Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-12-26

Jan. 23-At Wheeling. ". Va. Buckeye
glass works started by n~ou-union men.
Jan 2ABuilding trades counc of st
Louis adopt new constitution abolShfDg
the walking delegate. declaring strikes a
~tration the only method of settling strikes.
Jan. so-At Brooklyn. n. " militia with
Feb. PAT Brooklyn, n. Y. trolley strike
declared OFF. companies agreeing to take
Feb. l4-At Wheeling. W. Va. strikers
destroy Buckeye glass factory with dyna-
Feb. 2G-At NIonongahela City, Pa. river
miners decide to strike for old 69-cent
Mar. Gin Pittsburgh district many coal
operators concede advance in wage scale
as App. s g frr'f FiaEt trtief Coal region eva.)i
May I-Massillon (ol. district miners CO.
s0) suspend work until wage scale for en-
III year Is s mage f.o,, ana ns s,ghen aOoo men idle
on account of hod-carriers' and brickyard
employees strike.
wages of 25,OO0 men 10 per cent.
May 24-Pittsburgh (fa.) miners cocoon
return turn i 70 Worf P% # sgasTgh rat Union Labor
League. Of western Pennsylvania. organ
lied; object. to establish S-hour day and
Jun 5-Ohio coal miners accept operat-
| ors' terms of 81 cents per ton;
Jun ls-Iowa operators decide upon lock.
out of Mine-Workers' union men ana those
~ Jnl. hsg7yyeNeeWs York city taiiors strike for
hi ihis 2S w9gsiS rsa s sh9s' EXTENDS to Brook
Aug. at Pittsburgh. contemplated
| g+rttxn StoDnad nv, "a srraemert to raise wages
/ of 100, 900 miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
| Indiana and Illinois,
works decide to strike for wage advance.
| Sep. l9-Nichigan iron ore miners return
to work at rate offered weeks ago by OPP
Oct. i5-At Clearheld, Pa. miners de-
cid on general strike in central ana north
Oct. seIMassillon Co) miners vote forde-
Nov. TAT whitinsville. Mass. 100
had refused to discharge 4 Turks
Dec: 1snAt New Y ood ,, Bro9 ,acEaa ana
EVERY street car line in philadelphia
but one tied up by strike of employees for
shorter hours and privilege of belonging
Dec. i7-over 500 cars wrecked by Phila-
Bee. 2eNAt Philadelphia. Union Traction.
Co. offers 70 arbttrate its differences with
employees.
Jan. EThree horsethieves near Canton
ment. I. John r. Bergeron at Idaiia.
Mar. 2s-Negro, who insisted upon riding
in a wagon with 3 white women, at Jack
Apr. a-Five colored persons near Green
May 1S-Jeride, Shivers (colored), near
M Mont 0nsn Y4s,a A 1,1is. assaul m,;r ;Tnr re- Miss ne,
A May 2 H1nsasSf Henson, a sentence to
hang for murder, at Ellicott City. Md.
May 2a-Three negroes in Polk county
Jun, 24-John Frye (white). at Gretna,
Jul. Two strangers near Guthrie, o. T.;
Jul. i5@Ira johnson lcolored). at Green
vile, S. G.: murder. Bob Huggard (mu-
latto), at Winchester, KY: suspected OF as
sault. but sfterwsrds proved o,oId i5no C. snm-
merville, Ark; murder. Three cattle
thieves. near Chamberlain, s. D,
mines. near birmingham. Ala. 2 sherifrs
and 9 negroes were Killed. and George Hill
and Charles Jenkins (colored lynched.
Bedderly brothers, by vigilance committee,
IN Buffalo county, s. D..
Aug. 26-Lawrence Johnson. William
Null, Louis Moreno and Garland Stemler.
at Yreka, Cal; murder; latter 2 afterwards
proved innocent. i. Harrison Lewis (negro),
Oct. T-Wflliam Blake (sentcnced to life
imprisonment, at Hampton. S. G; murder.
burg. Tenn: murder. An innocent negro
ing a little white girl by riding horse over
Nov. 2s-Prof. Perdue (white). at Alley.
Ca; charged with assault: John Rich
Greenwood, S, G; robbery and murder.
