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

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G. Cuba: Gomez issued a farewell manifesto to
the Cuban people.
Z. Obituary: Henry l. Clinton noted criminal
lawyer. in New York city; aged 50. Angus
tin DAILY, American thester manager, In Lon
don; aged 6l. Margaret Ann Cusack, tie
Nun Of Kcnmare," in London Gen. ". :.
Walker. noted Mexican and Confederate vet
Gran, at Atlanta.
Fire: At Augusta. Ca: loss. s25O.0O0.
g. Flood: High water mark reached in the Colo
RADIO river. Texas; 25 drowned
O. Sporting: Jeffries defeated Fitzsimmons for
the worlds championship at Coney Island.
TO- The yacht Columbia, built to defend the
Americas cup launched at Bristol. h. l.
Obituary: capt. Henry Niohol Of the U. S.
monitor Monadnoek. at Manila.
IL. Fire: In the Armstrong Whitworth Ordnance
Co.'S works at Newcastle Tyne; loss, ST.
100000.
Sporting: Perth 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 Blakic,
ID. D.. Ii. D., noted Scotch theo!ogian. at
North Berwick, Scotland; aged 59
T. Cyclone In the northwestern states; hun
dreds killed and wounded at New Richmond.
Wis, and Herman, Ncb
Duke OF Ahruzzi's north pole expedition sailed
on the Stella Polare from Chrisiania, Norway.
L. General celebration Of Flag day
Obituary: Dr. Lawson TAFT. pioneer in surgery.
at London; aged 81
Is. Obituary: Prof. Locke Richardson, the Amer
lean elocuionist. in Berlin. Rear Admiral
Pierce Crosby, L. S. IN, retired in Wash
ington; agcd 20. Congressman Richard Parks
Bland. silver champion, at Lebanon, Mo;
aged g.
l6 Explosion: II miners killed at the Caledonia
mine, North Sidney. C. b.
Criminals George B. Barrow, principal in the
Marion Clark abduction case, sentenced to II
years and 10 months, and Carrie Jones, the
nurse, to years.
II. sportng Imp won the Suburban at Sleeps
head Bay.
| rs. Fire: At Greensboro n. c., the Denbow
House burned; loss S10O,0O1
I 81. Fire: At kirkwood, Ga, Cen John B. Cor
dons home the historic Sutherland, burned
%. Obituary: John Godfrey Moore. prominent
banker and exchange broker in New York
city; aged 81 Henry D. Plant, founder of
the Plant system. in New York city; aged so.
"a. Fire: At Laurel, Del; loss, 100000.
Obituary kapolani widow OF King Kalakaua,
at Honolulu aged CO.
2s. Shipwreck: Steamer Margaret Olwill, founder
ed off Loran, Lake Erie; seamcn lost
20. Obituary: Daniel F. Tieman, oldest Of the
surviving cx-mayors of New York city, at
Audubon Park; aged 81.
Sporting: Harvard three victories over
Yale at New London.
30. 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
railway engine.
JULY.
/. Fires In Brooklyn l0, 900 cotton bales burned
in storage. Bar IIarbor, the Kehoc Valley
clubhouse, golf and social resort, burned.
Obituary: Charles Victor Cherbuliez French
academican. novelist and critic in Paris
aged 20.
Q. Fire: At Summit n. j.. property in the heart
of the town valued at sl50,OOo destroyed,
Obituary: Gen. H. G. Wright, U. S, A., retired
in Washington; aged 70.
3. Dreyfus returned to France.
4. Fires: In Memphis the famous Gayoso hotel
and other property burned loss, si59,O0O. At
| Paris Tenn, 20 buildings burned; loss. $l75,
| 000
8. Convention: Annual Christian Endeayor gath.
| ering at Detroit.
Obituary: Bishop John p Newman, noted
Methodist divine and the friend of Grant, at
Saratoga; aged 73.
