Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-02
THE EVENTS OF A YEAR.
A Condensed Diary of the Past
Twelve Months.
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF 1895

Full List Of Disasters by Land and Sea, 50
cial. Philanthropie ard Religious Gath
erinGs. Political and Personal Event.
the Obituary Roll and Index of Every
thing Worth Noting.
The following record Of the leslding
events Of che year 1895 has been carefully
complied FOR immediate or future refer
encc:
JANUARY.
8 Fires s225, 90 damage at the residence o
Hon r r. Mast, Springfield, o. build
ings destroyed al Coffeyyile. Kan; loss
SlU5. .UGO
Obituary Dr. George Marx. famous ento
Inologist IN Washington aged IS.
Obituary: David n. Craig, the first genera
manager Of the Associated Press, at Asbur,
Park.
O. Fires: The Toront Globe building and 9th
ers burned during IA blizzard: loss. oyel
$iO0O,O0d several firemen killed.
Obituary Rev. Dr. King, famous for aiS
Given "a escaping slaves. in Gotham, ont.
aged 81 Csn. Philip Sidney Post. distin
guished Union vet ran and a congressman
from Illinois in Washington aged ".
Political lpri-iig ii Hawaii in the interest,
Of the deIosel queen.
D. Fires: Cooley -four min and elevator
burned az ScottsSille. n. Y; loss Sl25, ,O00
Obituary Areain..ld Gordon, newspaper
man, critic aaa dr;nnatist. ia Port Rich
mond, y. r.; Gesl 81.
~. Fires: The Osso3dby building and severa
large business houses burned ia Toronto
loss, Sl.01aU0. Factories of the Nyetl
Hardware company burned at ST. Joseph
No. loss. sl.1.UoO
Obituary Aaron l.. Dennison, the father OF
American matchmaking. in Birmingham
u y A lRf
noted as ia.lder OF the Union ram fleet in
the Mississippi. al Ii Dora To- Kan.
"A Fire. SlOJ OjJ blaze at Blrnesviile, O.
Strike: Trolley m0tormcn and conductors
struck ia brooklyn.
IS. Fire: StaGt theter, Milwaukee, damaged
10 the an.cUAt ot Sl20,0o0.
Obituary EA-Gov. :. r. Chadwick OF Ore
gon, at Ssiem: aged 20. Charles &. Leigh,
active temperance lesder in Brooklyn,
aged 50
Disaster. Explosion Of several powder cars
at Butte, Mon; 70 killed. LOO injured.
Politieal President Cisinir Prrier Of France
resigned.
T. Obituary: Gen. Israel n. Stiles. Union
veteran prominent in public life in Chica.
go: aged 82. Col. John Kean, founder and
first president Of the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey, in New York aged 81.
Political Francois Felix Faure elected presi-
dent of France.
IS Criminal: Arrest and confession Of Quig.
ley, the bond forger, i'm New York; amount
involved, Sl44.O00
10 Fire; Texas Cotton palace burned at Waco.
~ Obituary; Prof. Augustus &. Merriam OF
Columbia college, at Athens; aged 81.
Labor Trouble: Rioting by trolley strikers
in Brooklyn.
81 Financial. The Merchants hank OF Bing-
hamton and private bank Of Erastus Ross
& Sons closed their doors.
Olff444vg- fbarilsS SfcretaH. noted SViS.
philosopher. at Lausanne; aged So
Miscellaneous The National Manufacturers
association met at Cincinnati. Militia
fired on trolley strikers in Brooklyn.
% Obituary DIR. Alfred l.. Loonlis, noted
medical professor and practitioner, in New
York city. aged g. Brig. Gen. stephen V.
Benct. L. 5. A., retired; aged 6s
"a Obituary Lord Randolph Henry Spencer
Churchill prominent English politician. in
London aged al.
Criminal: Two masked men held up train
on the Cotton road near Mcneil, Ark, and
pluudered the express car of $4,000.
Is. Disaster Five coal barges sunk in Long
Island soun /; Il psopla drowned The
Gloucester 3 shing schooner Leader wreck
cd ON tn II ,ssaehusetts coast; Of the
crew drowned.
%. Obituary NJ. de Giers, Russian minister OF
foreign affairs for many years, at st. Pc
tor,burg: aged IS. Gen. Francis Darr a
prominent Union veteran, at Wayne, Pa. /;
a-cd c.
A fierce gA;e alang the New England, Long
Island .ag1 Now Jersey coasts.
=. Obituary AIRS. Emma q. Bostwick "the
American Jenny Lind, " at Morristown, n.
J. aged aooat ~.
y. Obituary Canrobert, last marshal of
France. in Paris; aged IS.
storms storm struck Galveston, eapsizing
several sloops; many lives lost. Blizzard
in Oklahoma
% Obituary Dr. Jamin Strong. widely known
authority on mental diseases, in Cleveland /;
aged 20
80 Disaster: steamship Elbe of the North Ger
man Lloyd colhded with small steamer
in the North sea aud sunk with over 800
people.
ST. Obituary Judge Ebenezer lockwood Hoar
in Concord Mass. aged ~ Ward Meal
lister, noted society leader, in New York
city.
Convention The twenty seventh annual con
vention Of the American woman's Suffrage
association began at Atlanta.
FEBRUARY.
3. Obituary Theodore Dwight welde, once a
prominent enfislayery agitator, at Hyde
Park. Mass; aged 81.
l. Fire. Phoenix Glass works burned at No,
naco. Pa loss, S2JS.000.
Obituary: Gen. MGhicr d. Manson, veteran OF
the Mexican ana civil t.ars at Frankfort.
Ind aged %. Gen. Rufus Barringcr. a
Confederate veteran at Charlotte, n g.
aged -.
Disaster A trolley car plunged through an
open draw in Milwaukee; killed, IN
iured.
S. Fires: Ts.,. B,ardman tobacco warehouse
burned Ia Cincinnati; loss over $4,000. A
SlO0 0o0 fire ia the business district Of Leip-
sic, a.