Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-01-06
queen Of Holland. The IA annuaa
encampment Of the 9. A. r. opened at

Disaster: Is killed, "a missing by the
falling Of q bridge into the st. Law
renee river at Hogansburg, N. Y.
& Fire: At Memphis grain elevator and
mills destroyed: loss, $40, 900.
Obituary: Gen. John Kemp Mizner, u.
g. A.. retired. at Washington: aged 81.
D. Fire: At Newport, r. l.. the Ocean
House destroyed.
Spanish War: American peace commis-
sion completed, consisting Of Senator'S
Z 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. 900.
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.. $50 residences
and Is stores destroyed and many
lives lost: property loss about $780,
600.
Explosion: In Philadelphia, 4 killed, II
injured, II missing. and 3 houses de-
stroyed.
Il. Fire: At New Westminster, B. c.. 500
buildings destroyed; loss, 81, 800, 900.
Conventions: The National Council Or
der of the Red Men began It's annual
convention in indianapolis. 18th an
nual encampment of the Sons Of Vet
Grams opened at Omaha.
10. Obituary: Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Has
kell. who was wounded three times at
FL Caney. at Columbus. o.
II. Obituary.: Rev. DR.. John Hall. tho
noted Presbyterian divine, at Belfast:
aged So.
ID. Obituary: Miss Winnie Davis, daugh-
ter of Jefferson Davis, at Narragan-
sett Pier. Capt. Allyn Capron. whose
battery shelled the Spaniards out Of
their blockhouses at Ell Caney. at
Fort Myer, Va.
IL. The 18th annual session of the SOW
ereign grand lodge I. @. o. F. opened
in Boston.
20. Explosion: In the Union elevator at To-
ledo: z missing n 6 killed; loss, $780,
600.
n. A monument to Samuel de champlain.
the French explorer, unveiled at Que
bee.
q. Personals: Abdication Of the emperor
Of China in favor Of the doWaRer
empress.
q. Explosion: In q mine at Brownsville.
Pa; 8 lives lost.
Obituary: Col. Richard Malcolm h
more; aged rs.
70. The ashes Of Columbus exhumed at
Havana by the Spaniards.
Tornado: At Tonawanda, N. Y. much
property destroyed: several persons in
jured.
OOASodAys Cduuy davenport, the we'll
known actress. at Duxbury, Mass.
q. Fire: At North Weymouth. Mass:
loss. 5000. 900.
Obituary: Thomas F. Bayard, statesman
and diplomat. at Dedham. Mass; aged
"a.
q. Obituary: Louise. queen of Denmark.
at Copenhagen: aged 81.
80. Sporting: Tod Sloane. a noted Ameri-
can Jockey. won S out Of Z events at
the Newmarket races,
Personals: Col. John Hay was sworn into
office as secretary Of state.
OCTOBER.
!. Spanish War: First joint conference
OF the American and Spanish peace
commissioners.
4 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.
5. Fire: At GAINESVILLE, Tenn: over
100000 loss by the burning Of ware
houses and other buildings.
Indian Troubles: Maj. Wilkinson, u. 8.
A.. and several soldiers killed near
Bear Island, Minn., by Pillager Indians.
Convention: National meeting of the
Protestant Episcopal church in the
United States opened in Washington.
8. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Cunningl n Gefke.
noted as q Bible continental. in Lon
don; aged "A.
l. Obituary: Blanche Willis Howard
won TeufeD, American author, In
Munich. Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hail Of
New York city. in that city; aged u.
Foreign: Strike Of $4,000 workmen in
Paris.
8. Fire: At Atlantic City: block of build
n destroyed. causing a loss Of $780,
600.
II. Personal: The emperor and empress
or (yQTTnQnvy cot AV,< m %loA~ I1..----.
to Palestine.
Strikers Riot: At virden, Ills, 10 men
killed and Is wounded in the trouble
over imported negro labor.
~. Fire: At Macon; loss. $685. o0.
IA. shipwreck: The Mohegan of the At
lantic Transport line wrecked on the
Cornish coast. of Falmouth; out Of
0U passengers and crew only 81 es-
capped.
le. Obituary: E.. J. Henly, the actor. at
Lake Placide.
Fire: In Dawson City: 10 buildings
burned; loss, $500. 900.
II. Accident: On the Great Central rail-
:. way of England; 9 killed and 1s in
tured at Barnet Junction.
u. Spanish a Military occupation OF
Porto Rico completed by thu raising
OF the United States flag over the pub
lie buildings at San Juan; peace jubi-
lee opened in Chicago.
ID. Obituary.: Harold Frederic. American
journalist n novelist, in London:
aged ~.
%. Fire: At Dallas: loss, $500, 900 by tho
burning of the establishment Of the
Texas Drug Co.
q. Accident: On the Rock Island rail-
0 near Fort Worth, Tex. 8 deaths.
Race Riot: IA negroes and / white XIII.
ed in a conflict neal Harperville. Miss.
u. PERSONAL: Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt.
U. 8. A.. married in London to Miss
Laura Williams.
Spanish War: Porto Rico evacuated.
and the last Spanish troops sailed Tor
Spain.
Fire: In South Brooklyn flames caused
loss Of $500, 900 by the destruction Of
, city blocks. with docks, wharfs and
vessels.
&. Philadelphia peace jubilee opened.
Obituary: C~havannes, noted French
painter. in Paris; aged "a.
Political: Cabinet crisis in France: de-
feat Of h government in the Dreyfus
cas- and resignation Of the ministry.
r ehipwreck: On Lake MICHIGAN the
steamer L. +. Doty went down with
a crew of 16 men.
n. Shipwreck: o. Lake Ontario tha
schooner st. Peters was lost and 8
persons drowned.
Obituary: silas sadler Packard. edu-
Gator, founder Of Packard's college. Ia
New York city; aged "a
D. Obituary: Williams kingsford, LII. D..
T. II. g.. noted as one Of Canada's