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Alger, famous author OF boys stories, at
Natick, Mass. aged 65.
10. Earthquake: Severe shock at Rome; Mount
Etna in eruption.
Personal: Gen. Alger rendered his resignation
as secretary Of war.
Obituary: Elizabeth Thompson, noted philan.
%thropist, at Littleton, N. H.; aged 70.
20. Personal: President Mckinley accepted the
resignation Of Secretary Alger. to take effect
Aug. /.
Obituary: H. K. Thurber, the retired New
York millionaire merchant, at HALEY, L.;
aged 20.
a. Accident: 0 killed AMI 4 injured by explosion
on a British torpedo boat destroyer at Lon.
don.
Obituary: Robert G. I~ngersoll. at Dobbs Ferry,
N. "; aged &C.
e. Personal: Elihu Root Of New York appointed
secretary Of war.
%. Fire: At Toledo; loss Of 81, OO0, 900 by the
burning Of q wheat elevator.
"a. Obituary: The Rev. DR.. Thomas j. Sawyer,
noted Universalist writer and educator, in
Boston; aged 05.
Is. Obituary: Gideon J. Tucker, an old time poll.
tician and journalist, founder Of the New
York Daily News, in New York city; aged Is.
~. Gen. Ulises Heurcaux, president Of Santo Do
mingo, assassinatcd.
~. Obituary: Guzman Blanco, once president Of
Venezuela, in Paris.
80. Accident: 2 killed and 20 injured in a land
slide on the Erie at ~Lackawaxcn, N. Y.
81. Storm: The wheat section around Hamilton,
N. D., damaged to the amount Of $3.50, 900 by
hail.
Obituary: Kate Chase Sprague, daughter Of
Salmon r. Chase, a noted Washington belle in
wartime, in Washington; aged 80. Daniel G.
Brinton, noted ethnologist and physician. at
Atlantic City; aged 81. ,
AUGUST.
8. Obituary: George Avcroff. noted Greek phi
tuntl,portokL at 1o~oplrsn E-.r-A. ~-.L -
9. Disasters: SO passengers killed and S injured
by the derailmcnt Of a trolley car near
Bridgeport, Conn. II killed and 70 injured in
a telescoping accident at Juyisy, France. 200
cxcursionists at Mount Dcserct thrown into
the water by the breaking Of a gangplank; 20
drowned.
Z. Miscellaneous: Capt. Davis Dalton, known as
the champion life saver Of the world, the hero
Of 2IS rcscues, drowned at Far Rockaway, N.
Y. The Dreyfus court martial convened at
Renncs.
g Hurricane: Porto Rico devastated; deaths es.
timated at 5000 to 1000 and the property loss
at $40, 900, 900.
0. Filipino War: Gen. MacArthur's forces ad-
vanced from San Fernando and drove the in
surgcnts beyond Angeles.
Obituary: Col. W. E. Sim. the theatrical man.
ager, at Pittsfcld, Mass; aged IS.
D. Fire: The Guild building and other properties
destroyed at Dallas; loss, $3.50, 600.
j. Fire: Yokohama swept by the largest con-
fagration in its history; a square .!!!.s Of
buildings destroyed and 16 lives lost.
obituary: Gen. Edmund Lafayette Hardcastle,
veteran Of the old army and a hero Of the
Mexican war, at Towson, Md; aged rs. Liz.
zic Macnichol, we'll known opera singer, At
Chocorua, N. H.
II. Maitre Labor, cl',,f counsel for Dreyfus, seri-
ously wounded b, a pistol shot from a would
be assassin.
i6. Fire: 81 buildings burned at Jamestown, N.
Y; loss, $500, 0o0.
Obituary: Prof. Robert Wilhelm Evcrhard Bum
sen, distinguished German chemist. at Heidel-
berg; aged IS.
II. Walter Wellman and the survivors Of his
polar expedition arrived at irons: :orway,
:fo,n Franz-Josef Land.
10. Obituary: Gen. Thomas Alfred Davies, a vet
Gran of the civil war, at Ogdensburg, N. Y;
aged 90. Sir Charles Lcnnox Peel, X. c. B.,
q noted Conservative, at London: aged rs.
%. Obituary: Isaac Mcclellan, known as the
sportsmen's poet, at Greenpoint, N. Y; aged
q. Fire: At Victor, Colo, the business portion
of the town destroyed; loss, 50, 0oo, O90.
q. Sculptor Caspar Bubcrl died suddenly while
working on the Dewey %triumphal arch in
New York.
