Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1907 — Page 3

1906 IN REVIEW

Notable Occurrences of the Year. NATURES FURY LET LOOSE A Classified Summary of World Events—ltems of Personal Inter* •st- Fatal Explosions and Collisions—Disasters at Sea—Sporting Events—Conventions. JANUARY. 16. Seventeenth annual* convention of the United Mine Workers met at Indianapolis. FEBRUARY. T. The Woman's National Suffrage association met in Baltimore. MARCH. 15. National assembly of the United Mine Workers of America opened In Indianapolis. ' APRIL. T. International postal congress opened at Rome by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. 16. Fifteenth congress of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington. 25. Annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans at New Orleans. MAT. 1. Fifteenth national convention Daughters of the Revolution met in Philadelphia. Annual congress of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution met In Boston.

JULY. 23. Pan - American congress opened at Rio Janeiro; Elihu Root, secretary of state, the leading representative o f the United States. AVGUST. 13. Fortieth annual encampment of the G. A. R. met In Minneapolis.

SEPTEMBER. L The International Alliance of Woman’s Suffrage Associations met in Copenhagen. . OCTOBER. - - ' - Ift The American Bankers’ association met In convention in St. Louis. 18. Triennial world's convention of the W. C. T. U. met in Boston. 26. National convention of the W. C. T. U. met In Hartford. Conn. NOVEMBER. 12. Twenty-sixth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor begun at Minneapolis. 13. National Baptist congress convened at St. Louis. 20. Transmississippi congress met in Kansas City. DECEMBER. ft California Miners' association met in San Francisco. ft National Senatorial amendment convention met in Des Moines. ■ National waterways congress met in Washington. 27. The American Association For the Advancement of Science met in New York city.

( MISCELLANEOUS 5 JANUARY. ft A strike of printers, extending over the United States and Canada, inaugurated. 17. M. Talgny, retiring French charge d'affaires in Venezuela, expelled from that country. Ift M. Maubourget, the charge d'affaires of Venezuela in Paris, ordered to leave France. 3ft The Simplon tunnel opened to railway passenger traffic. FEBRUARY. Ift England's monster battleship Dreadnought launched by King Edward at Portsmouth. 27. Race riot In Springfield. O. MARCH. 6-8. Fight between Gen. Leonard Wood's force and the Moros on Mount Dajo; 600 Moros killed, and the troops suffered a losp of 15 killed and 69 wounded. 12. Decision rendered by the United States supreme court that corporations must produce their books and papers and answer questions in actions brought by the government. 17. Johann Most, noted anarchist, died in Cincinnati. 21. Judge Otis J. Humphrey of the United, States district court granted the immunity pleas of officers of five packing firms under indictment for conspiracy in restraint of trade in Chicago. APRIL. 4. Paul Nonuet, the Belgian sculptor and amateur aeronaut, killed by falling from his balloon on Long Island. 10. Maxim Gorky, or Pleshkoff, Russian author and revolutionist, arrived in New York on a mission to raise funds for the revolutionary cause. 17. Bicentenary celebration of Benjamin Franklin's birth begun in Philadelphia. 24. The remains of Paul Jones entombed In a crypt at Annapolis with ceremonies. 27. Unveiling of statue to Benjamin Franklin accompanied by a celebration in Paris. MAT. ft Anthracite miners voted to resume work under the scale of 1903. JUNE. • L 45 Americans killed in a race war at Cananea, Mexico. ft Morales, the Madrid bomb thrower, committed suicide after dispatching a guard who attempted to arrest him. 10. Christian Science temple dedicated at Boston in the presence of 20,000 people. 14. Jewish massacre at Bialystok, Russia. 15. Continued attacks on the Jews at Bialystok. 21 C. E. Tripier, inventor of “liquid air,” died at Liberty, N. Y. 2ft Harry Kendall Thaw of Pittsburg shot and killed Stanford White, a noted architect, in New York. JULT. 14. Honduras declared war against Guatemala. becoming the ally of Salvador. Ift Armistice declared between Salvador and Honduras and Guatemala. 2ft Treaty of peace between Guatemala and Salvador and Honduras signed by commissioners of the belligerent states on board the United States cruiser Marblehead off the Guatemalan coast Bft 150 Filipinos (Pulajanes) killed tn battle with American forces near Baneun, Island of Leyte. 9ft Prince Eugene Murat, great-grandson

