Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

Earthqutke. deaVy snOcks Tn Ataly anu Aus- 10, Obituary; Hon. Leveritt saltonstall, prom inent Democratic leader, at Brookline, Mass. 5.. s5 ss s'5ss. IS. Obituary: R. c. wiciliffe, ex-governor of Louisiana. at shelbyvil1e, Ky. Granville Perkins, the artist, in New York city; aged The fifth international convention of the Young Woman 3 Christian association open ed in Pittsburg. . zz4s-- ls. Obituary: Charles K Knox, the well known New York batter, in that city; aged v. 20. Sporting; Eddie Bald lowered tire cycling record 2 second in California by riding 21. Fire: Fire in the school of arts at Chalons- -Marne, France, destroyed exhibition models and machines valued at 100000 francs Obituary: Paul Fenimore Cooper, son of the novelist, in Albany; aged 70. s- 22 Obituary: Albert Young, "grand patriarch of the Romany people of the continent, died at Ross Park, opposite St. Louis; he was 64 years old 24 Obituary, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, one of yermont's most prominent citizens, at St. Johnsbury.
 Personal: Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt appoint ed major general by the president. Cols Zenos R. Bliss and John J. Coppinger were promoted to be brigadier generals. Miscellaneous: Nat Jones, veteran specu-
  Mrs Frank Leslie, first wife of the well En9TR |Zn9, R. SSsw Ss York publisher 'i'a at Sn0 25 Fire: The Mcdonald tobacco factory burn ed in Montreal; loss, $500, 600; several fatal ities; 9 persons injured.
 Obituary: Henry H. Scott prominent citi- zen and leading Democrat of San Francis co, in that city
 29 Obituary: Levi B. Taft eminent Michi- gan jurist, at Pontiac; aged 73 3D. Obituary: Gustav Freitag the popular Ger man novelist, author of 'tSoll und Haben" and other notable books, at Xiesbaden: aged 70.
 1. Obituary: Maj. Gen. John Newton, distin- Cuished soldier of the Mexican and civil wars and engineer of Hell Gate, in New York city: aged 72. Gen. s. B. Heynan a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, in Houstonia, Mo. aged 75.
 Miscellaneous: Third annual congress Sons of the American Revolution began in Bos- ton. Tornado in Kansas; 10 deaths. 8. Disaster: American Powder company's mills near Concord, Mass, blown up; killed. Sioux City, Ia., and other towns swept by tornadw over 250 killed. 5. Obituary: James Kelly, Cook county pio- neer and one of the founders of the Chica. go Tribune, at Winnetka, Ills. 6. Fires: New Carlisle, O., had $75,0o0 fire Strauss 6 Sons tannery and other proper ty in East Buffalo destroyed by fire; loss s250, 900.
 Obituary: Ex-Gov. Robert S. Green of New Jersey, at Elizabeth N. J.. aged GA. 2. Obituary; Field Marshal Gen. von Pape distinguished Prussian veteran and miIi- tary governor of Berlin, in that city; aged 8 Obituary: Ex-Gov. James A. Weston, at Manchester, N. H.; aged 6S.
 Convention: The thirty-first international convention Y M. 0. A. of North America met at Springfield, Mass.
 Q. Obituary: Gilbert Elliot, constructor of the noted Confederate ram Albemarle, in New York city; aged 52.
 TO- Obituary: Gen. Joseph Cotton, who served in the Confederate army, at New Haven; aged 62. Gen. Charles Sutherland, ex-sur- geon general, U. s. A., in Washington; aged 65.
 Il. Obituary: Ex-Gov Ira J. Chase of Indiana at Lubec, Me. ; aged 6l.
 12 Fires: Fire at Port Huron, Mich, destroy ed grain elevator and flour mill: loss $2O0, ,000 At Pratt City, Ala, the city hall a hotel and church and 30 dwellings were destroyed by fire.
 Obituary: Julius H. Seelye, ex-president of Amherst college, in Amherst; aged T. Chief Whirlwind, noted Cheyenne warrior, died at Fort Reno, O. T. IA. Convention: The sixteenth annual conven- tion of the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit as- sociation began in New York. Biennial convention of the Order of Railway Con ductors began in Atlanta. 10. Obituary: Duke of Hamilton, twelfth of his line, died in Algie Admira' John J. Amy, U. &. N., retired, in Washington; aged 81. Peter H. Burnett first governor of California, in San Francisco: aged CT. 10 Fire: 40 business places and 100 dwellings destroyed in St. Albans, Vt.; loss, s75O, 900. Obituary: David s. s. samis, the well known Fire Island boniface, in Babylon, "; aged 77. Hiram Barney, collector of the port of New York under Lincoln, in that city; aged A.
 2l. Fire: At Angelica, N. Y., stores, opera house and other property burned: loss, s100000.
 Offenbach," composer of "Boccaccio, ' etc., in Vienna; aged 75. Dr. Mary Harris Thompson, founder and head surgeon of the Chicago Hospital For Women and Chil- dren, in Chicago; aged 66.
 Disaster: Explosion at Pinole, Cal, of SOOO pounds of nitroglycerin and 20O0 pounds Hercules powder; IA men killed; loss, $780, GOO.
 Miscellaneous: The income tax declared un- constitutional by Q vote of to 4 The fifth annual reunion of the United Confed- crate veterans convened at Houston, Tex. 24. Obituary: Hon. Hugh McCulloch secretary of treasury 1885 to 1889. at Washington; aged 87.
 26. Obituary: John A. Norris race horse own CT and cap. .talist, Kerrville, Tex. 27. Obituary: Henry Lindley Fry, noted wood carver, near Cincinnati; aged 88 28 Fire: 38 business houses and dwellings burned at Pattonsburg, Mo-; loss, $100, ,000. Obituary: Walter Quinton Gresham, secre- tary of state, at Washington; aged 63. Conventions The seventieth anniversary meeting of the American Unitarian asso- citation held in Boston. The American Baptist union began it's eighty-f first anni- versary convention at Saratoga. Shipwrecks: Pacific Mail steamer Colima ran upon a reef off Manzanillo, Mex, during a gale; 1s8 persons drowned. French steamer Dom Pedro wrecked off the Spanish coast i; 100 lives lost.
 BI. Obituary: Gen. G. M Mitchell, Union vet eran at Charleston, Ills. aged GO.
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 l. Obituary: George M. Gray, Chicago pio- neer, in tbat city; aged 7.
 g. Obituary: Hon. Vincent D. Markham, n very distinguished jurist of Colorado, at Denver: aged 68.
 B. Obituary Miss Emily Faithful, the Eng fish economist and philanthropist; aged 60. Gen. Primo Rivera captain general of Mad rid, mortaily wounded by subordinate. A Obituary: amuel Washington Fuller, artist and portrait painter. at Saratoga: aged 70 The one hundred and fourteenth annual con. clave of the grand lodge of Freemasons opened in New York. c. Fires Carriage plant burned at Jackson. Mich. 1: loss, s175. 900. 9 elevators destroyed at Appleton, Wis. loss, $l5C,000.