The Dickinson press., 1902-12-27
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Fire: At Battle Creek. Mich. Seventh
Day Adventist sanitarium burned; loss
$4,000.
u. Riot: s. killed and 100 wounded in a
strikers melee at Barcelona. Spain.
Obituary: John Moran. pioneer photog-
rapher and noted landscape painter.
in New York city: aged '3.
u. Storm: blizzard of snow followed
by rain and sleet ragged throughout
the country: telegraph and railway
communications interrupted.
Fire: At Lafayette. Ind, offices of the
Call and the Journal. with other prop
critics. destroyed; loss. $2oo. 900.
=. Obituary: BILLY Emerson, an old time
minstrel, IN Boston: aged IS.
Personal: Miss Helen NJ. Stone. the mis-
sionary held for ransom by Bulgarian
bandits. released.
Fire Disaster: is killed and many in
jured In a fire which gutted the Park
Avenue hotel. New York city.
q. Personal: Prince Henry of Prussia ar
rived at New York.
Is. South African War: A British convoy
attacked by Beers at Klerksdorp, Cape
Colony: British casualties, including
prisoners. G32
Accident: trainmen killed in head-on
collision between New York Central
trains near Auburn. N. Y.
2s. Personal: Centenary of the birth of
Victor Hugo celebrated in France and
other countries.
Obituary: Henry G. Marquand. New
York banker and art patron, in that
city: aged s..
Storm: A southeast tempest with wind
at 60 miles an hour ragged along the
Pacific coast.
n. 600 Beers. with 1000 horses and $4,000
head Of cattle. captured by the British
on the 1Iarrismith blockhouse line,
Orange River Colony.
H. Floods Large rivers in the eastern
and central states swollen by rains
and melting snow.
Accident: IA killed and many injured by
a snowsllde at Telluride, Colo.
Storm: Great blizzard in Minnesota and
the Dakotas.
I Obituary: Col. Francis w. Parker,
noted American educator and reform
er. at Pass Christian. Miss.
I Obituary: Charles Broadway Rouss,
millionaire merchant noted for his &C.
centricities. in New York city; aged 6s.
I. Obituary: Neil Bryant Cornelius
OBrien). the first black face minstrel.
in Brooklyn. N. Y: aged 72.
s. Obituary: Alfred Booth. a pioneer Chi
cago merchant, in that city: aged "A.
T. Obituary: John Daniel, last Of the old
time dry goods merchants. in New
YORK city: aged 81.
Storm: A blizzard Of snow. sleet and
rain swept across the whole country.
Z. Fire: At Hudson, N. Y. loss of $500 0Oo
by flames in the business district.
Accident: Is passengers and trainmen
killed and many injured by a wreck
followed by fire on the Southern Pa
cific. near Maxon, Tex.
South African War: In a sudden attack
upon Gen. Methuen's column, near
a1a ki1 oil
British, wounded ITO and :. .tured 202,
including Methuen.
II. Obituary: Ex-Gov. J. P. Altgeld OF
Illinois, at Joliet; aged IS.
shipwreck: Steamer Providence cap
sized at Lone Landing, Lake Palmyra
20 lives lost
Earthquakes: Town Of Kyankari. Asia
Storm: 40 deaths in tornado which
swept over Louisiana.
II. Obituary: Gen. D. s. Stanley, U. 8. A.,
retired. at Washington, D. c.; aged g.
n Personal: King Edward and Queen
Alexandra held their first court at
Buckingham palace.
R. YirO: A. Bp1n Aawr college; loss OF
s225. 900 by the burning of dormitory.
II. Obituary: Sir Richard Temple, noted
Anglo-Indian official and figure in so.
ciety. in London: aged Is.
Dhipwreck: IL life savers and sailors
drowned by the capsizing Of lifeboat
of Monomy point. Nantucket sound.
IL Fire: The Phoenix liner British Queen
and several lighters burned in North
river of the Hoboken piers: loss, ST..
o00.o0o
-. Obituary: DR.. Manuel Sanclemente
titular president Of Colombia, near
Bogota; aged "a.
-. Flood: The city of Bangor swept by an
overflow Of the Penobscot: damage
100000
Obituary: Noah Davis, noted jurist. in
New York city: aged "a.
=. Sporting: Cambridge defeated Oxford
in the annual boat race over the
Thames course; time. 19m. 22s.
8. Obituary: Cecil Rhodes. the South AT.
g. rican magnate. at Cape Town; aged 49,
%. Fire: At Guthrie. Okla. the state cap.
ital printing plant. hotels and other
buildings burned: loss. s350.000.
Floods: BY the overflow of Tennessee
rivers 20 lives were lost and property
to the amount Of s4.0o0.000 destroyed.
Storm: Pittsburg struck by 4 fierce gale
81. Accident: 1G miners killed by explo.
sion in the Nelson mine at Dayton
Tenn.
Obituary: Oscar Mcclellan, a wealthy
inventor who was the friend Of Edgar
Allan Poe. in Philadelphia; aged So.
South African War: British and Beers
fought at Doombolt Farm, Hart's riv-
er; losses nearly 300 in killed and
wounded.
Fire: Louisville: loss of $500. 900 by the
burning Of paint and varnish fac
tory.
Obituary: Thomas Dunn English. poet
and politician, author of Ben Bolt, y
in Newark, N. j.; aged SO.
9hipwreck: II persons drowned by the
sinking of the steamer Cambrfan
Princess in collision near Nab light
ship, England.
Z Fire: Atlantic City. N. j.; II hotels
burned: loss. s750.000.
s. Accident: q people killed and go in
jured by the collapse of stand at q
ball game in Glasgow.
6. Fire: At Chesterton. Ind: loss. 500. 900.
3. Obituary: The Earl Of Kimberly, Right
Hon. John Wodehouse K. G., Liberal
/ British statesman, in London: aged 76.
10. Fire: Southern Plow works burned at
Columbus. Ca; loss. $500. 900.
II. Obituary: Gen. Wade Hampton, dis
tinguished Confederate cavalry officer.
at Columbia, s. c.; aged 81.
Ii. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, noted
Presbyterian divine. In Washington;
aged 70. Baroness Marie Won Olen-
hausen. famous as an army nurse dur
ing the civil and Franco-Prussian
wars. at Lexington. Mass; aged IS.
u. Obituary: Don Francisco d'Assisi. duke
Of Cadiz, consort of former Queen Isa-
bella Of Spain. at Epinay. France;
aged 80.
Accident: 15o lives lost by an explosion
in the military barracks at Managua,
Nicaragua.
u. Earthquakes: Beginning Of days
shocks in Guatemala.
; ID. Obituary: Col. Charles Marshall, mill
tary secretary of General Lee at Ap-
pomattox. in Baltimore; aged e.
%. Fires: At Madison. ILL.,. loss of $250.00o
by the burning Of steel plant. At
Dallas, Tex, different fires caused a
loss Of $400. .000 At Sunbury, O., d rail-
way trestle burned: loss. 100000
! Obituary: Frank r. Stockton. the novel;
ist, at Washington. D. c.: aged 6s.
f. Disaster: GO deaths by the burning of
the steamer City Of Pittsburg at Tur-
/! ners Landing. ILL.,, on the Ohio river.
| q. Storm: deaths ~ wind and lightning
IN southwastsrn Ok1shdna.