The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-06

Is. Business troubles: c. Bunting g. Co. 3 bank
ing house, at Blackfoot, Ida, went into tho
hands of o receiver liabilities, 500, 600.
II. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edmund r. Col
houn, l.. S. N, retired in Washington;
aged 75. John 1. Baker, Usage Of Essex"
Of the founders of the Republican par:
ty, at Beverly, Mass. aged s.. Gen. Alfred
Pleasccton, noted Federal leader, in
Washington; aged 73
l8. Obituary: Gen. John Cleveland Robinson,
veteran Of the Mexican and civil ways,
known the hero CT Fort McHenry, at
Binghamton, n. Y; aged 50.
19. Fire: The Webster block in Gloucester,
Mass. loss, 10000.
20. Fires: Grain elevator at Toledo; loss, s275,-
900. Lees lumber yard burned at Bing-
hamton, N. Y; loss, 100000.
p. Fire: The Syndicate block, Grand Forks,
N. D.; loss, $685. 900.
Cretan insurgents attacked Khania and were
fred upon by the foreign warships.
"a. Mrs Caroline Woods died in st. Louis at
the aa.e of 123.
20. Obituary: David L. Proudft, poet and au-
thor in New York city; aged S.
q. Fire: At Middle Branch, O.. loss, s100, ,00O
Obituary: Edward C. Dana, the well known
photographer, in New York city; aged A.
James Austin. in Toronto; aged "a. Gen.
Thomas A. Hueguenin, in Charleston.
Matthew Buckley, veteran Snowman, at
Delavan, Wis. aged 81.
MARCH.
l. Fires: A $50, 900 fire in Casey, Ills Plate
glass factory at Alexandria; loss, 500, 900.
A 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 59
8. Obituary: Nelson Wheatcroft, actor in
New York city.
4. Fires: At Syracuse; loss, $4,000. A $780,
of eli g
at Oshkosh, Wis.
Explosions: 50 people injured in Boston; 6
deaths. miners killed and 30 injured at
Huntingdon, Ark.
5. Fires In Worcester, Mass. loss, $500, 600.
Grain elevator at Peoria, Ills loss, $780,
coo. The Bingham block and other build
ings at Rome, N. Y; loss, 500, 900.
James P. Kernochan, the New York capital
ist, died of injuries received in a runaway.
z. Fire: In Indianapolis; loss, 100000.
8. Obituary: Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher at
Stamford, Conn. aged IS.
9. The French steamer ST. Nazaire wrecked
off Cape Hatteras; many lives lost.
10. Disaster: killed and 2 injured in a rail-
way wreck at Hazleton, Ind.
Obituary: Gen. Frederick Salomon, Fed
eral veteran, at Salt Lake City; aged "A.
Cora Stewart Wheeler, journalist and
author, at Newton, Mass.
II. Obituary: Professor Henry Drummond, au-
thor, at Tunbridge Wells, England; aged
46.
IL. Fires: In Chicago; loss, ss5O,Oo0. 8 killed
and 2 injured in Buffalo.
13. Obituary: Shiel Barry, actor, in London.
Is. Fires: At st. Louis; loss, 81, 0OO, ,0O0 At
Elkins, W. Va; loss, 100000.
Explosion: Is men killed and many wounded
on Russian turret ship in Cretan waters.
The Fifty fifth congress assembled in extra
session.
16. The president nominated John Hay and
Gen. Horace Porter ambassadors to Great
Britain and France, respectively.
Obituary: Gen. James M. Warner, in New
York city; aged 61.
II. Obituary: Col. Alexander Macomb Mason,
in Washington; aged 56.
Sporting: FitZsimmons won the worlds
heavyweight championship, defeating Cor
bett. at Carson, New.
90 Fire: In Clinton, Mimi. loss, 100000
Obituary Gen. Joseph S. Fullerton, Federal
veteran, killed in a wreck on the B. and o.
near Oakland, Md. ; aged 81.
81. Fires: In Ottumwa, Ia; loss about $2OO, ,OOo.
At Peoria, Ills. loss 500, 600.
