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Miss Maude Solomon, of Sumter.
5. c. was a guest Of the E Yancey
Cohens for a few days recently.
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HOW 1T HAPPENED.
Ry IOhn Hay.

- BY John Hay
81 PRAY you pardon me, Elsie,
q And smile that frown away
81 That dims the light OF your lovely face
= As thunder-coud the day
"a l really could help it
Before | thought, twas DONE
- And those great gray eyes flashed bright and
e. cold.
- Like icicle in the
g l thinking Of the Summers
~ When boys and girls.
~ And wandered in the bOssoming woods
gA And the gay winds romped with your curls-
81 And you seemed the little girl
IS kissed in the alder-path:
-. kissed the little girls lips, and alas!
y l have reused woman's wrath.
! j There is much to PARDON
~ For why your lips red?
The blonde hair fell in shower of gold
L. From the proud. provoking head.
-s, And the beauty that flashed from the splendid
And played round the tender mouth.
Rushed my soul like wind
That blows from the fragrant South.
alter all the harm And when you are old and lonely,
In Memory's magic shrine
PC made o be gay You will your thin and
our not given 0 love ing hands,
SOU dered away Like gems. these kisses of mine.
rough Lies low And when you a evening
At the sound Of vanished
II the desert sands, name
st kisses and signs The ghost OF my kisses shall touch
i your lips
las2 q cinging hands And kindle your heart fame
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mere after all, is the harm
II 1Ae Ne we're made to be gay
= Y You not given 10 love
amy sQu-7dered away.
,5s"n Rough Lies low
I.s 9ld II The desert sands,
and vows anu signs
e ciasg q clinging hands.
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The E. Yancey Cohens went to
their country home at Meriwold Park.
Sullivan County, \. Y, early in May
and found their back yard full OF
snow
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lanta; aged 60,
q. Bishop Henry G. Potter Of the do
cese Of New York. at Cooperstown.
N. H; aged 70.
AUGUST.
4 Bronson Howard, American play
wright, author of Saratoga = "Shen-
andoah" and other popular plays, at
Avon-by- the-Sea, N. j.; aged &c.
William Boyd Allison OF Iowa, father
of the senate" at Dubuque: aged 70.
6. Elizabeth M. Stewart, founder OF the
w. CIT. u, at Hicksville. O.; aged 90.
10. Louise Chandler Moulton, well known
author, in Boston; aged 70.
II. Ira D. Sankey, singing evangelist and
author of hymns, in Brooklyn; aged 6S.
"a. Baron Speck Won Sternburg, German
ambassador to the United States, at
Heidelberg, Germany; aged Sc.
q. Tony Pastor, popular theatrical man
ager, at Elmhurst, N. T.; aged r.
Ex-United States Senator William F.
Villas of Wisconsin, who served In
Cleveland's first cabinet, at Madison;
aged g.
Is. Lieut.. Gen. Alexander p. Stewart.
noted Confederate leader. at Biloxi,
Miss; aged 81.
George P. Rowell, prominent newspaper
advertising agent. publisher of Amer
lean Newspaper Directory, at Poland
Springs. Me-; aged 70.
SEPTEMBER.
8. Sir Lionel Sackville- West, former
British ambassador to the United
States, in London; aged 81
4. Frank p Sargent United States COM
missioner of immigration, in Washing
ton; aged 81.
q. Joseph Wheelock, well known Ameri-
can actor, at Navesink Highlands, N.
j.; aged IS.
Alfred Thompson Bricher, American
painter Of marine pictures, at New
Dorp, N. Y; aged H.
OCTOBER.
II. Gen. Eppa Hunton, noted Confederate
veteran long distinguished In Virginia
public life. at Richmond aged Sc.
10. DR.. Daniel Colt Gilman, eminent
American educator, at Norwich, Conn.
aged n.
Is. Mrs George c. Howard, an old time
actress and the original Topsy in
Uncle Toms CABIN in Cambridge
Mass; aged 70.
Is. Count Michitsura Nodzu, prominent
Japanese leader in the late war with
Russia,sa Tokyo; aged g.
"a. DR.. Charles Eliot Norton, well known
Harvard lecturer and critic, in Cam
bridge, Mass; aged 81
20. John Wallace Hutchinson last of the
Hutchinson family of singers at
Lynn, Mass; aged 81.
