The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-30
. Obj uary: Rev c. l.. Dodgson lLewis
CARROLL, author Of "Alice In Wonder.


H. Obituary: Rt. Hon. c. p. villiers, 'Fa.
: ther of the House OF Commons" who
sat continuously from 1888. In London
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth. u, s.
commissioner patents. at Thomas
Vile, Ga; aged 70. Gen. C. C. Augur.
veteran Of the Mexican and civil wars,
in Washington; aged II.
Is &rtuary: Ella Bassett Washington,
at-grandniece OF George Washing
ton, in New York city.
10 Fire: 80 buildings burned at Ransburg,
Cal; loss, $l00 900. :
Obituary: Very Rev Henry George Lid
dell. noted English clergyman and
Greek photographer. in London; aged
a Foreign; Chamber OF deputies in Paris
dispersed by a riot growing out Of the
Dreyfus case.
q Miscellaneous: Capt Thomas F. Hines,
noted ex-Confederate. called the
brains of Morgan's cavalry corps"
died at Frankfort, KY. Cuban filibus-
tering schooner Tlllie foundered off
| BarnegRt; men lost.
"a. Batuesh1p Maine ordered to Havana.
Obituary; Rev DIR. Michael ]. Cramer,
brother-in-law Of Gen. Grant. at Car
Isle, Pa; aged 63.
Is. Fires: Union elevator, filled with grain
burned In East St. Louis: loss, 81, ,000,-
600. 8 lives sacrificed and property
loss of s225. 900 at the burning of the
Great Eastern block. Spokane. Wash.
Conventions: National Stock Growers
convention began at Denver. I'd an
nual convention of the National Asso-
citation 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.
n Gen ArapVuren tho Cuban leader
killed by the Spaniards.. =
30 Admiral Daniel Lawrence Braine, U.
S. N. retired. died in Brooklyn; aged
w. FEBRUARY.
l. Pres: L. s. Rubber Co. at Nauga-
tuck, Conn. burned out; loss. 500, 00o
In the burning OF the AlYord House.
Glovers ille. N. Y. persons perished.
Shipwreck: Channel Queen. mail steam
ship, wrecked of the Isle of Wight; q
lives lost.
Storms: Blizzards in New England. the
west and Canada
4 The Mcintyre block burned at Winni-
peg: loss. S500,oo0
g. T. NJ. C. A. building burned at Scran-
ton. Pa; loss 100000
j. flremen killed by the collapse Of
burning building in Boston.
g. Fires: Highland Park hotel burned at
Aiken. S. c.; loss. $4,000 Loss OF
$3.50. 900 by flames In Savannah: the Ro
man Catholic cathedral burned.
7. The famous DE LONE letter made pub
lie
Z Miscellaneous: George Lord, the old
est Mason In the world. died at San
Bernardino Cal. at the age of 81.
President Barrios4 of the republic OF
Guatemala assassinated.
Convention: South and west CONNER
clal congress met at Tampa, Fla.
Q. Fire: At FORT Worth. Tex; loss. $3.50
000
Accident: 20 people Killed in panic in
synagogue at Idsiencioi. Russia. -.
CPeEsn'l's Ssls at 8. d.! assembly : A. W.
10. Fire: II deaths and property loss OF
81 500 coo by the burning Of a storage |
warehouse and other buildings In
Pitt9burg, as&
obltL ery: Rev. nrs yviiliams.A Hitch |
eaek, well known Episcopal divine. In !
New York city aged ssi.
II. Fire; Polo Club bullding a1a Atalanta |
easlno, burned In SA{x H.ty.
