People's voice., 1899-12-28

the Cuban people.
T. Obituary: Henry L. Clinton, noted criminal
lawyer, in New York city; aged so. Angus
tin DAILY, American theater manager, in Lon.
don; aged 81. Margaret Ann Cusack, the
''Nun Of Kenmare," in London Gen. W. S.
Walker, noted Mexican and Confederate vet.
eran, at Atlanta.
Fire: At Augusta, Ca; loss, s95O,OOO
g. Flood: High water mark reached in the Colo
rado river, Texas; 25 drowned
g. Sporting: Jefries defeated Fitzsimmons for
the worlds championship at Coney Island.
TO- The yacht Columbia, built to defend the
Americas cup, launched at Bristol, r. l.
Obituary: Capt Henry Nichol Of the U. s.
monitor Monadnock, at Manila.
II. Fire: In the Armstrong -Whitworth Ordnance
Co.'S works at Newcastle-on- Tyne; loss, ST.
100000.
Sporting: Perth won the Grand Prix de Paris.
Filipino War: Hardest battle to date at Las
Pinas between Gen. Lawton's division and
the insurgents
Obituary; The Rev. DR.. William Garden Blaikie,
d. D., Ill. D., noted Scotch theOlogian. at
North Berwick, Scotland; aged TO-
z. Cyclone: In the northwestern states; hun
dreds killed and wounded at New Richmond,
Wis, and Herman Neb.
Duke OF Abruzzi's north pole expedition sailed
on the Stella Polare from Christiania, Norway.
a. General celebration Of Flag day.
Obituary: DIR. lawson TAFT, pioneer in surgery,
al London; aged 81.
IS. Obituary: Prof Locke Richardson, the Amer.
ican elocutionist, in Berlin. Rear Admiral
aIv
ington; aged 7G. Congressman Richard Parks
Bland, silver champion, at Lebanon. No;
aged 81.
6. Explosion; Il miners killed at the Caledonia
mine, North Sidney, c. D.
Criminal: George b. Barrow principal in the
Marion Clark abduction case sentenced to Il
years and 10 months. and Carrie Jones, the
nurse, to years
Y. Sporting: Imp won the Suburban at Sleeps.
head Bay.
s. Fire: At Greensboro, N. c., the Benbow
House burned loss. $4,000.
Il. Fire: At Kirkwood, Ca, Gen. John B. Cor.
don's home, the historic Sutherland. burned
3. Obituary: John Godfrey Moore. prominent
banker and exchange broker, in New Yo,k
city; aged 80. Henry B. Plant, founder Of
the Plant system, in New York city; aged So
A. Fire: At Laurel, Del; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Kapiolani widow Of King Kslakaua
at Honolulu; aged G5.
:. shipwreck: Steamer Margaret Olwill, founder. |
ed of Lorain, Lake Erie; seamen lost.
.. Obituary: Daniel F. Tieman, oldest Of the
surviving ex-mayors Of New York city, at
Audubon Park aged "a.
SuOrtinu. Harvard top .broo
Yale at New London.
o. Obituary: Emma Dorothy Eliza Neyitte South |
worth, the novelist, in Washington; aged 50.
Sporting: Charles Murphy, Brooklyn cyclist. |
rode the fastest mile on record, paced by a |
railway engine.
JULY.
l. Fires. In Brooklyn 10000 cotton bales burned |
in storage. Bar IIarbor, the Kehoe Valley |
clubhouse golf and social resort, burned.
Obituary: Charles Victor Cherbuliez, French |
academician, novelist and critic, in Paris; |
aged 70.
q Fire: At Summit, n. j., property in the heart |
Of the town valued at S15O,OOO destroyed.
Obituary: Gen. II. C. Wright, U. S. A., retired,
in Washington; aged 70.
g. Dreyfus returned to France
4. Fires: In Memphis the famous Gayoso hotel |
and other property burned; loss, S45O,OOO At |
Paris, Tenn, 20 buildings burned; loss, Sl75,- Il
OOO
s. Convention Annual Christian Endeayor gath. |
ering at Detroit
Obituary: Bishop John P. Newman, noted |
Methodist divine and the friend Of Grant, at |
Saratoga; aged 70.
g. Fires: At Coulteryile, Cal, the town de. |
stroyed; loss, S25OOOO. At Ludington, Mich,
sl20,OOO loss by the burning Of a railroad ele-
vator
Filipino War: 10 regiments Of U. S. volunteers
ordered to be raised Tor the army in the
Philippines.
Personal: Mary Wright Sewall Of indianapolis
elected president Of the International Council |
Of Women at London.
Obituary: RcJert Bonner, founder and proprie- |
tor Of the Aew FORK Ledger, in New lorl |
city; aged IS.
T. Obituary: George W. Julian, noted western
statesman, at lryington, Ind; aged 50.
o. Obituary: The Grand Duke George, brother Of |
the car ami heir to the throne, at st. Peters |
burg; aged 2l. Judge Walbridge A. Field. |
eminent Massachusetts, iurist and chief justice, |
In Boston; aged 67.
G. Fire: Sl,OOJ,OOO worth Of uniforms and food |
supplies destroyed at the Brooklyn navy yard |
Z. Fires: Mount Vernon, Ind; $4,000 loss. |
North Bend, Ind, the Addystone foundry |
burned; loss, 100000.
5. Obituary: Col. A. L. Hawkins, 10th Pennsyl. |
vania volunteers, on the way home from the |
Philippines to San Francisco. Iloralio G. |
Alger, famous author Of boys stories. a, |
Natick, Mass; aged 65
Q. 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 IS.
0. Personal: President Mckinley accepted the |
resignation Of Secretary Alger, to take effect |
Aug. |.
Obituary: Il. X. Thurber, the retired New |
York millionaire merchant, at HALEY, Ia. (; |
aged 70.
l. Accident: 9 killed and injured by explosion |
on a British torpedo boat destroyer at Lon
don.
Obituary; Robert C. Ingersoll, at Do5bs Ferry,
n. Y; aged &C.
p Personal: T,ihu Root Of New York appointed |
secretary OF war.
3. Fire: At Toledo; loss Of sl.OOO,OOO by the
burning Of wheat elevator
T. Obituary: The Rev. Dr. Thomas ]. Sawyer,
noted Uniyersslist writer and educator, in |
Boston; aged C5.
s. Obituary: Gideon ]. Tucker, an old time poll !
tician and journalist, founder Of the New
York Daily News. in New York city; aged 70. |
G. Gen. Ulises li-ur,aux, president Of Santo Do
mingo, assassilatel.
o. Obituary: Cuzman Banco, once president Of |
Venezuela, N Paris.
D. Accident: killed and 90 injured in a land |
slide on thI Erie at Lackawaxen, n Y
l. Storm: The wheat section around Hamilton, |
\. D., damaged to the amount Of S25O.OOO by
hsil
Obituary: Eate Chase SpTayue, daughter Of
Salmon P. Chase. a noted Washington belle in
wartime, in Washington; aged 50. Daniel C. |
Brinton, no,ed ethaoiogist and physician, at /
Atlantic City; aged g.
AUGUST.
g. Obituary: George Ayerof, noted Greek phi
lanthropist, at Alexandria, Egypt; aged 20.
g. Disasters: SO passengers killed and injured |