The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-01

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steamer Wilhelm der Groese, from Bre-
men and Southampton, broke the west.
ward record from Southampton, BY
twenty-sts minutes.
81. Obituary-George NJ. Robson.
President Grants secretary 'or tho
navy, at Trenton: aged slxty-six.
20 Fire--At lronton, o.; loss. $780,
OO0.t I, NJ
The Spanish cabinet resigned
90. Fire--PoWer house OF the Capital
Traction Railway Company burned In
WashinDton; loss. over 100000. X
OCTOBER.
-. spnrtlng-sta Pointer lowered tho
racing record a, Chicago BY pacing a
mile in .:Coh. *
2. obituary-General Neal Dow, n
Federal veteran and the father OF the
Prohibition movement, at Portland.
Me; aged ninety-thrce. s..iF-N, fa
6. Obituary--Sistcr Gonzaza, the old
est sister OF charity In the United
States. In Philadelphia; aged eighty
I'VE. sN
Dlsastee-scven school girls and n
teacher burned to death at Plankln-
ton, S. d. gG'
Q. obltuary--Willam a. Stiles, edl-
tor OF Forest and Stream, In New York
City. Sir John Gilbert, noted painter
and Illustrator, In London; aged eighty.
q Disastcr-Over 5000 deaths In ty-
phoon In the Philippine Islands
~. Flre-Seven buildings. including
an opera house, burned In Detroit; loss,
5000, 900.
8. obltuarv-Rear Admiral John
Brady Clitz. U. $. N, retired, III Wash
ington; aged seventy-slx. tlt.
IL. The jury In the famous Mrs. At
kinson case In West Virginia failed to
agree. Scnorita Evangelina Cossio v
Clsneros, the Cuban girl who escaped
from prison in Havana, arrived In New
York.
IL. Dlsasters-The dome OF Robin
sons Opera House In Cincinnati fell
during u performance; five persons kill
ed; sixty injured.
Il. FIres-The town OF Windsor, N.
S., wiped out and 5000 people homeless;
loss, 100000. A 100000 factory fire
In New York City.
Obitua:y-Charles a. Dana, editor Of
the New York Sun, at Glen Cove, y.
y: aged seventy-elsht.
Shipwreck-Thec coaster Triton wreck
ed OFF the Cuban coast; about one hun
dreu ana NIFTY lives lost
Opituary-Adiniral .John l.. Wofden,
I u. S. ", retired, the Monitor hero,
Washington; aged sevent"-nlne.
H. O5ituary-George Mortimer Pull
man, the palace car lnagnate, IN Chica-
so; aged siSty-sX. /
q. Miscellaaeous-lhe hundredth
anniversary OF tAe launchlh@ tot the
war frigate Old 1roasidcs celebrated in
Bosto1. =.
%: Disaster-A Hudson River rail-
road express plunged into the river near
Earrisons, n. T.; twenty Killed, many
Injured.
Conventions-The biennial meeting OF
the worlds w. c. I, U. opened In To-
foAtQ.
Shlpwreck-Steam schooner Casrar
wrecked of FONT Arena, Cal; thirteen
:ailors drowned
2. Fi:ps-Ofices OF the wabash
railroad burned In st, Louis: loss, $780,
900. The Woelrel C1mnanHs immense
tanHery at Morris, HIS, destroyed; loss,
S221,OGo.
Obltuary-rhc Duchess OF Teck, Prin-
cess Mary of Cambridge, at Richmond,
England.
Reu!ion-The twenty-ninth annual
meeting OF the Society OF the Army OF
the Tennessee begun in Milwaukee,.
IS. ConvCn;ions-The national con-
yent!on OF the W. G. 7. y. opened at
Buffalo.
%? ObituarJ-Henry George. social
seso;mec, il New York City: aged fifty
eight.
60. Accident-SiH miners suffocated
in the Diamond shaft at Scranton, Pa.
NOVEMBER.
1rn,o, p.c,ac railroad sold nj,
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onana: 70 reorganization committee l''t',