Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1902 — RESUME OF THE YEAR [ARTICLE]

RESUME OF THE YEAR

1002’S RECORD- OF PROSPERITY AND DISASTER. There Have Been Volcanic Eruptions, Wars, Conflagrations and Explosions—Large Death Lists—And Still limes Have Hecn Good. Though most of the civilized world has enjoyed a continuance of the reign'of mutual prosperity which began in 190 J, it is undeniable that the year 1902 luis made a woful record in the way of disaster and destruction of human life. The eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, May 8, may bo given pre-eminence as the most disastrous occurrence of several decades; and its destructive work was supplemented by many costly conflagration*, especially during the early months of the year, and a number of deadly explosions. Many noted persons have passed into the beyond since Jau. 1, 1902, among them being Cecil Rhodes, Rev. T. DeVVitt Talmage, Gen. Wade Hampton, Frank R. Stockton, J. Sterling Morton, Sol Smith Russell, Rret llarte, Hear Admiral William T. Sampson, Lord I’nuncefoto, Gen. Franz Sigel. Edward Eggleston, Justice Horace Gray, Marie Henrietta, Quee.i of Belgium; Emile Zola, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Herr Ivrttpp, Thomas B. Reed and Mrs. U. S. Grant. The year has seen Edward VII. crowned King of England, after a delay of several weeks beyond the date originally appointed, on account of a necessary surgical operation upon the royal person; has witnessed the ending of the Boer war in South Africa, and the beginning of an international disagreement in which Venezuela, South Africa, is the storm center; during its last month that great engineering work, the Nile dam at Assouan, lias been opened; it has given Cuba its first President under the new regime; and will lie remembered also as the year during which occurred the extensive labor troubles in the Pennsylvania anthracite regions, front the consequences of which we are not yet relieved.

Events of the Year. JANUARY. 1. Thomas Estrada Palma elected President of Cuba.... President Roosevelt holds brilliant reception. 2. Passenger steamer Walla Walla sunk off Cape Mendocino by unknown bark; 27 Uvea lost. 3. White House ball <<n occasion of Miss ▲lice Roosevelt's debut. 4. Nineteen nten lost in marine collision off Avelro, Portugal. 8. Congress reassembles. 7. Seventeen nten killed by cave In In mine at Negtfunee, Mich. 8. Tunnel accident to New York Central train la New York City causes 15 deaths. 10. Failure of Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings Co. of Cleveland. 12. Seven lives lost In fire In 'Buffalo, N. Y. 14. Second failure of George H. Phillips, formerly called the Chicago''“corn king.” .. .J. B. Foraker elected Senator from Ohio, Arthur P. Gorman from Maryland and J. B. McCreary from Kentucky. 16. A. B. Cummins inaugurated Govorn*r of 10wa... .Earthquake kills 300 people tt Chllpanelngo, Mexico. 18. Death of Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, English political leader. 19. Four buildings collapse in Detroit's business center. 20. Columbian insurgents win battle In Panama harbor.... Death of Camilla Urso, vlollnlste. 24. Treaty ceding Danish West Indies to United States signed. .. .Dust explosion kills 29 miners at Lost Creek, lowa. 28. Peace proposals made to England In Boers' behalf by Holland. 29. Ten lives lost In tenement house lire In Boston. FEBRUARY. 1. Dust explosion In Hondo, Mexico, mines; 87 men die. 3. $2,500,000 fire in Wnterbury, Conn Gale on Atlantic coast does considerable damage. 4. Keeley liquor cure plant at Dwight, 111., burns... .Six firemen killed by falling walls in St. laiuls. 9. $10,000,000 fire in Paterson, N. J Smaller fires In Jersey City, Brooklyn and Chicago Eleven lives lost in iodglng house fire In St. Louts.

