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question. - 4, bonn re-.
scved from, The cases Of ths = su ,s,'l
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c,n,Inn and reorganization Of We bureau g
whnn Mr.. Pnlmcr's successor as 'Ei''
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ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Baptist Sunday Schools Make
Their Reports.

THE sunday School Association Of Rich
mond and Manchester held Its monthly
meeting with Emmanuel Baptist Church
Yesterday afternoon. MIR. w. D.. Duke
presided. The following reports for the
month Of August from the different
schools were reAd: 5s 8
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Bitten By Dog.
Especial to The TImes-DIspatch.) N

--"--7 Especial 10 The TIHes-D1spdtc1IJ ~ w
s BALTIMORE, MD, Sept lo'-Iienry
10 TIC Pas,c1ir department OF the Bal
timore CITY Hospital with his lower, lip
torn In half and other wounds, resulting
from the attack Of a large dog at Etiln-
burg Va. y.fj5 fg.lI
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FINE Showing MADE
FOR south D! !. !. /. BOSTON 0: !. D
Report On the Business l7'uzi 3. q That nat
Tobacco Market for the Year y
Very Gratifying One.

~ (spoclnl to The Tlmes--Dlspntch.)
soSnTII BOSTON. YA,,s september TO-
The Importance of so9eh BospIn az rba
annual report Of PresIdent.I. B. Johnson
Of Tie probac co Board Of Trade. recently
Submitted makes a fine shoWlng' u
~ ~ n summary tof the transactions on
l'esUM ~, Rnafn an market for the tobacco year,
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Mrs.;Eliza Frances Mitchell.
siI9. MR., Viy,,nc nignatch.N. s3i

ABINGDON. VA. September lo.-Mrs.
Eliza / Frances Mitchell, widow Of the
late John D.. Mitchell. died this morning
at 8 o'clock at her home on East MAN
s;rce:, 5of general brsakdown.the n a i,na
~, rjd.yI2 since the; death Of her youngest
ding ',tcT which occurred some six we s''s.
bgn. Z, Re. ,,,. Girl
Mrs. Mitchell was q very young Ell ~
jnge OF fifteen was married to John p:
Mitchell. At the time Of her deaf sno
had lived longer in Abingdon G tha1 any
Ate flag floated in Abingdon was un.
Fiji from. her front porch. She, is~sur-
svIyeds BY four sons and one daughter
THE funeral services Will be held q t hs
residence on Tuesday morning. ana ne
finterment will be made In Sinking Spring
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Du Brute Cutler.

(specIal to The Times DIspatch,) ,.-
!. I'd WI NsIGN -sA LEM, n Gu, SEPTEMBER e,,
n NJ died lat the hospital here to.
day after brief Illness caused ~, ,!
ptlralysIs. 7 H!s,nge was thirty-nine years,
Mr. cutler moved here tWo y his VIE, fsV
i hnnth In ,, That city. Ills remains left
4ere ts af,arncoa Tor Wilmington w where
tho lnterment Will take PLACE n,har rSMH H
were accompanied by his p nd sIr and
M n, r Justice, OF Greensboro, brot her-
In .inw and sister Of deceased.
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lanes V. Chiffon.
I. NH 1Ntnns- DianatChO

tWlAHnENIoS VA, se sP Sams here 1e.r
I n .aay u He had been sick FOR some M,
Weeks. The deceased was well- I5nr,% 2
citizen Of this town an, eolntts Ran u1s
the war he served WITH MosDs one time
hn :. re %rs Fauqu!er county ms Com
mon Meniths Attorney The later yea Sa naS
az liz life had been devoted 70 he"sl'Apo'
.,,nrL n ia llmarcantlle buslness, a.
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8Tohn M Anderson.

