Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-06

Mary Jaeger committed suicide in New |
York City. ID. Jayne & Sons chemical
plant in Philadelphia was burned.
Thursday. August 5.--Temperature 10,
6S, II, 90 degrees. Showery. An ex-
plosion Killed four people ia Cincinnati,
U. Martin Il. FAIRY was appointed eles,-
ton commissioner to succeed himself.
Brandywine Summit camp opened. City
Council accepted the new crematory,
Earthquakes in Japan Inundated 60 vii
lagos and Killed 900 persons
Friday. August G.--Temperature y, q,
So 80 degrees. Gear. The yacht Bri-
tania defeated The Aurora IN race for
| the Meteor challenge shield, at Cowes,
Isle of Wight. Moses II. Banks was
called from his residence and fouily muir
dered near Chicago.
Saturday. August T.-Teniperature II,
So, 81, T2 degrees. Gear, The l.. A.
| w. meet in Philadelphia terminated. An
earthquake was felt at Basalt, Col.
Sunday, August S..LTemperature 10,
| S., 80, 65 degrees. Partly cloudy and
rainy. Senior 0anovas del Castillo, prime
| minister of Spain, was assassinated at
| Santa Agneda by an anarchist, believed
to be Michele Angina Coli, who was ar
rested.
Monday, August a.-lemperaturc %,
! SO. 81. 81 degrees. Partly cloudy. Poly
dore Barnes was killed by a railroad train
| al Jamaica. l.. l. Thomas Il. Raymond,
| Abraham Lincoln'S cousin, died at Ray
City, Mich, aged 81 years.
Tuesday. August Temperature %,
so. So, 63 degrees Showery. Two trains
were wrecked nj Phi,lipshurg. y. j., and
several persons were injured.
Wednesday. August i1.--Femperatn
ii. SO, 1S. 63 degrees. Partly cloudy.
A street car was wrecked by a coal wagon
and Motorman G.. I. Price had his leg
broken. The steam whsler Nayarich was
wrecked in the Arctic Ocean and ia per-
sons persisted.
Thursday, August 12.-Temperature
T3. IS, 81, GA degrees. Gear. 3. q.
Goodley broke the bicycle record from
Brandywine Summit camp to Washing
ion street bridge, making the distance in
1921.
Friday. August 13.-Temperature II,
76. 10, 6S degrees. Clear. Peter Mona
han, aged 20 years, convicted of murder
ing his wife, was hanged in Baltimore,
Md. George Fl. p. Simmons died sudden
~ in the Water Department Office. An
Indian girl and 10 ponies were Killed by
lightning near Great Falls, Mont. Il. G..
Johnson made new Brnndywine sum
nit camp record 1926. Captain White
man and First Mate Saunders of the
schooner Olive Packer, were murdered by
sailors 125 miles off the South American
coast.
Saturday, August l4--Temperature
as, So, 81, IS degrees. Partly cloudy.
, Three men were suffocated in a powder
: explosion at stmnltviile, ooi. Inc
Brandywine summit camp RECORD racing
: was discontinued. -,
Sunday. August temperature o.
So 10, VI degrees. lhunder gusts. DIE
sunday was opspry . a. Il nra a,ms, WIN.
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: Wednesday, August lS-Temperatlr'
~, IS, 81, VI degrees. Partly cloudy
:, Lew ". Hreen, cpiofeu, VI sniS IVY wy,
r from the effects Of a self.infiicted wound
n Thursday, August disappearing "a
/, | SO 81 60 1nprppgy. Partly cloudy. Five