The Dickinson press., 1899-12-30

Duke OF Saxe.Coburg and grandson Of Quee,
Victoria; aged 25. Caprivi, ex.chancellor o
the German empire, near Frankfort; aged 6s
Miss Anna Dowell, known as the Mother o
the American Silk Industry" in Paterson, N
j.; aged o..
!. Fire: The Manitoba hotel and other proper
ty burned in Winnipeg; loss, 100000.
Obituary: The Rt. Rev. John Williams, bishoT
Of Connecticut and presiding bishop OF thu
Protestant Episcopal church of America, q
Middletown, Conn; aged 81. William Lairt
Of the famous shipbuilding firm Of Lairt
Bros, at Birkenhead.
b. Fires: The governors mansion at Frankfort
Ky, burned. In Toronto, Kent b Co.'s crock
cry store destroyed; loss, 5000, 900.
Filipino War: The American forces attacked ant
captured Caloocan, near Manila.
II. Obituary: Gen. edward schriver. U. s. A..
retired, in Washington; aged 80.
II. Accidents: At Cherokee Gulch, Colo, snow
slides carried away the orehouses and killed
"a men. At Yankton, S. D., II lives were
lost in the burning of a hospital.
Fire: Albany; loss, $4,000.
Storm: Severe blizzard all over the United
States. Heavy SHOWS and wind along the At.
lantic coast.
Obituary.: Prince Napoleon Charles Bonaparte,
grandson of both Lucien and Joseph, at
Rome; aged 90.
Is. Filipino War: Gen. Marcus P. Miller's forces
captured lloilo without suffering loss Of life.
II. Fires: In Philadelphia several clothing houses
burned; loss about $780, 600. In Chicago the
Traders Warehouse Co. and other concerns
burned out; loss, $4,000. At Cincinnati hat
factory and clothing house burned; loss, $780,.
900.
ID. Fires: At Akron, o., plant Of the Thomas
Building and Lumber Co. burned; loss, $780,
600. Brooklyn building No. %. the largest
in the navy yard, burned and the original
model and patterns OF the battleship Maine
destroyed; loss, nearly $1,000, 900.
Laurence f. Meyers, noted amateur champion
long distance runner, died in New York city.
10. Obituary: President Francois Felix Faurc Of
France, at Paris; aged So. Henry Jones,
whist expert, in London; aged 6s.
II. Obituary.: Louis Miller, founder Of Chatau-
qua, inventor and philanthropist. in New
York city; aged 60.
10. Accident: In Belgium on the railway from
Calais; 81 London passengers killed and 100
injured.
20. Obituary: Nine. Ponisi, an old time actress
of Wallack's company, at Keyport, N. j.;
aged 81.
p. Filipino War: The city Of Manila fired by in
cendiaries; fighting in the streets and heavy
loss Of property.
%. Filipino War: Insurgents broke through the
American lines at Manila and were rcpulsed
with heavy loss.
%. Obituary.: Gen. David Weisiger, a Confederate
noted as the hero of the Petersburg ''Cratcr,"
at Richmond; aged so.
"a. Fire: At Minneapolis The Tribune building
and other property burned; loss, 100000.
Obituary: NJ. Emile Wclti. Swiss statesman, at
Bern; aged "a.
Personal: Gen. Maxine Gomez, Cuban COM
mander in chief, entered Havana under an
American military escort.
20. Obituary: Gen. j. ]. Reynolds, U. S. A, re-
tired, in Washington; aged Il.
81. Obituary: Sarah Jewett, once a noted Ameri-
oofrccc in CarhridCa Mace
Criminal: Roland D. Molineux arrested for the
murder of Katharine J. Adams in New York.
%. Fire: Windsor hotel and several stores burned
at Ilolyoke, Mass; loss, $4,000 0
Obituary: J. Madison Wells, ex-governor of
Louisiana and noted in the exciting political
affairs of that state, in New Orleans.
MARCH.
l. Obituary: Emma Waller, once noted Ameri-
can actress, in New York city; aged 70.
Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor Of
Great Britain, in Washington; aged 63.
Z. Obituary: Connie Jackson, sister Of Joe JET
ferson and once noted on the American stage,
in New York city; aged 90.
Fires: At Charlotte, N. c., freight depot and
cotton compress burned; loss about $40o, 900.
In Chicago, McClurg's book store burned;
loss, $3.50, 900.
publicist, honorcd by a dinner on the ami.
yersary Of his SEVENTEEN birthday.
