Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-01-06
u. Financial: Collapse Of Letters wheat

ID. Fires: Business portion OF Park City,
Utah. destroyed; loss. So 0 900.
d. Marine Disaster: so drowned at the
launching Of England's battleship AL
bion at Blackwell. on the Thames.
Convention: Biennial meeting Of the
Federation Of Woman's Clubs opened
at Denver.
q. Spanish War: Skaters troops landed
at Daiquiri. nea Santiago.
q. Fire: At Lincoln. Neb.: loss. $4,000.
Harvard in the varsity boat race at
New London: time. 23m. 49,: Yale's
time. Pam. 2s.; Harvard's. Pam. 35s.
a. Spanish War: Heavy skirmish of Gen.
Young's brigade with S%paniards at Las
Guasimas. near Santiago.
L Spanish War: Desperate fighting at
Santiago by Gen. Skaters forces:
battles at Ell Caney and San Juan hill.
Foreign: The Wei-Hai-Wel treaty be-
tween Great Britain and Shana signed.
nell. Wisconsin and Columbia in the
varsity boat race on Saratoga lake.
Z Spanish War: Cervera's squadron de-
stroyed by Sampson's fleet while trying
to escape from Santiago harbor.
l. Tornado: At Hampton Beach. N. H..
II killed and 200 injured.
Accident: At Shelby, O.. 4 killed and 100
JOAS ~ ~ SoAAhPoo VI " 0A4u60
under a holiday crowd.
shipwrecks: La Bourgogne Of the
French line went down In a collision
off Sable island; $50 lives lost. on
Beverly, Mass, the excursion steamer
Surf City capsized n carried down
30 people.
8. Political: Bill for annexation Of Ha-
wall signed by President Mckinley.
Sporting: Howell. the American, won
Diamond SOULS at the Henley regatta,
England.
Conventions: Annual convention Of
Christian Endeavorers opened at NASH
Vile. International mining congress
met at Salt Lake City.
8. Storm and Flood: At St%eeleville, Mo-.
10000 0 worth Of property was de-
stroyed. IS buildings washed away and
10 persons drowned by a cloudburst.
9. Fires: At Cleveland. O., the Parsons
block burned; loss. nearly 100000. At
Pentwater, Mich. Sands & Mills lum-
Der yard was destroyed: loss. over
$500, 900.
Convention: National Educational asso.
citation met In Washington.
10. Spanish War: Bombardment Of Santi-
ago by the American land and naval
batteries.
Fire: The Western Starch works burned
at West Hammond. Ills: loss. $3.50, 600.
II. Fires: At Pittsburg. the Worlds the
1850 PAsOtVVOs "a roks W.
seph's. Mich, the Hotel ST. Joseph de-
stroyed; loss. $4,000
Accident: At h new waterworks tun-
mel. Cleveland. explosion Of gas killed
10 workmen.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen,
noted officer Of the U. s. navy during
the civil war, at Baltimore; aged 78.
Spanish War: Bombardment at Santa
go concluded; last gun of the CAM
paign fired.
Il. Explosions: At the Lafin-Rand Pow.
der works. Pompton. N. J.. II work.
men killed.
II. Spanish War: Santiago, with $4,000
troops. surrendered to Gen. Shafter.
Obituary: Gen. John s. Williams, veter-
an Of the Mexican and civil wars, at
Mt. Sterling. Ky.
Is. Fire: At Sunderland. England; loss.
$4,000, 900.
10. Accident: 4 killed and s injured by
lightning near Boonton. N. J.
20. Convention: The United Confederate
Veteran association met in annual
session at Atlanta.
Is. Spanish War: Gen. Miles forces land
ed in Porto Rico. Gen. Merritt arrived
at Manila.
q. Explosion: At Point Pinole. CAL, s
workmen killed and many injured in
the Hercules Powder works.
q. Obituary: DR.. William Pepper, noted
educator at h head of the UNIVERSE
ty Of Pennsylvania, at ~Pleasanton,
CAL; aged IS.
30. Obituary: Bismarck. ex-chancellor OF
the German empire. at Friedrichsruh;
aged IS.
81. Spanish War: Attack on American
lines at Malate. near Manila, repulsed.
AUGUST.
q. Spanish War: Terms Of peace official
ly announced.
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80 sailors drowned by the loss Of q
steamer and towing dredge.
T. Spanish War: Skaters army ordered
north; 1000 sick reported at Santiago.
Disaster: At Villa Madina, Spain, 40
persons drowned by waterspout.
l. Spanish War: American terms Of
peace accepted at Madrid.
8. Obituary: George Maurice Ebers, thu
Psychologist, at Munich, Bavaria.
Brig. Gen. John s. Poland, U. 8. w., at
Asheville, N. c. Adolph sutro of Su-
tro tunnel fame. in San Francisco.
.. Fire: At Bismarck a great part OF
the business portion burned; loss
nearly $4,000.
10. Obituary.: Ellen Louise Demorest,
New York city; aged "A. Signor Diego
de Vivo. noted impresario. in New
York city: aged rs.
II. Spanish War: Attack at San Juan,
Porto Rico. repulsed.
Obituary: Isaac Bromley, formerly Of
the New York Tribune, at Norwich,
Conn.,; aged 6.
IL Fire: At Wheatland, CAL, business
portion destroyed; loss, $185, 900.
Obituary: Rear Admiral A. kirkland, u.
8. NJ, retired, at Mare Island navy
yard. California
Spanish War: Peace protocol formally
signed at Washington.
Disaster: At Black Greek, Tenn, -
lives lost by c~loudburst.
Ratification of the treaty Of annexation
of Hawaii n raising Of the American
flag.
u. Spanish War: Manila surrendered aft
er a bombardment, followed by an
army attack upon the Spanish
trenches.
II. Fire: At Fresno CITY, Cal. 1 lives
lost and $4,000 worth Of property de.
stroyed.
-. Convention: 21st annual meeting Of ths
American Bal association began at
Saratoga.
b. shipwreck: on Newfoundland banks.
steamer Norge: 16 sailors drowned.
q. Collision: At Sharon, Mass, on the
N. YIN. H. and H. r. r.; z persons
killed and Is injured.
2. Obituary: Malietoa, king Of Samoa. az
Apia.
n. Obituary: Eldress Dorothy Durgin, .
noted Shaker. at Canterbury, N. H.:
aged 70.
q. Collision: At Ware. Mass; s killed and
several wounded by q collision ha.