The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-03

10 tue business dlStrlct.
Catastrophe: Heavy loss Of life at Baku Rus
sian Transcaucasia, by petroleum and naphtha
fires and explosions
T. Accident: 8 killed and several injured in an
accident the Erie railroad at Greenyille.
Pa
Disaster: 81 persons killed by dynamite ex-
plosion at the San Andres mine, Durango,
Mexico.
g. Obituary: benjamin NJ Prentiss, a noted vet.
Gran Of the Mexican and civil wars, at Beth
sny, Mo-; aged 81.
Q. Fire: At Pittsburg. Armstrong's cork factory
burned; loss $500 000
IL Obituary: Col Albert D. Shaw, past com-
rnander in chief of the @. A. R.. suddenly in
Washington; aged 50,
Personal: The promotion OF Gen. Nelson A.
Miles to the rank of lieutenant general con
firrned BY the senate.
". Fire: At Rochester. Pa, glass plant burned.
causing loss OF $50O,000
rs. Disaster: 60 miners buried by an explosion OF
Gre damp in the Yelling coiliery. Vancouver
island.
Obituary Maurice Thompson. the southern nov
ciist at Charlottesville, Ind; aged 81.
81. Fire: At Atlanta. in the wholesale district;
loss s500,00o
Accident: IL killed and 40 injured in a head on
collision the Camden and Amboy railroad
near Trenton
~. shipwreck: The rciac Mail steamship Rio
San Francisco; q list, 1873. including U. S.
Consul Gen. r. Wildnan
Disaster: 80 lives lost at Kemmerer, Wy, by
explosion in the iDiamondville collery.
rs, Obituary: william Maxwell Evarts noted
lawyer and stateeman. in New York city;
aged So
?. Personal The pope celebrated his DIST birth
day.
Pofiticat. McKinlev md Eoosavaft inauo-,raf.
ed The 56th congress adjourned.
Q. China German troops attacked the pass Of
Chungsaun, in the Great WALL between Chill
and Shans defeating the Chinese.
Obituary: Hon Christopher L. Magee, noted
politician Hnancer and philanthropist OF
Pittsburg. at Harrisburg; aged So.
0. Tornado: A portion OF Willspoint Tex,
wrecked, with casualties Of killed and 20
injured. and other portions Of the state devas-
tated
Fire. At Detroit, the Odds Motor works burned;
loss 100000
IL Fire: General Offices Of the New York division
Of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, in upper New York city. destroyed;
loss, $1.00O0OO.
Accident: A number of lives lost and many
casualties in an explosion at the Doremus
laundry, Chicago
L. Fire: At McKeesport, Pa. the McKeesport
brewing plant burned; loss. 100000.
IS. Obituary: Ex-President Benjamin Harrison at
indianapolis; aged 60.
IL. Fires: At Gowanda N. ", loss OF $l50,000
BY the burning Of glue factory. An explo-
sion Of natural gas set the town OF Cloverspot
Ky, on fire and caused loss Of 100000
10. Fire. Loss Of 100000 by the burning OF 1900
bales Of cotton in the Planters warehouse
at Eutaw,. Ala. The Morning Advertiser burn
ed In Boston, loss. s160,0O0
ID Personal: The Count de Castellane wounded
n. de Rodays. a journalist, in an affair OF
honor in Paris.
IT. Fire In Pittsbmg. the main exposition build
Ing burned; loss, $500. 600
H. Political: Demonstration against the govern
ment in 81. Petersburg suppressed by Cossacks;
many students killed.
Fire: In Memphis. Ind. so houses burned loss.
9200, 600
Obituary: Patrick Donahoe, founder and editor
Of the Boston Pilot in Boston: aged co.
10. Fire: The jerks spbuilding plant at Port
Huron, Mich. destroyed; loss, $4,000.
Obituary: Mile Sophie Croisette. formerly a
celebrated French actress in Paris
South African War: Gen. Botha's rejection Of
the terms Of peace offered by Gen. Kitchener
announced in the house Of commons
30 Obituary Edmond Got. celebrated French
actor, in Paris aged 10
22 Fires: At Greenyile. Ala, 1900 bales OF cot
ton burned; loss 100000. The Kerr Murray
Machine works at Fort Wayne, Ind. nearly
destroyed: loss, $500, 900
3d.. Filipino War: Aguinaldo. the Filipino leader
captured by Gen. Frederick Funston In the
province OF Isabella
a. Fire. The village OF Glen Garden, NJ j.
nearly destroyed by burning oil escaping from
wrecked train; loss about $20O.000
Obituary; Charlotte Mary Yonge the author, in
London; aged rs.
rs Explosion. is miners killed in the Gates
mine, Fayette county. Pa.
Tornado: Over 400 people injured many fatally,
Na. u4r- tul ak -.
Ala; property loss 100000
n. Obituary: Jean Gazin. noted French artist in
Paris aged 81
2a shipwreek: The british steamer Tay coiiided
with the German steamer Chemnitz In the
Flushing roadstead and sank. carrying down
10 sailors
20. Fires: The Jefferson hotel burned in Rich
mond; loss Sio00,OoO The plant OF The
Guardian Publishing Co. and other property
IN the business district OF Paterson, N. j. de-
gtroyed; loss. $4,000 COO.
Obituary; Jamea Stephens the noted Fenian
leader Of the last Irish uprising. in Dublin;
aged 70.
80 Obituary Roland Reed. the actor, in New
York city; aged as The Rev John Jasper OF
''Sun do move" celebrity at Richmond
Personals Gen. Frederick Funston appointed
brigadier general in the regular army.
Fire: The Santiago Park hotel, noted land
mark Of passnic. N j., which originally cost
81 Fires: The Hendrix Hudson hotel, new
structure at Yonkers, N. r.. burned; loss,
s2o00oo- AT Kansas City the Dold Butterine
Packing Co. burned out; loss 100000
APRIL.
3. At Ashland. Me-. the sawlnill OF the Ashland
Manufacturing o. destroyed; loss over $780,
900.
4. Obituary; Gen. T G. cTigc,) Anderson.
noted exConfederate, at Admission, Ala; aged
70. D'oyiy Carte. the English theatrical man
ager in London.
g. Fire; At ST. Louis. the elevator OF the st.
Louis Storage Co. burned; loss. $650,O00
~ Obituary; Gen. John Porter Hatch. u S. A.,
retired veteran Of the Mexican and civil
wars, in New York city; aged 70,
IA. Fire: At Jamaica Plain, Mass, the Sturdevant
Flower works burned; loss over 100000
Is. Obituary: Gen. Alexander Campbell McClurg.
a civil war veteran and prominent book pub
Usher Of Chicago, at st. Augustine. Fla;
nged &C.
10 Obituary. The Rev Justin d. Fulton, noted
editor. preacher and author at Someryile.
Mass; aged rs.
II. The imperial palace at Peking, occupied as
headquarters by Count Waldersee commander
Of the allied forces in China, was burned.
10. Fires At Butte. Mon, the Henze snelter burn
ed; loss, 100000 The Platz leather plant
burned at Racine, Wis; loss, 100000
70 Storm: Heagy freshcts in the eastern md
central states caused by excessive rainfall;
loss Of ~ 001,esJ along the Ohio.
g. The town Of Chester, Mass, inundated by the
bursting 81 dam at Mddlefeld.
% China; The German brigade under Gen Ket
tier defeated the Chinese at the Great Wall
driving them into the province Of shansi
Obituary; Dan Costello. the noted circus clown
in New York city; aged 60.
49, Catastrophe: by an explosion In the electro
chemical works at Creisheim, Germany. 60