The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-06


ting machine. at Sing Sing; aged 72. Ed
win F. Thorne, the actor, in New York
city.
s. Fires: Itasca Warehouse Co. burned at Min.
neapolis; loss, $25O,0OO. The residence of
President Green Of the Columbia Nariga-
ton Co.. at New Rochelle, N. Y: loss $40.
600.
Obituary: ''Uncle Tom Moore, the old the
atrical manager, at New York city; aged
g. Elbridge Gerry Spaulding, the father
of the greenback," +" at Buffalo; aged g.
g. The Greeks retreated from Pharsala.
Obituary: James B. Runnion, the noted jour
nalist and playwright, at Kansas City: aged
Z. Obituary: Henri d'Orleans, due d'Aumaie,
the fourth son of King Louis Philippe. at
yucca Sicily; aged IS.
o. Accident: Ii lives lost by fire on the Nal
lory line steamship Leona at sea.
Capt william Strong. the noted feud 4zhtcr,
killed at Lexington, KY.
L. Sporting: The Kentucky Derby won by
Typhoon II at Louisville.
la Accident: 10 killed and injured in the ore
mines at Pinkney, Tenn.
H. Obituary: Robert Kemp, originator Of the
"olde folkes concert" at Boston; aged n.
Max Maretzek, the we'll known operatic
manager on Staten Island aged 76.
20. Obituary: Horatio King, ex-postmaster
general, at Washington; aged Sc. Frederick
Schaefer. pioneer brewer of lager in the
United States, in New York.
Conventions: The one hundred and ninth
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church began at Winona, Ind. The general
assembly Of the Southern Presbyterian con-
vention opened at Charlotte, N. C.
q. Obituary: Mrs George Holman, known as
the "mother Of opera" at London. Ont. !:
aged IS.
r. Obituary: Matthew Latin, a pioneer Of
Chicago, at that city; aged 81.
30. Obituary: Rev. L. NJ. Pease, founder Of the
first mission at Five Points, New York
city, at Asheville, N. c.; aged 79
81. Earthquake: In the south Atlantic and cen
trail western states.
Sporting: Howard Mann won the Brooklyn
Handicap. G. A. Soden won the Irvington
Millburn cycle race.
JUNE.
l. Obituary: Gen. Daniel Ruggles the oldest
surviving graduate Of West Point, in Fred
ericksburg Va. aged 81. Charles Il. An
drews, one of the proprietors Of the Boston
Herald, in Boston; aged 63.
Convention: The semicentennial meeting CT
the American Medical association held in
the Academy Of Music at Philadelphia
2. Cabinet crisis in Spain; ministers resigned
Sporting: Princeton won the third and dc
Gliding series of baseball with Harvard ct
New Haven; score, to 0.
l. A negro lynched by mob; 2 men killed
and 10 pounded in the crowd at Crbana, O
& Obituary: Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee, u
S. N, retired. the last Of the commanders
Of great squadrons in the civil war. in
Washington: aged IS.
z. Accident: men killed and injured on the
Omaha railroad near Hudson Junction.
Wis.
Obituary: Ney Elias, a great explorer ana
late consul general at Meshed. in London.
Eph Morris, the veteran Carsman, at one
time world famed. at Pittsburg; aged 43.
Edward C. Taft, the well known paper
manufacturer, at Holy oke, Mass !; aged 81.
g. Explosion 28 persons in jured by fireworks
in Chicago
Obituary: Mrs Sarah A. Granger, sister of
Stephen A. Douglas, at Clifton Springs. N.
Y; aged 49, Robert Johnston Finley. man
ager of the Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
in New York city: aged %. Joseph Rich
ardson, eccentric millionaire, i'll New York
city. John Haswell, the famous engineer,
personally decorated for his work by the
Austrian EN- ,eror, in Vienna; ay-<.aS
8. Fire: The st. Louis Milling Co. 8 plant in
Carlinsville Ills g; loss, S20O,O00.
Ocean disaster: Wreck of the steamer Alden
on Socotra island 78 persisted.
