The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-01


of Virginia, nominated consul general at
Havana.
IA. Obituary: Oliver Caswell widely known
blind deaf mute at Newport, R. I. aged 63.
15. Obituary: Baron Constantin de Grimm,
well known cartoonist, in New York city;
aged 81.
II. Obituary: James Rich Steers, one of the
builders of the yacht America ia 1880. in
New York city.
10. Fire: Dauntless Bicycle company burned
out at Toledo; loss, $185. 600.
obituary: Judge Arthur ]. Borman, the first
governor of West Virginia, at Parkersburg.
&c. Obituary: Baron Maurice de Hirsch, noted
hnancier and philanthropist, at Presburg,
Hungary; aged 60.
q. Obituary: NJ. Jean Baptiste Leon Say, cele-
brated French statesman, in Paris; aged
20.
a. Obituary: Gen. Noah L. Jeffries, Federal
veteran and lawyer of distinction, in
Washington; aged Is.
q. Obituary: George Munro, the publisher,
at Pine Hill, N. Y; aged II. Ezra Beaman
Newton, a veteran Shaker, at Harvard,
Mass. aged 191
"a. Obituary: Ex-Gov. David H. jerome of
Michigan. at Watkins Glen, n. Y; aged 61.
DIR. Phlneas g. g. Hunt, well known
American dentist, at Indianapolis; aged 68.
25. Fire: At Cripple Creek, Colo. business
blocks valued at 81, 1000 burned.
Tornado Clay county, Kan, devastated;
people killed and many seriously injured.
"a. leaders of the national reform commit
tee, including the American, John Hays
Hammond, sentenced to death for high
treason at Pretoria.
30. Fire: At Quincy. Ills, the Metz block and
other properties burned; loss, 100000.
6hipwreck: British steamer Onno sunk by
collision with the Neuchang near Shang-
hal; 5 Europeans and 250 Chinese drowned.
MAY.
/. Shah of Persia assassinated.
2. Fire: Residence of Senator Tale at Ellis
worth, Me-, burned.
Obituary: W. H. Doble, noted on the Ameri-
can turf. in Philadelphia aged Sc. Gen. o.
NJ. Poe, noted veteran engineer, in Detroit;
aged SO.
4. Obituary: Andrew s. Fuller, noted horti-
culturist and entomologist, near Ridge
wood, N. J.
5. Disaster: Many lives lost by the collapse
of a story lodging house in Cincinnati.
z. Fire: At Somerset, KY; loss $500, 000-
8. Fire: At LauPe, Mich. lumber and
docks valued at s5ooooo destroyed.
Obituary: Capt J. D. Johnston, noted ma
val veteran, in Savannah aged 90.
10. Fire: At Ashland, Wis, 100000 feet of
lumber destroyed loss, nearly $4,000.
Il. Obituary: H c. Bunner, editor of Puck,
at Nutley, N. j.; aged Al.
12. 9th annual convention of military sur
geons opened in Philadelphia.
Is. Obituary; Nora Perry, author and poet, at
Dudley, Mass. aged s..
15. Cyclone: Sherman, Tex, devastated; over
100 deaths.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Thomas Fl. Stevens,
U. s. N, retired, at Rockville, Ind. aged
Is. Fire: At Painted Post, N. Y; loss, $4,000.
II. Fire: At Blue Island, HIS; 20 buildings
burned; loss. nearly 100000
Is. Fire: In Washington; loss, $500, 600; fire.
men killed, missing.
Obituary: Mrs. John S. c. Abbott, widow of
the historian, at FishkiH, N. Y; aged Sc.
Otto Camphausen, noted Prussian dnAn-
cier, at Berlin; aged 81.
10. Obituary: Kate Field, lecturer and jour
nalist at Honolulu; aged So. Archduke
Charles Louis of Austria, at Vienna.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers began its 2lst annual session
at Detroit.
20. Death sentence of the Transvaal reform
leaders comm uted.
81. Obituary: Ebenezer Nelson, q veteran Bos-
ton Journalist, at Cambridge, Mass. aged
". Mime. Clara Week Schumann widow
of the composer and a noted pianist, at
Frankfurt on the Main aged n. Gen. Sill
verio Martinez, celebrated soldier Of Mex
Conventions: The IOsth general assembly of
the Presbyterian church in the United
States opened in Saratoga. The Southern
Presby terian assembly opened at Memphis.
%. Obituary: Gen. Lucius Fairchlld, in Mad
ison, Wis; aged s.
"a. Cyclone: Iowa, Michigan and Illinois visit
ed heavy loss of life. Steamer swamped
by the gale at Cairo; ID people drowned.
Obituary: Gen. John Eehols, Confederate
veteran at Staunton, Va.
%. Fire: At Dallas; loss, Sl00,0 O0 At Fort
Worth, Tex. loss, 100000.
Cyc1One Oakland county, Mich, devastated;
many Deaths
20. Disasters: An electric car crashed through
q bridge at Victoria, B. c.: 50 people
drowned by the capsizing of ferry boat.
Miscellaneous Nicholas II crowned car at
Moscow. The list anniversary of the
American Unitarian association opened in
Boston.
81. Tornado: Southern Illinois and eastern
Missouri devastated. In St. Louis the dam
age amounted to So 239. go; 321 buildings
were totally destroyed, 1912 partially and
1900 slightly damaged; deaths in st. Louis,
427.
30. Obituary: Mark NJ. Pomeroy, the journal
ist, in Brooklyn.
81 Disaster: In crush at the fetes of the czar's
coronation at Moscow 100 people were
killed.
Obituary: Dr. H M v. Miller, U. S. sena-
tor from Georgia, at Atlanta; aged 81.
William Taylor, veteran of the war of
1872, in Baltimore: aged 105. Angelina,
daughter of Chief Seattle of Washin gton
and heroine of the plains, in Seattle.
JUNE.
2. Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of a steam
bicycle, died while riding his hrst machine
at Cambridge, Mass.
g. Sporting: Prince of Wales horse Persim-
mon won the Derby.
Obituary: Judge o. P. Stevens, ex-senator
from Minnesota, at San Diego, Cal; aged
65 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 49, Ernesto
Rossi, distinguished Italian actor, at Pes
cara; aged 67.
g. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Begole of Michigan, at
Flint; aged 80
g. Obituary: Frank Mayo, the actor, in Ne
braska; aged 81. Jules Simon, distinguish
ed statesman, formerly premier of France.
in Paris; aged 81.
IL. Fire 1O0 horses burned in the New York
Horse Exchange; loss, $500 900.
H. Obituary: Isaac II. MAYNARD, judge of
the court of appeals of New York, in Al
bany.
Il Personal: Harriet Beecher Stowe cele-
brated her SOth birthday at Har tford.
damage at Atlantic City and Cape May.
10 Criminal: George H. Wyckoff, president of
the New Amsterdam bank, in New York,
fatally shot by George FL. Semples who de-