Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30

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Schaefer, pioneer brewer of lager in the
United States, in New York
Conventions: The one hundred and ninth
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church began at Winona, Ind. The general
assembly of the Southern Presbyterian con-
vention opened at Charlotte, N. c.
a. Obituary: Mrs. George Holman, known as
the ssmother of opera, at London, Ont;
aged 75
"a Obituary: Matthew Laflin, a pioneer of
Chicago, at that city, aged "a
30 Obituary: Rev. L. III. Pease, founder of the
first mission at Five Points, New York
city, at Asheville, n. c.; aged TO-
81 Earthquake: In the south Atlantic and cen.
tral western states.
Sporting: Howard Mann won the Brooklyn
Handicap. G. A. Soden won the Irvington-
Millburn cycle race.
JUNE.
surviving graduate Of West Point, in Fred
ericksburg, Va; aged 81. Charles Fl. An
drews, one of the proprietors Of the Boston
Herald, in Boston; aged So.
Convention: The semicentennial meeting Of
the American Medical association held in
the Academy Of Music at Philadelphia.
g Cabinet crisis in Spain; ministers resigned.
Sporting: Princeton won the third and de-
Gliding series of baseball with Harvard at
New Haven; score, to O.
4 A negro lynched by mob men killed
and 10 pounded in the crowd at urbana, o.
g. Obituary: Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee, o.
s. N, retired, the last of the commanders
of great squadrons in the civil war, in
Washington aged S.
2. Accident 5men killed and injured on the
Omaha railroad near Hudson junction,
Wis
Obituary Ney Elias. great explorer and
late consul general at Meshed in London.
Eph Norris the veteran oarsman, at one
time world famed, at PittSburg; aged 48.
Edward G. Taft, the well known paper
manufacturer, at Holyelke Mass. aged 81.
g. Explosion: rs persons injured by fireworks
in Chicago.
Obituary Mrs. Sarah A. Granger, sister of
Stephen A. Douglas, at Clifton Springs, N.
Y; aged 36. Robert Johnston Finley, man
ager of the Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,
in New York city; aged 49, Joseph Rich
ardson, eccentric millionaire. in New York
city. John Haswell, the famous engineer,
personally decorated for his work by the
Austrian emperor, in Vienna; aged So.
o. Fire: The st. Louis Milling Co. 8 plant in
Carlinsville, HIS; loss 1890, 900.
Ocean disaster: Wreck Of the steamer Alden
on Socotra island 70 perished
Obituary: Nancy E. Clem, famous in In
diana criminal courts 30 years ago, in In.
dianapolis Prof. Alvin c. Clark the ia
nous telescope lens manufacturer. in Cam
bridge, Mass.
TO- Sporting: Octagon won the Brooklyn Der
by.
r. Obituary: Herman Tnbbs They're mil
lionaire promoter in East Oakland, Cal.
aged 49, Archbishop .Janssens head of the
Roman Catholic diocese of New Orleans, on
the steamer Creole bound for !, w York.
%. Attempt upon the life of Pres4-ent Faure
of France.
IA. Fires The buildings ON Ellis island, New
York harbor. destroyed; loss, $S0O000. The
business portion of Georgetown, in El Do
rado county, Cal. loss, $175,0O0
Obituary: Charlotte Woiter, once known
the tragedy queen Of Germany" in Wen
ma; aged 63 Barney Barnato, known as
the 'sSouth African diamond king leaped
overheard while on the way to England.
Is. Obituary. Elk Judge James W. Fitzgerald
the well known police court judge, near
St. Mary s, KAN aged 60
l6. Obituary George E. Barnes, pioneer in
San Francisco journalism. in San Fran
cisco; aged TO-
II. Obituary: The Rev. Father Kneipp, the
famous doctor priest, at Woerishofen, Mu
MICH aged T5 James Gayler. first assistant
postmaster of New York city, in that city
aged TO-
Sporting Michael beat McDuffee in Is mile
cycle race at Cambridge, Mass.
Is. Tornado: 26 persons buried in the ruins of
a barn in Lincoln, Logan county, Ills
Accident: A number of persons killed by the
falling of a balcony during circus parade
in Black River Falls, Wis.