Crete blockaded by the fleet OF the powers.
22. Tornado in Georgia; school demolished 8
children killed and many injured.
"a Obituary: DR.. Theodore Burr, at Detroit,
aged 81.
Fire: In Des Moines; loss, $50, 900.
Explosion: killed and many injured near
Gibbstown, N. J.
81. Obituary: William T. Adams (Oliver Optic),
in Boston; aged Is.
28. Obituary: Gen. William R. Terry, Confed-
crate veteran, at Chesterfield, Va. Mrs.
Margaret j. Preston, southern poet in
Baltimore.
30. Tornado destroyed the town of Chandler,
o. T. about 50 lives lost and nearly 200
people injured.
APRIL.
/. Obituary: Rear Admiral John H. Russell, U
s. N, retired, in Washington; aged TO-
a
an, in New York city; aged g.
8. Fire: Portland Paper Co. g mill, at Gilbert
vile, Me. loss, 100000
Obituary: Johannes Brahms, the well known
musical composer. in Vienna; aged g.
Maj. Edward P. Doherty, Wilkes Booths
captor in New York city.
4. Fire: George F. Otte Co.'S carpet store, in
Cincinnati; loss, 100000.
8. Business troubles: The Globe Savings bank
of Chicago assigned.
Obituary: Orrington Lunt, the founder OF
Evanston, Ills, in that city; aged 81.
6. Obituary: Andrew j. Garvey, one OF the
Tweed ring, in England.
8. Obituary: DIR. Won Stephen, founder of the
universal postal union, in Berlin; aged &C.
8. Obituary: Daniel W. voorhees,, former SEN
ator from Indiana, in Washington; aged 20.
10. Obituary: The Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burgSchwerin, at Cannes, France; aged 46.
II. Accident: killed end injured in a rail
way collision at Harrisburg, N. G.
IL. Obituary: Col. u y. fOrney, tne neWSpa-
per correspondent, in Washington; aged
72. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton, wife Of The
odore Tilton, in Brooklyn; aged 62.
Obituary: Prof. Edward Drinker Cope, Phi.
D., in Philadelphia; aged 81.
Is. Fire: Moresque block and other properties
destroyed in New Orleans; loss, $780, ,0OO
Obituary: Baron Won Grotheus, Russian
nobleman in Teton county, Mon.
16. Obituary: Charles Goode, veteran Of the
Black Hawk war, in Belmont. Wis; aged
1G3.
10. War between Turkey and Greece declared.
Obituary: Mines Levick, an old, favorite
actor, in New York city; aged 66.
20 Obituary: Billy Birch, the old time min
strel, in New York city; aged 66. Gen.
Richard ". Johnson, U. S. A, retired, In
St. Paul.
p King Humbert attacked by political ia
natic.
Obituary: Representative William S. Hol-
man, in Washington aged rs
g. Earthquake: Violent earthquakes and great
loss of life in the Leeward islands.
Obituary: Maj. 7. E. Breckenridge, noted
western pioneer, in Hannibal, Mo-; aged ~.
"a After a fierce fight at Matt the Greeks re-
treated from Tyrnavo and Larissa to Phar-
Sala-
%. Obituary: Antonio Maxine Mora, principal
in the Spanish claims case, in New York
city.
II. Fire: Two piers at Newport News. Va. ; a
sailing vessel, steamship and a tug burned
loss, s., ,00O,Q00.
The Grant mausoleum on Riverside drive,
New York, dedicated and formally turned
over to the city Of New York.
Business troubles: Burruss Son & Co.,
bankers of Norfolk, failed for $40, 600.
| g. Flood at Guthrie, o. T.. great damage done
and many lives lost
Obituary: Col. Jesse E Peyton. known as
the father of centennials,' in Haddon,
field, n. j.. aged 81
| q. Obituary: George ". Bid6le one Of Phila
delphias most eminent lawyers at that
city; aged 70.
| 80. Miscellaneous: Many lives lost and blocks
destroyed in San Salvador by dynamite
| Turks repulsed at Velestino with enormous
loss
MAY.