10. Twelve manufacturing plants burned • t Springfield, O. 11. Death of Marquis of DufTerln. 17. House passes war tax reduction bill. 18. Miss Ellen Stone's ransom paid to Bulgarian brigands. v 19. President Hoosevolt's decision on Brhley appeal given out. 20. Revolutionary riots In Barceloua, Spain. 22. Park Avenue Hotel and 71st Regiment Armory In New York burned; $1,000,000 loss and 30 lives destroyed... .Senators Tillman and McLauren of South Carolina fight In Senate. 28. Miss Ellen Stone released by Bulgarian bandits. 24. Philippine bill passed by Senate. 27. McKinley memorial services In Congress. 28. Fourteen miners killed by snowslide at Tellurlde, Col. MARCH. 24. Prince Henry of Prussia visits Chicago and other western cities. 7. Wreck on Southern Pacific railway In Texas: 15 person* killed and 30 Injured.... Gen. Methuen captured by Boers. 10. Secretary of Treasury Long resigns; W. L. Moody of Massachusetts appointed his successor. 12. Death of Former Governor John P. Altgeld of Illinois.... Packet overturned In Mississippi River and 22 persons drowned ....Boers release Gen. Methuen. 33. Strike of Boston teamsters ends. 16. Severe blizzard over Canadian Northwest, the Dakotas aud Lake States. 17. Ship subsidy bill passes Senate. 18. Hoboken docks burn, with large vessels; loss, $1,000,000 and two lives. 24. Ndely, Hath bone and Reeves convicted of postal frauds at Havana. 25. Order Issued for evacuation of Cuba Mav 20. 26. Death of Cecil Rhodes. 29-30. Storm and flood cause damage East and South. 81. Mine explosion at Dayton, Tenn., kills 21 men. APRIL. 3L Death of Thos. Dunn English. 8. *1,000,000 lire at Atlantic City, N. J. 6. Many persons killed and Injured by falllng*grandstand at Glasgow, Scotland 11. Boers accent terms of peace... .Death of Gen. Wade Hampton. 12. Death of Rev. T. De Witt Tnlmagr IS. Russian Minister of the Interior M Bljilngulne, slain by student. 18. House passes Cuban reciprocity bill ....Great oeenn steamship lines merged. 20. Sixty lives lost In burning <ff steamer City of Pittsburg on Ohio River... .Frank R. Stockton, novelist, dies. £7. Death of ex Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton. 28. Death of Sol Smith Russell. MAY. I. Tornado destroyed over 400 lives • round Dacca, British India Wo, H. Moody becomca Secretary of Navy. 4. Death of Potter Palmer of Chicago. C. Death of Archbishop Corrigan... .Bret Harte dies In London. 6. Death of Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson. 8. Town of St. Pierre, Martinique, destroyed by volcano.... Paul Leicester Ford, •uthoT, slain by brother, Malcolm Ford, who then kills hlmaelf. 0. Strfks ordered In anthracite coal region. 11. Death of Lieutenant Governor Stone of Wisconsin. 12. Marla Christina resigns regency of Bpnls....Twenty five persons killed by oil explosion near Pittsburg.

17. Alfonso XIII crowned king of Spain. 18. Hurricane devastated Texas gulf coast, blotting out town of Goliad. 19. Explosion lu coal mine at Coal Creek, Teun., kills 184 miners. 20. Cuba becomes an Independent nation ....Waterspout at Cincinnati and suburbs kills six persons and destroys property valued at $2,000,000. 21. Decorah, lowa, overwhelmed by cloudburst. 23. Explosion In mine at Fcmle. It. C„ kills 109 miners. 24. Death of British Ambassador, Lord Pauneeforte. 81. Boer lenders sign article of surrender... .Retalbulen, Guatemala. over whelmed by volcano, 1,000 lives lust. JUNE. 2. Teamsters' strike causes riots in Chicago... .Death of Rev. Dr. J. H. Barrows at Oberlln, O. 8. Strike riots In Chicago. 4. Teamsters' Btrlke In Chicago settled. 6. Street car riots In Providence, R. I. G. Tornado and cloudbursts In lows, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, South Dakota. 9. St. Luke’s Sanitarium lu Chicago burns, 10 lives being lost. 10. Tornado causes damage und death Is Illinois, lown aud?Minnesota. 13. President sends to Congress special message on Cuban reciprocity. 19. Senate passes Panama canal bi 11.... Death of King Albert of Saxony. 21. Wyeth wins American Derby In Chicago... .Town Marshal of Jefferson. lown, killed by half-witted man, who Is then slain by mob 22. $500,000 fire In Portland. Ore ' 23. St. James Hotel collapses at Dnllas, Texas. 24. King Edward VII submits to operation for perltyphllltla... .Coronation Is postpone*. 80. Senador Bailey of Texas makes violent attack on Senator Beveridge of Indiana In Beuate. JULY. I. Adjournment of Congress. 3. President Issues peace nnd amnesty proclamation for Philippines.... Rock Island fnat train held up near Dupont, 111. 4. Trolley wreck near Uloversvllle, N. Y., kills 15 persons. 5. Swift's market in Chicago stockyards burned. 7. 9,009-Chicago freight handlers strlka. 0. Storms and floods In lowa and tha West 10. Explosion In mins at Johnstown, Pa., kills 120 misers. 11. Lord Salisbury resigns as premier of England; succeeded by Mr. Arthar Balfour. 1* Death of Archbishop Feehan of cago--13. Str Liang Cheng appointed Chinese Minister to United States to succeed Mr. Ws.

