The Dickinson press., 1902-12-27

~. OBITUARY: George Douglas Brown,
English novelist. author of THE
House With the Green Shutters" in
London: aged 80.
80. Sporting: Dan Patch. second horse to
pace IL mile in less than minutes,
went that distance in :I9l: within a
quarter of a second OF the worlds rec
ord. held by Star Pointer.
Fire: Woods Opera House at Bay City,
Mich. burned: 100000 damage.
80. Volcanic Eruption: Mont Pelce on the
island Of Martinique. again erupted:
moro than LOGO lives lost
Sporting: F'uturity, richest stake of the
year, won by Savablc at Sheepshea. !.
lay, New York.
Railroad Disaster: Train on Chicago and
Northwestern Il. Il. lifted from the
track by Il cyclone near Owatonna,
Mimi: killed and 60 injured
81. Storm: More Than Is vessels and many
lives les: in gale at Port Elizabeth
South Africa.
Army and Navy Maneuvers: Beginning
of the mimic war between ships and
forts on the Atlantic coast.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Volcanic Eruption: Over 200 persons
killed by explosions Of Mont Pelee,
Martinique.
injured in wreck on the Southern
r. II. near Berry. Ala.
q. Obituary: William +. Howe. noted
criminal lawyer. in New York city;
aged a. Edward Eggleston. author,
near Lake George N. Y; aged 65.
8. Accident to the President: President
Eoosevelt's carriage struck by troll
ley car near Pittsfied. Mass; Will
liam Craig. the presidents guard,
killed and the president and Secretary
Cortclyou injured.
Volcanic Disturbance: Another eruption
of Mont Pelee. Martinique: 1000 re-
ported dead.
Sporting: Running record for mile and
thrce-siNtecnths broken by Scintilant
at the Harlem race track near Chi
cago: time. 81 2-5
T. Fire: The Cincinnati Music hall DAM
aged and the Odcon theatcr destroyed
by fire at Cincinnati; $4,000 loss.
s. Volcanic Disturbances: La Soufrlere.
st. Vincent again in eruption.
Haitian Rebellion: Rebels defeated
troops of provisional government
Obituary: Prof Rudolf Virchow, cele-
bratcd German pathologist in Berlin;
aged ST.
6. Obituary: Philip James Bailey. English
poet. author Of "Festus;" aged Sc.
Z. Fire: Paper works at Bogota, N. j..
destroyed loss. S2OO.0OO.
Haitian Rcbcllion Haitian gunboat
Crcte-a-Pierrot sunk by the German
Eunboat Panther; Haitian commander,
Admiral Killick killed.
3. Obituary: Count dc Miranda, husband
of the famous singer. Christine Nils
son. in France. Sir Frederick Abel,
famous English chemist; aged 76
3. Obituary: William Allen Butler, New
York lawyer and poet, author of
Nothing to Wear" at Yonkers, N. Y;
aged Il.
II. Fires: At Stoncwall. Miss, cotton
mills: loss, s125,OOO. In the Beaumont
CTex) oilfields; loss over 100000.
y. Obituary: Alexander r. Shepherd. for
mer governor of the District of Co.
lumbia, in Mexico; aged 67.
Fire: Plant of the Bridgeton IN. J)
Wooden Co. destroyed: loss, $500 900.
IL. Obituary: Gen. John II. Forney, a
noted Confederate veteran. in Ala
bama; aged 73.
IA. Anniversary of President Mckinley 8
Death: Memorial services held through
out the United States.
Obituary: Winfield s. Stratton, Million
aire miner, at Colorado Springs, Colo
aged IS.
Is. Mining Disaster: II lost in an explo-
sion at North Fork. w. Va.
Conventions: Odd Fellows convention
opened at Des Moines, la.
Obituary: Horace Gray, former justice
OF the u. S. supreme court at Nahant.
Mass; aged "a.
16. Fire: Coal bunkers etc.. of the Tesla
Coal Co. of Stockton. Cal. destroyed;
loss 100000.
Steamship Record: Kronprinz Wilhelm
sailed from Cherbourg to New York
in days, II hours and 81 minutes,
breaking westbound record.
18. Arctic Explorations: Lieut.. Robert E.
Peary arrived at Sydney, N. S.. on his
return from an unsuccessful attempt
to reach the north pole.
Disaster: Postoffice at Mimic. N. D., COL
lapsed; Is buried in the ruin.
19. Disaster: 115 negroes killed in a panic
in birmingham, Ala.
Obituary: Marie Henriette, queen Of the
Belgians. at Spa, Belgium; aged 66.
20. Sporting: Il. Carroll Schaeffer of Read
ing, Pa, won American amateur SWIM
ming championship at Travers island.
81. Alpine Disaster: killed while ascend
ing Mont Blanc.
%. Earthquake: Heavy shock felt at
Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America,
and on the island of Guam.
Convention: 81 annual meeting of Span.
ish-Americar War Veterans In Detroit,
Mich.
%. Conventions: National council Order
United American Mechanics met at
Atlantic City. N. j.
Obituary: Major J. w. Powell, govern
ment ethnologist, at Haven, Me-: aged
Sporting: Pacing record. 1854 for a
mile, held by Star Pointer, equaled by
Dan Patch at Readville, Mass.
25. Convention: Both annual meeting of
the National Association of Mexican
War Survivors at Paris, KY.
Personal: Charlemagne Tower. U. g..
ambassador to Russia appointed to
succeed Andrew D. White as ambassa-
dor to Germany
rs. Cyclone: 600 killed by a storm in Sicily.
g. Arctic Exploration: Capt. Sverdrup ar
rived at Christiania. Norway, on his
return from the arctic regions.
q. Obituary: Emile Zoia. French author,
in Paris: aged c.
Storm Disaster: COO persons drowned by
a tidal wave in japan.
Riots: II peasants killed and 40 injured
in agrarian rio O:s in Hungary.
Convcntion The American section of
the Philosophical society met in Chi
cago.
Fire: 5 blocks destroyed in Stockton.
CAL; loss. 100000.
OCTOBER.
1. Obituary: Admiral James E. Jouett,
U. S. n. retired. conspicuous naval
hero of the civil war. at Sandy
Springs, Nd. aged "a.
2. Mine Explosion: y miners killed by
firedamp in the Lawson mine Black
Diamond, Wash.
3. Coal Strike: Conference Of the presi-
dent and representatives of the miners
and coal operators at Washington.
6. Convention: Annual encampment Of
the G. A. X. opened in Washington.
Obituary: Liu Kun vi. viceroy Of Nam
kin, noted for his friendship to Amer
lea and opposition to the Boxer upris-
ing of 1900. at Nankin: aged g.
I. Conventions: The farmers national
congress began Its 22d annual session
at Macon, Ga.
Fatal Fire: 12 lives lost by the burning
of 40 derricks in the oilfelds at Beau
mont Tex.
8. Labor Troubles: General strike Of
French miners. Street car strike riot
in New Orleans. President Mitchell OF
the United Mine Workers declined
President Rooscvelt's proposal that the
anthracite strike be discontinued pend
ing the action of congress.
II. Personal: The crown prince Of Siam
paid his respects to President Roose-
welt.
Haiti: The Haitian revolutionists won
victory at Montrouis. the government
losing a gunboat sunk. 2 guns cap
tured and l15 men disabled.