THE EVENTS OF A YEAR.
A Condensed Diary of the Past
Twelve Months.
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF 1895.
fall tl"t of I I Mat era by I.nnd nd Sen. So
cial, rhllnnthrnplo nd RrllRlotifl Oitth
erltigfl, rolHIiml ami ronl KTt-ntn.
th Obituary Roll and Index of Erery
tlilng Worth Noting.
The fcillnwliiR rccunl of the irml.tiff
event of t he year lNWi hna ln'cn caruftilly
compiled fur linmedii.to ur future refur
enco: J A Nil ART.
8. Flrpfi: S'JS.ItOO iliunnRi' lit thr rmMrnrn f
Hm. P. P. Must, HprtnKflfl.l, O. 7 Imil.i
Injrs destroyed nt C'oltVy vlllo, Kan., Iosh,
fit ft, I Ml.
Obttiinry: Dr. Owrjre Mnrx, ftimtmn ento
mnlmit in WnshinKtoi. ; ajril 55.
i. Obi t mi ry: Dnvid H. t'ra.R, th- tirst Rcnernl
manager of the AHitoeiatf'd Prrtn, at Aslmry
Park.
1 Fires: The Toronto Olubc bnih.ine and oth
erfi bt-rned during a blizzard; luw, over
fl,UU0,UUU; hhvitii. flninrii killed.
Obituary : Hvv. Dr. Kinn, ftmmtn for aid
piv.-n to wwnpinj! cliivn, in '.',..,., Ont, ;
aired 82. Ocn. Philip Hidncy Pout, n distin
guished Union v tt run and a i-nnm-emmim
from Illinois, In WusliinKton ; iwi ty.
Political: I'lirisine in Huwaii in tiie interests
of the deponed qtii-i-n.
Fires: Oinb y'n flour mill and eb-vator
burned at Bcottavillf. N. Y. ; W, tlA.UUU.
Otiituary : Arehibnld Gordon, m-WHp:in'r
man, critic and drumatist, in Port liich
mond, N. Y.; nurd 4fl.
10. Fires: The Osgood. iy building and several
large business houses burned in Toronto;
loss, tl,0UU,UUM. Factories uf the Wyeth
Hardware company burned at St. Joseph,
Mo. ; loss, f 1M.0UU.
Obituary: Aaron L. Dennison, the father of
American wittelmmking, in Hi ruling hum,
Eimland; awd 8X Uin. Alfred W. Kllet,
noted as leader of tin Union rani fleet in
Die Mississippi, at El Dorado, Ran.
14
Fire: A I1U0.U00 blaze at BarneavilK O.
Strike: Trolley inotormen and eonduetors
at ruck in Hrooklyn.
16. Fire: 8tadt theater, Milwaukee, damaged
to the amount of IWW.
Obituary: Kx-Uov. H. F. Chadwbk of Ore
gon, at Balem; aged 70. Chariest'. Leigh,
uetive temperance leader, in Hrooklyn ;
agel K,.
Diwaster: Explosion of several powder cam
at Butte, Mem. ; 75 killed, liA injured.
Political: Prenident Caniniir Perier of Franco
resigned.
17. Obituary: Gen. Israel N. Rtihs, ft t'nion
veteran jironiinent in pnblie life in Chica
go; aged tlii. Col. John Kean, founder and
first preHident of the Ont ml hnilnud of
New Jeraey, in New York: aed M.
Politieal : FraneoiM Felix Fa tire elected presi
dent of France.
18.
Criminal: Arrest nnd ronfesMimi of Quig
ley, the bond forger, in New York; amount
involved, $I44,0UU.
Fire: Texas Cotton palace burned at Waco.
in.
80. Obituary: prof. Augustus C. Merriam of
Columbia college, at Athens; aged fri.
Labor Tumble: Hioting by trolley strikers
in P.ooliJyn.
21. Financial; The Merchants' bank of Hing-
hamt' private bunk of Erustua Hons
, ""ie closed tlieir doors.
82. v ' : Charl- Heeretan, noted Swiss
pldlof'"ii'er, at LauMatine; ngttl K0.
Miscellan' us: The National Manufacturers'
nHHiKdatfnn met at Cincinnati. Militia
fired on trolley strikers in Brooklyn.
28. Obituary : Ir. Alfred L. Loom is, noted
medical pnifessor and practitioner, in New
York city; aged VA. Brig. Uen. Stephen V.
Henet, U. B. A., retired; aged OH.
24.
Obituary: Lord Kandolph Henry Rpener
t hurehill, prominent EugiiHh )Hilitieian, in
London ; aged 4il.
Criminal: Two masked men held up a train
on the Cotton road near McNeil, Ark., nnd
plundered the express car of $.i5,00u.
i. Disaster: Five coal liargea sunk in Long
Island sou n l ; 12 people drowned. Tho
Oloueester finning schooner Leader wreck
ed on the Massachusetts coast; 4 of the
crew drowned.
20.
Obituary: M. deGieM, Russian minister of
foreign affairs for many years, at St. Pe
tersburg; aged 75. Gen. Francis Darr, a
prominent Union veteran, at Wayne, Pa. ;
aged A.
A fierce gale along tho New England. Long
Island and New Jersey coasts.
tl. Obituary: Mrs. Emma G. Moat wick, "the
American Jenny Lind," at MorrUtown, N.
J.; aged about Ml.
28. Obituary : Canrobert, last marshal of
France, in Paris; uged ttt.
Storms: Btorm struek Galveston, capslr.ing
several sloops; many Uvea lost, blizzard
In Oklahoma.
20. Obituary: Dr. Jam In Rtrong, widely known
authority on mental diseases, in Cleveland ;
aged 70.
W. Disaster: Btramnhtp Elbe of the North Ger
man Lloyd collided with a small steamer
in the North aea and sunk with over iiUO
people,
St. Obituary: Judge EbencKer Rockwood Hoar
in Concord, Mass. : aged 79. Ward McAl
lister, noted aot-iuty leader, in New York
city.
Convention: The twenty-seventh annual con
vention of the American Woman' Suffrage
association began at Atlanta.
FEIIKl'ARV.
8. Obituary: Theodore Dwight Welde, once m
prominent antislavery agitator, at Hyde
Park, Mass.; aired 81.
4. Fire: Phumix Glass worka burned at Mo
naco, Pa.; loss, IlMO.OU).
Obituary : Gen. Mahler D. Manson, veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars, at Frankfort,
lud. ; aged 7il. Gen. Hufua Bar ringer, a
Confederate veteran, at Charlotto, N. C. ;
aged 74.
Pibaster: A trolley car plunged through an
open draw in Milwaukee; 8 killed, B in
jured. ft. Fires: The Board man tobacco warehouse
burned in Cincinnati ; loan over (TiUU.UuO. A
flU0,OUUfire in the business district of Lcip
Bic, O.
f. Fires: Dent son hotel, Indianapolis, dam
aged by fire to the extent of mo,UU0; 1
death. A (lOO.OUO blaxe at Evansville, Ind.
Peraonul: Gen. John M. bchufield made lieu
tenant general.
6. Obituary: Jihn L. Stevens, ex-minister to
Hawaii, at Augusta, Me.; aged 74. iiev.
Dr. Williain Markoe Taylor, a prominent
Preshyteriun, in New York city; aeed WI.
Disaster: 6 men run down by a Pennsylvania I
railroad expn-ss at Lecknow.
ft. Fires: The union lepot and hotel burned
at 1st. Joseph. Mo. ; loss, -75,0U0. The Con-grcgationaW-hurch
burned at Wellington, O.
Obituary: Prof. Jamea R. Boise or (lie Id
ea go university, one of the most noted
Greek acholara in the country, in Chicago;
aged U0.
10. Fires: The Syndicate block burned in Rock
ford, Ills.; I.OUu. The ktute printing house
burned at Harriburg.
11. fire : A store and a factory burned at Hock
fcrd. Ilia. ; bvt, iou,Ouo.
