Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
o. Business troubles. 6. Bunting s. 90. IS bank

hands of a receiver; liabilities, 500, 600.
z. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edmund r. Col
houn. o. 8. N, retired, in Washington;
aged rs. John l. Baker, sage of Essex. .
one Of the founders Of the Republican par
ty, at Beverly, Mass. aged IS. Gen. Alfred
Pleasonton, a noted Federal leader, in
Washington; aged 73.
3. Obituary Gen. John Cleveland Robinson,
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars,
known as the hero of Fort McHenry, at
Binghamton, N. Y. aged 80.
9. Fire: The Webster block in Gloucester,
Mass. loss. $l00. .000
o. Fires: Grain elevator at Toledo; loss, $780,
000 Lees lumber yard burned at Bing-
hamton, N. Y; loss, 100000.
1. Fire: The Syndicate block, Grand Forks.
N. H.; loss, $225, co.,
Cretan insurgents attacked Khania and were
fred upon by the foreign warships.
a. Mrs. Caroline Woods died in ST. Louis at
the age of 123.
g. Obituary: David L. Proudit, poet and au-
thor, in New York city; aged s..
e. Fire: At Middle Branch, O.. loss, $780,
Obituary: Edward G. Dana, the well known
photographer, in New York city; aged IA.
James Austin. in Toronto; aged "a. Gen.
Thomas A. Hueguenin, in Charleston.
Matthew Buckley, veteran Snowman, at
Delavan. Wis. aged 81.
MARCH.
/. Fires: A $780, 900 fire in Casey, Ills. Plate
glass factory at Alexandria; loss, $200, 200.
A monastery of st. Bernard in the Alps part,
ly destroyed by an avalanche.
2. Obituary Rev. DIR. Scoville Mallory, edi
tor of The Churchman. in New York city;
aged 50.
8. Obituary: Nelson Wheatcroft. actor, in
New York city.
4. Fires: At Syracuse; loss, $I20,0O0. A $780,
600 fire at Newburg, N. Y s100, 900 fire
at Oshkosh, Wis.
Explosions: 50 people injured in Boston; 6
deaths. miners killed and 80 injured at
Huntingdon, Ark.
s. Fires: In Worcester Mass; loss, $500, 200.
Grain elevator at Peoria, Ills.; loss, $780,
0O0 The Bingham block and other build
ings at Rome, N. Y; loss, 5000. 900.
James P. Kernochan, the New York capital
ist, died of injuries received in a runaway.
z. Fire: In Indianapolis; loss, 100000.
8. Obituary; Mrs, Henry Ward Beecher at
Stamford. Conn. aged S.
8. The French steamer st. Nazaire wrecked
off Cape Hatteras; many lives lost
o. Disaster: 5 killed and z injured in a rail
way wreck at Hazleton, Ind.
Obituary: Gen. Frederick Salomon, a Fed
eral veteran, at Salt Lake City; aged "a.
Cora Stewart Wheeler, journalist and
author, at Newton, Mass.
i. Obituary Professor Henry Drummond, au-
thor. at Tunbridge Wells, England: aged
46.
2. Fires: In Chicago; loss, s35O,OOO. 8 killed
and injured in Buffalo.
3. Obituary: Shiel Barry. actor, in London.
5. Fires: At ST. Louis; loss. $1,000,00O At
Elkins, W. Va. loss 100000.
Explosion: 10 men killed and many wounded
on a Russian turret ship in Cretan waters.
The Fifty-ffth congress assembled in extra
session.
6. The president nominated John Hay and
Gen. Horace Porter ambassadors to Great
Britain and France, respectively.
Obituary Gen James M Warner, in New
York city; aged 81.
". Obituary: Col. Alexander Macomb Mason,
in Washington aged So.
Sporting: Fitzsimmons won the worlds
heavyweight championship, defeating Cor
bett, at Carson, New
70. Fire: In Clinton, Mimi. loss 100000
Obituary Gen. Joseph s. Fullerton, Federal
veteran, killed in wreck on the B. and 0.
near Oakland, Md. aged 67.
Il. Fires: In Ottumwa Ia. loss about $200, 900,
At Peoria, Ills; loss 100000.
Crete blockaded by the fleet of the powers.
2. Tornado in Georgia. school demolished; 8
children killed and many injured.
"a. Obituary DIR. Theodore Burr, at Detroit,
aged 81.
