Connecticut western news., 1897-01-14
FOOTPRINTS OF TIME.
Review of the Leading
 Events of 1896.
JUNE.

ST SAAkS VA A0/Oe JUNE. 2. Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of a steam bicycle, died while riding his first machine at Cambridge, Mass. 8. Sporting: Prince of Wales horse Persim- mon won the Derby. Obituary: Judge o. P. Stevens, ex-senator from Minnesota, at San Diego. Cal. aged 66. Gerard Rohlfs, German traveller and explorer, at Godesberg. Prussia. | 4. Sporting: Sir Walter won the Brooklyn Handicap. . Obituary: Austin Corbin, the railway mag nate, at Newport, R. l. aged 79. Ernesto Rossi, distinguished Italian actor, at Pes cara; aged 67. | Obituary: Ex-Gov. Begols of Michigan, at Flint; aged 80. | 8. Obituary: Frank Mayo, the actor, in Ne braska: aged 57. Jules Simon, distinguish ed statesman, formerly premier of France. in Paris; aged 61. II. Fire: no horses burned in the New York Horse Exchange; loss, s900, 900. l2. Obituary: Isaac H. Maynard, x-judge of the court of appeals of New York, in Al bany.
 IA Personal: Harriet Beecher Stowe cele- brated her 80th birthday at Hartford. Severe storm on the New Jersey coast; great damage at Atlantic City and Cape May. 15. Criminal: George H. Wyckoh, president of the New Amsterdam bank, in New York, fatally shot by George H. Semple, who de- manded money.
 la Political: Mckinley and Hobart nominated at St. Louis. 1a Death of Tson- Hsi, mother of the emperor of China.
 % eoth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria eel. brated in England. 22 Obituary: Hon. Benjamin H. Bristow, ex- secretary of the treasury, in New York city; aged 64 l 2s. Sporting: Henry of Navarro won the Sub urban Handicap in Brooklyn. Ob. .tuary: !. K. c. Forrest, veteran Chicago newspaper man, in that city; aged 75. Acuuittal of Mrs. Mary Alice Almont Liv- ingston Fleming of the charge of murder i ing her mother in New York city. A. Obituary: Lorillard Kip, well known so- ciety, club and sporting man, in New York city.
 leans, duo de Nemours, son of Louis Phi lippe, in Paris; aged 8l. Lyman Trumbull. ex-U. S. senator, in Chicago: aged 8S. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, noted Confederate soldier, in New York city; aged "A. | n. Obituary: John ". Kelly, actor and poru- lar song writer. in New York city. | 8. Mine disaster: co miners entombed by . Q. Convention 9th annual reunion of Con. federate veterans began at Richmond. JULY.
  great author, died in San Francisco. ?. Obituary: Harriet Beecher Stowe, at New Haven; aged S5. Gen. A. R. Lawton, a Confederate veteran, at Clifton Springs sanitarium; aged 78. | 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 30. {. Dr. George Rimmell, famous sporting man, known as Gwinne Price, died in St. Louis: aged "A
 | 6. Sporting: Leander crew beat Yale in trial heat at the Hsnley regatta. Obituary: Gen. Pierce M. B. Young, dis tinguished Confederate cavalryman, In New York city; aged 57. | q Obituary: Mrs Sallie Ward Downs, once . noted Kentucky belle, in Louisville; aged 60. Sir John Fender, cable magnate, in London. George Law, eccentric million aire and tprojector," son of the more fla nous George Law of Panama fame, in New York city; aged 53- | $. Fire: San Luis Obispo, Cal, suffered to the | extent of $25J, 900. Sporting: Leander won the final heat at | Henley, defeating New college. l. | ). Political: William Jennings Bryan nominat- ed by the Democrats at Chicago. | Il. Disaster: 3l persoAs idIleLvand 3o injured | in railway collision near Logan, Ind. Fire: Business block burned in Nashville | loss, S5o0, 900. l Obituary: Ernst Curtius, IL. D., a well | | 62. Gen. John Pulford, veteran of the Fed eral army, at Detroit; aged 59. | l2. Walter O. Lewis, a pioneer in the ship news | service, at Germantown, Pa.; aged 6l. | I3. M. Peter Gerard, author, inventor and re- cluse, died in New York city. | IA. Obituary: Mgr. Monaco la Valleta, senior cardinal bishop of the Roman hierarchy, | at Rome; aged 69. Luther Whiting Mason, | famous teacher of music, at Buckfeld, Me. aged 68.
 | oi tad | tillerist of the Army of the Potomac, died | at Flushing, N. Y.; aged 7S ! l6. Obituary: Ex-Gov. William E. Russell of Massachusetts, near Little Pabas, Que
 aged 89. William Hamilton Gibson, artist | and author, in Washington, Conn. | IS. Fire: The car barns of the Chicago City | railway burned: loss, S50, 900. | l9. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Joseph Hartwell Will | Hams of Maine, at Augusta: aged S2. Gen. Andrew R. z. Dawson a South Dakota | pioneer, in Deadwood. Gen. Joshua K. Siegfried, Federal veteran, at Pottsville, | Pa.: aged 64
 20. Fire: Park theater and Barrett House
 burned at Henderson, Ky; loss, s25o,C00.
 Obituary: Prof. J. Fairfax Mclaughlin, at
 Fordham Heights, N. Y. aged S5.
 T. Fire: Naylors Opera House and other
 buildings burned at Terre Haute, Ind.
 loss, S150, 900.
 Obituary: Mrs. John Hoey, widow of the
 late president of the Adams Express com
 
 Branch, N. J.: aged 75. Charles Dickens,
 Jr., son of the great nove ist, at Kensing-
 ton, England; aged 59. Joseph Wesley liar | per, one of the family of publishers, in
 New York city; aged 66.
 Miscellaneous: Centennial anniversary oi
 the death of Robert Burns celebrated in
 Dumfries, Scotland. C.oudburst near
 Frankfort, Ky, drowned 10 people British
 troops stormed and captured Matappc
 hills, Matabeles' stronghold. I GpOrCa M. I0naS X-I
 senator, at Dubuque, Ia. aged 72.
 g. Horace Bradley, artist, died at Denver. ? Fire: s1, ,25J, ,0o0 damage in a shipyard at | Belfast.
 ! 3. Jameson, the Transvaal raider, and his Of | icerS found guilty.
 29. Robert Garrett, ex-president of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad, died in Baltimore | aged 50.
 30. Fire: The Montreal exhibition building
 nearly destroyed; !; loss, sl50,O0O. Obituary: Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland
 noted educator, in Chicago.
 S1. Fire: Grass Valley, Cal, partially destroy | ed; loss. sl5s ,00O.
 AUGUST.
 9. Obituary: Dr. Joseph Toner of Washing
 ton. well known philanthropist and col
 lector. at Cresson Springs, Pa. | g. Gen. Calvin K. Pratt, a Federal veteran, a
 Buzzards Bay. Mass. Gen. E. R. CoIston,
 noted Confederate veteran, at Richmond
 aged 71.
 | 4. Moore Bros., spectators, suspended II , l Chicago. 1 6. Fire: Explosion and fire at Swift 6 Co.,
 packing plant, Kansas City loss, $lO0,OJ0
 several persons injured. . Obituary: Judge Samuel Shellabarger, notet
 lawyer and public man in Washington aged 79.
 z. c. H. Fargo 6 Co.,. wholesale boot and sho
 firm, assigned in Chicago; liabilities
 $JO0,0O0.
 9. Disasters: killed and 8 injured in trol