of King Joachim Murat, Napoleon's famous cavalry leader, killed by his own auto in Munich. AUGUST. 8. Strike of lithographers. Involving 50,000 workmen in the United States and Canada, begun. 6. Milwaukee Avenue State bank closed Its doors In Chicago with a deficit of 61.000.000. 84. Frank J. Hippie, president of the insolvent Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, took his own life at Bryn Mawr. 25. In an attempt to assassinate the Russian premier, Stolypin, at St. Petersburg by a bomb 25 people were killed and many injured; Stolypin escaped injury. 26. Gen. Mln, an officer of the personal suit of the czar, killed by a young woman, who fired five shots into him from a revolver. 28. The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, whose president, Frank W. H'pple. committed suicide on the 24th, closed its doors with liabilities placed at $10,000,000. SEPTEMBER. 15. Gen. Trepoff, the Russian “terror," commandant of the imperial palace and formerly head of the police, died at Peterhof. 19. Gen. Nicolalff of the Russian artillery assassinated at Warsaw. 23. Race riots In Atlanta; many negroes Killed. 24. Centennial of the discovery of Pike's peak celebrated at Colorado Springs. 27. Bloodgood Haviland Cutter. Mark Twain’s “poet lariat," otherwise known as “the farmer poet,” died at Prospect Hill, N. Y. OCTOBER. 2. The notorious Al Adams, policy king and ex-convict, took his own life in New York city. 6. The armored cruiser North Carolina launched at Newport News. 10. The banking house of J. ,M. Ceballos & Co. of New York and Havana failed as a result of defalcations by the agent in Cuba, Manuel Silveira, who absconded. 20. Mac Fadyen & Co., London bankers, suspended payment, with liabilities of over $6,000,000; Mac Fadyen committed suicide. NOVEMBER. 8. News of Peary’s trip to the “farthest north" reached the United States. 11. Esther Damon, last widow pensioner on the roll of the war of the Revolution, died at Rutland; aged 92. 12. Balloonists Usuelli and Crisp! crossed the Alps at the height of 20,500 feet, encountering a temperature of 114 degrees C. below freezing. 18. Bomb exploded with vicious intent inside St. Peter’s at Rome at the close of mass; no one Injured. DECEMBER. 2. “Black Patti" (Flora Batson), a colored concert singer, died in Philadelphia; aged 38. 8. Mohammed All Mirza, son of the shah of Persia made regent during his father's illness. 9. Sylvia Gerrlsh, once popular light opera singer, widow of Judge Henry Hilton's son. died in New York city. 11. Church separation law went into effect In France. Ex-Governor Franklin J. Moses of South Carolina, noted figure in reconstruction days, died at Winthrop, Mass. 12. A constitution granted to the Transvaal. 16. Demonstration in favor of France checked by soldiers in Rome.

Elihu Root.

JANUARY. 1 23. F. H. Mariott broke the world’s automobile record by driving the Stanley steamer a mile in 314-5 seconds at Ormond, Fla. 3ft F. H. Mariott broke the world's auto record made by him the 23d by driving the Stanley steamer a mile in 281-6 seconds at Ormond, Fla. 28. Clifford Earp scored a new 100 mile auto record by making the run in 1 hour 15 minutes 40 2-5 seconds at Ormond, Fla. MARCH. 14. Battling Nelson defeated Terry McGovern in a six round contest in Philadelphia. APRIL,. * 2L George F. Slosson won the 18.2 balk line billiard championship of the world in New York city, defeating Jacob Schaefer with a score of 500 to 396 in 15 innings. 22. The Olympic games opened in Athens. MAT. L Close of the Olympic games at Athens, Greece, in which American athletes won most of the

events, capturing the national trophy ; Martin J. Sheridan won 171-3 points for the American team. 2. Sir Huon won the Kentucky Derby at Louisville. 10. Grapple won the 00.000 Metropolitan stakes at Belmont park. 22. Tokalon won the Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend. 2ft Edward Payson Weston, the long distance walker, walked from Philadelphia to New

