Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1896 — REVIEW OF THE YEAR [ARTICLE]

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. r- Tx. r Month of May Most by Its List of Appalling Disasters and Natural Catastrophes by Land and Sea—Record of Fires and Crimes. A Backward Glance. Following is a chronological record bf the most importa-nt events of the past twelve months: May, 1896, will be remembered as a month of disaster. On the 3d twelve perkons were killed by an explosion in Cincinnati; on the 15th, 120 by a cyclone in Texas; on the 17th, 33 by cyclones in Kentucky and Kansas; oa the 18th, 44 by” a cyclone in Nebraska; on the 21st, 10 by a cyclone in Oklahoma; on the 22d, 5 by a cyclone in Missouri; on the 24th. 40 by a cyclone in Iowa; on the 25th, 86 by cyclones in Michigan an l d Oklahoma and 40 by a cloudburst at McGregor, lou/apaad - oh the 2Gth, 12 by a, storm at, Cairo and between 75 and 100 by the fall of a bridge at Victoria, B. C. Otherwise the record is net out of the or* ' dinary. January. l’. President names Venezuelan commission. ~ .British ship Jeannette Cowan wrecked on Vancouver Island; 12 men perish. 2. Six members of Hibbard family die by fire at Columbus. Ohio. .. .Four killed, 32 hurt, by exploding fireworks at St. Louis, Mo. ....British, force—under Dr. Jameson attempts seizure of territory in Transvaal, South Africa, and is cut to pieces and cap--tured by Boers; British Government disavows his invasion.... Earthquake in Persia destroys village of Jaajabad and 'kills 300 people. 4. Cubans Invest the cRy of, Havana.... United States insists on indemnity from Turkey for plundered mlssjons... .Six killed in a wreck near Ckiliicotke, 0hi0... .Utah a State. 5. Carlisle offers 5i00.000.000 popular loan ... .Second Persian earthquake, destroys city of Gol and kills 800 people. 0. Report that Havana is fallen: not confirmed. .. .Four miners killed in a Shainokin, Pa., shaft... .Tremeridctus prairie fires in Western Kansas. U. War fever high In, England... .Transvaal demands independence and indemnity for Jameson's raid. .. .Report ms alliance of Germany, France and Russia against England to -sustain the Boers,

12. Peter Hougaard, of Chicago, kills his wife, five children and hithself by asphyxiation, 13. S|ultan forbids Red Cross Society to enter. bis- domains. 14. Forakef/Chosen Senator from Ohio. 15. Government victorious in Manitoba elections. 1. .Severe fighting about Havana ....Allison chosen Senator from. 10wa.... Bond syndica-te dissolves; popular loan, assured, 10. Chicago gets Chicago National Pemo-i cratic .Conyont'ligw ' 17. Announcement of Harrlsqn-Dimmick engagement... .Campos relieved 'of Spanish command In Cuba. .. .Death of Frank Lawleyr of Chicago. —2l. Five firemen killed by falling walls at St. Louis; three people killed by gas explosion at New Haven, Conn.; two at Redkey, Ind.. .. .Death of Gen. Tom Ewing at t New York.... Red Cross delegation starts for Turkey. , 25. American Liner St. Paul ashore at Long Branch. 20. Cuban filibustering steamer Hawkins sinks; 53 lost. 27. Fifty-four Welsh miners killed by explosion... .B’eud at l’alon, owa, ends in two deaths. 30. Five killed,/ 20 hurt, by exploding boiler at Hollidaysliurg, l’a. 31, Salisbury eoucedes justice of Monroe doctrine and declares England’s Inability to -suppress Armenian —outrages...: Murder of Pearl Bryan at Fort Thomas, Ky. February. 1. Seriate passes silver .bond bill. 2. $2,000,000 fire loss in Philadelphia.... Tremendous snowstorm in Northwest. « 5.‘ Richard Klatke kills Jiis father, mother, wife, three children gud himself at Chicago; despondent... .Bond bids aggregate $508,000,000, at a figure exceeding 110. 0. ‘.Three killed in Pollsh-HUngarian riot at Whiting, Ind.>. .Terrific storm sweeps Atlantic coast; Morristown, N. J., inundated by bursting dam; Bound Brook wiped out by flood and , fife; many lives lost. Immense prnpej.tv. iri'/itJnve/L Bridge near Bristol. Conn., swept,a way, drowning eleven workmen. - - 7. ©oath of W. -H. English at Indianapolis. 