30. Mrs. William Astor, formerly a social
leader in New York society. in New
York city; aged 49,
NOVEMBER.
Tomas Estrada Palma, first president
of the Cuban republic, at Santiago;
aged 70.
s. Victorien Sardou, French dramatist,
49, author of numerous popular plays
seen on the American stage. in Paris;
aged ~.
Is. Tsze Hsi An, dowager empress OF Chi
ma, in Pekin; aged a..
DECEMBER
s. Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Ccgh-
Ian, U. S. N, retired, at New Ro-
chelle, N. Y; aged GA.
Is. Donald G. Mitchell ok Marvel), noted
essayist and novelist. at Edgewood.
Conn; aged 86.
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DISASTERS AT SEA

FEBRUARY.
2 Phoenix line steamship st. Cuthbert
destroyed by explosion off Nova Sco-
tia; Is deaths
IL American ship Emily Reed wrecked
off the Oregon coast; 10 sailors lost.
IT. British steamer Aslak wrecked on the
Norwegian coast; IA sailors lost.
APRIL.
g. British torpedo boat destroyer Tiger
cut in two by collision with the cruis-
er Berwick off the Isle of Wight; So
men drowned.
5 Is persons drowned by the capsizing
of the steamer Marion near the mouth
of the St. Francis river, Arkansas
Is sailors killed and missing in a COLI
sion between the British cruiser Glad
iator and the American liner st. Paul
off the Isle of Wight.
90. Japan's protected cruiser Matsushima
destroyed by explosion off Pescadpres
islands; over 200 deaths reported.
81. The fishing schooner Fame run down
by the Dominion Atlantic line steamer
Boston off the coast of Maine; IS sail
ors drowned.
IS. Spanish steamer Larache wrecked
near Muros, with heavy loss OF life
among passengers and crew.
AUGUST
a. 20 passengers lost in the wreclxing of
the Norwegian steamer Foigefonden
of Norway.
Is. British steamer Dunearn wrecked in q
fyphoon off the island Of Kihuiu, Ja-
pan; 81 lives lost.
September.
/. British bark Amazon wrecked near
Port Talbot; "a sailors drowned.
70. The salmon cannery ship Star of BEN
gal wrecked in a storm off Coronation
island; ITO people drowned.
q. 20 sailors of the British ship Loeb
Finias drowned by the wrecking of
that vessel off Foster island.
OCTOBER.
/. The French schooner Juniata wrecked
on the Grand bank; % sailors lost.
q. The Hudson river steamer New York
burned at Newburg; loss $4,000.
NOVEMBER.
a. 10 killed and 20 injured In the river
steamer H. M Carter, destroyed by
boiler explosion and fire at Bayou
Goula, La.
Is. Steamer Sardinia, from Liverpool.
burned at sea Off Malta; over 100
deaths.
DECEMBER
8. Steamer d. M. Clemson wrecked on
Lake Michigan or Duluth; Is sailors
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AUGUST
%. Allen Winter won the American TrotA
ting Derby at Readville, Mass.
30. Maskette won the Futurity at Sleeps
head Bay, N. X.
SEPTEMBER
s. Papke defeated Ketchel in IL rounds
for middleweight championship at Los
Angeles.
OCTOBER.
IA The Chicago National league baseball
club Cubs won the worlds cham
pionship by defeating the Detroit
American league club (Tigers) at De-
troit; score 20.
"a George Robertson, driving 80 horse
power Locomobile, won the Vanderbilt
cup In the auto race at the Motor park
way, New York; speed average "a
miles an hour.
NOVEMBER.
Z. Harvard defeated Carlisle Indians at
football at Cambridge, II to Q. Wis
consin defeated Minnesota at football.
to o. at Minneapolis.
IA, Yale defeated Princeton. II to 6. at
football. Chicago and Cornell played
to tie score of to at football
Pennsylvania defeated Michigan, % to
0, on the gridiron at Ann Arbor
81 Harvard defeated Yale at football on
Yale field; score to 0.
26. Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at foot
ball, II to 4, In Philadelphia.
Wagner in a Fiat car won the Grand
Prize of the Automobile club driving
4O2 miles in hours 10 minutes 81 Sec
onds, at Savannah.
Is. West Point defeated Annapolis at foot
ball in Philadelphia, to 4.
