The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-01-06

store; liabilities over u, ,0OO,0O -.
q. Harry Hill, once a noted sporting charao-
ter in New York city, died at Corona, N. Y.
Ii Hung Chang, Chinese statesman, arrived
in New York ON the st. Louis.
%. Fire: The Iowa State Institution For the
Feeble Minded struck by lightning and
burned; loss, $4,000.
30 Obituary: Wordsworth Thompson, Ameri-
can genre painter, at Summit, N. j.; aged
SO. Charles Stanley Reinhardt, the artist,
in New York; aged 62.
81. Business troubles: The Kings County Ele-
waited Railway company of Brooklyn placed
in the hands Of a receiver.
SEPTEMBER.
I. Fire: Masonic hall burned ar Winston, N.
c.; loss, $4,000.
Miscellaneous: The thirtieth national en-.
campment of the g. A. R. opened at st.
Paul.
Obituary: Daniel Spraker, the oldest bank
president in the United States, at Fonda,
n. Y; aged 98.
2. Obituary: Lorenzo Niles Fowler, phrenolo-
gist. lecturer and writer. in West Orange,
N. j.; aged g. Il
8. Obituary: Rev. Francis A. Shoup, D. D.,
of the University Of the South, veteran
Confederate general, at Columbia, Tenn;
aged 62. l..
4. Miscellaneous: Dr.. Gallagher, the released
Irish political prisoner, arrived in New
York. Mai. T. 8. Clarkson Of Omaha elect.
ed commander In chief of the @. A. R.
Business troubles: The First National bank
Of Helena, Mon., failed, with heavy liza.
bllities. ....
g. Fire: Yore's Opera House burned at Ben.
ton Harbor, Mich; II fremen killed.
/ Obituary: DR.. George Brown Goode Of the
Smithsonian institution, noted American
scientist, at Mount Pleasant, near Wash.
ington; aged 5.
g. Gen. r. G. Catlin, veteran of the Seminole,
Mexican and civil wars, died at Mount Ne
bo, Ark. aged 81. ~
9. Obituary: Ex-senator Henry B. Payne at
Cleveland; aged s8.
| TO- Obituary: Luigi Palmieri, noted Italian
Ineteorologist, at Rome; aged 80. James
Lewis, comedian in Daly's company, at
West Hampton, N. Y.
II. Prof. Francis J. Child Of Harvard univer.
sity died at Cambridge, Mass.
| l2 Obituary: Gen. James D. Morgan, veteran
Of the Mexican and civil wars, in Quin.
cy, Ills. aged SO.
la Fire: The Delaware Oh works burned at
Chester. Pa; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Col Norman Wizard, expert on ord
nance and inventor Of guns and projec-
tiles, at Reading, Pa. /; aged 20.
IL Obituary: Charles L. Chaplin, an old teleg.t
rapher who aided the introduction of the
s9 Gen. Edward r. Wadsworth, Wiscon.
sin war veteran, in Chicago; aged 78
10. Is deaths In q fight between the Young
Turkey party and sofas at Galata.
II. Tornado wrecked many towns In eastern
Pennsylvania.
Obituary: Enoch Pratt, banker, merchant
and philanthropist; aged S8.
49, Tornado Ogden, Utah, damaged to the
extent Of $500, 900 by violent storm.
;n1o ~
the Smithsonian institution, at Bay Head,
N.J.; aged 81. Elbridge G.. Blunt, Kan.
Gas pioneer and war scout, in Chicago; aged
q. Obituary: Katharine Rafsky.Lohse, well
known prima donna, at Hamburg; aged Al.
2s. John Eric Ehrichsen, surgeon extraordi.
nary to Queen Victoria, died at Folkestone,
England; aged 70. o..
"a. Bessie Bellwood, q noted music hall singer
In London, died In that city.
| g. Obituary: Prof Sir George Murray Hum
phrey, author Of noted medical works, in
London; aged 78.
%. Business troubles: Wolf Bros dry goods
establish5uent in Little Rock closed by at
tachments -bilities, $500, 900. The First
National bank Of Springfield, N. Y, sus
pended. q.
a. Fires: Mount Holyoke college. at South
IIadley, Mass, destroyed. The wooden
OCTOBER.
I. Obituary: j. wilkie Moon, Michigan pio
| neer, in Detroit; aged g.
| 2 Fire: blocks burned at Jeanerette, La. !
loss, $4,000.
| 8. Fire: At Camden, N. j.; knit goods fac
tory damaged to the extent Of $4,000.
Obituary: William Morris, noted English
poet, In London; aged 81. 80.
8. Accident: deaths In q wreck on the A.,
r. and 8. F. r. r. near Emporia, Kan.
Conventions: The annual convention Of Good
Templars Of the United States convened al
Chippewa Falls, Wis. The 18th annual
convention Of the National Association Of
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationera
| opened in Boston.
Business troubles The Car and Lumber
company of Tyler, Tex, failed with liabili'
ties estimated at $3.50 900. John Maclean &
Co., wholesale millinery, failed in Mont
real; liabilities, 3l7b0Oo. B. L. Price &
o., clothing manufacturers, failed in New
York; liabilities, s125.0OO.
2. Business troubles: The First National bank
of Ithaca, Mich, failed.
Obituary: Gen. Louis Jules Trochu, noted
French soldier, at Tours, France; aged 81
NJ. Victor de Lesseps son Of the famous
engineer and protector, In Paris; aged AZ.
| 8. Fire: A grain elevator and blocks Of bust
ness houses burned at Corning, La. loss
$4,000.
Obituary: Gen. George A. Sheridan, noted
Federal veteran, at Hampton, Va. aged g.
| Q. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Silas Woodson Of Mis-
souri,, at st. Joseph; aged ". Baron Muel
ler, the Australian explorer, in Melbourne;
| apsd rs. George Du Maurier, artist and
author, in London; aged 62. Minnie Con.
way Tearle. a once prominent American
| actress, at Carlisle, England.
TO- Obituary: E. Towner Root, we'll known mu'
sic publisher, In Chicago; aged a. Ex-Gov.
| Levi z. Fuller Of Vermont, at Brattleboro
aged s. Miss Mary Grew, noted. abolition
ist and woman suffrasist, in Philadelphia
aged s3 John b. williams, the funny
man" Of the Norristown Herald, at Norris
town, Pa. aged 50.
H. Obituary: The Right Hon. and Most Rev.
| Edward White Benson, archbishop Of Can
terbury and primate of England, In Lon
don; aged 81.
| IL. Storm: A West India hurricane swept the
| Atlantic coast from New England to New
| Jersey.
Obituary: Herr Bruckner, celebrated mu.
Bical composer, In Vienna; aged IT,
| lS. Conventions: The 1lth annual encamp.
Inent of the Union Veteran legicu began in
Warrington. The annual conven ion Of the
| Commercial Travellers Home Association
OF America began at Binghamton, N. Y.
| The 25th annual convention OF the National
Board of Steam Navigation began at st.
| Louis.
H. Accident: killed and l8 injured by troll
ley collision at Hazleton, Pa.
Business troubles: The Marine National
bank Of Duluth failed
Obituary: Ex-U. 8. Senator Thomas W. Fer
ry, in Grand Haven, Mich. aged 80.
l5. Business troubles: The Bank Of Commerce
of Buffalo closed It's doors.
| l8 Fires: Chemical warehouse and several ad.
joining p. .operties burned in Montreal; ;