York. 96 miles, in 23 hours 27 minutes, beating the record he made on the same course in 1863 by 22 minutes. 30. Spearmint won the English Derby. Burgomaster won the $25,000 Belmont stakes at Belmont park. JUNE. 10. Spearmint won the Grand Prix de Paris. 22. Go Between won the $20,000 Suburban handicap. • 23. Cornell won the four mile eight oared varsity race at Poughkeepsie. 27. Szisz won the Grand Prix automobile race at Le Mans, France. 28. Harvard won the varsity eight oared boat race at New London. 30. T. J. Hicks won the Marathon race in Chicago, covering 25 miles In 3 hours and 2 minutes. JULT. 12. C. M. Daniels, American, won the 100 yard amateur swimming match for the championship of the world at Nottingham, England. AUGUST. 2ft W. J. Clothier won the American tennis championship in singles at Newport. SEPTEMBER. L Electioneer won the Futurity stakes ($43,000) at Sheepshead Bay. ft Joe Gans won by a foul in the fortysecond round the contest with Battling Nelson at Goldfield, Nev. ft Cambridge defeated Harvard in a rowing contest on the Thames. Dan Patch broke the world's pacing record, going the mile tn 1:55, at St. Paul. Ift Sweet Marie made a new world's rack record for mares by going a mile in 2:03% at Syracuse.. 81 Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish-Amer-ican Athletic club threw the discus 125 feet 5 Inches at Montreal, breaking the world's record. OCTOBER. 14. The American team of Chicago won

SPORTING RECORDS

M. J. Sheridan.

the world’s baseball championship tn Chicago. 24. Tale defeated Harvard at football by < a score of 6 to 0 at New Haven. DECEMBER. 1. In the army and navy football contest at Philadelphia Annapolis defeated West Point 10 to L 5. Willie Hoppe ran out 312 in a practice game in 18.2 balk line billiards in Chicago. 15. Eddie Root and Joseph Fogler won the six day cycle race at Madison Square garden; score, 2,292 miles 2 laps.

NATURE’S FORCES

, JANUARY. 4. Earthquake shock at Masaya, Nicaragua. 7. Earthquake shock in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. 26. Severe earthquake shocks In Arizona and New Mexico. FEBRUARY. 7. The Society and Tahiti groups of islands damaged to the extent of $1,500.000 by a cyclone; deaths, 150. 2L An earthquake followed by a tidal wave resulted in a loss of life estimated at 2,000 on the coast of Colombia. MARCH. 2. 24 deaths in a tornado that swept over Meridian, Miss.; property loss, $1,000,000. 17-20. An earthquake destroyed several prosperous towns in Formosa, causing a loss of 2,000 lives (estimated) and property damage of $45,000,000. • APRIL. 5. Violent explosions in Mount Vesuvius, accompanied by streams of lava and showers of cinders over the surrounding country as far as Naples. 7. The town of Bosco Tre-Case, on the southern slope of Vesuvius, and 2,000. acres of cultivated land in the vicinity buried under lava and ashes. 9. Continued destruction around Mount Vesuvius, accompanied by earthquake shocks; many towns abandoned. 14. Earthquake shock at Kagi and vicinity, Formosa; over 100 deaths reported and thousands made homeless. 18. An earthquake shook San Francisco and the surrounding country at 8.13

a. m., reducing many buildings in the <ffty to ruins, , which immediately took fire. Communication by wire with San Francisco was cut oft for some hours. Many deaths occurred from the earthquake. San Jose and Santa Rosa damaged by the I same shock and many lives lost. The tremor was recorded as far. east as Albany,

