Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 January 1903 — Page 3

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A REVIEW

The Moat Important Happening tn

of the World' Activity Briefly

THE COAL SJHIkt. Mar is lliird coal miner begin conven tion :n Baamokln i'.i I 1 loi gni tlon of union. m ty IClsa w k t egeeutlvo committee ord t big strikt" lUVOlV I 1 UK Ml mni in j ntnliruc.tr coal reon i: Strike begins, I 1 . .mg : u.h.rie .!i la an: hi uclU field. J on B President Mitchell I tt public appeal for arbitral. on. Jul American !"! 1 ration ot Labor oflei . finaB al aid to miners a hell. I long as strike last. Oct. 1- I'rea. Roosevelt Invites operators .it I I'res Mitohell to discuss at the vhitc house mean of en. lint str.ke I At white house conference Mitchell offer to aceeut arbitration Dy rre Roosevelt relet ted hv ODeratora. wh da man 1 in Ines mand troop to enable reopen. tig . . w w of Gov Stone (Pa.) order out entire military fore for service In anthracite coal field. 7 Mit hell refuse Pre Roosevelt a re- . ! in end strike on promlM that a n.itional . minis. on w.. ..d .nvrstlgat miner' grievances Immediately 10 At t onfeiem e in rs . w York between ator Piatt. Quay liov . Udell. I'. S Sei. alt. rs .1 I Penrose, operators refuse to on- ; a de S cents a ton advance and re. . g nitlon of union. 13 .1 P Morgan p'oposes to Pres. Ronne-M-lt on behalf of operators to sutimit difference to arbitration commission to be named by president. lft Wtrlke eniU. President Rons, veil name arbitration commission: Hrl. Urn. John M. UIU011. Judge Geo. tiray, st F.. Clark. Hi. lies. John 1.. sn I il i K . 'I litis. II. Ustkln and Oajajtajll D. Wrlghi. H Mlaara' convention at Wilkesbarrt, l'a unanimously vutcd to end BtrÜM M Str.ke commission organ.se with Judge (iray. chairman Nov j Commission end Inspection of m'.nos, hav.ng examined T of them. 11 Coal operators Hie answer to demands of miners, and reiterate that then- w 11 be no recognition of I kltod Mine Worsers o America. 15 Attempt to reach agreement outside of arbitration commission bh ked by independent operators. lH i , u mi -.-ion resumes Investigation after '. .lav-' n-ct t to allow disputants to get t gt-t hi r SO Com niiss: i n adjourns tint'.'. Jan. ft. oititr Intimst iml Entj. Jan. 14 Pres. Mitchell, of United Mm Worker's ot America reelected omo lupr court dec. tied in "bla kllat" . m Hint right ol employer to employ or Iis. barge ill' n Catin be quest one. I, and that In motives cannot be cotisidred. . Feb 7 Miners' delegate: at lndianapol.s adopted wage-scale alieady .ti lorce in bituminous neids. it nig combine ol trai iti.u.tic ateamSblp line lormcd. Mir i Martial law proclaimed In Norfolk. Va . to siiptres rioting in com. -ion w.th street railway strike tO-Attorn. v Uaneral Knox Institutes pro ei lings ut St Fr'il to declare Illegal northwestern railroad merge d to dissolve Northern Securities i'o. Apr. I AI OubOl. Pa., lü.tsju bituminous coal miners str.ke. Strike ,n aroolen mills In Ma-s and other stales paraivce wool market. 23-F. renn n and dockbands of tugs on mail lakes strike. May 1 Amalgamated association in Mtsion at Wheeling. W. Va., reelects Theodore Shaffer prealdent... Ind. supreme court de. ides i-cent-fare law Invalid. Temporary Injunction Tgainst pa kers gr iiited by I. S court Mi Chicago preventing operations under alleged trust anrc mrnts. .... .. i Strike if Chiraap packing house and departmeBl store dritrrs compronilse 1 after seve-al serious riot :nicago pgrkers enjoined from doing buslnes In New York state in v.olat.on of antitrust law. 1 Rtr kc of Allls-Chalmer employes, arhlch hati lasted a year, settled. ?i Troois guard silk m'lls nt Pat- rson. N J to fievfnt riot by striker. Jul 1-lnli rnatlonal Order of Machinists serve notice on I western railroads to pay union scale and observe S-hour lay. U In Chicago 9.0W teamster sympathizing th 8.000 atriklng freight handlers oult work. Aue 1 Several funeral turned back irom a Ch.cago cemetery on accntint of strike of grave diggers for more pay 1 SN Chi cage boilermakers strike for higher wages IS International Typographical union In session at Cincinnati makes maximum working hours per week M. Go. den Jubilee of union celebrated c, i Labor day generally observed lr American cities ' f Coal miners' strike In Kanawha and River fields W. Va . Involving 15.,.i tn n which began J'ine 7 n '. $- ri lit isevelt attends convention of Firemen's Brotherhood at Chat tiiTtooga atui is made an h inoraiT member. JS Cnion girl clerks at St Paul pledge themselves to marry only number of labor unions Iad manufacturers combine at New York: capital. SM.OtX),f)rt lShln combine file Incnrpnnt on papers at Trenton. N. J., for $i3.0on.0 i" New'" Orleans street railway strikers acoopt tilt matum o,' fJO cent an hour with to hours maximum work 13 Minneapolis flour mill change from two 15-hour shifts to 8-hour schedule 17 U S Packing Co (understood to he UM beef omblne) Incorporated at Trenton. N. J. n . N tv SO Pres Compers. at N'w Or an convention of Am Federation of Labor, egoneratetf nf PhkrgM of Infidelity to tend'" i"'.tn prlncip lea Dec -.' Vntlce wfif t'V ni.imsn (III ) ar .hop etnplo I of reftisnl to fiuni'.nt s herenfter rork CRIMES. Jan. 1-At Robblna, N. C, 3 killed In fight at wiit. h Bight party. tl-Edward and John BIddle, cnplng asurd ren ti rn i'-" lurg, and Mr; iosTci, warden's wiie who assisted tlira out Of prlaon. shot themse.ve upon being r.M.n I. I up b po-se near Bu.ler, l a., the Biddie brothers, die rebruary . Feb 2 Near Mlddlesboro. killed in fig-t botwe ti p e and n i sen H ,.-lv. mem ben of I irl fatntlj at w elan. I.a., round murdertd. - Ai r :o Joa. Wright (negro) kJIladl of mmm in Scott county. Va. . . s.. - i O...V, hetween rai.way womers ai i g Mountain. Tenn., nsuits in e . "...ti ee.tee Ford killed by h'. brother " .. . ' i, m vw York, ouarrel over Slil'i '"I". - - triiiiev mnners. r. .. ST 1 Wi'.'.tsm AusOa .. N.ar I...- ... o Tir- of I, ü persons nou 1'"i iiatlon for 13-yr -old glr. Jun 24 Jane Toppan. nurse acquitted of murder v Cataumet. Mass . because insan? conf eatH to poisoning 31 persons Ju? ie'-Jelfle Morrl-on sentenced I to Z yrs. Wash when on the point of being capJ , . been I nnted since Jun. ( ,:;i had killed in that time si Prfoah Anler-n 2Srt&fim23fi nenr Palina. Kan., and shot hlmse.f. ponjJfncy Bartholin, who V led Wr .mother and Minnie Mitchell In ! , , found near P' eevl'.le. la .having . 'alÄ'men kilted in .me' tiff tit at

