People's voice., 1899-12-28

Obituary: Prof. Robert wilhelm Everhard Bun.
sen, distinguished German chemist, at Heidel.
berg; aged SS.
II. Walter Wellman and the survivors Of his
polar expedition arrived at Tromso, Norway.
from FranzJOse. Land.
l9. Obituary: Gen. Thomas Alfred Davies, a vet
ersn Of the civil war, at 0gdensburg, N. Y;
aged 90. Sir Charles Lennox Peel, X. G. B.,
noted Conservative. at London; aged &C.
20. Obituary: Isaac Mcclellan, known as the
sportsmen's poet at Greenpoint, n. Y. aged
o.
q. Fire: At Victor, Colo, the business portion
Of the town destroyed; loss, Se,OOlOOO.
%. Sculptor Caspar Buberl died suddenly while
working on the Dewey triumphal arch in
New York
"a. Obituary: Judge Henry Hilton, heir to A. 7.
Stewart's riches, at Saratoga; aged 75
q. Giovanni Turini, sculptor engaged in model.
ing on the Dewey triumphal arch, died sud.
denly in New York.
Is. Accident: workmen killed BY the falling Of
arches at the new Chicago Coliseum.
80. Fire: At Tuppef Lake, n. Y, l69 buildings
destroyed, causing loss Of sl5O,OJO.
81. Fire: At Holyokr. Mass, the stationery estab-
lishment Of Parsons Green & Co. burned.
causing loss of s6OJ,OOO.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Fire: In Kansas City; loss se5O,OOo.
4. Convention. The thirty-third national en-
campment G. A. r. met in Philadelphia.
7. Personal: Col Albert D. Shaw, department Of
New York. elected commander in chief Of the
G. A. r.
Fire: At Garden City, n. Y, the late A. T.
Stewards pet scheme, the Garden City hotel
burned.
Convention: Tie rational encampment Sons Of
Veterans met in Detroit.
8. Obituary: Rear admiral Henry F. Picking, 0.
s. N, veteran OF the civil war, at Charles.
ton; aged SO. Stephen Dugger, one Of Lin.
coins surviving friends at New Salem, Ind,
at Sullivan, Ind; aged 81. James B. Eustis
ambassador TO france under Cleveland. AT
Newport; aged c.
. O. Dreyfus convicted and sentenced to 10 years
Imprisonment.
Il. Obituary: Cornelius Vanderbilt, head OF the
family in the third generation, in New York
city; aged SO.
l5 Storm: Destructive hurricane in Bermuda.
10 Fires: At Seattle. Wash; loss, sl65,OOO. At
Lincoln, Neb, lasonic temple, ST. Paul's
Methodist church and several blocks burned;
loss. 100000.
H. Fire: At Promised Land, N. Y, the American
Fisheries Co. bur led out; loss, s5OO,OOO.
Riot: nonunion miners killed at Carterville,
Ills.
IS Fire: Farnham. N. Y, the business section
wiped out; loss oger s25O,OOO.
TO- Fire: At Lowvilla, N. Y, over $25OOOO loss
in lumber plan fire.
Disaster: 30 lives lost in the burning Of the
passenger stcame Montoya on Magdalena riy.
er, Colombia.
Obituary: Charles Patrick DAILY, noted Justice
in New York citl aged So.
20. Fire: At Hecesw ch. Ills; loss, sl5O,OOO
Earthquake: 1000 people reported killed at
Adm, Asia Mino-
Miscellaneous: Harry W. Benton, the first
sound" telegra pher in America, died at
Denver at the ag. Of GO. Dreyfus released on
a pardon.
Obituary: NJ Schcurer Kestner, former French
senator and strong champion Of Dreytus, in
Paris; aged SO.
q. Fire: At Norfolk; loss Of 100000 by the
burning Of a hospital; deaths.
Shipwreck: Loss Of the Dominion steamer Scots.
man in the strait Of Belle Isle; II passengers
drowned.
%. Fire: At Salem, Or; loss sl5O,OOO by the
burning Of a planning mill.
%. Accident: G killed and 10 injured in a head
on collision on the Rio Grande road at Reno.
Colo.
Filipino War: A naval force led by the cruiser
Charleston tombarded 0langapo on Subig bay.
rnr captured insirgent works
"a. PERSONAL julia Dent Grant married to Prince
Cantaczene at Newport.
O5isary: John Sleeper Clarke. noted Elg,isb
csraeCian. az Surhiton-on-Thames
%. Fire: At Upton, Ind: 100000 loss by the
tGrnin5 Of tin plate mill.
Oi.;r'ry: Jared B. Fagg. noted American por.
nait painter. in New York city; aged 80.
q. Obituary: Cen. iienry Heth, noted Conieder.
ate soldier, in Washington: aged "A.
Earthquake: Island Of Ceram; 5000 people
killed.
%. Naval and marine parade in New York bay
and Hudson river In honor OF Admiral Dewey.
80. Reception and loving cup presentation to
Admiral Dewey by Mayor Van Wyck. followed
by military land parade
Fire: At Little Rock the State Deaf and Dumb
Mute institute burned; loss, $4,000.
OCTOBER.
l. Fires: At Call, Tex; loss, s15oOOO. At
Bloomington Ills, buildings burned; loss.
sl50,OO0
q Fire: At Duquen Ark. "a buildings burned:
loss. S251001
Filipino War: A Filipino attack at Bacoor re-
pulsed by troops nder Gen. Fred Grant
3. Fires: At Des Mones the Masonic temple and
other buildings destroyed; loss, s5OO,OOO. At
Endoayor, Pa; bss Of $4,000 in a lumber
yard fire.
5. Obituary: T'rmef U. s. Senator James Har.
Ian, last surviyin. member Of Lincoln's cabi.
net, at Mount Pleasant, Ia; aged 70.
o. Fire: Moaye, Ca e, wiped out.
South African Wa: President Kruger's ulti-
matum demandir arbitration and the recall
Of British re-enio cements from the Cape
10. Fire: In the bus ness section Of New iberia,
La; loss $4,000
II. Expiration Of ths Boer time limit; armies
moved to the Ira ,syaal border.
u. South African Wtr: Beers opened the war by
attack on a Britia armored train.
10. Fires: In Brool'yn loss 100000 by the
burning Of two cotton warehouses. At Has
tings. n. Y, cab works burned; loss, sl2j,-
900. At HayerstT'w, n. Y, acres Of build
ings burned; loss, 100000
Obituary: Vice Adj iral Philip Howard Colomb,
British naval off 'er, inventor and writer, in
London; aged 6s
II. Fire: The Loomi sanitarium burned at Lib
erty, n. Y. loss, 10000.
Disaster: The sould steamer Nutmeg State
burned of Sands point; several lives lost.
South African War: Fighting began at Mafedng.
Is. Fire: At Waterlol Ia. loss $4,000.
South African War. Beers under Gen. Cronie
laid siege to Kim, ,.erley.
Obituary: Laurence Gronlund, social economist
and author in New York city; aged So.
10. Sporting; Colum IA won the first race over
the Shamrock by On. IS.
Obituary: Edward 0rton, Ph D.. IL. D.. dis
tinguished geologst, at Columbus, o.; aged
20.
IL. Sporting: Colum, "a won the seco. d race, the
Shamrock breaking her topmast.
IS. Obituary: Isaac Bird. a California pioneer
orchariist, at W. sonville, Cal. aged 50.
10. w. Il. appleton last Of the old circle Of
New York publ 'hers, in New York city;
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