Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30


q. Fire: Two large factory buildings occupied
by William Reed & Co., Rowland Bros,
Pass Bros. and the Yonkers Silk Co. de-
stroyed at Yonkers, N. T.. loss 100000.
30. Accident: Express train on the Big -Four
road wrecked Thorntown, Ind. engi-
neer and fireman killed.
AUGUST.
]. Fire: The Pioneer Fireproof Construction
Co. g plant at Ottawa, Ills, destroyed; loss.
100000.
The Moravian church at Emaus, Lehigh
county, Pa. celebrated the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of its organization.
2RMiscellaneous: The Goldenrod Silk Co. of
Patterson N. j., failed; liabilities, $103, 900.
Marie Seebach, the illustrious German ac-
tress, died at St Moritz, in the Engadine;
aged 60.
4 Fire: ID fremen seriously injured at the
fire of the H. W. Jayne Chemical Works,
Philadelphia; loss, $4,000
The eighteenth annual national meet of the
l.. A. W. in Philadelphia.
8 Fire: The Northwestern grain elevator in
Chicago destroyed by fire; 8 persons killed;
loss, 100000.
The price of silver in New York declined to
55Sz cents per ounce bid.
6 Obituary Samuel P. Baker, a well known
Mason Of Elmira, N Y, in that city.
z. Explosion: So people killed and large
number injured at Rustchulk, Bulgaria.
Obituary Peter Jay Munro Van Cortlandt.
adescendant of several old families of New
York, in Spokane. Wash. aged 65. Agriol
Paur, organizer and leader Of the Lieder
kranz society, in New York; aged 73.
8. Obituary Senior Canovas del Castillo prime
minister of Spain, assassinated at Santa
Agueda by anarchist. William Lamb
Picknell, the celebrated Boston artist, at
Marblehead. Mass; aged As.
The annual convention of the National Chris
tian alliance begun at Cleveland
Q. Fire: Planning mill, dry kiln, lumber yard,
store and number Of tenement houses,
also 8 small hgidges burned at Barnum,
Polk county, Tex. loss, $3.50, 600.
l8. Obituary Samuel Chester Reid, son of
Capt Reid, the naval warrior, in Washing
ton; aged n. Sir Isaac Holden, M. P, in
ventor of the lucifer match and of carding
machine for wool, in England.
Is. Fire: The saw and planning mills of the Tu-
mis- Lumber Co. at Baltimore destroyed by
lightning; loss, 100000
The Count of Turin and Prince Henri of Or
leans fought duel with swords near Paris;
Prince Henri seriously wounded.
II. Fire: The lumber yard of the Gerry Lum-
Der Co. in Eagle River, Wis, destroyed; ;
loss, Sl50000.
Conventions: The twenty third annual con
vention of the American Bankers associa-
ton met in Detroit The thirteenth annual
convention of the Society of American
Florists opened in Providence.
Obituary: David g. Swain, U. s. A., re-
tired, judge advocate general, in Washing
ton; aged 63
l8. The ninth annual convention of the Young
Peoples Christian union of the United
Presbyterian church met in Indianapolis.
Obituary Gen William Ward, noted Fed
eral veteran, in Newark, N. J. aged 73.
10. The National Temperance society in ses-
sion in Saratoga.
20. Fire Henry G White & Sons large wooden
mill at Chapachet R. l., destroyed, to-
gether with several houses; loss 100000
Miscellaneous The twenty eighth reunion Of
the Society of the Army of the Potomac
held in Troy, N. Y Angiolillo, the assassin
of Senior Canovas. executed at San Sebas
tian.R
21. Sportng Michael defeated Starbuck in a
80 mile cycle race at Manhattan Beach
time, III. 6in. IA 35s Star Pointer outpaced
Joe Patchen at Chicago; best mile, 2:O2.
o. Fire; The phosphate works of l. p Thorn
as Sons Il Co.. at Paulsboro, destroyed; ;
loss, $225, GOO
| Obituary James Reynolds, one of the lead
! ing spirits IN the old Fenan Brotherhood.
| in New York city
| l3 Explosion: men killed and 8 injured by a
boiler in Cairo, Ills.
| Miscellaneous. Thirty first annual encamp
ment of the e. A. R. opened in Buffalo
/ Curly Chief, oneAof the most noted Pawnee
Indians, died near Perry, o. 7. aged 100.
| "a Fire The SaIamander Brick works at Wood
bridge, N j., destroyed; loss 100000.
