Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Page 6

RECORD OF A YEAR.

Important Events Crowded the Past Twelve Months. MUCH HISTORY MADE. The Year 1898 Will Be Remembered as a Most Notable One. A Chronoloalcal Review Khows It to Have Been Remarkable in Many Re* •pecta—War with Spain Takes pore* ■ sit Place In the Interesting Record —Concise Story of 'lint Victorious Conflict—lnternational and Internal, Dissensions Amonjj liuropena Coun-tries-Disastcr anil Ilaatli at Home and Abroad. To him tvho is concerned with history In the making there very rarely cornea a year more heavily laden with important events than the year lb'9B. It has seen CTery state in Europe, except peaceful Scandinavia and the Dutch communities, fnee to face with either war or internal dissolution—some of tbein within mensurable distance of both. Yet the greatest effects have not been in Europe; 1898 has seen the United States forced, not by any greed of power, but by its humanitarian ideals, to take its part in European relations. A brief hut glorious armed conflict with Spain, has been begun, prosecuted to its end and settled by a treaty of peace upon which the ink is scarcely dry. The inception of great lsditical changes has been witnessed in China; two European rulers have come to their death; several men and women prominent in statecraft, military affairs, reform, literature and music, have passed away; the year has been marked by some terrible marine disasters, causing great loss of life; and tire, flood and storm have numbered their victinie by scores and caused extensive loss of property. The chronological table that follows gives the most important happenings of 3898. foremost among which are those of the war with Spain. CONFLICT WITH SPAIN. Kventsof the War Lately Won by the United States. January. 26—U. S. battleship Maine, Capt. C. D. Stgsbee, l'. S. N., is ordered to Havana, Cuba. February. B—The publication of a letter written by Senor Ilupuy de: Lome. Spanish minister to the United States, speaking disparagingly of President McKinley, leads to the Minister's resignation of his post and the appointment of Seuor Luis l’olo y Bernabe. 16- The U. S. battleship Maine, lying in the harbor of Havana, is destroyed and suuk by an explosion between i» and 10 o'clock p. ui. 17- Rear Admiral Sicard, commanding the -North Atlanlie squadrou. orders a court of inquiry Into tie- loss of the Maine. 16— Tlie request of the Spanish officials in Havana for a joint investigation into the bws of the Maine is declined. 21— Tlie I nited States Senate orders an lu- I vestigallou into the Maine disaster. March. 8-0 —Congress votes to place $50,000,000 at .the unqualitleH disposal of President McKinley as an .'emergency fund. 16—Spain remonstrates against tlie presence of the United States fleet at Key West and against other measures of defense by our Government. IT—Facts eomu-rnlng Cuba stated In the Senate by Senator Proctor, of Vermont, as the result of personal observation. *8- Court of Inquiry's report on the Maine sent to Congriss. April. 6 Consul General Lee recalled. 10— Consul General Lee leaves Cuba. 11— President McKinley sends a message to Congress recommending armed Intervention in Cuba. 16— Army ordered to mobilize. 16—Senate belligerency resolutions passed. 18- Congress votes against Cuban recognition. 16— Congress passes resolutions demanding the withdrawal of Spain from Cuba. 20— Queen opens Cortes with war speech. Government announces its opposition to privateering. President signs notification to the tuitions of intention to blockade. 21 -Our minister at Madrid. Gen. Stewart I, Woodford. Informed by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs that diploj matic relations between Spain and the United States are terminated....l*resl- ’ dent McKinley cables our ultimatum to Spain, demanding a reply by April 23,. ... Senor Polo y Bernabe. Spanish mi ulster. receives bis passport and leaves Washington. 22- 'miser New York. .Sampson's flagship, I captures Pedro, 2,1)00 tons, fifteen miles east of Havana... .Cuban ports blockaded by the American sqna-lron. 28—The President issues bis proclamation calling for 125.000 volunteers. 24 (Sunday)—A Spanish decree declaring war against the United States was gazetted at Madrid. 26—Congress passes a resolution declaring that the state of war existed from April. 21. 26-Ueerultiug volunteers began In New York (Tty. 17— United States vessels bombard Matansas....Seventh New York Regiment declines to enlist. 28—Commodore Dewey’s fleet sails from Hongkong for Manila. 28— Spanish squadron sails from Cape Verde for the West indies... New York shells Cabanas forts.... U. S. cruiser Yule (Paris) arrives In New York. 80—Commodore Dewey's squadron arrives off Msuila... .Flagship New York fires on Spanish cavalry sharpshooters off llarsna. May. 1— 17. S. cruiser Topeka arrives at New Yolk from Falmouth... .Commodore Dewey's squadron destroys the Spanish fleet at Manila. 2 from Manila to Hongkong cut by Commodore Dewey. 4—Battleship Oregon and gunboat Marietta sail from ltio Janeiro. 7 Commodore Dewey Informs . State Department of the seizure of Cavite. o—Congress thanks Rear Admiral Dewey. 10— The Gussle expedition sailed from Taiupa. 11— Ensign Worth Bagley and four of the crew of the torpedo boat Winslow killed by a shell from the Spanish forts at Cardenas 12— Admiral Sampson's squadron bombards the forts at Saa Jnan. Porto Rico.... Tlie Spanish Cape Verde fleet arrives at Fort de France. Martinique... .Gussle expedition repulsed. 18— Commodore Schley’s fleet sails south to meet the Spanish squadron. 14—Spanish Cape Verde fleet sighted off JB—Rear Admiral Dewey reports on fail of Manila. ...Sagasta’a eablnet resigns.... Spaulah torpedo-boat destroyer Terror disabled at Fort de France, Martinique. . ...Spanish fleet leaves Curacoa,.. Gen. Merritt ordered to the Fbllippinea as mllItary governor.... Gov. Black authorises