Especial e The TlmessI a pls an, [ot To-
z INN nSts AZ Anderson, q well,known retired
medlate family died 1hs afser sm,ith y WI tfs
ha I'M resided for many years, IN
,hs c t. aged e!ghty,tWo years. ,d He
was Was never SSs married, and had been IN fal1'
~ ~ , TT. Crist,
III. (speoial to The Times-Dspatcho
h 5,y;y,,.INsTo SALEM N. C., September
,oi-Mr.I y. +, Crlst, the oldest Odd Fellow
-, r. IA State, is dead here, a the age or
~ St tsyy-nine years, He had been totally
Blind for thirteen years
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CHRIST BURDEN
IS EASY TO. BEAR {: M
II IS the Yoke Of Love Which
Transforms
It.
PASTOR AALE y SERMON ION
Comforting Words for His Con-
grcgation at Seventh Street
Christian Church.

Rev. j. j. Haley pastor of the Seventh
Street Christian Church, delivered an
able sermon yesterday morning OF,
'tChrists Yoke G
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Representative Men.

The body, which VIII meet here mex
representative men in all parts Of tn
country. who. either make their LYME
An especially attractive programme hn
been prepared, and some very lmportan
subjects are up for. general discussion.
The list of officers and the progranlm
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NATURES MOODS

JANUARr
y. 81 people killed and over 100 injured
In cyclone at MOundville. La.
FEBRUARY.
Y. Catawissa. Pa. swept by Q food of the
Susquehanna river; loss over e. .00o, 600.
MARCH
10. Flood ON the Susquehanna In Wyo-
ming valley. Pennsylvania: loss, 3s 500
009
n. Earthquake shocks In New England.
2. Reunion islands. Indian ocean. deyas-
tated by a cyclone: loss. q. 10000.
q. Flood In Grand river caused O loss Of
100000 at Grand Rapids. Mich.
APRIL
S. Earthquake shocks destroyed l,5o0
houses in kissovo and Salonika Mace.
tlonia: g lives lost.
%. Geld wave prevailed In central and
northern New York.
IS. II lives lost in a tornado which swept
over Fairland. ]. T.
%. 20 deaths from cloudburst in Colorado.
JUNE
D. Furious storm on land and water Mt
New York and vicinity.
JULY.
30 Flood at Trinidad. Colo. caused loss
OF a.oo.0o
AUGUST.
.. l. persons killed in a tornado which
devastated a region around st. Paul
and Minneapolis; loss in property esti-
mated $2,5O0.00
NOVEMBER.
8. Earthquake in Formosa-
u. Cyclonic storm swept the whole coun-
try.
DECEMBER.
u. Fierce snow and wind storm on the
New England coast: many vessels
ashore.
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M ISC ELL A NEO US

JANUARY.
H. The Mad Mollah's forces routed at
Jidballi, Somaliland. by the British
under Gen. Edgeron; 1000 dervishes
killed, with but slight loss to the
British.
FEBRUARY.
H. United States warships and marines
had a spirited action with Dominican
insurgents at Santo Domingo.
H. The Turkish General Shimsi Pasha,
with force numbering 2,5O0, routed
20,000 Albanians who were besieging
Babajhosi, inficting a loss. of 500
killed and wounded
MARCH
l8 d. J. Sully. the sensational cotton
broker, failed in New York city.
81. The Tibetans defeated in battle with
British under Col, Younghusband at
Guru British India.
So The worlds fair at St. Louis opened
with inaugural ceremonies.
g. The English under Col. Younghusband
defeated the Tibetans in battle at
kharola pass.
10 Ion Perdicaris, an American citizen of
Greek origin. kidnapped in Tangier by
the bandit Raisouli.
= JUNE.
Is Count Bobrikoff. Russian governor Of
Finland, assassinated.
e. Cruguays army defeated by revOlu-
tionists: over 1900 killed and wounded.
JULY.
& Senor Dupuy de Lone, Spanish minis
ter to the United States in 1898, died at
Paris.
8 Platform OF the railway station at In
dependence, Colo, crowded with nom
rnion miners. blown up by dynamite:
r, IL miners killed.
~ Gen. Jose Toral who surrendered San
died at Madrid.
Il 900 men in Chicago and other meat
packing centers struck on the question
of wages.
T. 30. 900 operatives in the Fall River cot
ton mills struck against a reduction
of wages.
& United States squadron commanded by
Admiral Theodore F. Jewell sailed
from Villefranche to Smyrna to en-
force demands on the sultan of Tu--
key.
II. Battle between German troops and the
HereroS in German Southwest Africa.
Count Won Armin killed. The natives
numbered 5000 and lost heavily.
L. Birth of an heir to the Russian throne.
2s. NJ. Plehve, Russian minister OF the in
terror asSassinated in Warsaw.
SEPTEMBER.
To- Treaty embodying the full terms de-
manded by Great Britain signed at
Lassa. Tibet.
II. Russian warship Lena entered the
port of San Francisco.
l5 Russian cruiser Lena at San Francis
co ordered diSmantled and held to the
end of the war.
OCTOBER.
L All American cable and telegraph to
Alaska completed
Il. Russian Baltic feet fired upon Eng
lish fishing boats during the night In
the North sea: l fishing vessel sunk.
2 English fishermen killed and several
wounded.
q. The new New Yorf subway electric
road opened to the public with cere-
monies
NOVEMBER
10. Statue OF Frederick the Great unveiled
in Washington.
The zemstvo presidents OF Ruxsio con-
vened at st. Petersburg to advocate
political reform in the empire.
1. Louisiana Purchase exposition closed
at St. Louis.
Gen. Porfirio Diax inaugurated president
Of Mexico for the seventh term.
8. Panic in Wall street.
u. Political riot in ST. Petersburg provok-
ed by a meeting of the Social Demo-
cratic Labor party.
%. International commission to tnveSti-
gate the North sea incident met in
Paris.
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4 Arbitration treaty concluded between
the United States and Italy.
A c CT D e N T S
JANUARY.

