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

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1 Fire: In Akron, O., the shafting depart
ment Of the Akron Iron and Steel Co. c
works destroyed; loss, $4,000.
q The strike order Of the national executive
board Of the United Mine Workers Of
America was obeyed by from 1000 to Is,
0O0 Of the q. 200 miners in the Pittsburg
district.
2. Explosion: Q persons killed and badly
wounded near Hartsville Tenn.
Obituary: Hon. William S. Groesbeck the
distinguished Ohioan. in CINCINNATI aged
6. Obituary: Senator Isham g. Harris Of
Tennessee, in Washington: aged g.
9. Obituary: DR.. Samuel B. Halliday, former
assistant pastor Of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, at Orange, N. j.; aged IS.
. %. Aeronaut Andree's expedition to the north
pole; ascent made July 10.
Obituary: Daniel Greenleaf Thompson, law
yer and writer. in New York aged Is.
Sporting: The Friar won the Realization
stakes at Sheepshead Bay.
II. Fire: The Berlin N. H. Mills Co. 3 saw
and grist mills destroyed loss, $l0O, 100.
l2. Obituary: Nicholas G. Creede, q million
aire mine owner. in Los Angeles; aged 81
Gen. NJ. F. Wentworth, noted Maine politi-
cal leader and prominent war veteran, in
Kittery. Me. aged n.
a. Disaster: persons drowned by the burst
ing of two reservoirs at Matteawan, N. Y.
Obituary: Frank Mclaughlin, founder Of
the Philadelphia Times and its publisher
and business manager, in Philadelphia;
aged Co. Gen. John F. Farnsworth. Federal
veteran, in Washington; aged Y.
| l5 Obituary Gen. Philip Regis de Trobriand
! a veteran officer of the Federal army, at
Bayport, N. Y.
l6 Obituary: Gen. Joseph Conrad. a noted
Federal veteran who saved the life of Sher-
idan at Mission Ridge. in Atlantic City;
aged 81.
10 Lieut.. R. E. Peary and party sailed on
| board the steamer Hope from Boston,
bound for northern Greenland.
| 20. Obituary: Jean Ingelow, the poet and nov
elist, in London. Edhem Pasha wounded
by an Internal machine.
| q. Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, special envoy Of the
United States to the queens diamond jubi
| lee. gave notable dinner in London; the
Prince Of Wales was among those present.
q The new tariff bill went into effect after
midnight.
| Explosion: On the steamer Nutmeg State at
Bridgeport, Conn. 4 men killed and in
jured.
Sporting Harvard defeated Brown and
Princeton beat Cornell at football.
| "a. Obituary: Clarence A. Seward, well
| known New York lawyer, at Geneva, N.
| Y; aged 60. Gen. Lafayette McLaws, a
| Confederate officer and Mexican war vet
| eran, in Savannah; aged 76.
"a. Fire: Two large factory buildings occupied
| by William Reed & Co., Rowland Bros,
Pass Bros. and the Yonkers Silk k'Co. dc
stroyed at Yonkers, N. ": loss, $4,000.
! 30. Accident: Express train on the Big Four
road wrecked near Thorntown Ind. engi-
neer and fireman killed.
AUGUST.
l. Fire: The Pioneer Fireproof Construction
Co. 8 plant at Ottawa, Ills, destroyed; loss.
100000.
| The Moravian church at Emaus, LehigE
county, Pa, celebrated the one hundred
and tiftieth anniversary Of its organization.
| 2. Miscellaneous: The Goldenrod Silk Co. of
Paterson N. j., failed; liabilities $1O3 900.
Marie Seebach, the illustrious German ac-
tress, died at st. Moritz, in the Engadine;
| aged 63.
| 4. Fire: 13 firemen seriously injured at tho
| fire of the II. W. Jayne Chemical works,
| Philadelphia; loss, $4,000
The eighteenth annual national mqnt of the
| l.. A. W. in Philadelphia.
