. 19— Great damage by wind at Chadron Neb. .. .Destructive floods in Penn Valley’ Pa.. Prussia and Austria... .Fortv-five excursionists drowned In Samara. .' .Erastus Wlman sentenced to 5% years Imprisonment 20— Gold reserve touches $64,703,047, lowest point In its history. .. .Severe windstorms in Northwest. 23 Rey el Santa Anita wins American Derby at Chicago. 24 President Carnot, of France, assassinated by an Italian. .. .Thirty-one men drown on a capsized tug off New York harbor. 25 — excitement and anger at Italians in France; cases and shops looted. 26 A. It. U. boycott on Pullman cars ties up Illinois Central. 27 Minnesota and South Dakota stormswept. .. .Railroad strike spreads rapidly.

JULY. 1— Funeral of Carnot at Paris... .Troops called to quell strikers In Illinois aud Colorado. 2 Tremendous activity shown by strikersno bloodshed yet. 3 Tariff bill passes the Senate. .. .Every road in Chicago helpless from the strike.... Prendergast, assassin, declared sane.... Bloody riot at Ironwood, Mich. 4 $1,000,000 fire loss at Hudson, Hass. 5 Seven buildings at World's Fair grounds burn. Riots In railroad yards at Chicago ....Mayor Hopkins Issues a proclamation ....Gov. Altgeld protests against Federal troops in Illinois. .. .Yacht Valkyele sunk In collision in a race. 6 Three rioters and two deputy sheriffs killed at Chicago; over 1,000 frejuht cars burned; five regiments of State temps reenforce the regulars... .Strikers completely rule the Pacific coast. 7 Bloody riots at Chicago... .Miners’ mobs loot stores at Spring Valley and Lad.f, HI. 8— Riots continue at Cbjeago; threw killed, 25 hurt by troops and deputies. o—Two women aud one man killed by wild firing of militia at Grape t.reek, 111. .. .Strike extends to Toledo. 10— Debs indicted for conspiracy. 11— Thousands join the sympathetic strike ....Four soldiers killed in a wreck in California. 12— Reports of over a hundred killed in earthquake in Turkey. ... President Cleveland decides to appoint arbitrators for strikes. 13— Big strike declared off; A. R. U. defeated... .Prendergast hanged at Chicago ... .Murderous riots at Sacramento, Cal. 16— Four soldiers killed, tnjny people hurt, by exploding caisson at Chicago. ... Race war in Alabama results in killing 7 negroes. 17— Eight miners killed by dynamite at Stockton, Pa. .. .Debs aud his associates sent to jail for contempt. IV—Fires; $500,000 at Minneapolis; $250,000 at El Paso, 111... .Tariff conference committees disagree. 23 Three killed on the Big Four and 7 on the Texas Pacific l>y wrecks. 25 Car barns at Washington burn; $500,000 loss, three firemen killed. 26 War declared between Chinn and Japan.... Day of tremendous heat all over the West: immense damage to crops. 27 — M.any towns in Northern Wisconsin destroyed by forest fires... .Continuance of tremendous heat in Northwest. 28— Phillips, Wis., burned; $1,350,000 loss, 13 people perish. .. .$500,000 fire at Belle Plaine, and $160,000 at Brooklyn, 1a.... Drouth lu Illinois and lowa broken. 30—Half million fire loss in Minneapolis. Jl—Japanese sink China’s finest warship, capture two cruisers, and kills 2,000 men. ... Continuation of fearful heat and drouth in lu Northwest. AUGUST. 1— $2,500,000 fire lu Chicago lumber district; three lives 105 t... .Death of Judge Holt, famous jurist and Buchanan’s Secretary of War, at Washington. 2 Two fires in Chicago do $357,000 damage. 3 Japs defeat Chinese with 2,000 slaughtered. .. .Carnot's assassin sentenced to death at Paris. s—Ex-Gov. Blair,of Michigan,dies. .. .Railroad strike declared off in Chicago. 7—Panic on Chicago Board of Trade caused by drought; corn reaches 60 cents, overselling wheat. .. .Centennial of Wayne’s victory celebrated at Defiance, O. I)—Fourteen lives lost in wreck on Rock Island near Lincoln, Neb... .Vaccination riot at Milwaukee... .Corn crop outlook growing darker. 13—House adopts Senate’s tariff schedule ....Corn still shows remarkable firmness in market; crop prospects growing worse. 15 —Santo executed at Lyons, France. 18— Newsof battlefrom the Orient; Chinese defeated, 2,O<X) slain... .Crop prospects improved by rain. 21—5400,000 fire in Cincinnati.... Sixty-six houses burned in Beeville, Tex.... Bight men drowned in a yncht race at St. Johns, N. 8....G0v. Altgeld asks public aid for starving Pullmanltes. 24 Thirty-seven miners killed near Franklin, Wash.; two at Ashland, Pa.; four at Creede, Colo.