JANUARY.
8. I! people killed and 81 injured in a
head-on collision on the Rock Island
at Willard. Kan.
n. il workmen killed and 30 injured bv
an explosion in the Cambria Steel
works at Johnstown. Pa.
70. 10 gold miners killed by the falling OF
cage at the Stratton Independence
mine, Victor Colo.
$50 miners killed by fire damp explo-
sion in the Harwick shaft, Cheswick,
Pa.
H. &C people killed and 30 wounded by dy-
AIniis exis.osian at Jackson. Utah.
MARCH.
z. q deaths in the collapse of Hotel Dar-
lington. under construction in New
York city.
5. killed and Is injured by dynamite
explosion at Bradenburg. Pa.
APRIL.
Ii. By the explosion of 1000 pounds of
powder on board the United States
battleship Missouri. during target
practice off Pensacola, Fla, officers
and "a sailors lost their lives
q. An explosion in the Novelty torpedo
plant at Findlay. O.. killed II opera
tives and injured Is
26. 10 people killed and II injured by the
explosion Of the towboat Fred wilson
in the Ohio river at Louisville.
JULY.
g. 10 people killed and 40 injured in q
wreck on the Wabash railroad at
Itchfeld. Ill.
TO- II killed and 81 injured in a collision
on the Greenwood branch of the Erie
railroad at Midvale, N. J.
L. Is killed and so injured in the wreck of
i church excursion train in the SUBJ
urbs of Chicago.
Z. The Missouri Pacific Worlds Fair
''fier" wrecked near Eden. Colo; 81
killed and many injured.
81. killed and z3 injured in a wreck on
the Grand Trunk at Richmond. Que.
SEPTEMBER
s. killed and 30 injured in a wreck on
the Wabash road at Pendleton. Mo.
u. 10 killed and many injured by dyna-
mite explosion at Melrose. Mass.
"a 62 people killed and 125 injured in
collision on the Southern railway at
Newmarket. Tenn.
OCTOBER.
TO- 20 killed and 60 hurt in a wreck on the
Missouri Pacific at Warrensburg, Mo.
g. Over 80 miners killed in an explosion
in mine No. at Tercio. Colo.
NOVEMBER.
2 10 miners killed in a shaft accident at
Nanticoke, Pa. .-v
L. 8 people killed in a collision on the
Union Pacific at Azusa, Wyo.
DECEMBER.
g. II miners killed by explosion in the
Burnett mine at Tacoma, Wash.
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RECORD OF 1904
Events of the Year In
Review.
The RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
miscellaneous Affairs, Games and
Races, and Items Of Personal and
FoI1tical lnterest-LOsses by Acct.
dents and Explosions, Fire and
StOrms-A Classified Summary.
RUSSO JAPANESE WAR