8. Fire: The Northwestern grain elevator in
Chicago destroyed by fire; 8 persons killed: !:
loss, $500 600.
| The price of silver in New York declined to
| 55A cents per ounce bid.
| 6. Obituary: Samuel P. Baker, a well known
Mason Of Elmira. N. Y. in that city.
| 2. Explosion: Sc people killed and a large
| number injured at Rustchulk, Bulgaria
Obituary Peter Jay Munro Van Cortlandt.
adescendant of several old families of New
York, in Spokane, Wash. !; aged 65. Agriol
Paur. organizer and leader of the Lieder
kranz society, in New York; aged 73.
| D.
| minister of Spain, assassinated at Santa
Agueda by an anarchist. William Lamb
Picknell. the celebrated Boston artist. at
Marblehead Mass. aged As.
The annual convention of the National Chris
tian alliance begun at Cleveland.
9. Fire: Planning MILL dry kiln, lumber yard
store and number of tenement houses,
also 8 small bridges, burned at Barnum
Polk county, Tex. loss, $3.50, 600.
L. Obituary: Samuel Chester Reid, son Of
Capt. Reid. the naval warrior, in Washing
ton; aged r. Sir Isaac Holden, NJ. p, in
ventor of the lucifer match and Of carding
machine for wool, in England.
Is Fire: The saw and planning mills Of the Tu-
mis- Lumber Co. at Baltimore destroyed by
lightning; loss, $500, 600.
The Count of Turin and Prince Henri Of Or
leans fought duel with swords near Paris
Prince Henri seriously wounded.
II. Fire: The lumber yard Of the Gerry Lum
Der Co. in Eagle River, Wis. destroyed;
loss, $15O,OOO.
Conventions: The twenty third annual con-
vention Of the American Bankers associa-
tion met in Detroit. The thirteenth annual
convention Of the Society Of American
Florists opened in Providence.
Obituary: David G. Swain, U. 8. A., re-
tired, judge advocate general, in Washing
ton; aged g.
Is. The ninth annual convention Of the Young
Peoples Christian union Of the United
Presby terian church met in Indianapolis.
H.
eral veteran, in Newark, N. J. aged 49,
10. The National Temperance society in ses-
sion in Saratoga
20. Fire: Henry C. White g. Sons large woolen
mill at Chapachet, R. l., destroyed. to-
gether with several houses; loss, 500 600.
Miscellaneous: The twenty eighth reunion Of
the Society Of the Army Of the Potomac
held in Troy, N. Y. Angiolillo, the assassin
of Senior Canovas, executed at San Sebas-
tian.
q. Sporting: Michael defeated starbuck in a
80 mile cycle at Manhattan Beach
time, III. 6rn. IA 3-5s. Star Pointer outpaced
Joe Patchen at Chicago; best mile, 2 .02.
e. Fire: The phosphate works Of l. P. Thorn
as Sons g. Co.. at Paulsboro. destroyed;
loss, $225.0
Obituary James Reynolds, one Of the lead
ing spirits in the old Fenian Brotherhood,
in New York city.
q Explosion: men killed and injured by q
boiler in Cairo, Ills
Miscellaneous: Thirty first annual encamp-
ment Of the G. A. R. opened in Buffalo.
Curly Chief, one of the most noted Pawnee
Indians, died near Perry, o. T.. aged 100
e. Fire: The Salanander Brick works at Wood
bridge, N. j.. destroyed; loss 100000.
Sporting: LAlouette won the Futurity at
Coney Island.
q President J. Idiarte Borda, of Uruguay, shot
and killed by an assassin in Montevdeo.
Obituary: Converse L. Graves, a well
known actor playwright and stage man.
ager. in New York; aged g. Mary Kyle
Dallas, the well known writer for maya
zines, in New York city; aged 50. Count
Mutsu, once minister to Washington, at
Yokohama
%. Gen. J. P. S. Gobin Of Lebanon, Pa, elect
ed commander in chief Of the G. A. r.
u. Obituary: Ogden Goelet, the noted yachts
man, at the isle Of Wight: aged e. Will
liam Cookson Carpenter, the oldest practic-
ing lawyer in the city. in New York city
aged 70
q. Star Pointer paced a mile in :559e4 at Read
vile. Mass. breaking the pacing record
50. Obituary: Erastus Corning. president Of
the Albany City National bank and . di-
rector Of the New York Central railroad,
in New York: aged 40 Daniel G. Rollins.
ex-surrogate and e1-district attorney Of
| New York, in Somersworth, n. H.: aged
S.
Rl. Obituary: Mrs John Drew, the actress at