reorganization of disbanded Thirteenth ' Regiment. 17— Sugasta’s new cabinet announced at Madrid. 18— Ninety thousand troops ordered to mobilize In Cblckamauga. 20— Spanish fleet arrives at Santiago de Cuba. 22 Cruiser Charleston sails for Manila. 23 Troops A and C arrive at Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va. 24 The Spanish fleet Is bottled up at Sam tlago. £s—Three transports with 2,588 men start for Manliu. ...President Issues a call for 73.000 more volunteers. 26 Oregofl arrives In Key West.... One of Spain’s cnbinet ministers said the country was willing to accept "an honorable peace.”... .Commodore Schley Is In touch with the lnsurgeut leaders... .Florida expedition landed without opposition near Guantanamo, Cnbn. 27 Spanish scout ships chased by American w orships .near Key West. 29 Commodore Schley reports the trapping of Cervera in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba... .Cruiser Columbia arrives at New York, having been til collision with the British steamship Foseolia, which sank. SO— I Troops embark at Tampa for Havana. 31—Bear Admiral Sampson’s fleet bombards forts of Santiago de Cuba. June. 1— Transports for Manila arrive at Honolulu. Hawaii, and the Hoys In Blue become the guests of the city... .Monitor Mouudnoek ordered to Manila from San Francisco. 2 Spain again appeals to the Powers to intervene. 3 American squadron bombarded Santiago de Cuba. 4 Lieut. Hobson Rinks cruiser Merrlmac In the mouth of the harbor of Santiago <ic Cuba. 6 Fortifications of Santiago de Cuba reduced. 7 American squadron bombards and slleuces'bntterles at Santiago... .Monitor Monterey and collier Brutus sail for Manila. 8— Assault on fortifications of Guantanamo Bay. I)—House agrees on war revenue conference report. 10— Admiral Sampson reports he has held Guantanamo harbor since the 7th.... Senate agrees on conference report on war revenue bill. 11— Four Americans at Calmanera are killed in a light with the Spaniards. 13— Thirty-two transports with Shaffer's troops sail for Santiago. .. .President McKinley signs the war tax bill. 14— Two Americans and several hundred Spaniards killed in a liattje at Calmaneru. 15— Second expedition sailed from San Francisco for Manila... .Great destruction results to Santiago forts through the use of the dynamite guns on tlie Vesuvius. 17—Spanish squadron sailed from Cadiz and passed Gibraltar. 20—Transports with Gen, Shafter’s troops arrive off Santiago* 22 Part of Shafter’s troops landed. 23 Balance of troops landed without accident... .Admiral Camara's Cadiz fleet arrives at Island of Pnntellnrln. 24 Sixteen American soldiers killed and forty wounded in driving back Spanish soldiers at Santiago. 27 Commodore Watson to command fleet to attack Spanish home territory.... President McKinley recommends thanks of Congress for Lieut. Hobson, and that he lie transferred to the line. 28 — President proclaims blockade of Southern Cuba from Cape Frances to Cape Cruz. 20— Gen. Stiaficr reports he can take Santiago In forty-eight hours.... The Senate thanks Lieut. Hobson and his men, miming each one personally. 30— Egyptian Government refused to let Camura coal bis fleet at Port Said. July. 1— Shafter's army began the assault upon Santiago de Cuba, capturing the enemy’s outer works. 2 Shafter renewed the attack upon Santiago. losing about 1,000 In killed und wounded, and making 2,000 Spanish prisoners. The Spanish casualties probably exceeded those of the Americans. 3 Cervera's , fleet destroyed at Santiago, with great loss of life. C—Spanish transport Alfonso XII. blown up off Muriel by American gunboats.... Hobson, the hero of the Merrlmac, and liis comrades exchanged for Spanish prisoners outside Santiago. 