"a. Obituary: Judge Henry Hilton, heir to A. I.
Stewards riches, at Saratoga; aged rs.
81. Giovanni Turini, a sculptor engaged in model
ing on the Dewey triumphal arch, died sud-
denly in New York.
%. Accident: 0 workmen killed by the falling OF
arches at the new Chicago Coliseum.
80. Fire: At Topper Lake, N. Y. 100 buildings
destroyed, causing a loss of $50, 600.
81. Fire: At Holyokc, Mass, the stationery estab-
lishmcnt OF Parsons Green l. Co. burned,
causing q loss Of $G0J. 600.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Fire: In Kansas City; loss, S25O.0OO.
4. Convention: The thirty-third national en-
campment G. A. r. met in Philadelphia.
Z. Personal: Col. Albert D. Shaw, department Of
New York, elected commander in chief Of the
G. A. r.
Stewards pet scheme, the Garden City hotel,
burned.
Conventions: The national encampment Sons of
Veterans met in Detroit.
8. Obituary, Rear Admiral Henry F. Picking, U.
S. NJ, a veteran Of the civil war, at Charles,
ton; aged 50. Stephen Digger, 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 65.
9. Drcyfus convicted and sentenced to 10 years
Imprisonment.
IA. Obituary: Cornelius Vanderbilt, head Of the
family in the third generation, in New York
city; aged Sc.
IL. Storm: Destructive hurricane in Bermuda.
10. Fires: At Seattle, Wash. loss, $165 900. At
Lincoln, Neb., Masonic temple, st. Paul's
Methodist church and several blocks burned;
loss, $500, 600.
II. Fire: At Promised Land, N. Y, the American
Fisheries Co. burned out; loss, $500, 600.
Riot: 7 nonunion miners killed at Carteryille,
Ills.
10 Fire: Farnham, N. Y, the business section
wiped out; loss over $3.50, 900.
10. Fire: At Lowville, N. Y. over s25o,0N loss
in a lumber plant fire.
D{,o,%or, on 1:-, 1.,k l. L k...s.- - H.
passenger steamer Montoya on Magdalena riv-
er, Colombia.
Obituary: Charles Patrick DAILY, noted Justice
in New York city; aged SO.
20. Fire: At Hegeswich, Ills. loss, $4,000.
Earthquake: 1000 people reported killed at
Adm, Asia Minor.
Miscellaneous: Harry ". Benton, the first
s'sound" telegrapher in America, died at
Denver at the age OF SO. Dreyfus released on
q pardon.
Obituary: NJ. scheurer:Kestner, former French
senator and a strong champion Of Dreyfus, In
Paris; aged 60.
q. Fire: At Norfolk; loss of $1,000 by The
burning Of q hospital; 4 deaths.
e%hipwrcck: Loss Of the Dominion steamer Scots
man in the strait of Belle Isle; IA passengers
drowned.
q. Fire: At Salem. Or; loss $4,000 by the
burning OF a planning mill.
q. Accident: 6 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 bombarded Olangapo, on subig bay,
and captured %insurgent works.
"a. Personal: Julia Dent Grant married to Prince
Cantacuzene at Newport.
Obituary: John Sleeper Clarke, noted English
comedian, at surbiton som Thames;
25. Fire: At Upton, Ind; 100000 loss by the
burning Of a tin plate mill.
Obituary: Jared B, Flagg, noted American por-
trait painter, in New York city; aged 80.
q. Obituary: Gen. Henry Heth, noted Confeder-
ate soldier, in Washington; aged "A.
Earthqnake: Island Of Cerah; 5000 people
killed.
20. Naval and marine parade in New York bay
and Hudson river in honor Of Admiral Dewey.
30. Reception and loving cup presentation to
Admiral Dewey by Mayor Van Wyck, followed
by a military land parade.
Fire: At Little Rock the State Deaf and Dumb
Mute institute burned; loss, $4,000
OCTOBER.
J. Fires: At Call, Tex; loss, $3.50, 900. AT
Bloomington. '!!llgg,, s buildings burned; loss,
$3.50, 900. " 81
2. Fire: At Duquep, Ark, s. buildings burned;
loss, $3.50, 900.
Filipino War: A Filipino attack at Bacoor re.
pulsed by troops under Gen. Fred Grant.
.. Fires: At Des Moines the Masonic temple and
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