The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-12-27
REVIEW OF THEYEAR
SUMMARY OF THE NOTABLE EVENTS
OF 1894.

SUMMARY OF THE NOTABLE EVENTS
OF 1894.
A Chronological Record of Accidents, Fire
Disasters, Commercial Troubles, Miscel-
laneous Events, Important Conventions
and the Work Of the Grim Destroyer.
JANUARY.
I. Obituary: DIR. D. B. Cheney. an old Bap-
fist minister Of Chicago, in that city; aged
"a.
3. Obituary: Col. Floyd Clarkson, we'll known
G.. A. r. veteran, in New York; aged 6S.
Orlando B. Potter, prominent in New York
circles, in New York aged II. William P.
Earle, an old New York hotel keeper, In
New York; aged 49,
Miscellaneous: Theodore Walton, "the plum
ger" made an assignment in New York.
B. Fires: An SS50,0O fire in Toledo, which de-
stroyed the Chamber Of Commerce, 2 eleva-
tors, a museum and q wholesale drug store.
Drug house of Hinchmann s. Sons burned
in Detroit; loss, 100000.
4. Obituary: Harry Kennedy, song writer and
ventriloQuist in Brooklyn. Elizabeth Pea
body, pioneer in education and reform, in
Boston; aged 50.
8. Fire: A granite block in Worcester, Mass,
burned; loss, $4,000.
Collision between troops and rioters in Sici-
ly; 40 rioters killed.
Obituary: Benton j. Hail. a we'll known Iowa
lawyer, at Burlington, a.. aged 50.
6. Fires: The cyclorama Of Gettysburg burned
at Niagara Falls. The Albany theater
burned at Albany; loss $125. 900.
Obituary: DR.. Clinton Cavendish, English
traveller and scientist at San Antonio, Tex;
aged S.
g. Fire: Chicago Worlds fair buildings; loss,
about 81. 100000.
Q. Obituary: Rev. Father Patrick Corrigan, Q
prominent Romanist, at Hoboken, N. j.;
aged s.
10. Fire: Factory Of the Starr Manufacturing
company, at Richmond, Ind, totally de-
stroyed by fire; loss, $250,0OO.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Donald Mcneil
Fairfax, U. S. N, retired, at Hagerstown,
Nd; aged 70. Frank Bolles, well known
as an author and secretary of Harvard
university, in Boston.
IL. Obituary: Mrs. William M. Thackeray,
widow Of the novelist. at Leigh, England;
aged Is.
Is Fires: Tinkhams wooden mills at Harri-
sonville. r. l., burned; loss. $3.50, 0O0 Three
blocks burned at Ipswich, Mass; loss,
500, 900.
British troops defeated 1000 Sofas in Sierra
Leone; $50 Sofas killed.
~. Fire: The Syndicate block, Minneapolis,
damaged S1l3,0 900 by fire.
Disaster: sailors of the Dutch steamer
Amsterdam drowned While attempting to
rescuagthe crew Of a. sinking scheoner ir-
49, zntic 60. -.
l5. u6G eslRnS elescoping coIifsionaop the
d. & and at Hacks nsack. meadows
j., II persons were killed, 90 injuI
II. Obituary: Gen. William a. Fs-~
federate veteran, superinten
burg battlefield, at Annists
is. Obituagv: GaorGe Rar't1e
and elee
49, Obituary
of Lincol
Governorh
IN Boston;aa
20. Obituary: Hele .-ntsoa
Wellesley college, at Welsssle, !, s.asa. aged
81. Eugene Nus, Frenehf drRmatist, "a
4 Paris hs9slt T8e Elk QySEHor Mllia GIL
h pin Of Colorado, atDaaTees ~ s8ls 6H
Emile MslIinet, = elan Of 1ae
weifsof Tie first and Second empires, at
Nantes; aged &c.
e. Obituary: Constance Fenimore Woolson,
Fenimore Cooper's grandniece, at Nice,
Italy; aged 46.
\ & Fire: Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind,
< almost destroyed by fire; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Laura Schirmer Mapleson, the
4 r singer, in New York; aged 49,
III Twenty fourth annual convention of the ma
e. tional board of trade in Washington. ~,
n Fire; The Sherman oil and cotton mill at,
~ Sl@~sa,san, TEX, Durned; loss, 800, 900.
Obituary: D. W. Irwin, q prominent business
man of Chicago, in that city; aged Ga -
3. Fire: Residence of Senator Palmer at
5 Springfield. Ills. destroyed. g..
r miscellaneous: Timbuktu entered by French
troops. Corbest defeated Mitchell for the
worlds championship at Jacksonville.
r. Obitua"vt Rosina Vokes, actress, in Tor
quay, Llgland; aged 40.
Is. Fire: 500 900 fire at Bath, Me-, which de-
Str0VpI n hotel z HANKS and ctO
Obituary: Cavelier, celebrated French sculp-
tor, in Paris; aged 50.
FEBRUARY.
q. The famous war corvet Kearsarge wreck
ed on Roncador reef.
D. Fires: In Omaha stores, Catholic church
and a schoOlhOuSe destroyed; loss, $3.50, O0O
Wilmington, Del, the Brandywine mill
burned; loss, $150,000
Obituary: Ann Hathaway, the actress, in In
dianapolis; aged g. George W. Childs
proprietor Of the Philadelphia Ledger, in
Philadelphia; aged Is.
4. Obituary: Morton s. Wilkinson, ex-United
States senator from Minnesota, in Wells
Mimi. aged Is.
g. Obituary: L. Schofield, pioneer manufac-
turer of iron rails in the south at Chatta-
nooga; aged &c. Harry Watkins, actor and
playwright, in New York city.
9. Fire: At Dublin, Tex, cotton compress
burned; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Gen. Jacob Ammen prominent
Union veteran, at Yorkland, o.; aged 49,
DR.. Theodore Billroth, distinguished Ger
man surgeon, near Vienna; aged g.
!. Fires: IL stores and offices burned at Mont
gomery, Mo. loss, $50, 0OO At Pine Ridge
agency, S. D., the Ogalalla Indian school
building destroyed; loss, 100000.
8. Obituary: R. M. Ballantyne, English writ
er Of stories Of adventure, at Rome; aged
60. J. G.. Weaver, popular landlord of New
port and New York, in New York city. DR..
! Gustave Leipnitz, well known character
! on the coast, in San Francisco; aged 49,
Col. John r. Baylor, Texan pioneer and
noted Indian fighter, near San Antonio:
aged ".
8. Fire: 2tobacco factories burned at Hender-
son, KY; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Maxine du Camp q noted French
author, at Paris; aged "a.
70. Obituary: Abraham Gottlieb, well known
architectural and bridge engineer, in Chi
cago; aged Sc. Vicar General Thomas A.
Casey, a wealthy and charitable priest, at
Erie, Pa.
u. Fires: Wapa- Koneta, o. T., $780, 600 worth
Of business property. Colts firearms fac
tory near Hartford damaged to the extent
, of $3.50, 900. At Duluth the board of trade
building was burned; loss, $94, CO.,
: Destructive storm in Mississippi and Louisi-
ana.
ex-COnfederate at Baltimore; aged 49,
r. A blizzard Of rain and snow prevailed from
New England to Nebraska
b. Fires: The Bath Iron works, at Bath, Me-,
damaged to the extent of $150, 900. 2 hotels
burned and the new courthouse damaged
at San Antonio, Tex: loss 500, 900.
Disaster: A cavein at the GAYLORD mine,