Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-02

ssa by fire al Kalamazoo. Mich; loss $780,
~ The Leonard silk min at Florence.
Mass. destroyed hy fire: loss nearly SiaV,-
N3l
10. Fire: Cameron, W. Va. almost wholly de-
stroyed by fre;a a relief train from Wheel
ing wrecked and men killed.
Obituary; William Steinhart, pioneer mer-
chant Of California in san Francisco; aged
Is
II. Obituary Prof Daniel Kirkwood, IL. D.,
late OF the Indiana State university, at Riy-
erside, Cs,l. aged ST.
I2 Obituary Theopilus Adam Wylie, emeritus
prosessor If ancient languages in the Uni
verSify II Indiana, at Bloomington, Ind;
aged $.
Miscellaneous: Christian Endeavor annual
convention opened in Boston. Destructive
storms and tornadoes in Minnesota and
Oklahoma.
H. Obituary Henry Prouse Cooper, formerly
well known New York tailor, in New
York: aged 80 Senor Gorilla noted Span
iSh republican leader at Madrid: aged al.
a. Obituary. Rev. Alonzo A. Miner, ID. d..
pastor emeritus Of the Second Universalist
church and prominent prohibitionist IN
Boston aged 81.
Disaster: A 50 horsepower engine exploded at
Fail River. Mass, wreckng a story build
ing: people killed and injured.
Personal. Harriet Beecher Stowe celebrated
her eighty fourth birthday at Hartford.
15 Fire: AT Bridgeport. o., fire destroyed
wholesale drug store, hotel, banks and
several retail establishments; loss, 100000
l6 Fires: An incendiary fire destroyed
church 2 newspaper Offices and several
stores loss. SD, 900. Jacobs Third Avenue
theater burned in New York
The Worlds Woman's Christian conference
opened in London.
II. Miscellaneous The Harlem ship canal con,
meeting North river with Long Island sound
opened with ceremonies.
rr "a - -.
great drug firm, in New York city; aged
80
20 Fire: Power house and cars OF the street
railway in Seattle, Wash, burned; loss,
S2G000
2l Obituary Henry b. Houston, "father Of
transportation interests in Pennsylvania, "
I'm Philadelphia: aged IS.
Emperor William laid the keystone of the
Kaiser Wilhelm iKiell canal.
49, The soldier bicycle courier Matthey ended
his l3l4 days ride from New York to Chi
cago.
a. Miscellaneous. Lord Rosebery and his
ministry resigned Columbia won the tri
angular boat race at Poughkeepsie over
Cornell and Pennsylvania.
Obituary: Thomas Henry Huxley, the scient-
ist at Eastborne. England: aged 40 years.
25. Obituary NJ. D. Boruck pioneer editor
of California in San Francisco; aged q.
Philip Phillips, the evangelist, in Della
ware, o.; aged 6l.
a. Fire: San Francisco swept by the largest
fire known there in over 30 years
g. Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard by So
lengths at New London, Conn.
20. Obituary: Prof. Thomas H. Huxley, the
scientist at Eastbourne, England; aged 20.
Ex.President PeiXoto of Brazil, near Rio
Janeiro; aged 81. Daniel Cady Eaton. pro-
fessor of botany at Yale, in New Haven
aged 81. Gen. Green Clay Smith. a Union
veteran, at Washington; aged 6S.
JULY.
L. Disaster: At Ellhart. Ind, a bridge fell
under crowd witnessing a boat race; 80
injured
Miscellaneous 43 deaths in the region west
of and adjoining the Mississippi by cloud
bursts and lightning. postoffice burglars
-Rilloran. Allen and Russell-broke out Of
Ludlow Street Jail, New York. Mob at
tackled an A. +. A. parade in Boston.
5. Obituary: Alexander Hester, Americas
greatest deguerreotypist, died at Evanston,
Ills
9. Fires. Lumber plant burned at Scotia.
Cal: loss $25O,000. At Duluth, Mimi.
100000 loss in warehouse fire. busi-
ness places burned in oswego, N. y. loss.
Sl50,O00.
Z. Terrific storm at Chicago and on Lake
Michigan many deaths reported
8. Obituary: David A. Daboll, publisher Of
Dabon's Almanac, at New London, Conn;
aged 81.
Disaster: ls killed and % injured in rear
end collision on the Grand Trunk at craig's
Head Quebec.
10. Fire: Fatal fire at Detroit: deaths.
Obituary Allen Pettibone. father of the
BIillerites, at Hartford aged s..
Disaster Over 100 people injured at Attain
tic City by the collapse of the old casino.
Sporting: Cornell beaten by Trinity hall at
Henley for Grand Challenge cup.
II Obituary Miolau (taryalhO. famous French
prima donna and the original Marguerite,
at Dieppe.
Convention. Convention Of the United Soci
eties Of Christian Endeavor opened in Bos
ton
Il. Obituary. Dr. Norton S. Townshend,
emeritus professor of agriculture in the
state university. at Columbus, o.. aged 70.
Is. Fire: Steamer Cibola burned at Lewiston,
N. y: loss, about $250.O00.
16. Fire: Business portion of Alta Vista wiped
out by fire: loss $4,000.
Obituary. Stambuloh, ex-premier of Bull
garia, by assassination, at Sofia aged 40
II. Fire: fireman killed and IL injured at
fire in Cincinnati; property loss, $2J0. 600
49, Obituary: Charles Emanuel Schenck, ex-
president of Switzerland. at Bern; aged TO-
Convention: Fifth international convention
of the Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America opened in Baltimore.
Personal: Henry Irving. Walter Besant and
Lewis Morris knighted by the queen.
q. Fire: $780, coo loss by burning of oil mill
in Chicago
Disaster: $50 lives lost by steamboat collision
in the gulf Of Genoa.
%. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Alexander H. Rice of
Massachusetts, died at Melrose. Prof. Ru-
dolf Gneist, eminent German scholar and
professor, instructor of the reigniug kali
ser. at Berlin aged 90.
"A. Fires: Y. N. c. A. building in Washington
burned; loss, $1,000. Tronton (O.) water
works destroyed by fire; loss, $l00,0O0.
Obituary: James Bum. chief Of the Shinne-
cock Indians, at southampton, n. Y. aged
about So. Rev. Edward Beecher. one of the
famous seven brothers. in Brooklyn; aged
g.
25. Obituary: DR.. Anthony Wilson Thorald,
bishop Of Winchester, at Surrey, England;
aged 20.
q. Obituary Col Alfred NJ Wood, mayor Of
Brooklyn during the war, in that city;
aged 10.
-. Obituary John Barbee Minor. LIZ D.. pro
fessor of common and statute law in the
University Of Virginia at Charlottesville;
aged -.
90. Fort Scott, Tex, flooded by sudden pre-
cipitation Of rain.
81. Obituary Richard N. Hunt, noted archi-
tect, at Newport. R. l.; aged 6S.
AUGUST.
/. Obituary: Prof. Heinrich von sybel, Ger
man historian, in Marburg: aged rs.
Fatal cloudburst in Wyoming.
2. Fire: A business block at Lima, O., de-
stroyed BY fire; loss, 10000.
Obituary Joseph Thompson. African ex-
plorer, in London.
3. Fire: Spragur, the scat Of Lincoln county,
devastated Is fire; loss nearly 81. 10000.
1. Fire: Berlin, Nd, almost wiped out by
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