Morris tribune., 1902-01-04

hope was Abandoned. Mrs. Mckinley was at
the deathbed, and among the last words were
i those which viii pass into history Goods
will be done, not ours. ,,
The New President: Vice President Theodore
Roosevelt took the oath of Office as president
Of the United States at Buffalo. After taking
the oath he proclaimed the following pledge:
In this hour of deep and terrible national
bereavement / wish to state that it shall be
my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the
policy Of President Mckinley for the peace
and prosperity and honor Of our beloved coun-
try
Is. The Presidents Funeral: Services over the re-
mains of President Mckinley were held at
the Milburn house in Buffalo, and the body
was then escorted to city hall, where it lay in
state.
Is The Presidents Remains: The remains Of
President Mckinley were taken from Buffalo
to Washington and placed in the White House,
where they lay in state Later the casket was
removed to the capitol, where a state funeral
was held.
The Presidents Assassin: Leon +. Czolgosz,
alias Fred Nienan, was indicted at Buffalo
for the murder of President Mckinley.
II. Convention: The national encampment of the
Sons of Veterans opened in Providence
South African War: 8 companies of British
mounted infantry ambushed by the Beers at
Scheeper's nek in the Transyaai, losing 46
killed and wounded and $50 captured
Is. The Presidents Removal From Washington:
The funeral train Of President Mckinley reach
ed Canton and the remains lay in state in the
courthouse
Shipwreck: The British torpedo boat destroyer
Cobra foundered in the North sea; SO sailors
drowned
10. The Presidents Burial: Final honors paid to
the presidents remains at Canton After re.
igious services at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church the casket was placed in Wood
. cry and fha
chief officers of the government attended the
services Throughout the country there was
complete suspension Of business and reli-
gious and special memorial services were held
in every city and town
20. Obituary: c. G. Delmonico, the last of the
family of New York restaurateurs at Colorado
Springs.
81. Obituary: Simon sterne. an authority upon
railroad and constitutional law, in New York
city; aged 81.
Accident: 40 passengers killed in railway
wreck at Bucharest.
49, Fires: The State insane asylum, with out.
buildings burned at Norfolk, Va; loss $780,.
600! Plant of The Standard newspaper burned
at Anaconda Mon.; loss, $3.50, 900.
"a. Obituary: Judge jeremiah Wilson, noted
Washington lawyer, chief of Schley's counsel
in the inquiry case, at Washington; aged 60.
The Presidents Assassin: Leon F. Czolgosz con-
victed of the murder of President Mckinley.
Fire: 10 acres burned on the northwest
side in Chicago; loss, 100000.
26. Storm: 13 men drowned by cloudburst in
Presidio county, Tex.
%. South African Wars Boer attack on Fort
ITALIA, Natal, repulsed with heavy loss
Obituary: John G. Nicolay, secretary and biog-
rapher of Lincoln, in Washington; aged 70.
The Presidents Assassin: Leon F. Czolgosz SEN
fenced to be executed during the week Oct.
%.
81. Fire: The Plymouth Cordage Co. at North
Plymouth, Mass, burned out; loss, 100000
Obituary: Kirk B. Armour, head Of the Armour
Packing Co., at Kansas City.
%. Philippine Troubles: Company G., 9th U. S.
infantry, surprised by bolomen at Balagiga,
samar; $ officers and 40 men kill, ID, Is men
wounded and missing.
30. Fire: Muh's pork packing house burned at
Passaic, N. j.; loss, $1f5,000
OCTOBER.
/. Obituary: Ashel j. Severance, inventor Of the
diamond drill for boring rock, at Denver;
aged 70.
e. Fire: business block nearly destroyed at
Alton, ILL.,; loss, $500, 900.
Convention: The general convention of the Epis-
copal church met in San Francisco.
8. Obituary: Gen. George w. Getty, veteran Of
the Mexican and civil wars, at Forest Glen,
Md; aged 49,
I. Sporting: Race for the Americas cup won by |
Columbia on time allowance.
8. Colombian Revolution: The government troops
defeated force Of rebels on Magdalena river,
killing their leader and 100 men.
8. Convention: Annual reunion OF the Society of
the Army Of the Cumberland met at Louis
vile.
Q. Fire: The Peabody coal yards destroyed in
Chicago; loss, $500, 900.
10. Obituary: Lorenzo Snow, president of the
Mormon church, at Salt Lake City; aged 81.
Il. Shipwreck: So Japanese sailors lost in the |
wreck Of the steamer Fsuruhiko off Goto is
land. ..E 1.s. Fa".
6. Affairs In the Philippines: 400 bolomen re-
pulsed by 46 soldiers of the 9th infantry at |
Bagaion, island of Samar; 10 Americans and |
81 Filipinos killed.
8. Obituary: Ex-Governor John s. Pillsbury Of |
Minnesota, at Minneapolis; aged 70.
8. Obituary: Rear Admiral Francis NJ Bunce, |
U. s. N, retired, at Hartford, Conn; aged 65.
8. Obituary: Friedrich Preller famous German |
landscape painter, in Dresden aged &c.
4. Obituary: Prince Murat, grandson of Marshal |
Murat Napoleon's famous cavalry general in |
France; aged 81.
Fire: At Hammond, Ind, Hammond & Co.'s
packing house destroyed; loss, 100000.
s. Accident 5 miners killed and 20 injured by
an explosion in the Buttonwood mine at I
Wilkesbarre, Pa. ~
South African War: 100 British district troops
mutined in fight with SHUTS Boer COM
rnando and surrendered in body.
Fire: Hunt & Wilson's furniture establishment I
burned in Philadelphia; Is lives lost and
property damaged to the amount of 100000.
6. Fire: At Delmar, Del; loss of 100000 by the
burning of 60 public and business buildings.
7. Obituary: George W. Carleton, we'll known
New York publisher, at Saratoga; aged 10.
U. s. Consul L. W. Osborn, who changed the
history of Samoa during the rivalry for the
throne, at Apia.
8. Race Riot: whites and 81 negroes killed at
Balltown, La.
D. South African War: Gen. Bothas Beers at
tackled Col. Benson's British column near
Brakenlaagte, EASTERN Transvaal, inficting |
heavy loss; the British casualties were off,
GERS killed, including Col Benson, and Is
wounded, and 81 men killed and 100 wound |
ed; Gen. Botha led the charge in person.
|. Fire: At Newcastle. Wy; loss of 100000 by |
the destruction OF block Of business build
ings.
NOVEMBER.
}. Obituary: Maj. Alexander Sharp, q. 8. A.,
retired, brother-in-law of Gen. Grant and at
one time prominent in Washington military
circles, at the Preside, California; aged 76.
|. Fire: The business center Of Jennings, La,
destroyed; loss, $175, 600
Personal: NJ Santos Dumont, the French aero
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