Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-01-05

works burned; loss, si5l.Olo.
Obituary: Francis H. Pierpont, ''war governor
os West Virginia. al Pittsburg: aged So.
Prof. Gusiave wiedenisn, holding the chair Of
chemistry and phy-ics at the University Of
Leipsic, al Leipsic; aged 7s. C. W. Leitner.
noted linguist, at Bonn; aged 90.
Is obituary Gen. Isaac H. Baily. veteran OF the
civil war, formerly prominent in New York
politics, in New York city; aged 20. Gen.
Thomas Vincent Fletcher. ex-governor Of
Missouri. in Washington; aged ~ Count
ChaudOrdy. French diplomat. in Paris; aged
30.
"a. Rev. James ormsby Murray. dean Of Prince
ton university. at Princeton; aged ~
% Disaster: The Mississippi steamboat Rowena
Lee sank at Tyler, No.; 90 lives lost.
Obituary: Gen. Daniel W. Flagler, U. S. A., at
Old Point Comfort, Va. aged 81.
Fire: AT Hartford, the J. L. Howard car tae-
tory burned; loss, $50. 000.
So Shipwreck: The passenger steamer Stella ran
the Casquet rocks, near the island Of Al.
derney. and exploded, carrying down 20 to
leo people.
los, the insurgents having fred and evacuated
the city.
APRIL.
!. Obituary: Baroness Clara de IIrsch de Ge-
reuth, who left slOO.OOO.OOO 10 charity. in
Samoan Trosbles: Americans and English am.
bushed Apis; 3 officers and sailors
killed.
l. Shpwreck: Steamer Chilkat capsized on the
bar at the entrance TO San Francisco harbor.
carrying down 10 sailors and passengers
Cuba The Cuban military assembly voted to
disband the army and dissolve.
PERSONAL ". X. Vanderbilt, Jr., married Yir-
gina Fair in New York city.
Obituary: Lily Post, formerly well known light
opera star. in San Francisco.
g. Obscquies at Arlington to honor the remains
of 1856 officers and soldiers who died in Cuba
and Porto Rico.
Z. Disasters: 13 deaths at the burning Of resi-
denccs of W. c. Andrews and W. j. Adams in
the Fifth avenue district, New York. 10 per-
sons drowned by an ice frcshet at Glendive,
Mon.
Obituary: James Clark, the Oldest Mason in the
world, at Quincy, Ills.
o. Obituary: Stephen J. Field. associate justice
OF the supreme court OF the United States,
tired, in Washington; aged 50.
TO- Riot: street riot, caused by miners trouble
at pana, Ills, caused the death of people;
many wounded.
Filipino War: Gen. Lawton captured Santa
Cruz, an insurgent stronghold.
Obituary: Sir Monier. Aonier Williams, professor
Of Sanskiit at the University of oxford, in
London; aged CO.
IL. Spanish Wy; Formal proclamation by Prcsi
dent Mckinley announcing the ratification of
the treaty and the restoration of peace with
SPAIN
I3 Fire: The curio hall of the famous Boston
museum burned.
IA. Fire: Idle Hour the Long Island residence
where ". X. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride
for the honeymoon, burned; loss, S25G,000.
Obituary: The Duchess of Marlborough. mother
Is. Fire: In Cleveland half block Of business
houses burned; loss, sl.000,0o0.
IL. Obituary: John l.. Lay, inventor Of the navy
torpedo, in New York. aged 81.
Is. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Correa, Spanish min
lister Of war in $685. at Madrid
Samoa: Fighting between the Americans and
English and the Mataafans.
90 Fire: At San Jose, CAL; loss, 100000
Obituary: NJ. Edouard Jules Henri Pailleron.
French poet and dramatist, in Paris; aged 60.
81. PERSONAL Matthew S. Quay appointed U. s.
senator by the governor of Pennsylvania.
Obituary: DR.. Heinrich Kiefert, noted geog-
raphcr and photographer in Berlin aged so.
%. Fire: In Omaha the Kingman block burned;
loss S200c0O.
