The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-27

aUcs w dlCer w. UroSndm OF llllnO1S, Secrc.
tary Of state; John G. Carlisle of Kentucky,
secretary of the treasury; Daniel s. La
mont of New York, secretary of war: Rich
ard Olney of Massachusetts,, attorney gen.
eral; Wilson S. Bissell of New York, post
master general; Hilary A. Herbert of Ala
bama, secretary of the navy; Hoke Smith
of Georgia, secretary of the interior, and
julius Sterling Morton of Nebraska, secre-
tary of agriculture.
8. Earthquake: Shock felt in New York city.
Sporting: Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Jim
Hall, rounds. for the mddleweght cham
pionship, at New Orleans.
10. Fire: Boston, 81, 100000 fire in the old
burned district; people killed and 80 in
jured.
Obituary: Rev. Andrew Preston Peabody.
professor emeritus in Harvard university,
at Cambridge, Mass; aged 81.
l.. Obituary: Col. Charles E. Taylor, the old
est teegrapher in the west, at frankie
KY; aged SO.
Is. Fire: Denison, Tex, the Denison compress
destroyed; loss, $l50,000.
Miscellaneous: The Atkinson House Furnish
ing company in Boston assigned, with liza
bilites of S1,5000O0.
Obituary: Luke Schoolcraft well known
minstrel, at Cincinnati. Harry Kernell,
Irish comedian, in New York city; aged 43.
Il Fire: Arkansas City, Ark, one-half the vii
lage destroyed; loss, 100000.
Miscellaneous: The Kansas Trust and Bank
ing company of Kansas City suspended,
with liabilities of SS0O,0O0.
II. Fire: Toledo, Wheeler Opera house and 6
stores burned loss, 100000.
Obituary: Jules Ferry, the French states
man. in Paris; aged 81.
10. Fire: Milwaukee, the Friend block burned:
loss, $500,0CO.
10. Fires: Boston, fremont temple the IA
Baptist house of worship, partially
destroyed; loss, $4,000. South Easton,
Miss, Morse's thread factory; loss about
S200.00O.
Obituary. Captain Jacob Vanderbilt, brother
of Commodore Vanderbilt at Stapleton, N.
Y; aged sc.
70 Obituary: Commodore Horatio Bridge, u
S. n, retired; aged 81.
u. Fire: Litchfield, Ills, the Kehlor Touring
mill; loss over $1,OOO,OOO; an employee killed
and many injured by an explosion of flour
dust.
u. Obituary: Ex-senator Eli Salisbury of Del
aware, at Dover, Del; aged rs.
Sporting: Oxford crew defeated Cambridge
in Is minutes Al seconds. the best time on
record; Thames course.
q. Fire: Cleveland, the Morgan House burned:
deaths.
Cyclone: IS deaths by a cyclone in Mississip-
pi; damage to property, S2,000,OOO.
Miscellaneous: Dobbins & Dazy, cotton bro
kers, assigned in Nashville; liabilities.
$1,0OO,OOO.
"A. Obituary: Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, editor
of the New York Mail and Express, in New
York city; aged &c.
26. Fire: Detroit, Snedicor & Hathaway's shoe
factory burned; loss, $15O,OOO.
u. Fires: Scranton, Pa, the Elm Park Meth
odist church destroyed a second time; loss,
$125,OOO. Montreal, The Daily Herald
burned out for the fourth time; loss,
$4,000. Mason City, Ia, Kirk Bros. stock
barns destroyed: loss on horses over
100000.
"a. Obituary: General E. Kirby Smith, the
Confederate veteran, at Sewanee, Tenn:
aged SO.
30. Political: Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard of
Delaware appointed United States embas-
sador to Great Britain. the first appoint
ment under the title ambassador.
APRIL.
l. Fires: Buzzard's Bay, Mass, the summer
residence of Joseph Jefferson, the actor,
destroyed; loss, $250,OOO. Bradford, Pa,
hotel burned; deaths.
Disaster: Fire damp explosion in the Nelson
shaft at Shamokin. Pa; 10 deaths.
2. Fire: New York city, Duke & Sons ciga-
rette factory burned out: loss $4,000.
8. Fire: Montrose, Pa; loss, 100000.
1. Fire: Allegheny, Pa, paper warehouse,
malt house, planning mill and pickle works
destroyed; loss, $4,000. Anson Tex. the
business portion burned out; loss, $4,000.
s. Fire: Louisville distillery warehouse
burned; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: E. X. Bruce, formerly known in
Chicago as the Corn King" at Chicago;
aged 68.
g. Fire: Near Cincinnati, the College Hill san
itarium destroyed; loss, 100000.
Disaster: 6 sailors drowned off Barnegat, N.
j., by the capsizing of schooner Genesta,
Miscellaneous: The great Mormon temple
at Salt Lake City, begun over 40 years ago,
dedicated.
7. Fire: Ironton, O., "a dwellings and a lum.
Der yard burned; loss, $75O,OOO. Houston,
Cleveland & Co.'S wholesale grocery
burned; loss, $165.0OO. Greensboro KY,
distillery warehouses burned; loss, $3.50, 900.
Disaster: Nine men killed by the fall of q
cantilever at Romeo, Ills.
Obituary: Rt. Rev. William Ingraham Kip,
the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of CAL
ifornia, in San Francisco; aged 81. George
l. Seney, financier and philanthropist. in
New York city; aged g..
8. Fire: Warsaw, Ind, breeding stables and
% valuable horses burned; loss. 100000.
9. Fire: Waterbury, Conn.,. the Lily block
burned; loss $4,000.
10. Miscellaneous: Manuel Gonzales, ex-presi-
dent of the Mexican republic, died in the
City of Mexico at the age of 70.
II. Fire: st. Mary's, O., business places
burned; losses, 100000.
Disaster: Over SO deaths by gas explosion in
cOluery at POnt-y-Prldd. Wales.
Cyclone: Great havoc by cyclonic storm in
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas; many
people killed and injured.
IL. Miscellaneous The English, Scottish and
Australian Chartered bank failed, with liza
bilities Of f8, 100000. A barn near Gallatin,
Tenn, struck by lightning and Is valuable
mares killed: loss over 100000.
12 Miscellaneous: The United States flag
hauled down at Hawaii.
ID PERSONAL The Duke of Veragua, q lineal
descendant of Columbus, arrived in New
York from Spain.
II. Earthquakes The island of Zante; the city
OF Zante and many villages destroyed.
| u. Fire: Cassville, Mo-, swept by flames: loss,
100000
Cyclone: Town Of Boles, Ark, destroyed:
people killed, many injured.
10. Fire: Clinton, Mass, the Clinton wire
works destroyed; loss, $25O,OOO. Detroit, the
King Brewery company burned out: loss,
$25O.OOO.
I, 20. Fire: Wardner, Ida. the business portion
burned; loss nearly $4,000.
| Disaster: The intake end of the Milwaukee
tunnel, under Lake Michigan, wrecked by
gale: II workmen drowned.
Obituary: Mrs. Almira Hancock, widow of
Gen. w. s. Hancock. in New York city.
| Crime: Frank w. Rohl and Thomas Pallis-
ter, condemned murderers, escaped from
the New York state prison at Sing Sing.
Miscellaneous: The Australian Joint Stock
hank failed for 213OOOm0