8. Publisher Dunlop, of Chicago Dispatch, sentenced to two years aud to pay $2,0(j0 foe, circulating obscene- matter. Mass. 14. Grant Atterhury lynched at Sullivan, 111. 17. Twenty die in a factory-fire at Troy, N. Y. 18. Sixty miners killed at Newcastle, C 010... ,Itain of mud in Chicago. lit. Bill Xye stricken by paralysis.... Mercury below zero all day at Chicago; three die of exposure,.. .Clothing cutters at Clilcago strike.... DyriarniteTat Johannesburg. South—Atriea-,-kills-scores: lire at :t-mjtsked-bn’! in Lisbon, Portugal, kills fifty atteudwhips Maher-,n V minute 35 seconds. ...Commander and Mrs. Bdliiugton Booth removed from command of Salvation Army in America. 22. Death of "1)111” Nye. 23. lialltugton Booth revolts, against his retirement In Salvation Army».. .Seven people die in a Baltimore fire. 27; —New York Yacht Club expels Lord Dunraven. 2S. Senate passes resolution to recognize •Cuba. —— — ■ '• , 2!). -51,000.000 fire in Halifax.... Riots' in 'Barcelona', Spain, unon receipt of news Of action of Congress; American Consulate attacked. • ", “ March. * 1. Great floods in New England. 3. Rome in a rage because of slaughter of 3,000 Italian soldiers In battle in Abyssinia. 4. Renewed anti-American demonstration in Madrid... .All Italy in an uproar over Abyssinian defeat.. , .$200,000 fire at Johnstown, l’a. 14. Albert Wallace hanged at Pekin. 111. 16. Frankfort. Ky., under martial law. 18. Five killed by powaer explosion at Ripton. X. Y. 23. Thirteen inlners killed at Dubois, Pa., by explosion,.. .Death of Thomas Hughes, ■ author, at London,... Riot at Holland Mich., otfer horsewhipping of a sensational newspaper correspondent. 28. $400,0W1 fire-at Louisville. Ky. . , .Illinois Supreme Court confirms imprisonment sentence of Bankers Meadowvroft. 211. i'oknown man kills Alvin M. Stone and wife, and wounds three daughters, near Akroii, Ohio; cause unknown... .Four die by fire in New York. ••-■ 31. Storms in the Northwest... .Report of - e-ieeuth-ii -ity- gierrote- of- live -Luluirt- ut iia. vnua.. . .Opening of lake 1 navigation.

April. 1. Ten die by fire in a Brooklyn tenement ... .Trains on 15. &O. and Frisco roads field dp. . . .t"ni>niiß capture Santa t-larn. • - 6. Wedding of Gen. Harrison and Mrs. Dlinmick. 7. Chleafco elections retire 21 boodle aidermen. 10. S. 15. Minohell kills W. B. O. Sands, his own wife and three children, and himself at Pentwater. Mich. 13. S.ix killed by falling trestle at Bedford, Ind. . ..President Cleveland appoints Fltzhugh Lee Consul General to Cuba.... Greater New York bill vetoed. :T/Democrats observe-Jefferson Day. 14. J. W. Lehman, of Chicago, kills himselLand three children... .*1,000,000 fire at New York;.. .$250,000 fire at- Fairbury. l|l. lb. -FUst fatal sunstroke of the year at Philadelphia.. . .Phenomenal hot wave prevails. 10. Base-hall season opens.,.. Temperature reaches SS degrees at Chicago, breaking all records for 3YP r 311). Nine sailors drown off Long slnnd. 2l! 15arou Illrseh, millionaire Jewish phll- ' a'utDToplst. 'meß'WffiSgT™T Leon Say, distinguished French political economist, dlos_at Parts. .55. ’At Rockvltte, Ind., Albert Egbert kills five people without cause, anil commits suicide; his "sick sister dies from shock.... $1.000,0-)0 incendiary fire loss at Cripple Creek, Colo. /.' .Ten killed and twenty hurt In Kansas, and three killed'in Virginia, by cyclones. . • • ” —, 27. Fatal storms In South Dakota. .. .Bperg pass sentence of death upon leaders Of the Transvaal insurrection;: President Krueger commutes sentence. . 29. . Second fire at Cripple 'Creek, Colo., does $1,500,000 damage and wipes out the town; " . •* 30. Illinois' Republican convention declares for McKinley. ' Mny. . 3. Fearful loss of life by explosion of a gas generator at Cincinnati,' nearly fifty hurt. 5. Street oar'strike In Milwaukee. 6. Cleveland's sweeping clrfl service order protects 30,000 office-holders. . t 8. Many points record temperature of 90 degrees. 9. L’Anse. Mich., has $750,000 (fire... .Ashlaud. Wig., loses half a million by fire.... Continued excessive heat. • j .

