Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-02


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.
& Earthquake: Shock felt In New York city.
Sporting: Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Jim
Hall. rounds. for the middleweight cham
pionship, at New Orleans
% Fire: Boston, q S2.5O,O0O fire in the old
burned district: 3 people killed and 30 in.
jured.
Obituary: Rev. Andrew Preston Peabody.
professor emeritus in Harvard university,
at Cambridge, Mass: aged 81.
Il. Obituary: Col. Charles E. Taylor. the old
est telegrapher In the west, at Frankfort,
KY; aged 50.
"a. Fire: Denison, Tex. the Denison compress
destroyed; loss, Sl50.0J0.
Miscellaneous: The Atkinson House Furnish
ing company In Boston assigned, with liza
bilities Of $l,500tOO.
Obituary: Luke Schoolcraft, well known
minstrel, at Cincinnati. Harry Kernel.
Irish comedian. in New York city; aged -
a. 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 $4,000.
II. Fire. Toledo. Wheeler Opera house and
stores burned; loss, 100000
Obituary: Jules Ferry. the French states
man. in Paris: aged 81.
u Fire: Milwaukee, the Friend block burned;
loss, s5OO.0O0.
10. Fires: Boston, fremont temple, the IA
nous Baptist house of worship. partially
destroyed; loss, S575,CO0. South Easton,
Miss, Morse's thread factory: loss about
&2OO.O0O.
Obituary: Captain Jacob Vanderbilt, brother
of Commodore Vanderbilt, at Stapleton, N.
Y; aged SO.
a. Obituary: Commodore Horatio Bridge, U.
S. n, retired: aged 81
q. fire. Litchfield. Ills, the Kehlor Touring
mill: loss over $l,0OO,0OO an employee killed
and many injured by an explosion Of -four
dust.
q. Obituary: Ex-senator Eli Salisbury Of Del
aware. at Dover, DEL; aged 70.
Sporting: Oxford crew defeated Cambridge
in 10 minutes A seconds. the best time on
record; Thames course.
a. Fire: Cleveland. the Morgan House burned;
8 deaths.
Cyclone: IS deaths by a cyclone in Mississip.
pi: damage to property, S2,0OO,M.
Miscellaneous: Dobbins & Day, cotton bro
kers, assigned In Nashville: liabilities,
$l.0O,OO.
n. Obituary: Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, editor
of the New York Mail and Express. in New
York city: aged 80.
%. Fire: Detroit, Snedicor & Hathaway's shoe
factory burned: loss, $4,000.
n. Fires: Scranton, Pa, the Elm Park Meth.
odist church destroyed second time; loss,
$l25,0O Montreal, The Daily Herald
burned out for the fourth time; loss,
$l3O,OO Mason City, Ia, Kirk Bros stock
barns destroyed; loss on horses over
$4,000
a Obituary: General E. Kirby Smith, the
Confederate veteran. at Sewanee. Tenn;
aged 90.
60 Political: Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard of
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.OU. Bradford, Pa,
hotel burned; 5 deaths.
Disaster: Fire damp explosion in the Nelson
shaft at Shamokin. Pa; 10 deaths.
4 Fire: New York city, Duke & Sons ciga-
rette factory burned out; loss $4,000.
4 Fire. Montrose, Pa; loss, $4,000.
L Fire: Allegheny, Pa, paper warehouse,
malt house, planning mill and pickle works
destroyed; loss, $4,000. Arson. Tex. the
business portion burned out; loss, $4,000.
z Fire: Louisville distillery warehouse
burned: loss 3SN,OW.
Obituary: E. X. Bruce, formerly known in
Chicago as the Corn King" at Chicago: |
aged 49, |
& Fire: Near Cincinnati, the College Hill san |
itarium destroyed; loss, 100000.
Disaster: sailors drowned Off Barnegat, N. |
j.. by the capsizing Of schooner Genesta.
Miscellaneous: The great Mormon temple |
1T Salt Lake City. begun over 10 years ago. |
dedicated.
!. Fire: Ironton, O., "a dwellings and . lum- |
Der yard burned; loss. $75O,OO0. Houston, |
Cleveland & Co.'S wholesale grocery |
burned loss. S165.00O Greensboro, KY.
distillery warehouses burned; loss, S35O,OOO. |
Disaster: Nine men killed by the fall of a |
cantilever at Romeo, Ills.
Obituary: Rt. Rev. William Ingraham Kip, |
the first Protestant Episcopal bishop Of Cal |
ifornia. in San Francisco: aged 81. George
/. Seney, financier a. philanthropist, in |
New York city; aged g..
q Fire: Warsaw, Ind. breeding stables and |
q valuable horses burned: loss. $4,000.
Q. Fire: Waterbury, Conn.,. the Lily block |
burned; loss, $4,000.
O. Miscellaneous: Manuel Gonzales, ex-presi- |
dent of the Mexican republic, died in the
City Of Mexico at the age of %.
l. Fire: St. Mary's, o., business places |
burned: losses, S200O00.
Disaster: Over 50 deaths by gas explosion in |
colliery at Pont-y -Pridd, Wales
Cyclone: Great havoc by cyclonic storm in |
Iowa, ILLINOIS, NEBRASKA ana hansaSs many |
people killed and injured.
3 Miscellaneous: The English, Scottish and |
Australian Chartered bank failed, with LA |
bilities of eS,000,o00 A barn near Gallatin |
Tenn, struck by lightning and 25 valuable |
mares killed: loss over S3O0.000
3 Miscellaneous: The United States flag |
hauled down at Hawaii.
d Personal: The Duke of Veragua, u lneaI |
descendant of Columbus. arrived in New |
York from Spain. |
2. Earthquake: The island of Zante; the city |
of Zante and many villages destroyed.
3. Fire: Cassville, Mo-, swept by flames: loss. |
S2O0OOO.
Cyclone: Town of Boles, Ark. destroyed: ! |
people killed. many injured.
%. Fire: Clinton, Mass, the Clinton wire |
works destroyed: loss, S250,0OO. Detroit, the
King Brewery company burned out: loss. |
S250UD.
q. Fire: Wardner. Ida. the business portion |
burned; loss nearly S7000O. |
Disaster: The intake end of the Milwaukee |
tunnel, under Lake Michigan. wrecked by |
. gale: II work. men 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 |
bank failed for fl3.0O0.t9.
e Fire: Colfax. WASH; loss, $4,000.
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