Obituary. Juue Charles E. A. Gayarre, dis
tinguislied writer and historiun, in New
Orleanu; aged 00. Judge Charlua L. Walker,
prominent writer and lawyer, at Detroit;
aged til. Gen. Montgomery Corse, Confed
erate veteiau, at Alexandria, Va. ; aed 78,
18. Fires: Fatal fire ut Lynn, Mass. ; tt firemen
killed, injured. A tloO.UUO fire in tialt
Lake City.
14. Fire: Silk mill burned at Putc-raon, N. J. ;
loss, SJOO.UUO.
Obituary: Fx Gov. Gray. U. 8. m in itste r to
Mexico, in the City of Mexico.
16. Obituary : 1Ui hard F. TrevelMck, promi-
neut labor ciwanizer, in lV troit; aged 68.
Dr. boiuuul HH-ncer fetjfford, founder of
the btttffoxd Ink comiwuy, in New York;
aged m.
10. fctnke; The BrtKklyn trolley strike ended
on ad lines except one.
CrimtrJal: MHdge Yorke (Margaret Dr
dale), actress, murdered in Philadelphia
by James B. Gentry.
10. Fires: businss plains burned at Hamilton,
g N. Y.: Ion. $'JU0.0UU.
Obituary: fc.li -a D. Hamtll, one of Chicago's
oldest residents; aged u&.
CJonveutions: The annual convention of Su-perinU-ndeuta'
National aaaooiution con
vened In Cleveland. The fourth congress
of the Daughters of the Revolution opened
in Washington.
80. Obituary ; Frederick Douglass at Washing
ton : aged 7tt.
fL Obituary: Ex-Gov. Benjandn P. Prescott
of New Hauipbbire at Jpuig, H. H. ; aged
. .
Convention: Tho ninth nnnunl convention of
the Newt:;tper Publishers' association met
in New York.
22. lire: Severn 1 ret t a ires nnd boarding houses
burned nt Hot Springs.
28. Personal: Gen. Matt W. Ransom, senator
from North Carolina, npjtohited minister
to Mexico.
24. Ohitrjiry : Gen. Joseph B. Carr. a premi
um! Union veteran, In Tny, N. Y.; ngetl
Criminal: Ctipt. TTowgnte, neennel of em
berleiiitnt and foigi-rv, acquitted.
20. Con vent lens; The National I;iiry n--o-ciation
im t in aninud session at Washing
ton. The Ihiid annual Sfssinn of butter
nnd cheese milkers hc,';in at RoekTord, Ills.
28. Obituary : Kx-Judtr Rlehanl O'Gorman,
(mee a prominent Fenian, in New York
city ; aged 74.
MARCH.
Reno hotel burned at Norfolk,
1. Fire: Reno hotel burned at Norfolk, Neb.
loss, lifj.l.MJ.
Disaster: t ii killed, 40 injured on the Inter
oceanic railway near the City of Mexico;
train down im etel ankim nt.
2. Fires: The business pnrtinn of the town of
Noclte, N. D., buried; os, K4, W4. China
company's works bun nil at Akron, o. ;
loss, i.'.UOO. A IJOU.Ouo fire at Bethalto,
Ills.
Obituary: Prof. John Btnarfe BlaeUie of the
I'nlversity of Kdiuburgii, in that city; aged
. k".
8. Fire: A !. 250,(100 fire in Toronto, the third
great contbiuratl"n in two months; a do.i-n
large business houses, hotel nnd church de
stroyed. 4. Fires: Electric power house burned nt
Edgewater, Ills. ; l.ws, l.VJ.UW. A f liiO.000
loss by lire at Halina, Kan.
Olntuary: Colom 1 W. C. Conji. tlie veteran
showman, at Jaehsonville, 1- la. ; aged
Kev, D.nitcl Vrooman, a pioneer mis-ilon-
niy (if China, In K:m I raucisco; age(l ,H.
Personal: Anna Gould, youngest daughter of
the lute J iv (build, married Count de Cas-
tellnne of I'r.tnee.
6. Obituary: Col. David Ramsey Clondennin,
a veteran distineui-hc-d in the cavalry
P'-rvire, at (iiileslmrg. Ids. ; ngel tU.
Disivster: Block of buildings destroyed by an
explosion of natural gas at Anderson, Ind. ;
loss, f-ioo.ooo.
P-rsoiml: William K. Vandi rbilt, the noted
railway magnate and multimillionaire, di
vorced by his wife tin statutory grounds in
New York city.
8. Obituary: E''.vln Forbes, n well known
American nrtist and veteran v:.r corre
ppomUnt with the Union armies, in New
York city : aged fa I.
7. Oliituaty : H.vde ( lark, famous linguist
and scientist, in London: aged 70.
8. Obituary : Frederick E. Hekles, un t nglneer
nnd invent'ir, In hansits City.
Disaster: The Cincinnati nnd New Orleans
packet Longfellow strut k a channel upan
of the Chesapeake bridge nt Cincinnati
and went down in minutes: 8 lives lost
and about IK) jM'ople saved by a tug.
11. Obituary: Cesai e Canter, Italian hi-torian
and Libx-al, at iMihm: a tied (-0. John F.
Temple, noted abeli t ionist, in ( 'hicngo;
aged Mi. i rlh, the famous dressmaker,
in Paris ; aged 70.
Commercial Traveft rs Mutual Accident ns
Boei:ttlon ot Aim riea h Id its twelfth annual
session at I lien, N. Y.
12. Fire: Tiveli ii,:ll andotlier properties burn
ed in BroeUUii; .,ss, jf::r(,OKi.
Ktri leers' riot at New Oilcans; 5 negroes hill
ed t th- ir woi k.
la. Fin-: Large buildings burned In Kansas
City ; hs, f teji.URj.
16. Fire; it y h.iU nt taco, Me., damaged t."0,-
by fire.
Obituary: Rev. Dr. John W. Brondus, presi
dent oT th Bapti-t theologiciil neminary at
Lotiisvill' In that city; aged 71.
17. Fires: Rod gets A. Co.'s i levator and ware
house burned in St. Louis; loss, JiKi,000. A
building occupied by newspaper and news
concerns burned at Cleveland; loss, ll.'iO,-
H men hilled nnd iujureil at the
burning of the Wabash roundhouse In To
ledo. Obituary: Capt. D. I. Eekiel, president Min
ing exeh.uige, in Denver.
18. Fire:.liii-iios. block burned nt Perry, O.
T. I loss, ipitMHh).
19. Fire; 1 buildings burned in Burlington,
Vt. : loss .'."0,0.w.
Obituary: Gen. Adam Badenu, Grant 's mili
tary secntary, biographer, etc., at Ridge
wok1, N. J. ; aged m.
20. Fire: A H'W.utW lire at Peoria, UN.
Obituary: Gen. Philip Kt. George Cooke.
prominent army veteran, in Detroit; aged
ho.
Disaster: AO miners killed by an explosion at
Evauston, Wy.
Personal; Gen. Neal I)W, the apostle of pro
hibition, eelebrated his ninety-ii rat birth
day. 21. Fires: tVO.000 worth of cotton burned in
the yards of the International Cotton press,
New Orleans. Warehouse and elevator
burned at Hionx City, la.; loss, 40U,UU.
Obituary: Pmf. Henry Coppee, LL. D., of
Ijeiiigli university, at Bethlehem, Pa. ; aged
74.
22. Obituary: Richard Vuux, a prominent Phil
adelphiau ; aged 70.
23. Disaster : 4 deaths at a fire in the 8t. James
hotel, Denver.
24. Fires: Reed's packing plant in Kansas City
burned; loss, i,WW,ooo, 2 hotels, a church
nnd bank burned at Decatur, Mich.
Political: Li Hung Chang, China's pence en
voy, shot by a Japanese in Sinionosekl.
27. Fire: AJ business houses nnd other property
burned in Milwaukee: loss, $1,000,000.
Obituary : Prof. James E. Oliv r, well known
mathematician ut Cornell university, in
Ithaca, N Y.
