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

%. Obituary: Senator Fiorelli, the archaolo-
gist, at Rome.
30. Obituary: George F. Magun founder and
ex-president of the Iowa college, at Grin
nell, in Des Moines- Rev. DR.. William H
Furness, noted Unitarian, in Philadelphia;
aged a.
8. Obituary: Stephen B. French. noted Re-
publican politician, in New York city;
aged g. Hillory Butler, pioneer settler
on Puget sound, at Seattle; aged r.
Shadrack Inman, a noted Georgian. in At
1anta; aged IS.
d. Obituary: George Nicholson of the New
Orleans Picayune, in that city.
g. Obituary: Prof. Loisette, teacher of men
tai culture, in San Francisco.
g. Disaster: Bridge over the Pequatuck river,
near Hartford, washed away and 30 work
men drowned.
Obituary: Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A. re-
tired. in Baltimore; aged 68. Harry How
ard, chief of the old volunteer fire depart
ment of New York, in that city; aged IA
2. Obituary: William Heyden English, well
known capitalist and politician, in Indi-
annapolis; aged "A. Charles Wachsmuth, the
worlds greatest paleontologist in crinoids
at Burlington, Ia. aged 66.
Bound Brook N. j., swept by fire and flood.
g. Fire: West Virginia state normal school at
West Liberty burned
O. Obituary: Jean Auguste Barre, disting uish-
ed French sculptor, in Paris; aged s..
Reinhold Rost, LII. D., high authority in
oriental literature, in London.
10. Obituary: Sanford Hunt of the Methodist
Book Concern, in Cincinnati; aged 20.
H. Miscellaneous: Etienne Chatelaine, aged
100 years, died at Ontario. Isaac Murphy,
a negro, famous Jockey, died at Lex
ington, KY.
Obituary: Allen Dodworth, noted New York
band leader, at Pasadena, CAL; aged 49,
Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, celebrat-
ed musical composer in Paris; aged "a.
18 Disaster: 40 people drowned by the sink
ing Of a ferry boat at Brisbane. Australia.
Obituary: Rev, Theophilus JONES' the Oldest
R0nfiGf mi in he Init
States, at Willxesbarre, Pa; aged Sc.
15 Fire: At Greensville. N. C.; loss, $15O.oOO.
Obituary: Mrs. E. K. Nicholson pearl Riv-
ers) of the New Orleans Picayune, in that
II. Fires: Factory burned at Troy, N. Y;
about 80 working girls killed The Buckeye
Glass works burned at Martins Ferry. o.
18. Disasters: Over 60 miners killed by an ex-
plosion at Newcastle. Colo. 50 deaths in a
fire at a masked ball at 6antarem, Portu-
GAL
Personal: Mrs. Amelie Reeves Chanler, the
American novelist, married to Prince Trou-
betslzoi of Russia.
49, Disaster Hundreds of houses wrecked at
Johannesburg, South Africa, by dynamite
explosion; over 100 deaths.
90 Personal: Sir John Everett Millais elected
president of the Royal academy.
70. Obituary: Edgar Wilson Nye, the popular
American humorist, near Asheville, n. c.;
aged IS. Ex-Gov. George D. Robinson of
Massachusetts, at Chicopee; aged G..
%. Fire disaster: z deaths at the burning of
a mansion in Baltimore's fashionable dis
trict.
Obituary: Hon. George Davis, who was at
torney general of the Southern Confeder-
acy, in Wilmington, N. c. aged rs.
"a. Obituary: Henry c. Bowen of The INDIE
pendent. in Brooklyn; aged 80.
rs. Fires: A $500, COO blaze at Binghamton, N.
Y Grace Street Baptist church burned at
Richmond.
Obituary: Gen. David Morrison, a Federal
war veteran. in New York city; aged &c.
Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe, U. s. N. re-
tired, at Pierce, Neb. aged "a.
20. Obituary: Arsene Houssaye. celebrated
French writer in Paris; aged 81.
q. Fire: Is business places burned at Flor
enee, S. c.; loss, 500, 900.
Obituary: Gen. Madison Miller, veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars, in St. Louis;
aged 81.
/. Fire: The village of Colesville, Mono coun-
ty, Cal, wiped out by fire.
Riotous demonstrations in Spain against the
United States.
O. Obituary: Charles Carleton Coffin. war cor
respondent and author, at Brookline,
Mass. aged 49, Baron Talleyrand- Perigord,
ex-senator of France and diplomat, in Par
is; aged rs Judge John W. Armstrong, a
pioneer lawyer on the coast. in San Fran
cisco; aged e.
g. Fire: Is buildings burned at Danbury,
Conn. loss $50, 600.
Obituary: DIR. W. P. Palmer, antiquarian
and writer, in Richmond.
d. Obituary: Prof. John Kraus, pioneer in
kindergarten work, in New York city;
aged 81. Peter Richard Kenrick, former
archbishop of St. Louis, in that city; aged
90. DR.. Hiram Corson, a specialist and
writer on medical treatment, at Plymouth
Meeting, Montgomery county, Pa. aged g.
8. Gov. Frederick r. Greenhalge of Massa-
chusetts, at Lowell, Mass; aged "a.
8. Business troubles: Dan Talmage's Sons
rice dealers, suspended in New York city.
Obituary: Philip j. A. Harper, retired SEN
ior member of the firm Of Harper g. Bros,
at Hampstead, N Y; aged ~.
2. Obituary: James Fl. McVicker, veteran
theatrical manager, in Chicago; aged ~.
s. Rear Admiral Henry Wake, U. S. N, re-
tired, in Brooklyn; aged SO.
70. John 8. Hoey, famous shot, died at Long
Branch.
Il. Sporting: The American team won the in
ternational chess match by cable; score,
AZ to Il games
Obituary: Col. Thomas Fl. Nelson, ex-U. S.
minister to Chile and to Mexico, at Terre
Haute, Ind. aged 76
Is. Explosion: The Latin q Rand Powder
works at Ripton, N. z, wrecked by the
explosion of $1,000 pounds of powder;
employees killed.
10. Fire: The Masonic building burned at
Providence; loss $4,000.
20. George Richmond, portrait artist. died.
a. Fire: Plant of the Pennsylvania Salt works,
at Natrona, Pa, burned; loss, 81, 00O, 600.
q. Obituary: Lady Isabel Burton, widow of
Capt. Sir Richard Burton, in London.
Thomas Hughes, author of s'Tom Browns
School Days. - at Brighton, England; aged
~.
%. Fire: so houses burned at Colon, Colombia.
Jennie R. kilnball, manager of the Kimbau
Opera company, died at St. Paul
"a. Mine disaster; IA miners killed by gas ex-
plosion in the Berwind White mine at
Dubois, Pa.
rs. Gen. Thomas L. Casey, U. S. A., retired,
in Washington; aged 65.
20. Obituary: President Hippolyte of Haiti;
aged 80. Fowler H Wray, inventor, at
Nashua, N. H; aged ".
%. Fires: At Waterbury, Conn. loss, $500, 900.
Pleasure Ridge distillery burned near
Louisville; loss, 1925, coo.
20. Fire: Weston, ". Va, suffered to the ex-
tent of nearly $500, 600.
80. Obituary; Ex-Gov- Thomas Seay of Ala
ba1na, at Greensboro. Rabbi Aaron Wise,
in New York city; aged 81.
APRIL.