The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-01


3D. Convention 9th annual reunion of Gee
federate veterans began at Richmond.
JULY.
1. Daniel De Foe, linea1 descendant of the
great author, died in San Francisco.
e. Obituary: Harriet Beecher Stowe, at New
Haven; aged 3D. Gen. a. r. Lawton, a
Confederate veteran, at Clifton Springs
Sanitarium; aged rs.
8. Obituary: Anson D. F. Randolph, the well
known book publisher, at West Hampton,
N. Y; aged 76. Charles Howard johnson,
artist, in New York city; aged so.
A. DR.. George Rimmell famous sporting man,
known as Gwinne Price, died in st. Louis;
aged "a
@. Sporting: Leander crew beat Yale in trial
heat at the Henley regatta.
Obituary: Gen. Pierce M. B. Young, dis
tinguished Confederate cavalryman, in
New York city; aged 81.
2. Obituary: Mrs. Sallie Ward Downs, once
noted Kentucky belle, in Louisville; aged
60. Sir John Pender, cable magnate, in
London. George Law, eccentric million
aire and protector, =" son of the more IA
nous George Law of Panama fame, in New
York city; aged 3d.
8. Fire: San Luis Obispo, CAL, suffered to the
extent of $3.50, coo.
Sporting: Leander won the final heat at
Henley, defeating New college.
10. Political: William Jennings Bryan nominal
ed by the Democrats at Chicago.
II. Disaster: 81 persons killed and 80 injured
in railway collision near Logan, Ind.
Fire: Business block burned in Nashville;
loss, $500, 600.
Obituary: Ernst Curtius LII. D., q well
known German Hellenist, in Berlin; aged
81. Gen. John Pulford veteran of the Fed
eral army, at Detroit; aged So
~. Walter o. Lewis, pioneer in the ship news
service, at Germantown, Pa; aged 81
13. M. Peter Gerard, author, inventor and re-
cluse, died in New York city.
l. Obituary Mgr. Monaco la Valleta senior
cardinal bishop of the Roman hierarchy,
at Rome; aged 60. Luther Whiting Mason,
famous teacher of music, at Buckfald,
Me-; aged e.
Is. Maj. Jacob Roemer, noted German
tillerist of the Army of the Potomac, died
at Flushing, N. Y; aged 70.
16. Obituary: Ex-Gov. William E. Russell of
Massa chusetts, near Little Pabas, Que
aged SO. William Hamilton Gibson, artist
and author, in Washington, Conn.
Is. Fire: The car barns of the Chicago City
railway burned; loss, 1850, 900.
10. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Joseph Hartwell Viii
liams of Maine, at Augusta; aged 81. Gen.
Andrew R. 2. Dawson, South Dakota
pioneer, in Deadwood. Gen. Joshua z.
Siegfried, Federal veteran, at PottsVille,
Pa; aged 81.
20. Fire: Park theater and Barrett House
burned at Henderson, KY; loss, s250,0Q0.
Obituary: Prof J. Fairfax Mclaughlin, at
Fordham Heights, N. Y: aged 85.
q. Fire: MAYORS Opera House and other
buildings burned at Terre Haute, Ind. !;
loss, $3.50, eco.
late president of the Adams Express com
pany and once a noted actress, at Long
Branch, N, j. aged 75 Charles Dickens,
Jr., OF the great novelist, at KenSing-
ton, England; aged SO. Joseph Wesley Har-
per, one of the family of publishers, in
New York city; aged &c.
Miscellaneous: Centennial anniversary of
the death of Robert Burns celebrated in
Dumfries, Scotland. Cloudburst near
Frankfort. KY, drowned 10 people. British
troops stormed and captured Matappo
hills, MatabeIes' stron ghold.
%. Obituary: Gen. George W. Jones, ex-U. S.
senator, at Dubuque, Ia. aged r.
%. Horace Bradley, artist, died at Denver.
q. Fire: s1,25o, 900 damage in a shipyard at
Belfast.
%. Jameson the Transvaal raider, and his Of
ficers found guilty.
90. Robert Garrett, ex-president of the Balti-
and Ohio railroad, died in Baltimore;
aged SO. s5fe
50. Fire: The Montreal exhibition building
nearly destroyed ;. loss, S150,OOO.
Obituary: Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland,
noted educator, in Chicago.
81. Fire: Grass Valley; Cal, partially destroy
ed; loss. S159.000.
AUGUST.
2. Obituary DR.. Joseph Toner of Washing
ton. well known philanthropist and col
1ector, at Cresson Springs, Pa.
8. Gen. Calvin E. Pratt, Federal veteran, at
Buzzards Bay,-Mass. Gen. E. R. Colston,
noted Confederate veteran, at Richmond;
aged II.
4. Moore Bros, SPECTATORS, suspended in
Chicago.
6. Fire: Explosion and fire at Swift & Co. g
several persons injured.
Obituary: Judge Samuel Shellabarger, noted
lawyer and public man in Washington;
aged 70.
z. G. h Fargo g. Co.. wholesale boot and shoe
firm, assigned in Chicago; liabilities.
o. Disasters: killed and injured in troll
lev accident at Columbia, Pa 5 persons
drowned by the capsizing of a pleasure
boat on the Delaware at Philadelphia.
Obituary: William J. Gilmore, noted Ohio
lawyer, at Columbus, o. Judge A. j. Ed
gerton, ex-U. 8. senator from Minnesota,
at Sioux Falls; aged IS.
10. Lady Tennyson, widow of the late Lord
Tennyson, at A1dworth, England.
IL. Business troubles: The Murray Hill bank,
one of the oldest state banks of New York
city, closed it's DOORS The Security bank
of Duluth suspended.
James Griffith, R. G. A, famous Canad ian
painter, died at the age of IS.
II. Fire: The Manhasset House, Shelter is
land, N Y, destroyed; loss, $500. 600.
George Cromwell. an old railway engineer
ON the Pacific SLOPE died in San francisco
Is. Obituary: Sir John Millais, president of
the Royal academy, in London; aged 81.
Miscellaneous DR.. Nansen the arctic ex-
plorer, reached Vardoe island of Nor
way. deaths by cloudburst at Dehaven,
Pa; several missing.
IA. Sporting: Tom Butler won the national
championship race at the Louisville L. a.
Obituary: Olin L. Warner, sculptor, in New
York city; aged 81. Sister Irene, mother
superior of the New York Founding asy-
lum, a very prominent sister Of charity,
in New York city, aged 49, DR.. William
Schrader of the University of Missouri, a
prominent scientist, at Columbia, Mo.
Is. Business troubles: George o. Berne g Co.,
leather dealers; H. NJ. Hosick, wool dealer,
and the Chicago and Western Soap works,
three Chicago firms having close fnaneia
connections, assigned; aggregate liabili-
ties, nearly $500. 900. The Chicago CONSOLE
dated Iron and Steel company assigned ;
liabilities. about $500, GOO
John Bloodgood. noted New York banker,
died at Great harrington, Mass.
10. Fires: Woodruff department store burned
at Rockford, Ills The chemical laboratory
buildings of the University of Illinois at
Champaign burned loss, 300 600.
IL. Obituary: Mary Abigail Dodge Gail Ham