7 President signs Hawaiian aTinoxatlon resolution.,. .Admiral Dewey took Sublg and 1,300 prisoners. 11—Cruiser St. Louis brings Admiral Cervera and 746 prisoners to Portsmouth, N. H... .Admiral Sampson's fleet bombarded Santiago. , 13— Announced that yellow fever has broken out In Gen. Shafter’s army. 14— Gen. Toral and the Spanish army surrendered Santiago at 3 p. m. 17— "Ojd Glory” raised over Santiago at noon. » ‘ 18— President Issues a proclamation providing for the government of Santiago.... Seven American vessels bombard Manzanillo and destroy seven Spanish ships. 21— Gen. Miles, with 3,415 men on transports, convoyed by warships, starts to take Porto Rico... .American gunboats capture Nlpe and sink the Spanish cruiser Jorge Juan... .Gen. Cullxto Garcia, commander of the Cuban army of Eastern Cuba, owing to discontent because the American Government has Ignored Wm nod his troops In the surrender of Santiago,withdrew. ...Newg reachedthis country that the second expedition to reenforce Admiral Dewey had arrived at Cavite. 22 Agulnaldo declared himself dictator of the Philippines. 23 Another expedition for the Philippine Islands sailed from San Francisco. 25 — Gen .Miles and 3,500 men reach Guanieo, Porto Rico, and effect a landing. 26 Secretary Day, M. Oambou, French ambassador, and his first secretary, M. Thlebant, confer with President McKinley in regard to terms of peace. 27 The port of Ponce, Porto Rico, surrenders to Copt. Davis, of gunboat Dixie. 30— News of Gen. Merritt’s arrival at Cavite received at Washington... .Dewey informs the President that Agulnaldo, the Philippine insurgent chief, assumed a defiant attitude. 31— The Spanish forces at Cavite made a sortie during a fierce storm on the American troops In the Malate trenches. They were repulsed with heavy loss. Ten Of Gen. Merritt’s men were killed and for-ty-eight wounded. . August. 2—President •McKinley makes public the terms of peace offered to Spain by the United States. 4 The monitor Monterey and Its consort Brutns. arrive at Manila... .Gen. Shatter and his subordinates ask that the fever-strieken army at Santiago de Cuba be removed north. 6—Formal orders Issued for the removal of Gen. Shatter’s army to this country. 6—Spain accepts the terms of peace offered by the United States... .Guayamo, Porto ltlco, captured by Gen. Haines' forces. Three Americans cornered. 8— Spain accepts President McKinley's peace terms. ,Certain representations were made regarding Cuba which were not accepted, however... .Spaniards at Guantanamo lay down their arms and surrender to Brig. Gen. Ewers. 9 Gen. Ernst’s brigade captured Coamo, Porto ltlco, after a lively fight. In which seven Pennsylvania volunteers were wounded. Two hundred Spaniards were taken prisoners... .Spaniards attempt to retake the lightbonse at Cape San Juan, but are repulsed with heavy loss. 10— A protocol covering the pence terms of the United States has been agreed upon by M. Carnbon, representing Spain, and President McKinley... .Gen. Schwan’s forces defeat Spanish troops st Mnyagnes, Porto Rico. Loss on our side two killed and one wounded. 11— Spaln’r cnbinet formally approved President McKinley’s peace protocol and a cablegram was sent to M. Cnmbon authorizing him to sign In behalf of Spain. 12— M. Carnbon, French ambassador to the United States, signs the protocol and a cessation of hostilities is ordered. 13— Surnendfr of the city of Manila, after stiff bombardment by Dewey. 36—Gen. Merritt leaves Manila for Paris to aid the Peace Commission. September. i~ 6—Spantsb Cortes convenes to consider peace proposals. B—Gen. Otis, United States commander at T* X v • .'}