25 Chase and capture of Gordon and Lake, Chicago train robbers and murderers.. .1.000 people jierish In cyclone on east shore of Sea of Azov. 26 John Newell, president L. R. 4 M. 8. Ry., dies at Youngstown, 0... .Lake navigation greatly hindered by smoke from Michigan forest fires, 27 New tariff becomes a law without President Cleveland’s signature.... Many lake vessels stranded because of smoke from Michigan forest fires. 28— Congress adjourns; universal rejoicing ....Enormous customs receipts throughout the country, because of lower tariffs. 31—A thousand Chinamen perish In a Are at Hong Kong. ...Many people killed at Uvalde, Texas, by cloudburst and earthquake. SEPTEMBER. I— Over 709 people perish, six towns destroyed. In Northern Minnesota, by forest fires; property loss several millions... .Six negroes lynched In Tennessee for barnburning. 3 Rains check forest fires... .Tremendous rain fall In Chicago... .Labor day generally observed. 4 Fires renewed in northern pine woods ....St. Paul raises SIO,OOO, Duluth $9,500 and other cities various smaller amounts for forest fire sufferers; Actor Irving, of England, cables SSOO for same purpose. 6 Robert J. paces a mile at Indianapolis In three heats average 2:03 2-3; both rec-ord-breakers. 10—Maine gives 37,000 Republican major!- ; ty. ll G. A. R. encampment at Pittsburg. 15—Owens defeats Breckinridge In Ash- I land, Ky., district. 17— News of Japan’s success in decisive I battle at Ping Yang, Corea... .Destructive cyclone in Oklahoma. 18— Abortive attempt to rob Santa Fe train i at Gorin, Mo.; one robber fatally hurt, one I captured. ...New York Republicans noml- ! nate Morton... .Chinese aud Japs sink three I ships each. 19— Alix trots in 2:03% at Galesburg. 21—Over 80 Ilves lost in a cyclone In lowa ■ and Minnesota. ~ .Madame Fursch-Mahdl, | renowned singer, dies at Warrenville, N. J. 23--51,500,000 fire lu Portland, O'C. 26—Steamer Ohio and schooner Ironton I collide off Presque Isle, Mich., aud sink: five I lives 105 t.... Five sailors drown by sinking of schooner Wm. Home off Manistique.... ; New York Democrats nominate David B. ‘ Hill.

