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

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! IS Fire; Camphells. \. ", hamlet in steuben
county, DESTROYED by Are.
Obituary. Gen. William J Landrum vefer.
an Of the tsigan and civil wars, az Ian.
easier, ky.; sseg ca. b. l. Pope. noted
electrical engineer, kill,d 10y shock In his
/ cellar al Gr,at Darlington, Mass.
Disaster: s killed and ~ Miurcd ly \ runa
way trolley car a. Fittsoerg.
H. Obituary Gen, Erasmus ID. keyrs, prom.
iuent Union general in iS,s. at Niee.
France: aged ~. Clara Doiy bates, the
authorss IN Chicago. Andrew ,. Mould
en- pioneer educator of san Francisco. IN
that city ala q ~.
/ Is Obituary Franklin Davis. well known
and most successful nursery man, At May
erly Md. aged ta.
i6 Personal; GvA. John Gihboa elected COM
mander in chief Military Order OF the 10y
al legion.
| Ia Fire: AT Champaign, ms. Empire Cordagc
mill destroyed by ire' loss, SlOo,oOo
4 Is Fires AZ Blanchester O., Od stores ~
dwellings churches, banks and Masonio
hall burned. loss, Sl50.U0O A S0O.00o hre
in New Orleans Fire swept blocks IA
Crede, Colo, and destroyed property valu'
/ ed at Sl5O,V0
The national ". &. T. L. convened in Balti.
more.
l9 Fire: Atlanta suffered a loss Of $4,000 by
/ fire.
Obituary: John ". aIackay Jr., killed while
racing I'm France.
| ~ flft. SttNialN~ NNintu IN NEW OFleAuhf
/ O00 people homeless. loss nearly A1OO, ,UuO,
Obituary: Horny Augustus Loop, well known
artist, at Lake George; aged O. Rachael
Elam the first woman settler in Chicago.
died in that city.
| 81 Fire: Town of Bagwell. Tex, destroyed by
fire; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: CEN Thomas q. Pitcher, u. s. A..
retired at Fort Bayard. \. Nj. aged Il.
Ashaol Cl,li. ECnGrick, y, D., Ill. d., not.
ed Greek scholar at Rochester; aged ".
Oliver Amc,, cN-Tovcrnor OF Massachusetts,,
in North Easton: aged "a.
%. Fire: 40 buildings destroyed in Madison.
/ Wis. loss Sl5Uu0a.
Obituary; Sipnor Bought, celebrated Italian
author, scholar and statesman, at Naples'
| aged g..
| "a Obituary Ex.U s. senator Charles H. Van
wyck Of Nebraska, in Washington aged u.
| 25. Obituary Charles Halle, noted pianist, in
| Manchester; aged 20,
q. Lynchng mob fired upon by militia at
Tiflin, O. , killed.
! 2s 10 inches Of snow fen al Negaunee Mich.
30. Fire Lagonda hotel burned at Springfield,
o. loss, 100000. AZ Columbus, Ga, the
girls high school and II residences We're
burned.
1. Criminal: Durant convicted OF the murder
of Blanche Lamont at san Francisco
q Criminal; Holmes convicted OF the murder
of Pitezcl.
| 8. Disaster: 2 killed and 25 or 80 injured ia n
wreck ON the Baltimore and Ohio near
| Wheeling.
T. Fire: business blocks burned at Decatur.
Ills. loss S250OO0 10 SOO,0OO
Obituary Eugene Field, the popular journal.
ist and verse writer, In Chicago: aged %.
| 5. Fire: The Empire bank and Manhattan
Savings bank burned in New York city; ~
fremen injured: loss, S50,OOO.
Obituary William Libby, former partner Of
A. n. Stewart in New York city; aged "a.
Rachel Cantor, the oldest living actress In
the United States, at Worcester; aged 50.
6. Obituary Mrs. d. p. Bowers well known
actress, at Washington aged 90.
Disaster 40 killed and 70 wounded by IN
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
$40. OO0O0O,
z. Obituary Rear Admiral Robert Wilson
Shufeldt, u. $. n, in Washington; aged rs
Thirty third congress Of the Society For the
Advancement Of Women met IN New Or
! leans.
sporting: The single scul race for the
worlds championship won by tiaudaur az
Austin Tex.
| g. Obituary DR.. Robert Battey, originator Of
the "Battey operation in surgery, at
Rome tia aged g.. W. Rhode Hill, not
ed citizen Of Atlanta, in that city aged 6i.
| l2. Obituary Henry q. Ashton, inventor OF
the Ashton safety valve, at Someryille,
| Mass. aged i0.
Personal: The eightieth birthday Of Elizs-
beth Cady stanton celebrated by large
gathering in New York.
Miscellaneous: The thirteenth Baptist con.
gress Of the United States opened at Proyi'
| dence.
Is. A daughter born to the car and czarina Of
Russia
lG. Obituary Rev DR.. Samuel Smith, author
of "America in Boston aged ST.
Disaster: An electric ear fell into adraw NJ
Cleveland ~ deaths.
II. Fires: 100000 fire az Meridian Miss.
Banner brewery burned at Cincinnati.
IS. Fire: 5000 barrels Of naphtha burned At
Whiting, Ind. ; 3 deaths.
49, Fire: Factory building burned Rt Dallas,
Tex; loss, $4,000,
Obituary Cardinal Bonaparte grandson Of
Lucien, at Rome: aged 81.
90 Fire: The Parker block burned at Lowell,
Mass. loss, $4,000
Obituary: Rustem 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 TO-
Micellaneous: Calvert Vaux, a noted Aineri
can landscape architect. found drowned in
New York bay. Verdict of not guilty in
the sensational Hannigan murder trial in
New York.
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and Wooden Exchange building in Chicago;
loss, $4O0OO0.
o. Obituary ". Bartholemy Saint Hilaire.
prominent la French literature, in Paris I:
aged 20.
Obituary Maurice Frederick De Haas, noted
marine artist. in New York city; aged g.
Edwin A. Meyers, a veteran newspaper
man Of Pittsburg, in that city aged G2.
Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at New
York score 70 10 ~. Pennsylvania defeated
Harvard at football by score Of II 70 H.
25 Disaster: n deaths by explosion Of car
fridges at Barcelona, Spain
Convention: The eighth annual session ~
the Transmississipi congress began IN Ona-
ha p states and territories represented.
a. Obituary Alexandre Dumas, noted French
writer and author II Camille, T" Ia Paris (:
aged IL Rev. Octavius Brooks Frothing
ham. nOtcd Unitarian, IN Boston; aged 70.
g. Obituary Gen. Thomas Jordan, proini-
nent exConfederate and Mexican veteran,
in New York city aged i6-
Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at
football in West Philadelphia; score, 46 to-.
a. Obituary: Count tOn Taafe, Austrian
statesman, in Bohenia aged ~.
Disaster: Explosion at the Tilly Foster mines
near Carmel ~ y. ; o. killed and II injured.
DECEMBER.
/. Obituary James Harvey Partridge, edu
Gator and author, at Crawford. n. j.; aged
s..
2 Congress opened.
Obituary Capt. Oscar Taylor, n Union
veteran who captured Mosby the guerrilla,
in New York.