Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1898 — WHAT 1897 HAS SEEN. [ARTICLE]

WHAT 1897 HAS SEEN.

RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE YEAR. Grteco-Turkish War nnd the Cuban Insurrection-The Great Strike in the Coal Fields-Political Changes of Twelve Months. A Chronological Table. The year 1897 has been, it might be said almost a" commonplace one, since its commencement, that is, no events of overwhelming moment have taken place, but there has been no dearth of important occurrences. The war between Turkey and Greece, the struggle for freedom in Cuba, the costly and long-drawn-out strike in the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal fields, the change of national administration, the enactment of the Dingiey tariff law, the disastrous spring floods in the Mississippi valley and autumn fires iii the West and Northwest, and the epidemic of yellow fever in the Southern States are clearly not matters of small importance in the history of the world. The year has been an unusual one from the fact that but few men of really great reputation have passed from the stage of their earthly labors; their number can be computed upon the fingers of the two hands. The most important events of the year are recorded below in the order of their occurrence: JANUARY. 1— Thirteen miners perish at Pachuca. Mexico... .Extremely high temperature and heavy rains In Northwest... .Pingree Inaugurated Governor of Michigan. 2W. A. Hammond, wrecker of Illinois National Bank, commits suicide. .. .Fatal storm In Southwest... .Nashville. Tenn., has $400,000 fire.... West and Northwest deluged by rains. 3 Snow nnd frost succeed rain. 4 Furious blizzard in the West.... Gov. Scofield Inaugurated at Madison, W 15.... Three St. Paul banks fall. 5 Gov. Altgeld pardons 19 criminals... .St. Stanislaus parsonage at Bay City, Mich., sacked by warring church factions.... Four children die by fire near Westfield, Wls.; three near Babcock, Wls. 6 Illinois Legislature meets... .Seven Ursuline nuns perish by tire at Convent of Our Lady of Lake St. Johns, Itobervnl, Quebec. 11— Tanner Inaugurated Governor of Illinois with much pomp and ceremony.... Mount Inaugurated Governor of Indiana with very simple style.... House kills Pacific funding bi 11... .American-British arbitration treaty signed. 12— Five children drown, skating, at St. Louis. .. .Four die In powder explosion at Shamokin, Pa. 13— Five killed In a Pottsville, Pa., coal shaft. 19—Win. E. Mason chosen Senator from Illinois... .Three negroes lynched In Louisiana. 21—Nine Bailors drown off Long Island. 2d—Fourteen below zero nt Chicago: 700 poor families aided; relief measures adopted over entire c1ty....52,500,000 fire nt Philadelphia. .. .$350,000 fire at Chicago. 27 Continued cold weather In Northwest. 28— Lyman .1. Gage of Chicago necepts treasury portfolio. 31—Family of seven die by fire In Hoboken, N. J Cruiser Brooklyn on the rocks. FEBRUARY. 2—Pennsylvania State eapltol burned; loss $1,500,000. ... Venezuelan treaty signed. B—Admiral Bunce's squadron In a storm off Hampton Roads; three seamen swept i> „*ay, several Injured... .$200,000 rullroa-1 shop fire at Prlnceon, Ind. 10—Bradley-Martin ball at New York costs $500,000... .Phenomenal drop In price of steel rails.

13— Aid. O'Mnlley acquitted of murder nt Chicago. .. .Denth of J. Randolph Tucker at Lexington, Va., and Gen. J. O. Shelby at Adrian, Mo.; both noted Confederates. 14— Greeks bombard Canea, Island of Crete, under Turkish rule. 15— Appeal of Jos. 11. Dunlop, convicted of Improper use of malls nt Chicago, to Supreme Court falls. I(s—Millionaire Duestrow linnged nt Union, Mo., for wife'murder; Peter Schmidt nnd Sam Foster hanged at Clnyton, M 0.... Greeks capture Turkish fort at Crete. 17— Powers of Europe protest against action of Greece. 18— Two thousand Moslems slain In Crete by Greeks. .. .Big shortage of State officials discovered In Nebraska. 21— Canea bombarded by the powers,... Baby girl at the Harrisons'. 22 General observation of Washington's blrthdny... .Floods In Ohio Valley. 25—Powers decide Greece must evacuate Crete.

