Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

ernood sf LocOmotdve Engineers opened at is Obituary. Ex-Justice William Strong of the q. s. supreme court, at Lake Minne- waska, N. r.; aged s7. Leonard ", Yolk, the sculptor, at Osceola, Wis. aged 08. Disaster: people drowned at Ocean City, Md, from an overcrowded skiff. %. Disaster: Boiler explosion and fire destroy ed tho GumTy- hotel. Denver; 25 deaths. 22. Fire: The Union steamboat dock and ware house and other property burned in Mil waukee; loss, s30o, ,000. sss- Obituary: Ex-dov. Luzon B. Morris of Con nectfcut. at New Haven; nged 6s. 25. Fire: At RosendaIe. N. Y.s 25 buildings burned; loss. s125,000. Obituary: H. O. Houghton, head of the Bos- ton publishing house, at North Andover, Mass. aged 78.
 2s. Obituary Patrick Gavan Duffy formerly
 police justice and known. as the "little
 judge" at Toms River, N. J. B1. Obituary: Gen. Ely s. Parker. an Indian,
 who served on Grants staff, at Fairfield,
 Conn.
 SEPTEMBER.
 1. Obituary: Marshal Mcdonald, U. s. com
 missioner of fish and fisheries in flashing
 ton.
 Miscellaneous: Sedan day, twenty fifth anni-
 Yersary of the French surrender celebrat-
 ed throughout Germany. Earthquake
 shock in the eastern states sz= 2. Disaster: A runaway locomotive dashed
 into crowded train on tho Coney Island
 railroad TO people injured. 8. Fire: Phoenix Flour mills burned in Evans
 vile, Ind; loss, $ll0,000.
 {. Fire: Boston and Albany wharf and freight
 sheds in Boston destroyed by fire; loss.
 $500,0
 Obituary: Sven Loven, distinguished Swed-
 ish naturalist, aged 7. William Henry
 Hurlbert, the American journalist, at Ca.
 denabbia, Italy; aged 6S. Gen. A. V. Kautz, U. s. A., retired, in Seattle, Wash. aged 67. 5. Obituary: Peter 6tyers, locomotive engi- neer who had been on the rail 46 years, at
 Bethlehem, Pa. aged 73. z. Obituary Henry Bentley, "father of the
 local telegraph" near Rhinebeck. N. F.; aged 6l.
 Disaster: 85 miners entombed by fire in the
 Osceola mine at Houghton, Mich; 30 deaths. Sporting: The American yacht Defender won
 the first raco against Valkyrie III by
 minutes and 10 seconds.
 8. Fire: Powlers brewery burned at Amster-
 dam, N. Y.; loss $200, coo
 9. The G. A. R. met in annual encampment
 at Louisville. 10. Obituary Harrison Willard, popular song
 writer, in New York city, aged 65.
 Sporting: Valkyrie III fouled the American
 yacht Defender and won by 47 seconds. Il. Obituary Henry Lindenmyer, well known
 paper dealer of New York; in that city;
 aged CO.,
 Disaster 5 killed and many injured in a
 head end collision on the Great Northern
 near Melby, Minn.
 l2. Obituary: Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hall, prom
 inent Episcopal divine, in Brooklyn: aged
 75
 Sporting: Lord Dunraven withdrew the Eng
 fish yacht valkyrie III, giving the race for
 the America's cup to the Defender. IA. Obituary: Prof. Sigismund Lasar promi-
 nent instructor and composer, in Brook
 lyn: aged 73.
 The Mora indemnity of s1,4ls.OOO paid by
 Spain.
 F. Fire: The business portion of Dodge, Neb.,
 destroyed by fire; loss, $l50,0 IS. Fire: A 1000 blaze in the business DOT
 tion of Indianapolis. death and prop
 erty loss of s375,0OO in @ fire at Oshkosh,
 Wis.
 Obituary: Marian Sefton, one of the oldest
 actresses in America, died at Navesink
 Highlands, N. J.. born in England in 1910. Miscellaneous: A storm destroyed several
 lives and sl50,000 worth of property in
 Michigan. The Atlanta exhibition formally
 opened. l9 Fire: lumber dry kilns burned at Wash
 ington, N. O.. loss, s120, 600.
 Obituary: Charles le Clercq, we'll known
 actor, in New York city; aged 72. Alex H.
 Ritchie, formerly well known as an artist
 and engraver, in New Haven; aged 73
 Disaster The Spanish cruiser Sanchez Bar
 caiztegui run down and sunk in the har-
 bor of Havana; officers and 83 sailors
 drowned 20. Fire: At Green Bay. Wis.,, sl25,OOo lost by
 fire.
 2l. Obituary: Prof. Abraham Victor Rydberg
 Swedish author, at Stockholm. 22. Fire: Lumber yards and mills burned at
 Fon du Lac, Wis. loss S250, GOO. g. Fire: Paper mill and dwelling burned at
 Newburg, N. Y. loss. s125, 900. 24. Convention: The Catholic Young Mems Ma
 tional Union league began it's twenty first
 annual convention in St. Louis. 2e. Obituary Hon. E. ". Bull, prominent agriculturist originator of the Concord grape, in Concord. Mass. 1; aged 89 27. Obituary: Prof. Louis Pallens of Dart
 mouth. noted scholar in French and Ger man, at Hanover aged 57. The French army entered the capital of Mad agascar.
 e8. Fires At Superior, Minn., the elevator of the Daisy Flour mill burned. A $l35, 600 factory fire at Woonsocket, R. l. OCTOBER. 1. Fire: fires in Philadelphia; losses, s2eo OOO Obituary: Charles E. Brown, the first male schoolteacher in Chicago. died at Genese. Ills.
 g. Fire: At Cambridge O., fire destroyed Lin den hotel, Taylor block. Obituary: Gen. Orlando M. Poe, .. s. engi- neers, at Detrot aged 02. Personal: Maj. Gen. Miles ordered to com mand the army in place of Lieut.. Gen. Schofie1d. retired. 8. Obituary: Harry Wright, veteran baseball manager, died at Atlantic City. ( Obituary: Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen of Columbia college, well known an author and critic, in New York city; aged E. 6. Obituary: Prof Henry Maurice Willkorn, distinguished German botanlst. Sporting: Yale athletes defeated Cambridge at Manhattan field, winning out of Il events and the international collegiate championship. '. Obituary: George I. Tysen, president of the American News company, at Riverside. Conn. Miss Ada Cavendish. the actress, died in London William Wetmore Story, distinguished American sculptor and poet, at vallambrosa, Italy; aged 70. ,.,s, /. g. Obituary: Gen. William Mnhone, a promi- nent Confederate veteran and ex-U. s. sem ator from Virginia, at Washington: aged @. g. Disaster: 30 people injured. in wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad near Pittsburg, t0 Obituary: Dr. Albert E. Foote, distinguish ed mineralogist, expired suddenly while at