The Sauk Centre herald., 1895-12-26


loss. s5p,.b00. Fire destroyed properly va'-
ued at s=.JOOC at Lockport Ills.
Obituary Frank N. Pixley, = veteran jour
nalist. at San Francisco
II. Fire: 2 factories, IA dwellings ana o.nei
properties burned In Philadelphia; LOSS
S80O.000.
Obituary: Lucien Napoleon Bonaparse wyse'
French explorer and engineer. In Paris.
! l8 Obituary DR.. William Dean. noted bapsiss
missionary among the orientais' az o'1ii
Diego, Cal. aged 49,
Conventions: The first national convention
Of commercial lawyers opened IN Detroit.
The seventeenth conference OF the Amefi-
can Library association began In Denver.
The National Association OF NewsdealerS
met in Brooklyn.
! IL Obituary: Baron Christian Bernard Won
Tauchnitz, the European publisher. at
Leipsic aged 20. Thomas Hovenden, IA
nous artist, at Norristown. Pa.
| American Pharmaceutical association opened
at Denver
| Il. Obituary: P. r. Rothermel. painter Of the
"Battle Of Gettysburg, and other celebrat-
ed pictures, at Linfeld, Pa. Gen. John ID.
Imboden, famous Confederate cavalryman,
at Abingdon; aged %.
| l6. Obituary: Gen. Samuel Bell Maxey, Con-
/ federate veteran and ex.U. 3. senator from
Texas, at Eureka Springs, Ark. aged ~.
The thirtieth annual reunion OF the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers opened at
Pittsburg.
| Is. Obituary: Ex-Justice William Strong OF
the U. S. supreme court, at Lake Mime
| waska, N. Y: aged 81. Leonard W. Volk,
| the sculptor, at Osceola, Wis.,; aged GO.
! Disaster: people drowned at Ocean City,
Md, from an overcrOwded skin.
20. Disaster: Boiler explosion and fire destroy
ed the Gumry hotel, Denver: 25 deaths.
! %. Fire: The Union steamboat dock and ware
house and other property burned IN MIL
waulxee; loss, $500. .000
Obituary: Ex-Gov. Luzon B. Morris of Con-
necticut. at New Haven; aged 6s.
| Is. Fire: At Rosendale, N. Y, 25 buildings
burned loss. $125, ,0OO
| Obituary: II. o. Houghton, head Of the Bos-
ton publishing house, at North Andover,
Mass; aged 70.
| %. Obituary: Patrick Gavan Duffy, formerly
police justice and known as the "little
Judge" at Toms River, N. j.
| 81. Obituary: Gen. Ely S. Parker. an Indian
who served on Grants staff, at Fairfield,
/ Conn.
| SEPTEMBER.
! I. Obituary: Marshal Mcdonald, q. s. com
missioner of fish and fisheries, iii Washing
ton.
Miscellaneous Sedan day, twenty fifth ami
versary Of the French surrender celebrat-
ed throughout Germany. Earthquake
shock in the eastern states.
! 2. Disaster: A runaway locomotive dashed
into crowded train on the Coney Island
railroad; 70people injured.
| 8. Fire Phoenix Flour mills burned in Evans
vile, Ind; loss, $4,000.
| 4. Fire: Boston and Albany wharf and freight
sheds in Boston destroyed by fire; loss,
| $500, coo.
| Obituary: Sven Loven, distinguished Swed-
ish naturalist, aged 81. William Henry
Hurlbert, the American journalist, at CO
denabbia, Italy; aged 6o. Gen. A. v Kautz,
U. S. A., retired, in Seattle, Wash. aged e..
| 5. Obituary: Peter Styers, a locomotive engi-
neer who had been ON the rail As years, at
Bethlehem, Pa. aged 49,
| 2. Obituary: Henry Bentley, "father OF the
local telegraph near Rhinebeck. N. Y;
aged 81.
Disaster: 80 miners entombed by fire in the
| Osceola mine at Houghton, Mich; 50
| deaths.
| Sporting: The American yacht Defender won
the first race against Valkyrie LII by 8
minutes and 40 seconds.
| 8. Fire: Bowler's brewery burned at Amster-
dam. N. Y; loss, 100000.