11. Eleven trilled by explosion of boiler of rafting steamer'Harry Brown, at Vicksburg, Miss. ' •' A **;■ ■* 14. Bold bank robbery at Buffalo, N.'Y.. .* Big wlndstormifat Chicago,.. .Methodists retire Bishops Foster and Bowman. - 15. Eighty killed by cyclone at Sherman, Sexas,'. . 17. ♦Great loss of life and.property by cyclones In Kansas. .. .Five sailors drown off Qrosse Point, 111....81ue Island, .111., lifeswept. .. .$300,000 Are at Atlanta, ©a. * 18. Nebraska, cyclone kills 44. 24. Oklahoma cyclone kills ten. 22. Missouri cyclone kills five. 24. Four of Otto Malm’s family die by gasoline fire at Chicago... .Cyclone In Polk and Jasper Counties, lowa, kills a score of people and does' tremendous damage; Chicago and suburbs also suffer. ■25. Over 100 killed by cyclone In Michigan ... .Forty die at McGregor, lowa, In a cloud: ' bu rst. - gcss o 26. One hundred killed In street-car disaster at Victoria, B. C... .James Dunham murders six people at San Jose, Cal... .OWir of Russia icrowned... .Cairo, 111., storm 'kills twelve. 27. St. Louis, East St. Louis and several Missouri towns swept by one of the most destructive cyclones In the world's history; 1,000 reported dead. 30. Two thousand Russians killed In a panic at Moscow. ..’.Eighteen people die In a cyclone at SeHeca, Mo. > — ~ June. 5. Excessive heat In Northwest. 6. Anarchist bomb In' Barcelona kills 7 and wounds 4. 13. Death of ex-Gov. Felch of Michigan. 16. Earthquake In Japan kills thousands ... .-Republican coirventiqn'in St. Lents.... Steamer Drummond and 240 lives lost off France. 18. Ten thousand lives lost by earthquake and tidal wave In Japan... .McKinley nominated at -St. Louis... .Silver men bolt the convention... .Ten killed by exploding yacht boiler at Little Falls, N. Y. 22. Five killed by collapsing building at San Francisco... .Death of B. H. Bristow, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, at New York. 28. One hundred miners burled at Pittston. Pa Six drown in Shawano Lake, Wis. - - July- i Y. Death of Harriet Beecher Stofve. 7. Democratic convention at Chicago,... Yale beaten at Henley. ■ 8. Christian Endeavorers asseidble at Washington. 10. Chicago convention nominates Bryan. 11. Twenty-eight killed in wreck at Logan, 10wa... .$1,750 hold-up at noon In Chicago. .. .s3oo,(io<i fire at Nashville, Tenn. 12. Five killed in week at Chicago,,, .Four drowned at Lawrence, Ivan. 13. Half million fire loss at St. Louis.... Intense heat at Chicago. 14. Hot wave sweeps the country! 94, degrees at. Chicago. .... - 15. Temperature drops 36 degrees at Chicago.!. .Twenty-eight drowned at Cleveland, Ohio. 18. Three lives and half a million In property lost by 1 fire at Chicago car barns.... Malvern, Ark., razed by Incendiary fire. 24. Twenty-six drowned by cloudburst In Colorado... .Serious floods in Ohio and Pennsylvania, , 25. PoanUsts ht St. Louis nominate Bryan and Watson. 27. Eleven die In a Pennsylvania cloudburst, near Pittsburg. 28. Indiana gas belt swept fiy floods; three killed,at Anderson. 30. Fifty killed In railroad wreck at Jcfsey City, N. J. Angnst.