Obituary. John NJ. Francis, senior proprie-
tor and editor in chief of the Troy Times
and formerly minister of the United States
to Austria, Greece and Portugal. in Troy,
N. Y; aged a. Juliet Corson, the well
known writer and teacher of cookery and
dietics, in New York aged So
49, Fire: Iowa State university at Iowa City;
loss, 100000.
Sporting: Third and deciding game of the
Princeton Yale series of baseball won ~
Princeton in New York city score, % to 8
Obituary Gen Green P. Garner. a veteran
of the Mexican and civil wars, in Chicago;
aged 81.
2l. Obituary Capt. Boycott, the first sub
jected to the boycott in London; aged
IS.
%. Miscellaneous Christian K. Ross, the ia
ther of Charles Ross, the abducted boy
died. in Germantown. Pa; aged a. The
eighteenth national saengerfest held in
Philadelphia.
Sporting; Ben Brush won the SubuHRn
Handicap at CNaey Island
"a. Tornado: persons killed and considerable
damage done near Salina, Kan
25. Obituary Gen. George W. Harrington,
veteran of the civil war and former exalt
ed ruler tf the Elks at Kalamazoo, Mich.
aged go. W. l.. Winans, member of the eel
ebrated Winans firm, in London; aged rs
Alice Dunning Lingard, the actress, in
London; aged So Prof Charles Copeland
Wight, a well known educator of Balti
more in that city
Sporting: Cornell won the intercollegiate
boat race at Poughkeepsie N Y, defeat
ing Yale and Harvard
e. Obituary Mrs Margaret Oliphant, the
English authoress, in Wimbledon, England
n Accident n persons killed and many in
jured by train falling through trestle
at Missouri City, Mo
80. Obituary Prof. George M. Lane, one OF
the oldest teachers at Harvard college. in
New York city aged 70.
Shipwreck The German vessel Rembek sunk
by collision in the DardaneIles; l6 sailors.
drowned
Accident killed, 20 injured, in rear end
collision on the Chicago and Northwestern
at Chicago ~
JULY.
l. Business troubles The Globe Building and
Loan association of Louisville assigned;
liabilities, 500, COO
2. Cornell defeated Columbia in the shell race
at Poughkeepsie N. Y.
s. Fire Entire village nearly destroyed and
one life lost at Lake Ann, Mich. loss, Sl00,
O0O
Obituary John Evans ex-governor of Colo
RADIO in Denver. aged SO. Rev DIR. Angus
tine r. Hewitt, superior or Jne community
of Paulist fathers, in New York city; aged
76.
{. Fire: In Akron, o., the shafting depart
ment of the Akron Iron and Steel Co. 8
works destroyed; loss, 100000.
8. The strike order of the national executive
board Of the United Mine Workers Of
America was obeyed by from 10000 to 15,-
900 of the p, 900 miners In the Pittsburg
district
9 Explosion: persons killed and badly
wounded near Hartsville, Tenn. -
Obituary: Hon. william s. Groesbeck, the
distinguished ohioan, in Cincinnati; aged
81
g. Obituary: Senator Isham G.. Harris of
Tennessee, in Washington; aged 70.
O. Obituary: DR.. Samuel b Halliday, former
assistant pastor of Plymouth church.
Brooklyn, at Orange, N j.. aged IS.
TO- Aeronaut Andree's expedition to the north
pole; ascent made July TO-
Obituary: Daniel Greenlesf Thompson, law
yer and writer, in New York; aged 48.
Sporting: The Friar won the Realization
stakes at Sheepshead Bay
IL. Fire: The Berlin IN. q. Mills Co. Is saw
and grist mills destroyed; loss, $4,000
u Obituary Nicholas G. Creede, million
aire mine owner, in Los Angeles; aged 54
Gen. M. F. Wentworth, noted Maine politi
cal leader and prominent war veteran, in
Kittery, Me-; aged n.
IA Disaster: persons drowned by the burst
ing of two reservoirs at Matteawan, N. Y.
Obituary: Frank Mclaughlin, founder Of
the Philadelphia Times and its publisher
and business manager, in Philadelphia,
aged &c. Gen. John F. Farnsworth. Federal
veteran, in Washington aged n.
Is Obituary: Gen. Philip Regis de Trobriand
veteran officer of the Federal army. at