The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-01
THE YEAR'SsREC0RD
or The Notable Events Iii 1857
the World Over.
TIE EVER CEAsELEsS REAPER,
Destruction on Land and s.a-'Ths hien-
zoe OF War a REVIEW Of 'rws'ye 'ion.
6 ths Arranged cronoiogteaiiy--aiany Pa.
tpli Railway colit,ioh, and snlpwrseks.
4 y Drsirue,iv " Storms mud Eire,

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ths Arranged cronoiosteaily--ai any Pa.
I'M; Halfway coift,ioh, aad shlpwreeil,.
4 q Dssirueti W Storms u,,h irire,.
with the exception OF the s!iortlsharp
conflict between Turkey unl Greece tho
year 1897 has been ono OF peace and
quiet throughout the civilized world. a
general war over the vexct eastern
question was ayerted bythe speedy col
lapse OF Greece. In Cuba. the !nsurrec-
,ionls,s have persisted. gIy!na rise to
many alarms Of wnr between tho Uni
y ted States and Spain. .s.t5
The plan of.anncSat!ono: Hawaii has
reached an advanced stage without q
clash with other Interested powers.
Commercial prosperity among Eng.
Ilsh speaking peoples has been IN the
main encouraging. Wheat In america
reached the highest price known in oy.
er twenty years.
Strikes. riots and political assass,na-
Z lions mar the annals OF the year. but
they are comparatively free from great
national calamitles.
JANUARY.
\ l. obituasv--Rear Admiral Joseph s.
Skcrrett, U. S. n, retired, in, Wash-
(! ingtoI aged sixty-sevcn.
3.S'Fire-In the business portion OF
Nashville: loss, 100000. 3.
IS. Obltuary-General Francis A..
I Walker, a veteran OF the Federal army
Z and 4 well known Economist, In Boss
ton; aged ffty-six. N
6. obltuary--Albcrt S. Willis, u. s.
inlniste: TO Hawaii, at Honolulu; aged
fifty-threc.
10. Flres-A $4,000 nre at panville,
Va. A 100000 fire at Minneapolis.
Z 16. Dlsaster--Sixtecn children burn
ed 10 dealt, in fire at the Orphan
home, Dallas.
obituary--Joel T. IIcadley, the histor-
ian. at Newburg, n. r; aged eighty
four. 81
%. Obltuary--sr Isaac Pitman, in
yentor OF stenoGraphy, In London; ased
seightv-four.
Il %. Fire-Business bioe,i destroyed at
{. Sandusly. O.; loss. s250,0oe.
~ "a. Fires-1n Chicago: loss, $4,000
Z Red Lake Falls. inn, nearly destroyed.
Ob!tuary-Afrs. Nungcrford. famous
4 as a novelist under the nom de plume
The Duchess" In Dublin.
IS. Miscellaneous--Extr cold all
over the country: mercury dropped 60
degrees.
&c. Fires-Ta Chicago, grain elevator:
loss, s350. 900. Twenty buildings burned
{, at Pacific Junction. Iowa. In Fhiladel-
phia 4 block Of stores: loss. $3.50. 900.
80. laster-SIx deaths in a fire in
3f. y t7ry-Samuel W. Stone. au-
thor ofr"N.at For the Wagon at To-
peka: aged eighty-four.
FEBRUARY.
.. Fires-The state capito! OF Penn
sylvania totally destroyed: loss, $780,
oo6. The Sco.t-Auerbach building at
Salt Lake City burned: loss. 5000. 600.
obituary--Colonel George Meade, son
of Genera, Meade, commander at Get
lysbu.g, In Philadelphia; aged fifty
three. Il:
10. Customary died or the stage
while singing the role Of Tristano in the
opera OF "Ma-tha" at the Metropolitan
F. opera house,;aS New York. I,
H. 5Miscelianeoiis-Rcv.t EoseG Vie.
a noted Baptist minister, descendant OF
I Pocahontas, died at Macedonia, Ills. ;
aged eighty-six. Captain Philo Norton
McGiflin, hero OF the naval battle OF the
falu river, died in New York City by.
his own hand. E7-E7
l2. Obitnary-General Darius Nash
Couch, noted Federal soldier. at Nor
walk, Conn; aged seventy-Gve
IL. ObitUa:y-John Randolph Tucker.
noted Firginian, at Lexington: aged
seventy-tour. General Joseph 0. Shell
!. BY. "a noted Confederate leader OF the
west, at Adrian, Mo-
a. Obituury-Willlam P. st. John. The
{, New York banker, champion OF free
silver. in3New York City.
II. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edward r,
Colhoun, u. S. N, retired In Washing
ton; aged seventy-Gve. John ]. Baker,
sage OF Essex" one, OF the founders OF
the Republican party. at Beverly. Mass
aged e!ghty-five. General Alfred Pleas
eaton, a noted federal leader, in Wash
iAgton: aged seveaty-threc.
20. Fires: Grain elevator at Toledo;
loss, s275,5o6.
IS. 81. Fire: The Syndicate block, Grand
Forks. N. D.; loss, s225,oo0.
MARCH.
.. Obituary: Rel. DR.. Scov,,le Mallory,
editor for The Chu-cllmaa. In New York
city. aged fifty.
"a; Obituary: Nelson W1,eatc.oft, actor,
1 IN NeT York city.
ESDIosIons.g Tiftv rnn.Io IL, ,,,.s, l.,
Boston,; six Deaths. Two miners Killed
3 end thirty injured a: Huntingdon, Ark.
3 Fires: In Worcha9tcr, Mass; loss.
sJOO.0OO. The Bingham block and other
buildings at Rome. n. T.; loss, $500 900!
40. Fire: In indianapolis; loss slOo, 900.
8. Obituary: Mrs. Henry Ward Iseechc.,
III Stamford. Conn: aged c!yh;y-ilye.
II. Obituary: Professor Henry Drum
. Mo1d, author, at Tun5ridge Wells, Eng
land: aged forty-six rs
Il. Flres:In Chicago; loss, 1850. 900.
three killed and two injured In Buffalo. ,
=, 10. Fires: At st. Louis; less, 81, 0O9, COO,
AT Elk!ns. ". Va; loss, sido,6Oo. &
Explosion; Fifteen men killed ard
:aany wounded On & Russian ;rrret ship
IN Crctan waters. :
THE FIfty-fifth Congress assembled in
extra session. h'.aslg
IT, The President nominated John
HAY and General Horace Porter cmbas-
sadors to Great Britain and France, re-
spectvely. 49,
w Obituary: Col Alexander Macomb
mason. IN Washington; aged flfty-sIx.
sporting: Fttzsimmon3 won the world
heavyweight championship, defeating
Corhe:t. at Carson City, New.
20. Obituary: General ,Juaenh g E,.,,Js-
ton, federal veteran, killed in a wrecl,
on the Baltimore 6. Ohio, near Oakland.
Nd: aged sixty-scven. u m
sa % TOrnpdn IN rnor,t,, a..L..,