U. Fires: 45 buildings burned at Bt. Augus
tine, Fla. 60 buildings burned at Canaso
raga, N. Y. ; loss, l:jr,ot.U.
00. Obituary: AusoiiC. Hessiug. noted German
eilitir, in Chicago; aged 72. Mrs. Paran
Stevens, noted leader of society, iu New
York city.
APRIL.
2. Fire: The business portion of the city of
St. Charles destroyed by tire; loss, ?lutt,(,0iJ.
Obituary: David M. Stone, formerly editor
of the Journal of Commerce, n eW urk
city, aged iS,
Disaster: 5 workmen killed and 5 injured by
a boiler explotiiou ut Woburii, Mass.
8. Henry Hammon, not d abolitionist, at
Danielsonville, Conn.; aged bl. Rev. Bar
ton H. Cartwright, a pioneer Methodist of
the west, at Oregon, Ills.; aged bo. Jaek
Wallace, diiwi tlui wenllhiest landholder in
Atlanta, died ut Sherman, Tex. Captain
Lnuchlau McKay, a well known navigator
of the port, In Ruxbury, Ma-ss. ; uged Si.
4. Olntuary : Ex-Gov. W illiam R. Marshall of
Minnesota, ut l'anadcuu, ( ul.; aged
5. Obituary: Thompson McDanitds, a veteran
of the Black Hawk war and a pioneer of
Kansas City; uged 00.
fl. Fire: Tiie Aim rieaii Starch works bunted
at Columbus, lud. ; loss, $.iUU,uuo.
Obituary: Anthony M. Cannon, a lending
citizen or the northwest, iu New York city.
8. Fire: A viou.UK) lire in the railroad works
at Winsluw, A. T.
Obituary: Gov. Joshua H. Mar'il of Dela
ware, at Laurel; aged 70. lien. Juu;es L.
KemiK'Pt t-x-govemor of Virginia and a
leader of one of Pickett's brigades ut Get
tysburg, in Orange county, Va. : aged 7.
Disaster: -l miners killed by gas explosion
at lake Whatcom, nibh.
9. Obituary: W. Jennings Demurest, founder
oi lA-morest's Maga.inu and a h-wler in
temp'ntiioe movements, in New York city
aged 1. Gen. T. A. Harris, a Confederate
Veteran, at Locust Lodge, near Louisville,
Dieter: "i five story buildings fell in Wheel
lug, bur j ing Iu men in the ruins: 6 deutlis
pruiH-rty loss, tJUU.OUU; among the victims
was Vicar General Parke, who was pausing
and Wus caught by the falling wait
11. Crime: Wells-Furgo express wagon rob
bed of tla.iu) in Colorado; the messenger
fatally wounded,
12. Fire: ft a re house burned at Benicla, Colo. ;
loss. Slot), OHO.
11. Fire: At Piattsburg, Mo.- the courthouse
and all the buildings on one side of the
public square destroyed by fire; loss almut
i.'uO.UUO. 1 rebsi-d brick works bunied at
Glen Carbon, Ills.; losi nearly $5U,0u0.
Obituary: Jiiies W. Seott, editor und pub
lisher of tho Chicago Times-He raid, in New
York city; uged 40. Prof. Jumea Dwight
Dana of laie, ut Now Haven; aged ba.
15. Obituary: Dr. John P. Bbickmar, promi
nent Prohibit ioiiiwt, at Springfield, Mass.
Earthquake: Heavy shocks in Ituly and Aus
tria.
jft. Obituary: Hon. Leveritt Sal tons tail, prom
incut Democratic, leader, at brookline,
Mass.
18. Obituary: R. C. VTicklifTe, ex-governor of
Louisiana, at Shelbyville, Ky. Granville
Perkins, the artint, iu New York city ; aged
ftj.
The fifth international convention of the
Young Woman's Christian asuoeiutiou open
ed in Pittsburg,
10, Obituary : Charles K. Knox, the well known
New turk butler, iu that city; agcu ii.
' 20. Sporting: Eddie Buhl towered the cycling
record n mtond in Culifrirnin by rlditiff a
mile In 2:04.
21. Fire: Fire In the ftrhool nf arts nt Cbnlnnfl
sur-Mnrne, Franc , destroy etl exhibition
moleW and machnes valued at 1,WX),000
francs.
Obituary: Paul Fenimorn (Vwiper, son of the
novelist, in Albany; nged 70.
22. Obituary: Albert Young, "grand p-driarch
(if the Ronmny people of t he continent, "
died at Ross Park, opposite St. Louis; he
was f-4 yeari eld.
24. Obituary: Col. Franklin Fairbmks, one of
Vermont's most prominent citir-ens, at St.
Jnhiisbury.
Personal : Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt appoint
ed major general by the president. Cols.
Zcnon R. Bliss nnd John J. Coppi tiger were
promoted Ut be brigadier generals.
Miscellaneous: Nat Joms, n veteran specu
lator of the ''Big Four," died In Chicago.
Mrs. Frank licslte, firt wife of the well
known New York publisher, died at Bho
knn, N. Y.
85. Fire: The McDonald tohnero factory burn
e l in Montreal; loss, t;i00,000; several fatal
ities; p'Tsons injured.
Obituary: Henry H. Scott, n prominent cltl
rn and leading Democrat of San Francis
co, in that city.
20. Obituary: Levi B. Taft, nn eminent Michi
gan jurist, at Pontiac; aged 7J.
00. Obituary: Gust a v Fn-itag, the popular Ger
man novelist, author of "Soil nnd Haben'
nnd otbi r net-able looks,nt WiealjiHlen; aged
70.
MAY.
. Obituary: MnJ. Gen. John Newton, dlstin
gnittit d mddic-r of the Mexican nnd civil
wars nnd engineer of Hell Gate, in New
York city: aged Gen. S. B. Hayninn, a
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, in
ib'iistonin, Mo,; nged 75.
Miscellaneous: Third annual congress Rons
of tiie American Revolution began in Bos
ton. Tornado in Kansas; 10 deaths.
8. Disaster: American Powder company s
mills nerr Concord, Mass., blown up; 6
killed. Hionx City, la., nnd other towns
swept by n tornado; over 2isJ killed.
Obituary l James K lly, a Cook county pio
neer and one of the founders of the Chica
go Tribune, at Winnetka, Ills.
fl. Fires: New Carlisle, O., had a f 75, 000 fire.
Strauss S ns tannery nnd other proper
ty in East Buffalo destroyed by Are; loss,
:.Vi.lM).
Obituary,: Ex-Oav. Robert S. Green of New
J. rs y, nt MUabeth, N. J. ; nged 04.
L Obituary: Field Marshal Gen. von Pnpe, a
dist ingui.-.hed Prussian vt-toran nnd mili
tary governor of Berlin, in that city; aged
i Obituarv: Ex-Oov. James A. Weston, at
Manchester, N. 1!.; nged 0
Convintion: The thirty-first international
convention Y. M. C. A. of North America
met at Springfield, Mass.
. Obituary: (filbert Elliot, constructor of the
noted Confederate ram Albemarle, in New
York city ; aged fti.
10. Obituary; Gen. Joseph Col ton, who served
in the Con fedf rate army, nt New Haven;
nged h. Gen. Charles Sutherland, ex-surgeon
general, U. S. A., in Washington;
nged m.
11. Obituary : Ex-Gov. Ira J. Chase of Indiana,
nt Lubee, flie. ; aged 01.
12. Fires: Fire at Port Huron, Mich., destroy
ed n grain elevator and flour mill: loss,
it.),(?U). At Pratt City, Ala., the city hall,
n hotel and church and 00 dwellings were
destroyed by fire.
Obituary: Julius H. Seelye, ex-president of
Amherst college, in Amherst ; nged 71.
Chief Whirlwind, noted Cheyenne warrior,
died at Fort Reno, O. T.
14. Convention: Tin' Kixtccnth nnnual conven
tion of the Hotel Men's Mutual Hi 'in Jit ns-
Roriution began in New York. Biennial
convention of the Order of Railwny Con
ductors began in Atlanta.
