The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-01

ued at SEQ 600 at LOckpOrt, lis.
Obituary: Frank ID. Pixley, veteran jour
nalist. at San Francisco.
u. Fire: 2 factories, IA dwellings and other
properties burned IN Philadelphia; loss.
$500, co.,
Obituary: Lucien Napoleon Bonapsrte Wyse,
French explorer and engineer, in Paris.
ID. Obituary: DIR. William Dean, noted Baptist
missionary among the orientals, at San
Diego, Cal aged 80.
Conventions: The first national convention
of commercial lawyers opened in Detroit.
The seventeenth conference Of the A1neri-
Library association began in Denver.
The National Association Of Newsdealers
met in Brooklyn.
II. Obituary: Baron Christian Bernard Won
Tauchnitz, the European publisher. at
Leipsic; aged 70. Thomas Hovenden, IA
nous artist, at Norristown, Pa
American Pharmaceutical association opened
at Denver
tsBattle of Gettysburg and other celebrat-
ed pictures at Linfield, Pa. Gen. John D.
Imboden, famous Confederate cavalryman.
at Abingdon; aged rs.
16. Obituary: Gen. Samuel Bell Maxey, a Con-
fedeTate veteran and ex-U. S. senator from
Texas, at Eureka Springs, Ark. aged 79.
The thirtieth annual reunion of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers opened at
Pittsburg.
Is. Obituary: Ex-Justice william Strong of
the o. S. supreme court. at Lake Minnie
waslza, N. Y: aged 81. Leonard ". Volk,
the sculptor, at Osceola, Wis; aged GO.
Disaster: people drowned at Ocean City,
Md, from an overcrowV1ed skiff.
20. Disaster: Boiler explosion and fire destroy
ed the Gumry hotel, Denver: 25 deaths.
q. Fire: The Union steamboat dock and ware
house and other property burned in Mil
waulzee; loss, $500, 600.
Obituary: Ex-Gov. Luzon B. Morris of Con-
necticut, at New Haven; aged 60.
Is. Fire: At Rosendale. N. z, 25 buildings
burned; loss. $125, 600.
Obituary: Il. o. Houghton head of the Bos-
ton publishing house, at North AndoYer,
Mass; aged 70.
q. Obituary: Patrick Gavan Duffy, formerly
police justice and known as the fflittle
Judge at Toms River, N. J.
81. Obituary: Gen. Ely s. Parker, Indian
who served Grants staff, at Fairfield,
Conn
SEPTEMBER.
i. Obituary: Marshal Mcdonald, q. 8. COM
missioner of fish and fisheries, in Washing
Miscellaneous: Sedan day, twenty fifth ami
Versary of the French surrender ce1ebrat-
ed throughout Germany. Earthquake
shock in the eastern states.
2. Disaster: A runaway locomotive dashed
into crowded train the Coney Island
railroad; 70 people injured.
8. Fire: Phoenix Flour mills burned in Evans
Vile. Ind; loss S1l0,0
4. Fire: Boston and Albany wharf and freight
sheds in Boston destroyed by fire; loss,
$500, 900.
Obituary: Sven Loven, distinguished Swed-
ish naturalist, aged 81. William Henry
Hurlbert, the American journalist, at Ca
denabbia, Italy; aged g. Gen. A v Kautz,
U. S. A, retired in Seattle, Wash (; aged III.
8. Obituary: Peter Styers, LOCOMOTIVES engi-
neef who had been on the az % years, at
Bethlehem, Pa. aged 73-
z. Obituary: Henry Bentley, sfather of the
local telegraph" near Rhinebeck N. Y;
aged 81.
Disaster: IS miners entombed by fire in the
osceola <aino at Houghton' Mich; 50
Sporting: The American yacht Defender won
the first against Va1kyrie III by 8
minutes and 40 seconds.
8. Fire. Bowler's brewery burned at Amster-
dam, n. Y; loss, $500 GOO.
Q. The G. A. r. met in annual encampment
at Louisville.
TO- Obituary: Harrison Willard, popular song
writer, in New York city; aged 65.
Sporting: Vallryrie III fouled the American
yacht Defender and won by AZ seconds.
IL. Obituary: Henry Lindenmyer, well known
aged CO.
Disaster: 5 killed and many injured in a
head end collision on the Great Northern
near Melby, Mimi
r. Obituary: Rev DR.. Charles H. Hall, prom
inent Episcopal divine, in Brooklyn; aged
rs.
Sporting: Lord Dunraven withdrew the Eng
lish yacht Valkyrie III, giving the race for
the Americas cup to the Defender.
IA. Obituary: Prof. Sigislnund Lasar, promi-
nent instructor and composer, in Brook
lynn aged 73.
The Mora indemnity of $1,419.ooO paid by
Spain.
II. Fire: The business portion of Dodge, Neb.,
destroyed by fire; loss $15O, 600.
Is. Fire: A s750,000 blaze in the business por-
ton of Indianapolis. l death and prop
erty loss of $a75, 900 in fire at Oshkosh,
Wis.
Obituary: Marian Seton, 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 $50, 600 worth of property in
Michigan. The Atlanta exhibition formally
opened.
10. Fire: lumber dry kilns burned at Wash
ington, N. G. loss, $780, 600.
Obituary: Charles lie Clercq, well known
actor, in New York city: aged az. Alex H.
Richie formerly well known as an artist
and engraver, in New Haven; aged 70.
Disaster: The Spanish cruiser Sanchez Bar
caiztegui run down and sunk in the har-
Dor of Havana; officers and SO sailors
drowned.
20. Fire: AT Green Bay, Wis, $125, 600 lost by
fire.
81 Obituary Prof Abraham Victor Rydberg,
Swedish author, at Stockholm.
%. Fire: Lumber yards and mills burned at
Fon du Lac Wis; loss, $3.50, coo.
%. Fire: Paper mill and dwelling burned at
Newburg, II. Y; loss, $125,00
"a. Convention: The Catholic Young Mems Ma
tional Union league began its twenty first
annual convention in ST. Louis.
26. Obituary: Hon. E. W. Bull, prominent
agriculturist, originator of the Concord
grape, in Concord, Mass. aged 80.
~. 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.
q. Fires: At Superior, Mimi, the elevator of
the Daisy Flour mill burned. A s155, 600
factory fire at Woonsocket, r. L
OCTOBER.
/. Fire: fires in Philadelphia losses, $780, 600.
Obituary: Charles E. Brown, the first male
schoolteacher in Chicago, died at Glenese,
Ills.
2 Fire: At Cambridge, O., fire destroyed Lin
den hotel, Taylor block.
Obituary: Gen. Orlando NJ. Poe, q. S. engi-
neers, at Detroit; aged G..
Personal: Maj. Gen. Miles ordered to com