Morris tribune., 1902-01-04

widow Of Josh Billings, once the prince o.
American humorists, al Saratoga Springs, Nj
r.; aged 81
| r. Fire: At Thomas, W. Va, loss Of 100000 BY
the burning of go buildings.
L. Shipwrecks: During a gale on the British
coasts several vessels were lost, among them
the Swedish bark Trio with OF her crew.
the Norwegian bark Imra with 10 sailors, the
Irish steamer Whiteaboy with sailors and
passengers and revenue cutter with % OF her
crew; total loss of life in the gale, 100.
Earthquake: In Utah 20 distinct shocks were
felt beginning at Salt Lake City; loss, $500, 4
000
Boer War: The Beers attacked and DESTROYED q
strong British patrol at Brakspru;t in the
Transvaal, killing g. wounding l6 and taking
the rest prisoners.
H. Boer War: Col. Byng's British column at
tackled near Hebron, Orange River Colony,
by force under De Wet, losing IA killed
and wounded.
Obituary: Mrs. Samuel F. B. Morse, widow Of.
| the inventor ofathe American telegraph, in
Berlin; aged 70. Col. j. H. Mapleson the
tsdiseoverer of Patti, in London
ID. Earthquake: Erzerum, in Asiatic Turkey,
visited by so shocks; % persons killed and
many buildings wrecked.
Fire: The country house of Charles T. Barney
Of New York at Southampton, N Y, burned;
loss, 100000 The Cudahy packing estab-
hshment at Kansas City burned; loss $780,
Sporting: Jeffries defeated Rubin at San Fran.
cisco in a bout for the heavyweight cham.
pionship of the world. b
Obituary: DIR. Albert Leary Gihon, commodore
U. S. N, retired, formerly medical director
of the navy and writer of medical works, in
New York city; aged So.
16. Sporting: Henri Fourier, the French auto
mobilist, established new worlds record by
covering a mile in 81 40 seconds on the
Coney Island boulevard, Brooklyn Yale de1
feated Princeton IL to in the annual foot
ball contest at New Haven.
Obituary: Col W. H. Powell, us A., retired,
civil veteran and we'll known military
writer, at sacket's Harbor, N. Y; aged SO.
Accident: deaths in a fire in the Pocahontas
coal mine, Bluefelds, w. Va.
Fire: The Hutchinson dormitory at Yale de-
stroyed loss, $150,O00. Z
49, Obituary: DR.. w. F. Norris, professor Of
ophthalmology at the University Of Pennsyl.
vania, noted eye specialist and the author Of
works on ophthalmology, in Philadelphia;
aged g. Col. j. T. K. Hayward, noted west.
railway builder, in Chicago; aged 50.
20. Accident: 25 miners killed and nearly 100
injured by suffocation from smoke and gas
during fire at the Smuggler-Union mine at
Telluride Colo.
Obituary: Maj. William Wayne, a lneal de.
scendant of MAD Anthony Wayne, the ReH@
olutionary hero, at Paoi, Delaware county,
Pa; aged e. Abram E. Elmer, veteran
who was at the battle of Orskany and saw
Gen. Herkimer shot, at Utica; aged nearly
120
Accident: men killed and II passengers and
trainmen injured in head on collision on
the Santa Fe road near Franconia, Ariz.
Colombian War: The city of Colon, isthmus Of
Panama. captured by Liberal insurgents;
Commander McCrea, U. S. vessel Machias,
landed force of marines to protect the rail-
road. -.. 10 d
g. Sporting: Harvard won the intercollegiate
football championship game on Soldiers field,
+ Cambridge; score, % to 0. #x-
"a. Storm: A Texas wind and rain storm struck
the coast around New York city; lives lost
and property damaged to the extent Of $780,
900. .
g. Colombian War: The government troops de-.
feated the Liberals at Culebra and EmperadoI
Panama.
Accident: 26 persons killed and "a injured by a
s boiler explosion in the Penberthy injectorS
works in Detroit.
81. Obituary: Joseph Henry Thayer, emeritus pro-
fessor Of New Testament criticism and inter-
probation at Harvard university, in Cam
bridge; aged "A. Glenn Studebaker, the famous
wagon builder, at South Bend, Ind; aged TO-!
Ex-Gov. D. H. Waite Of Colorado, at Aspen
aged 76.
Accident: Nearly 100 killed and about the same
number injured in wreck and fire on the
Wabash railroad near Seneca, Mich.
%. Sporting: Terry McGoyern defeated by
''Young Corbett" (Billy RothwelD in rounds
for the featherweight championship at Hart
ford. ~
Colombian War: Gen. Alban, leader Of the Co
lombian force, consisting of 300 men, attacked
the Liberals under Gen. Berrera at Buena I
Vista and defeated =
Fire: New York city, factories at the foot Of
East 10th street burned loss, 81, 900, 900.
Obituary: George M. Pullman, second, son ofs I
the great builder, at San Mateo, Cal;
aged &C. 81. -'l
Sporting: Cornell defeated University of Penn
sylvania at football on Franklin field; score,
"a to 6.
10. Colombian War: The Liberals surrendered
Colon to Gen. A7ban, Colombian commander.
30. Obituary: DIR. Herman Strecker, sculptor
and entomologist of worldwide fame, at Read
ing; aged g.
Sporting: The West Point football team defeat
ed the Annapolis team at Franklin field;
score, IL to s.
DECEMBER.
/. Obituary: Albert Friedrich Weber, noted
oriental scholar, professor of the language
and literature of ancient India at the Univer-
sity of Berlin at Breslau; aged 76.
9. Political: Fhe 57th congress opened
Mscellaneou: The U. s. supreme court decided
that the Philippine Islands are American ter
ritory within the meaning Of the tariff laws. i
opened at Charleston
8. Shipwrecks: The British ship Nelson turned
turtle off Astoria, Or; the crew of % drown
ed. $50 people drowned by the sinking of ex-
cursion larnch off the Portuguese city of st.
Goa, India.
Fire: King & Co.'s plaster mills destroyed at
West Brighton, N. Y; loss, $150,00o.
1. Colombian War: The Colombian Liberal lead
er, Domingo Diaz, surrendered to- General Al
ban.
Obituary: Mrs. Donald G. Mitchell, wife Of the
noted author, Tx Marvel, at New Haven;
aged II. Sir William MacCormac, Bart,
president of the Royal College of Surgeons,
at Bath England aged IS.
Shipwreck: British bark Pinmore stranded and
. abandoned at the mouth of Raft river, WASH
ington; 6 sailors drowned.
Convention: The American Federation Of La
Dor met at Scranton, Pa.
Fire: At Wyandotte, Mich, the soda ash plant
Of the Michigan Alkai Co. destroyed; loss, =
$500,OOO.
Obituary: Capt. Richard B. Turner, keeper of
Libby prison at Richmond, Va, during the
civil war, at Suffolk; aged SO.
J. Fire: At Wilkesbarre, Pa, the Corn Exchange
building and other properties destroyed; loss,
100000.
Obituary: Gen. Allen C. Fuller, prominent in
Illinois public affairs during and since the