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

well known composer, In London.
20. Obituary: Senator Fiorelli, the arch@olo'
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 d.
Furness, noted Unitarian, in Philadelphia;
aged "a.
8. Obituary: Stephen B. French. noted Re
publican politician, in New York city;
aged 81. Hillory Butler, pioneer settler
on Puget sound, at Seattle; aged ~.
Shadrack Inman, a noted Georgian, in At
lanta; aged IS.
4. Obituary: George Nicholson Of the New
Orleans Picayune, in that city.
5. 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 6S. Harry How
ard, chief of the old volunteer fire depart
ment Of New York, in that city; aged a.
Z. 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 68.
Bound Brook, N. j., swept by fire and flood.
o. oSAASSe
West Liberty burned.
9. Obituary Jean Auguste Barre, distinguish
ed French sculptor, in Paris; aged IS.
Reinhold Rost, LII. D., a high authority in
oriental literature, in London.
10. Obituary: Sanford Hunt of the Methodist
Book Concern, in Cincinnati; aged 10.
12. Miscellaneous: Etienne Chatelalne, aged
100 years, died at Ontario. Isaac Murphy,
a negro. famous as jockey, died at Lex
ington, Ky.
Obituary: Allen Dodworth, noted New York
band leader, at Pasadena, CAL; aged 78.
Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, celebrat-
ed musical composer, in Paris; aged "a.
18. Disaster: 40 people drowned by the sink
ing Of ferryboat at Brisbane, Australia.
Obituary: Rev. Theophilus Jones, the Oldest
Welsh Baptist minister in the United
States, at Wilkesbarre, Pa; aged SO.
Is. Fire: At Greensville. N. c.; loss, $4,000
Obituary: Mrs. E. K. Nicholson pearl Riv-
ers) Of the New Orleans Picayune, in that
city.
II. Fires: Factory burned at Troy, N. Y;
about 80 working girls killed. TT Buckeye
Glass works burned at Martins Ferry, O.
IS. Disasters: Over 90 miners killed by an ex-
plosion at Newcastle. Colo 30 deaths in q
fire at a masked ball at Santarem, Portu-
Personal: Mrs. Amelie Reeves Chanler, the
American novelist married to Prince Trou.
betskoi Of Russia.
10. Disaster: Hundreds Of houses wrecked at
johannesburg, South Africa, by dynamite
explosion; over 100 deaths.
20. Personal: Sir John Everett Millais elected
president Of the Royal academy.
q. Obituary: Edgar Wilson Nye, the popular
American humorist, near Asheville N. c.;
aged 45. Ex-Gov. George D. Robinson Of
Massachusetts, af ChicoDee. aged az.
23. Fire disaster: Z deaths at the burning Of
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 76.
"a. Obituary: Henry c. Bowen Of The Inde-
pendent, in Brooklyn; aged SS
rs. Fires: A $4,000 blaze at Binghamton, N.
Y. Grace Street Baptist church burned at
Richmond.
Obituary: Gen. David Morrison, Federal
war veteran. in New York city; aged 63.
Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe, U. s. N, re-
tired, at Pierce, Neb.; aged "a.
%. Obituary: Arsene Houssaye, celebrated
French writer, in Paris; aged 81.
T. Fire: Is business places burned at Flor
ence, S. c.. loss, 100000.
Obituary: Gen. Madison Miller, veteran OF
the Mexican and civil wars, in st. Louis;
aged 81. ,,,,cu
1. Fire: The village of Colesville, Mono coun-
ty, CAL, wiped out by fire.
Riotous demonstrations in Spain against the
United States.
2. Obituary: Charles Carleton Coffin. war cor.
respondent and author, at Brookline,
Mass. aged rs. Baron Talleyrand.Perigord,
ex-senator of France and diplomat, in Par
is; aged IS. Judge John W. Armstrong, O
pioneer lawyer on the coast, in San Fran.
cisco; aged G..
8. Fire: Is buildings burned at Danbury,
Conn.,; loss, sl5O,OO0.
Obituary: DR.. W. P. Palmer, antiquarian
and writer, in Richmond.
1. 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
80. DR.. Hiram Corson, a specialist and
writer on medical treatment, at Plymouth
Meeting, Montgomery county, Pa. aged 90.
8. Gov. Frederick T. Greenhalge Of ,Massa-
chusetts, at Lowell, Mass. aged a.
8. Business troubles: Dan Talnage's Sons,
rice dealers, suspended in New York city.
Obituary: Philip J. A. Harper, retired SEN
ior member Of the firm Of Harper & Bros.
at Hampstead, N. Y; aged r.
z. Obituary: James n. McVicker, veteran
8. Rear Admiral Henry Wake, U. s. N, re-
tired in Brooklyn: aged SS.
II. John 8. Hoey, famous shot, died at Long
Branch.
IA. Sporting: The American team won the In.
ternational chess match by cable; score,
~ to 8 II games.
Obituary: Col. Thomas a. Nelson, e1-U. s.
minister to Chile and to Mexico, at Terre
Haute, Ind; aged rs.
IS. Explosion: The Latin & Rand Powder
works at Ripton, N. Y, wrecked by the
explosion Of $1,000 pounds of powder; s
employees killed.
TO- Fire: The Masonic building burned at
Providence; loss, $500, 900.
90 George Richmond, portrait artist, died.
81. Fire: Plant Of the Pennsylvania Salt works,
at Natrona, Pa, burned; loss, sl,0Oc,0O0.
@ Obituary: Lady Isabel Burton, widow Of
Capt. Sir Richard Burton, in London.
Thomas Hughes, author Of "Tom Brown g
School Days." at Brighton, England; aged
r.
q. Fire: 90 houses burned at Colon, Colombia.
Jennie R. Ktmball, manager of the Kimball
Opera conn pany, died at st. Paul
"a Mine disaster: IA miners killed by gas ex.
plosion in the Berwind White mine ut
Dubois, Pa.
25. Gen. Thomas L. Casey, U. 8. A., retired,
in Washington; aged IS.
%. Obituary: President Hippolyte Of Haiti /;
aged go. Fowler h. Wray, inventor, at
Nashua, N. a.. aged 72.
%. Fires: At Waterbury, Conn. loss $500, 900.
Pleasure Ridge distillery burned near
Louisville; loss, 1926, 900.
20. Fire: Weston, W. Va, suffered to the ex-
tent Of nearly s5O0,0O0.
30. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Thomas Seay Of Ala.
bama, at Greensboro. Rabbi Aaron Wise,
in New York city; aged g.
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