Morris tribune., 1902-01-04

central STATES caused Dy excessive TaIufaLl,
loss Of So, 100000 along the Ohio.
%. The town of Chester, Mass, inundated by the
bursting of a dam at Middlefield.
%. China: The German brigade under Cen 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 Us.
25. Catastrophe: By an explosion in the electro
chemical works at Greisheim Germany, 80
people were killed and 100 injured.
Is. Fire: At Latrobe Pa, the plant Of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Go. burned; loss, $3.50, DOC.
Obituary: James Douglas Reid, pioneer in es-
tablishing the American electric telegraph
system, in New York city.
90. Sporting: His Eminence won the Kentucky
Derby at Louisville.
go Sporting: McGovern defeated the s.Omaha
Kid for the featherweight championship of
the world at San Francisco.
MAY.
T. Fire: 148 blocks burned in Jacksonville, Fla. j;
loss (estimated), $15,oooo00.
Sporting: Banastar won the Metropolitan Handi-
cap at Morris park.
s. Fire. In Philadelphia, Webb & Co.'s ware
house burned; loss over S300,G00.
q. Fire: Loss of $4,000 by the burning Of the
Field Tool plant at Lowell, Mass; loss, $780,
900.
9. Financial: Panic in Wall street over a corner
in Northern Pacific.
II. Sporting: santoi won the English Jubilee.
II. Fire: Del Ray, suburb of Detroit, swept by
flames; loss, $s00,0G
10. shipwreck Steamer City of Paducah sank at
Grand Tower, H., carrying down passengers
and % sailors.
Is. Explosion: miners killed and fatally in
iured at the Georges Greek Coal and Iron
Co., Pennington, w. Va.
16, Fire: At Elizabeth N. j., the American
steam laundry burned; loss, 100000
Labor Troubles: During trolley strike at Al
bany the militia fired into crowd, killing 2
citizens
Is. Fire: Thomas B. Wannamaker's country house
at Meadowbrook Farms destroyed; loss (esti-
mated, $500, 900.
10. Obituary: NJ W. Pretorius, first president Of
the Transvaal Republic, at Johannesburg; aged
90 Obituary: Gen. Fitz John Porter, u. s. A.,
retired, noted Federal leader during the
civil war, at Morristown, N. j.; aged 70.
Pan-American Exposition: The fair opened to
the public.
o. Floods: lives lost and property valued at
$1,OOo,0O0 destroyed by foods in East Tennes-
see. ~
Obituary: Ex-Congressman Charles A. Boutelle
Of Maine, noted Republican leader, at;
Waverly, Mass; aged 81.
%. Shipwreck: The Norwegian bark Elsie run
down off Sable island by the steamer Ohio Of
the Wilson line and IA of the crew lost.
"a. Explosion: Over 80 deaths by explosion in the
Universal colliery, Wales.
Shipwreck: Steamer Baltimore lost in a storm
on Lake Huron near Au Sable; IL sailors lost.
%. Sporting: Conroy won the Brooklyn Handi-
cap at Gravesend.
26. Accident: killed and many injured in
trolley crash at Albany.
q. Explosion: 81 miners killed by explosion
in the Richland mine, near Dayton, Tenn.
30. Drowning Accident: picniekers drowned by
the loss of a rowboat at Flat Rock dam,
Schuylkill river, near Philadelphia.
81. South African War: The British under Gen.
Knox lost ia killed and wounded in des-
perate fight at Vladfontein, the Durham
johannesburg railroad, with Beers under Gen.
Dietary.
2. Fire: The town of Jasper, Jasper county,
Tex, destroyed; loss, 100000
Obituary: James A. Herne, noted American
character actor, in New York city; aged 81.
5. Sporting: Volodyovsky the English Derby.
g. Obituary: Rev. William GLAND Bourne an old
time writer, poet and G.. A. R. editor, at
Montclair, N j.; aged 80.
a. Sporting: Cap and Bells IL won the Oaks
Stakes at Epsom
Storm: IL people killed and many injured by
hail and cloudburst in Oklahoma.
Q. Obituary: Edward Moran, noted painter OF
marine and landscape scenes in New York
city; aged r.
TO- Disaster: 16 deaths in a mine explosion in
the Port Royal mines at Port Royal, Pa.
Obituary: Waller Besant, noted English novel;
list and author, in London; aged IS. Robert
Buchanan, English poet, novelist and dram
atist in London; aged 60.
L. South African War: The Transvaal Beers sur
prised the Australian Mounted rifles in camp
near Wolmansrust, killing and wounding so
H. Fires: At West Baden, Ind, the West Baden
hotel destroyed; loss, 100000. In Lynn,
Mass the Empire theater burned; loss $780,
900. 4
ID. Obituary: Gen. Max Weber, German vet
eran of the American civil war; in New York
city; aged II.
Sporting: Alcedo won the Suburban Handicap,
at Sheepshead Bay. -. s...
Is. Cheri won the Grand Priy at LongchampS
Is. Obituary: Hazen s. Pingree, ex-governor of
Michigan, in London; aged 81 Louis Aldrioh,
noted American actor, at Kennebunkport, Me-,
aged So.
.9 Obituary: Gen. John B. Turchin, noted vet
eran of the civil war, at Anna, H.. aged 70.
70. Obituary: Gen. Robert Nugent, noted Irish
brigade leader in the civil war, in New York
city; aged IT,
Fires: In St. Louis, the sickles saddlery plant
and other property destroyed; loss, 100000.
At Bear Lake, Mimi, the mill of the Tower
Lumber Co. destroyed; loss, $3.50, 000
Tornado: Z people killed and many injured by |
windstorm in the Keya Paha valley, Nebraska.
4. Political Assassination: Hoshi Toru, noted
Japanese statesman, formerly minister to
Washington, assassinated for political reasons.
Disaster: II deaths from fireworks explosion
at Paterson, N J.
2. Shipwreck: 6 deaths in the wrecking Of the !
British bark Falkland off the coast of Califor- ]
MIA, on Bishops rock.
Sporting: Robert Waddell won the Chicago |
Derby.
Tornado: At Pittsburg, deaths, and property |
valued at $50o,000 destroyed.
Fire: In Newark, N. j., a brush factory and |
other property burned loss, 100000.
A. Obituary: Gen. Hans Lothar Won Schweinitz, |
noted German soldier and diplomat, at Cassel,
Prussia; aged 70.
Flood Disaster: 36 deaths by rainstorm foods |
in the Elk Horn valley, W. Va.
s. Obituary: Dr. Joseph Flavius Cook, formerly |
noted lecturer and writer, at Tconderoga, |
N. Y; aged So.
Z. Financial Troubles: The Seventh National |
bank of New York city suspended payment.
Sporting: Yale won the varsity race over Har-
ward at New London; time, 23:57.
g. Financial Troubles: Marquand & Co., pro-
motors in New York city. failed, with heavy /
liabilities.
g. Fire: In the business district of Bradford, ]
Pa; loss, 100000.
O. Personal: Maj Gen. W. R. Shafter retired
from active service and transferred the COM