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

shiP"reck; dr0wned in the laundering OF a
barge oil Narragansett Pier
Fire: Department store and other proDerfies
burned at Newark, N. j.. loss, $500, 600
MARCH.
l. Fire: Loss Of s40O 900 in the business district
of Youngstown, O.
South African War: Gen. Buffers advance reach.
ed Ladysmith, the Beers retreatine
8. Mine Accident: l25 men buried bv an evnIo
sion at the Red Ash mine, New River, W. Va;
heavy loss Of life.
7. Fire: In Philadelphia; loss, $780, by the
burning of Shoneman's dry goods store
8. Fires: The historical Theatre Francais In
Paris, totally destroyed. At Lead, s. D., 40
buildings burned, with loss Of $500 900
O. Explosion men killed at the Smith Powder
works, Pompton, N. J.
Shipwreck: q sailors lost by the sinking OF the
British steamer Cuvier In Dover strait
Obituary: Hon. E. ]. Phelps, ex-minister to
Great Britain and noted scholar, at New
Haven; aged 70.
Q. Fires: At Omaha; loss, $4,000. At Clarks.
vile, Tenn, the county courthouse burned
loss 1925, 900.
South African War: The British government an
nounced its purpose to destroy the independ-
ence of the Dutch republics
Accident: IA Italians burned to death in fire.
trap at Newark, n. j.
4. Fires: At Davenport, Ia; loss of $4,000. At
Indianapolis clothing factory burned; loss
$l50,0OO. At Miamisburg, O., q tobacco ware
house destroyed, with loss of $500
Political: The financial bill signed by the presi-
dent
South African War: Roberts army occupied
Bloemfontein, capital OF the Orange Free
State.
Obituary: DR.. Samuel Hayes Pennington, Oldest
graduate of Princeton university, at Newark
N. j.; aged "a. Rev. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher
+os{N Il
Henry Ward Beecher, at El-,ira, n Y; aged
70.
Is. Fire: Hotel and opera house block burned at
Mohawk, N Y; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Gen. Sir William s. A. Lockhart
commander of the British forces in India, at
Calcutta; aged 80.
Is. Fire: At Port Gibson, Miss; loss 500 600 by
the burning OF cotton compress
Obituary: Andrew Bolter noted entomologist
in Chicago; aged 50.
70. Obituary: John A Bingham, statesman and
jurist, at Cadiz. O.; aged IS.
e. Fire: In Philadelphia; loss of $780, 900 by the
burning of Moore's wire factory
q. Gen. Sir Edward Woodgate OF Buffers army
died in Moot hospital, Natal, of wounds re-
ceived on Jan. "a while leading the attack at
Spion Kop.
Is. Fire: At Fort Plain, N Y; loss Of $780, 900
by the burning of Clinton Liberal institute
20. Obituary: Rabbi Isaac Wise, Hebrew teacher
and leader of note, in Cincinnati; aged 81
Field Marshal Donald Stewart Of the British
army, at Algiers; aged II.
u. Obituary: Gen. Piet Joubert commander of
the Boer army, at Pretoria; aged 81.
IS. Obituary: Count Benedict, French embassa-
dor at Berlin during the war excitement In
1870, in Paris; aged SO.
30. Fire: The Columbia theater burned in Chi
cage; loss 100000.
Obituary: Archibald Forbes, noted English war
correspondent and author, In London; aged s.
South African War: Gen. Louis Botha, Boer hero
OF Spion Kop, appointed general In chief to
succeed Gen. Joubert.
APRIL.
p Fire: At Newport, Ark; loss, 100000.
South African War: Beers repulsed British
sortie at Mafeking.
Obituary: Dr. st. George Mivart, noted Catholic
scientist, IN London; aged 49,
g. Obituary: Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand.
noted French writer and scientist, in Paris;
aged rs.
South African War: Col. Broadwood's command
entrapped at Thabanchu and guns taken by
the Beers; casualties, $40. Col de VilIebois
Mareuill, the able French ally of the Beers
killed in action at Boshof. companies Of
British railway guards captured by the Beers
at BethaD
L. Obituary: Osman Pasha hero Of PIeyna at
Constantinople; aged about 65.
Fires: In Kansas City the CoR,ention hall and
other buildings destroyed; loss, $500, 900. In
Orange, N. j.; loss, 100000
The Prince of Wales fired upon In Brussels by
Belgian.
g. Fires: The physical laboratory OF Lehigh uni
verslty at Bethlehem, Pa, burned; loss, $780,
900. At Ballston Spa, n. Y; loss 100000
Z. Obituary: Frederick Edwin Church, noted
American painter, in New York city; aged "A.
8. Fire: In Pittsburg, Horne's dry goods store
burned; loss, $500 900.
g. Fire: In Brooklyn flames swept over acres
of ground and destroyed property valued at
100000.
TO- Obituary: Commodore W. <. Mayo, U. S. n,
retired in Washington; aged II.
l5 Paris exposition of 1900 opened to the public
l6 Filipino War: In fight between Gen. Bells
troops and natives so bolomen were killed.
49, Obituary: Jean Falguire, noted French sculp-
tor, in Paris; aged 80.
81 Obituary. The Rev. Charles Beecher, brother
of Henry Ward Beecher, at HaverhiIl, Mass
aged So Aphonse NJ. Edwards, noted nata-
ralist, at Paris; aged "a.
a. Political: The senate refused to seat NJ s.
Quay, appointed by the governor OF Pennsyl-
Vania
g. Fire. At Ottawa and Hull, Canada, 1000
buildings burned loss, SIS, 100000.
South African War: Wepener relieved the
Beers under De Wet retreating northward.
Explosion: AT johannesburg, South Africa, Beg
be's smOkeless powder magazine destroyed;
10 killed, 80 injured.
80. South Africa: President Kruger issued
proclamation ordering all British subjects TO
leave the Transvaal
l. Obituary: Munkacsy, the celebrated Hungarian
painter at Bonn, Germany; aged &c.
Explosion: Nearly 400 deaths in mining catas
trophe at Schofeld Utah
4. Shipwreck: 90 lives lost by the wrecking OF
the British steamship Virginia off Hatteras.
5. Personal: Gen. Otis relieved from the COM
mand in the Philippines by Gen. Macarthur.
6. Obituary: Ex-Secretary of War William B.
Endicott, in Boston; aged 70.
Fire: On she Mallory line piers, New York city;
loss, 81, 00O, 900.
7. South African War: Roberts troops crossed
the Vaal and Vet rivers; President Kruger
summoned all the Transvaal Beers to arms
Fires: Piers and sheds of the Jersey Storage Co.
at Constable Hook burned; loss, $4,000
Furniture factory and 40 houses burned at At
lanta; loss, $500
10. Political: Bryan and Towne nominated by the
Populists at the Sioux Falls convention; Bar
ker and Donnelly nominated at Cincinnati by
the Middle of the Road Populists.
IL South Africa: President Stefn abandoned
Kroonstad and established the capital Of the
Orange Free State at Lindley
49, South African War: Kroonstad, the second
capital OF the Orange Free State, occupied by
British troops.
Fire: In Camden, n. j.; loss, S175, 600.
IS. Personal: Senator William A. Clark OF Montana
opnoupced his resignation from the senate