FEBRUARY.
.. Russia and Japan dissolved diplomatic
relations.
6. The long awaited Russian reply to
Japans note forwarded to Tokyo by
Viceroy Alexeieff.
z. Japanese troops landed at the Korea n
port Of Masampho, commanding the
straits
.. Actual hostilities begun by japan.
japanese warships attacked the Rus
sian cruiser Variag and the gunboat
korietz outside the harbor of Chemul-
po. the Korean port Of Seoul, and sunk
them.
3. The Japanese fleet made a night at
tack at Port Arthur disabling the
Russian battleships Cesarevitch and
Retvizan and the cruiser Pallada with
shells and torpedoes.
H. The mikado Of Japan issued a formal
declaration OF war against Russia.
To- The Russian cruiser Boyarin blown up
IN the harbor Of Port Arthur by acci-
dental collision with a Russian tor
pedo; 1877 men lost.
II. Kuropatkin appointed to command
the Russian army in the east
a. The Russian feet repulsed the Japa-
nese in an attempt to block the chan
mel at Port Arthur. sinking some of
the japanese transports by shells.
MARCH.
vOstok.
TO- Russian torpedo boats made a sortie
at Port Arthur, sinking a Japanese
ship and losing q destroyer sunk in
action.
16 The Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Skorri sunk by floating mine at
Port Arthur.
g. Fifth attack of the japanese fleet on
Port Arthur.
n. The japanese failed in an attempt to
block the channel at Port Arthur.
APRIL.
g. Advance detachments of the Japa-
nese army commanded by General Ku-
roki crossed the Yalu river at several
points and occupied positions on the
right bank.
Is. Naval battle in the outer roadstead at
Port Arthur. The Russian battleship
Petropavlovsk sunk by mine or tor
pedoes. carrying down Admiral Maka-
rolf. together with crew of over GOO.
Versschagin, the noted Russian battle
painter. among the lost.
H. The Russian Admiral Skrydloff ap-
pointed to succeed Admiral Makarof.
&. The Russian Vladivostok squadron
suddenly appeared at Wonsan, eastern
Korea, and sank Japanese merchant
ship.
e. General Kuroki forced the passage Of
the river Yalu forty miles above Wiju.
MAY.
1. Climax of days fighting west of tho
Yalu. General kurokfs Japanese army
routed the Russians 10 miles above An
tung. driving General Zassoulitch's
army toward Fengwangcheng. Rus
the Japanese loss, 700 in all. Russians
ha Anf,lnp
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munications from Port Arthur north
ward
& The Russians hastily evacuated New
chwang after dismantling the forts
and destroying the artillery.
A. Dalny captured from the Russians by
the Japanese army and navy.
5. The Japanese battleship Hatsuse sunk
off Port Arthur by Russian mine,
and the japanese cruiser Yoshino sunk
by collision with her consort, the Ka-'
suga.
6. The Japanese cruiser Miyako sunk by
a Russian mine.
4. The Russian garrison at Port Arthur.
led by General Stoessel. made bril-
liant sortie. defeating the japanese
with loss of over 1000 men.
q. Decisive battle at Nanshan hill pre-
venting the reinforcement of Port
Arthur by Russians from the north.
JUNE.
s. The Russian Vladivostok fleet de-
stroyed Japanese vessels in the
strait of Korea: japanese loss. LOCO
men.
6. The Russian General Stakelberg de-
feated in an attempt to relieve Port
Arthur from the north with 14.OOO men.
g. Sortie Of the Russian fleet at Port Ar
thur checked by Admiral Togo's de-
stroyers: Russian battleship sunk. !
battleship and l cruiser disabled.
T. Russians defeated in a hours fight
at Molten pass by General kurokfs 3
army and retreated toward Liaoyang.
JULY.
& Japanese destroyers repulsed in an at
tack on the Russian fleet in Port Ar
thur: destroyers were sunk by fire
from the Russian batteries.
a. Russians under General Keller le-
pulsed IN an attempt to recapture
Molten pass from the japanese: kel-
ler's loss. LOCO killed and wounded.
s. The Russian Vladivostok squadron
sunk the American steamer Knight
Commander off the province OF iZu.
Japan.
3. Russians retreated to Haicheng. Jap
anese occupied Newchwang.
Tie Russian Vladivostok squadron SELF
ed the British steamer Chalcas on
japan, and he Russian volunteer
steamer Smolensk seized the British
steamer Formosa in the Red sea
.S-2S Russian ships attacked the Japa.
nese fleet and batteries at Port Arthur
on the 26th and 9th. From the 18th
to 18th the Japanese land troops at
tackled the Russian works at Port Ar
thur.
d. Desperate fighting between General
Kuropatkin's force and the Japanese
under Kuroki. Oku and Nodzu at
Yanstse pass, east Of Liaoyang ana
near Haicheng. Russians defeated'
losing General Keller, killed.
AUGUST.
q. Sortie of the Russian ships at PoT
Arthur. The squadron comprised
battleships, cruisers and torpedo
boats. The Russian commander, Rear
Admiral Without. killed In an At
tempt to fight his way through the
Japanese lines Several Russian YES
sells escaped to sea. and the remainder
returned to Port Arthur.
L Battle between the Russian Vladivos-
tok squadron In the strait OF Korea
and the Japanese The Russian cruis.
er Rurik sunk.
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of sha river. Com Gen. kuropatkin.
bined losses in 10 days fighting esti-
mated at $4,000 killed and wounded
70. General attack by the japanese upon
the eastern fortified ridge at Port Ar
thur unsuccessful. The assailants
gained East Keekwan fort the key to
the ridge. but were driven out by a
Russian counter attack. Loss Of the
japanese, 1,5O0.
NOVEMBER.
1S. Second division of Russia's Baltic
feet sailed for the far east
Russian destroyer Rastoropny blown up
at Chefu by her commander.
IL. Japane attack on Lone Tree hill
rer{yssed-
&c. JatF iese began a desperate general at
tacn on the Russian works at Port
Arthur
DECEMBER
l. Jaranese captured Two Hundred and
Three Meter hill at Port Arthur after
desperate battle.
!. FirsI ar.g.is at Port Arthur for
bury ing the dead.
II. japanese siege guns bombarded Port
Arthur
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S II l p DIS A ST RS

