The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-30

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"a obituasy: ybxinia Dreher, the actress.
at Phanix. A. T. Clara Fisher Mae.
der. one OF ti,s old school players OF
the American stage. at Metuchen. N.
sporting: The Yale-pTinceton annual
football game won by Princeton a
Princeton; score. 10 o.
Personal: EnSl OF Mimic took the tont'
as governof general OF Canada,
n Collision: On the Grand Trunk rail
road near Murray nm. Canada u
persons killed.
IL Obituary: Rev. DR.. Samuel Golcors
Bartlett. former president OF Dart
mouth college, at Hanover. N. ~
aged 81.
Ethel MarIowe died while perform'hs
on the stage OF the KnickerbockF
theater In New York city.
H. Obituary: DR.. Stephen ~. Tying. once
prominent Episcopal divine and later
president of the American ehameer OF
commerce In Paris: aged So
Shipwreck The British ship Ataianta
wrecked OF the Oregon coast; sea-
men drowned,
Convention: The National Fireman's as
sociation began It's annual session IL
Chicago
IL Herman Heinrich Meier founder OF
the North German Lloyd Steam shin
company. died in Bremen: aged ~.
John Ernst Worrell keely. inventor OF
the motor, died In Philadelphia; aged
81.
10. Sporting: Yale defeated by Harvard III
the annual football game at New Ha-
ven: score. II to 0.
Fire: Starin's shipyards Mt West
Brighton. N Y. partly destroyed: loss,
500 900.
Obituary: Gen. Don Carlos Buell.. not
ed Federal leader OF the western army,
near Rockfort. KY: aged so.
20. Obituary: Sir John Fowler. noted civil
engineer In London
Fire: Perry. Ia; the business section
partly destroyed: loss. $3.50 ooo
n Storms: Blizzard and extreme cold In
the northwest.
Spanish War: The American peace COM
missioners announced that the United
States demand a treaty Of cession OF
the entire Philippine archipelago upon
payment to Spain OF ~. o.ooO.ooo
z. Fire. In San Francisco, the famous
Baldwin hotel destroyed: 10 deaths;
financial loss about 81 500 900.
Obituary: J. X. Hamilton wilcox. noted
as an agitator Of female suffrage. IN
New York city: aged 56.
Explosion: At the Hercules Powder
works. near Ashburn. Mo-: s deaths
"A Sporting: At franklin field, Phiiadel-
phia, Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at
football, scoring IL to 6.
Shipwreck: on Beachy> head. England.
steamer Fitzjames foundered: 10 sail
ors drowned.
Is. Obituary: Gen. Andrew 7. McReyn-
olds, veteran OF the Mexican and civil
wars, at Muskegon. Mich: aged ~
Spanish War: First American garrison
for Havana, led by Gen. Francis Vim
ton Greene, landed at Mariana wharf.
n, Storms: Blizzard OF wind and snow
on the middle Atlantic and New Eng
land coast southern France and north
ern Italy also storm swept.
Obituary: Charles w. Couldock the old
est actor on the American stage. in
New York city; aged s. Prof. George
James Altman. weli known biologist.
in London; aged S. Mrs. Hugh Reginald
Hawels, noted English advocate OF
woman's rights. In London.
Bhipwreck: 56 vessels wrecked on the
New England coast: about 70 seamen
lost, exclusive OF the crew Of the
Portland Of the Portland Packet line
which went down on her trip from
Boston to Portland with l6i souls.
q. Disaster: The great hall OF new col
lege near Turin collapsed, carrying
down the whole assembly: many Kill
ed and injured among them bishops.
Spanish War: The Spanish commission
ers delivered their reply 10 the Ameri-
can demand Of Nov. q. surrendering
the Philippines for $40 900.
Explosion: u employees killed and IN
jured by the explosion Of ammunition
at Havana.
Fires: In Kansas City. Keith's furniture
house burned: loss, S24o 900. The Frank
lin Stamp mill at Hancock, Mich. de-
stroyed; loss. $50. ooo
30. Spanish War: Ramon Blanco. ex-eap-
tain general OF Cuba. sailed from Ha-
vana for Spain.
shipwreck: Steamer Ainsworth wrecked
near Balfour. b. c.: persons drown
ed.
DECEMBER.
l. Fire: Normal university near Lincoln.
Neb.. burned: loss. 100000.
g. Explosion: 8 men killed by the burst