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II. Sporting: Columbia won the second race, the
Shamrock breaking her topmaat.
N. Obituary: Isaac Bird, : q California pioneer
orchardist, at Watsonville, Cal. aged 80.
u. W. q. Appleton, last Of the old circle Of
New York publishers, in New York ctyi
aged IS.
%. Sporting: The Columbia won her third con-
~secutive victory over the Shamrock by en-. 1ss.
Filipino War: Insurgents routed at San Iddro
by Gen. Young's command
South African War: Battle at Glencoe; British
loss, 211. Gen. Symons MORALLY wounded.
Convention: National meeting Of the w. O. r.
U. began at Seattle, Wash.
81. Fire Disaster: IA persons burned to death in
their dwellings at FARES. Ala.
South African War: Battle Of Elandslaagte;
British and Beers lost heavily.
Is. Grant Allen, the English author. died in
London; aged 81.
q. Obituary: John Goldman Ropes. military his
torian, in Boston; aged G3. Gen. Guy v.
Henry. U. s. A., civil war and regular army
veteran, in New York city; aged 60.
b. Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor Of the limo.
type machine, died in Baltimore; aged AZ.
Sporting: The principal football contests result
ed as follows: Columbia s, Yale 0. at New
York; Cornell 5. Princeton 0. at Ithaca; Har-
ward %, Carlisle 10, at Cambridge; Chicago s,
Pennsylvania s, at Chicago.
D. Obituary:. Florence Marryatt (Mrs. Francis
Lean), English novelist. at Brighton, Eng
land; aged GO.
%. South African War: Battle before L%adysmitn;
2 British regiments and a battery captured.
Shipwreck: Steamer George L. Colwell Of DE.
troit, for New York from Fcrnandina, went
to pieces of Charleston; l2 sailors drowned.
81. Fires: At Aberdeen, WASH. loss $15O,0o0 by
the burning Of a salmon canncry. At Hack
ettstown, N. j., the Hackcttstown seminary
burned; loss, s3O0,0G.
NOVEMBER.
'".ipwrcck: OF Cape Roman, S. g, schooner
William n. Bird lost and 6 sai'crs drowned.
I. Fires: In Kansas City joe, department
store and the st. James hotel burned; loss.
$4,000 At Waukcgan, Ills, the plant of the
American Steel and Wire company damaged
to the extent Of 500. 900.
Sporting: Harvard scored 16 to Pennsylvania o
at the Cambridge football contest.
&. Filipino War: Gen. MacArthur's troops cap.
turcd Magalang after sharp fighting.
Q. Filipino War: Gen. Whcaton's division landed
at San Fabian. on Linsaycn gulf. under the
enemy's fire.
Political: First autonomous government in the
Philippines installed at Bacoor, island Of
Negroes, by the U. S. governor general.
T. Slipwrcck: The L. S. cruiser Charleston lost
off the northwest coast Of Luzon.
9. Fire: A S250.0C0 blaze at Memphis.
South African War: Severe fighting at Lady
smith,
Personal: Admiral George Dewey married to
Mrs. Mildred Iiazcn at Washington. 50
II. Sporting: Princeton scored IL to Carlisle In
dams 0 in a football contest at New York.
AT Easton Lafayette scored G to Cornell 5.
Indian Troubles: 6 Navajocs and l white killed
in a battle between Indians and settlers near
Walton Station. A. r..
IL. Fire: At Montreal; loss. $500, 900.
Venezuelan War: Puerto Cabello surrendered to
Gen. Castro after a battle in which ESQ were
killed and wounded.
Filipino War: Sharp fight at San Jacinto; Ma
jor John A. Logan killed at the head Of his
battalion.
10. Obituary.: Col. Henry lnman. veteran Of the
regular army and the civil war, author Of
the "Old Santa Fc Trail.' at Topeka: aged g..
IA. Obituary.: DR.. Moritz Busch, biographer Of
Bismarck, at Lcipsic; aged 70.
70. War In Colombia: Conclusion Of a two days
battle at Bucarananga in which 1000 rebels
were killed and 1900 wounded.
II. Fire: The Hamburg-Amcrican liner Patria
abandoned to the flames in the North sea.
Obituary: Col. Lawrence Kip. veteran OF the
civil war and Z noted turfman, in New York
city; aged CO.
IS. Sporting: The Yalc-Flarvard annual football
game ended in a draw at Cambridge.
%. Accident: 6 killed and 4 seriously injured in
a wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapo.
lis and Oma!,a railroad at Humboldt. S. o.
South African War: Bocrs repulsed by the Brit.
ish at Estcourt.
Obituary: Sir William Dawson, noted Canadian
educator and g~eologist, at Montreal; aged SO.
20. Filipino War: Gen. MacArthur's troops enter
cd Dagupan, the northern terminus Of the
Manila railway.
Personal: Emperor William arrived at Windsor
castle. the guest Of Queen Victoria.
n. Obituary.: Carrot A. Hobart, vice president Of
the United States, at Paterson. N. j.; aged Is.
q. Accident: 1 killed in a rear end collision be-
tween a limited passenger and a freight train
on the Baltimore and Ohio near McCool, Ind.
%. Obituary: Prof. Miaskowski, an authority on
political economy and international law in
the University Of Leipsic. at Leipsic; aged 81.
Fire: The Hustled elevator burned at Buffalo;
loss ahouf S150. 000L