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\ Obituary. Gen. John Kemp MiEner. U.
S..A,, retiped, at Washington: aged g..
o. Fire: At Newport, r. l.. the Ocean
| House destroyed.
Spanish War: American peace commits
sion completed, consisting OF Senators
GRAY of Delaware, Frye of Maine and
| Davis of Minnesota. ex-Secretary or
| State w. r. Day and Whitelaw Reid.
| 10 Fire: AT LiveFmore Falls. Me-, -
buildings destroyed; loss. $l250O
Hurricane. Appalling loss OF life In the
British West Indies.
| Empress Elizabeth OF Austria killed BY
an Italian anarchist at Geneva.
II. Fire: AT Jerome A. T., $50 residences
and 25 stores destroyed and many
lives lost property loss about slOoo'-
900.
Explosion In Philadelphia, killed. Is
injured. u missing. and 8 houses de-
stroyed
IL Fire: At New Westminster. b. c.. 500
| buildings destroyed: loss, R,5OO.0Oo.
1 Conventions The National Council Or
der Of the Red Men began Its annual
! convention In indianapolis. 18th an
nual encampment Of the Sons OF Vet
; Grams opened at Omaha.
! a6 Obituary: Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Has
ia Caney, at Columbus. O.
y Il. Obasnnry: Rev. DR.. John Hall, the
noted Presbyterian divine. at Belfast:
aged &c.
ls Obituary: Miss Winnie Davis, daugh-
ter Of Jefferson Davis, at Narragan-
sett Pier. Capt. Allyn Capron. whose
battery shelled the Spaniards out OF
their tilOckhouses at Ell Caney. at
| Fort Myer. Va.
! II The ,ath annual session OF the SOW
ereign grand lodge !. o. o. F. opened
In Boston.
| N Explosion: 1n ahe Union elevator at To-
ledo: missing and 6 killed: loss. 500.
n A monument to Samuel do Champlain.
the French .expiorer. unveiled at Que
bee.
N u. Personal: Xbdieatson Of the emperor
tof China lin favor OF the dowager
empress.
\ r. Explosion: In "a mine st Brownsville.
Pa: 5 lives lost.
Obituary: Col Richard Malcolm John
ston. the southern novelist. In Balti-
more aged 16.
\ M The ashes Of Columbus exhumed at
Havana by the:Spaniards.
Tornado: At Tonawanda. N. Y. mucP
property destroyed: several persons In
jured.
Obituary: Fanny Davenport. the well
known actress. ut Duxbury. Mass.
1 a Fire: At North Weymouth. Mass. E:
loss. 800 900.
Obituary: Thomas F. Bayard. statesman
and diplomat. at Dedham. Mass. aged
10
\ "a Obituary: Louise. queen OF Denmark.
at Copenhagen: aged 81.
30 Sporting: Tod Sloane. noted Ameri-
can jockey. won s out OF 7 events at
The Newmarket races
Personal: Col John Hay was sworn into
office as secretary OF state
OCTOBER.
n. Spanish War: First joint conference
of the American and Spanish peace
commissioners,
4 Cyclone: South Carolina and Georgia
coasts devastated and over 100 lives
lost; Brunswick, Ga, inundated.
Obituary: Caroline Miskel Hoyt, the
actress in New York city; aged Is.
rs. Fire: At Clarksville. Tenn; over
$780, 900 loss by the burning OF ware
houses and other buildings
Indian Troubles: Maj. Wilkinson, U. g.
A.. and several soldiers killed near
Bear Island. MINI. by Pillager Indians
'Convention: National meeting or the
Protestant Episcopal church In the
United States opened in Washington.
O. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Cunningham Geike
noted as a Bible commentator, in Lon
don; aged "a.
T. Obituary: Blanche Willis Howard
won TeuffeD. American author. In
Munich. Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall Of
New York city. In that city; aged T.
Foreign: Strike Of 60.OOO workmen In
Paris
s. Fire: At Atlantic City; block OF build
ings destroyed. causing a loss OF $780,
0OO
IL Personal: The emperor and empress
Of Germany set out on their journey
to Palestine.
Strikers Riot: At Virden, Ills, IL men
killed and rs wounded in the trouble
over imported negro labor.
ia Fire: At Macon: loss. s125.00o
IA Shipwreck: Tho h!ohegan Of the At
lantic Transport line wrecked on tho
Cornish coast of Falmouth; out OF