Obituary: Nancy E. Glen. famous i'll In
diana criminal courts 80 years ago, i'll In
dianapolis. Prof. Alvin G. Clark, the IA
bridge, Mass.
10 Sporting: Octagon won the Brooklyn Der
by.
IL. Obituary: Herman Tubbs, the great mil
lionaire promoter in East Oakland, Cal.
aged 70. Archbishop Janssens, head of the
Roman Catholic diocese of New Orleans on
the steamer Creole, bound for New York.
1a Attempt upon the life Of President Faure
of France.
IA. Fires: The buildings on Ellis island, New
York harbor, destroyed; loss, $SUO,GO0. The
business portion Of Georgetown. in Ell Do
RADIO county, Cal. loss, s175,coo
Obituary: Charlotte Wolter, once known as
the 'tragedy queen of Germany" in Wen
ma; aged g. Barney Barnato, known as
the "South African diamond king" leaped
overheard while on the way to England.
Is. Obituary: Ex-Judge James W. Fitzgerald
the we'll known police court judge. near
ST. Mary's, Kan. h; aged 60.
16. Obituary: George E. Barnes, pioneer il
San Francisco journalism, in San Fran
cisco: aged 20.
u. Obituary: The Rev. Father Kneipp, the
famous doctor priest, at Woerishofen, Mu
mich; aged 15 James Gayler, first assistant
postmaster of New York city. in that city
aged 20
Sporting: Michael beat McDuffee in Is mile
cycle race at Cambridge, Mass.
IS. Tornado: rs persons buried in the ruins o
barn i'll Lincoln, Logan county, Ills.
Accident: A number of persons killed by the
falling Of a balcony during circus parade
in Black River Falls, Wis.
Obituary: John NJ. Francis, senior proprie
tor and editor in chief of the Troy Time:
and formerly minister OF the United States
to Austria, Greece and Portugal. i'll Troy
N. V; aged "a Juliet Corson. the vel
known writer and teacher Of cookery and
dietics in New York; aged IS.
10. Fire: Iowa State university at Iowa City
loss 100000.
Sporting: Third and deciding game OF tn,
Dvt,, oil nf1 hos .t,nn lSy
Princeton in New York city: score, q to
Obituary: Gen. Green P. Garner, veteran
Of the Mexican and civil wars, in Chicago
aged 81.
q. Obituary: Capt. Boy the first man sub
jected to the boycott" in London: age(
g. Miscellaneous Christian K. Ross, the IA
ther Of Charles Ross, the abducted boy
died in Germantown. Pa. aged - The
eighteenth national saengerfest held il
Philadelphia.
Sporting Ben Brush won the Suburban
Handicap at Coney Island
"a. Tornado: 3 persons killed and considerable
damage done near Salina, Kan
rs. Obituary: Gen. George ". Harrington,
veteran Of the civil war and former exalt
ed ruler Of the Elks, at Kalamazoo. Mich.
aged 60. W. l.. Winans, member Of the Gel
ebrnted Winans firm, in London; aged IS
Alice Dunning Lingard, the actress. IL
4SeU CH2TieS SOptlant
Wight. a well known educator Of Balti
more, al that city.
Sporting: Cornell won the intercollegiate
boat race at Poughkeepsie. N. V, defeat
ing Yale and Harvard.
26. Obituary: Mrs Margaret Ohphant. th'
English authoress, in Wimbledon, England
q. Accident: q persons killed and many in
jured by n train falling through trestl'
at Missouri City, Mo.
30. Obituary: Prof George N. Lane, one o
the oldest teachers at Harvard college, il
New York city; aged 73
Shipwreck: The German vessel Rem bek sunl
by collision in the Dardanelles: l8 sailor
drowned
Accident: 3 killed, % injured, in a rear enc
collision on the Chicago and Northwestern
at Chicago
JULY.
l. Business troubles: The Globe Building ant
Loan association Of Louisville assigned
liabilities, 100000
g. Cornell defeated Columbia IN the shell rac'
at Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
g. Fire: Entire village nearly destroyed ant
one life los. at Lake Ann, Mich. !; loss. 500,
CO.,
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