Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-31

January the Western Union Office at st. Louis
was destroyed by fire. On the 18th an ssoo, 600
fire occurred IN an elevator at Baltimore,
while at the same time fierce storms were doing
great damage in different portions of the
country. In the west many lives were lost and
thousands Of cattle perished through these
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fHR TRACY FIRE.
On February occurred disastrous IRE at the
residence Of Secretary Tracy at Washington.
Not only was the handsome home destroyed,
but the wife and daughter of the Secretary, as
well as maid servant, lost their lives in the
flames. Secretary Tracy himself was carried
from the house in an unconscious condition.
On February $50 lives were lost by an ex-
plosion in a Welsh mine, while on the Esd the
suited in 40 deaths The world was Mortified
on March to hear of the sinking of the British
steamer Quetta in the Torres straits with 200
souls on board. March will also be remembered
for disastrous floods along the Mississippi by
which many lives were lost and tremendous
material damage done.
LOUISVILLE TORNADO.
On March q a tornado in Louisville, Ky.
demolished all the buildings within track Of
five blocks wide and three miles long, causing
loss of 100 lives, millions of property and in
juring a great many people. In April the
floods on the Mississippi were intensified. many
levees giving way. April was also marked by q
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storm in Baltimore, which broke l00, 900 panes
OF glass.
On May 26 Salt Creek, Tex. was wrecked by
cyclone and on the same day $500 were
thrown out of employment by the burning OF
the Singer sewing machine works
THE TONGUE PoINTE HORROR.
May will be also remembered for the horri-
BILE fire at the Tongue Pointe Insane Asylum,
where over 100 persons persisted miserably in
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astrous storms in the west, while in the same
month thousands of persons persisted miserably
in the Soudan from starvation.
On May 80 train fell through bridge at
Oakland, Cal, and twenty-nine persons were
drowned. June 16 was marked by the killing
OF forty miners by fire damp in the Hill Farm
mine in Pennsylvania. During June the cholera
spread to an alarming extent in Spain. On
June % Fort de France, Martinique, was burned
and 5000 people were left homeless. On the
9th Carlton, Wyo, was burned, and on the
30th the Bradley distillery works at Louisville
suffered like fate. Fires continued to rage
during July, and portion of Troy, Ala, went
up in smoke.
THE LAKE PEPIN DISASTER.
On July IS occurred terrible tornado in
Minnesota. Damage was done and lives lost in
every direction WHILE as a eliminating horror,
an excursion steamer was sunk on Lake Pepin
and 200 persons were drowned. On the 14th q
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property.
The Western Union telegraph Office in New
York was burned on July 49, while on the 26th
New England was visited by her first cyclone
and South Lawrence was almost destroyed On
the 30th Seneca Falls, MY, enjoyed 500. 600
fire, while on the same day France saw ninety
eight deaths from fire damp at st. Etienne.
During August cholera ragged III Mecca while
on the 10Th an accident on the Old Colony road
resulted i'll fifteen deaths. The 18th was also
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On August 26 irc destroyed Tokay in Hungary.
Brooklyn lost the Wallabout market on Sep
TENDER by fire, and on the 4th thirty persons
were drowned by the collapse of a bridge a !.
Prague. A premature blast at Spokane Falls,
WASH, killed eighteen men on September 6.
HEADING ACCIDENT.
On September 10 an express train on the
Reading road near Shoemakerville ran into
wreck and was thrown down an embankment
killed and over fifty injured. The 10Th was
also marked by another terrible accident. The
Turkish man-Of-war ErtOgroul foundered at
sea and 500 lives were lost.
On October a fire at Sydney. N.S.W., caused
loss of 81, 500. 600. On the 10th the Leland
House at Syracuse was burned and five lives
lost. On the oath fire in East Pepperhill. Mass,
did S300, 900 damage. Six hundred and fifty
thousand dollars was the loss by fire in Mobile,
Ala, on October Is. On October 80 the steamer
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into by the schooner Cornelius Hargraye off
Barnegat and eighty persons were drowned.
On November II train went through bridge
at Kaw river, Kan, ard ten lives were lost.
Rig fire in London ragged December %.
THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE.
The world has probably been no better and
no worse during the past twelve months than
any other twelve months of its existence.
Crimes have been committed and gone un-
punished and crimes have been punished. Mrs.
Southworth, who startled New York by shooting
Stephen Pettus on the street. died in prison on
January7. During January the murder of
Mrs. Kniffen in Trenton created wide spread
attention Her husband and niece were ar
rested charged with the crime, but were sub
sequently released.
On January II NJ. SolOtonchine. chief of the
Russian police, was shot and killed by a female
nihilist. who afterward committed suicide
Two men on January 81 held up "a train on the
Southern Pacific and secured $4,000.
THE TAULBEE SHOOTING.
On the I'd Of February Charles Kincaid,
young newspaper man, shot ex-Congressman
Taulbee of Kentucky. The shooting took place
in the Capitol at Washington. Taulbee lived
for several days, but died at Providence
Hospital. Kincaid has been released on bail.
In March the jury found Sheriff Flack of
New York city guilty of conspiracy.
March also witnessed the discovery of defalca-
tons by State Treasurer Stevenson Archer of
Maryland, amounting to over 100000. On
July Archer pleaded guilty in Baltimore and
was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
On June Fl the director and auditor of the
Sea Beach railroad were arrested on the charge
of overissuing stock. On June 80 x-Treasurer
Hemenway Of Mississippi was convicted of de-
falcation.
EYRAUD, THE STRANGLER.
July saw the confession of Eyraud, who had
been arrested in this country, of the murder in
Paris of Gouffe the notary. Eyraud and his
mistress. Mile. Bompard. had strangled Gouffe
Eyraud later attempted suicide, but was unsuc-
cessful. In December the two murderers were
tried in Paris and the trial was exciting
fenced to death and his accomplish to impris-
onment for twenty years.
DOODLE ALDERMEN.
Mighty Is the Doodle New York alderman, and
his ways are mysterious. During the past year
nearly all the aldermen who had fed to Canada
have returned and been released OH bail. Ex-
Alderman Duffy, who turned states evidence
has entered suit against John Keenan, for bride
money, which. he claims. was withheld
August was marked by the holding ND of
the limited Kansas City express by seven men,
who escaped with SO, 900.
THE TRAIN wREcKERs.
September s q dastardly attempt was made to
wreck the Montreal sleeper on the New York
Central road. The train was loaded down with
passengers and was derailed by distractions
placed on the track near Greenbush and almost
| miraculOusly no one was seriously hurt The