Manila, demanded the removal of the Insurgents from that city. 16— Spanish Senate adopts the peace proto- - col. 12— The iltuattsn at Manila reported critical. ' 13— Spanish Chambers of Deputies adopts the peace protocol. 16— Spanish Peace Commission appointed, with Senor Rios, President .of the Senate, as President. 17— The Peace Commission of the United States sails for Paris. 19— Spanish Government issues an order for all troops in the West Indies to return homo. 26—The evacuation of the outlying positions in Porto ltlco begun by the Spanish. 26 American and Spanish Commissioners meet in Paris. October. I—American and Spanish Peace Commissioners hold their first session. 4—American Peace Commission receives the report of Gen. Merritt ip Paris. 18— Formal ceremony of raising the United States lltg over San Joan takes place.... American Commissioners refuse to assume any portion of Cuban debt. 24 Gen. Ortega, with the last of the Spanish soldiers, sails from Porto Rtco for Spain. 23—Spanish soldiers captured at Manila during the war are released by United States. 27 Spanish Peace Commissioners accept condition of the non-assumption of Cuban debt by United States. November. 28— Terms of peace accepted by Spain. December. 10—Treaty of peace with Spain signed at Paris. GENERAL CHRONOLOGY. Record of Events that Have Occurred During the Past Year. January. 1— Ofllcers of the Cuban provisional government sworn in. 2 Six persons burned to death at Jersey City, N. J. 3 Thirty persons killed by collapse of floor In city hull at London, Ont. 7 Theodore Dnrrant hanged for murder at St. Quentin prison, California. 8— Six men killed by explosion of an Ohio River towboat near Gleufleld, Pa.*.. Fifteen men drowned off Banduc by foundering of a French steamer... .Six lives lost in a mine explosion near Pittsburg, Kan.... Death of MaJ. Moses P. Handy12— Forty lives and $1,000,000 worth of property destroyed by a tornado at Fort Smith, Ark. 16— Death of Hon. Benj. Butterworth, United States Commissioner of Patents, at Thomnsvllle, Ga. 10—Bread riots-at Ancona, Italy. 20— Eire loss of $600,000 at Eaat Grand Forks, Minn. 22—Marriage of Rev. T. DeVVitt Tnl inage and Mrs. Col. Collier... .Destructive storm over the West and South. 25 — Many persons burned to death in a conflagration at Spokane, Wash... .$1,500,000 worth of property at East St. Louis. 111., Including Union elevator and Burlington freight depot, destroyed by Are. 27 —January wheat sells for $1.05 in Chicago... .Steamer City of Duluth lost off St. Joseph, Mich. 29 Several persons killed in*n smash-up on the Maine Central Railway at 0r0n0.... Ten men killed by caving In of Northwest land tunnel in Chicago. February. 1— Six lives lost by burning of the Alvord House, Gloversvllie, N? Y’... .Schooner Briggs wrecked off Little Nahaut and eight lives lost. 2 $506,000 tire loss in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 3 six persons killed "in railway collision near Boston.. , .Fire destroys $225,000 worth of property at Scranton, Pa. 4_Seven killed in railroad wreck at Glasgow, Scotland. , C- ssi>,ooo (ire at Albany. ind... .HollandAmerican steamer Veendaui wrecked in mid-ocean. 9 Adolph L. Loutgert sentenced to life imprisonment for wife murder in Chicago... .Assassination of President Barrios of Guatemala....s2so,ooo tire loss nt Fort Worth, Texas. 10— Thirty-eight lives crushed out by failing walls at Pittsburg. 11— Nassau Chambers In New York Inirnm}; loss, $500,000.. . .French ship Flacnat goes down off Canary Islauds; 87 lives lost. 17— Fire damp explosion in a colliery at Hnmmeerly, Prussia, kills 50 persons.... SIOO,OOO tire at Pittsfield, Mass.... British steamer Legislator burned nt sea. 18— Death of Miss Frances K. Willard In New York City.... Large fire at Pittsburg. 20— New wharf and custom house nt Tampico, Mexico, burned: loss, $2,000,000. 25 National Tobacco Company’s works at Louisville, Ky., burned; loss, $2,000,000. 26 Nine lives lost in a tenement bouse fire -at Charleston, S. C. ...Seven persona killed at Mue Island, 111., by the collision of a train and an omnibus... .Ten persons killed and five Injured by an explosion and Are in Hall Bros.’ laboratory at Kalamazoo, Mich. 27 Death of Wm. M. Singerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia Record. March. 2 Six, men killed by boiler explosion near Brewton, Ala. 3 Nine drowned by the foundering of the schooner Speedwell off the Florida coast. 7 Fire causes $150,000 loss In Brownell & Field Co.’s building at Providence, R. I. ... .$5,000,000 Arc loss at Manila, Philippine Islands. 11—Death of Gen. W. S. Roseerans. 13— Eleven men burned to death in Bowery Mission, New York. 16— Death of Aubrey Beardsley, the artist. ./...Many persons killed in a Are at 215 Wabash avenue, Chicago. 17— Death of Blanche K. Bruce, Register of the Treasury. 19— Six convicts killed in a mine at Pratt City. Ala. 21— Several persons killed In a hotel Are at Butte, Mont. 22 Forty lives lost by sinking of bark Helen Aimy off San Francisco. 25 Death of James Payn, English novelist.... Death of Truman P. Handy, of Cleveland, Ohio, oldest banker In United States... .Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha damaged-SIOO,OOO by fire. 23 Forty-eight sealers of steamer Greenland perished on Ice floes. 26 Seven persons burned to death at Kent, Minn. 27 Death of Congressman Simpkins, of Massachusetts. April. 8— Fifty lives lost In flood at Shawncetown, 111. 4r-Flftecn men killed by explosion of powder near San Vicente, Mexico. 7—Sudden death of Margaret Mather, the tragedienne. 11— Oxford Junction, lowa, visited by SIOO,000 fire. 12— Peun glass works at North Irwin, Pa., burned; loss, $730,000. 15—Anaconda Copper Mining Co. at Belt, Mont., suffers $250,000 fire loss. 17—Fire, following a dust explosion, stroyg grain elevator at Boston; loss, $600,000. 19—Death of George Parsons Lathrop. 21—Postmaster General Gary resigns and Is succeeded by Charles Emory Smith.... Death of Senator Walthall, of Mississippi. 25 Secretory of State John Sherman res' gns. 26 Wm. R. Day appointed to fill the vacancy ... .Glasgow, Scotland, visited by a $750,000 Are... .Powder mill at Banta Cruz, Cal., blown up, causing loss of eleven lives. 28— Atlantic powder Co.’s works at Dover, N. J., wrecked by on explosion. 80—Heavy dafttage done by tornadoes In Nebraska, Kansas, lowa and South Dakota. •' Mmyi 2 Thirteen persons killed by tornado at Jerlco, Mo. 3 Schooner Crown wrecked off SL Johns, N. F., and 11 men drowned. 6 $125,000 Are loss at Cleveland. 7 Three hundred persons killed In a riot at Milan, Italy. , B—Duluth, Minn., suffers a SIOO,OOO Are. 11—Wool warehouse burns at Baltardvllle, Maas.; lon, $500,000.