10. Obituary : Duke of Hamilton, twelfth of
his lino, died in Algiers. Admiral John J.
Almv, U. S. N., retired, in Washington;
uged 81. Peter H. Burnett, first governor
of California, in San h mie-isco; nged 07,
10. l ire: 4U business places and 100 dwellings.
destroyed in St. Albans, Vt. ; loss, 75u,tmo.
Obituary : David S. S. Sam is, the well
known Fire Island Ism i face, in Babylon,
N. Y. ; aged 77. Hiram Barney, collector
of the port of New York under Lincoln, in
that city; aged 84.
21. Fire: At Angelica, N. Y., fl stores, opera
house and other property burned; losd,
1100,000.
Obituary: Franz von Buppe, tho "Austrian
Offenbach," composer of "Boeoaeein, " eto,,
in Vienna; nged 75. Dr. Mary Harris
Thompson, founder and head surgeon of
the Chicago Hospital For Wumen and Chil
dren, in Chicago; aged 00.
Disaster: Explosion at Pinole, Cal., of R.000
pounds of nitroglycerin nnd 2,000 pounds
Hercules powder; H men killed; loss, fiO,-
000.
Miscellaneous: The income tnx declared tin
ronditutional by a vote of 6 Ut 4. The
fifth annual reunion of the United Confed
erate veterans conv ned at Houston, Tex.
24. Obituary: lion. Hugh McCulhs-h, secretary ,
of treasury lbho to lww, at Washington;
nged OT.
20, Obituary: John A. Morris, race horse own
er nnd capitalist, Kerrviile, 'lex.
27. Obituary: Henry Lindley Fry, noted wood
carver, near Cincinnati; aged 88.
28. Fire: lift ImslnesH houses nnd dwellings
burned at Pattonsburg, Mo. ; loss, IIOO.OUO.
Obituary; Waller Quiuton Gresham, secre
tary of state, nt Washington; aged ty.
Conventions: Tho seventieth anniversary
meeting of the American Unitarian asso
ciation held in Boston. The American
Baptist union began its eighty-first anni
versary convention at Saratoga.
Shipwrecks: Pacific Mail steamer Colirnn ran
Upon a reef off Manznnillo, Mi x., during a
gale: Pfl persons drowned. French steamer
lom Pedro wrecked off the Spanish coast;
K"J lives lost.
81. Obituary: Gen. (J. M. Mitchell, Union vet-
erun ut t hurleston, Ills. ; aged GO.
JUNE.
1. Obituary: George M. Gray, a Chieugo pio
neer, in thnt city; uged 77.
2. Obituary: Hon. Vincent D. Mnrkhnm. n
Very distinguished jurist of Colorado, at
lienver: uged liO.
8. Obituary: Miss Emily Faithfull, the Eng
lish economist and philanthropist; aged 00,
Gen. Prime Rivera, captain general of Mad
rid, mortally wounded by a sulordinutr.
4. Obituary : Samuel Washington Fuller, artist
and portrait painter, at Saratoga; aged 79
The one hundred and fourteenth annual con
clave of the grand lodge of Freemasons
opened in New York.
6. Fires: Carriage plunt burned at Jackson,
Mich. : lot, $17.),uou. 2 elevators destroyed
nt Apph ton, Wis. ; loss, U&.OuO.
7. Obituary: Ralph Swinburne, an old engi
neer associated with George Stephenson,
"faiher of the locomotive," near Charles
ton, W. Va. : aged lu.
8. Fire: At Cloipu t, Minn., SC.OOC.COO feet of
choice lumtw-r burned; loss, $150,000.
Obituary: John A. Forcimugh, the circus
manager, in 1 hiladelphiu; aged 4J.
0. Fires; Dewing & Sons' lumler ynrd and
factory, with adjoining buildings, destroy
ed by fire at Kalamazoo, Mich.; loss,
OnO. The Leonard silk mill at Florence.
Mass., destroy d by fire; loos nearly $150,
two. 10. Fire: Cameron, W. Va., almost wholly de
stroyed by fire: a relief train from Wheel
ing wrecked and a men killed.
Obituary: William Stcinhart, a pioneer mer
chant uf California iu ban Francisco; aged
65.
U- Obituary: Prof. Daniel Kirk wood, LL. D.,
late of the Indiana bUle uuivendty, at Riv
ercide, Cal. : aged bl.
12. Obituary: Tlu-opilus Adam Wy lie, emeritus
professor of ancient languages in the I'nl
versity of Indiana, ut Blooiuuigton, lud.;
nged bo.
Miscellaneous: Christian Endeavor annnal
convention opened in Bo.ston. Destructive
storms and tornadoes in Miuuebota und
Oklahoma.
13. Obitiuiry : Henry Pronse Oxier, formerly
a well known New York tailor, iu New
York; aged 60. bt-nor Zorilla, noted Spau-i.-h
republican leader, at Madrid: ag d 01.
14. Obituary: Rev. Alonzo A. Miner, D. D..
pastor emeritus of the S.-cond Universalist
church and a prominent prohiUtiojiut in
Lofton ; uged bl.
Disinter : A 5u horseTtower engine exploded at
rail River, Mums., w reek ing u 8 story build
ing; 4 people killed and 7 injured.
Personal : Harriet B-echer btowe e lebrated
her eighty-fourth birthday at Halt ford.
15. Fire: At Bridgeport, O., fire destroyed
wholesale drug strt hotel, 2 banks and
Se veral retuil e&tablUhmcuU; lobs, lluo.uuo.
18, Firths: Au ineendiary fire destroyed a
church, 2 newsjmpi-r othces and several
stores; losu, 15, uuu. Jacob's Third Avenue
theater burned ill New York.
The World's Womuu's Christian conference
opened in London.
17, Miscellaneous: The narlem ship canal eon
necting North river ith Long l&huxd sound
OpentHi With Ceremonies.
10. Obituary: W. H. bhiefifelln, head of the
frrenf tlrup: firm In New York cltyjntfod
fin.
20. Fire: Power honor and cars of the street
reilwny In Seattle, Wash., burnetii less,
$ 00,000.
21. Obituary: Henry P.. Houston, "fntherof
Iranspnrtnlton interests in Pennsylvania,"
In Philadelphia; aged 75.
Empi mr Wiliinm 1-dd the keystone of the
K liser W'dhelm (Kiel) canal.
28. The soldier bicycle courier Mattbey ended
bis l!J'4 dap s' ride from New York to Chi
cago. 24, Miscellaneous: Ixrd Rowbery and hli
ministry resigned. Columbia won the tri
angular bont race nt Poughkcepsie over
Cornell and Pennsylvania.
Obituary : Thomas Henry Huxley, the scient
ist, nt EastlMrne, England; aged 70 yenrw.
25. Obituary: M. D. Boruck, a pioneer editor
of California, in San FrnnciHco; aged 81.
Philip Phillips, tho evangelist, in Dela
ware, O. ; aged 01.
27. Fire: San I ratiefsro swept by the largest
fire known there in over iW years.
28. Sporting: Yale defented Harvnrd by Bl4
lengths nt New London. Conn.
29. Obituary: Prof. Thomns H. Huxley, the
scientist, nt Ivistbourne, England; nged 70.
Ex President Peixoto of Brazil, near Rio
Jam iro; nged 60. Daniel Cady Eaton, pro
feasor of botany at Yale, in New Hnvenj
aged HI. Gen. Green Clay Smith, a Union
veteran, nt Wiehington; aged 08.
JULY.
4. Disaster: At Elkhart. Ind.,
a hridge fell
boat race; 38
under a crowd witnessing
injured.
Miscellaneous : 8 deaths in the region west
of and adjoining the Mississippi by clond
burstn und lightning. 8 jinstctlllce burglars
Killeran, Allen and Russell broke out of
Ludlow Street jail, New York. Mob at
tacked nn A. P. A. parade in Boston.
6. Obituary : Alexander Hester, America's
greatest daguerreotypist, died at Evunston,
Ills.