30. Pat Mcdonald tossed the Sc pound
weight 16 feet three eighths inch in
New York, smashing the worlds rec
ord Of is feet inches. held by Matt
McGrath.
Norman Brooks and A. r. Wilding.
Australian defenders of the interna-
tional lawn tennis trophy, defeated the
American challengers at Melbourne.
DEcnMBER
!. Tom Collins made new American
record for mile run In New York:
time rs minutes 10 2-6 seconds.
IL mcfarland and Moran. the Pacific
Atlantic team, won the day bicycle
race in New York; distance, 2,7S7
miles, lap. beating the record miles
and laps.
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STORM AND FLOOD

JANUARY.
l. Is deaths ii tornado near Wesson.
Miss.
FEBRUARY.
is. Highest water OF the Pittsburg hood,
which caused damage estimated at
&2,5O0.000.
MARCH.
/. An avalanche crushed hotel at Cop
penstein, Switzerland. killing Is per-
sons and injuring 1b.
APRIL
II. ii deaths In gale which swept over
New York city.
28-4. Nearly 400 persons killed. many thou
sands injured and much property de-
stroyed by tornado which swept the
southern states from Texas to Georgia.
MAY.
IL II people killed by a tornado at Belle
vue, Neb.
49, 50 deaths by tornado In Louisiana.
g. 10 persons killed by q tornado in Al
falfa county. Okla.
JUNE
6. Windstorms and flood caused heavy
loss Of lIfeNin Oklahoma. Kansas. Me-
braska and Iowa.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JANUARY.
Q. Conviction OF Mayor Schmitz set aside
in San Francisco. ".
IL. Henry Kenny, president of the Della
ware railway, who attended to the Sc
cret journey of President Elect Abra-
ham Lincoln on his way to Washing
ton in 1861. died at Ridley Park, Pa.
FEBRUARY
20. Gen. Stoessek Russian commander in
the defense of Port Arthur, sentenced
to death by a military court at st.
Petersburg. with recommendation OK
mercy.
Is. Trolley tunnel under the Hudson from
Hoboken, N. J., to New York opened.
MARCH.
z. Germany launched her biggest battle
ship, the Nassau, at Wilhelmshaven.
1S The death sentence OF Gen. Stoessel
for the surrender Of Port Arthur conn
muted TO Imprisonment for ten years.
April.
q. Beginning of the Roman Catholic CEN
tennial celebration in New York city.
MAY.
G. The Atlantic battieship fleet entered
the Golden Gate, San Francisco.
H. Successful flight Of the Wright broth
ers' aeroplane at Manteo, N. G.
Is. Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff, sociologist
student and author. died at Princeton.
N ].
United States battleship Michigan
launched at Camden. N. J.
JUNF.
g. Dr. Williamson Boyakin, q protege OF
Andrew jackson and at one time on
the STAFF Of Gen. u. S. Grant In the
civil war, died at Marysville, Tenn;
aged 102.
L. Thomas Virgins (Blind Tom), noted
negro piano player. died In Hoboken.
N. J.; aged about 60
JULY.
L Count Zeppelin made new world rec.
ord by a go mile airship fight over
Switzerland.
q The battleship feet sailed from San
Francisco bound for the orient.
To- Opening OF the celebration OF the DO0th
anniversary OF the founding OF the
city Of Quebec.
a. Decision Of the United States court OF
appeals overruled the s29, 900 stand
ard OIL ane imposed by Judge Lands.
AUGUST.
4 Count Zeppelin travelled 261 miles over.
southern Germany In dirigible ball
loon, which was afterward destroyed
by fire.
d. The battleship heet arrived at sgd
ney. N. s. w.
a. Fiftieth anniversary OF the opening
Of the great debate between Abraham
Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas cele-
brated at Ottawa, III.
~ The battleship heet reached Mel
bourne.
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SEPTEMBER.
3. Col Henry NJ Nevius elected COM
mander in chief Of the G. A. r. at To-
ledo.
OCTOBER
s. Bulgaria declared independent of Tur-
key by Prince Ferdinand. who pro.
claimed himself GEAR of the Bulgars."
6. Austria annexed the nominally Turk
ish provinces of Bosnia and Herzego-
vina to the territory Of the empire.
NOVEMBER.
3. The national election resulted in tho
choice Of W. H. Taft. Popular vote:
Republican, 7.637,676; Democratic. $685.