OCTOBER. 2 Little Rock wrecked by a cyclone.... Special meeting of British Cabinet called. 3 Death of Prof. David Swing of Chicago ~. .Flurry of snow in Chicago. 5 Six men killed in a fire at Detroit. 7—Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Massachusetts, and Ex-Gov. A. G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania. 10—Terrific storm on the Atlantic eoast; over 250 lives 105 t.... Nine killed by falling building In New York. 12—Train robbers in California and Virginia get $100,900. 17—Two killed, ten wounded by militia repelling attempt at lynching at Washington Courthouse, Onio. 20—Death of Historian James Anthony Fronde at London. 24—Four Nebraska counties swept by fire; many lives lost and thousands of cattle nerish. AD CHRON 27 Sixteen perish lu a boarding-house Are at Seattle, Wash. 28— $500,000 loss In freight-house Are at East St. Louis. .. .Three killed by dvnamlte in a boarding-house at Laurel Run,'Pa.... 'three killed at Lima, 0., and three at Corydon, Pa., In wrecks. .. .Steamer Wairapa and 112 lives lost off New Zealand. 30—Seven perish by fire at New York. NOVEMBER. 1— Czar of Russia dies. 2 Earthquake destroys New Hebrides towns. 6 Something dropped in political circles. I 7 Six killed in a B. & O. wreck. 8— Death of Mike Kelly, famous ball player. 10—Tremendous storms on lakes and In 1 Eastern States. , 11—Death of Rufus Ramsey, Treasurer of > Ilinols. 12— $500,000 fire at New Orleans.... ' Lynching of the son of Bob Younger, the outlaw, and another alleged murderer, at : Floyd. La. 13— Issue of $50,000,000 U. S. bonds order- I ed.... Gen. Cassius M. Clay, aged 84, mar- 1 ries bis ward. Dora Richardson, aged 15, at i Lexington, Ky.... Death of Charles E. i Strong, general manager Chicago Newspaper Union. 14— Nows of slaughter of 10,000 Armenians by Turks. 16— Death of Dr. Jas. McCosh, ex-President j of Princeton College. ... Robt. C. Winthrop: dies In Boston. 17— Ives defeats Schaefer at billiards.... | Turks slaughter 2,000 more Armenians in | their religious war... .Earthquake in Italy kills scores. 20—Seven killed by explosion In a West Virginia mine... .Death of Rubenstein, the composer, at London. .. .$1,000,000 bank failure at Portland, Ore. 22—China makes overtures of peace to Japan; Port Arthur falls. .. .Gen. Booth.of Salvation Army, received by 4,000 people at Chicago. .. .New York banks take all of the $50,000,000 bond Issue. 24—Discovery of robbery of Shoe and Leather Bank, New York; amount, $350,000 ....Yale wins at football from Harvard, Ann Arbor from Cornell. 27 Czar Nicholas and Princess Alix mar rled at St. Petersburg. .. .Syndicate pays 117.077 for entire issue of bonds. , 28— tire at Toledo, 0... .$190,000 loss by burning of coal shaft nt Spring Vai- , ley. 111... .Tremendous sensation in China, I caused by petition to Impeach LI Hung ' Chang. 29 Ann Arbor wins at football from Chi- I cago University.

DECEMBER. 3 Congress re-assenibles. .. .Kolb has himself sworn In as Governor of Alabama; no disturbance. 4 $275,000 Are in New York, $175,000 in Omaha. 6 Bandits secure SIOO,OOO in a Texas Pacldc hold-up. 7 Horrible murder of Alfred D. Batnes in Chicago... .Death of De Lesseps at Paris ....Elopement of Rev. Hauey and Mrs. Brandt, of Chicago. 8— Death of Robt. Louis Stevenson In Samoa. 10—Capture In Chicago of Seeley, the New York bank embezzler... .Two killed, 20 hurt in a Chicago street railway tunnel wreck... .Henry Spragg, a farmer near Hamilton, Mo., kills his wife, three children and himself while Insane. 12— Death of Sir John Thompson, Canadian Prime Minister... .Death of John Worthy, Chicago capitalist. 13— Civil war in Peru... .Meadowcroft Bros., Chicago bankers, convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to one year In prison. 14— E. V. Debs, A. R. U. strike leader, convicted of contempt of court at Chicago; six months’ imprisonment.... Van Leuven, pension swindler, convicted at Dubuque... .Alleged lynchers acquitted at Memphis. 16—Council Bluffs bank clerk wounds two detectives and kills himself. 18—Bell Telephone Co. defeated by Government... .Five killed in boiler explosion at Bay City, Mich. 29—Jones County. la., calf case settled after 16 years of litigation. 21—Capt. Scmittberger, of the New York police makes full confession before Lexow committee, implicating many high In authority. .