Obituary: The Rt. Hon. Sir John Mowbray.
"Father of the House OF Commons" in Lon
don; aged 81.
Is. Political: The German ambassador lodged
with the secretary OF state protest against
certain language of Capt. Coghlan Of the U.
s. cruiser Raleigh.
Filipino War: Gen. MacArthur's division fought
its way to the trenches kffore Calumpit.
Obituary: Gen. Richard J. oglesby, former gov
ernor OF Illinois, in Springfield; aged 75
26. Fire: Dawson City, the business center wiped
out; loss between 81, ,O0O, 900 and S2,O0O,000.
Tornado: 40 people killed at kirksvile, Mo-,
and at Newton hundreds Of houses destroyed,
with about 100 deaths.
a. Obituary: Robert Goeet, member OF the New
York arstocracy of wealth, in the harbor OF
Naples; aged 5S. Sheridan Shook, once
prominent New York politician and afterward
theatrical manager, at Red Hook, N. v;
aged H.
Filipino War: MacArthur's division crossed the
Rio Grande at Caumpit.
2s. Filipino War: Peace overtures from the in
surgents asking for armistice, rejected by
Gen. Otis
80. Accident: so people hurt in railway wreck
near Rochester.
l. Dewey day generally celebrated in the United
States and possessions, especially on the sea.
Fire: Gen. Wade Hampton's home, containing
fine library valuable jewels and treasured
relics, burned at Columbia. s. G..
Spanish War: Spain's agent received warrants
for the 1000, 900 stipulated in the treaty in
payment for the cesson Of the Philippines
2. Filipino War: Lawton's column captured Bal
mag
s. Obituary: kcokuk. chief OF the Sac and Fox
Indians, at Guthrie, o. T. Emma Marshall,
English novelist, in London.
I. Fire: Greenvile, S. c., the heart OF the town
destroyed; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Gen. Manning F. Force, Federal war
veteran and campaign historian. at Sandusky.
o.; aged 10.
10. Convention: The Confederate veteran reunion
held at Charleston.
Obituary; Gen. Samuel B. Smith, Federal vet
eran known as the ''Father of the National
Guard SYSTEM" at Dayton, O.; aged 90.
II. Obituary: Roswell =. Flower, ex-governor of
New York, at Eastport, n Y; aged g. Au-
gust Brentano (second), head of the noted pub
fishing and bookselins house of Union square,
New York, in that city aged 4G
H. Disaster: 90 killed and over 40 injured in
wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading at
Exeter, Pa
a. Fire: At Manchester. N. H.; loss. 100000
Obituary: NJ. Francisque Sarcey, famous French
dramatic critic, at Paris.
II. Fire: In Chicago the Blue Island avenue lum-
Der district suffered loss of 100000.
Conventions The international peace congress
convened at The Hague.
81 PERSONAL Admiral Dewey sailed from Manila
90. Obituary: Grisi. the Italian dancer. in Rome.
Mile Rhea, French actress at Montmorenci,
France; aged 3D.
"a. PERSONAL The eightieth anniversary Of Queen
victora's birthday celebrated throughout the
British empire and colonies
Obituary: Senor Don Emilio CASTELAR,, Spanish
Republican statesman. at Murcia. Spain; aged
81.
25. Fire: In st. John. N. B.; $50 buildings burn
ed; loss, $50o0O0.
Obituary: Aaron B. Magoun, master in the
Cambridge schools from 1888 to 1881, in Rox-
bury, Mass; aged 30. Rosa Bonheur, famous
animal painter at Fontainebleau; aged IS.
DC. Fire: In the "Bowery district at Coney Is-
land; loss, 100000.
81. Tornado: Devastation in Missouri, Iowa and
Michigan. . deaths at Biou, S D.
Sporting: Banistar won the Brooklyn Handicap
at Gravesend.
2S. Accident: 10 deaths and 90 injured in
washout accident on the Rock Island and Eur-
lingtun at Waterloo, la.
SO. Sporting: Flying Fox won the English Derby.