8. Fires: Lumber plant burned at BeoHn,
Cal.: loss, ftti.ooo. At Duluth, Minn.,
$100, (XV) loss in a warehouse fire. 8 bud
ness i ibices burned in Oswego, N. Y.; loss,
f loO.Ovtt).
7. Terrific storm nt Chicago and on Lnke
Michigan; many deaths rcjwirtcd.
9. Obltunry: David A. Dalill, publisher of
Daboli's AlmaiKw, at New Loudon. Conn.;
aged Oi.
Disaster: 13 killed nnd 83 injured tn a rear
end collision on the Grand Trunk at Craig's
Head, 0.ielHe.
10. Fire: Fatal fire r.t Detroit; 0 deaths.
Obituary: Allen Pettibone, father of the
Millerites, at Hartford; nged 85.
Disaster: Over 100 people injured nt Atlan
tic City by the collapse of the old casino.
Sporting: Cornell beaten by Trinity hull at
Henley for Grand Clr.llenge cup. I
11. Obituary: Miohtn Carvalho, famous French
primn donna and the original Marguerite,
ot Dieppe.
Convention: O nvnitton of the United Soci
eties of Christian Pndenvor opened In Bos
ton. 14. Obituary: Dr. Norton 8. Townshend,
emeritus professor of r rieulturu in the
Plate university, at Columbus, O. ; nged 70.
15. Fire: Stemm r Cibol-i burned nt Lew is ton,
N. Y.: loss, about ..";ii,u;o.
16. Fire: Busine;:;, i.oriion of Alta Vista wiped
out by lire: loss, fT.VOUO.
Obituary : St.iinb-uloif, ex -premier of Bul
garia, by i' i- iii.- iioii, nt Sofia; aged 40.
17. Fire; 2firenn.u killed nnd 12 injured at a
fire in Cincinnati; propi rty loss, t''."i0,000,
18. Obituary: Charles Ei: ni eel S'-henck, ex
president of Switzerland, at Bern; aged 70.
Convention: Fifth (nteiu:dional convention
of the Bantist Young People's Union of
America open, d in I'altimore.
Personal: Jbnry Irving. V.; lbr Besnnt and
Lewis Morris knighted by the queen.
21. Fire: hOO.OUO Ios by burning of nn oil mill
in Chicago.
Disaster: 1.) lives lost by stenmbont collision
in the gulf of Genoa.
22. Obituary : Ex-Gov. Ah xander IT. Rice of
Masnehlisetts ('.led r.t Mi Irose. Prof. RU'
dolf Gneist, endm nt German scholar and
profe-sor, iiistru-'lor of tho reigning kai
ser, at Berlin ; a-fed tiO.
24. Fires: Y. M. C A. building in Washington
burned; loss, 50,IKi. Iroiiton IO.) water
works destr. .yerl by fin-; loss, I(I0,000.
Obituary: James Bunn, chief of the Shinne
cock Indians, ut Southampton, N. Y.; aged
about 85. Rev. Edward Beeeher, one of the
famous seven brothers, in Brooklyn; aged
l. ,
26. Obituary: Dr. Anthony Wilson ThoraWl,
bishop of Winchester, at Surrey, England;
aged 70.
28. Obituary: Col. Alfred M. Wood, mayor of
Brooklyn during the war, in that city;
aged 00.
29. Obituary: John Barbee Minor, LL. D., pro
fessor of common nnd statute law in the
University of Virginia nt Charlottesville;
nged W.
80. Fort Scott, Tex., flooded by sudden pre
cipitation of rain.
BL Obituary: Re hard 74. Hunt, noted archi
tect, at Newport, R. I. ; aged 88.
atgust.
1. Obituary: Prof. IMnrieh von Sybel, Ger
man historian, In Marburg: nged 78,
Fatal cloudburst in Wyoming.
2. Fire: A business block ut Lima, 0., de
st roved by Ant; loss, 100,000.
Obituary : Joseph Thompson, African ex
plorer, in Loudon.
8 fire: Sprague, the mat of Lincoln eonnty,
devastated by fire; loss nearly 1, 000,000.
4. Fire: Berlin, Md., almost wiped out by
fire; loss, J'-AAiLOO.
6. Fire: 2 steamers burned at Cincinnati;
loss, tl.'iLUMJ.
Obituary : Charles Hubbs Foster, actor and
playwright, in New Y'ork city ; nged 81.
fl. Obituary: Charles Foster, an old time actor
and muna'.'t r, in New York: aged 0i. Gen.
M. A. Stovall, a Confederate veteran, at
Augusta, 'in. ; uged 77. George F. Root,
the componer, ut Bailey's Island, Me. ; aged
75.
7. Obituary: Associate Justice Howell Ed
munds Jackson of the L S. supreme court
at West Meade, Tenn. ; uged 6ti.
Disasters: An 8 story building collapsed in
New York city. British steamer Catter
thors. from Sydney for Hongkong, went
on ttie rock mar Sydney and wank in 41
minutes: 54 lives lost.
11. Fire. Tho James Kiisman ft Co. stamping
works at Newark, N. J., destroyed by fire;
loss, faOO.coO. Fire destroyed property val
ued at t.'.VJ.OUU at Is-kport, Ills.
Obituary: Frank M. Pixley, a veteran jour
nV4-t, at San Francisco.
12. Fir. 2 factories, 14 dwellings and othr
properties burned in Philadelphia; loss,
f:fo,ouo.
Obituary: Linden Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse,
French explorer and engineer, in Paris.
18. Obituary: Dr. William Dean, noted Baptist
missionary among the orientals, at ban
Diego, Cal.; aged W.
Conventions: Trie first national convention
of commercial lawyers opened in Detroit.
The seventeenth conference of the Amerr
can Library association began in Denver.
Tie National Asscintion of Newsdealers.
net in Brooklyn.
14. Obituary: Biron Christian Bernard von
Taiichnitz, tho European publisher, at
Lcipnic; aged 7". Thomas Hovenden, fa
nious artist, ut Norntown, Pa.
American Phiu'uiaceuticul association op-ncd
at Denver.
18. Obituary: P. F. Rothermel, painter of the
"Battle of Gettysburg 'und other celebrat
ed pictures, ut Linlield, Pa. Gen. John D.
Iml'odei), famous Confederate cavalryman,
at Abingdon; uged o.
10. Obituary : Gen. Samuel Bell Maxey, a Con1
federate veteran and ex-U.S. senator from
Texas, at Eureka Springs, Ai k. ; nged 70.
Tho thirtieth annual reunion of tiie Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineer opened ut
Pittsburg.
18. Obituary: Ex-Justice Williain Strong of
the U. S. supreme court, at Lnke Mmne-
wa-ka, N. .: ngedb,. Ijconurd W. Volk,
the geulptor, at (.Nits da. Wis. : aged 08.
Disaster: 7 peplo drowned ut Ocean City,
Md., from an overcrowded skiff.
20. Disiuiter: B-iihr explosion und tire destroy'
e l the Gumry hotel. Denver; 25 deaths.
22. Fire: Tiie Union ht4-amlout dock and ware
bouse und other property burned in Mil'
waukee; hs, 4.i00,uuu.
Obituary: Ex-Gov. Luzon B. Morris of Con
necticut, at New Haven; uged 88.
25. Fire: At Uosendale, N. Y., 26 building
burntxl; lotia, lio,UUU.
Obituary : H. O. Houghton, head of the Boa-
ton publishing houae, at North Audover,
Muks. ; aged 7a.
28. Obituai-y: Patrick Gavan Duffy, formerly
police justice and known aa tlx little
judge," ut Toms River, N. J.
81. Obituary: Gen. Ely S. Parker, an Indian
who served on Grunt's staff, at Fairfield,
Conn.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Obituary: Marshal McDonald, U. 8. com
misMioner of tUh and liaheriua, in Washing
ton.
Miscellaneous: Selan tiny, twenty-fifth anni
versary of the French surrender celebrat
ed throughout Oermnny. Earthquake
phoek in the eastern states.
