The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-01-04

tor from Kansas at Las Vegas, N. M aged ST.
10. Fire: At Alexandria, Ind. the plant Of the
Kelly Ak 60. burned; loss, $500, 900.
p. Accident: killed in a rear end collision on
the Harlem R. r. at Kensico Station, n. Y.
%. Obituary: Gen. Cluseret, noted leader Of the
Paris commune and veteran Of the American
civil war in Toulon; aged H.
%. Obituary: Frederick Wilhelm Nietzsche, noted
German philosopher, at Weimar; aged SO.
p. Convention: The Saith national encampment Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic met in Chi
Cago.
30. Sporting: Corbett defeated Mccoy in 5 rounds
at Madison Square Garden.
SEPTEMBER
2. Accident: Is killed and 40 injured in q col
lsion the Reading R. r. at Hatfield Sta
tion, Pa.
8, Obituary: Arthur Sewall, vice presidential
candidate on the regular Democratic ticket In
1896, at Bath, Me-. aged 65
3. hurricane Disaster: West Indian windstorm
devastated Galveston; about 200 deaths and
property loss OF S25, 900, 900.
g. Obituary: Gen Innis NJ Palmer, U. S A. re-
tired veteran of the Mexican and the civil
wars, at Chevy Chase, Nd; aged rs.
r. Fire: At Narragansett Pier; loss over $500 900
a. Obituary: Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard
I. S. n. veteran Of the civil war at West
ernyille, n. Y; aged o.
Il. Labor Troubles: strike involving lao, 900
members of the United Mine Worh rs associa-
ton was begun in the anthracite district Of
Pennsylvania.
90 Fire: At Spring Lake, N j.; loss, $3.50 900.
Obituary: Gen. John Alexander McClernand
noted western leader in the civil war at
Springfield, Ills; aged SO.
81. Fire: Nunda Qlls.) wiped out
Obituary: DR.. Lewis Albert Sayre eminent sur
geon, in New York city; aged So
2S- Obituary: Marshal Martinez Campos, noted
military leader in Spain and former captain
general of Cuba, at Zaraus.
25 Cen John NJ Palmer, noted soldier LAWYER
and statesman of Illinois, at Springfield; aged
China: American troops ordered withdrawn from
Picking.
OCTOBER.
l. Personal: Lord Roberts appointed commander
in chief Of the British army to succeed Lord
Wolseley.
g. Tornado: At Biwabic Mimi; 10 killed and
property valued at nearly $500, 600 destroyed.
T. Accident: 40 pilgrims killed by the collapse
OF floor at the st. Nikander monastery,
Porkhoff, Russia.
g. Obituary: The Marquis Of Butte, one Of the
richest men in the United Kingdom, at Dunn
fries House, Scotland; aged 81.
10 China: The refOrmers under Sun Vat Sen cap
tured the town of Kin Shan, on East river;
200 imperial soldiers killed.
loss about 81, 600, 900
90 Fire: Hinman & Co.'S packing house burned
at St. Paul; loss, $45O,OO0 fremen killed and
many injured.
Obituary: Charles Dudley Warner, the author.
at Hartford; aged II.
Political: Gen. Weyler, former captain general
of Cuba, appointed captain general of Madrid
Ex-PresidSnt Kruger of the Transvaal republic
sailed from Lourenco Marques for Europe.
2l Political: The Anglo alliance To min
tain the integrity of China announced to the
powers.
Obituary; John Sherman, ex-secretary of state
and leading Republican statesman. in Wash
ington; aged IT,
g. Shipwreck: "a sailors drowned by the loss Of
the French steamer Faidherbe off the coast Of
France.
% South Africa: A force OF $50 Beers surprised
and captured Jacobsdal, near Kimberley
Miners Strike: The strike Of the anthracite coal
miners of Pennsylvania ended with victory for
the strikers.
% Obituary: The Rt. Hon. Friedrich Max Muller,
professor Of phiology at Oxford university, at
oxford; aged H.
49, Fire Catastrophe: An explosion and fire de.
stroyed Tarrant & Co.'S drug warehouse in
New York; 43 killed and missing and over 100
injured property loss about 81, 500 900.
Miscellaneous: Crush and panic in London dur
ing public welcome to the City Imperial
volunteers returning from South Africa; 10
people killed and 200 injured. Gen. Knox's
forces engaged De Vets burghers on VaaI
river Earthquake in Venezuela killed Is
people and destroyed 300 houses in Caracas
Prince Christian Victor, grandson of Queen
Victoria, died at Pretoria
3d. Obituary: Gen. D. NJ Frost veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars, at St. Louis aged IT,
Census of 1900: The census bureau announced
the result Of the computations Of the total
Op1ilot ~ +bo TT1,+
tories, except Porto Rico; in the 45 states Of
the Union there were June l, 1900, "a, 627-
9O7 inhabitants as against 81 116,S11 in 1890
an increase OF 2,511 ,096; adding the popula-
ton Of the territories, including Alaska, Ha-
wall and the Indians reservations, the
grand total is 1925 22O as against So O69, 1853
In 1890, making the total increase l3, 225, 464.
81. Political: The state department announced
the Endorsement by the United States Of the
Ango-German agreement to preserve the in
tegrity Of China and maintain the "open
door" The troops of Montenegro and Austria
Hungary engaged in battle over a boundary
dispute.
NOVEMBER.
2. Obituary: Ex-Mayor William L. Strong. the
last mayor of old New York, in that city;
aged 70.
8. Explosion: 20 miners killed in an explosion
which wrecked the Berriesburg coal NINE
West Virginia.
5. Political The Cuban constitutional conven-
ton opened in Havana with cheers for the
United States
Obituary: Isaac Quincy Adams, grandson Of
President John Adams. at Quincy, Mass aged
81.
6. Fire: At Albany the Press Knickerbocker-Ex-
press burned out; loss, $135, 900.
Political: Mckinley and Roosevelt elected by
the largest electoral vote record: following is
a summary by states Of the result
Mckinley. Bryan.