12— Burning of Armour’s elevator 6 ant several lumber yards causes gUMMUM loss In Chicago. 14— Thousands killed by eyHone on Sumbawa Island, Malay Archipelago. ...Edward Remenyi, violinist, falls dead is « San Francisco theater. Ball Bros.' glass works horned at Maude, Ind.; loss. $285,000 16— Flint mill of" Mining A Min C«„ at East . Liverpool, Ohio, burned; loss. SIOO,OOO. 17— Great damage done and many people hurt by cyclone In Nebraska. 18— Business section of Attleboro. Mass., destroyed by fire... .Destructive cyclone sweeps through lowa, Kansas, Illinois and Wisconsin. 19— of William E. Gladstone. 22—Death of Edward Bellamy.... Mine fire at Zollern, Prussia; 45 miners perish. 28—Italian cabinet resigns. ‘ 31—New cabinet formed in Italy. Ja-e. 1— Death of tragedian Thos. W. Keene.... Transmiaslppi exposition opens at Omaha. • 4—Death of Copt. Chas. V, Grldiey, of the cruiser Olympia at Manila. 7 Plant of Burgess Steel Co.. Portsmouth. Ohio, burned; loss, $400,000. 11—Case Power Rnilding in Detroit horned. 13— Collapse of Joseph Lelter’s wheat deal. 15— Resignation of the French ministry. 28— First party cabinet formed In Japan. 29 Formation of the l’elloux cabinet in Italy. J«ly. 2 Strike of stereotypers causes Chicago papers to suspend for four days. 4—French liner La Bourgogne goes down off Sable Island with 553 passengers. 6—Hawaiian resolutions adopted by the Senate. 8— Steelvlile, Mo., almost obliterated by a waterspout.... Congress adjourns sine die. 11— Sagasta ministry In Spain resigns.... Eleven men killed In water tunnel at Cleveland, Ohio. 19— Powder mill at Oakland. Cal., blown up by a Chinaman and seven lives lost. 30— Death of Prince Bismarck. Angnat 1— Martin# Thorn executed at Sing Sing, N. Y. B—Bismarck, N. D.. destroyed by fire.... Death of Georg M. Ebers, Egyptologist and novelist. 12— United States flag officially hoisted ever Hawaii. 13— Twenty lives lost by clondbnrst in Hawkins County, Ky. 15— Resignation of ministry at Lisbon. 20— French steamer La Coquette sank off Newfoundland by the Norge; 16 lives lost. 21— Seven persons killed In railway collision at Sharon, Mass. 22 Eight laborers killed by collapse of a wall in Carnegie tunnel. Pa... .Cariervllle. 111., visited by a $256,000 fire... .300 miners drowned at Nlence, Silesia.... » Death of King Maiietoa of Samoa. fire at Logansport. La. 25 Ex-Gov. Claude Matthews stricken by paralysis at Meharry’s Grove,* Ind.28—Death of ex-Gov. Clande Matthews of Indiana. 30— Small pox breaks out at Fut-ln-Ray Island. Lake Erie. 31— Wlibeimina becomes Queen of Holland. ... .Confession and suicide of Col. Henty. principal witness against Capt. Dreyfns, at Paris. September. 2 President Wilford Woodruff, of the Mormon church, died at San Francisco The British captured Omdurman, opposite Khartoum, in the Soudan. 4 British troops occupied Khartoum....M. Cavaignae, French- Minister of War, resigns. 5 Twenty-eight people killed in collision of train with trolley carat Cohoes. X. Y. ....Gen. Zurllnden appointed French Minister of War. 6 Wilhelmlnn crowned Qneen of Holland at Amsterdam... .Thirty men killed by falling of a bridge over St. Lawrence River, near St. Regis Indian village.... Many killed in riots in Crete.... Opening of G. A. It. national encampment at Cincinnati. 