MARCH. 4 McKinley inaugurated... .Six killed at Boston by gas explosion. 5 Extensive floods In Mississippi Valley, and In Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.... Greece defies the powers. t—Foundering of steamer Ville de St. Nazalre off Carolina; 65 lives lost. 9 Tremendous rainfall In central States. 10— Six killed In a wreck near Princeton, Ind. 12—Blizzard sweeps the Northwest—s4oo,000 wholesale grocery tire at Chicago. 15—51,500,000 Are at St. Louis. .. .Floods In Mississippi Valley make thousands of negroes homeless. 17—Fitzsimmons whips Corbett at Carson City, Nev.... 78 lives lost by foundering of French steamer otT Carolina. 21— Powers blockade Cretan ports to Greek ships. 22 Cyclone kills eight and Injures 23 school children nt Arlinapn, Ga.; family of five killed In Henry County, Ala. 23 Heavy fall of slushy snow In Northwest. 30— Forty-five killed by a eyelone at Chandler. O. T. 31— House passes Dingley tariff bi 11..., Powefs bombard Cretans. APRIL. 6 Carter H. Harrison elected Mayor of Chicago by 75,000 plurality. .. .Alarming floods tn Mississippi Valley. 8— $1,000,000 fire nt Knoxville, Tenn- 17 people killed. 9 Snow storm in Central States. 10— Daniel W. Voorhees, former U. S Senator from Indiana, dies at Washington. 15—Riots In Indianapolis over 3-cent carfare. .. .$500,000 tire at New Orleans. 17— War between Turkey and Greece. 18— Fierce windstorm In Chicago; $150,000 Are. 20— Desperate fighting in the Levant First execution by electricity In Ohio. 23 Osman Pasha assumes command of Turkish troops, which have met severe reverses. 24- capture Larissa. .. .Vast floods In Missouri and Mississippi Valleys. 26 Hundreds of families at Ottumwa, lowa, and Quincy, HI., homeless by floods. 27 Dedication of Grant’s tomb at New York. .. .$2,000,000 fire at Newport News, Va. 28— Greeks at Athens riotous because of army reverses. .. .Flood at South Guthrie. O. T., kills over 70. 29 Ralll heads new cabinet of Greece. Wild gale with loss of life and vessels on Lake Michigan. 30— Greeks win a big battle. .. .Seven negroes lynched by a mob of negroes In Texas MAY. 1— Snow at Chicago. 2 $4,000,000 tire at Pittsburg, Pa. 4—One hundred die by fire hi a Parisian bazar. 7 Hrutal murder of the Harris family, near Waukesha, Wls.. by Win. Pouch. 9—Sixteen die by fire on Mallory Line steamship Leona, off Sandy Hook. .. .Greece asks Intervention of powers. 1-I—Snow at Chicago. 18—Czar intervenes to stop war In the Levant. 31— Severe earthquake shock In Cincinnati and southeast. .. .Five of a picnic party killed on Long Island. JUNE. » cabinet resigns. 3 Two of a mou of lynchers killed at Urbana, Ohio, and nine wounded, by militia under command of Sheriff McLean. 7—Six killed In a wreck near Hudson, Wls. 9—5200,000 fire at Carlinville, 111. .. .Death cf Alvan Clark, famous lens-maker, at Cambridge, Mass. 11— Wife murderer French hanged at Rockford, 111. 12— Mayor Richards killed at Bunker Hill, 111., by Editor Hedley. 13— Attempt to kill President Faure by a Paris bomb-thrower. 14 — Suicide of Barney Barnato at sen. 15— Temperature of 98 In Chicago; 40 prostrations. 16— Northwest suffers from awful heat. 18—Storm kills four children at Lincoln, 111. .. .—Cyclones In many Western localities. 21— Victorian Jubilee celebration commences at London. 24 Cyclone In Kansas kills three; hall bombards Topeka. 25- Lynching at Crystal Springs, Miss.... Race war at Key West over attempted lynching... .Cornell defeats Yale and Harvard in college boat race.... Four legal executions at St. Joseph, Mo.. Fayetteville, W, Ys., Atlanta, Ga., and Houston. Tcxa».