1872; Socialist, 44S, 45S; Prohibitionist-
"a, 252; Independence league. 1916;
Peoples party, 1851; Socialist Labor.
15.421; total for all tickets. 14.85S,0H.
L. Death Of Kwang Seu. emperor OF Chi
ma, announced at Pekin.
Il Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez elected pres
ident OF Cuba by the Liberals.
DECEMBER
4 Pu II enthroned as emperor Hosuan-
tung Of China, with Prince Chun re-
gent.
Revolutionists deposed President Alexis
of Haiti -
I. Last session 10th congress opened.
9. Nobel prize for literature awarded TO
Prof. Rudolf Eucken Of Germany
e. Acting President Gomez of Venezuela
declared the republic at war with Hol-
land.
Is. The president explained and defended
the Panama canal purchase In a spe-
cial message to congress.
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GAMES AND RACES

MARCH.
n Meelick won the $4,000 Crescent Der
by at New Orleans.
APRIL.
& Gotch defeated Hackenschmidt for
worlds heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship at Chicago.
rs. Jack Atlxin won the $4,000 Carter
handicap on the AQueduct track. Rev
York.
MAY.
8. Calvin Demarest OF Chicago won the
international amateur billiard cham
pionship IN New York. defeating Re-
role, the Frenchman. by the score OF
400 to 2l6 points.
Latonia won the Kentucky Derby at
Louisville.
IA Jack Atkin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park New York
"a Jay Gould defeated Eugene Miles, the
English player, for the worlds ann
ateur tennis championship In London.
JUNE.
+ Ceit won the Brooklyn handicap at
(srayesend Bay, N, Y.
q Eignorsnetta, an Italian horse, won the
English Derby.
IL w. K vanderbnt's horse Northeast
won the Grand Prix de Paris, the
greatest race Of the French turf.
~ Ballot. owned by J. r. Keene. won
the Buburban handicap at Eheepshead
- ZAkG N$42
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WORK OF THE FLAMES

JANUARY.
IL Loss Of 100000 by the burning OF
the Parker building in New York city;
firemen killed and many injured.
a. City hall and police building destroyed
at Portland. Me-; loss S1.O00,O00.
81. Fire caused a loss Of over $4,000 In
the wholesale district Of Portland, Me.
FEBRUARY.
g. Loss of $4,000 by fire In the business
district Of Rochester, N. Y.
Fire caused loss Of $4,000 at Berlin.
~. III.
Tampa. Fla. causing q loss OF 100000.
q. The famous Drury Lane theater burn
cd in London.
IA Fire destroyed 20 blocks In Chelsea.
Mass; 10 deaths and property loss Of
si0.OO0.0O0.
q Loss Of $1.6OOoOO by IRE In the business
district Of Atlanta.
Is. Loss OF 81. $4,000 by IRE in the Omaha
Packing Co.'S plant at South Omaha
JUNE.
n Plant OF the Shelby Steel Tube Co.
burned at Shelby. o.; loss $20Oo.OOo.
a. Loss OF S.00o.oo0 by the burning OF o
grain elevator at Duluth.
JULY.
6 Fire on the Boston piers caused q loss
Of sl.bo0.O00
AUGUST.
4 Bush fires started condagration
which swept over leo square miles OF
territory In British Columbia; loss 81
100000. and many deaths reported.
90 Fire In the business district Of New
Orleans caused loss Of si.5OO.0o0
sEPrEMBER.
& Forest flres wrought destruction to
towns and villages IN Minnesota and
Wisconsin: damage estimated at up
Ward Of ss0oO.O0O.
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OCTOBER
I. Explosion and fire in grain elevator
at Richford VT, resulted in the death
of - persons and loss of 100000
g. Train of refugees from the forest fires
wrecked near Metz, Mich. Mary lives
lost.
NOVEMBER.
j. killed in q wreck on the New Or
leans and Northeastern railroad at
Little Woods, La.
q Over 800 miners killed by an explosion
In the Radbod mine at Hamm, Ger
many.
o. A landslide following q gas explosion
caused a loss Of a score Of lives in
Brooklyn.
g. 1873 miners killed by coal gas explosion
at Mariana. Pa
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aged 49,
"A August wilhelmj. noted violinist. in
London; aged g..
