Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-29
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Elre: FERRY. Ia. the business section
partly destroyed. loss. $3.50. 600
81 Storms: Blizzard and extreme cold in
the northwest.
Spanish War: The American peace COM
missioners announced that the United
States demand a treaty of cession of
the entire Philippine archipelago upon
a payment to Spain of S20,000.000.
%. Fire: In San Francisco. the famous
Baldwin hotel destroyed 10 deaths;
financial loss about 81, 100000
Obituary: ]. X. Hamilton Wilcox. noted
as an agitator of female suffrage in
New York city. aged SIS.
Explosion. AT the Hercules Powder
works. near Ashburn Mo-; deaths.
"a. Sporting: At Franklin field. Philadel-
phia. Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at
football, scoring - to s.
Shipwreck: Off Beachy head, England
steamer Fitzjames foundered: 10 sail
ors drowned.
rs. Obituary: Gen. Andrew T. McReyn-
olds. veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars. at Muskegon, Mich; aged 81
Spanish War: First American garrison
for Havana. led by Gen. Francis Vim
ton Greene. landed at Mariana wharf.
q. Storms: Blizzard of wind and snow
on the middle Atlantic and New Eng
land coast; southern France and north
ern Italy also storm swept
Obituary: Charles w. Couldock the old
est actor on the American stage in
New York city: aged SO. Prof George
James Altman, well known biologist
in London; aged S. Mrs Hugh Reginald
Haweis. noted English advocate of
woman's rights in London.
Shipwreck: SIS vessels wrecked on the
New England coast; about 20 seamen
lost. exclusive of the crew of the
Portland of the Portland Packet line.
which went down on her trip from
Boston to Portland with 161 souls
g. Disaster: The great hall of new col
lege near Turin collapsed carrying
down the whole assembly; many kill
ed and injured, among them bishops
Spanish War: The Spanish commission
ers delivered their reply to the Ameri-
can demand of Nov. 81 surrendering
the Philippines for $20000.0 00.
Explosion: IL employees killed and in
jured by the explosion of ammunition
at Havana
Fires: In Kansas City, Keith's furniture
house burned: loss. S240 0G0. The Frank
lin Stamp mill at Hancock. Mich, de-
Stroyed: loss $150 Co.,
3D. Spanish War: Ramon Blanco. ex-cap-
tain general of Cuba. sailed from Ha-
vana for Spain.
Shfpwreck: Steamer Ainsworth wrecked
near Balfour. B. c.; 9 persons drown
ed.
DECEMBER.
l. Fire: Normal university near Lincoln,
Neb., burned: loss, 100000
8. Explosion: men killed by the BURST
ing of a feed pipe on the Texan
steamer Alamo in New York harbor
Obituary: Mary Jane Parker Champney,
formerly well known actress. at the
Edwin Forrest home. Philadelphia:
aged g.
4. Storms: Fiercest gale of the year on
the Atlantic coast
Fires: Home Life building, one of New
York's ''skyscrapers." damaged by
fire. which caused a loss of 81. 600 600
At Eufaula. l. t. business portion
burned. causing loss of $780, 600
g. Political: Last session of the Fifty
fifth congress opened
g. Convention: Farmers National con-
gress opened at Fort Worth Tex
Fire: Weyauwega. Wis. destroyed by
fire: loss. $3.50 600
I. Fires: A s125 900 FIRE at Danbury Conn
Obituary: Maj T. p McElrath. news
paper man once associated with Hor-
ace Greeley. in New York city: aged g.
8. killed and 5 injured in an explosion
at the Dupont Powder works, Will
mington. Del.
10 Spanish War: Treaty of peace signed
at Paris. First U. S. troops marched
through the streets of Havana
Sporting: Miller won the six day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden.
Obituary: William Black. the novelist
in London; aged 81.
IL. Obituary: Gen. Calixto Garcia the
Cuban general and commissioner to
the United States: aged So
Miscellaneous: Gen. John r. Brooke u
S. A.. appointed military governor of
Cuba. Riot and bloodshed among
Spanish and Cuban officers in Havana
II. Convention: American Federation of
Labor met at Kansas City
Accidents; workmen suffocated in the
shelters at Butte. Mon. men killed
by an explosion in coal mine at
Poteau, l. T.
i3. Accidents: 6 killed and 80 injured by
the collapse of a gas tank in New
York city.
IL. Peace jubilee opened at Atlanta
Antonio E. Terry, noted Cuban capital
list. died in Paris.
Is. Obituary: Ex-U. S. Senator Calvin s.
Brice, in New York city; aged So.
II. Obituary: Baron Ferdinand James de
Rothschild, M. p, in London; aged SO.
Miscellaneous: Gen. Wesley Merritt.
U. a. A., late commanding the army
of Hhe Philippines, and Mrs. Merritt
arrived New York Rioting in Ha-
vana during evacuation by Spanish
army.