2. Disaster: A runaway locomotive dashed
into a crowded train on the Coney Inland
railroad : 70 pople tujuriHl.
8. Fire: Pluenlx Flour mills burned in Evans
ville, Ind.: loss, f HO, Olio.
4. Fire: Boston nnd Albany wharf and freight
sheds in Boston destroyed by fire; Ions,
taOO.OOO.
Obituary: Svn Loven, distinguished Swed
ish naturalist, aged 87. William Henry
Hurlltert, the American Journalist, at Ca
dennbbia, Italy ; aged ON. (ten. A. V. Kant,
U. S. A., retired, in Seattle, Wash. : nged 07.
ft. Obituary: Peter Styers, a loeomotive engi
neer who had been on the rail 48 years, at
Bethlehem, Pa. ; aged 7.1.
7. Obituary: Henry Bentley, "father of the
bs-al telegraph," near Rhlnebcck, N. Y.;
aged 0t.
Disaster: 85 miner entomlKMt by flro in the
Osceola mine at Houghton, Mich.; 80
deaths.
Sporting: The American yacht Defender won
Hie first race against Valkyrie HI by 8
minutes nnd 40 necond.
8. Fire: Bowler's brewery burned at Amster
dam, N. Y.; loss, tL'OO.OOO.
The G. A. R. met in annnal encampment
nt Louisville.
10. Obituary: Harrison MMIard, popular song
writer, In New York city; aged 06.
Sporting: Valkyrie III fouled the American
yacht Defender and won by 47 seconds.
11. Obituary: Henry Lindenmyer, well known
paper dealer of New York, in that city;
ng' d 00.
Disaster: 6 killed and many injured in a
head end collision on the Great Northern
near Melby, Minn.
12. Obituary: Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hall, prom
inent Episcopal divine, in Brooklyn ; aged
75.
SjKirting : Lord Dnnraven withdrew the Eng
lidi yacht Valkyrie HI, giving the race for
the America's cup to the Defender.
14. Obituary: Prof. Siglsmnnd Laser, promi
nent Instructor and composer, in Brook
ly n ; aged 73.
The Mora indemnity of $1,410,000 paid by
Spain.
17. Fire: The business portion of Dodge, Neb,,
destroys! by fire; ltms, $150,000,
18. Fire: A 1750.000 blase in the business por
tion of IndtannpnlK 1 death and a prop
erty loss of (75,000 In a fire at Oshkosh,
Wis.
Obituary: Marian Sefton, one of the oldest
n tresses in America, died at Naveslnk
Highlands, N. J.; born in England In 1810.
Miscfdlanertus: A storm destroyed several
lives and $150,000 worth of property in
Michigan. The Atlanta exhibition formally
opened.
19. Fire: 6 lumber dry kilns burned at Wftib,'
ing ton, N. C. ; lows, IbJO.OOQ.
Obituary; Charle le Clercq, well known
actor, in New York city; aged 72. Alex H.
Ritchie, formerly well known an an artist
and engraver in New Haven ; aged 73.
Disaster: The Spanish cruiser Sanchex Bar
caiztegui run down and sunk in the har
bor of Havana; 8 officers and 88 sailors
drowned.
20. Fire: At Green Bay, Wis., $125,000 lost by
fire.
21. Obituary: Prof. Abraham Victor Rydbera,
Swedish author, at Stockholm.
22. Fire: Lnmlier yards and mills burned lit
Fon dtt Lac, Wis. ; loss, $50,000.
Fire: Paper mill and dwelling burned at
Newburg, N. Y. ; loss, $125,(100.
24. Convention: The Catholic Young Men's Na
tional ISion lenguo bepin its twenty-flrat
nnnual convention in St. Louis.
28. Obituary: Hon. E. W. Bull, a prominent
agriculturist, originator of the Concord
grape, in Concord, Mass. ; aged K9.
27. Obituary: Prof. Ixiuis Pal lens of Dart
mouth, noted scholar in French end Ger
man, at Hanover: aged 67.
The French army entered the capital of Mad
agascar. 8. Fire.: At Superior, Minn., the elevator of
the Iaisy Flour mill burned. A $185,000
factory fire at Woonsockct, R..I.
OCTOBER.
1. Fire: a fl res in Philadelphia; losses, $200,000.
Obituary: Charles E. Brown, the first male
schoolteacher in Chicago, died at Glenese,
Ills.
2. Fire: At Cambridge, O., fire destroyed Lin
den hotel, Taylor block,
Obituary; Gen, Orlando M. Poe, U, 83. engi
neers, at Detroit aged 6&
Personal: Maj. Gen. Miles ordered to com
mand the army in place of Lieut. Gen.
Schofleld, retired.
8. Obituary : Harry Wright, veteran baseball
manager, died at Atlantic City.
4. Obituary: Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen of
Columbia college, well known as an author
and critic, in New York city; nged 47.
8. Obituary: Prof. Henry Maurice Wiilkom,
distinguished German botanist.
Sporting: Yale athletes defeated Cambridge
at Manhattan field, winning 8 out of 11
events and the International collegiate
championship.
f. Obituary; George J, Tysen, president of
the American News company, at Riverside,
Conn. Miss Ada Cavendish, the actress,
died in London. William Wet more Story,
distinguished American sculptor and poet,
at Vallambrosa, Italy; aged 76.
8. Obituary: Gen. William Mahone, a promi
nent Con federate veteran and ex-U. 8. sen
ator from Virginia, at Washington; aged 09,
9, Disaster: 00 people injured in a wreck on
the Pennsylvania railroad near Pittsburg.
10. Obituary : Dr. Albert E. Foote, distinguish
ed mineralogist, expired suddenly while at
the Atlanta exposition.
11. Fire: Holand Radiator works In Bremen,
Ind., destroyed by fire; loss, $150,000.
12. Prof. Thomas Coate. leader of the flrst
cirens b&iid in America, died ftt Eaaton,
Pa.
18 Fire: flampbells, N. Y., a hamlet in Steuben
county, destroyed by fire.
Obituary: Gen. William J. I Jin drum, veter
an of the Mexican and civil wars, at Lan
caster, Ky. ; aged 67. F. L. Pope, noted
electrical engineer, killed by a shock in his
cellar at Great Harrington, Mass.
Disaster: 8 killed and 12 injured by a runa
way trolley car at Pittsburg.
14. Obit nary: Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes, a prom
inent Union general in 1462, at Nice,
France: aged 85. Clara Doty Bates, the
authoress, in Chicago. Andrew J. Mould
er, pioneer educator of ban Francisco, In
that city; aged 68.
15. Obituary: Franklin Davis, a well known
and most successful nurseryman, at Wav
erly, Md. ; aged 68.
18. Personal: Gen. John Gibbon elected com
mander in chief Military Order oi the Loy
al legion.
17. Fire: At Champaign, Ills., Empire Cordage
mill destroyed by fire; lone, $100,000.
18. Firea: At Blanchoeter, O., 60 stores, 20
dwellings, 2 churches, 2 banks and Masonic
hull burned; loss, $150,000. A JU0,000 tire
fu New Orleans. Fire swept 4 blocks in
Crede, Colo., and destroyed property valu
ed ut $150,000
Th national W. C. T. U. convened in Balti
more. 19. Fire: Atlanta suffered a loss of $100,000 by
fire.
Obituary: John W. Mackay, Jr., killed while
racing in r ranee.
80. Fire: 9 squares burned in New Orleans;
1.UU0 people homeless; loss nearly tooO.UUO.
Obituary : Henry Augustus Loop, well known
artiat, at Lake George; aged 64. Rachael
Flam, the first woman settlor in Chicago,
tiiea in tout city.
II. Fire: Town of Bagwell, Tex., destroyed by
nre; loss, iuu,uuu.
Obituary: Gen. Thomas G. Pitcher, U. S. A.,
retired, at Fort Bayard, N. M. ; aged 71.
Anhael Clark K end rick, D. D., LL. D., not
ed Greek scholar, at Rochester; aged 81.
