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

electrical engineer, killed by shock in his
cellar at Great Darlington, Mass.
Disaster: killed and IL injured by runa-
way trolley at Pittsburg.
II. Obituary: Gen. Erasmus d. Reyes, prom
inent Union general in 1882 at Nice,
France: aged So. Clara Doty Bates, the
suthoress, in Chicago. Andrew J. Mould
err, pioneer educator of San Francisco. in
that city aged g.
l5. Obituary: Franklin Davis, a well known
and most successful nurseryman, at Wav-
erly, Nd. aged 66.
l6. Personal: Gen. John Gibbon elected com
mander in chief Military Order of the 10y
IL. Fire: At Champaign, Ills. Empire Cordage
mill destroyed by fire loss, f$10o, coo.
Is. Fires: At Manchester, O., 60 stores, 20
dwellings, churches, 2 banks and Masonic
hall burned; loss, S150, COG. A $500, 900 fire
in New Orleans. Fire swept blocks in
Creole, Colo, and destroyed property valu-
The national W. c. T. U. convened in Balti-
more.
10. Fire: Atlanta suffered loss of 100000 by
fire.
Obituary: John ". Mackay, Jr. killed while
racing in France
90, Fire: squares burned in New Orleans;
1000 people homeless; loss nearly $500, coo.
Obituary: Henry Augustus Loop, well known
artist, at Lake George; aged g. Rachael
Elan, the first woman settler In Chicago,
died in that city.
n. Fire: Town of Bagwell, Tex, destroyed by
fire; loss, 500, COO.
Obituary: Gen Thomas g. Pitcher, q. s. A.,
retired at Fort Bayard, N. M; aged II.
Ashael Clark Kendrick, D. D., Ii. D., not
ed Greek scholar, at Rochester; aged &c.
Oliver Anes, ex-governor OF MASSACHUSETTS,
in North Easton; aged o..
q. Fire: 40 buildings destroyed IN Madison,
Wis. loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Signor Bought, celebrated italian
author, scholar and statesman at Naples;
aged 81.
a. Obituary: Ex-U. 8. Senator Charles h. Van
Wyck of Nebraska. in Washington; aged II.
rs. Obituary: Charles Halle. noted pianist, in
H. oewa1E
q. Lynching mob fired upon by militia at
Tiffin, O. 2 killed.
%. 10 inches of snow fell at Negaunee, Mich.
SO. Fire: Lagonda hotel burned at Springfield,
o.; loss $1oo, 600 At Columbus, Ga, the
girls high school and II residences were
burned.
l. Criminal: Durant convicted of the murder
of Blanche Lamont at San Francisco.
e. Criminal: Holmes convicted of the murder
of Pitezel.
8. Disaster: killed and Is or 30 injured in
wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio near
Wheeling.
4. Fire. business blocks burned at Decatur,
ns.s loss, $3.50, 600 to 100000.
Obituary Eugene Field, the popular journal
list and verse writer, in Chicago; aged 45.
Z s. Fire: The Empire bank and Manhattan
Savings bank burned in New York city; 20
hremen injured; loss, $50, 600.
Obituary: William Libby, former partner Of
A. T. Stewart in New York city. aged "a
Rachel Cantor, the oldest living actress in
g. Obituary Mrs. D. P. Bowers well known
actress, at Washington: aged IS.
Disaster: 40 killed and 20 wounded by an
explosion in Detroit, The Evening Journal
Office wrecked loss $50, 600.
Personal: Duke of Marlborough married to
CoDsuelo Vanderbilt in New York.
The Erie railway sold under foreclosure for
$50, 600 900.
T. Obituary Rear Admiral Robert Wilson
Shufeldt, U. S. N, in Washington; aged 70.
Thirty third congress of the Society For the
AduanNarnant of W0Tn mat iT1N aTxy Or
Sporting The single scu1 race for the
worlds championship won by Gaudaur at
Austin Tex.
g. Obituary: DR.. Robert Battey originator of
the f'Battey operation in surgery, at
Rome, Ga: aged 81. W. Rhode Hill, not
ed citizen of Atlanta in that city; aged g.
IL. Obituary: Henry G.. Ashton, inventor of
the Ashton safety valve, at Somerville,
Mass. aged 40.
Personal: The eightieth birthday of Eliza
beth Cady Stanton celebrated by large
gathering in New York.
Miscellaneous: The thirteenth Baptist
gress of the United States opened at Provi-
10 A daughter born to the car and czarina of
Russia.
16 Obituary: Rev. DR.. Samuel Smith, author
of America, - in Boston; aged 81.
Disaster: An electric fell into draw at
Cleveland; 10 deaths.
H. Fires: A 10000 fire at Meridian, Miss.
Banner brewery buried at Cincinnati.
49, Fire: 81, 600 barrels of naphtha burned at
Whiting Ind deaths.
49, Fire. Factory building burned at Dallas,
Tex; loss SIS, 900.
Obituary: Ca%linal Bonaparte grandson of
Lucien, at Rome; aged g.
90 Fire: The Parker block burned at Lowell,
Mass; loss, $230, 900.
Obituary: Rustem Pasha, Turkish embassa-
dor to Great Britain, in London.
81. Fire: II firms burned out in Chicago fire
and many lives imperi1ed: loss. $500 600.
Obituary Sir Henry Ponsonby, private Sec
rotary to Queen Victoria, at Cowes, Eng
land: aged 20.
Miscellaneous: Calvert Vaua, noted Ameri-
can landscape architect, found drowned in
New York bay. Verdict of not guilty in
the sensational Hannigan murder trial in
New York.
22 Fire: deaths in fire in the Dry Goods
and Wooden Exchange building in Chioago;
loss 500. COO.
%. Obituary: NJ. Bartholerny Saint Hilaire
prominent in French literature, in Paris:
aged 80.
Obituary: Maurice Frederick De Haas noted
marine artist, in New York city; aged g.
Edwin A. Meyers, veteran newspaper
man of Pittsburg, in that city aged 90.
Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at New
York; score 20 to 10. Pennsylvania defeated
Harvard at football by score of II to IA.
25 Disaster: II deaths by an explosion of car
tridges at Barcelona, Spain.
Convention The eighth annual session of
the Transmississipi congress began in O1na-
ha; "a states and territories represented
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 70.
%. Obituary: Gen. Thomas Jordan. proni-
nent ex-Confederate and Mexican veteran,
in New York city; aged rs.
Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at
football in West Philadelphia; score, 40 to 2.
o. Obituary: Count Won Taafe, Austrian
statesman, in Bohemia: aged 81.
Disaster: Explosion at the Tilly Foster mines
near Carmel. N. Y: killed and II injured.
DECEMBER.
l. Obituary: James Harvey Partridge, edu-
Gator and author, at Crawford, N. r.. aged
IS.