Gilpin observer., 1901-01-03
q. Weather. First ccid wave Of the season
freezing x1ather In so,,ther Kaugaa and Mis-

.. Weather: First cold wave Of the season:
freezing weather in southern Kansas aud Mis-
souri,. Arkansas and Tennessee.
Fire: Biloxi. Misc. visited by flames which de-
stroyed 300 buildings and left 1000 people
homeless; loss, $30D.OO0.
o. Accident: By the explosion Of gas in the Buck
Mountain mine, Mahanoy City, Pa, l miner
was lilled and 60 injured, several fatally.
Miscel'nn ous Jerry Lynch. the last survivor of
the crew OF the Confederate cruiser Alabama,
died in A:lanta Great destruction o. life and
shipping by typloon at Hongkong.
10. Obituary: r. &. Dun, head Of the American
Mercantile agency, in New York city; aged "a.
South African War: The British forces under
Gen S:ii.h-Dorien engaged the Boers under
De Wet % miles northwest of Kroonstadt and
captured guns; Eoor loss, % killed. 30
wounded and 100 prisoners.
Shipwr cts: The schooner Myra D. Weaver
wrecked Handkerchief shoal, New England
coast; sai.ors and women drowned The
steamer Monticello lost oG Yarmouth, N. S. 81
80 sailors and passengers drowned.
Sporting: Yale scored IS to for the Carlisle
Intians in the annual football game at New
Easen.
Accident s killed and Ii injured in collision
between express and suburban train at
Chosy- -le-Roi, France.
Il. Fire: persons burned to death and many
injured, of them fatally, in a fire at The
Clifford House. Poplar Bluffs. Mo.
Obituary: Henry Willard. the noted fnapcier, at
Thorwood Park. the Hudson; aged G5.
Marcus DAILY. multimllionairc mine owner and
turf patron OF Montana. in New York city;
aged 60.
The Paris exhibition closed.
l3 Financial Troubles: william l.. Strong Co.,
wholesale dry goods house in New York.
placed in the hands of a receiver; liabilities
variously estimated at from 81 900. 900 to S8.
0o0,0oo. Grant Bros, Stockholders in New
York. failed, with liabilities placed at $500, 900
Conventions: The 18th annual convention OF
American agricultural colleges met in New
Haven. The Goth annual session OF the Prot
esant Episcopal church congress began in
Providence.
10 Accident: l3 passengers killed and 20 injured
by the derailng Of an express Bayonne.
France; among the killed was the Peruvian
minister to the French court. Senior Canevaro.
Shipwreck The U. S. auxiliary cruiser Yosemite
wrecked of the island Of Guam. near the Phil
ippines; sailors drowned.
16 Personal: Attempt upon the life Of Emperor
William at Brcslau.
Accident: killed and seriously injured in
head on collision at Raymilton. Pa.
II. Fire: The business portion OF Phillippi, W..
Va. swept by flames: loss, Sl.0O0.000. /
Sporting: Yale scored 90 to Princeton's in the
annual football contest at Princeton.
Miscellaneous: Martin Irons formerly prominent
in the cause Of labor, died at Brucevie. Tex.
Capt Joseph A. o. Yeoman. who successfully
shadowed jefferson Davis his flight from
Richmond and secured his capture, died at
Washington Court House, o.
Is Fatal Fire: deaths In the burning OF the Nc
Gonigal House at 0swayo. Pa.
Accident: section OF ore docks on the Black
well canal in Buffalo fell, killing persons
and causing a loss OF sl5O.000.
Financial Troubles: A. C. Hooper & Co.. stock
brokers in New York. failed. with liabilities of
100000.
90 Financial Troubles: The Pioneer Silk Co. of
Paterson. N. j.. failed. with liabilities Of
5000
Convention: The 4th annual convention OF the
National Association Of State Dairy and Food
Departments met at Milwaukee.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Roger n. Stembel, Vi
s. ". retired. in New York city, aged 90.
CEar.cs H. ::oy;. the popular playwright. at
CEarlcstown. n H.; aged 80
Storm: tornado swept over Mississippi Ala
baraa and Tennessee: "a persons killed, in
ciucing 40 at Columbia, Tenn. and 81 injured.
81. Storm: Remarkable rain of sand in Colorado;
loss at Colorado Springs 100000.
Shipwrcck: 20 lives lost in the wreckiDg OF the
steamer st. Olaf on Boule island rocks, in the
ST. Lawrence.
90. Obituary: Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer OF
"Pinatore'' and other popular comic operas,
in London; aged 5s.
Financial Troubles: Chester b. Lawrence, Jr.,
stockhrokcr in New York, failed. with liabili-
ties placed at saol000.
"a. Sporting: Yale scored % TO Harvard 0 in the
annual football game at New Haven.
Personal: Ex-President Kruger received in Paris
with public demonstrations Of welcome.
20. Shipwrcck: The schooner Mlumee Valley lost
on Point Pclee. Lake Eric: sailors drowned.
@. Obituary: Robert r.. A. Dorr, editor and pub
lisler Of the New York Mail and Express. in
New York city; aged 40. Cushman X. Davis.
L. S. senator from Minnesota. in st. Paul: i
aged C2.
os. South African War: Dewetsdorp, Orange Free
State. captured by the Beers; guns and 400
British prisoners taken.
% Accidents: 10 persons killed and 15 injured by
the collapse Of u roof in San Francisco. %
killed and many injured in a collision on the,
Mexican Central Il. Il. near Symon, Mexico.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Frederick McNair, u,
S. n, in Washington: aged o..
DECEMBER.
l. Fire: In Futon. Ey.; loss. $500
3 Obituary: l=-Cov. James ". McClurg OF
Missouri. at Lebanon, that state: aged IS.
g. Accident; II killed and II injured in an cS-
plosou OF the Chicago and Northwestern II. Il.
heating plant In Chicago.
Political; Second session Of the 5Cth congress
opened,
4. Accident: o wcrkmcn Killed and 20 injured by.
n collision on the Southern Pacific near
suisua, Cal.
s. obituary: Abby Sage Richardson. American
auihor and drnmatst, in Rome; aged G3
Sogta African War; 5091 Beers under Gen. De
Wet destroyed half a British convoy north
west OF Pretoria. killing 10 and wounding %
of the guards.
Shipwrcok: The schooner Mary A. Brown OF
Gloucester wrecked on Hampton Beach. n. IL;
the crew OF : pcrsons lost.
Personal; EN.Prcddcnt Kruger enthusiastically
greeted in Holland.
O. Financial Troubles; c. W. Morgan Il Co.,
New York stockholders. assigned, with liabili-
ties placed ut s201,O0J
Political: British parliament opened with Acrcc
attacks on Chlmbcrlain's war policy. The
A'rkandcr congress- anu.Dritish in tone. met
at Worcester Cape Town.
Conventions; The American Federation Of labor
met in annual convention at Louisville.
Obituary; Henry Russell, composer OF popular
songs, at Sleencsi England, aged 81.
s. Fire; The Slxton block In Canton. o.. burn
ed: losa. s30oOOo
0. shipwrock: lives lost In sinking OF tho
barge Charles Foster during a storm on Lake
Irl,