Oliver Ames, ex-governor of Massachusetts,
iu North Jaston; aged 04.
22. Fire: 40 buildings destroyed in Madison,
W is. ; loss, $150,uuo.
Obituary: Stgimr Bought, celebrated Italian
author, scholar and statesman, at Naples;
agea oi.
24. Obituary: Ex U. S. Senator Charles H. Van
Wyek of Nebraska, in Washington: aged 71.
25. Obituary: Charles Halle, noted pianist, in
jnaneiieMver , ageu to.
3T, Lynching mob tired upon by militia at
Tutui, o. ; X killed.
Bfl. 10 inches of snow fell at Negaunee, Mich.
80. Fire: Lagonda hotel burned at Springfield,
O. ; loss, $l0u,uu. AI Columbus, Gu., the
girls' high school and 11 residences were
burned.
NOVEMBER,
1. Criminal: Durant convicted of the murder
of Blanche Lamuut at ban Francisco.
I, Criminal: Holmes convicted of the murder
of 11 teae L
1 Disaster: 2 killed and 26 or 80 injured in
wreck on the baltiniort) and Ohio near
Wheeling.
. Fire: 4 business blocks burned at Decatur,
ills. ; loss, i2au,uuo to uu), uuo.
Obituary : Eugene Field, the popular journal
ist and verse writer, in Chicago; ssud 45.
ft. Fire: The ttoipira bank and Manhattan
Pavings bank burned In New York clfy; St
firemen injured: los, lMiO.Oi'0.
Obituarv: William I.ibbv, former partner of
A. T. Stewart in New York eifyj nged 74.
Rachel Cantor, the oldest living actress In
the United State, nt Worcester; nged 85.
8. Obituary: Mrs. D. P. Bowers, well known
actress, nt Washington: aged 5,
Disaster: 40 killed anil '40 wounded by nn
explosion In Detroit. The Evening Journal
ottieo wrecked; loss, 00.li0.
Personal: Dnke of Mnrlborongh married to
Omsuelo Vnnderbilt in New York.
The Erie railway sold under a foreclosure for
$.11,01 10,000,
7. Obituary: Rear Admiral Robert Wilson
Shufeldt, IT. 8. N., in Washington ; nged 7H.
Thirty-third congress of the Society For the
Advancement of Women met in New Or
lenns. Sporting: The Ringle scull race for the
world's championship won by Gaudnur at
Austin, Tex.
8. Obituary: Dr. Robert Battey, originator oi
the "H-ittey opi ration" in surgery, nt
Rome, Ga. : aged 07. W. Rhode Hill, a not
ed citizen of Atlanta, in that city; aged 08.
12. Obituary: Henry G. A-diton, inventor of
the Ashlon safi ty valve, nt Somerville,
Mass. ; agi'd 40.
Personal: The eightieth birthday of Elisa
beth Cady statiion celebrated by a large
gathering in New York,
Miscellaneous: The thirteenth Baptist Con
gress of the United .States opened at Provi
dence. 15. A daughter born to the czar and exnrina ot
Russia.
16. Obituary: Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith, nut hot
of "America," in Boston; aged 87.
Disaster: An electric car fell into a draw nt
Cleveland: 10 deaths.
17. Fires: A $:.000 fire nt Meridian, Miss.
Bauner brewery burned at Cincinnati.
18. Fire : 02,000 barrels of naphtha burned at
Whiting. Ind.; a deaths.
19. Fire: Factory building burned at Dallas,
Tex. ; loss, $75,0(10.
Obituary: Cardinal Bonaparte, grandson of
Lucicn, nt Rome; nged 07.
20. Fire: The Parker block burned at Lowell,
Mass. ; loss, fc.'JO.OOO.
Obituary: Rust em Pashn, Turkish embassa
dor to Great Britain, in Ijondon.
21. Fire: 17 firms burned out in Chicago fir
and many lives imperiled; loss, $500,000.
Obituary: Sir Henry Ponsonby, private sec
retary to Ouei n Victoria, nt Cowes, Eng
land : nged 70.
Miccllnneom: Calvert Vanx, a noted Ameri
can hind icjipe architect, found drowned in
New York bay. Verdict of not guilty in
the sensational Hannigan murder trial In
New York.
22. Fire: 5 deaths in a fire In the Dry OootU
and Woolen Exchange building in Chicago,
loiw, $400,000.
.Obituary: M. Bartholcmy Rolnt HMalro,
prominent in French literature, in Paris:
aged W.
Obituary: Maurice Frederick Dc Haas, noted
marine artist, in New York city; aged 68.
Edwin A. Meyers, n veteran newspapet
man of Pittsburg, in that city; aged 02.
Sporting: Yule defeated Princeton at New
York; score 20to 10. Pennsylvania defeated
Harvard at foot I tall by a score of 17 to II.
25. Disaster: 71 deaths by an explosion of car
tridges ut Barcelona, Spain.
Convention : Tho eighth annual session ot
the Transmississipi congress In-gan in Oma
ha: 24 states and territories represented.
27. Obituary: Alexandre Dumas, noted French
writer und author of "Camille," in Paris;
owed 71. Rev. Octavms Brooks Frothing
ham, noted Unitarian, in Boston; aged Tit.
28. Obituarv: Gen. Thomas Jordan, a promi
nent ex Confederate and Mexican veteran,
in New i ork city; itgcl 0.
Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at
foot I tall in West Philadelphia; score, 40 to 2.
20. Obituary : Count Von Taafe, Austrian
statesman, in Bohem a ; nged (M,
Disaster: Explosion ut die Tilly Foster minci
near funnel, N. Y.; 0 killed und 11 injured.
DECEMBER..
1. Obituary: James Harvey partr'dre, edit
cator and author, at Cranford, N. J ; aged
85.
2. Congress opened.
8 Obituary : Vn.t. Oscar Taylor, n Union
veteran who captured Mosby the guerrilla,
In New York.
Personal: Rufus W. Peckham appointed jus
tice of UniteJ States court.
Fire: 7 mercantile firms 1 urned out it. In
dianapolis; loss, f400,000; 2 firemen killed.
4. The Empire Stale express. New York Cen
tral railway, broke the record between
New York and BulTaVi, making the schedule
time u(ls miles an hour.
6. Personal: W. E. H. Lecky, the historian
elected to the house of commons for the
Dublin nniverdty.
Fire: Fire broke out In The V. S. assay of
fice with 2,0U0,000 in gold bars lying loose
and $21,000,000 in the vaults; damage slight.
9. Fifteenth annual convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Lulxir opened in Now
York city.
19. Centennial of American commercial liberty
celebration.
II TURKEY'S CHRISTMAS,
Th. Mtnntlnn In Mardln 1. laM to Be Get
ting More Sri-ion, I-:.ch Day.
Hortov, Doo. 3.- .Advices received
tiere tndny rhv thnt the flltnatiori in Mttr-
din, central Turkoy, in dnlly becoming
more serious, ilitiljin Ifl cncompAftHed by
Urge band nf Kurds and Turks, who
hava raided and sacked every village In
the neighborhood. The government doe.
nothing to put a .top to (hi. work of mur-
dor and pillage. There ifl prncticnlly no
government. Anarohy Hits onthronod.
inn ihriHtlanfl ot tills region, notwith
standing t?ie tronttnont to whioh they
nave been subjoctml, oner no resistance.
and In their conduct throughout hava
been most praiseworthy. The vail give.
aasuranne that the missionaries shall be
protected, and the consuls hava warned
blm thnt tbey hold him responsible for
their safety.
A letter was also rcooived today from
the vicinity of Kharput staling that the
Turkish government has already begun
to represent that the Armenians pro
voked the assaults.
As to the Armenians, In most plaoes In
the region of Kharput they bad given up
their arms, and east themselves on the.
proteotlon of the government. The day
tMiore the outbreak the colonel In com
mand telegraphed to his commander In
ohlef In Mez.rah that the Christians had
given llD their weanons nnd cast them.
selves on the protection of the government
with their vromen and children and asked
what they would da He received no re
ply.