Jack marlborough (sentenced to peniten-
tiary for life), at Crystal Springs, Miss:
i! Dec. SIsom Kearse (negro) and aged
mother, near Broxton Ford, S. G.; kearse
was suspected OF stealing Bible from a
| church.
Ala: charged with incendiarism.
il METEOROLOGICAL.
Feb. Cat White River. VT. thermom-
eter at 65 below: Lake ChampIain frozeE
Feb. Sat Portland, Ore, and Tacoma,
earthquake. A st. Louis. earthquake.
Mar. 27-At Jefferson, Ia, thermometer
at 80 in the shade.
Apr. 2-Lewisburg, Ky, nearly wiped out
I May S-Deadly cyclone at Sioux Center
and Perkins, la.
May 6-At Harrington. Kan, a cloud
May 1S-severe frosts injure crops in
Minnesota, Iowa. Wisconsin,. Michigan,
s svfRaniia 1 Rirsili. o ana tv NsG rs aSihi Fehh
Jun. 15-Part of Grayson county, Tex,
Jun. 27-At Keysvilie. Ga. every house
wrecked by cyclone.
Jun. 2s-Near Lenoir City, Tenn, cloud
Jul. e-winona, Mo. wiped out by cloud
burst. North Dakota's storm damages
10000 acres of grain Canton, Kan,
every building wrecked by cyclone.
Jul. Sat Springfield, Mo. earthquake.
Jul; Slice forms in Iowa, South Dakota
and WISCONSIN.
u 20-Deer Creek. Mimi, destroyed by
Jul. 2s-At Brecon, O., c~loudburst.
Jul. 29-At Central City, Col, and Black
hawk, cloudburst.
Jul. S1-Near Socorro. N. NJ, ~cloudburst
AT Adelaide, Col. cloudburst.
Sep; 22-Phenomenally hot Weather fol.
thermometers registered drop of 20 de-
Oct. Near Wenona, Ill, earthquake
Oct. 3l-Earthquake felt in Illinois. Mich
fgan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and central south
fern states.
Nov. 25-Heavy snowstorm throughout
the west; telegraph and telephone service
Nov. 26-AtF Franklin, Ind, city hall blown
Dec. iS~Near Sherman, Tex, immense
damage by cyclone.
Dec 1s-Illinois, Iowa. Michigan. Wis.
consin, Missouri and Kansas visited by re.
markable rainfall for the season.
The following places have during. the
year been visited by more or less disas,
srous cyclones and %tornadoes: Covington
Columbus, Ca; Washington county, Ala.
MN au t Lending A Aassnb Patterson o oct K 0oni
Tex; Hartford. Kan: Kenwood, Ia: AL
bert Lea. MINI: Baird, Tex Baxtel
Springs, Kan: Putnam county, Ga; Nor
gan county, Ga; Canton, kan: Cherry
Hill. n. j.: Wood Haven, L. l.: st. Clair
Mich: Findlay, o.; Connellsville Pa.
coke region; Kewaunee, ILL.,; Rensselaer,
Ind Syracuse, n. Y: Huntingdon, Tenn.
Door county, Wis; Dane. Wis, and Grown
Point O.
NEUROLOGY.
Jan. 6-Congressman Gen. Philip Sidne,
Post, of Illinois,, in Washington; aged 60.
Jan. a-Dr. John Newton Waddell. prom
inent educator, at Birmingham, Ala, ageC
IS.
Jan. 15-Ex-Gov. Chadwick at Salem
Ore; aged SIS.
Jan. 31-Judge f. lockwood Hoar, ex
United States attorney general, at Concord
Mass, aged 79..-.Ward McAIlister, New
York society leader; aged g..
Feb. S-John Leavitt Stevens, our ex-min
! lister to Hawaii; aged "A.
Feb. Unite States minister to Mex
leo, Isaac p. Gray. at City of Mexico; aget
81,
Feb 20-Frederick Douglass, freedman
a orator and diplomat; aged B....E,x-Gov
Benjamin f. Prescott at Epping, n. H.
FEB. 27-Gen. Mason. Brayman. ex-gov
ernor of Idaho, at Kansas City, Mo; ages
81.