The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-01-10
FIFE: The Gem City sawmill and lumber
yard burned at Quincy. Ill; loss 1850

: q. Obituary: Gen. Egbert L. vieie, note
7, officer in the Mexican and civil war
: In New York city; aged n.
Convention: 18th annual reunion Of IL
Confederate Veterans at Dallas, Tex.
, "a. Fires: In central Pennsylvania 81 800
900 worth OF property destroyed
burning forests At Croghan, N. Y
% buildings burned; loss, $500, 0OO
3d. Hurricane: people killed and man
injured at Joplin. Mo.
"a. Obituary. J. Sterling Morton, ex-set
rotary of agriculture and the ''Fathe
of Arbor day." in Chicago; aged TO-
Fire: AT Glens Falls, N. Y, loss of $500
900 by flames in the business section.
Is. Obituary: Sol Smith Russell, the actor
in Washington; aged "a.
! 80. Fire Panic: killed during a fir
alarm in the American Tobacco Co.
works, Philadelphia.
MAY.
2 Volcanic Eruption: A flow of lava fol
lowing an eruption of Mont Pelee
Island of Martinique, buried $50 peopl
and caused great destruction of prop
erty on the outskirts of st. Pierre.
Sporting: Arsenal won the Metropolis,
Handicap at Norris park New York.
4. btorms A cloudburst at Foss, Okla.
drowned persons and damaged tn
town to the amount of 5000 000 A
Tindstorm caused damage of $500, 900 II
st. Louis.
Obituary: Potter Palmer, noted multi
millionaire of Chicago, III that city
aged 49,
E. Political The first Cuban congress as.
sembled at Havana.
Fire: In New Milford. Conn; loss, $500,
000
6. Shipwreck: The British steamer Ca
morta foundered during cyclone In
the bay Of Bengal; over 700 people lost
Obituary: Rear Admiral William IT.
Sampson, U. S. NJ retired, in Wash
ington; aged 49, F. Bret Harte, the
author, at Camberley, England; aged
c.
Obituary: Paul Leicester Ford, the
novelist. killed by his brother Malcolm
Ford, in New York city; aged 81.
volcanic Disasters: st. Pierre, island of
Martinique, destroyed by the eruption
OF the volcano of Mont Pelee; loss of
life estimated over 10000. The same
day the volcano of La Soufriere. is
land of st. Vincent, broke out and de-
stroyed LOO lives. Many vessels lost
in the harbor of st. Pierre
y. Obituary: DR.. Sir Henry Morton, noted
American scientist president of the
Stevens Institute of Technology at
Hoboken, N. j., in New York city;
aged &C.
70. Explosion. An explosion of naphtha in
Il Il. II
near Pittsburg resulted in heavy loss
of life and damage amounting to
5000, 000
Anthracite Strike: The miners of Penn
sylvania went out on a strike. de-
handing shorter hours and increased
rates per ton.
10 Obituary. DR.. William Todd Helmuth.
noted surgeon and homeopathic. In
New York city; aged SO.
u Fire. Loss of 5000 900 by flames n, tba
Armour lard refinery, Chicago. Loss
OF 100000 in a tannery fire at Catta-
raugus, NJ Y.
Y. Riots white officers of the law and
negroes killed at Pittsburg, a suburb |
of Atlanta
trict swept with loss of $500, 900.
Tornado At Goliad, Tex about 100 |
people killed and as many injured.
T. Explosion: 220 deaths caused by eas
explosion In the Fraterville mine, Coal
Creek Tenn
0. Political: President Estrada Palma in
stalled as executive of the Cuban re-
public.
Obituary: E. l.. Godkin. noted American
editor at Brixham, England; aged II.
L FIRE; At Maysville, KY, the Enter
prise tobacco warehouse burned; loss.
$780, 0O -0''
Obituary: Francis varga, a prominent
oincer OF Hungary under the revoIu-
tlon OF hossuth, at Leon, Ia; aged a.
l. obituary: Mrs. Lily Martin Spencer.
noted American artist in New York
city; aged II. Annie Clark, well known
actress of the Boston Museum Co. in
Chicago; aged S.
F1re; The town of Clover Halifax coun
", va, nearly destroyed; loss, 500 OO0
Explosion: Over 100 miners persisted bv
gas explosion in the Crows Nest coal
mine at Fernie B. c.
Fire: 800 cars burned In the RuffaIo
stockyards; loss. 5000, 000
storm Extensive damage to propertv
Dy a severe storm In Illinois Nebras-
ka, Missouri and Kansas
FIRE; Loss of $100,0 900 at Johnstown. O.
Obituary: Lord Pauncefote, British am
bassador to the United States. in
Washington; aged a.
Sporting: Reina won the Rrook,vn
Handicap at Gravesend.
storm: people killed and crops dam
aged to the amount of 500. 900 by q
violent thunderstorm in Spartanburg
county, S. c..
Obituary: Henry Greville (Alice Marie
DuranD. noted French author. in
Paris; aged 60. Jean Benjamin Com
slant, noted French painter, in Paris:
aged So.
south African War: Terms of peace
signed by the Boer representatives and
the British officials at Pretoria.
JUNE.
South African War: Terms of neaca
published in England The TransvaaI
Boers surrender nationality accent
small indemnity and pay no war taY
put secure amnesty for prisoners of
war Va
Sporting: Ard Patrick won the Eng
fish Derby.
IRE; In Hegerwisch, a suburb of Chi
cago the Illinois Car Co.'S nIa,t
burned; loss, s1.0OO0O0.
Fire Disaster: 10 killed and 70 iniurad
at the burning of the sanitarium Of
the st. Lukes society, Chicago.
tornado: 20 persons killed and manv
injured on the White Earth Indian
reservation. Minnesota.
vest Point Centennial: Bepinnjne 81
me celebration commemorative tina :.
rounding of the National Militarv ~
academy.
ire' AT Saratoga the Arcade, Citizens,
pank block and Theater Saratog.
burned; loss, 100000 lives lost.
tornado: IL people killed and pronertv
damaged to the amount of 81. 600 600 Nv
a storm which swept over Illinois
flre' Alexander City, Ala. wined ONT
by flames; loss, $3.50, 900
sporting: Gold Heels won the Suburb H.
an Handicap at Sheepshead Bav.
Opituary; Very Rev. Il. A. Hoffman
ueah OF the General Theological semi,