It seems perfectly plain that this whole
thing emanated from the sultan. For
two months the Dersinand Moslem Kurds
have been declaring that thoy had orders
from the sultan to kill the Christians.
The Turks in the cities also have said the
samo. Prominent Turkish officials have
acknowledged that such an Impression
was prevalent. In ndditlon to this, the
fact that simultaneously with the procla
mation of acceptance of reforms the Kurds
and the Turks dwelling In localities wide
ly separated began to move, like tho coll
ing out of the reserves, showed that the
forces were directed by orders emanating
from one head.
Miner. SiiHp.ctd ot Marder.
Silver City, N. M., Doo. in. William
Heed, superintendent of the Native Cop
per and Hanover mines at Linderman,
was faund near the mouth of the former
mine shot through the brain and bis skull
crushed. There U no direct clew, but two
discharged miners are suspected of the
niurder.
Tiie Barbara Aul Cam.
Albasy, lleo. 25. Mr. T. A. Fulton of
the New York chamber of commerce.
who was the tureman of ihr- jury In the
Barbara A uncase, called 01.". au govarnur.
Ha was also oloseted fur a time with
Judge Joyoe, the pardon clerk, but denied
afterward that he wan here on the Aub
ease.
Attempted to B irn Iba Jull.
6EVKVA, N. Y Deo. 23. Mary Hodg
Ins attempted to burn the jail and ap
parently take her own life. Karly In the
evening she was arrested for drunkenness
and later the jail was discovered to be on
Bra. It was with difficulty that the tlra-
aien saved bur life.
ADVANTAGES OF A POUND EARN.
As Explained by nn Illinois Corresnnndrnt
nf The Country (JeiitlrmiMi.
Eooiiomy ought lo liuvfi n pinto in nil
bnildiiiRcnlcnliitimiR nnd convenient nr
tniiRuniFiit uf Hie inferior part of (ho
liam ih tlio lilnro to find economy in a
barn. Following is (lie ronimunirnlion
n Ciinntrj (iciitlc ninti correspondent
en tho nilvniitiigea of a Found luirn. Ho
takes for illustration n limn ruiletl to a
lurpc farm, wlit ro many cows nro kept.
Tliis barn of 100 feet ill tliimieter Iins,
(KcortlinK to 11)0 corieppontldit nllmlcd
(o, these point h to recommend it;
First, economy' of onlsitlo covering.
F-inco tho bmn in ftiunro nlinpn is mc.ro
economical from lliis point of vicwlhtm
the rectntignlar Blyle, vvo will compare
the amount of weather snrfaco per per
pentlicnlar foot. On tho ronml burn, 100
feet in diiuneler, llirro is 814. 1(1 Fnrfuce,
nnd the squitro bnrn of equal floor space
hns 500.3, or a tlifTereiico of lfiu feet for
encli foot of height, not to mention
those Rabins, nnd it will cost less to roof
the ronnd bnrn. Tliosurfneo in tlio barn
proposed wonld be, if in n solid pqnarp,
170 by 185 by 010 feet per foot height,
or enongli to mnko two round barns of
tho same height.
We want our stables nil tofjelhcr nnd
feed overhead, nnd in tho center of ihe
place of distribntion ; henco wo want
the barn hiph and take coarse feed stuffs
op by hay track, etc., nnd need n Bilo
(if yon can feed ensilage) in tho center
of the barn. Tho 100 foot diameter
ronnd barn gives the spaces as follows:
Drive aronnd ontside, 7 fert; first row
of cows, 7 feet; alley to feed from, 0
feet; second row of cows, 7 feet; drivo
aronnd the silo in center, 7 feet ; silo in
center, 84 feet iu diameter. This size
silo is too largo to feed from nil over
and should be divided; it would hold
probably 500 tons, 80 feet high, which
wonld only be 81 feet from barn floor.
The stable shonld bo all on tho same
level and no hogs kept in tho samo
bnildiiiR that tho dairy barn is in. In ro
gard to ventilation, each spaco between
the studding of silo litis nn opening nt
tho bottom which takes foul nir ont
from tho bottom, fiom whero it shonld
go. There nro numerous other advan
tages which tho round barn presents
which nmko it far superior to the squnro
or icetaiignliir one, lint to enter into do-
tail wonld require tno much for (ho.
space. If renders, however, will take) a
pencil und fii,'uio (ho uivnul:u;ca of (ho
round barn over tlio square oi:o they
will doubtless dis-covcr the so for thom
sclvcs. T!nH!nn TIilsMo In too r.OKt.
Tho agricultural depart nit Tic.f Wash
ington has been notified that tho nox
ious plant know;: as Uussiaii thi:;t)o has
been found in tho yards of the West
thorc lailrond at Wech.iv. ken, N. J. Au
this plant spreads rapidly raid litis over
run 40,000 square miles in states be
yond the Mississippi river, tho impor
tance of concerted action in arresting its
progress is evident. In many of tho
west em states tho legislatures have
passed nets with a view of exterminat
ing tho weed nnd preventing its spread
ing. A Siiig:o plant brar3 numerous seed.
which art) distributed by tlio wind. In
tho winter tho plant dies tt:id (he root is
broken nt tho surfaco of the ground by
tho force of tho wind. Then tho plant is
blown about tlio country, dropping its
seed as it moves along. Tho plants grow
very closely together nnd completely
cover the ground. They have sharp
spines, which worry animals und causo
festering sores. They ulso render tho
operation of reaping und mowing ma
chines impossible.
Is Winter Rye a rercnnlal?
Judge Whito cf Whitestown, Onoida
county, N. Y., was cno of tho first set
tlers west of Albany. Abont 80 years
ago he tried nn important experiment
with winter ryo. Ho sowed n field of 40
acres and pastured it ouo year. Tho sec
ond yenr he fenced off ten ncres to grow
grain and pusturcd (ho remaining 30
acres. The third yenr he fenced off an
other ten acres for grain nnd pastured
the remaining 20 acres. The fourth year
he fenced off ten acres for grain and pas
tured the lust ten acres. The fifth year ho
harvested a crop of grain from the last
ten acres. Judgo White g experiment
demonstrated that winter ryo is a peren
nial so long as yon prevent its jointing.
explains a correspondent of Tho Now
huglund Hornesteud, who says: "If yon
are in a hurry for a pasture, I know of
nothing better than winter rye. I sowed
rye and redtop last October and began
posturing it in April, IH'Jj. It is yield
ing a surprising amount of feed. "
Mora Potash Needed
No doubt it is true that potash is tho
great need of soils where tobacco culture
has been the main crop fur years. Tho
stone fruits, especially tho peach, seem
to derive tho greatest beuelit from its
use. This is especially truo when tho
orchard is on sandy land. Potash in tho
form of hard wood, fresh ashes or a lib
eral application of kaiuit or other pot
ush salts aids materially in keeping tho
trees iu such a healthy condition that
they are undoubtedly less lialilo to bo at
tacked by tho yellows, or other diseases
of a similar character, says American
Agriculturist.
Game Laws In I.'rw Yoik State.
There is a general misunderstanding
of some of the provisions cf tlio new
game laws of New York state. Gamo
may bo sold nuyv hero in tho statu ut
any time of year, no matter whether it
is lawful to kill it in tho stato or not,
if it be proved (hat it wan shipped from
a point ut least tint) miles distant from
the state of New York. In tho state, of
course, it most not be killed or sold ex
cept during tho time provided by law.
- Kurul New Yorker.
Suing For a Town Site.
Five heirs of Peter Cunsady at Prince
ton, Ills., have sued for thesito of South
Omaha. The li ligation involves nourly
(1,000,000. They base their claim on a
technicality in tho original transfers of
the laud years ago when it was of little
value.
The claim involves 2U8 acres. Part of
this beluiijjs uow, or formerly belonged,
to I ho Kuuth Omaha 1uik1 company and
Is platted into blockj uuj lots.