8. Personal: Rear Admiral George Dewey be-
came full admiral OF the navy under the law
reviving that rank.
I. Political: The Fifty-6fth congress adjourned.
s. Accident: Naval powder magazine exploded at
Toulon, France, killing or manning nearly
100 people.
Obituary.: n. Wolff, American illustrator, in
New York city; aged 62.
8. Fire: At West Point, Miss, the Mary Holmes
college and a large amount Of cotton destroy
cd; loss, 100000.
Accident: IL drowned by the sinking Of the
tug James Bowen OF Philadelphia Oh Hog
island.
Obituary.: Princess Kaiulani Of Hawaii, at Hon
olulu; aged "a.
8. Austin Bidwcll, notorious for his Bank Of
England forgeries, died at Butte, Mon.
10. Obituary: Sir Douglas Cation, noted scientist
and authority on sanitation, in London; aged
n.
IL. Obituary: Capt. Samuel Trott, ocean cable
expert, at Miami, Fla. aged o..
IL. Obituary: Prof. Walter D. Dabney of the Uni
versity OF Virginia, at Charlottesville; aged 46.
Johnny Griffin, the 'Braintrce Lad" once q
noted fc~atherweight, in New York city.
H. Filipino War: Pasig, east Of Manila. captured
by Gen. Whcaton's division.
IA. Obituary.: Emile Erckmann, French novelist,
collaboration with Chatrain, in Paris; aged n.
is. War at Samoa; American and British ships
bombarded native villages.
l6. Obituary: Benjamin P. Hutchinson, "Old
Hutch" the Chicago Spectator, at Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin. Joseph Medill, proprietor
of the Chicago Tribune, at San Antonio;
aged IS.
Race Riot: A mob at Palmetto, Ca, shot 6
negroes at the Jail, killing 4.
Filipino War: Fighting at lloilo between Gen.
Miller's troops and the insurgents.
II. Fire Disaster: The Windsor hotel, New York.
destroyed; As lives lost.
10. Cyclone: Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi
visited; Is deaths.
geological researches, at New Haven; aged 68
Oliver Marcy, dean Of the Northwestern uni,
versity, at Evanston, Ills. aged 70.
10. Miscellaneous: During the Gomez reception il
Havana 80 to so persons were wounded in
riot. The battleship Oregon arrived at Ma
Mia.
z. Explosion: At Pennsgrove, N. j.; 8 killed and
several injured by the wrecking Of the Dupont
Powder works.
"a. Fie: At Cleveland, stove and machine screv
works burned; loss, $45O, 900.
Obituary: Francis H. Picrpont, ''war governor
of West Virginia, at Pittsburg; aged 81
Prof. Oustave Wiedcman, holding the chair c
chemistry and physics at the University c
Leipsic, at Leipsic; aged 70. G. W. Leitnel
noted linguist, at Bonn; aged 60.
e. Obituary.: Gen. Isaac H. Baily, veteran Of tn
civil war, formerly prominent IN new 1oT
politics, in New York city; aged 20. Ger
Thomas Vincent Fletcher. ex-governor {
Missouri, in Washington; aged 72. Coun
Chaudordy, French diplomat, in Paris; age
70.
n. Rev. James Ormsby Murray, dean Of Prince
ton university, at Princeton; aged Y.
20. Disaster: The Mississippi steamboat Rowen
Lee sank at Tyler, Mo-; so lives lost.
Obituary: Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, u. 8. A., 9
Old Point Comfort, Va; aged O..
Fire: At Hartford, the J. L. Howard car fa
tory burned; loss, $1so,000.
30. Shipwreck: The passenger steamer Stella ra
on the Casquet rocks, near the island Of A
derney, and exploded, carrying down 70 I
100 people.
81. Filipino War: Gen. Macarthur entered Male
los, the insurgents having fred and ~eyacuate
the city.
..... APRIL.
J, Obituary: Baroness Clara de Hirsch de G,
senih, who Lett $780, oo.o 900 to charity,
Paris.
Samoan Troubles: Americans and English az
pushed near Apia; 3 officers and 4 sailol
killed.
1. Shipwreck: Steamer Chilkat capsized on tt
bar at the entrance to San Francisco harbo
carrying down 10 sailors and passengers.
Cuba: The Cuban military assembly voted I
disband the army and dissolve.
Personal: W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., married vi
ginia Fair in New York city.
Obituary: Lily Post, formerly we'll known ligt