10— Assassination of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, by an Italian anarchist at Geneva, Switzerland... .$206000 fire at Livermore Falls. Me. 11— Fire wiped out New Westminster, B. C., and Jerome, Artz. 12— Death of Judge Thos. M. Cooley at Ann Arbor, Mich... .Hurricane on Island of St. Vincent, West Indies, killed 3uo persons and destroyed much property. 14— Lorenzo Snow chosen head of the Mormon church. 18—Death of Dr. John Ha 11... .Death of Miss Winnie Jtarls. 20—Ten persons "burned to death In an elevator fire in Toledo. 22 TUirty-slz men drowned by sinking of French boat Vllle de Fecamp off Fecamp. 23 Fifty miners entombed in coal shaft at Brownsville, Pa. 24 Several persons killed and much property destroyed by windstorm at Uma, O. 26 Tornado destroys property at Tonawanda, N. Y., and kills five at Merrilton, Out. ... .Death of Miss Fanny Davenport. 27 Claremont, Minn., destroyed by fire. 28— Death of ex-Secretary Thomas F. Bayard. Riot at Pana, 111. 29 Death of Qneen Louise of Denmark. 36—Hundreds of lives lost by floods In Japan. October. 1— Great fire lit Colorado Springs, Colo. 2 Fierce gale on South Atlantic coast. sln attempting to qnell the rebellion of the Indians at Bear Lake, Minn., several soldiers were killed and wounded. 8— Great fire In Sidney, N. S. W. 9 fire at Atlantic City, N. J. 16— Great fire at Dawson City, Alaska. 20—Seven men killed by boiler explosion on torpedo boat Davis near Astoria. Ore. 23 Ten men killed in a race war at Harpersvllle. Miss. 24 Fire on the Brooklyn, N. Y., water front; loss, $475,000. 25 French cabinet resigns. 31—New French cabinet formed.... Japanese cabinet resigns. November. 6 Eleven men killed by collapse of new Wonder laud-theater at Detroit.'...Seven men crushed to. death In a mine near Wllkesbarre, Pa. 6 Capitol at Washington #recked by gas explosion... .Death of David A. Wells, economic writer. 7 Resignation of the Greek ministry. 8— General election. o—Organization of Japan’s new ministry completed. 16— New ministry formed In Greece. ...President Masso and secretaries of Caban republic resign. Xl—Bank at Klrksvtlle, Mo., robbed of $32,000. 17— British ship Atalanta sinks off Oregon coast: 26 lives lost. 18— Death of John W. Keely, the inventor. ... .Twelve laborers killed by train nt Hackensack Meadows, N. J. 19— of Gen. D. C. Buell. 23 Bnrning of the Baldwin hotel and theater In San Francisco. 24- Great storm sweeps over the country; many lives lost at sen. 27- of Actor C. W. Conldock....Six persons killed by boiler explosion nenr Fourteen Mile Slough, Cal. 28— Dynamite explosion In Havana kills 15 persons and Injures 25 others. December. s—Opening of Congressional session. 16—Death of William Black, novelist. 11—Death of Gen. Callxto Garcia at Washington. 15— Death of ex-Senator Calvin S. Brice.... Six persons killed In railway wreck at Madison, Fla. 16— Six persons killed by a train at Allenwood, N. J..... Department store of G. Hsrtstein’s Bona burned at Milwaukee; loss, $90,000. 17— Death of Baron Ferdinand James de Rothschild in London... .Twenty Even lost in.steamship collision in the North Bcfl. I*ooo,ooo fire at Terre Haute, Ind.

