Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-12-28

IL. Obituary: Prof Walter d. Dabney Of the Uni
versity Of Virginia, at Charlottesville; aged 20.
Johnny Griffin, the "Brantree lad" once q
noted festherweight, in New York city.
D. Filipino War: Pasig, east Of Manila. captured
by Gen. Wheston's division.
II. Obituary: Emile Erckmann, French novelist,
collaboration with Chatrain, In Paris: aged n.
10. War at Samoa: American and British ships
bombarded native villages.
10. Obituary: Benjamin P. Hutchinson, ''Old
Hutch" the Chicago speculator, at Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin. Joseph Medill. proprietor
Of the Chicago Tribune. at San Antonio;
aged 70.
Race Riot: mob at Palmetto, o.. shot Q
negroes at the Jail. killing L.
Filipino War: Fighting at noilo between Gen.
Ailler's troops and the insurgents.
~. Fire Disaster: The Windsor hotel. New York.
destroyed: 46 lives lost.
10. Cyclone: Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi
visited 25 deaths.
Obituary; Prof. o. c. Marsh Of Yale, noted for
geological researches, at New Haven: aged 90.
Oliver Marcy, dean Of the Northwestern uni.
versity, at Evanston, Ills. aged 70.
-. Miscellaneous: During the Gomez reception In
Havana 80 TO 80 persons were wounded In Q
riot The bsttleship Oregon arrived at Ma.
nila
q. Explosion: At Pennsgroye, N. j.; 8 killed and
several injured by the wrecking Of the Dupont
4. Fire: At Cleveland. stove and machine screw
works burned; loss $45o,000.
Obituary: Francis H. Pierpont "war governor
OF West Virginia, at Pittsburg: aged s5
Prof. Gustave Wedeman, holding the chair Of
chemistry and physics at the University Of
Leipsic, at Leipsic; aged 70. G. W. Leitner,
noted linguist, at Bonn; aged 90.
. Obituary: Gen. Isaac II. Baiy veteran OF the
civil war, formerly prominent in New York
politics, in New York city; aged TO- Gen.
Thomas Vincent Fletcher, ex-governor Of
Missouri, in Washington; aged 72. Count
Chaudordy, French diplomat, in Paris; aged
73
n. Rev. James Ormsby Murray, dean of Prince
ton university, at Princeton; aged ~.
%. Disaster: The Mississippi steamboat Rowena
Lee sank at Tyler, Mo-; go lives lost.
Obituary Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, u. S. A., at
Old Point Comfort, Va. aged GA.
Fire. At Hartford, the J. L. Howard car fac
tory burned loss, Sls0,000.
N Shipwreck: The passenger steamer Stella ran
on the Casquet rocks, near the island OF Al
derney, and exploded, carrying down 70 to
100 people.
u. Filipino War: Gen. Macarthur entered Malo-
los, the insurgents having fred and evacuated
the city.
APRIL.
!. Obituary: Baroness Clara de Hirsch de Ge-
reuth, who left 500, 900 to charity, In
Paris.
Samoan Troubles: Americans and English am
bushed near Apia; officers and 4 sailors
killed.
I. shipwreck: Steamer Chilkat capsized on the
bar at the entrance to San Francisco harbor.
carrying down 10 sailors and passengers.
Cuba: The Cuban military assembly voted to
disband the army and dissolve.
Personal: W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr, married Vir-
ginia Fair in New York city.
Obituary: Lily Post, formerly well known light
opera star, in San Francisco.
Q. obsequies at Arlington to honor the remains
of 1886 officers and soldiers who died in Cuba
and Porto Rico
7. Disasters: lS deaths the burning of resi-
dences OF w. c. Andrews and W. j. Adams in
the Fifth avenue district, New York. 10 per-
sons drowned by an ice freshet at Glendive,
Mon.
Obituary: James Clark, the oldest Mason in the
world, at Quincy, Ills.
Q. Obituary: Stephen J. Field, associate justice
OF the supreme court Of the United States, re.
tired. in Washington; aged SO.
o. Riot: street riot, caused by miners trouble
at Pana, Ills, caused the death of people,
many wounded.
Filipino War: Gen. Lawton captured Santa
Cruz, an insurgent stronghold.
Obituary: Sir Monier. Moner Williams, professor
OF Sanskrit at the University Of Oxford, In
London; aged 90.
l. Spanish War: Formal proclamation by Presi-
dent Mckinley announcing the ratification Of
the treaty and the restoration Of peace with
Spain.
g. Fire: The curio hall of the famous Boston
museum burned.
4. Fire. Idle Hour, the Long Island residence
where W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride
for the honeymoon, burned; loss. $250. 900.
Obituary: The Duchess OF Marlborough, mother
in-law OF Consuelo Vanderbilt, in England.
s. Fire: In Cleveland half block Of business
houses burned loss, 81 ,000. 600.
7. Obituary John l.. Lay, inventor OF the navy
torpedo, In New York; aged e.
5. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen Correa, Spanish min
lister Of war in 1898, at Madrid.
Samoa: Fighting between the Americans and
English and the Matsafans.
0. Fire: At San Jose Cal. loss, $1,000
Obituary: NJ Edouard Jules Henri Pailleron,
French poet and dramatist in Paris; aged IS.
|. Personal: Matthew s. Quay appointed U. 8
senator by the governotbbf Pennsylvania.
Obituary: DIR. Heinrich Kiefert, noted geog.
rapher and photographer. in Berlin; aged 90
3. Fire: In Omaha the Kingman block burned;
loss. 100000.
Obituary: The Rt. Hon. Sir John Mowbray,
Father Of the House OF Ccmmons." in Lon
don; aged 81
5. Political: The German ambassador lodged
with the secretary Of state a protest against
certain language Of Capt. Coghlan OF the u.
s. cruiser Raleigh.
Filipino War Gen. MacArthurs division fought
its way to the trenches before Cslumpit.
Obituary: Gen. Richard J. oglesby, former gov
ernor Of Illinois, in Springfield aged rs.
J. Fire: Dawson City, the business center wiped
out; loss between 81. 900, 900 and q, 2,00O,oo
Tornado: 40 people killed at Kirksyille, No.,
and at Newton hundreds OF houses destroyed.
with about 100 deaths.
I. Obituary: Robert Goelet, member OF the New
York aristocracy OF wealth, In the harbor Of
Naples: aged 5s. Sheridan Shook, once .
prominent New York politician and afterward
q theatrical manager, at Red Hook, N. Y;
aged II.
Filipino War: MacArthur's division crossed the
Rio Grande at Csumpit.
/ Filipino War: Peace overtures from the In
Glrgents, asking for armistice. rejected BY
Gen. Otis.
| Accident: so people hurt in . railway wreck
near Rochester.
. Dewey day generally celebrated in the United
States and possessions. especially on the sea.
Fire: Gen. Wade Hampton's home. containing q
nne library. valuable jewels and treasured
relics. burned at Columbia. g. G.
Spanish War: spain's agent received warrants
for the s2o, 900 stipulated In the treaty in
payment for the cesxion Of the Philippines.
Filipino War: Lawton's column captured Bal. |
mag.
Obituary: Keokuk. caief OF the Sac and Fox |
Indians, at Guthrie, o. 7. Emma ka7xhaIl, |