OF 1902 10 Crated by overstudy, a 17-yr-old boy at llm.st. ad. Pa, killed hi mother and . listen. I IS In race riot at Littleton, Ala . 3 white men and X in fr. . .- killed City Marshal 1:. njajntn tWll k. t ti v t r. to ouoll riot at negro festival, at Hittmom, Tea. I Nov. 11- Itolatid It Moilneaux acquitted In N s rk of n 11 (er of Mrs Katharir Ada mi he had 1m an in Jn .1 4 rs. and condemned to rie.it I 22 C. J. Hon n ( ummissloner of Runnels county. T. x ki.ls Karl Moore. Mr Horton arot 11 If Dec 1 Harrv Johnstone, famous acior. kill Stat llassett. actress. In Philadelphia; Jealousy. LV1CHIJVGS. Jan 11 Jim May (negro) near Springfield, Ky , .ilt 1ft John Yellow Wolf (Indian) near Deadwood, 8 D.. horsestealing. Feb I Tom llrosn (colored) at Nteholaevllie. Ky., assault. ..Kuless Whtttaker (negro) at Lynchburg, Tenn . murder. Mar 9 Foreman. Ark., a negro fur assault. IS John Woodward, (negro) at Vldalia, La ; murder. SO Mndrirf. Kv , 4 negro's killed. 1 fatally beaten by vv hites for chlcken-steal'.ng. 2f V H ttallae (negro), at I -a Junta, for attacking aged woman James Walker (negr near Washington, N. C; poisoned family of Dr. David T. Taylor. 2f C. F. Woodward condemned murderer, at Caspar, Wyo Kii hard) Young (colored) near Bav 1: nah. tia i assault. Apr. 1 WaKi r Allen (negro), Ga.; assault at Home, 8 Negro at Tuenmb!a, Ala, after kll'.lng J or sr.eritT s posse. SO Ernest Dewley (nearo). at Huston. Ky ; mur. r May It- "Jim" I'nderwor.d (nergo) at Decatur. Tenn., for threatening murder. S2 Dudley Morgan (colored;, at Lansing, Tex.; assault. 24 Abe Withrop (white), at Paria, Ho ; murder Jun. 5 Jim P'.ack i negro), near Ravenal. S. C. ; had murdered wife U-Jas. and Harrison wi..esp (negro bcya 14 and 16 vrs. old at Salisbury, N. C ; chartfed with murder. 2? Horace Rhlpman. at Jef'rsnn. Ia.: for killing '!, v Marsha'. Swearingen Jul It Wm, Ody (negro), at Clayton, Ms ; attempted assault. 36 Tr.r- liegt - at Womeldrrf. W Va., hv m"hs hunting for murderer of Chief of Police Wllmoth 28 John Wis (negro), near Pembroke. Ga j assault.. At ur McCauley (colored-., at Chlp'.ey. Ga. Aug 7 Harry Benton 07-yr -old negro), near Homer, ; assault. 1 Cha. Salyer (white) and Harry Gates (colored), at Ixlngton. Mo ; for murder of which they were later foua 1 innocent Sep 3-IIog Wilson (negro), near Btephi r.s. A'k :.saul1. 4 -Ed Hetim (colored), at Ea)t S Louis, attempted assault. 8 Wm. Mobley (negro), near Wenona. Ga ; assault. IS Monaa Tucker (eolo.-'d), near I.lbhy. Ore.; assault. k alias W'.i: Clbson (colored), at Corinth. M!s ; murder. Oct I aarflel I Burley nnd Curtis Brown (negroes) at Mewbern, Tinn : murder SO Negro near Estabutchle, Miss j attemtited assault... Chas. Toung (colon 1). at Forest City. Ark , charged with murder 21 Jim Weslev and P.eilirk Barton (negroes), at Ilempstead. Ti x : had been found guilty of asrai'it and murder Nov. 1 Fnknnwn negro burned at stake at Pari inc. Miss.: double murder. J Ram Harri megr..), at Saltm. Ala : charged) with murder. II t tin Daria (negro), at Lewisburg. Tenn ; murder 1 Harlan Bucklea, a EVaahethtosm. Ky ; was sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder. 20 I..se Well (negro), nearnvne Ark : charged with assault. .Ja DUIard (negro) near Sullivan. Ind.; assault. BVSlESS FA.ILVRES. Jan 1 k-- 'leveland. ', Kuclid Trust at Saving Co.; gl.6O0.iKX). 1 11 Palnesvllle, O., People's bank. Sl.3.fX). 14 Chicago, Geo. H. Phillips, "corn king. falls for sei ond time in 7 months. Ii- Albany, CJa.. Commercial bank, $123.000 .. llwood. Neb.. Platte Valley state bank 1 . i. lo Detroit, Mich . City sav.ncs bank, on account of ahortage of Vice Pres.dent Frank C. Andrews. 25. Belmont (O.) national bank. 26 Burnett. Tex., private bank of W. H. i -trail & Co. Mar J-lllkhart. 15 Wanatah. Ind 30 An. r i ua, ia. Apr. 4-St I'aul. Ill , State bank , Julius i'onitz. banker. Pi OPk l bank. l OM. V. S. Saving & Loan 1 Co. ; fn,W. 4 Algonac (Mick.) Banking Co.'s bank; pajm Jun 3 Chicago. John A. Alexander Davidson, marble contractors; $i..t.u.s3S. , 13 Charleston (8. C.) K.xt.o.-.t! n Co., placed in receivers' hands, !45o inn. 1 30-Murdock, Neb., German stale bank; , S37.0UO. Jul 3 New Tork city, M P Anderson, re.il estate operator. S1.Ü.15.2I2. ! 29 Brooklyn, N. Y.. Malcolm Brewing Co . $s -ii Aug. 10 Klgtn. 111.. Obadlah Sands Putter corporation. 144.".. iv 20 'lev eland. O.. Forward Reduction Co.. booming Texas oil. ."' 24 ElnorA (Ind.) bank. 110,010 s. p. ? New York. American bicycle tragi Oct 7-Oto la., bank of P. II Cutting at J. T. Willett. rJO.OOu. 16 New York. Illlman. 8on St Cos bank ing house; MM SM Nov. 5 Richmond. Va . Leon L. Strause, leaf tobacco; $300 600. IS Boston Central national bank. Dec. S-Omaha. W 11 ft nnett Co.'s. department store. ra-REiGjv. Jan. 7 Kmperor. empress dowager and Chinese royal fam.Iy return to Peking with Imposing ceremoniea. 10 Paraguayan rev- I olut.omat depoea I'res. Aeeval and Mt Hector r -vallo in his stead. 161' a r 1 I a m nt 1 opened by King Kdvvard In pres- I ence of nation's great d gnltarloa .... Chllpaniingo. Mexico, shaken , by e a r t h i uake k'.lllng 300 people, tlen. Ting Kuh 81- ! Lord Salisbury. ml... l.,l altm-k. on Peking legat on's executed by order of empress dow2i Santos Dumont made auccessful excursion over Mediterranean at Monto j i .irlo .n a rshlp. Feb. 2 J. hau tos Zelaya Inaugurated pres Nicaragua. . Mar KV-V eneuela yields to demands of Cerinnny for payment of claims due kaiser's subjects. May ft Bret Hurte dies near London. Tm. Pierre, Morllalqae. totally de- j etroyed by soleaao eroptlosi of SM. t Peleo aad eetrtbqnaket MM Urea loat aad lo.tnio ethers ia nelghkorImm parLahesi. 7-Jlminea government In Sin Domingo overthrown, cap.tal aurrendera to revolutlonlsta. and Vice I'res. Valuuea heada Dew govertimeat. lO -Island of St. Vincent partly depopulated by eruption of Soutrlere volcano. 17-Coronation of K.ng Alphonso In Madrid. . . . a v r Jun 1 New boxer outbreak in ni ajsj China. ,. , U King A bert of Saxony die at Pr. tlrli i - . 24 King r.dward In c-'tical con lit op as . result of operation for pint) phi. tls, and I norm itlon is postponed. I

