Morris tribune., 1902-01-04

Obituary: Col. julian Scott. civil war veteran
and noted artist at PlainAeld, N j.. aged So
r. II. Newell, wartime humorist under the
name Of orpheus g. Kerr, IN Brooklyn; aged
IS. Prof. John Fiske, philosopher and his.
torian, at East Gloucester, Mass; aged SO.
Accidents: Casualties Of the Fourth all over the
United States q killed and 1,6ll injured.
g. Obituary: Prince Hohenlohe, formerly chan.
cellor Of the German empire, at Ragatz,
Switzerlaad aged 81. Prot. Johannes Schmidt,
famous Indo-German scholar at the Berlin
university, in Berlin
Sporting: The Brighton Handicap, at Brighton,
N. Y, won by James r. Keene's horse, Teddy.
Obituary. Pierre Lorillard, noted thurman and
millionaire manufacturer, in New York city.
Fire: At Colebrook, N. Y, IS business places
burned; loss $4,000.
8. Fire: At Great Bend, Ind, 5000 acres oil
wheat burned; loss, 100000.
10. Fire: AT Ell Paso, Tex, plant of the Kansas
City Shelter Co. burned loss, $150000.
Collision: 10 killed and fatally injured by q
head on collision on the Chicago and Alton
near Marshall, Mo-
IL. Accident: 9 workmen killed and 10 injured by
the collapse of railway bridge at Ashta.
bula, o.
H. Obituary: Charles Nordhof, author and jour.
nalist, in San Francisco; aged II. Theodore
Moss theatrical manager, at Seabright, N. j.;
aged 70.
Fire: business blocks burned at Enid, Okla.
loss, $4,000
1e. Fire: AT Wichita, Kan, the packing plant OF
Jacob Do1d burned; loss, $1,0Oo,000.
II. Fire: At Marshall, Mo-, stores burned; loss
$125, 900,
Obituary: Gen Daniel Butterfeld, veteran OF
the civil war, at Cold Spring, N Y; aged 70.
Is. Fire. Foreman Co.'S lumber plant burned
at Petoskey, Mich; loss, 100000.
Yachting Accident: A. 7. Colton's yacht We.
III IN r and
drowning the owner, his two daughters, the
captain and a sailor.
20. Obituary: Mrs. Kruger, wife of Paul Kruger,
the exiled president of the Transvaal, at Pre-.
toria; aged 65.
81. Weather Record The thermometer in the
western states affected by drought registered
as follows: Des Moines, Ia, 1903; Chicago, 1903;
Kansas City, 104; Lincoln, Neb., 1o5; Sioux
City, Ia, LOG; st. Louis, 10s; Middletown, Ia,
113; Freeport, H., lis; Galena, H., 118.
%. Is persons, including the ships captain and
4 Swedish customs officers, killed by an ex-
plosion on board the American schooner
Louise Adelaide at Stockholm.
a. Personal: The SchleyI court of inquiry ordered
by Secretary Long.
25. Political: President Mckinley proclaimed free
trade between Porto Rico and the states
90. Weather Record: Light rains brought relief
to the corn belt after 40 days drought
a. Fire: At Hanover, Pa. loss Of 500, 900 by the
burning Of the American foundry plant.
%. Venezuelan War: Reported repulse of Colon
bian invaders by government troops, with q
total loss of 1900
AUGUST.
9. Fire: In st. Louis; loss, 5000, 900 by the de-
struction of the Hofner-Lothman Sash and
Door Co.'s plant.
4. Obituary: Dowager Empress Frederick of Ger.
many, queen of Emperor Frederick, moth
or IF no rnio no and
Of Queen Victoria, at Cronberg; aged 81.
6. Explosion: 80 killed and 100 injured by naph-
thaline in Philadelphia; 6 buildings demol-
ished. -a
2. Obituary: Gen. James s. Negley, noted
leader in the Federal army in the west at
Plainfeld, N, j.; aged rs.
Shipwreck: z sailors of the steamer Kincora
drowned in collision Of that ship with the
White Star ocean liner Oceanic in the Irish
channel.
South AFRICAN War: Cen Kitchener proclaimed
to the Beers in arms that they would be
banished from South Africa unless they sur
rendered before Sept Is.
8. Obituary: Prince Henri Of Orleans, the Al
rican explorer, son of Due de Chartres, wht
served in the American civil war, at Saigon,
French Cochin China; aged "a.
TO- Obituary: lilly Haynes, well know hotel
man, in Boston; aged 70. Gen. G. Moxley
Sorrel, chief of staff Of Longstreet's Confeder.
ate corps, at ROANOKE, Va; ageQ Of.
IL Obituary: Signor Crispi, noted Italian states
man. formerly one of the kings ministers, at
Naples; aged 81.
13. Obituary: Baron Nordenskjold, Swedish ex-
plorer and naturalist, at Stockholm aged 69%
IA. Storm: Destructive storm on the gulf coast,
with loss Of life and heavy damage at New
Orleans ~.. 49, s..--.,..
Obituary: Sir William Laird, noted Scotch iron
master, at Glasgow; aged II.
Fire: At Chipley, Fla, II buildings destroyed,
with loss of $100,0 -E0-.
Accident: Is lives lost in fire which penned
in and drowned working party in new
tunnel crib at Cleveland.
10. Shipwreck: The Klondike steamer Islander
struck an iceberg off Douglas island and went
down with many, passengers on board; Ct
deaths. ~
Sporting: Cresceus defeated The Abbot at
Brighton Beach, breaking the trotting record
i. for racing; time, 2:03K.
IL. Obituary: Thomas Murphy, formerly noted
Republican politician and collector of the
port of New York under Grant, at Long
Branch; aged 80.
10. Explosion: ID bridge workrnen killed by the
explosion of a store of dynamite at Herkimer
N. Y.
shipwreck: The steamer Go1conda capsized in
the Ohio river near Paducah, KY, drowning
IS people. -..
20. Explosion and Fire. killed and 175 injured
At the Atlant1c rennlng plant, 5folnC Breeze
N. j. -..
Fire: In Richmond, Va, the ]. Wright Cigar
Co. building destroyed; loss 100000,
%. Obituary: Gunner Wennerberg, Swedish poet |
and composer, at Stockholm; aged "a.
"a. Obituary: Gen. Robert Williams, U. s. A.,
retired, who married the widow Of Stephen
Douglas at Plainfeld, N. j.; aged e.
g. Convention: The triennial conclaye Of the |
Knights Templars opened at Louisville
2s Explosion: The steamboat City of Trenton, |
plying the Delaware river, exploded her boil !!
ers above Philadelphia, killing II persons and |
injuring many others.
3d. Accident: killed in q wreck on the Pennsyl. |
vania railroad at Fairvi1le, N. Y.
30. Obituary: Brig. Gen. William Ludlow, o. s. |
A., civil war veteran distinguished in the |
Spanish American war, at Convent, N. j.; |
aged SO.
Accident: sc killed and 10 injured in wre
on the Great Northern at Nyack, Mon.
II. Storm: Torrents of rain flooded Cleveland al.
damaged property to the amount Of nearly
81, 900, 0OO. /
Obituary: Lorimer Stoddard actor and play |
wright, son Of the poet and critic, R. H.
Stoddard, at Sag Harbor, N. Y; aged 3d.
Sporting: Yankee won the Futurity Stakes at
Sheepshead Bay.
SEPTEMBER.
L Convention: The Methodist Episcopal con-