The Dickinson press., 1898-12-31
well. 3. c.; aged 60. c. II. Byrne,
noted baseball expert. in New York
citv at tho 400 of 55 :.

noted baseball expert. In New York
city. at the age of IS. :.
T. Fire: Hardware and dry goods store
burned Gt DeniS-n. Tex; loss $500 900.
Obituar;': E.osss P. Handy, well known
jo,!rr..i:;. at i::-iil. Nd: aged 81.
IL. Tornado: 2l lives lost at Fort Smith.
Obituary: Mary Cowdcn Clarke. ;!,.,or
OF Shakespeare Concordance. in Genoa !;
aged So
II. Obituary: Rev. c. l.. Dodgson (Lewis
CarrolN. author of '.Alice In Wonder
lard" III London: aged IS.
l6. Obituary: Iet. Hon. e.. p Villiers, "Fn-
ther of the House of Commons" who
sat continuously from -. in London
Hon. Benjamin Butter" orth, u. s.
commissioner Of patents at Thomas
veteran Of the Mexican and civil wars,
In Washington: aged Il.
IL. Obituary: Ella Bassett Washington
great-Grardniece of George Washing
ton. in New York city.
10. Fire: 80 buildings burned at Ransburg.
CAL; loss. 500. GOO.
Obituary: Very Rev. Henry George Lid
dell. noted English clergyman and
Greek photographer. in London: aged
ST.
e. Foreign: Chamber Of deputies in Paris
dispersed by riot growing out of the
Dreyfus case.
q. Miscellaneous: Capt Thomas f. Hines,
''brains OF Morgan's cavalry corps"
died at Frankfort. Ky Cuban filibus-
tering schooner Tillie foundered off
Barncgat; men lost.
"a. BattlesEip Maine ordered to Havana
Obituary: Rev. DIR. Michael ]. Cramer,
brothcr-iii-law of Gen. Grant, at Car
Isle. Pa: aged 63.
25 Fires: Union elevator. filled with grain,
burned in East st. Louis; loss 81, /.
0cO. lives sacrificed and property
loss Of s225,0Go at the burning of the
Great Eastern block. Spokane, Wash.
Conventions: National Stock Growers
convention began at Denver. Sd an
nual convention Of the National Asso-
ciation of Manufacturers of the United
States began in New York city.
John Laird. the English shipbuilder
who turned out the Confederate cruis-
er Alabama. died in London.
q. Gen. Aranguren. the Cuban leader,
killed by the Spaniards..
30. Admiral Daniel Lawrence Braine, U.
S. NJ, retired. died in Brooklyn: aged
60.
FEBRUARY.
l. Fires: L. S. Rubber Co., at Nauga-
tuck. Conn.,, burned out; loss, $70O, ,0O0
In the burning of the Alvord House.
Gloversville, N. Y, persons perished.
Shipwreck: Channel Queen, mail steam
ship, wrecked off the Isle of Wight; "a
lives lost.
Storms: Billiards in New England, the
west and Canada.
9. The Mcintyre block burned at Winni-
peg; loss, s5OO,OoO.
3. Y. M. c. A. building burned at Scran-
ton. Pa; loss, $3.50. 900.
8. f1remen killed by the collapse of O
burning building in Boston.
g. Fires: Highland Park hotel burned at
Aiken. s. c.; loss, $4,000. Loss Of
sa5oooo by flames in Savannah: the Re,
man Catholic cathedral burned.
Z. The famous De LONE letter made pub
lie.
g. Miscellaneous: George Lord, the old
est Mason in the world. died at San
Bernardino. Cal, at the age Of 81.
President Barrios of the republic Of
Guatemala assassinated.
Convention: South and west CONNER
cial congress met at Tampa, Fla.
D. Fire: At Fort Worth. Tex: loss, $780,
600.
Accident: 20 people killed in panic IN
synagogue at Idziencioi. Russia.
Convention: Annual assembly l.. A. w.
held at st. Louis.