Mrs Antonio Yznaga, noted for her
beauty, wealth and noble connections,
In Natchez Miss.
25 Louise de la Rance IOuida), the nov
elist, at Florence. Italy.
3d. David Johnson American landscape
painter, at Walden. N. Y; aged 81.
FEBRUARY.
N.s Crosby S. Noyes, editor OF the Wash
ington Star at Los Angeles; aged 49,
Harriet Hosmer. noted American sculp-
tor, at WATERFOWL, Mass; aged ~.
Is Pauline Lucca Baroness Wallhofen).
the opera singer. in Vienna; aged eS.
MARCH.
4 Senator Redfield Proctor OF Vermont.
in Washington; aged n.
II. Senator William Pinkney Whyte Of
Maryland, at Baltimore; aged 81
80 Joseph Howard, Jr., noted newspaper
man, In New York city; aged rs.
APRIL.
3. James jeffrey Roche, noted American
poet, at Berne, Switzerland: aged 81.
u. Lieut.. Charles A. L. Totten, U. s. A,
retired, noted for his prophecies of the
coming Of the end of the world, at
Milford, Conn; aged 81.
Gen. Byron M Cutcheon, noted veteran
of the civil war. at Ypsilanti, Mich;
aged u A
20. Henry Chadwick, writer on field sports
and known as the father of baseball"
in Brooklyn: aged a.
70. Sir Henry campbell Zimmerman, who
resigned the premiership of England
April A. in London; aged ".
Bishop Ellison Capers, noted civil war
veteran, at Columbia. S. c.; aged 70.
e. Gen Nikolai Linevitch. who was sue
cessor to Kuropatkin In command Of
the Russian army in Manchuria in
1896, at st. Petersburg: aged g.
20 Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix. son of the late
Gen. John A. Dix and rector Of Trim
ity parish, New York, over 45 years, In
that city, aged 81
MAY.
3. Ludovic Halevy, French dramatic au-
thor and novelist, In Paris; aged "a.
a. Rear Admiral A. 8. Crowninshield, u.
s. N, retired. In Philadelphia; aged g.
q. Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D. Lee. noted
Confederate veteran. In vicksburg.
Miss; aged rs.
JUNE.
& Gen. Sir Henry Redvers Butler. Brit
fsh commander at the Siege OF Lady
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ACCIDENTS ON LAND

JANUARY.
II 1e children killed in a theater crush
at Barnsley, England.
H. IT'S deaths by the burning Of the
Rhoads Opera House at Boyerstown.
Pa
FEBRUARY.
10 28 deaths by explosion at the Her
eules Powder works at Pinoie, Cal.
MARCH
174 school children killed in school
house fire in North Collinwood. on the
outskirts OF Cleveland.
r. 20 lives lost by explosions In q coal
mine at Hanna, Wyo.
APRIL.
10 deaths by the coIiaDse OF . tene-
ment In London.
50. ii killed aRd 60 injured In railroad
collision neAr Melbourne. Australia
"a 8 killed andH 30 injured In a trolley col
lisbon near Kpsiiantk Mich.
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, POLITICAL AND PERSONAL

JANUARY.
T. Mulai Hafid proclaimed sultan of Mo
rocco at Fee.
28. Gladys Vanderbilt married to Count
Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary in New
York city.
FEBRUARY.
/ King Carlos of Portugal and the
crown prince LUZ Filippe assassinated
at Lisbon.
q Manuel, second son of the assassi-
mated monarch, proclaimed king as
Manuel Ii. of Portugal
MARCH.
is. Several Haitian revolutionists shot
by order of President Alexis.
AZ. AT the demand of the powers Presi-
dent Alexis allowed revolutionist sus-
poets to leave Haiti.
APRIL.
3. Thomas e. Watson of Georgia nomi-
mated for president by the Peoples
party at st. Louis.
4. Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, prime
minister of England, resigned
3. Herbert S. Asquith appointed prime
minister of England by King Edward
Is. Cardinal Logue, head of the Roman
Catholic church in Ireland, arrived in
New York to participate in the CEN
tennial of the New York archdiocese.
MAY
G. Manuel the boy king of Portugal
formally invested with the royal crown
and the royal scepter of the realm.
.. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans re-
linquished command of the Atlantic
battleship fleet.
Is. The Socialist party nominated Eugene
v. Debs and Benjamin Hanford at
Chicago.