JANUARY.
8. 81 passengers drowned In the foun-
dering Of the Pacific coast steamer
Clallam In the strait OF Juan de Fuca
FEBRUARY.
q. IA deaths during a fire on the Pacific
coast steamship Queen OF the Wash
tngtOn coast.
g. The American schooner Herald of the
Morning lost near Dakar. Africa: Is
drowned.
30 The English bark Lady Cairns sunk
In collision with the German bark
Mona off Dublin. losing her crew of -
70. The British steamer Turret Bay
wrecked OF Cape North. Cape Breton;
Ii drowned.
16 The New York excursion steamer Gem
erai Slocum burned in Long Island
sound S12 persons on q church excur-
sion trip lost their lives.
a. Danish steamer Norge, from Copen-
hagen for New York. wrecked on a
rock of the Hebrides: nearly 500 pas
sengers. chiefly immigrants. lost.
AUGUST.
u. The British bark Inverkip sunk in
collision of Fastnet rock. Ireland; 20
drowned.
SEPTEMBER.
Y. The schooner Alvira D. French of
Bangor, Me-, lost OF Montauk Point,
L. l.; sailors drowned.
OCTOBER.
g. British steamer Call of New London,
Prince Edward Island. wrecked In the
gulf OF st. Lawrence; 10 sailors lost.
y. The New Brunswick schooner Went
worth wrecked upon Chatham bar.
Massachusetts; IL people. including
the captain and his family. drowned.
u. British schooner Melrose wrecked of
Florida coast; Z lives lost.
DECEMBER.
II. 8 lives lost in the burning Of the
steamer Glen Island in Long Island
sound.
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Japan demanded the surrender of Port