And now a Boston man claims the center of the stage lone enough to advise that, so far as the annexation of the Philippines is concerned, “celerity should be ooatempered with cunetathm.”. Li Hang Chang has been sent to watch the overflow of the Yellow river. Hug, we take it, is the polite Chinese equivalent for saying that he has been sent «p Balt River.

WOMEN HOME

MISTRESS AND MAID. Mistresses stand sn ®f reform as srrO as ma&ls; ami the time bas wm? when btwwewives mass realtor Oat the relations hrixves them and thrir smtmb wtu not be those of stove an-I Ms owner. Xforrorer, the swwaer It 8s twCml by every mistress that all the cardinal virtues are mot bo he found tm a single icrUvi-duxl. the swtwter will *&» the domestic jwocf of h«r hsasehold. Even to* It passible- l® JWWS mm» so richly coDxel by mature, that mo. fault waM be found with then*. ~they would be worth uwre than a few pounds per a annuo to aay family. Dtrectly we proiiwe servants with angelic tempers ami am aJhmwnaaal tore for wort who never waat rest ®r Ws*lajN ■or a watchful eye «w them, them may we rest assmred that wages w!ffl-s® mp by leaps ami boa>H am] trolly they will be worth whatever .they desaaml. Bat HHTiI the m3Hemß*n<9i wcaes we have mo hope ®f todßmg doemestSes ®f this type, amd mnanwhle ®mr best chance of sec-wring better servSee .Is t® realiae that, as the msSstwss as the pfvwfc of the whole doaawtle m»ch!!m«y. »he ought to ooame miweh meater tt® pnsrfeetioa tham those she governs, says the Lady's Ami the best mistresses ate those who d® cot loot for perfection am servants, and yet shrive to bring them by copy stages to that Ideal state. What is amove and of the otimostr importance » that muotteases should mot Mind themselves to the feet that their maids are of Bfce pass&oas with themselves. They need to He comsad•eiei in little matters somecfenies. 'Their wort is their hoars long, their dmiies many, ami their tempeatioas ofiem very gteaL All these things are fwqacitiy forgotten by those who employ them, with the tesaltt that domestics resent being treated as machines, amd reheDSoa emsaea. There as. however, a wide dSsrtactloßi between showing -cwmsadesmtaom to e®wk»yvs and pampering them These Ss no need whatever to treat one's servants ns iff they were dwtiagnSshed gneste: bat. on the other hand. It Is a fetal paßty to show them less consNletatiosi than one's dogs, and to net towards them on the principle that aa maeh value as possible is to be got ont of them for the lowest poss3do rmnwatiw. Influenced the Car. The international peace movement has many prominent pecple as warm supporters and promoters. One of the most active is Mrs. Lnftner. who before her marriage was the Ctoomtess Kl-n-

FRAU RERTHA VON LUTTNER.

