The Dickinson press., 1899-12-30

eouth African War: Battle at Belmont, south a
Kimberley; Britsh los. ~.
The Sudan: Gen. Wingate, with an EkypHans
force. defeated the dervishes near Dreinaa, Oh
the line Of the Nile. killing 400. Including
the khalifa.
n. Fire: At Detroit; loss. 9a50,0oo.
Is. South African War: Battle at Gras Pan Hills,
north Of Belmont. lasting four hours Gen.
Methuen's column lost heavily.
Sporting: Princeton defeated Yale at football At
New Haven; score. Princeton II, Yale To-
Obituary: Rev. Robert Lowry. author Of several
very popular hymns. at Plainheld. N J. aged
%. South African War: Great Britain formally
notified the powers Of the state Of war re.
sulting from Boer invasion Of British terri.
tory.
Filipino War: Gen. Hughes captured Paszi, IN
lloilo. driving the insurgents to the noun
tains.
Wallace Ross. once ranked as the greatest oars.
man Of the world. died in London; aged ~.
q. Obituary.: Charles Coghlan. the actor, At
Galveston: aged Sc.
%. South African War: A ten hours battle At
Modder river; British loss, AS. including
Gen. Methuen, wounded. Mai. Scott.Turner
led a-sortie from Kimberley and was killed.
with q Of his men. Casualties to date on the
British side, 4,1sO.
Obituary: Countess Of Castiglione. noted beauty
Of the second empire and charmer Of Napoleon
III. in Paris.
Financial Troubles: Harper h Bros publishins
house turned over to the agent Of its csed.
itors. with liabilities Of s5, 5oO,o 600.
-. Fires: In Philadelphia Lippincott's publish.
ing house and a department store and other
concerns burned out; loss. 81, 250,OO0.
New Athens (O.) Franklin college destroyed.
Accident: 6. killed and 20 injured in 4 wreck on
the D., L. and W. at Paterson, N. j.
30. Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cornell % to
0 at Philadelphia. The Carlisle Indians scor.
ed IS to Columbia 0 in the THANKSGIVING foot.
ball game in New York.
DECEMBER,
:. Sporting: West Point scored II to Annapolis
S at Philadelphia.
Obituary: John Inslee Blair, multimillionairs
and coal and railroad magnate. at Blairstown,
n. j.; aged OF.
3. Fire: At Clinton. Mass loss. sl5o.oo by the
burning of a theater.
Storms: First wintry weather Of the season:
snow in the northwest.
4. Political: Opening of the Seth congress-.
Filipino War: Gen. Young's column reached
Tasudin. which 600 Filipinos abandoned on
his approach.
Accident: 6 passengers killed and 8 seriously in.
jured in u rear end collision on the Denver
and Rio Grande near Salida, Colo.
The Molineux murder trial opened In New York.
8. Political: The presidents message read in
both houses.
Fire: At Meridian. Miss. loss, $780, 900.
Obituary: Monroe Leland Hayward, U. s. sen.
ator elect from Nebraska, ut Nebraska CITY:
aged 50.
Filipino War: 200 Americans 'repulsed 500 Fill
pinos at Vigan.
~shipwreck: 10 persons wounded by the wreck
OF the Niagara off Long Point, Lake Erie.
Z. Disasters: In the burning Of a hosiery factory
at Reading, Pa, 8 operatives were killed and
30 injured. At Sunneytown, Pa, 1 workmeu
were killed by the. blowing up Of q powder
mill.
South African War: Boer raiders cut the raj .wav
end telegraph at Gras Pan, in rear of Gen.
Aethuen's column.
Obituary: Gen. Henry Hayes Lockwood, a reg
ular army and civil war veteran, III Wash.
ington; aged IS. James P. Reed, once cham.
pion checker player Of the world, ut Pitts.
burg.
9. South African War: 2 Boer guns DESTROYED
and l captured by British sortie at Lady.
smith.
o. South African War: Gen, Gatacre ATTACKED
Stormberg and was repulsed with heavy loss
in killed, wounded and missing.
Explosion: 50 lives lost in an explosion at the
Carbonate mine, Washington.
10. Fires: At Augusta, Ca, Arlington hotel and
masonic temple destroyed. At Enfield, N. H.;
loss, 800, 0OO.
II. South African War: British attack at Modder
river repulsed with heavy loss, including Gen.
A. G. Wauchope, killed.
Obituary: Gen. Edward Ferrero, civil war vet.
eran, in New York city; aged 90.
ID. Personal: Gen. Leonard Wood appointed com.
mander of the military division Of C:lh.
ID. South African War: In attempting to cross
Tugera river Gen. Buffers column was re.
pulsed with heavy loss; II guns fell into the
hands of the Beers.
II. South African War: Lord Roberts ordered to
South Africa to take command; $4,000 troops
added to the forces in the field.
Obituary: Lieut.. Thomas M. Brumby, Dewey's
flag lieutenant at the battle Of Manila, In
Washington. 3