The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-10
FIRES.


Jan. ef.-srand opera-House st. Paul, MINI.
Feb. Pin business district Of Buffalo, N. Y.
100000.
Feb. l0-Chemical works, Philadelphia, Pa.
sS5O,00O
Feb. 12-Chemical laboratory Of Ohio State
University at Columbus
Feb l3-New court house, with many valuable
records, at Donaldsviile, La.
Feb. 19-Business houses in Philadelphia:
$500 600. :. Locomotive and car works c., L, S. &
C. r. r., Cincinnati; $4,000.
Mar. 5-Theater at Altoona. Pa: 100000
Mar. 1-Tarantas Theater in New Orleans.
Mar. S-Female orphan asylum Platt City, Mo.
Mar. 2-Court-house and city hail. Dover,N II.
Mar. 26-Manierre's warehouse, Chicago;
100000.
Mar. 2e-warehouse of E. W. Blatchford &
Co., Chicago; 100000.
Apr 4-Three towns in Dakota, hundreds Of
farm houses many barns, ETC., reported de-
stroyed by prairie fires.
Apr. Axe. shovel and saw factories, Pitts
bursh, Pa: 10000
Apr e-Freight houses cars and contents,
Boston, Mass; 100000. Catholic church,
Mansfield, o.
Apr II-Jute mills, Brooklyn, n. Y; $500 oOO.
Apr. 19-Canasteta glass works, Bowling
Green, o. Elevators and warehouses on east
bank of North river, New York City; $500,
Apr. 2s-oil refinery, Lima O., two men
fatally burned.
Apr 23EPork house in Cincinnati, $500 900.
Great damage by forest fires near New Provi-
May 3-state institute for predetermined,
May st: yincent's orphan asylum, near
May 9O-Steamer John Hopkins entirely de
stroyed at Baltimore, Md; $4,000.
June silk mill at Paterson. n. J.
June 5-St James Hotel Stevens Point,
Wis, young man and two girls perishing in
the flames.
June 6-Entire business portion of Seattle,
W. T.: sl5,0OO.Oo0; several lives lost and hun
1rn dc Df II. tnDv
June 7-Piano works, Paterson, n. J.
June 19-New York Central freight depot,
Buffalo, n. ". Railroad shops. OsceOla, Ia.
June si-Manhattan Brass Company's works,
July Large brewery in Milwaukee: $50. 900.
July l6-French brewery near Fort Wayne,
Ind /: $4,000
July 9O~Chemical works at Jersey City, N. ].
$4,000
July a2-Three large grain elevators and con-
tents at Blue Hill Neb.
July S0-Buildings and contents OF the Arms
Pocket-book Manufacturing Co., South Deer
field, Mass.
Aug. 4-Entire business portion of Spokane
Falls, W. T.; s14,cO0oOo
City.
Aug. eo-warehouse, etc, at Port Costa, Cal. ;
Sept. 2!-Town of Barker, NJ. T, seven persons
Sept. 5-In Iumber-yard at Winona, MINI.
Sept. Meyer Co.'S establishment at Will.
iamsburg, n. V: S2,00o,0Oo.
Sept. sIImmense damage by forest fires in
Montana.
sept; I51Large dTy,goods establishment nj, j, in
ing at St. Joseph. Mo; s2500O0:
Sept. Coil refinery at Shady Side, N. y;
10000.
Oct. Principal portion of residence district
of Grand Haven, Mich. a5OO,0o.
Oct. 9-Cotton, cotton sheds and presses, Sa-
vannah Ca: 500 600. Magnificent residence
of Mr.. Studebaker, South Bend. Ind. $500: 900.
Oct. l3.Talmage's Brooklyn IN. W Taber-
Oct 2s-Four- brick block, Akron, o. :;
Nov. 4Lumber docks, Muskegon, Mich.
Nov. brewery houses and contents at
Petersburg, Va; $4,000.
Nov SFlouring mill Of st. Paul (Minn.)
Roller Mill Co.: 100000.
Nov. l3-Capital Hotel, Dallas Tex; 10000.
Nov. 1s-Pottery factory at East Liverpool,
O.: $4,000.
Nov. es-Eighty acres in the residence and
business portions OF Lynn, Mass, burned over:
296 buildings destroyed: 164 families rendered
homeless: two lives lost: SOOoO steamer
Santiago off Nantucket, Mass. !; $4,000.