9ft—Seven killed In a wreck at Missouri City. Mo. 30—All districts report many fatalities from heat. JULY. 1— Continuance of fearful beat... .Close of Victoriau Jubilee. 3—Awful beat In Chicago kills six and prostrates 40; 13 die at Cincinnati... .Snowstorm In Colorado... .Deluge at Duluth does $1,000,900 damage. ♦—Heat and fatalities continue east of Mississippi, Valley; thunderstorm at midnight relieves Chicago, after eight have died. ft—Ten killed by cyclone at Lowry. Minn. ... .Nine killed by boiler explosion at Hartsville, Tenu....Coal miners' strike becomes genera* In the East. "—Continuance of extreme heat and consequent fatalities—Senate passes tariff bill. ....Six killed at Bay City, Mich., by street car plunging into an open draw. B—Chicago and Alton freight house burns at Chicago; loss $250,000... .Heat and death roll Increases... .Death of Senator Harris of Tennessee. 10—Drop of 35 degrees In temperature at Chicago; change general. 12- of Millionaire Columbus R, Cummings of Chicago. 15— Negro lynched for assault and murder at West Point. Tenn... .Illinois and Indiana coal miners go out. 17—News of fabulous gold finds In Alaska. Ill—Tariff bill passes the House... .Snowstorm In Chicago. 22 Logan monument unveiled at Chicago. 23 Four killed by explosion of naphtha on steamer at Bridgeport. Conn... .$1,000,000 grape sugar factory lire at Peorln, 111. 24 New tariff law enacted; Congress adjourns. .. .Cloudburst at Boston. 30— Seven killed by cyclone at San Jose, 111. AUGUST. ft—Elevator fire at Chicago kills four firemen, hurts 20 more, aud does $500,000 damage. 8— Assassination of Premier Canovaa of Spain. 15—Orleanlst Prince Henri seriously wounded by Italian Count of Turin In a duel nt Paris. 10—Great boom hi wheat... .Cold wave at Chicago. 17—Snowstorm In South Dakota... .Wheat touches 98c at Chicago. 19— Unknown man killed by farmers near Chicago, for assault... .Four killed by glucose factory explosion at Davenport, lowa. 21—Wheat.reaches the dollar price In several cities and occasions great excitement. 23—Three hundred Sepoys massacred by Afridis in India. 2(l—President of Uruguay assassinated. 2ft— News of a great tidal wave In Japan. 3ft—Steamer Portland arr|ves at Seattle with Alaskan treasure. 31— Yellow fever breaks out at Ocean Springs, Miss. SEPTEMBER. 2 Crops reported greatly damaged by long continued drought. 7—Railroad collision near Emporia, Kan.; several killed.... Lake St. Clair yacht capsized, drowning six. ft—Terrible head-end collision near Newcastle, Colo., kills 30 people and mangles many others. 10— Twenty-two striking coal miners near Latimer, Pa., shot dead uy deputy sheriffs; many others wounded. 11- convention at Columbus settles the great coal strike. 13— Tidal wave along the Texas coast took many lives and did great damage to property. 15—Five alleged burglars taken from jail by a mob at Versailles, Ind., and lynched, lO—Anarchist assaults President Diaz of Mexico; death of the assaulter at the hands of a mob. 20— Outbreak of yellow fever In New Orleans. 21— President Ratehford of the United Mino workers declares the coal strike ended. lift—Nine men killed In a bloody riot at Girardville, Pa.... Mrs. John Becker and five children slaughtered near Carroll, lowa. ...Railway lu>ld-up at Moorhead, Minn. 29 $1,000,000 fire In Washington, D. O, ... Fall of Azearrnga ministry In Spain. 30— Resignation of the Rail! ministry In Greece.