a. japan demanded the surrender Of Port
Arthur.
3. General Gtoessel. Russian commander
at Port Arthur, refused to surrender
the post.
0. The Russian cruiser Noyik, which es-
capped from Port Arthur Aug. 10, sunk
on Sakhalin by Japanese cruisers.
.. Beginning of the great battle of Lao.
yang. Russians driven northward
S-2S. The Russians repulsed repeated at
tacks by the Japanese at Port Arthur.
8. General Kuropatkin concentrated his
army at Liaoyang on both banks Of
the Taitse river.
!. Desperate attacks of the japanese at
Liaoyang repulsed.
SEPTEMBER
General Kuropatkin held his lines
south OF Liaoyang against the fierce
attacks of the armies under Oku and
Nodxu.
General Kuroki crossed the Taitse
east OF Liaoyang. turning the Russian
left flank.
3. The Japanese under General Kuroki
defeated the Russians northeast of
Liaoyang.
The Russians abandoned the south
bank OF the Taitse at Liaoyang.
3. General Oyama crossed the Taitse at
Liaoyang with the armies under Oku
and Nodzu, attacking Kuropatkin's
lines in the rear.
z. Kuropatkin abandoned his positions
at Liaoyang and Yentai, retreatinR to
Mukden.
OCTOBER.
1. General Kuropatkin assumed the ag-
gressive and forced the Japanese to
abandon Bentsiaputze, south of Muk-
den.
|. Desperate battle near Yentai station
between General Kuropa tkins advance
guard and the Japanese under Kuroki.
1. Heaviest fighting of the battle Of Sha
River. japanese attacked the Rus
slams with the right. left and center
armies and drove them north of the
river.
I. Japanese advance northward checked
by the Russians on Sha river. Rus
slams captured many cannon.
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F l R E S

JANUARY.
4. Fire caused damage to the amount of
$5O0.000 to the state capitol at Des
Moines
- Turner's Opera House burned at Find
iay. O.: loss. $4OO, 900.
q. The Shelby Steel Tube company's 8
plant burned at Shelby, O.; loss, 5000 =
co.,
7. The most destructive fire in the his
tory of Baltimore laid In ruins 14O
acres in the heart of the city; loss,
$500O0.OOO.
10. Fire in the Corn Products starch fac
tory at Oswego caused a loss of 8, ,O00.-
OOO
2S. A loss of $500, 600 by fire in the busi-
ness center of Rochester.
y. The state capitol at Madison, Wis, de-
stroyed by fire: loss. $S00,0
MARCH
n. Loss of 81 .00O,O 600 by fire in the Wells
Fargo and American express build
ings. New York city.
APRIL.
10. Fire destroyed 122 buildings In the
business district Of Toronto; loss, N3,-
OOO, 900.
n. Sunnybrook mill, No. 10, of the United
States Paper Co. burned near Norris
25. Yazoo City, Miss, lost nearly $1,000. 900
by flames.
o. Loss of 81, ,000,00 by the burning Of the
Lackawanna railroad piers in Jersey
City.
L. Flames caused a loss of 81, ,3OO, 600 at
Peoria. III. Corning distillery burned:
Is people killed.
g. Tobacco warehouse burned at Dam
vile, Va: loss, $400. .00O
JULY
s. The Wilson steamship freight shed at
Charlestown, Mass. fired by lightning;
loss. $500, ,OG0.
Is. Loss Of s400. 600 by the burning of the
Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad wharfs and ware
houses at Duluth. MINI.
AUGUST.
:. A 500 900 blaze in Buffalo.
SEPTEMBER.
3. Fire in the wholesale district at Mem
phis. Tenn. caused loss Of $500. 900.
Il. Flames caused a loss of $750,O00 in
Montreal.
Fire in Dawson. capital of Alaska,
caused a loss Of $250OO0.
OCTOBER.
IL Fire in the business district Of Win
nipeg. Man, caused a loss of over
q. Loss of $4,000 by the burning Of 2
piers and several vessels in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
NOVEMBER.
II. A $780, 600 fire at the Warren line piers,
Charlestown, Mass.
l9. Nissourfs state building at khe worlds
fair burned: loss. $225 .OCO.
20. Loss of 500, 900 by fire in Cincinnati.
DECEMBER.
II. The Roby building burned in Roches-
ter: loss $250.0OO
II. Fire in the business district of Indian
apolis caused a loss Of $727 600.