All Department 1

Noted. I

Jul : Pre Castro af yooeauefai t..ke personal l ummaiid of at my asainat ie01 ut ion 1st. 12 i ii . s of Sab ' in i gm premiei ship ot O real lints n. Arthur J llallour appo.nted to succeed him 1 IIa ii.. -I Hin Mab net Said sultan of Zanstlusr. is dead Wh telaw It l. American envoy to Kind KJward'i cm-

i. nation, iW.dcs nut to rein n for event. Amm- U Klasj I.Jssrd aad Ales sd ra r reward asald great posap la UrUBilssler abbrr in l.usdus. IS Veneiuelan troops surrender Cumana. this making 7th port now tu possession of revolutionists. S Sultan of Turkey assures U, B minister that pending claims will be settled. SO- Mm ue Kouge. Martu. iue, destroyed by erupt. ..t of Mt IV lee. 1,0 Uvea los:. Sep 1-In Algoa bay. Cape Town, He snips are wrecked. IS v .. en Marie Henriette, of Belgium. dies suddenly at Hpa. V, H sla begins evacuation of Manchurcta. 2 Em le ...la. French novel s', asphyxiated In Paria Oct ii Typho n causes wreck of 600 fishing smacks off Japanese coast, l.UW Uvea lost. 8 Strike begun by lOu.uuO French coal miners. 14 I'res Castro de feats rebels ar.d prevents se.xuro of Caracna. Colombian c.ipitaJ i moved to Guaicalpuro 19- Mad Mullah surpr.sea Hrlt.sh AfEmile Zols. rh an expedition, &0 native tultliers. kllliug 2 omcers ano Mullah's troops said to number 40,000 e c'.. r.ii.i.j'rii. urrer.dera With all i , , . . tn I'nlnmtilsn n:s revoiui. unary iunc r , government army ... In KatnchatKa region 10.000 people died of measlee. i-ome Villages being nearly Wiped out Nov. 4 Wm. Kedmund. Irish leader, sentence! at K.ng.-ti.n, Ireland, to & moa. In prison for a epoech said to M r- tJ0 'pres. Castro of V'enexuela makes triumphal entry into Cauracag, having crushed the rebellion Senor Sagasta and Spanish cab.net resign. 1 Anarchist attempts assassination of King Leopold of Be.glum; all three shots m!. him , to ! I l. Krupi famous gunmaker, dies In Germany; agid4 28 Dr. Joseph Parker, London preacher, die Dec. 3-Great Britain and Germany order warships to Venezuela to enforce payment of claims. , , S Knu and and üermany Isssie u.timatum tn V r. er lela. S Knit, sh and German flet seize la Ouayra liarbor and 4 Venezuelan warships. 10Irp Castro, of Veneguela. issues appeal to arms and) adopts policy of reprisal ....Great dam across Nile at As"uam. Egvpt. making reservoir 111 miles long with storage rapadtv of l.KI0,(M'.OrXi cubic m.'ers. dedicated 11 Pres Cnstrr. calls for 25.(sy troops to resist Britisri-Oerman lnvalon IS Ttalv Joins Oermanv and Eng'.and In at tempt to force pavmnt oi vriintir.sn cla'm . . Fleet bombard forts at Puerto I Cabello. , JA P-. Castro aske through V 8. legation for nrbitrntlon of disputed claims. : STv-rmer- n k Pre Rnoeve'' to act as arbitrator of Venezuelan trouble. tS Mo" Rev rrederlek Temple ar'Vop nf Cantertmrv and primate of nil KrarI land, die Amer'can ship Caracas tat eluded from Venezuelan pete by allies. , C hues. Jan 15 Manchester N B . Kenard block destroyed. S&iu.'A loss. S0--Norf" . k . Va., Atlantic hotel, gOOO.OOO. Feb. 2 Watirbur. Conn, ü acres of butines bulldinjgs, homes, etc , aggregate iosa t4.'.o.t.. t Paterson, N J , Are destroya businesa portion and) 50" dwellings, losw SS.OOO.OOt 10 Springfield, O.. manutu'.urlng p. ants, j. 21-New York. Park Avnue hotel. 21 killed. property los ITi.OOO. Mar 6 Marble rails, Tex . great tract of valuable timber U Pier of Phoenix iteaamhjf line at IIoboken. N. J 1 SLOOOOtH. Apr. 3 -Hotels at At. antic City. N. J.; $7:000. S4 Forest Area in Pennsylvania destroy 100 buildings at Mnrlenvüle; loss there and elsewhere SlO''.000. May 21 At New York, Bradbury piano factory; giOOeSTO Jun O- P rtland. Ore , acres of property ; M Jul 5 Chicago stock yarO. Swift at Co. 