14. Express train held up and robbed near Marshall's Pass. Colorado. 15. Cyclone destroys Emeraldo nnd Thompson, N. D., aud Horup, Minn. 16. End of freight handlers' strike In Chicago.... Fifty killed In mine explosion at Park City, Utah. .. .General Jacob H. Smith retired with censure. 90. Msrder of Minnie Mitchell In Chi cago. 31. Earthquake lu Santa Barbara County. Cal. AUGUST. 6. Burlington express train robbed near Savanna, ill. 6. Train wreck near Collins, lowa, kills 13 people nnd Injures 30. 9. Coronation of King Edward of England.,.. Body of Mrs. Ann Bartholin found In Chicago. 10. Death of Senator McMillan of MlchlS an.... Seven persons burned to death In otel ire at San Angelo, Texas. 18. Cullncan. Mexico, swept by tidal wave... .$28,000 express robbery nt Fordvllle, Ky. 20. Autumn naval maneuvers begin off Massachusetts coast. 3*. Death of General Franx Slgel. tl. President Roosevelt on trip through New England. 22. Eurthqunkea In East Turkestan ktll 1.000 persons. 20. Death of ex-Governor George Hoad ley of Ohio. 80. Eruption of Mont I'elee destroys Morne Rouge, with 200 lives. SEPTEMBER. 1. Thirty killed and 70 wounded In trslu wreck near Berry, Ala. 8. President Roosevelt hurt In trolley accident near Pittsfield, Mass,... Death of Edward Eggleston, novelist. ....Third great eruption of Mont Peloe Martinique. 4. Body of Win. J. Bartholin fonnd near Lowthcr, lowa. 7. llaytlan gunlioat Crete a-Plerrot sunk by German gunboat Panther. 11. Battleship Wisconsin and crnlser Cincinnati ordered to Panama. 42. Great fire In Beaumont, Texas, oil fields... .Killing frost In Northwest.... Mn, Senator Stewart of Nevada killed In nutomoblle accident. 15. I>eath of ex Supreme Court Justice Horaco Gray. 18. Peary ArctU expedition returns. 19. Panic In negro Baptist convention at Birmingham, Ala., causes death of 80 persons und Injury of 100. ...Death of Murlc Henrietta, queen of the Belgians. 28. Operation for abscess on President Roosevelt's leg at Indianapolis. 26. Four hundred persons killed by cyclone nnd waterspout lu Eastern Slctllty. 28. Second operation on President Roosevelt's leg... .Tidal wave on const of Japan. 28. Death of Emile Zola.

OCTOBER. 3. Conference of coal operators and miners at White House In Washington. 4. Great fire at Amoy, Chinn. 0. Governor Stone of Pennsylvania orders Slate Militia to coal fields. 11. Burlington truln held up near I.luoolu. Neb. 12. Street railway strike In New Orleans ends. ’3. Coal operators ask President to end strike. 16. President appoints commission to arbitrate coal strike. 19. Suicide of Jnmes Younger. 21. Autbraclte workers vote to accept arbitration. 23. Work In anthracite coal mines resumed. 24. Earthquakes In Italy. 2*l. Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 29. “Mitchell" day In nnthradte regions. NOVEMBER. I. St. Pierre, Miquelon, destroyed by fire. 4. General election.... Fire works explosion In New York kills 12 persons and Injures 80. 10. Fire does great damage on new East River bridge In New York. 11. Roland Mollneux acquitted In New York. 16. Armour A Co.'S packing plant In Slbux City burns. .. .Death of G. A. Ilenty. 20. James Moore, colored, hanged by mob near Sullivan, Ind. 21. Itoek Island train held up by express robbers at Davenport, lows. 22. Death of Friedrich Krunp, German gunmaker.. .Big dfe dock at Ashland, Wls., burns. 28. Death of Sep. Winner, composer. 25. Death of Colonel Thoa. P. Ochiltree. 29. Fourteen killed by tioller explosion In Chicago stockyards.,. .Several vessels and 29 lives lost In gale on Great Lakes. DECEMBER. 1. Congress convenes for short session. 4. Fourteen lives lost In firs In Lincoln Hotel, Chicago. ... Naval maneuvers in Caribbean Sea T>egla. 6. Cleveland's great water tunnel com pleted. 7. Death of Thomas B. Reed In Washington... .Cartoonist Thomas Nast dies at Guayaquil. Ecuador. 8. Great Nile dam at Assouan opened. 9. German and English fleets seize Venezuelan warship In harbor of La Gnalra. 11. President Cnstro of Venezuela Issues appeal to arms. . .Cuban Reciprocity Treaty signed In Huvnna. IS. $1,060,000 fire In steel plant at Canal Dover, 0hi0... .English and .German warships reduce defenses of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. 14. Death of Mrs. U. 8. Grant. 15. 1,060 killed by earthquake at Andijan, Astatic Russia. is. Venezuela avks for arbitration.