Nov 2S-Great fire in Boston burned over two
acres of business blocks; 100000; four lives
Nov Tribune building Minneapolis, Mimi
$4,000
nee, SFlour mill at Lockport, N Y: $50 900
-. Flour mills at Humboldt, Kan: 100000
Dec. 17.-Adelphi Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Dec. as-Main building of Western College.
Toledo. la.
Dec. aT-In addition to the foregoing destruc-
tive CONGREGATIONS occurred during the year in
business portions OF the following towns: AL
land, Miss; Unionvile Mo-; Mckinney, Tex.
jackson. Miss; ST. Mary, Ala; carbon, ino
Walkerton. Ind; Steelville, Mo-; Nldalia, La {:
Memphis. Tenn. Chippewa Falls, Wis; Rock
Il,,f1a No .
Guerneville, Cal; Riegelsville, Pa; Allegany.
NY: Topeka. Kan: Black Jack Tex; Bloom
ing Prairie, Mimi; Lostant, ILL.,; Slater, Mo. /:
Louisville ny; Wasa Mash New a La CA Sran P
oria Ill Bay City, Mich: Kenny. Ill: Havana,
ILL.,; West Haven, Conn: Ashton, Ill; Long
Island City, N. Y; Mount Pleasant, Mont. :;
Leola. d. T.: Hannibal, Mo-; Attica O.; Sa-
vannah Ga. Clarksdale, Tenn; Somerset, Ky.
Smithfield, n. c.; Princeton, KY: Client, N.
Y: Camden. Ind; Cannonsburg, Mich. Mil
Cheney, wash: West Depere, Wis; Harris
burg, o.; Buckbee, Wis; Jones6oro, Ark (;
Stuttgart. Ark: Forreston, Ill; Valid
ron. Mich: Beaver Dam, O.; Elba, Mimi
Crossing. O'Brien, Spalding. Sullivan and STAN
baugh. Mich, forest fires; Danville, VT; Shrub
Oak, N. "; Findlay, o.: Huntingburg, Ind
Howard CITY, Mich; ElkhartI III. Dublin, "a
Fla. Biloxi, Miss; Syracuse. Kan: Livings
ton. Ala; GrinnelL Ia; Nashville. Ark
Quiiotoa, A. T.; YOUNGSTOWN, Ia: durango.
COL: HALEY, l. T; Jonesburg. Mo-: Ellenburg,
w. T.; Geneva, o.: Bakersfield, Cal f.:
She'll Rock, Ia; Georgeville, o.; Little
York II. Chinatown, Col. Wichita, Kan. 10
komo Ind: Peruville, Mich: Ripley, O.; Wa
verify H. Delphi. Ia; Fort Wayne, Ind; Edi-
SON O.; Sonoma, Cal; Paramount. ILL.,: Colum-
bus O.: Evansville, Mich: Sackett's Harbor, N.
Y; Big Rock, Ill: Black Pine and Gardner,
Mont; LinSville, Ore: Stoughton, Wis; Sea-
ford Del: Rushville, n. Y; Cresco. Ia: Pent-
water Mich. Cambria, Cal. Rocky Mount, Va.
Norwood. Ky; Virginia H.; Winona- Mimi
Felt's Mills, n. Y; Sheffield, Ia; Fayetteville,
Tenn: Fort Worth, Tex; Downs, III. Stone
boro. Pa Findley's Lake, n. Y; Selma, Ala
Luther Mich. Weston, w. Va: Aurora, S. d.
Baldwinsville, n. Y: Edw ardsville, Ill: Leech-
burg, Pa; Wesley, Ia Shell Lake, Wis; Bea-
yer Creek, MINI. New Carlise, o. Gosport, n. Y.
FOREIGN.
Jan. aSevere wind-storm in Ontario and
Quebec did damage to the extent Of 100000.
Jan. 17-Mme. Di Murska once famous singer,
died at Munich, aged i6.
Jan 2l-An earthquake destroyed 300 houses
in the Sarabat valley, Asia Minor.
Jan. 21Cabanel, famous French painter, died
at Paris, aged 70.
Jan 25-News received from Zanzibar Of the
massacre OF Rev. Mr.. Brooks. an English mis-
sionary, and Is OF his followers. Also that an
American sailing vessel had been fired on by q
German vessel
Jan 2S-Because of the election Of General
Boulanger to the Chamber Of Deputies the
French Ministry rendered their destinations,