The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-01-12
queen OF Holland. The sd annual
sncampment of the G. A. r. opened at


tion began at Denver.
Disaster: IS killed. 27 missing by the
falling OF bridge into the st. Law
renee river at Hogansburg. N. Y.
Fire: At Memphis grain elevator and
mills destroyed; loss. $4,000.
Obituary: Gen. John Kemp Mizner. u.
S. A, retired. at Washington; aged 81
;. Fire: At Newport. r. l., the Ocean
House destroyed.
Spanish War: American peace commits
sion completed consisting OF Senators
Gray OF Delaware, Frye of Maine and
Davis OF Minnesota, ex-Secretary OF
State w. r. Day and Whitelaw Reid.
10. Fire: At Livermore Falls. Me-. "a
buildings destroyed; loss. $125.000.
Hurricane: Appalling loss Of life in the
British West Indies.
Empress Elizabeth OF Austria killed by
an Italian anarchist at Geneva
II. Fire: At Jerome A. T.. 150 residences
and rs stores destroyed and many
lives lost: property loss about {1.O00.-
900.
Explosion: In Philadelphia, killed. 13
injured. IL missing. and houses de-
stroyed
Il. Fire: At New Westminster, B. c.. 500
buildings destroyed; loss, 81 2500, 900.
Conventions: The National Council Or
der OF the Red Men began its annual
convention in Indianapolis. nth an
nual encampment of the Sons of Vet
16 Obituary: Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Has
kell. who was wounded three times ut
Ell Cnney at Columbus. o.
IT, Obituary: Rev. DR.. John Hail., the
noted Presbyterian divine. at Belfast:
aged 50.
1s Obituary: Miss Winnie Davis. daugh-
ter OF Jefferson Davis. at Narragan-
sett Pier. Capt. Allyn Capron. whose
battery sheIled the Spaniards out OF
their blockhouses at Ell Caney. at
Fort Myer. Va.
7s. The 7sth annual session OF the SOW
ereign grand lodge 1. o. o. F. opened
in Boston.
70. Explosion: In the Union elevator at To-
ledo; missing and 6 killed. loss. $780,
0O0
n. A monument to Samuel de Champlain,
the French explorer. unveiled at Que
bee.
%. PERSONAL: Abdlcation OF the emperor
OF China In favor of the dowager
empress.
.. Explosion: In q mine at Brownsville.
Pa: lives lost
Obituary: Col. Richard Malcolm John
ston. the southern novelist. In Balti-
more; aged 76.
"a. The ashes OF Columbus exhumed at
Havana by the Spaniards
| Tornado: At Tonawanda. N. Y, much
property destroyed; several persons In
jured.
known actress. at Duxbury. Mass.
q. Fire: At North Weymouth. Mass. !:
loss, 500. 900.
Obituary: Thomas F. Bayard, statesman
and diplomat. at Dedham. Mass; aged
TO-
| q. Obituary: Louise queen OF Denmark.
at Copenhagen; aged 81.
| 30. Sporting: Tod Sloane, a noted Ameri-
can jockey. won out OF events at
| the Newmarket races.
Personal: Col. John Hay was sworn Into
office as secretary of state
OCTOBER.
I. Spanish War: First joint conference
of the American and Spanish peace
commissioners.
Z Cyclone: South Carolina and Georgia
coasts devastated and over 100 lives
lost: Brunswick Ca, inundated.
Obituary: Caroline Miskel Hoyt. the
actress. In New York city; aged Is.
s.. Fire: At Clarksville. Tenn; over
$4,000 loss by the burning of ware
houses and other buildings
Indian Troubles: Maj Wilkinson. U. 8
A.. and several soldiers killed near
Bear Island. Mlnn.. by Pillager Indians
Convention: National meeting of the
Protestant Episcopal church In the
United States opened in Washington.
g. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Cunningham Geike
noted as Bible commentator. In Lon.
don: aged "a.
I. Obituary: Blanche Willis Howard
(von TeuffeD, American author, ir
Munich. Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall Of
New York city. in that city; aged 72.
Foreign: Strike Of 10000 workmen II
Paris.
g. Fire: At Atlantic City; block OF build
ings destroyed. causing loss of $780,
900.
L. Personal: The emperor and empires:
of Germany set out on their journe,
to Palestine.
Strikers Riot: At Virden. Ills, 13 mel
killed and rs wounded in the troubl,
over imported negro labor.
13. Fire: At Macon; loss. $125.000.
H. Shipwreck: The Mohegan of the At
lantic Transport line wrecked on tn
Cornish coast, Off Falmouth: out o
200 passengers and crew only 81 es
capped.
Is. Obituary: E. ]. Henly. the actor. a
Lake Placide.
Fire: In Dawson City: 40 building
burned; loss, 5000
II. Accident: On the Great Central rail
way OF England; killed and 13 in
jured at Barnet Junction.
49, Spanish War: Military occupation o
Porto Rico completed by the raisinI
of the United States flag over the pub
lie buildings at San Juan: peace jubi
lee opened in Chicago.
10. Obituary: Harold Frederic, American
journalist and novelist in London
ag,S AZ.
20. Fire: At Dallas; loss. $4,000 by tn
burning of the establishment of tn
Texas Drug Co.
e. Accident: On the Rock Island rail
road near Fort Worth, Tex: deaths.
Race Riot: IA negroes and l white Kill
ed in a conflict near Harpervilie, Miss
a. Personal: Mai. Gen. Wesley Merritt
U. s. A., married in London to Mis-
Laura Williams
I Spanish War: Porto Rico evacuated
and the last Spanish troops sailed 70
Spain.
Fire: In South Brooklyn flames cause
loss of $500. 900 by the destruction c
l city blocks, with docks, wharfs an
vessels.
Is. Philadelphia peace Jubilee opened.
Obituary: Chavannes, noted Frenc
painter. In Paris; aged 73.
: Political: Cabinet crisis in France; dt
feat OF the government in the Dreyfu
case and resignation Of the ministry.
; &C. Shipwreck: On Lake Michigan til
steamer L. F. Doty went down wit
a crew OF 1s men.
q. Shipwreck: On Lake Ontario tn
schooner st. Peters was lost and
persons drowned.
Obituary: Silas Sadler Packard. edl
3 Gator. founder of Packard's college,
: New York city; aged 72.
g. Obituary: Williams Kingsford. LII. d
q F. r. s.. noted as one of Canada
: great historians In Ottawa; aged Z
Col. George e. Waring. the sanitar
g expert, In New York city: aged 65.
: Foreign: Court of cessation at Par
granted a revision of the Dreyfus cas-
h %. Nine. Carnot, widow of President Ca
n who u,oc q sin cd in 1894 die