4. Failure of Moore Bros., Chicago, Diamond Match brokers, for $4,000,000. ?. .Phenomenal heat in Western, Centra! and Middle Northern States. 5. 6, 7. Continuance of killing heat.... Conference, of National Democratic party at Indianapolis. 9. Furious heat Increases; 72 deaths from sunstroke In New York and Brooklyn; 19 at, Chicago; similar reports from all quarters.... Seven killed by trolley accident at Columbia. Pa. 10. One hundred and eighty people die of heat In New York and Brooklyn; 60 at Chicago; 12 at St. Louis. 12. Cool wave. .. .Thirty die' In a Pennsylvania cloudburst. .. .Seven killed by bolter explosion near Alliance, Ohio. - , 16. Undertakers and cemeteries in New Work overwhelmed with business; hundreds of .funerals postponed; heat the cause. 17. Death of Abigail Dodge (Gall Hamilton) at Hamilton, Mass. 18. Death of Nicholas Crouch, author of “Kathleen Mavourneen.” 25, Wldtney-Vanderbllt wedding... .Ontonagon, }fioh.. destroyed by fire... .National Democratic State Convention Of Illinois nominates John C. ((lack for Governor. September. 1. Twelve killed by powder-house explosion at San Francisco. 3. Gold Democrats at Indianapolis nominate Palmer and Buckner... .Slight frost, in -Northwests- ■— — J — * 6. Eleven firemen killed at Benton Harbor, Mich... .Two men lynched at Glencoe, Minn. 8. Six of a coaching party killed near Warsaw, Ind... .Family of four killed at crossing at Oshkosh, Wis. --- -- 19. Cyclone at Paris. ..“.Terrific storm on Atlantic coast. 19. Tremendous storm in the East.... British {roops capture Dongola and rout dervishes In Egypt... .Riot In Leadville; four killed. 23. Leadville under martial law. 27. Mount Holyoke College burns at South Hadley. Mass. 29. Many Southern cities wrecked by storm ;..grcn t !ife-aiul property -hiss In Blog*. Ida, Georgia and Pennsylvania. October. 1, 8. lowa semi-centennial jubileq., Death of Du Maurier, tile novelist. 9. Chicago Day celebration. 10. Two bank robbers killed at Sherbourne, Minn.! 14. Meeker. 'Col., citizens kill three bank robbers, and bold a celebration over.it.

13. Flight of W. T. Rambuscli, from Juneau, Wis., after embezzling oyer $200,000' during long term of years. 10. First snow in Northern Wisconsin. 17. First snow in Chicago... .$150,000 fire at Holland, Mich. 18. Death of Henry p. Abbey, theatrical manager, at New York. : ' ' 'V:' 25. Fight killed, 20 hurt, in wreck aF St. iLouis. .. .Six drown while boating at Denvat. • '■ ■ " 20. $1,200,000 elevator fire at Chicago. 28. 29. Mercury at Chicago reaches 78 degrees. .. .Cyclones in the Souti and Oklahoma. November. 3. McKinley elected President. 5. Storhi of sleet and ''snow in Northwest and Middle States. ’ 7. Schooner Waukesha and six men lost off Muskegon, Mich. 16. Mercury'registered 70 degrees at Chicago. 1 fw ' HI. Death of Mrs. Slddons at Paris. 21. Steamer San Benito and five men lost off California coast... .Death ,of Inventor Ferris of wheel fame. 23. Death of Campaninl, the tenor, at Parma. Italy. .. .Mabley & Co., Detroit, fall. 26. W (first Neyetnber blizzard ever known In Northwest; roads blocked and much stock killed- •• .Apparently authentic ' report, of Weyler’s 'rout in Cuba, with loss of 3,000 men. •27, 28, 29. 30. Continued severe cold in West and North. December. 2. 3, 4. Alarming ice gorge In Chippewa Valley. Wisconsin. 6. Strong indications that Cuban insurgents will be successful; Weyler fails In his campaign in l’ihar del Ri0.... Five killed In collision at Waelder, Texas. 7. Congress In session.. Reported death of Maceo, the Cuban Insurgent general. 9 Loss of North German Lloyd steamer Sailer with 275 people, off Spain. 11. CoHapsed building at Jeres, Spain, kills 100. ...Mine disaster at Hedges, Cal., kills eight. 16. Tremendous snowstorm at New York City, accompanied by extreme cold; three people perish... .Chloago-hits mild temperature; no snow, and sunny skies. ... Widespread agitation looking, toward aid of Cuban insurgents. 17. England shaken by an earthquake..,. $500,000 Are at Pittsburg... .Death of Herrmann,'the piagiclan. 21. National Bank of Illinois at Chicago closes. 22. Three banks dragged down by Illinois Xpilonal. . . .Two“ St. Paul banks fa 11... .Cash wheat at Chicago reaches 80% after three of ....A/Xpjuic&y. and market continues strong.