"A. SEA Troubls a Hegzzl
!. !. siss.sssss -. ,sEssua6r \
United statcs % 8 lie 66@V 4 A. I'D 81
Convention. 18th annual convehtihh Of 4
the National American Woman Suf /
frage association opened In Washing
ton. a
Is. The U. q. battleEhip Maine wrecked
by explosion in Havana harbor; sG6 OF
the officers and crew lost their lives.
i6 Ship Disasters: In the burning OF the
British steamer Legislator at sea
sailors lost. French steamer Flacahat
wrecked of Canary islands; 81 lives
lost
H. Obituary: Frances E. Willard, the woll
known temperance advocate In New
York city. aged 59
Convention: Woman's national press
congress met In Washington.
u, Shipwreck: IS sailors drowned at the
wrecking OF the British ship Asia on
Nantucket.
~ Convention: Continental congress
Daughters OF American Revolution
met In Washington.
q. Conviction in Paris OF Zola on charge
of libel In Dreyfus case: sentence. !
years Imprisonment and a fine of 3.00t
francs.
25 Fire: American Tobacco Co. Of Louis
VILE burned out: loss, $780, 900.
2e Fire: In u night fire at Charleston. g.
c., 9 lives were lost.
Accident: An omnibus In Chicago col
lded with Grand Trunk train: !
passengers killed.
n. Obituary: Gen. W. B. Taliafsrro. an
ex-Confsderate and Mexican war vet.
eran, In Gloucester county Va: aged
76. William NJ. Singerly. the Philadel'
phia capitalist and editor. In that city,
aged c.
D. Explosion: At the Kalamazoo Chem.
ical works: 10 lives lost.
Obituary: John Thomas soharf. histor'
ical writer. who served In the Confed'
crate army In New York city; aged IS
MARCH.
l. Obituary: Prof. William A. Rodgers
OF Colby university, noted astronomer
aged 66.
l. shipwreck: . drowned by the capslzins
OF the schooner Speedwell near Key
West
5. Col. Henry wounded by Col Picauari
In duel growing out Of the xoia trial
in Paris.
Foreign: China agreed to lease Port
Arthur and Taiien Wan to Russia fol
10 years.
l. Obituary: Hugh ]. Jewett, a railway
tlnancier and manager. in Augusta
Ga; aged 81.
Cavellotte, a popular italian poet killed
by the editor Of the Gazetta di Vene-
zia in a sword duel.
I. Obituary: Gen. Nelson b. Sweitxer, y,
s. A.. retired. in Washington: aged o.
g. Fire: At Providence; loss, tl500O0
O. Spanish Troubles: Bin appropriating
$50, ,000. 900 for the national defense be-
game law.
10 Obituary: George Muller, English phi
lanthropist. in London: aged 90. Gen.
L. L. Thomas, an ex-Confederate OF
note. In Oklahoma.
II. Obituary: Gen. William Starke Rose
Grams. noted soldier OF the western
army at Los Angeles: aged 70.
49, Fire: Disaster In a Bowery lodging
house in New York city; II deaths.
a. Obituary: Henry Bessemer, the in.
ventor of the Bessemer steel processi
aged IS,
Il. Miscellaneous: Senator Proctor Of
Vermont told the senate Of the Cuban
situation.
H. Obituary: Blanche *. Bruce. one Of
tho ablest colored men Of the nation.
In Washington; aged 81.
S Obituary: Matilda Joslyn Gage, noted
woman suffragist: aged r.
Mining Disaster: Explosion In the Santa
Isabel mine at Belmez, Spain; 60 killed.
%. ShIpwrsck: Bark Alma capsized out
side the Golden Gate Cal. drowning
1s sailors and q Klondike gold seeksrs
d. The noted Due de Talieyrand Of the old
French family. died in Berlin: aged 81.
Fires, Many deaths in the burning OF
miners lodging house at Butte. Mon.
q Obituary: Gen. Wheslock Graves Vca-
zey, noted Vermont veteran and jurist
In Washington: aged 50. Rev. Robert
s. Harris. founder OF Children's day,
at Camden, N. J.
g Miscellaneous: Gen. Joseph Totmsn,
once famous as q dwarf. died at Lew
iston Ne, at the age of 81. Is seal
fishers perished on an Ice foe In the
arctic waters.
g. Obituary: James Payn, the English
novelist. in London: aged S.
q, Report OF the Maine inquiry board