9. Fires: AT Coultervlle. CAL, the town de-
stroyed; loss, S2jo0O0. At Ludington Mich,
Sl20,090 loss by the burning of a railroad ele-
! yator.
Filipino War: 10 regiments of U. S. volunteers
ordered to be raised for the army in tie
| Philippines
Personal: Mary Wright Sewall of Indianapolis
elected president of the International Council
of Women at London
Obituary: Robert Bonner, founder and proprie-
tor of the New York Ledger, in New York
city; aged 75
/ Z. Obituary: George W. Julian, noted western
statesman at lrvington, Ind. aged 81.
10. Obituary: The Grand Duke George, brother Of
the and heir to the throne, at st. Peters
bllrp. arpl of .lu1pe " alhridpp A Field
eminent Massachusetts, jurist and chief justice
in Boston; aged 81.
16. Fire: l,001,0Q0 worth of uniforms and food
supplies destroyed at the Brooklyn navy yard
II. Fires: Mount Vernon, Ind; 100000 loss
North Bend, Ind, the Addystone foundry
burned; loss $1,000
Is. Obituary: Col. A. L. Hawkins 10th Pennsy-
vania volunteers the way home from the
Philippines to San Francisco. lloratio G..
Alger, famous author OF boys stories. at
Natick, Mass. aged So.
10. Earthquake: Severe shock at Rome; Mount
Etna in eruption
PERSONAL; Gen. Alger rendered his resignation
secretary of
Obituary: Elizabeth Thompson, noted philan-
thropist, at Littieton, n. H.; aged 49,
20. Personal: President Mckinley accepted the
resignation of Secretary Alger, to take effect
Aug. /.
Obituary: II. X. Thurber, the retired New
York millionaire merchant, at HALEY, Ia.
aged 10.
, 81. Accident killed and injured by explosion
on British torpedo boat destroyer at Lon
don.
Obituary. Robert G. Ingersoll, at Dobbs Ferry,
n. y; aged 6G.
! % Personal. Elihu Root OF New York appointed
! secretary of war.
%. Fire: At Toledo; loss of slOOO,0Oo by the
burning OF a wheat elevator.
' No H. Tbnypo I Ca,,x
| noted Univcrsslist writer and educator, in
Boston; aged 05.
Is. Obituary: Gideon J. Tucker, old time poll
tician and journalist, founder of the New
York Daily News, in New York city; aged 49,
26. Gen. Uliscs IIeureaux, president of Santo Do
mingo, assassinated.
| 20. Obituary: Gxgman Banco, president Of
Venezuela, in Paris
80. Accident killed and 26 injured in land
slide on the Erie at Lackawaxen N. Y.
| 81. Storm: The wheat section around Hamilton,
N. d., damaged to the amount of $780, 900 by
hail
Obituary: Kate Chase Sprague. daughter of
Salmon p. Chase, noted Washington belle in
wartime, in Washington; aged 50. Daniel G.
Brnon, noted ethnoogist and physician, at
Atlantic City; aged 90.
AUGUST.
8. Obituary. George Avcrof, noted Greek phi
| lanthroplst, al alexandra, Egypt; aSed ~
6. Dislsters 36 passengers killed and injured
by the derailmert of trolley near
Bridgeport, Conn. II killed and 73 injured in
telescoping accident at Juysy France. 200
cxcursionists at Mount Deseret thrown into
the water by the breaking of a gangpank; 20
drowned.
! 7. Miscellaneous: Capt. Davis Dalton known as
the champion life saver Of the world, the hero
of 27s rescues, drowned at Far Rockaway, N.
| The DreyfuS court martial convened at
| Rrnnes.
| 8. Hurricane: Porto Rico devastated; deaths es-
tin!ated at 5000 to 1900 and the property loss
! at 100000, 900
! 8. Fi.ipinQ War: Gen. MacArthurs forces ad-
vauced from San Fernando and drove the in
! surgents beyond Angeles.
Obituary: Col. w. L. Sim, the theatrical man