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IL. f c. Walthan reelected senator from MisSis.
sippi
IS Norwegian bark Freidas sunk In collision with
British steamer Toronto OF Ireland; 10
drowned
Court Clerk Irion. of birmingham. Ala, de
faulted in Se0,000
70 Hatfield Mccoy row.
p. Fourteen burned to death at Tower, Minn.
33 Charles Q O'Brien. cashier, and Elmer f. Morse,
bookkecper, Albany First National bank de-
faulted in S2000o0
81 Colliery explosion at Wellington, n. c.: aS
killed.
p United States Senator Wilson, Of Iowa, re-
elected
25, 90 Great storm on the Atlantic coast.
e. Deficit of SS5o,0oo alleged in tho accounts OF
the late government of Manitoba
FEBRuARv
l. Twenty-Five drowned in wreck OF the British
bark Absacom near mouth OF tho Columbia
river.
8 White Cap outbreak In Indiana
z. Failure of tho Metropolitan National bank,
Cincinnati, President Means. Cashier Harper
and Others arrested
Murder OF Amos Smell Chicago. Crascott
case).
Henry Rccce, cashier Continental hotel, Phila-
de.phia, defaulter in Sdoooo
II, James Albert won stxday go-as.you- please
walking match . New York, breaking worlds
II. Two Amcrie q ships ordered TO Tangiers.
Morocco. 60 lettle row between the sultan
aud the United states consul
re- Tornado at alt Vernon, Ills; 81 killed
q Twenty-Five killed hY explosion OF boiler ce
steamer In the United states OF Colombia.
- MGckay aud Flood quarrel over losses in wheat
aud dissolve partnership
%. Forty lost by explosion of ferryboat at Val
lejo, Cal
MARCH.
1. International railway connecting Mexican Cen
tral with Southern Pacific opened for BUSINESS.
g. Discovery of graveyard insurance scheme,
Charleston, S. c.
L. Erastus j. Jones. ex-treasurcr of Dauphin
county, Pa, defauter in $4,000.
II, - l3 Famous blizzard along the Atlantic coast
Great damage done, railroads blocked many
frozen TO DEATH many shipwrecks
l6 Gen. Adam Badeau brought suit against Mrs.
Grant for compensation for assistance in pre-
pairing Gen Grants Memoirs Settled late In
the year.
H. 10 killed on Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad. near Blakshear, Ga.
IS Confession by member of the Missouri Bald
Knobbers.
90 State Treasurer Tate, KY, defaulter in $4,000
%. Blizzard In the northwest
25. Tornado destroys town of Ninnescah, Kan.
81 Terrible floods In Germany and Hungary;
floods in many parts of the United States:
many lives lost and much damage done
President Close and Cashier White of the State
National bank of Raleigh, N. c., defaulted in
$1,000
%. 80 miners killed by explosion at Rich Hill, Mo
Capt. Paul Boyton adrift oil day in the ice Of
Lake Michigan
APRII.
1. Diss Debar- Marsh spirtuaistic sensation, New
York. in full blast.
Secretary Bayard expressed dissatisfaction with
the conduct Of Germany in Samoa.
5. Twelve killed in railroad accident at Newhamp-
ton, Ohio.
6 Gen George Crook nominated for major
general in place Of Gen. Terry. Col John r.
Brooks made brigadier general in Crooks
place.
i3 Failure OF the American exchange in London
Henry +. Gillig general manager; liabilities,
S4,0O0O00.
18 Eighteen burned to death at Celaya, Mex, by
the burning OF a stand for spectators of bull
fight.
Senator stanfords racing stables burned at
Palo Alto. Cal
o. Thos. Tunsta Of Mobile, Ala made United
States consul to San Salvador.
81 John H. Murphy confidential clerk OF DR..
Daniel Gray Of IIolmeSburg Pa. defaulted In
$4,000
tory membership by Gen. f. d. Baker Post,
G. Ar.
20 Ship Smyrna sunk In collision with steamer
Moto of Isle of Wight. Thirteen drowned.
NAY
1. Assistant Cashier De Baum, of the Park Ma
tional bank. New York, defauted In $95,0O0
Q Ten thousand dollars stolen from registered
letters near Harrisburg, Pa.
3. Fifteen banks failed In Buenos Ayres.
@. Cloud burst near Maize, Kan, causing food
which swept the house and entire family to q
watery death.
Explosion Of a carload of dynamite at Locust
Gap, Pa. Eight killed.
12. Train robbery at Aguazarca, A T.
l3 High water along the Missouri and Red rivers.
Several lives lost.
i8 Methodist general conference created an order
of deaconesses for charitable work
% Rev. John H. Vincent and Rev James NJ Fitz-
gerald made bishops by the general Methodist
conference.
.. Rev. J. @. Joyce made bishop by the general
Methodist conference.
Randall L. Gibson elected senator from LouisI-
ana.
made bishops by the general Methodist con-
ference
Corner stone Of the now Roman Catholic uni
versity laid at Washington.
25. Rev. j. n ThobGrn elected bishop Of India
by the general Methodist conference.
Exciting discussion Of the negro question at
the general assembly Of the Presbyterian
church In Philadelphia.
25 The southern assembly OF the PRESBYTERIAN
church decided against DR. Woodrow and his
evolution theory.
28 Destructive storms throughout the United
States. Enormous losses.
%. General assembly Of the southern Presby-
terian church decided against organic union
30. T. D. White elected senator from louisiana
JUxE
3. White Cap outrages in Indiana.
4 Gen. William b. FrancKlyn named commits
sioner Of the United States to the Paris expo
sition; SomerviIle b Tuck, assistant commits
sioner.
Eighteen killed in a railroad accident near Tam
pico, Mexico
Eleven burned to death at Rockdale Tex
G. f. l. Lichtenstein. Wilmington, Del, de-
faulted in S33,250
8 Steam yacht Clean run down IN The PatapscS,-
river by steamer Joppa n T. Harrison Gar.
rett, Of Baltimore. drowned.
Rev. DR.. Layton Coleman made Protestant
bishop of Delaware.
10. Train robbery at Muscogee, L T.
IA. Train robbery near Junction City, II T.
IS Nine and Gen Diss Debar sentenced to the pen
itentiary Tor six mouths.
% Disastrous foods in Mexico Many hundreds
drowned
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