OCTOBER. I—Five bandits held up a train in Indian Territory. .. .Thirty persons hurt In railway accident at Medford, Mass. B—Death of Gen. Neal Dow. 4 Sagnsta ministry assumes control In Spain. .. .Austin, Pa., almost entirely destroyed by lire. 5 Connecticut votes an educational test for voters. ft—Alton train held up near Kansas City, Mo Thousands of Ilves lost and much property destroyed by a typhoon in the Philippine Islands. .. .$117,000 tire nt Chicago slock yards. .. .Large tire In Detroit. .. .Six girls burned to death nt Plankinton, S. D.... Disastrous tire nt Medora, 111. 7 Two prisoners roasted lu Opelika, Ala., jail. 8— Gen. Weyler recalled from Cuba.... Death of ex-Senator McPherson of New J (rscy. 12—Bandits rob a train near Austin, Texas.... Death nt Detroit of ex-Senator Chas. W. Jones of Florida. 14— Four people killed In n railway accident nt Stlttsvllie, Ont. 15— Four persons killed nnd many Injured by caving In of n theater roof In Cincinnati. 10-Stenmer Triton sunk In Caribbean Sea and 150 lives lost. 17—Windsor, N. S„ fire-swept nnd 3,000 people left homeless. .. .Death of Chas. A. Dana of the New York Sun. 10— Death of Geo. M. Pullman of Chicago. 21—Jury In Luetgert murder case in Chicago disagreed. 24 Twenty lives lost In New York Central accident at Garrisons, N. Y Bank wrecked at Blairsburg, lowa. 27 Wabash Railroad offices In St. Louis burned. 2ft—Henry George, single-tax advocate, died of apoplexy nt New York. NOVEMBER. 1— Sale of the Union Pacific Railroad. 2 Thirteen firemen injured by a gasoline explosion at a fire In Philadelphia.... Election day: New York elected Van Wyck (Tammany) Mayor; Ohio, Pennsylvania, lowa and Massachusetts went Republican; Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Kentucky ami Virginia Democratic; Colorado was carried by silver men, and In South Dakota Republicans and Democrats won over Populists. 4—Chesapeake and Ohio train wreck nt Charlottesville, Va., In 'which four people are killed nnd many Injured... .Five men badly burned by molten Iron In Milwaukee, and two die from tbelr Injuries. o—Train robbery near Grants, N. M Fourteen lives lost by the sinking of the steamer Idaho on Lake Erie. 11— Yellow fever quarantine declared off In New Orleans. .. .Thieves steal $14,000 In money nnd jewelry from a Silver Creek, N. Y., bank. 12— $50,000 fire at Fostoria, Ohio. 13— Three Indians lynched by a mob at Williamsport, N. D. 17—Three people Injured In a railway wreck near Cleveland, Ohio. ...Panic In a Cincinnati school caused the injury of four children... .Rozel, Kam, sinks into the prairie In a night. Ift—Three miners killed In railway wreck at Coal Bluff, 1nd.... Great fire In London, England; loss $25,000,000. 20—Masked negro, attempting to hold up a Kansas City street ear, shot conductor nnd motorman. .. 2 . 1 ~ l ’' ll ' e nt Me| hourne, Australia, In which $5,000,000 of mercantile property was destroyed. .. .Two motormen killed In n collision In Baltimore, Md.... Fire nt La Grange, Ohio, In which $25,000 worth of property "as destroyed. A ’ Novak found guilty of murder nt Vinton, lown. 25 Capt, Lovering found guilty by court mnrtlnl at Fort Sheridan, Chicago. 28— Resignation of the Badeni ministry In Austria. .. .Three men asphyxiated In the Grand Trunk tunnel at Port Huron, Mich. 30—New cabinet formed in Austria.... Eleven persons killed In a railway accident nt Warsaw, Poland... .Martin Thorn convicted of the murder of Wtn. Guldensuppe at New York.

DECEMBER. I— Thirty-seven miners killed In Homburg. Bavaria, by explosion of fire damp. .. .Furious riots at Prague. Bohemia. 4 Three men killed and several persons Injured In a collision of trolley cars near Detroit, Mich. 5 Resignation of the Italian ministry. 6 Congress convenes in regular session nt Washington. ll Two men killed In railway collision at Oakland, Cal Haytbin cabinet resigned. 13— New Haytlan ministry formed. 14— Resignation of Chilian cabinet.... Rudlnl cabinet reconstituted In Italy. 16— Three men killed In C., E. & I. wreck at Clinton, 1nd.... Death of Alphonse Daudet, noted French author. .. .William Terries, English actor, assassinated In London. ... .Ratification of pence treaty between Greece and Turkey... .New Chilian cabinet formed. 17— Six Ilves lost In fire at Ottawa. 0nt.... Three persons perish in an ?850,000 fire st Grand Forks, Dak. 15— Zero weather In Chicago. .. .Death Y>f Hon. Washington Heslng, of Chicago. 20— Five train wrecks—at Castle Rock, Colo., two persons killed; nt Pontiac, 111., five persons Injured; near Benson, Artz., one man killed; near Rlpton, Ala., four men killed; at St. Louis, one man killed and two Injured. 21— Suckle of Miss Leila Herbert at Washington, D. C Three skaters drowned at Tonawanda, N. Y..,, , Three skaters drowned at Gardner. Maaa,