Fire: In Des Moines; loss, $50, 900
Explosion: killed and many injured near
Gibbstown, N. ].
n. Obituary William T. Adams tOliver Optic),
in Boston; aged rs.
q. Obituary: Gen. William R. Terry. Confed-
crate veteran, at Chesterfield, Va. Mrs
Margaret j. Preston, southern poet. in
Baltimore
,O Tornado destroyed the town Of Chandler,
O. T.. about SO lives lost and nearly 200
people injured.
!. Obituary: Rear Admiral John 81. Russell, U.
s. N, retired, in Washington; aged 20
Gen. Charles A. Carleton, a Federal veter
an, in New York city; aged 62.
g. Fire; Portland Paper Co 8 mill, at Gilbert
vile, Me-; loss, 100000
Obituary: Johannes Brahms, the well known
musical composer, in Vienna; aged Ga
Maj. Edward P. Doherty. Wilkes Booths
captor, in New York city.
4. Fire: George F. Otte Co. 8 carpet store, in
Cincinnati; loss, $400, 900.
8. Business troubles: The Globe Savings bank
of Chicago assigned.
Obituary: Orrington Lunt, the founder Of
Evanston, Ills, in that city; aged 81.
g. Obituary: Andrew j. Garvey, one of the
Tweed ring, in England.
g. Obituary: DIR. Won Stephen, founder of the
universal postal union, in Berlin; aged 66
g. Obituary: Daniel W. Voorhees,, former sen
ator from Indiana, in Washington; aged TO-
TO- Obituary: The Grand Duke of Mecklen
burg-Schwerin. at Cannes, France; aged 49,
Il. Accident: killed and injured in rail
way collision at Harrisburg, N. c.
I8 Obituary: Col. D. O. Forney, the newspa
per correspondent, in Washington; aged
r. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton, wife of The
odore Tilton, in Brooklyn; aged 62.
Obituary Prof Edward Drinker Cope PHI
D.. in Philadelphia; aged 81.
I5 Fire: Moresque block and other properties
destroyed in New Orleans; loss, 100000
Obituary: Baron Won Grotheus, Russian
nobleman, in TetoHScounty, Mon
I6 Obituary: Charles Goode, veteran of the
Black Hawk war. in Belmont, Wis. aged
103. "a
l9 War between Turkey and Greece declared
Obituary Mines Levick an old, favorite
actor, in New York city aged 66.
20 Obituary: Billy Birch, the old time min
stfel, in New York city aged &c. Gen
Richard W. johnson. u s. A., retired, in
st. Paul.
r. King Humbert attacked by political "a
natic.
Obituary Representative William g. Hol
man, in Washington; aged rs.
28 Earthquake: Violent earthquakes and great
loss of life in the Leeward islands.
Obituary Maj r. E. Breckenridge, noted
western pioneer, in Hannibal, Mo- aged ~
"a After fierce fight at Matt the Greeks re-
treated from Tyrnavo and Larissa to Phar
sala.
B. Obituary Antonio Maxine Mora, principal
in the Spanish claims case in New York
city.
a. Fire: Two piers at Newport News Va; a
sailing vessel, steamship and tug burned;
loss, $2.00000O
The Grant mausoeum on Riverside drive
New York dedicated and formally turned
over to the city of New York.
Business troubles; Burruss, Son & Co..
bankers of Norfolk, failed for s34O,0O0.
e8. Flood at Guthrie. o. T.. great damage done
and many lives lost
Obituary Col Jesse E. Peyton, known as
the ssfather of centennials, in Haddon
field, N. j.; aged g.
%. Obituary George W Biddle, one of Phila
delphias most eminent lawyers. at that
city; aged 70.
30. Miscellaneous Many lives lost and blocks
destroyed in San Salvador by dynamite
Turks repulsed at Velestino with enormous
loss
q Miscellaneous: The Greek army in Epirus
retired to Arta. Trinity church. New York.
celebrated its two hundredth anniversary
8. John Y. Crum, the celebrated runner, died
at Des Moines; aged %.
4. Fire disaster: A charity bazaar in Paris.
over 100 deaths and about 200 injured sew
eral ladies of rank among the victims
Obituary: Admiral Richard W Meade, q.
8. A.. retired, in Washington; aged 60.
Joseph Thorne inventor Of the typeset-
ting machine, at Sing Sing; aged r. Ed
win b. Thorne, the actor, In New York
city.
8. Fires: Itasca Warehouse Co. burned at Min
neapolis; loss. $780, coo. The residence Of
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