Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-12-27

Savings bank burned in New York city %
frcmcn injured loss, Si50O)O.
Obituary william Libby, former partner of
A. r. Stewart in New York city: aged "A.
Rachel Cantor the oldest living actress in
the United States, at Worcester; aged s5
O. Obituary Mrs. d. p. Bowers well known
actress, mt Washington; aged Go.
Disaster: 30 killed and 20 wounded by an
explosion in Detroit, The Evening journal
office wrecked; loss, 100000.
Personal: Duke Of Marlborough married to
Consuelo Vanderbilt in New York.
The Erie railway sold under foreclosure for
S200O0,OO0
z. Obituary: Rear Admiral Robert Wilson
Shufcldt, U. S. N, in Washington aged 7S
Thirty third congress OF the Society For the
Advancement OF Women met in New Or
leans.
Sporting: The single scull race for the
worlds championship won by Gaudaur at
Austin, Tex.
8. Obituary Dr. Robert Battey, originator OF
the "Battcy operation" in surgery, Mt
Rome, Ga. aged 67. W. Rhode Hill, "A not
ed citizen of Atlanta in that city aged G8
i2. Obituary Henry O., Ashton, inventor Of
the Ashton safety valve, at somorville
Mass. aged ~.
Personal The eghtieth birthday Of Eliza
beth Cady Stanton celebrated by a large
gathering in New York.
Miscellaneous The thirteenth Baptist con
gress Of the United States opened at Provi
donce.
10. A daughter born to the car and czarina OF
Russia.
10. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Samuel Smith, author
Of "America, in Boston; aged 81.
Disaster: An electric car fell into draw at
Cleveland 10 deaths.
II. Fires A S3OOOOO fire at Meridian Miss
Banner brewery burned at Cincinnati.
IS. Fire; 5000 barrels Of naphtha burned at
Whiting, Ind. deaths.
10. Fire: Factory building burned at Dallas
Tex; loss, $4,000.
Obituary Cardinal Bonaparte, grandson of
Lucicn, at Rome aged 81.
20. Fire: The Parker block burned at Lowell
Mass. loss, $40, 900
Obituary Rustom Pasha, Turkish embassa
dor to Great Britain, in London.
2l. Fire: II firms burned out in Chicago fire
and many lives imperiled; loss, $4,000.
Obituary Sir Henry Ponsonby, private sec.
retary to Queen Victoria, at Cowes, Eng
land aged 20.
Miscellaneous: Calvert Vaux, n noted Ameri.
can landscape architect, found drowned in
New York bay. Verdict of not guilty in
the sensational HannigGn murder trial in
New York.
o. Fire 3 deaths in fire In the Dry Goods
and Wooden Exchange building in Chicago
loss 100000.
49, Obituary; NJ. Bartholemy Saint Hilaire,
prominent in French literature, in Paris
aged 90
Obituary: Maurice Frederick De Haas, noted
marine artist, in New York city; aged 63.
Edwin A. Meyers, n veteran newspaper
man of Pittsburg in that city; aged 62,
Sporting Yale defeated Princeton at New
York; score 20 to 10. Pennsylvania defeated
Harvard at football by score Of II to H.
%. Disaster Il deaths by an explosion of car
tridges at Barcelona Spain
Convention: The eighth annual session OF
the TransmisSisspi congress began in OnR
ho u gtptne and tf.rTitpripg pI
q. Obituary Alexandra Dumas, noted French
writer and author Of Camille" " in Paris
aged IL. Rev. Octavius Brooks Frothing
ham, noted Unitarian, in Boston; aged %.
2s. Obituary Gen. Thomas Jordan, a promi'
nent OK Confederate and Mexican veteran,
in New York city; aged 7G.
Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cornell al
football in West Philadelphia: score, 4G to g
20. Obituary: Count Won Taafe, Austrian
statesman, in Bohemia; aged 62,
Disaster: Explosion at he Tilly Foster mines
rear Carmel, n. VI killed and II injured
DECEMBER.
l. Obituary. james Harvey Partridge, edu
Gator and author at Crawford, N. J aged
S..
| Obituary: Capt. Oscar Taylor, n Union
veteran who captured Mosby the guerrilla
in New York.
Personal; Rufus W. Pecltham appointed jus
tice Of United States court.
/ Fire: mercantile firms turned out il. In
dianapolis; loss, 100000; iremcn killed.
| 4. The Empire State express, New York Cen
trail railway, broke the record betweei
New York and Buffalo, making the schedule
| time 53IS miles an hour.
! 9. Personal: W. e. H. Lec1y, the historian
elected to the house Of commons for tn
| Dublin university.
| Fire: Fire broke ont in the U. S. assay of
fee with $1,000, 900 in gold bars lying loos,
and $2l, 900, 900 in the vaults; damage slight
| 8. Fifteenth annual convention OF the Ameri
can Federation Of Labor opened in New
York city.
| 10. Centennial Of American commercial liberty
| celebration,