The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-08

ml~sceitaneouS Vnlrty HrSt aunual eHcainp'
ment OF the q. A. r. opened In Buffalo.
Curly Chief, one of the most noted Pawnee
Indians. died near Perry. O. T.; agei Ia.
"a. Fire: The Salamander Brick works III Wood.
bridge. \ j., destroyed: loss $4,000.
Sporting: L'Alouette won the Futurity at
Coney Island.
%. President J. Gdiarte Borda of Uruguay, shot
and killed by an assassin in Montevides,.
Obituary: Converse l.. Graves. a well
known actor. playwright and stage man
ager. IN New York; aged e.. Mary Kyle
Dallas, the well known writer for maya
zines, IN New York city; aged - Count
Mutsu. Once minister to Washington. at
Yokohama.
, Gen. }. r. ). Gobin OF Lebanon. Pa. elect
ed commander in chief of the g.. A. Z.
e. Obituary ogden Goelet, the noted yachts
man, ut tt 9 isle OF Wight; aged 40. Will
liam Cookson Carpenter, the oldest practic-
ing lawyer in the city, in New York city;
aged 70.
Is. Star Pointer paced a mile in ! s594 at BEAD
vile. Mass. breaking the pacing record
30. Obituary Erastus Corning, president OF
the albany City National bank and & Ii
rector OF the New York Central railrcat.
in New York; aged 10. Daniel G.. Rollins.
ex-surrogate and ex-district attorney OF
New York. in Somersworth, N. H.; aged
50
81. Obituary: Mrs. John Drew. the actress. at
Larehmoat. N. Y; aged 70.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Sporting: Requital won the Flight stakes
at SheepsEead Bay.
= Obituary: Col. George Bliss, well known
lawyer and veteran of the civil war. at
Narragansett Pier; aged u.
5. The members of the Jackson armsworth
expedition returned from Franz-Josef Land
after spending 3 winters there.
4. EyOfOSion. < peoDla killed and % or m
wounded by explosions OF natural gas in
Broad Ripple, Ind.
8. Fire. 4 warehouses burned at Philadel-
phia; loss, $3.50, 900.
:. Explosion 6 men killed by the explosion
of nitroglycerin at Cygnet, 0.
g. The treaty of annexation ratified by the
Hawaiian senate.
9. Accident. Is persons killed and 16 injured
by railroad collision at Emporia, Kan.
The Sons Of Veterans began a national en-
campment at indianapolis.
Business troubles: J. E.. Willard & Co. of
New York made an assignment: liabilities
reach 81, 0D, 900.
10. Accident: 80 persons killed and 1875 injured
in a railway collision near Newcastle, Colo.
Miscellaneous: From IA to 20 miners killed
and 10 wounded by a posse of deputy sher-
ifs at Lattimer, near Hazleton, Pa. Mrs.
Antonio Terry, wife of the noted Cuban
millionaire, died in Paris.
IL. Obituary Justice John Sedswick. at Nor
folk. Conn. aged g.
Shipwreck: q Of the crew OF the British
steamship Polyphemas drowned in a col
lision in the Red sea.
IL. Accident: { men killed and 6 injured in q
railroad wreck at Hanson, l. T.
Il Conventions: The international Associa-
tion of Police and Telegraph Superintend-
ents met in annual session in Nashville.
The supreme lodge Of the Knights and La
1iaC of un,a~ oDarnI SIC atax.av,th or,r,al
meeting in Detroit.
Tornado: Sabine Pass. Tex, wrecked by a
tornado; 10 dead and many missing.
Is Fire: Big flour depot and several factory
buildings destroyed by fire at North Man
chester. Ind. loss. $4,000.
Miscellaneous: 5 members Of a gang OF rob-
bers were lynched in the public square Of
Versailles, Ind. President Diaz Of Mexico
was assaulted, but escaped unframed.
16. Fire: John a. Logan's stock barn, 8 fine
horses and a number OF vehicles burned at
Youngstown. o.; loss. $4,000.
IL. Accident: 3 men killed in q collision Of
freight trains near Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Is. Obituary, George Waldron, one of the sur
vivors Of the ..noble six hundred in the
famous charge at %Balaklava, at Montreal:
aged 70. Henry W. Sage, the great bene-
factor Of Cornell university, at Ithaca, N.
T., aged So.
20. Fire. The lumber mills of Hull Lumber
company. at Ottawa. destroyed; less. $780,
600.
o. Shipwreck: Boat No. 26sunx Of Cuxhaven,
Hamburg; s of her crew, including ths
commander, Duke Frederick William leck-
lenburg-Schwerin, drowned.
Fire: The works of the Youngstown (O.j
Bridge Co. destroyed loss, 100000.
Hurricane: ~ persons killed ana 40 injured
in Italy.
Obituary: Gen. Bourbaki, the commander 1T
the Imperial guard in 1870. at Bayonne,
France.
The American Forestry association met in
Nashville.
%. Fires: Most OF the business buildings in
cambridge, o., destroyed; loss $4,000.
The John Gund Brewing Co. plant at La
crosse. Wis, destroyed; loss, S3Of,0O. The