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

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l6 Fire: 81 buildings burned at JAMESTOWN. n
Y; loss. s5n.On.
Obituary: rraf. Robert Wilhelm Eyerhard Bun
sen, distinguished German chemist, at IlciJcl-
berg; aged -
H. Walter we.lman and the survivors Of his
poar expedition arrived at TTomso, Norway,
from Franz-Josef Land
10 Obituary: Gen. Thomas Alfred Davies a vet
Of the civil war, at Osdenshurg, n. Y;
aged 30 Sir Charles Lenn9x Peel, X. c. d.,
noted Conservative. at London; aged &c.
90 Obituary: Isaac Mcclellan. known as The
sportsmen's poet, at Greenpoin,, y. Y; aged
90.
81. Fire: At yi,.,or. Colo. the business portion
OF Ihe town destroyed loss. ss,OJ0,00o
b.. sculptor Caspar Bubcrl died suddenly while
working the Dewey triumphal arch in
New York.
"a Obituary: Judge Henry Hilton. heir to A. T.
Stewart's riches. at Saratoga; aged IS.
27 Giovanni Turni, sculptor engaged in model
ing ON the Dewey triumphal arch, died sud-
Gcnly ia New York.
2s Accident: 0 workmCn killed by the falling Of
arches at the new Chicago Coliseum.
80 Fire; At Tupper Lake, \. Y. 100 buildings
destroyed, causing loss Of sl50,0JO
81 Fire: At Ilolyoke, Mass, the stationery cs.ab
lishment of Parsons Green & Co. burned.
causing loss Of sO00,OO0.
SEPTEMBER.
q Fire: In Kansas City; loss, s250,0O0.
1. Convention: The thirty third national en-
campmcnt q. A. II. met in Philadelphia.
7. Personal: Col. Albert d. Shaw department OF
New York, elected commander in chief OF the
G. A. X.
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 80 Stephen Dusge.. 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 C5.
c. Dreyfus convicted and sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment.
II. Obituary: Cornelius Vanderbilt. head of the
family in the third generation, in New York
city; aged 90.
IL. Storm: Destructive hurricane in Bermuda.
10. Fires: At Seattle, Wash; loss, Sl6501O. At
Lincoln, Neb,, Masonic temple. st. Paul's
Methodist church and several blocks burned;
loss, s5OO,OOO.
II. Fire. At Promised Land, N. Y, the American
Fisheries SO. burned out; loss, S5OO,OOO.
Riot nonunon miners killed at Cartervile,
Ills.
ls Fire: Farnham, N. Y. TIE business section
wiped out; loss over $3.50, 900.
10. Fire: At Lowville, N Y, over $3.50, 900 loss
in a lumber plant fire.
Disaster: 80 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 49,
20. Fire. At Tlcgeswich, Ills; loss, sl50,ooO.
Earthquake: 1000 people reported killed at
Adm, Asia Minor.
''sound teegrapher in America, died at
Denver at the age OF 63. Dreyfus released on
a pardon.
Obituary: NJ, cheurer-Kestner, former French
senator and strong champion of Dreyfus, in
Paris; aged 66.
2l. Fire. At Norfolk; loss OF 100000 by the
burning Of a hospital; deaths.
Shipwreck Loss Of the Dominion steamer Scots
man in the strait of Belle Isle; II passengers
drowned.
%. Fire. At Salem, Or; loss $l50.0O0 by the
burning OF planning mill
%. Accident killed and 10 injured in head
on collision on the Rio Grande road at Reno,
Colo.
Filipino War: naval force led by the cruiser
Charleston bombarded Olangapo, on Subg 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-on-T Thames.
25. Fire. At Upton, Ind; 100000 loss by the
burning of tin plate mill.
Obituary: Jared D. Flagg noted American por-
trait painter in New York city; aged So
81. Obituary: Gen. Henry IIeth, noted Confeder-
ate soldier, in Washington ;~aged "A.
Earthquake: Island of Ceram; 5000 people
killed.
%. Naval and marine parade in New York bay
and Hudson river in honor Of Admiral Dewey
80. 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.
l. Fires: At Call. Tex; loss. sl5O,OOo At
Bloomington, Ills, buildings burned; loss,
s15O.OOO.
g. Fire: At Duquen. Ark. 81 buildings burned;
loss, S250000
Filipino War: Filipino attack at Bacoor re-
pulsed by troops under Gen. Fred Grant.
8. Fires: At Dcs Moines the Masonic temple and
other buildings destroyed; loss, $500 900. At
Endcavor, Pa; loss Of 100000 in lumber
yard fire.
5. Obituary: Former U. s. Senator James IIar-
Ian, last surviving member of Lincoln's cabi-
net, at Mount Pleasant. Ia; aged 10.
o. Fire: Moiave Cal, wiped out.
South African War: President Krusers uti-
matum demanding arbitration and the recall
of British re-enforcements from the Cape.
10. Fire. In the business section Of New iberia,
La; loss, 5000, 900.
II. Expiration Of the Boer time limit; armies
moved to the Transyaa border
u. South African War: Beers opened the war by
attack on British armorcd train.
Is. Fires: In Brooklyn loss 100000 by the
burning Of two cotton warehouses. At Has
tinSs, N. Y, cable works burned; loss. sl25,-
900. At Ilavcrstraw. N. Y, acres of build
ings burned loss, 100000.
Obituary: Vice Admiral Philip Howard Colomb.
British naval officer, inventor and writer, in
London; aged Gs.
IA. 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 Mafekng
15 Fire. At Waterloo, Ia; loss 100000
South African War; Beers under Gen. Cronje
laid siege to Kimberley.
Obituary: Laurence Gronlund, social economist
and author, in New York city; aged So.
16. Sporting: Columbia won the first race over
the Shamrock by ION. S.
Obituary: Edward Orton, Ph D., LIZ D., dis
tinguished geoogist, at Columbus. o.; aged
II. Sporting: Columbia won the second race, the
Shamrock breaking her topmast.
Is. Obituary: Isaac Bird a California pioneer
orchardist, at Watsonyie, Cal; aged Sc.
10. W. II. Appleton. last NJ the old circle of
New York publishers, IN New York city;
aged IS.
20. Sporting: The Columbia won her third con-
secutive victory over the Shamrock by 6m. 1ss.
Filipino War: Insurgents routed at San Tsidro
by Cen Young's command.
South African War: Battle at Glencoe; British
loss, 2l1. Gen. Symons mortally wounded.
Convention: National meeting of the W. c. T.
U. began at Seattle, WASH
21. Fire Disaster IA persons burned to death in
their dwellings at Faires, Ala.
South African War: Battle of Elandslaagte;
British and Boers lost heavily.
rs. Grant Allen. the English author died in
London; aged 81
q. Obituary. John Goldman Ropes, military his
torian, in Boston: aged 63. Gen. Guy v.
Henry, L. S. A., civil war and r2 llar army