N. Y. 19. Fires continued in San Francisco. Over 300000 homeless people gathered in the parks and open country around the city. The water mains being destroyed by the earthquake, no water could be had to fight the fire. Many buildings were dynamited. Gen. Fun•ston. commander of the department of California, assumed control of the city to keep order and care for the homeless. President Roosevelt Issued a proclamation asking aid for the people of San Francisco. 20. Fire checked in San Francisco. Total deaths in the earthquake calamity, 488. Financial loss from earthquake over 3200,000.000; by fire $350,000,000. 2L 13 earthquake shocks in succession in Tuscany. 25. An earthquake shock alarmed San Francisco, doing slight damage. Auousf. 17. Earthquake in Chile; 14 cities affected, Valparaiso being almost destroyed; estimated deaths 2,000 and property loss about $50,000,000. SEPTEMBER. 18. Typhoon struck Hongkong; deaths estimated at 10,000 and property loss $20,000,000. 27. Earthquake shocks In Porto Rico. OCTOBER. 9. Floods caused extensive damage to property on the line of the Mexican Central railway and destroyed 123 lives. - The great lakes visited by the worst storm experienced there since 1880; many lives lost. 12. Cyclone and tidal wave wrecked house* and shipping on the Honduras coast, doing damage estimated at sl,000,000. 18. A West India hurricane accompanied by a tidal wave caused great destruction and heavy loss of life in Cuba and on the Florida coast. NOVEMBER. L Storm devastated the French coast a distance of 90 miles, wrecking numerous resorts; damage, $5,000,000. 7. Earthquake shock lasting 30 seconds felt on the California coast. 18. Fierce storm swept over Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee; 8 deaths.

FIRES

FEBRUARY. ft The Union elevator in East St. Louis destroyed by fire; loss, $1,500,000. 17. Fire in the Duluth elevator plant caused a lose of $1,000,000. 22. Fire in the San Francisco lighting plant caused a loss of $1,000,000. 25. Fire in the plant of the Intercolonial railway at Moncton, N. 8., caused a loss of $1,000,000. MARCH. 26. Wrangel, Alaska, nearly wiped out by fire. 27. The steamer Plymouth of the Fall River line, with other properties, burned at Newport. R. I.; loss, $1,000,000. 28. Fire in the business section of Johnstown. Pa., caused a loss of SBOO,OOO. MAT. U. A 83,000,000 Are in the leather district of Paris. 18. Forest fires devastated over 400 square miles of territory in Michigan. 2ft Loss of $1,000,000 by the burning of New York's chief refuse destroying plant on Barren Island. 2ft A 8850,000 blaze in the business district of Ogden, Utah. 2ft Fairbanks. Alaska, suffered a loss of $1,000,000 by fire in the business section. JULT. ft The famous St. Michael's church in Hamburg burned. OCTOBER. 19. Fire destroyed several public buildings In Altoona, Pa., causing a loss of $500,000. NOVEMBER. 7. Loss of 81.000,000 by the burning of a dry goods block in Hamilton, O. Plant of the Harvest King Distilling company burned in Kansas City; loss, 8400,000. Ift Fire caused a loss of $500,000 in the business district of Scranton. Lehigh Valley coal dock burned in Chicago; loss, $957,000. 18. Fire in the business district of Peoria, 111., caused a loss of $840,000. DECEMBER. ft Loss of $500,000 in a factory lire at Lynn, Mass.

» •. 4 1. The Chi Psi fraternity house of the Cornell students, the finest aul most elaborate chapter house in the world (formerly the Flske-Magraw mansion), burned at Utica; 7 deaths.