'a market and offices: I5svne; 26 Albanv N Y . SMO.OOO blaze Aug. t Ut Bgton, I.a.. opera house and 34 other buildings. UForest fires In e isende mountains along the Columbia In Ore. Or, 7 Beaumont (Tex.) oil fielda swept: 65 derricks burned IK. ret (ires north of M.irlnrtte. 's Nov V- New York, new Fast river bt. ?ge; 16- Bl uz City. la., Araotir at Ca s packing plant; SsTo.ÖOO IS- Motiongahela City. Pa., chief bit'lness Drr S Atbanta, ein n block t' hui'.dlna; In heart of city V "' 11-Cana Dover, O.. Am Shf-et Steel '"o ' plant , CASVALTIE V Jan 2 Macon. Ga.. & in exp.oslon. I Steamer W.illa Walla sunk In colli. on off M iidoclno. Cal. ; 41 persons ml-sing T Niii;i i, nee, M.ch., through caving in ot mine. 8 in New York city train collide in tunnel. 15 killed. SO Injured Steamer Bristol sink off Alaskan coast, . lives lost 12-Buffalo. N. T.. 7 in a fire 14 Bow. 1. T. 10 killed in mine expl - I '?.. . . -I r L.ill.,4 IA SSSMsi ay w oienourir, em., o siii.u, v ,.ij v. . In mine explosion. . 21 Near Fairmount, . a.. 8 lumbermen burned to death. . L . 24 o.-kaloosa. ind . Ill men killed. S Inlured through mine explosion. - i mlnenn In tuiii e'. of New Tork USDid Transit Co . kills ft, injures 100 and caused property los of t' sjO.OOO. 2 Boston. 10 In tenement fire. Keb 4 Between Kcwp rt News nnd Boston, 13 drowned by nklng coal bargee ....7 kllbd. 6 injured in a fire at St. Louis ... P.ttsburg. boiler explosion hi" 6. , ft I'h.cngo. explosion of gas main ki.is 11. Injures 30 others. 10 Fmp.ro hotel of St. Louis burns, k .11Ing 11. injuring S. 14 Bowlder wrecks tra-.n near I.ltt.o Rock. Ark . killing 7 Injuring 14. Mar. 1 Snow slide at Liberty Bell mine near Tellurlde. Col . kl.ls 17; SO others missing. , , S 25 lives lost In floods in New York and New Jersey. ...Silverton. Col.. 20 by snow-slide. 0-Mnt,.-ingahela. Pa. mine explosion kills 5. 7 Macon Tex., Southern Pacific train wreck kills 15, lnj ires 2. 11 Sh.nhopple, N. Y.. 6 In a fire. 15 Lone Landing. Mlaa., steamer capsized; 21 drowned. M Kosciusko Miss , 5 negroes cremated while trying to burn their way out of prison. ... S5 Cleveland. O.. 7 Ut4M lost by cave-1n of gas tank excavation. SI At Dayton. Tenn. 22 killed In mine explosion . . Apr 1- Philip B. MltchOl nnd o ch ldren meet death In burning home, at Prosser Hollow. Va. JO Steamer Cltv of Pittsburg burna at Calm III , 00 lives lost. r i vi lone nearlv destroy C.len P.o. Tex . killing 7. injuring 40. SO At I'll laihlphia. S killed. 42 injured by panic In c gar factory caused by "lakecry of lire Hay 7At Toledo 0., 7 members of Fir: Bap' Ist S S drowned in sinking naphtha launch. IS At Sheridan. Pa., SB killed, between ?cm and ::" badly h rnrd in : htha 18 In Atlanta, Ca.. (ire started hy h.i'fbreed Indlsn. destroya business bloek, kills 8 and injures f.. 1 At Coal " reek. Tenn . over ion live lot hv exp a.lon in r rarervine snail. Jun 7- New York harbor. 7 In ga'.e. Chicago 10 in burning sanitarium. 20 Near Stapler SI. nn . 6 in railway collision. Near Wanatah. Ind., family of 5 dr .wn' I Jul 4 Celebration accidents r?ue to gunpowder kill 21 and Injures 2.1T: tht '.trennt country., ainversv!'..', N. Y., Ii !n trollev car collision

10 J hnstoara Pa.. 114 b Are lamp egploIi ii la Cambria robing ml'. Bin Ii Nar Ung Brack. IT V.. 12 drowned. U I I 0 S d' l.eJ Wille boating or sw.n m.ng 1 Park City. Utah , 30 by rsploti.n of powder liiagasui' A h i.g . r.a C . n '.no KD'.oilon.

