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


at 81, 100000, among the properties burned.
Business troubles: Hilton. Hughes & Co.
successors to the business of A T. Stewart
8 Co., made an assignment and closed their
store; liabilities over 81 O00,0
q. Harry Hill once noted sporting charac-
ter in New York city, dad at Corona, n. Y.
Lii Hung Chang, Chinese statesman, arrived
in New York the St Louis
%. Fire: The Iowa State Institution For the
Feeble Minded struck by lightning and
burned; loss, $3.50, coo.
30. Obituary: Wordsworth Thompson. Ameri-
genre painter, at Summit, n. j.. aged
sc. Charles Stanley Reinhardt. the artist,
in New York; aged so.
81. Business troubles: The Kings County E1e-
waited Railway company of Brooklyn placed
in the hands of receiver.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Fire: Masonic hall burned at Winston, N.
c.; loss $50 600.
Miscellaneous: The thirtieth national en-
campment of the G. A r. opened at ST.
Paul.
Obituary: Daniel Speaker. the Oldest. bank
president in the United States, at Fonda,
N. Y; aged SO.
2. Obituary: Lorenzo Niles Fowler, .phrenolo-
gist, lecturer and writer. in West Orange.
N. j.; aged So.
8. Obituary: Rev Francis 4. Shoup, D. D.,
of the University of the South, veteran
Confederate general, at Columbia, Tenn;
aged 62.
4. Miscellaneous: DR.. Gallagher. the released
Irish political prisoner, arrived in New
York. Maj T. S. Clarkson of Omaha elect
ed commander in chief of the G. A R.
Business troubles: The First National bank
of Helena, Mon. failed, with heavy LA
bilities.
8. Fire: Yore's Opera House burned at Ben
ton Harbor, Mich. II Aremen killed.
Obituary: Or. George Brown Goode of the
Smithsonian institution, noted American
scientist, at Mount Pleasant. Wash
ington; aged 49,
8. Gen. R. c. Catlin, veteran of the Seminole,
Mexican and civil wars, died at Mount Ne
DO, Ark; aged ST.
9. Obituary: Elk Senator Henry B. Payne, at
Cleveland; aged &c.
10. Obituary: Luigi Palmieri, noted Italian
meteorologist at Rome; aged 80. James
Lewis, comedian in Days company. at
West Hampton, N. Y.
IL. Prof. Francis J. Child of Harvard univer-
sity died at Cam bridge, Mass
IL. Obituary: Gen. James D. Morgan, veteran
of the Mexican and civil wars, in Quin-
cy, Ills; aged &c.
u. Fire: The Delaware Oil works burned at
Chester. Pa. loss, $50, 900.
Obituary: Col. Norman Wizard, expert on ord
nance and inventor of guns and projec-
tiles, at Reading, Pa. aged 20.
II. Obituary: Charles L. Chaplin, old teleg-
rapher who aided the introduction of the
telegraph in Europe, at Philadelphia; aged
SO. Gen. Edward R. Wadsworth, Wiscon-
sin veteran, in Chicago; aged 70.
49, Is deaths in a fight between the Young
Turkey party and sofas at Galata.
II. Tornado wrecked many towns in eastern
Pennsylvania.
Obituary: Enoch Pratt, banker, merchant
and phiIanthropist; aged 88.
Is. Tornado: Ogden, Utah, damaged to the
extent of 500, 0O0 by violent storm.
81. Obituary: Prof Winlock, astronomer of
the Smithsonian institution, at Bay Head,
N. j; aged 81. Elbridge g. Blunt, Kan
sas pioneer and war scout, in Chicago; aged
e. Obituary: Katharine Klafsky-Lohse we'll
known prima donna, at Hamburg; aged Al.
e. John Eric Ehrichsen, surgeon extraordi-
nary to Queen Victoria, died at Fo1kestone,
England aged ~.
81. Bessie Bellwood, noted music hall singer
in London died in that city.
rs. Obituary: Prof. Sir George Murray Hum
phrey, author of noted medical works, in
London; aged 76
&c. Business troubles: Wolf Bros dry goods
establishment in Little Rock closed by at
tachments; liabilities $500, 600 The First
National bank of Springfield, N. Y,
pended.
~. Fires: Mount Holyoke college, at South
Hadley, Mass. destroy ed. The wooden
elephant at Coney Island burned.
OCTOBER.
1. Obituary: ]. Wilkie Moon, a Michigan pio-
neer. in Detroit; aged g.
g Fire: blocks burned at Jeanerette, La. /;
loss. $4,000.
g. Fire: AT Camden. N. J.. a knit goods fac
tory damaged to the extent of $4,000.
Obituary: William Morris, noted English
poet, in London; aged 81.
8. Accident deaths in a wreck on the A,
T. and S. T. R. R. near Emporia, Kan.
Conventions: The annual convention of Good
Chippewa Falls Wis. The 18th annual
convention of the National Association of
Booksellers. Newsdealers and Stationers
opened in Boston.
Business troubles: The Car and Lumber
company of Tyler, Tex, failed with liabili-
ties estimated at $3.50. 600. John Maclean Sc
Co., Wholesale millinery, failed in Mont
real; liabilities, Sl75,000. B. l.. Price g
Co., clothing manufacturers, failed in New
York; liabilities, $125.0O0.
z, Business troubles: The First National bank
iOl Pa5Ia
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 4S.
8. Fire: A grain elevator and blocks of bust
ness houses burned at Corning, Ia. /; loss,
$3.50, 900.
Obituary: Gen. George A. Sheridan. noted
Federal veteran, at Hampton, Va; aged S..
8. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Silas Woodson of Mis-
souri,, at St. Joseph aged II. Baron Muel-
Ter, the Australian explorer, in Melbourne
aged IS. George Du Maurier, artist and
author. in London; aged g. Minnie Con-
way Tearle, once prominent American
actress, at Carlisle, England.
TO- Obituary: E. ToWner Root, well known nu-
sic publisher, in Chicago; aged "a. Ex-Gov.
Levi K. Fuller of Vermont. at BrattIeboro;
aged IS. Miss Mary Grew, noted abolition
list and woman suffragist in Philadelphia
aged SO. John 81. Williams, the funny
man. of the Norristown Herald, at Norris
town, Pa; aged 60.
IL. Obituary The Right Hon. and Most Rev.
Edward White Benson, archbishop of Cam
terbury and primate of England, in Lon
don; aged g.
IL. Storm: West India hurricane swept the
Atlantic coast from New England to New
Jersey.
Obituary: Herr Bruckner, celebrated mu-
steal composer, in Vienna; aged r.
19. Conventions: The 18th annual encanp-
ment of the Union Veteran legion began in
Washin gton. The annual convention 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.
IA. Accident: killed and IS injured by troll
ley collision at Hazleton, Pa.
Business troubles: The Marine National