JANUARY. 16. International conference on Moroccan affairs opened at Algeciras, Spain. FEBRUARY. 17. Alice Roosevelt married to Congressman Nicholas Longworth at the White House. 18. Clerfient Armand Fallieres inaugurated president of France. MARCH. 7. The French ministry under Premier Rouvler resigned after defeat on the church question. 20. Charles S. Francis of Troy, N. Y., appointed to succeed Bellamy Storer as American ambassador to Austria. 81. The international conference on Morocco affairs at Algeciras came to agreement upon all points in dispute between France add Germany. APRIL. 7. Moroccan convention signed at Algeciras by the delegates to the international conference. 80. Count Witte resigned the premiership of Russia. MAT. 4. New Russian ministry headed by Goremykin announced. 10. Opening of the Russian douma at St. Petersburg. 18. Railroad rate bill passed by thjr-Unit-ed States senate with a vote of 71 to'3. 81. King Alfonso and Princess Ena married; bomb thrown at the king and his bride while receiving an ovation in the streets of Madrid narrowly misled the royal couple and killed 33 attendants and spectators. • JUNE. 14. The house voted for a lock canal 110 to 36. 16. Bill admitting Oklahoma to statehood became a law. 22. King Haakon VII. crowned at Trondhjem, Norway. 23. The pure food bill passed the house 240 to 117. 29. Railway rate bill signed by the president. JULY. 12. French supreme court annulled the condemnation of Captain Dreyfus. 13. Captain Dreyfus restored to the army by a special act of the French legislature. 22. Czar Nicholas dissolved the douma; martial law declared in St Petersburg. 23. 186 members of the douma met at Viborg, Finland, and issued a revolutionary manifesto to the Russian people. AUGUST. 20. Rising of the Cuban Liberals against the Palma administration; Gen. Bandera took the field with a band of revolutionists. 22. Cuban revolutionists, led by Gen. Pino Guerra, an ex-congressman, captured the town of San Luis, province of Plnar- del Rio. 23. Gen. Guerra's revolutionists captured San Juan de Martinez, in Pinar del Rio, but were driven out after a sharp engagement. SEPTEMBER. 7. The Cuban insurgent, Pino Guerra.

Gen. Funston.

JANUARY. 2ft The Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban destroyed near Rio de Janeiro by the explosion of her magazines; 212 officers and sailors killed and 22 injured. The Pacific coaster Valencia wrecked near Cape Beale, B. C.; 139 reported lost. MARCH. U. 27 sailors perished at the sinking of the Phoenix liner British King off Sable island. APRIL. 18. 85 lives lost in the foundering of the Belgian cadet ship Count de Smet do Naeyer in the Bay of Biscay. MAY. 18. 7 deaths by the striking of the British torpedo boat No. 56 off Port Baid. Egypt. Bft 22 lives lost by the sinking of the British ship Lismore at Sancta Maria, Chile. JUNE. 21. 9 persons drowned from the steamer Chehalis, which was run down by the Princess Victoria off Vancouver, B. C. AUGUST. 4. 800 lives lost by the wrecking of the Italian steamship fllrio off the coast of Spain. OCTOBER. Ift The French submarine Lutin lost with her crew of 15 off Blsertu, Tunis. 2L Russian coasting steamer Warjagin sunk off Vladivostok by a floating mine; 200 passengers and sailors drowned. Bft 28 drowned by the sinking of the German steamship Hermann In the English channel. NOVEMBER. 19. 43 lives lost In a crash between the steamer Dlx and Alaskan liner Jeanie off Askall Point, Wash. 82. During a gale on the lakes 63 lives were lost by the wrecking of vessel* The steamer J. H. Jones went'down In Georgian bay with 13 sailors and 13 passengers.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

refused to enter in an armistice. 13. American force landed at Havana from the United States cruiser Denver, but Immediately 'returned to the vessel after leaving a guard at American legation. 14. Roosevelt urged the Cubans to cease hos-

tilities and ordered Secretary Taft to proceed to Havana. OCTOBER. 19. The French cabinet resigned. NOVEMBER. ft President Roosevelt left Washington for Panama. 9. Sir Mort'-ner Durand's early retirement as British ambassador to the United States announced in England. 14. President Roosevelt reached Colon. Panama, in the United States battleship Louisiana. DECEMBER. ft Last session of the Fifty-ninth congress opened in Washington; President Roosevelt sent the senate the following nominations: Secretary of the treasury. George B. Cortelyou; attorney general, Charles J. Bonaparte; postmaster general, George L. von Meyer; secretary of the navy, Victor H. Metcalf; secretary of the interior, James R. Garfield; secretary of commerce and labor, Oscar S. Straus; associate justice of supreme court. William H. Moody. 10. President Roosevelt awarded the Nobel peace prize. John W. Biddle appointed ambassador to Russia. 13. The German reichstag dissolved by the emperor for failure to pass the military budget. 17. Special message on Panama canal sent to congress by the president.

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