Sporting: LAlouette won the Futurity at
Coney Island.
25 President J. Idiarte Borda, of Uruguay, shot
and killed by an assassin in Montevideo.
Obituary. Converse LIE Graves, we'll
known actor. playwright and stage man
ager, in New York: aged 81. Mary Kyle
Dallas, the well known writer for nlaga
zines, in New York city; aged so. Count
/
4 Yokohama.
| 26 Gen. j. P. S. (9obIn of Lebanon, Pa. elect
ed commander in chief Of the G. A. R.
j 27. Obituary; Ogden Goelet, the noted yachts.
man, at the isle of Wight; aged As. Will
liam CoolSson Carpenter, the oldest practic
ing lawyer in the city. in New York city
aged 70.
| g. Star Pointer paced mile in :59L4 at Read
vile, Mass, breaking the pacing record.
| 3d. Obituary Erastus Corning, president of
the Albany City National bank and di
rector of the New York Central railroad
in New York; aged 10. Daniel e. Rollins,
| ex-surrogate and ex district attorney Of
New York, in Somersworth, N. a.. aged
| 55.
| 3D. Obituary: Mrs. John Drew, the actress, at
Larchmont, N, Y; aged 49,
sEPTEMBER.
1. Sporting: Rsquital won the Flight stakes
at Sheepshead Bay
2. Obituary: Col. George Bliss, well known
lawyer and veteran of the civil war, at
Narragansett Pier; aged 81.
/ 8. The members of the jackson Harmsworth
expedition returned from Franz Josef Land
\ after spending 8 winters there.
| 4. Explosion: 5 people killed and 70 or 30
wounded by explosions Of natural gas in
Broad Ripple, Ind.
9. Fire: warehouses burned at Philadel-
! phia loss, $250,000.
! 2. Expdosion: men killed by the explosion
Of nitroglycerin at Cygnet, o.
8. The treaty of annexation ratified by the
Hawaiian senate
i O. Accident: l3 persons killed and 16 injured
by railroad collision at Emporia, Kan.
The Sons of Veterans began national en-
campment at Indianapolis
Business troubles: j. R. Willard 8 Co. OF
New York made an assignment; liabilities
reach 81 100000
10. Accident: 30 persons killed and lS5 injured
\ in railway collision near Newcastle, Colo.
Miscellaneous: From IA to 20 miners killed
i and 40 wounded by posse of deputy sher'
IFS at Lattimer, near Hazleton, Pa. Mrs.
Antonio Terry, wife of the noted Cuban
millionaire died in Paris.
II. Obituary Justice John Sedgwick, at Nor
folk, Conn. ; aged 68.
Shipwreck: 27 of the crew of the British
steamship PoIyphemas drowned in col
Hsi0n in the Red sea.
| II. Accident: men killed and injured in q
railroad wreck at Hanson, |. T.
"A Conventions: The International Assocfa'
tion Of Police and Telegraph Superintend-
ents met in annual session in Nashville.
The supreme lodge of the Knights and La
dies of Honor, opened its eleventh annual
meeting in Detroit.
Tornado: Sabine Pass, Tex, wrecked by q
tornado; 10 dead and many missing.
Is. Fire: Big -four depot and several factory
buildings destroyed by fire at North Man
chester, Ind; loss, $4,000.
Miscellaneous: members of gang of rob
bers were lynched in the public square oi
Versailles, Ind. President Diaz of Mexico
was assaulted, but escaped unharmed.
16 Fire. John A. Legan's stock barn, fine
horses and number of vehicles burned al
Youngstown, o.; loss, $4,000.
! H. Accident 5men killed in collision oi
freight trains near Chippewa Falls, Wis.
| L. Obituary George Waldron, one of the sur
vivors of the 4noble six hundred in the
famous charge at Balaklava, at Montreal
aged 49, Henry W. Sage, the great bene
factor of Cornell university, at Ithaca, N
Y; aged SO.
90 Fire. The lumber mills Of Hull Lumber
company, at Ottawa, destroyed; loss, $l0O,
i 600.
i e. Shipwrecls: Boat No. 26 sunk off Cuxhaven
Hamburg of her crew, including tht
commander, Duke Frederick William Meek
ienburg- Schwcrin, drowned.
Fire: The works of the Youngstown (O.l
Bridge Co. destroyed; loss, 100000.
Hurricane: 10 persons killed and 70 injured
in Italy.
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