Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-12-30

berg; aged IS.
II. Walter Wellman pr1 the survivors of his
polar expedition &.,,ad at Tromso, Norway,
from Franz-J4tf Land.
10. Obituary: Gen. Thomas Alfred Davies, a vet
eran OF the civil war, at Ogdensburg, n Y;
aged 90. Sir Charles Lennox Peel, K. G. B.,
a noted Conservative, at London; aged 76
90. Obituary: Isaac Mcclellan, known as the
sporsmens poet, at Greenpoint, N. Y; aged
90.
q. Fire: At Victor, Colo, the business portion
OF the town destroyed; loss, $2,O0o,0oO.
%. Sculptor Caspar Buberl' died suddenly while
working on the Dewey triumphal arch in
New York
"a. Obituary: Judge Henry Hilton, heir to A. 7.
Stewards riches, at Saratoga; aged rs.
~. Giovanni Turin, sculptor engaged in model
ing on the Dewey triumphal arch, died sud-
denly in New York.
%. Accident: 9 workmen killed by the falling of
arches at the new Chicago Coliseum.
80. Fire: At Upper Lake, N Y, l69 buildings
destroyed, causing loss Of $150,O00.
81. Fire: At Holyoke, Mass, the stationery estab
lishment Of Parsons Green Co. burned,
causing loss of 100000.
SEPTEMBER.
2. Fire: In Kansas City; loss, S250,0O0
4. Convention The thirty-third national en-
campment G. A. R. met in Philadelphia.
T. Personal: Col. Albert d. Shaw, department of
New York, elected commander in chief of the
G.. A. R.
Fire: At Garden City, N. Y. the late A. T.
Stewards pet, scheme, the Garden City hotel,
burned.
Convention: The national encampment Sons of
Veterans met in Detroit.
g. Obituary: Rear Admiral Henry F. Picking, u
S. N, veteran of the civil war. at Charles
ton; aged 50. Stephen Digger, one of Lin
coins surviving friends at New Salem, Ind,
at Sullivan, Ind; aged 81. James B. Eustis,
ambassador to France under Cleveland, at
Newport; aged IS.
o. Dreyfus convicted and sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment.
IA. Obituary: Cornelius Vanderbilt, head of the
family in the third generation, in New York
city; aged Sc.
Is. Storm: Destructive hurricane in Bermuda
16. Fires: At Seattle, Wash. loss, $165, 200. At
Lincoln, Neb, Masonic temple, st. PauPs
Methodist church and several blocks burned;
loss $500, 900.
II. Fire: At Promised Land, N. Y, the American
Fisheries Co. burned out; losS $500,00
Riot: nonunion miners killed at Carterville,
Ills.
Ia Fire: Farnham, N. T., the business section
wiped out; loss over $4,000
10. Fire: At Lowville, N. Y, over $25O,0OO loss
in lumber plant fire.
Disaster: 30 lives lost in the burning of the
passenger steamer Montoya on Magdalena riv-
er, Colombia.
Obituary: Charles Patrick Daily, noted justice
in New York city; aged SO.
TO- Fire: At Hegeswich, Ills. loss, $150,O00.
Earthquake: 1000 people reported killed at
Adm, Asia Minor.
Miscellaneous: Harry W. Benton, the first
''sound' telegrapher in America, died at
Denver at the age of So. Dreyfus released on
a pardon.
Obituary: NJ Scheurer- Kestner, former French
senator and q strong champion of Dreyfus, in
Paris; aged 66.
4. Fire: At Norfolk; loss of 100000 by the
burning Of hospital; deaths.
Shipwreck: Loss Of the Dominion steamer Scots
man in the strait of Belle Isle; Il passengers
drowned.
2. Fire: At Salem, Or; loss $150,o00 by the
burning of planning mill.
g. Accident: 8 killed and 10 injured in q head
on collision on the Rio Grande road at Reno
Colo.
Filipino War; naval force led by the cruiser
Charleston bombarded Olangapo, on Subig bay,
and captured insurgent works.
a. Personal: Julia Dent Grant married to Prince
Cantacuzene at Newport
Obituary: John Sleeper Clarke noted English
comedian, at Surbiton- Thames.
s. Fire: At Upton, Ind; 100000 loss by the
burning of a tin plate mill.
Obituary: Jared B. Flagg, noted American por-
trait painter, in New York city; aged So
T. Obituary: Gen. Henry Heth, noted Confeder
ate soldier, in Washington; aged "A.
Earthquake: Island of Ceram; 5000 people
killed.
g. Naval and marine parade in New York bay
and Hudson river in honor of Admiral Dewey. |
o. Reception and loving cup presentation to !
Admiral Dewey by Mayor Van Wyck, followed
by military land parade.
Fire: At Little Rock the State Deaf and Dumb !
Mute institute burned loss 100000.
OCTOBER.
/. Fires: At Call, Tex; loss, $15OOOO. At !
Bloomington, Ills, 5 buildings burned; loss |
S150, 900.
3. Fire: At Duquen, Ark, "a buildings burned |
loss S25O000.
Filipino War: A Filipino attack at Bacoor re-
pulsed by troops under Gen. Fred Grant.
;. Fires: AT Des Moines the Masonic temple and
other buildings destroyed; loss, $500 900. At
Endeavor, Pa; loss of 100000 in lumber
yard fire.
). Obituary: Former U. s. Senator James Har-
Ian, last surviving member of Lincolns cabi-
net at Mount Pleasant, Ia; aged 70.
,. Fire: Mojave, Cal, wiped out.
South African War: President Kruger's ulti-
matum demanding arbitration and the recall
of British re-enforcements from the Cape.
J. Fire. In the business section of New iberia,
La; loss, 5000, 900.
. Expiration of the Boer time limit; armies
moved to the Transvaal border.
i South African War: Beers opened the war by
attack on British armored train.
. Fires: In Brooklyn; loss 100000 by the
burning of two cotton warehouses At Has
tings, N. Y, cable works burned; loss $685.
900. At Haverstraw, N. Y, acres of build
ings burned; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Vice Admiral Philip Howard Colomb,
British naval officer, inventor and writer, in
London; aged 6S.
Fire: The Loomis sanitarium burned at Lib
erty, N. Y. loss, 100000.
Disaster The sound steamer Nutmeg State
burned off Sands point; several lives lost.
South African War; Fighting began at Mafeking.
Fire: At Waterloo, Ia; loss $1,000
South African War: Beers under Gen. Cronje
laid siege to Kimberley.
Obituary: Laurence Gronlund, social economist
and author, in New York city; aged 3d.
Sporting: Columbia won the first race over
the Shamrock by ION. IS.
Obituary: Edward orion. Phi. D., LII. D., dis
tinguished geologst, at Columbus, O.; aged
20.
Sporting: Columbia won the second race, the
Shamrock breaking her topmast.
Obituary. Isaac Bird, California pioneer
orchardist, at jacksonville, CAL; aged So.
W. H. Appleton, last of the old circle of
New York publishers in New York city;
aged IS.
Sporting: The Columbia won her third con-
secutive victory over the Shamrock by 6m. 1Ss.
Filipino War: Insurgents routed at San Isidro
by Gen. Young's command.
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