St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-27

W VIZ bnlpDullulnR nrm OF Laird
Bros, at Birkenhead
10. Fires The governors mansion nj Frankfort
Ky burned. In Toronto, Kent 4 Col crock.
cry store destroyed; loss, 100000
Filipino War; The American forces attacked and
captured Caloocan, near Manila.
L. Obituary: Gen. Edward Schryer U. s. A.,
retired, in Washington; aged 50.
IT, Accidents: At Cherokee Gulch, Colo, snow
sildes carried away the orehouses and killed
"a men. AT Yankton, s. d., II lives were
lost in the burning Of hospital
Fire: Albany; loss, $250,0O
Storm: Severe blizzard all over the United
states. Heavy SHOWS and wind along the At
lantc coast.
Obituary: Prince Napoleon Charles Bonaparte
grandson OF both Lucien and Joseph, at
Rome; aged 90.
49, Filipino War: Gen. Marcus P. Mller's forces
captured Ioilo without suffering loss Of life.
H. Fires: In Philadelphia several clothing houses
burned; loss about 100000. In Chicago the
Traders Warehouse Co. and other concerns
burned out; loss, $780000. At Cincinnati hat
factory and clothing house burned; loss, $780,
900.
TO- Fires: At Akron, o., plant Of the Thomas
Building and Lumber Co. burned loss. $780,
900. Brooklyn building No. 2s, the Argest
in the navy yard, burned and the original
model and patterns Of the battleship Maine
destroyed; loss, nearly $2,OO0,OOO.
Laurence L. Meyers, noted amateur champion
long distance runner, died in New York city.
10. Obituary: President Francois Felix Faure Of
France, at Paris; aged So. Henry Jones,
whist expert, in London; aged g.
IL. Obituary: Louis Miller, founder. Of CHATEAU
qua, inventor and philanthropist, in New
York city; aged GO.
IS. Accident: In Belgium on the railway from
Calais; q London passengers killed and 100
injured.
20. Obituary: Nine. Ponis, an old time actress
OF Wallacks company, at Keyport, N. j.;
aged 81.
81. Filipino War: The city OF Manila fred by in
cendiaries; fighting in the streets and heavy
loss Of property.
%. Filipino War: Insurgents broke through the
American lines at Manila and were repulsed
with heavy loss.
%. Obituary: Gen. David weisiger, Confederate
noted as the hero OF the Petersburg Crater"
at Richmond; aged 80
"a. Fire: At Minneapolis The Tribune building
and other property burned; loss, 100000.
Obituary: NJ. Emile Welt, Swiss statesman, at
Bern; aged "a.
Personal Gen. Maxine Gomez, Cuban COM
mander in chief, entered Havana under an
American military escort.
&C. Obituary: Gen. j. ]. Reynolds U. s. A., re-
tired, in Washington; aged II.
81 Obituary: Sarah Jewett, once noted Ameri-
can actress, in Cambridge, Mass.
Criminal: Roland B. Molineux arrested for the
murder OF Katharine ]. Adams in New York.
g. Fire: Windsor hotel and several stores burned
at Holyoke, Mass. loss, 100000.
Obituary: J. Madison Wells ex-governor Of
Louisiana and noted in the exciting political
affaire M that state. in New Orleans.
MARCH.
1. Obituary: Emma Waller, once noted Ameri-
can actress, in New York city; aged TO-
Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor Of
Great Britain, In Washington aged 90.
Q. Obituary: Connie Jackson, sister OF Joe JET
ferson and once noted on the American stage
in New York city; aged g.
Fires: At Charlotte, N. c., freight depot and
cotton compress burned loss about 100000
In Chicago, McClurg's book store burned
loss s55O.00O.
Personal: Carl Schurz the veteran soldier anc
publicst honored by a dinner on the ami
versary OF his SEVENTEEN birthday.
8. PERSONAL Rear Admiral George Dewey be
came full admiral OF the navy under the law
reviving that rank.
4. Political: The Fifty-ffth congress adjourned.
J s. Accident: Naval powder magazine exploded a
Toulon, France, killing or manning nearl!
100 people.
Obituary: NJ Wolff, American illustrator II
New York city; aged 81.
8. Fire: At West Point, Miss, the Mary Holme
college and large amount OF cotton destroy
ed; loss, 100000
Accident: II drowned by the sinking OF tn
tug James Bowen OF Philadelphia of Hol
island
Obituary: Princess Kaiulan OF Hawaii, at Hon
olulu; aged "a.
a Austin Bidwell. notorious for his Bank o
England forgeries died at Butte, Mon.
10 Obituary: Sir Douglas Cation, noted scientis
and authority on sanitation, in London; age
II.
II. Obituary: Capt Samuel Trott, ocean cabl
expert, at Miami, Fla; aged 81.
10. Obituary: Prof. Walter D. Dabney OF the Uni
yersity of Virginia, at Charlottesville aged 4e
Johnny Griffin, the "Brainree Lad" once
noted ieatherweight, in New York city.
10. Filipino War; Pasig, east OF MANILA capture
by Gen. Wheaton's division.
IA. Obituary: Emile Erckmann, French novelist
collaboration with Chatrain, in Paris; aged a
Is. War at Samoa; American and British ship
bombarded native villages.
10. Obituary: Benjamin P. Hutchinson, "Ol
Hutch" the Chicago Spectator, at LAX
Geneva, Wisconsin Joseph Medil proprietc
OF the Chicago Tribune, at San Antonio
aged &C.
Race Riot: A mob at Palmetto Ca, shot
negroes at the jail killing 4.
Filipino War: Fighting at Iloilo between Ger
Miller's troops and the insurgents
II. Fire Disaster: The Windsor hotel, New Yorl
destroyed; i5 lives lost.
IS. Cyclone: Arkansas, Alabama and MISSISSIPPI
visited % deaths
Obituary: Prof. o. G. Marsh OF Yale, noted fC
geological researches, at New Haven; aged G.
Oliver Marcy dean Of the Northwestern un
versity at Evanston, Ills; aged 10.
10. Miscellaneous During the Gomez reception
Havana so to so persons were wounded in
riot. The battleship Oregon arrived at MI
Mia.
%. Explosion: At Pennsgrove, N. j.; killed an
several injured by the wrecking OF the Dupor
Powder works
"a. Fire: At Cleveland, stove and machine sore
works burned; loss, Si5O,D0O
Obituary: Francis H. Pierpont, war governor
OF West Virginia, at Pittsburg; aged 8
Prof. Gustave wiedeman, holding the chair
chemistry and physics at the University
Leipsic, at Leipsc aged 70. G. W. Leitne
noted linguist, at Bonn; aged 3d.
rs Obituary: Gen. Isaac II. Baily, veteran OF Il
civil war, formerly prominent in New fo
politics, in New York city; aged 20. Ge
Thomas Vincent Fletcher. ex-governor
Missouri, in Washington aged 70. Cou
Chaudordy, French diplomat, in Paris; ag'
70.
~. Rev. James Ormsby Murray, dean OF Primo
ton university, at Princeton; aged 70.
70. Disaster: The Mississippi steamboat Rowel
Lee sank at Tyler, No.; 60 lives lost.
Obituary: Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, U. s. A.,
Old Point Comfort, Va; aged 81.
Fire: At Hartford, the j. l.. Howard car 10
tory burned; loss, SlsO,OOO.
80 Shipwreck The passenger steamer Stella n
on the Casquet rocks, near the island OF
derney, and exploded, carrying down 70
, 100 people.
Al. Filipino War: Gen. Macarthur entered Nal