sky. She Is a votamSaons writer oa the subject. She has written articles on International disarmament for most of the large papers of Germany and Austria. It was after rending her book. “Down with Arms.'" that the Char of Russia resolved to tasne hits universal When TMs Toe In. The little tots who are Inclined to “toe ta" when they begin to walk can have this fault quickly rectifled ts attended to In time, says the Philadelphia Times. The mother or wafer should mb fat lemat twice a day) the water side the little legs with a firm upward stroke. HoM the little foot In your hand in the correct position. Recollect, do not rub down, and not on the inner side of the irg. The object la to nourish and proportionately below the ankle, and rnb to the knee, slowly and quietly, but nwt too lightly. This treatment faithfully persevered In will oonn correct the txonble. The unselfishness which brings a wife Into true cooperation, the love which makes sacrifice a Joy, are essential to the success of tire wmnaa trim means to prove that fortune in not an above the plane of doty wefl done, she has to aspire beyond making the be* of things, and he caant creutfre. She hna to produce light and courage, and give to the faded new brightness, and gHd the worn aad marred, and bud to an A contemporary says: “American girls go to college now by thousands ly as they used to go to the grammar schools. It Is now expected that a girt shall go to college If she waats to, quite aa much as boys, and mat parents In moderate circumstances act upon the principle that tt is rather more nreesvary for girls to be wefl edacatad to

meet contingencies of life than for boys, since there are more occnpatlons wherein young men can succeed in the world than young women. Apart from possible professional or business life, the future bome-aod-soeiety-makers of America go to college for love of study, and for the broader and better culture which college training gives them. If the great need of a nation is mothers, as Napoleon said, it looks as if twen-tletb-eentnry Americans are to have healthy and well-educated mothers, to give the best possible start in life. There fe no more nonsense talked about the health of college girls. Most of them improve in strength and in poise of nerves, daring their years with their books. Early honrs. regular tasks and all the forms of modern girls’ athletics keep up the standard of good health dnring the years of special intellectual training of the daughters of America, In all her colleges and amversitlea.” vreman’a Watch Pocket. The originators of late fashions have aeSved a problem which has puzzled women ever since women’s watches were first made. They have decreed a new pocket for dresses. That pocket Is a watch pocket, and R is located on the inner port of the left sleeve, midway between the wrist and the elbow. The little pocket, from the outside of which a circular piece the size of the

NEW WATCH POCKET.

watch face has been ent is conveniently seen and can be readily reached by the right band. The flap of the pocket sis padded with soft material, so there is practically no danger erf breaking the watch. The watch is slipped into the pocket from the side and buttons secure it from foiling out. As in the case of the wrist watches which were much worn several years ago, the face is always in plain sight, and the time of day may be seen by the wearer at a Stance. Uncompanionable 'Wires. - When yon come to think of it, says Dorothy Dls. in the New Orleans Picayune, the situation ts like this: For the great majority of women, their sole chance of happiness is bound up In their husbands and homes. If their homes are unpleasant; if, after the first fervor of lore in the honeymoon passes, they fail to be companions and chums with their husbands, they have laid ■p for them a future of desolate wretchedness. Xow. this being the case, one would think that any woman with a single, solitary glimmering of reason would, if only for her own selfish benefit make •very effort to render herself so agreeable and ao attractive that her husband would prefer her society to that of any one eta. But do they? Gracious, no! These la nothing else in {be world that fills me with as much amazement as the recklessness with which women deal with their husbands. I know plenty of women who never let their husbands make a statement without contradicting them, who parade their husband's failings before potnpaoy, and who. If there is some one topic that can always bring on a family row. never miss a chance to lug H into the conversation. And these women actually complain when their husbands go off to seek congenial company elsewhere. Think of It!

ABOUT THE BABY.

To Break Up a Cold. It Is modi mace difficult to break up a baby’s cold than an older person’s. Oiling the throat and chest with some penetrating oil every night and laying a warm tend over tt should be done ns soon ns a cold Is risible. A few drops of pare ©lire oil should be given If there are any signs of a cough. It is arise to all the bridge of the nose and awr the eyebrows to loosen a cold In Or head. Always be careful to keep a baby sufficiently warm. It la safer to hare a hot water bog or Jag at the feet. If the cold grows mote severe give a hot both la a warm room. Oil thoroughly the entire body and wrap In flannels and blankets. Ike Feminine Observer. Sickness is a great levder. It reduces ns. one and all. to the estate of little children. A tea cony Is a dainty gift for the vroanan who entertains her friends at The charch-going woman has her UMmogiam In raised silver on her pray-er-book and hyznnaL The “bora cook,” like the genuine workman, tarns oat a good Job with the materials at hand. How popular a game Is ball, be it the pigskin, the wee white ball, that played to the rhythm of a waits or the voice of “the bald-headed tyrant from No Man’s Landr