Ne..r Rhodes, la., IS In rai.way eoi:iion. 1 Near Trinidad. Col.. U by explcsiun la cca. m lie 10-Han Angelo. Tex . T In burning hotel. S rV'ilaBlnfi tu Del., 11 by xplo.-.on In pulp works. M Gehring, NC' . ( as result of starting Are with kerosene, r Near Illinois Station. 1. T . ( In railway m r. i k Sep. i-Near Berry. Ala-, ti In rallwajr wreck S Will.amsburg. N T . I by collar of stee; tank. IS Witmer station. Pa , I In rai.way collision. 2tV-Prlnceton, HI., S In railway colllalon. Of I Rot ky Hills. K .0 b bulier exploilon. 2 Uiack Diamond, Waa.. Of m.ne eplosion 'orna.... W. Va , t tn railway collision. It- iff Aihtabula. O.. 10 by founder.ng of steamer. N rk J by premature xp.oion of firework. It I.elanon. Pa. k by boiler explosion. 27-Steamer Sylvanus J. Mac), w.th IS men. sunk in Lake F.rle. . Chicago, U b) boi.t r explo-ion In bwlft racking Co ' plant. D" J-4lan Franc. co. 12 by oil tank explosion. ... . -Chic tgo, 14 in fire that destroyed Lincoln hotel. 8-Haker'i Hill, Tenn . 5 by explosion S In navigation season. Just cosed, 111 seamen loat on great lakes greatest number In hlstorv of lake traffic I Kr'dlev. Minn . 4n railway wreck. 15- Near ßuck'.ln. IIa . 6 In freight wreckIt; k .rt lee. N J i children by cxploattkB of acetylene gas tank B Byron, 'al . ln railway collision 22 In Maw . Bay, 11 allor in colllaion of 2 schooners. Mt. TEOHOLOGICAL. Feb. 3 Blizxard rages through New York. Psmnaylvania and New tlugland lor 30 hra. Mar 5 uwingsv.lle, Ky.. earthquake shock. . 12 Tornado in Houston Kosenberg. Tyler and New Boston, Tex., killa several and wrecks 8 buildings. . Cyclone in Copiah and Lincoln counties. Miss., kills 7 and destroy much property. 13 Tornado in Louisiana and Mississippi destrovs lull house and kill SO per-ons. 17 Snowdritla 15 leet deep block trains for 12 hrs. in Black 11:11 country 31- Flood loses In Tenneee M.tO.'OOO. nl.nut 25 lives lost. Mav l Destructive cyclone at Bayard. Adaxan. Van Wert ar.d Weldon la.; 16 in lured, property loss S5ii.es' 6-. 1. udburst at Fss. O. T.. dr. wns S 18 Hurricane in south and west Texas; loss of life between lOu to 2UU. Goliad. T- x . practically destroyed. 98 killed. 1! Injured. SO- Bchoothoutao demolished by tornado at Brandon. Minn; tea. ner killi d. s'v.ril Injur l Watirspout kills ii n Covlnglton. Ky., and caused great property darnaxe in Miami r.ver valley 86 Torna. lo at l nion, S. C. kills 6. Jun 3 Lestruct.ve tornado at La Crosse, Wla I Cloudburst near Jol.et floods city, drowns 3 and cause properly loa of 17." '. 10 Tornado sweeps Becker und Clay counties. Minn.; 15 live loat.... Tornado in Centra, ll.inois sweeps through. B.oomingtun. Lincoln, Chau.pa.gn, Peoria and I'rbana, I I.MS MS damage Jul 2 C lone la Kacine county. Wis. 4 Snow falls 14 hrs. at Evanston. Wyo.; " i t it .ii,. r at fr i its' l. .nt 10 High water in Woodbury county, lav; $1 'i ('.image. 11 Hundreds of people driven from their homes bv floodp in Des Moines, la 16 Tornadoes In Minn, and N. D. cause loan of '".oaf in crops. 17 ltattsmootk, Neb . nearly wrecked by cloudburst. 20 M:si--ip,': valley from Ke.kuk. I a., south unit r water . cr p . - W).... Hurricane weep Bs n. Md.; 13 killed and Immense property loss. Sl-F.oods in San Mar, - i"-v, Tex . 6 killed, and tl.OOQ.000 damace Earthquakes In Loi Alamas. Ca!., and v'a.nity. Auk 7 Raton, N M . drowned by c.oudburst. D l .iixxard sweepi al ng Atlantic roast. , I y rarthpuakes Mve been fe'.t In aouthern Ctah s4nce Nov. 17. jsec noLOG-y. Jan 2S-Bear Admiral Lewia A K.m ber iv. at W est New port. Mass. Feb 13 Kotiert B. L ndsay. ex-gov. uf Alabama, in Sheffield. Ala.. Mar . Col- P W, Parker, prominent Chicago cduiator. at Pass Christian, M IS Kg-Qov. John T. Altgeld, of Ch.cago. at Jol et; 55. Apr 1-.I 1 !' wler. ex-sen (Pa), at Washington: K9. 11 Wa!e Hampton, ex-gov. and V. S. : . R( V Dr T. DeWIM T I mage noted Ire sbyterian clergyman, in Washington; TO 2" -Krank R. Blockton, novelist, in Washington. 27 J. Stirling Morton. e-sec'y of .ixrl culture, at I kg I'.-re.-t. HI r Sol Smith Russell, comedian, at Washington; 54. May 2 A moa J r . cong. T. OeWiti Talmage from New lork citv. .n lia.t.more: vj. from New Vork city, In Baltimore; CO. 6 Kt. Kev. Michael Augustine Corrtgan, anhblshop at New Vork. (ti. ft Cong J. S. Salmon, at his home. Boonton, N. J . W Biet Harte, author, at Cambtrley. Kng. ; 43 ..Rear Admiral T. Sanipsuii. U, S, in Washington. 62 U Edwin L liodk.n. former editor N T. I. . at I ir.x.'.am, Eng . 7i. S Lord Pauiutfuie. British ambassador to U. 8 . at Washington, 74. Jun. H-lu J rn H Barrow, pres. Oberlin college, at Ober It n, o. 21 B K Jav Oba, noted Sunday schcjl Sulk' r in 'l ' oK '. tv Jul. i.v J.-I n w M i kay. mlll.onnire and one of original "forty-nlnera," In London. XI Dr. Chas. Kendal", Adams, former prea. Wis anlrersltj at Redlands. 'al ; ftv. Aug. 10 I. S. Senator Jas. 11. MacMiilaa dl, 'a- Man. l.ester-by-the-Sea, Maaa.; 64 ;;ii.i I'r ati7 ge., in New York; 78. 8ep. S-Edward Egglenton. nove.ist and historian, at LakeOeorge. N. Y..ftS. 7- Ex-t H Sna'..rWm N Boa eh 'N D ), In New- York . C-' . i its Justice IL race Cray of U 8. supreme court. In Nahanv Mass; 74 23 Maj. J W". Powell, director Smithsonian Institute bureau of ethnology, at Haven. MOct. 6-Kx-Oov. J. B Nell (Idaho). In Columbus, O. : 60 . .I hn L Sheppard (Tex ). at Eureka Spring. Ark.: 4Ä. If, B'ar A.'mlrnl Thoe A. Be'.fr.dge (re-lr.-i'i at Wavcrlv, Ma : 66 Kt i . v r.usseli. at Panlelson. Conn.; SO. tank Norris, nove.;t. at San Francisco. 26 K.izabeth 'ady Stanton, woman suffragbt. in New York; R7 Dec 4--C. S. Minister A. K. Buck to Japan, near Tokl jThs B Beed ex-speaVer of cr.ngrei. In Washington: (I Thos Nat, fnmcus cartoonl't and recently appointed !' S utisul general at Guayaquil. Knuador; 2 1 Mn Julia Pen' Crnnt wli'ow of Oen U 8. Grant, at Washington. 7ft jvew HEConns. Jan 1-Oeo Bothner of N Y defeats Jn H.irv.v or N w Haven 'n stcl'vc match for lightweight champions!.. p of th world. 24Kred Strong of 'hlcago wins bow.lng championship of V. 8 at Buffalo. N Y I Feb lie- w P voa. of Hgsjttrairaa n i . won amateur billiard rhamplonsh.p of mirl. n at New York. I ilmn II V Brrwcr breaks all rec ords f nr V1 and MW y d nt Ch cago H. J Aver renke 0 in SI Innincs In three ushlon billiard tourney kt Chlce-go, es i tabtlihtnai record.