20. The emergency currency bill signed
by the president. Congress adjourned.
JUNE
l. King Edward VII of England and
Emperor Nicholas H. of Russia met
for an official conference at Revel.
TO- Gen. Clement A Evans of Georgia
elected commander in chief Of the
United Confederate Veterans.
". w. H. Taft nominated for president
at the Republican convention in Chi
cago
"a Persian parliament overthrow by
force for refusing the demands of the
shah
26. New parliament ordered in Persia and
general amnesty proclaimed
JULY.
l. Secretary of War w. H. Taft re-
signed and was succeeded by Gen.
Luke Il. Wright.
.. Diplomatic relations severed between
the United States and Venezuela.
10. William Jennings Bryan nominated
for the presidency by the Democratic
convention at Denver,
H. obaldia elected president Of Panama.
16. Eugene w. Chain and Aaron s. Wat
kins nominated for president and vice
president by the Prohibitionists con-
vention at Columbus, o.
e. The Prince of Wales landed at Que
bee to attend the tercentenary cele-
bration.
~. Constitutional government restored in
Turkey.
.. Thomas L. Hissen and John Temple
Graves nominated for president and
vice president by the Independence
- convention at Chicago.
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1. Fire destroyed the business section Of
Rawhide Nav, causing a loss Of S76n

1. Fire destroyed the business section Of
Rawhide, New, causing loss Of $780,
O00
u. Fire destroyed the plant of the Cos
modale Cement Co. near Louisville,
KY; loss $2,000,00O.
OCTOBER.
IL Loss of 100000 by fire which nearly
destroyed the town of Bisbee, Ariz
Loss of 100000 by the burning Of the
Jenkins lumber mill plant at Blaine.
Wash.
l6. Fire in q lumber plant at Rock Is
land, ILL.,. caused a loss of 100000.
u. The Colonnade and other buildings on
the Chautauqua assembly grounds at
jamestown. N. Y, destroyed by fire:
{, loss S125.000.
NOVEMBER.
Il The Park theater. Brooklyn's oldest
playhouse. burned.
H. Fire in the Tom Moore distillery ware
houses at Bardstown KY, caused
loss of 100000 on stock and $75O,00o
government tax.
DECEMBER.
4 Malvern ELL, historic mansion on the
site Of the battlefield of July i, 1862,
destroyed. Loss of 100000 by flames
at the Grand Trunk railway docks,
Portland, Me.
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MAY.
g. Is killed and 80 seriously injured by
the burning Of the Aveline hotel at
Fort Wayne, Ind
"a miners killed and many injured by
explosion in the Mount Lookout col
liery at Wyoming, Pa
n 90 killed and 100 injured in Belgian
railroad collision near Antwerp.
JUNE.
5. BY the explosion Of boiler tube on
the cruiser Tennessee, cruising near
San Pedro. Cal, of the crew were
killed and several injured.
AUGUST.
=. IS workmen killed and many injured
by the collapse of q brick block under
construction in Chelsea square, Bos-
ton.
10 80 miners suffocated in the Haley Ola
mine at McAlester, Okla.
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AUGUST.
q. Climax of flood in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia, which re-
suited In the loss of many lives; dam
age in the three states estimated at
over $2,000,0O0.
g. Is persons drowned by a cloudburst
at Folsom, N. NJ.
OCTOBER
q. Destructive cloudburst and food In
Oklahoma.
NOVEMBER.
49, 26 killed and 4S injured by q tornado
in Arkansas.
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United States from 1885 to 1889 and
from 1893 to 1887. at Princeton. N. il;
aged II.
JULY.
& NEuraf Halstead. veteran newspaper
editor and magazine writer, In Cincin-
natl; aged ~
3 Rear Admiral Charlea NJ Thomas, u.
8. n, retired: gacond Ia command Of
the battleship nest on the Pacific
cruise, at Monterey Cali aged 6S.
4 Joel Chandler HARRIS. knthcr Of s.Jn-
Gle Remus md other stories, ia At
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famous war song
MY Maryland,
at Augusta, Ga. +;
aged So.
Edmund Clarence
Stedman, Ameri-
can author and
critic known as
the "banker-
poet" in New
York city; aged
"A.
DR.. Ed ward A.
Mcdowell, noted
American compos-
er and pianist in
New York city;