9. The G.. A. K. met in annual encampment
at Louisville.
| TO- Obituary: Harrison Millard, popular song
| writer. in New York city; aged 65.
| Sporting: Valkyrie III fouled the American
yacht Defender and won by AZ seconds.
| IL. Obituary: Henry Lindenmyer, well known
| paper dealer of New York, in that city;
/ aged co.
| Disaster: killed and many injured in a
| head end collision on the Great Northern
| near Melby, Mimi.
| IL. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Charles 81. Hall. prom
inent Episcopal divine, in Brooklyn: aged
! rs.
| Sporting: Lord Dumraven withdrew the Eng
lish yacht Valkyrie III, giving the race for
the Americas s cup to the Defender.
| IA. Obituary: Prof. Sigismund Lasar, promi-
| nent instructor and composer, in Brook
lyn; aged 73.
The Mora indemnity Of 81, ,4l9, 900 paid by
Spain.
! II. Fire. The business portion Of Dodge Neb,
destroyed by fire; loss. $l5O,OO0
| Is. Fire: A $3.50, 600 blaze in the business por-
| tion Of indianapolis. l death and prop
erty loss Of $375, 900 In q fire at Oshkosh
Wis.
! Obituary: Marian Seton, one of the oldest
actresses in America, died at Navesinl
Highlands, N. j born in England In 1910.
Miscellaneous: A storm destroyed several
| lives and $150,O00 worth Of property in
Michigan. The Atlanta exhibition formally
opened.
| 10. Fire: lumber dry kilns burned at Wash
ington. N. c.; loss $l2O,OOl
Obituary: Charles le ClercQ. well known
actor, in New York city: aged s2. Alex H.
Ritchie, formerly well known as an artist
| and engraver, in New Haven; aged r3
| Disaster: The Spanish cruiser Sanchez Bar
caiztegui run down and sunk In the har-
Dor Of Havana; officers and 50 sailors
! drowned
I 20. Fire: At Green Bay, Wis., $125 600 lost by
fire.
! a. Obituary: Prof. Abraham Victor Rydberc,
Swedish author, at Stockholm
| e. Fire: Lumber yards and mills burned at
| Fon du Lac, Wis. /; loss $3.50. 600. i
23 Fire: Paper mill and dwelling burned at
| Newburg. Y. Y; loss, SIPS, 900.
a. Convention: The Catholic Young Mems Ma
tional Union league began it's twenty-first
annual convention in ST. Louis
26 Obituary: Hon. E. w. Bull, a prominent
| agriculturist, originator of the Concord
grape, in Concord, Mass. aged SO.
q. Obituary: Prof. Louis Pallens Of Dart
| mouth, noted scholar in French and Ger
man, at Hanover: aged 81.
| The French army entered the capital of Mad.
agascar.
28. Fires: AT Superior, Mimi, the elevator Of
| the Daisy Flour mill burned $1S5oOO.
/, factory fire at Woonsocket, r. /.
OCTOBER.
l. Fire: fires in Philadelphia; losses $3.50. 600.
| Obituary: Charles E. Brown, the first male.
schoolteacher in Chicago died at Glenese,
| Ills.
3. Fire: At Cambridge. O.. fire destroyed Lin
| den hotel Taylor block.
Obituary: Gen. Orlando NJ. Poe, U g. enci.
! ncers, at Detroit; aged 62
/ Personal: Maj Gen. Miles ordered to com
| mand the army in place Of Lieut. Gen.
! Schofield retired.
/ 8. Obituary: Harry Wright, veteran baseball
manager, died at Atlantic City.
i (. Obituary: Prof Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen of
! Columbia college, well known as an author
| and critic. in New York city; aged a. ..4a.s
| 3. Obituary: Prof. Henry Maurice Willkofn
distinguished German botanlst.
] Sporting: Yale athletes defeated Cambridpe.
/ ut Manhattan field, winning out of II
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