Connecticut western news., 1898-01-06
FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY.
 1. Obituary: Martini inventor of the martini
 rife. at Frauenfeld, Switzerland. 2. Fires The state capitol of Pennsylvania,
 totally destroyed, loss s600,O ,OO0 The Scott
 Auerbach building at Salt Lake City burn
 ed loss, <30O,0O0
 Obituary Col George Meade, son of Gen Meade, commander at Gettysburg, in Phil
 adelphia; aged 53 Infanta Marie Louise
 Fernando. duchess de Montpensier, at Mad
 rid, aged Go
 O. Fire At Amsterdam, N. the Arnold
 block loss, s75,0O0.
 9. Accident: l2 workmen killed by the col
 lapse of soaffolding at Cornwall. Eng
 land.
 I0 Castelmary died on the stage while singing
 the role of Tristano in the opera of ''Mar
 tha'' at the Metropolitan Opera House,
 New York.
 IL Miscellaneous: Rev. Hosea vize. noted
 Baptist minister, descendant of Pocahon
 tas, died at Macedon. @, Ills. aged S6 Capt.
 Philo Norton McGiftn, hero of the naval
 battle of the Yalu river, died in New York
 city by his own hand.
 l2- Obituary: Gen. Darius Nash Couch,
 noted Federal soldier, at Norwalk, Conn.
 aged 75 I3. Obituary: John Randolph Tucker, a notet
 virginian, at Lexington; aged "A. Gen
 Joseph O. Shelby, noted Confederate
 leader of the west, at Adrian, Mo lA Obituary: William P. St. John, the New
 York banker, champion of free silver, n
 New York city.
 i6 Business troubles: O. Bunting 6 Co. g bank
 ing house, at Blackfoot, Ida, went into the
 hands of a receiver; liabilities s200, ,0O0 E. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edmund K. Col
 houn U. s. N. retired, in Washington
 aged 75. John 1. Baker, "sage of Essex
 of the founders of the Republican par
 ty, at Beverly, Mass. aged s5 Gen. Alfred
 Pleasonton, a noted Federal leader, il
 Washington; aged 73. i8 Obituary Gen. John Cleveland Robinson
 veteran of the Mexican and civil wars
 known as the hero of Fort McHenry. al
 Binghamton, N. r.. aged s0 l9 Fire The Webster block in Gloucester
 Mass. loss $l00, ,000
 90 Fires: Grain elevator at Toledo loss, se75,
 000 Lees lumber yard burned at Bing
 hamton, N. Y. loss, s100 600. cl. Fire: The Syndicate block, Grand Forks
 N. D.. loss, S225, GOO
 Cretan insurgents attacked Khania and wer'
 fired upon by the foreign warships. 24. Mrs. Caroline Woods died in St. Louis al
 the age of 123
 %. Obituary: David L. Proudft, poet and au
 thor, in New York city; aged 55. G. Fire: At Middle Branch, O.; loss, s100.0O0
 Obituary Edward c. Dana. the well knowr
 photographer in New York city aged A
 James Austin. in Toronto; aged S4. Gen
 Thomas A Hueguenin. in Charleston
 Matt sw Buckley, veteran snowman, al
 Delasan, Wis. aged 6. MARCH. l. Fires: A sl5O,0O0 fire in Casey, Ills. Platt glass factory at Alexandria loss, s200,0 900. monastery of St. Bernard in the Alps part ly destroyed by an avalanche. 2. Obituary Rev Dr. Scoville Mallory, edi tor of The Churchman, in New York city aged 50
 B. Obituary: Nelson wheatcroft actor, Ii New York city. {. Fires: At Syracuse; loss. sl2o,OoO. A slOO GOO fire at Newburg. N. Y. A $lO00O0 fire at Oshkosh, Wis. Explosions: 50 people injured in Boston; deaths. miners killed and 30 injured al Huntingdon, Ark s. Fires: In Worcester, Mass. loss, $500, 900 Grain elevator at Peoria, Ills. loss, $500 0OO. The Bingham block and other build ings at Rome, N. Y. loss, $200, ,000. James P Kernochan, the New York capital ist, died of injuries received in a runaway z. Fire: In Indianapolis; loss, sl00,0O0 8. Obituary Mrs Henry Ward Beecher al Stamford, Conn. aged 85 g. The French steamer St. Nazaire wrecked of Cape Hatteras: many lives lost. l 10. Disaster killed and injured in a rail way wreck at Hazleton, Ind Obituary: Gen. Frederick Solomon, Fed eral veteran, at Salt Lake City; aged "A Cora Stewart Wheeler, journalist anG author. at Newton, Mass. | IL Obituary: Professor Henry Drummond, au thor, at Tunbridge Wells, England; agec 48.
 | t. Fires: In Chicago; loss, $35O,000 killed | and injured in Buffalo. 13. Obituary: Shiel Barry, actor in London. | i5. Fires At St. Louis; loss, sl0O0,000 A Elkins, ". Va. loss, $l00,000 Explosion: l5 men killed and many wounded l on Russian turret ship in Cretan waters The Fifty fifth congress assembled in extrs session.
 i6. The president nominated John Hay anL | Gen. Horace Porter ambassadors to Great Britain and France, respectively. I Obituary Gen. James M Warner, in New | York city; aged 6l H. Obituary: Col. Alexander Macomb Mason. in Washington; aged 56 Sporting Fitzsimmons won the world heavyweight championship. defeating Cor bett, at Carson, Nev. | 20. Fire: In Clinton, Minn.; loss, sl00,00 Obituary Gen. Joseph s. Fullerton, Fedora. | veteran, killed in a wreck on the B and O | near Oakland, Md. aged e | 21. Fires: In Ottumwa, Ia. loss about s200,0 900 | At Peoria, Ills. ; loss, sl00, GOO Crete blockaded by the feet of the powers. | 22 Tornado in Georgia: school demolished; ! | children killed and many injured | A Obituary: Dr. Theodore Burr. at Detroit, | aged 8l. | Fire: Tn Des Moines; loss, s150,OOO | Explosion: 8 killed and many injured near | Gibbstown, N. J. N. Obituary William T. Adams (Oliver Optio) | in Boston; aged 75
 2s Obituary Gen. William R. Terry, Confed | crate veteran, at Chesterfield, Va. Mrs | Margaret J. Preston. southern poet, | Baltimore.
 | 90 Tornado destroyed the town of Chandler, l O. T. about 50 lives lost and nearly 20t people injured. l APRIL.
 1. Obituary: Rear Admiral Jc m H. Russell, U s. N., retired, in Washington; aged 70 | Gen. Charles A. Carleton, Federal veter | an, in New York city; aged G.
 Fire: Portland Paper Co. s mill, at Gilbert | vile, Me. loss, sl0O, ,000
 Obituary: Johannes Brahms, the well known
 musical composer, in Vienna: aged GA.
 Mai. Edward P. Doherty. Wilkes Booth's l captS-. in New York city. | {. Fire: Gorge F. Otte Co.'S carpet store, ir
 Cincinnati, loss $400, OOO
 c. Business troubles The Globe Savings bank | of Chicago assigned. Obituary Orringtou Lunt the founder Q.