7 Cap! Urossman wa.ks 00 m..eup the Deunubi i v ,i oJ, BweytBVtatoi aU0f .. k.lig l.o . Mar. - Jerome Mae of I diversity ef i ftltsmgo Istaaaa nsotil lor indoor polo vau. t. tig, i. ft. 5 in. Apr 6- fi. C H.r-iby wins great An. er. tusndlcap .tt Kai.-as City, and wi-um , I. amp oil W.liK hl .lot Allol-a 1 Hür nig ton oyer break a., oci records. 14 amila in y atlnutoa. 26 j ii v mg makes sum record at Long I. inj luj n.iies in : hrs. 23 m.n. May ; ; P. Meier, hid ward .A J. Krause and W i lefeke, all of V est Point, N V . start on lour of w ur.d on foot. 24 K curd-i.rfsking ruu on Wabsub road lr n. Mm. ' ! .er. O., to Detroit, Mich.; Vi in In hk nun. J 5-Wvi t. 12 lo I entry) wins American lerb) alcago; Luc.an App.eb .J at, 1 ..a...n . . V Autoinoi lis rat Pari to Vseuna (S26 ni ) a on b Marcs, Kenau.t. H bra. U min Ju. I Plgoona fly from Holly Spring. M s , to ktlshawaka (600 m ) in U hrs g B. V O Southwestern train makeo Wash.ngton, Ind., to llul St. Louis (166 m f in . mm 2.'. J. ft' - defiats Fltxsimmons in S roun dh at San Francisco and retains he-avae.ght championship 26 N V 'antral train makes Syracuse to A. bany i.4. mi in ir..n Aug :c Lake Shore train breaks previous : ; Is, guingSi m. in 76 min. 2 It Parsons and Jas. Wallace roach Ni w York, hav.ng paddled IJ ft. canoe rn i 't ie-ago; started Ju. 0- 'arlisle D (iraham swims from whlrlpo . boloaj Niagara fall through lower rapide at Lewis ton. Sep o i'tia a Percy goes through whlrlp . rap.ds of Niagara In specially constructed boat. 23 Dan Patch at Heading. Mass . goes mllo tnl.-li' . Mrs Hu. lock Workman. American authorities and traveler, breaks H.mainya mouniatn c.lmtung record by aav i n ' n Uionfma glacier. O 4 Nat. Haseball ,eague season ciosea: Pituburg wins championship; Brooklyn. M; Boaton. 3d; Cincinnati. 4th; Chicago. 6th. 8t Louis, Cth. Philadt.ph.a, 7th. New York. fcth.