TO- Fire: II deaths and property loss Of
oC0 by the burning Of storage
warehouse and other buildings In
Pittsburg.
Obituary: Rev. DR.. William A. Hitch
cock, we'll known Episcopal divine, in
New York city; aged "a.
H. Fire: Polo Club building and Atalanta
casino, burned In New York city.
IA. Spanish Troubles: senor Polo y Ber-
nabe appointed Spanish minister to the
United States to succeed De LONE.
Convention: 18th annual convention of
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association opened in Washing
ton.
Is. The U. g. battleship Maine wrecked
by explosion in Havana harbpr; 266 Of
the officers and crew lost their liYes"'
16 Ship Disasters: In the burning Of the
British steamer Legislator at sea 8
sailors lost. French steamer FlacahRt
wrecked Off Canary islands: 81 lives
lost.
49, Obituary: Frances e. Willard, the we'll
known temperance advocate, in New
York city: aged So.
Convention: Woman's national press
congress met in Washington.
q. Shipwreck: 18 sailors drowned at the
wrecking Of the British ship Asia OF
Nantucket.
"a. Conventions: Continental congress
Daughters Of American Revolution
met in Washington.
q. Conviction in Paris Of lola on charge
Of libel in Dreyfus case; sentence,
years Imprisonment and a fine Of 5000
francs.
Is. Fire: American Tobacco Co. of Louis
Vile burned out; loss. $3.50. 900.
IS. Fire: In night fire at Charleston. 8.
c., lives were lost.
Accident: An omnibus in Chicago COL
lided with a Grand Trunk train:
passengers killed.
ex-Confederate and Mexican war vet
eran, In Gloucester county, Va: aged
rs. William M. Singerly, the 'Philadel!
phia capitalist and editor. in that city;
aged 66.
g. Explosion: At the Kalamazoo Chem
ical works; 10 lives lost.
Obituary: John Thomas Scharf, histor-
ical writer, who served in the Confed-
crate army. IN New York city; aged S
MARCH.
1. Obituary: Prof William A. Rodgers
Of Colby university. noted astreRomepl
aged GO,
g. shipwreck: drowned by the capsizing
Of the schooner Speedwell near Key
West.
g. Col. Henry wounded by Col. Picquart
In duel growing out OF the zola trial
Foreign; China agreed to lease PpEt
Arthur and Talien Wan TO Russia for
90 years. ..' = -. - .'.;.s'* '<'
6. Obituary: Hugh ]. Iewett, railway
flnancier and manager. in Augusta,
Ga: aged 81.
by the editor Of the Gazette di Vene-
zia In sword duel.
7. Obituary: Gen. Nelson B. sweitzer. U.
s. A.. retired, in Washington: aged sS.
8. Fire: At Providence; loss, $4,000.
9. Spanish Troubles: Bill appropriating
$50. 900 for the national defense be-
came a law.
". Obituary: Ge9rge Muller. Engliah phi-
!" lanthropist. in London: aged g.. Gen.
K. L. Thomas, an ex-Confederate Of
note. in Oklahoma.
II. Obituary: Gen. William starke Rose
Grams. n noted soldier Of the western
army at Los Angeles; aged 79.
~. Eire: pisastar In q RawerY lodging
y house in New York oity; II deaths, y
u, Obituary: Henry Bessemer. tho in
ventor Of the Bessemer steel process:
aged IS.
1s. Miscellaneous: Senator Proctor Of
Vermont told the senate of the Cuban
situation.
II. Obituary: Blanche X. Bruce. one of
the ablest colored men Of the nation;
in Washington: aged 81, s;:;'
IS. Obituary! Matilda Joslyn Gage, noted
woman sufrragist: aged 72.
Mining Disaster: Explosion in the Santa
Isabel mine at Belmez Spain; 60 killed.
20. Shipwrcck: Bark Alma capsized OUT
side tli.. Golden Gate Cal, drowning
ia sailors and u Klondike gold seekers
n. The noted Dut de Talleyrand Of the old