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

1S. Personal: Gen. tltz dugn Lee, tne noteo
Confederate veteran and former governor
Of Virginia, nominated consul general at
Havana.
IA. Obituary: Oliver Caswell, widely known
blind deaf mute, at Newport, R. l.; aged So.
Is. Obituary: Baron Constantin de Grimm,
we'll known cartoonist, in New Yors: city
aged 81.
II. Obituary: James Rich Steers, one CT the
builders Of the yacht America in IsS0, in
New York city.
10. Fire: Dauntless Bicycle company burned
out at Toledo; loss, s1S5,0OO.
Obituary: Judge Arthur ]. Borman, the frs,
governor Of West Virginia, at Parkershurg
30. Obituary: Baron Maurice de Hirsch, noted
fnancier and philanthropist, at Presburg
Hungary; aged 63.
q. Obituary: NJ. Jean Baptiste Leon Say, cele
brated French statesman, in Paris; agec
70.
q. Obituary: Gen. Noah L. Jeffries, a Fedora
veteran and lawyer Of distinction, il
Washington; aged 6S.
q. Obituary: George Munro, the publisher
at Pine Hill, N. Y; aged II. Ezra Beamar
Newton a veteran Shaker, at Harvard
Mass. aged 1Ol
"a. Obituary: Ex.Gov. David q. Jerome o.
Michigan, at Watkins Glen, N. Y; aged Gl
DR.. Phineas G.. G. Hunt, well known
American dentist, at Indianapolis; aged 6S
Is. Fire: At Cripple Creek, Colo; busines.
blocks valued at $4,000, 600 burned.
Tornado: Clay county, Kan, devastated;
people killed and many seriously injured.
n. leaders Of the national reform commit
tee, including the American, John Eayl
Hammond, sentenced to death for higf
treason at Pretoria.
30. Fire: At Quincy, Ills, the Metz block ant
other properties burned; loss, $500, 900.
shipwreck: British steamer Onno sunh: BY
collision with the Neuchang near Shssng
hal; 5 Europeans and 250 Chinese drowned
/. Shah of Persia assassinated.
2. Fire: Residence of Senator Hale at Ellis
worth, Me-, burned.
Obituary: W. q. Doble, noted on the Ameri
can turf, in Philadelphia; aged SO. Gen. O
NJ. Poe, noted veteran engineer, in Detroit
aged SO.
4. Obituary: Andrew 8. Fuller, noted horti
culturist and entomologist, near Ridge
wood, N. ].
s. Disaster: Many lives lost by the COLLAPSE
Of a story lodging house in Cincinnati
{. Fire: At Somerset, KY; loss, 100000.
9. Fire: At Laure, Mich, lumber and orr
docks valued at $500, 900 destroyed.
Obituary: Capt J. D. Johnston, a noted ma
val veteran, in Savannah; aged %.
10. Fire: At Ashland, Wis, 2O,0OO, 900 feet o.
lumber destroyed; loss, nearly $500, 900.
II. Obituary: Il. G.. Bunner, editor Of Puck
at Nutley, N. J.; aged Al.
l2 9th annual convention Of military sur
geons opened in Philadelphia.
ls. Obituary: Nora Perry, author and poet, a
Dudley, Mass. aged IS.
Is. Cyclone: Sherman, Tex, devastated; ovel
, 100 deaths
Obituary: Rear Admiral Thomas q. Stevens
U. s. N, retired, at Rockville, Ind; aget
n. &
10. Fire: At Painted Post, MY; loss, s150,0OO
II. Fire. At Blue Island, Ills; 26 building
burned; loss, nearly s2O0, 900.
1s. Fire. In Washington; loss, 100000; fire
men killed. missing.
Obituary: Mrs. John 8. c. Abbott, widow o.
the historian, at Fishkill, N. Y; aged SO
Otto Camphausen, noted Prussian fIlan
'cier, at Berlin; aged "a.
10. Obituary: Kate Field, lecturer and Jour
nalist, at Honolulu; aged So. Archdukt
Charles Louis of Austria, at Vienna.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron ant
Steel Workers began its 21st annual session
at Detroit
20. Death sentence Of the Transvaal reform
leaders commuted.
q. Obituary: Ebenezer Nelson, . veteran Bos
ton journalist, at Cambridge, Mass; agec
72. Nine. Clara Week Schumann, widow
of the composer and noted pianist, al
Frankfurt Main; aged ". Gen. Sill
verio Martinez, celebrated soldier OF Mex
leo.
Conventions: The 10sth general assembly o.
the Presbyterian church III the United
States opened in Saratoga. The Southern
Presbyterian assembly opened at Memphis
2s. Obituary: Gen. Lucius Fairchild, in Mad
ison, Wis. aged 85
"a. Cyclone Iowa, Michigan and Illinois visit
ed; heavy loss of life. Steamer swampet
by the gale at Cairo; ID people drowned.
Obituary: Gen. John Echols, Confederate
veteran, at Stsunton, Va.
Is. Fire: At Dallas: loss, 100000. At Fort
Worth. Tex; loss, $4,000
Cyclone: Oakland county, Mich, devastated
many deaths.
%. Disasters: An electric car crashed through
bridge at Victoria, B. c.: 80 people
drowned. At Cairo, Ills, II people were
drowned bv the capsizing Of ferryboat.
Miscellaneous: Nicholas II crowned czar al
Moscow. The list anniversary OF the
American Unitarian association opened II
Boston.
q. Tornado: Southern Illinois and eastern
Missouri devastated. In St. Louis the dam
age amounted to $40. 239. 900: 821 buildings
were totally destroyed, 1912 partially al,d
1,2O0 slightly damaged; deaths in st. Louis
4H.
80. Obituary: Mark NJ. Pomeroy, the journal
ist, In Brooklyn.
81. Disaster In crush at the fetes OF the czar't
coronation at Moscow loo people were
killed.
Obituary: DR.. b. NJ. V. Miller, U. 8. sena
tor from Georgia, at Atlanta; aged e2
William Taylor, a veteran Of the war o
1912, in Baltimore; aged 105. Angeline
daughter Of Chief Seattle Of Washington
and heroine Of the plains, in Seattle.
JUNE.
2. Sylvester b. Roper, inventor Of steam
bicycle, diod 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. aget
65. Gerard Rohlfs, German traveller ant
explorer, at Godesberg, Prussia.
4. Sporting: Sir Walter won the Brooklyn
Handicap.
Obituary: Austin Corbin, the railway mag
nate, at Newport, R. l.; aged z3. Ernestt
Rossi, distinguished italian actor, at Pes
cara; aged 81.
6. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Begole of Michigan, 81
Flint; aged 80.
8. Obituary: Frank Mayo, the actor, In No
braska: aged 81. Jules Simon, distinguish
ed statesman, formerly premier of France
in Paris; aged 81.
II. Fire: 100 horses burned in the New Yorl
Horse Exchange; loss, $780, 900.
12 Obituary: Isaac q. Maynard, ex.judge o
the court Of appeals Of New York, In Al
bany.
H. Personal: Harriet Beecher Stowe cele
brated her s0th birthday at Hartford.
Severe storm on the New Jersey coast; grea
damage at Atlantic City and Cape Nay.
Is. Criminal: George d. Wyckoff, president o
the New Amsterdam bank, in New York
fatally shot by George d. semple, who de
mandpd money.