11- iinvvard Saver breaks 2-m. racing rocord. 4:2HK Sir Thus. Llpton's 3d challenge for An., r a cup accepted by N. Y yacht club, 1st race to be run Aug. 30, 103. I 17 Prince Alert paced m. at Memphlg. Tenn . In v:1.7V SI Cresceus trots 2 m. In 4:17 at Memphis. Nov H atrarbloom cleared in high jump at I'hKago horse ahow 7 ft. S in. 6 B n Stell made bts .t.g score in Chicago of SM 14 Princeton (IP.) football team won championship of athletic club teama of U 8 22 Yale wins title to American football ! ! imp' r..-ri . scoring 2 to 0 agaslnjl Harvard. I IT Michigan university chnmpionshlp in game Ann Arbor; 3 to 1 wlns western ith Minn , at Army wins over navy in annua' foot ball game bet West Point and Annapolis; 22 to 4. Dec 13 Oeo Ieander wins 8-(?ay team cycle race in New York; 2.T3T? milee 22 Lake Shore train makes 134 m In 127 min j CAP Or THE TtOEH wah. I Jan 2-Gen. Vlljoen captured by British near L denburg. Feb. 4'it lir.tain declinea Holland' offer to mediate Mar 6 Pre Rooaa velt receives Boer envoys as private citixena and teil them Ü. S. cannot Interfere In the eiruggle. 9i ; n M e t h u e n wounded and capture! by Boers In n .rh' attack under Di arey. but waa inter Übe rated by the Boers. .. nrst rumors of peace nexotiatlona between Boer generals and Gern. Cecil Rhodes. K :tc l.ener M Cecil Rhodes dies at Cape Town, aged May 31 lloer nsr enda at l(i3n p. m.. peace lelg oonrluded at Pretoria! ternsa include return of prisoners to Africa nitkost punishment, exemption of IJoers from war tas and stoi'klag of farm at Hrltlak expense. Jun. 4 Schalk Burger and Commander-in-Chief Botha In open letter urge lOfasltf to the new government. 21 Lord Miiner takes oa: h as gov. of Tranavaal at Pretoria. SO Oen. Cronje takes oath of allegiance to K.ng Edward on island of 8t. Helena. Jul Me-Estimates place numberof Boera la field during the war at hVMi S.7M were killed, and 32.' became prisoners of Aug. 16 Gens Dewet. Botha gad I'elarey visit King Edward on board royal yacht at Coses, and are highly pleased at their reception. I I ..i v.j MISCELLAfitEOVS. Jan 4-Natlcnal unlveralty (endo Carnegie : r a.".' w.uw) ini irporaiea in Washington aa "The Carnegi lnstltu2! Prof E J. James (Chicago) elected prea. Northweatern university. Feb. ft P-aniom money pa I to brtganda in Bulgaria for release of M.ss Stone. 17 Carrie Chapman Catt elected pre Nat. Woman'a Suffrage as'n 1n Washington. 24 Prince Henry of Germany formally welcomed to U. 8. by Pres Roosevelt at white house. Felt. anV-Mlaal I 1 1 en M. tone. the American mlaclonnry. and Mine. Tailka, her companion, are rrleaeed lr their captors. 27 Mrs Fre It r k BchOat elected prea. Cungraaa ol Mothers, in Washington. Mar. le-Cenienma. ol lucurpuration of ClOnnatl. s A.vJermaii E M rsenburg conVlcted of accept. ng br.be in St. Louia street car fram t.l-i ea.-. Apr. is Archbishop Fail on. er (Carada) selected by pope as pupa, delegate to U. m, 2b Dr. Ni-chuiaa M But.er installed 4M pres. Columbia un.vers.ty. 2Ü I'ostpoti ii. nt ut world's fair In 4M. Loiiis to lis announced. May B Fedaratl n ol Women'a clubs la I I alocta Mra. Dim.es Den. ton (N. Y.) pres. 21 S. E. Gross (Chicago) declared by U. 8 court to have originated "Cyrano do i i , in hla "Merchant Prince of Cornviile." 24 Marshal de Rochambeau statue aav veoeil in Wa'hington. Jun -Ur. Pat ton resigns presidency of Princeton university; Prof. Woodrow W i. son elected. i B M roil given LL. D degree by Harvard 2ft- At Denver, 10th triennial International Sunday school convention. 2S Seven men found guilty of Jury bribing In Chicago. t r, Krank An Ires or .ry saving bank 01 ljeiroit. convn ."ioi chiui..iik Si löC.OuO. etntenced to IS yra. at hard labor. :i - Trans-Miss. sstppl commercial ccngreaa at St Paul denounces combinations. Sep. 3 Pres. Roosevelt narrowly escape death In collision between his carriage and a trolley carat P.ttstleld. Mass. 8ei ret Serv.ce Agent Craig, riding with him, is killed. V. l're. Roosevelt's northwestern trip cut short nt Indianapolis by necessity of op--ration for abscess occasioned by Plttetn id a. c dent Oct ( B M Snyder, banker and promoter, convicted ol bribery tn St. Louis. 6 G A R. encampnunt In Wahlngton. 7 Farmers' Nat. congrf- at Macon.Ga. 21 Mrs Illllan M. Bteven- re- .. . ted pre. Mal W C T V.. at Portland Me. 25-University of Chicago trustees vote to seer-gate men and women students during nrst 2 yrs. of tlulr college course. . i E Iward v ami and Luke Whieler. of hlrago, found guilty of coniipring to defraud county f SJS.770 1" t axes. Nov S Doukhober fanatics forcibly entrained ant sent hack o their northern villages after me of the most exciting incident In hlsterv of northwest. 21 Nat ir.mge. Ht Lansing. Mich., favors W n an viiffrage D il' S navy beg.ns war game In Cnr'hhean es r. -i ts J Denny. mlIMna1re 8t Itala I nsrr. sent to ti!ten'lnry for S yrs i perjury. 1"- Nut Civil Service Reform ag. meetins; In PK'srV'phig. e'.eru Uan'.el C. Ollean pretidenL

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! -Seth !. New York takes office a aal 2;v W Murray ray Craiis iM lss.i iiiauguraied. U rm 7 i'res. Roosi veil ronsenta view findings ot Schley court of in iu;ry. a-Leslie M 8hw da.) nominate : , y Pres. for e tary of treaury. and Henry Payne (Wis.) foi postmaater g e u re I President Paima. 11 Geo. K Nast (O.i inaugurated. 14-Joeph Foraker (rep. O. A I -, ofman idem . Md.). Jas. B. Met reary . (dem. Ky.) elected U. 8. aena'-rs. 10- luv cummlna (la.) Inaugurated. LI !ihmlan canal commlasion leporia to Prea. favoring acceptance of offer ( ' Panama canal property and franchlaes I for 40.uOlj.oOO I XX iov Franklin Murphy (N. J ) lnau- j, Eurated....U. 8. Senators Alison and o. liver da.) reelected. fl 2-John F Dryden (rep.. N. J.) elected 3 V. S. senator. Feb. 1-Sec y of Treaa Shaw Ukes oatl of office 1 Pres. Roosevelt In Schley case dec alon blames Schley for retrograd movement and the loop, and holds thl Sampson was in technical con. man'., but that It waa really a captain fight ....Large band of Insurgent surrender Ot Batangas, P. I. 21 Final ratification of Hay-Pa n e'ota Nicaragua canal treaty at Wi -y'oti. 22 L'. 8 Henatera Tillman and M' l.iurn (8. C). during couraa ef lieate i osbata over Philippine tariff bill, come to blowi; both held in contempt . nd deprived of right to vot pendln, 'jrther action. 27 Memorial services for Will m McKmlev held by congreea. or on de livered by Sec'y Hay. 2S Resolution of sever cenaure of Seaators Tillman and McLaurin jfsed bf V. 8 senate. Mar s-Pre signs Philippine tariff bill. 15 Frank P. Bargent (chief of I'rotherhood of Locomotive Firemen) 'ppo.nl ed . nmmisslon general of Imn irrat on ... I'res nomlnatea Capt. A. 8 i Insh i-l.; to he rear admiral. IS Filipino rebellion in Sama ended bv surrender of 400 rebe kev refuses to repay U. 8 r. wnlslang Tur n: mo. amount of Mis Stone a ransom. 20 ' '.en Miles threaten to realgn if anf reorsannai on n,w iiiMr.. 24 Havana court aentencea Neelr Rathbone and Reeve to JO yearar ment and a heavy fine for lmprl sonfraul s la pos'til service. Apr. 3 All.ed penple'a party, con-posed of reform elements oppoaed to old political parties, formed 1n LouUvllle. v Pre -electa E. F. Ware (Kan ) Sag commissioner of pensions. .. MsJ Waller it' uttitted hy court-martial of charge of shooting Filipinos without trial. 1$ Qen .Valvar. Filipino inaurgent leader and dictator, aurrendera himself and command. II , iinhian canal protocol, asking $7.000 ono rental for 14 yrs, to be paid In admade public. House of repräsentativen passes L .11 granting reduction of 20 per cent, from Dlngley ratea on fuban goods; vote: 247 to Si May 1-Sec'y of Navy Moody Installed In office Alex. O. Brodle nominated by Prea. for (tiv of Arlsona territory. baa rongre meets !n Havana and tree Oen Palma elected pres and Bajtovag vice pre. 16 Lord Pauncefote resigns as British ambassador to u. 8. 7 Q le Quesada named by Pre. Palma to be Cuban minister to Washington 2iil.rn. Wood hands over Cuban got. ernment lo Cihssai the seerossfl sntloa la proswalajated and President l'a I ma forsaally Isaagsrated.

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17 Herbert C. Squires received by Prea Palma as U s minister to Cuba. Jun. S Geo. Chamberlain (dem.) elected gov of Ore ; republicans elected for all other offi'ts 4- i. r, gland announcea M. H. Herbert t Lord Pauncefote a successor, and agaal names Senor de Ojeda as Spanish mi lster to U. 8. 5 American Philippine commission r eelved by pope with special honor Gov. Taft explains chun-h and tat must be separate In Islands. 11 c. F. W Neely. sening 10 yra ajagarv. tence for Cuban postal Irauda, relaaedll from prison In Havana under amneatyll bill U'est Po nt mlhtary academy V celebrates centennial of lta establishment, Pres. Roosevelt making th address. 16 Pres. nomlnatea Capt. Chaa. E. (Hark to be rear admiral. 20 Johann Most iV Y.) sent to prison for 1 yr for publishing lncend.ary article at time Pres McKinley was hot. 24 Time fur ratification of treaty betw. . ! I S arid Denmark for sale of Danish West Indle extended 1 yr. 2ft--i on isthmian canal

bill adopted by congress Virginia cot ii ' invention adjourn altar ' essloii laallng 1 yr 14 day. 2S Pres. signs isthmian canal bllL i SO Senator Bailey (Tex.), on floor of - ator Beverldge (Ind.. Jul. 1 Bepeal of war taxes goes Into effect d.mlnlshlng revenue by I73.OO0 000 a year First session of i7th congress adjourn sin die. iivil government established In Mindanao and Paragua islands and Batangas province, P. I Amnesty proclamation read, aett.ug free 600 prisoner in Phtlipplnea. S Vatican a reply to Gov. Taft declare recall of friars wlth'n time specified imp öble. 14 Mr Gen. Chaffee relieved from duty in Philippines at his own request Pres commission Director Merrlaa under permanent censua law. 1ft Gen. Jacob H Smith retired from army by president's order, having bee found guilty by court-martial in Manila of conduct prejudicial to good order and military dlsc.pline. 18 Cuba (to date! formally recognized) by U. S.. Great Br. tain, France. Spain. Switzerland, Nicaragua. Coata Rica and) Guatemala Aug 5 T". s Ambs-sador White, to Ger many resigns. I? -chief Justice O. W. Holme. of Mass. supreme) court. appointed associate justice of V. 8. supreme court, vici Justice Grsy. resigned. 20--M 1 m ! c naval war off New England between fleets under Admiral lllniiinsoa a n d Commander P.ilsbury. Sep. 2 Jefferson I a v I a Ark.) 1. 1 em Oliver Wendell Holmes. ree.ei te gov. uban congreea paaaes .., iv.w iu bill 16 Speaker Henderson withdraws from race for reelection to congress. St Judge i; H Durand, ii-m. candidate for gov. i Mil ti '. Withdraws because of Illness. JB Gen R A Alg'r (M.ch.) sppolnted to fill unexpired term In U. 8. senate. Oct. 1 Jos. M. Terrill (dem.. Ga), elected gov. 7U. B. circuit court in N. Y. holds l'orto Ricans to be aliens. 1ft Hague arbitration court condemns Mexico to pay 17. 8 $1.420.S2.7 ia ttlcment of 1'iua fund cast-. C- Smr.;i.r eontroversy between I. 8.. England nnd Germany dec ded In fvol of German) by is ng Oecar at Sweden, aa arbitrator. ..(.)hlo legislature adopt aew municipal code. S Mtnlatcr Wu ring Fang ordered to roturr. to China. Nov 4 U"i' iblleana elect SO. coagrmen and democrats IT . N. Y , N. J., Penn , Del . all New England states exmowi ft I., P., Ind. III. Mich., WI.. Ia. Minn.. N. P.. 8. D.. Col.. Nv 1't.ih. W). an I Cal. iro republican. Mo Ky. and all southern states go democratic . U. 8. Senator A 8. Clay lOa.l reeli ted Republican party of Porto Rico wins in elections. Dec. 1- Fifty-seventh congress begin So session. 2- President ! message read In congress. 4 N'.mlnn'lon of Oliver Wendell Holmea for sum ' late Ju- 'i.e of supreme court confirmed nv senate !iw.v ! te hst assigned w.ir-hlps to positions near Veneauslaa eeast.

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