Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 January 1898 — Page 6

- What Has Been Done During the = Past Twelve Months. . D . ‘ o] THE YEAR 1897 A BUSY ONE All of the Important Happenings the - World Over Briefly Noted in : _Chronological Order. - : BYUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES Digasiers of Various Kinds—Crimes, Suicides -aud Lymehings—A Year’s Famous Dead . ? —Political Events—Sporting | | © - . BANK FAILURES. ' Jan 2—State savings, {Whitehall, Mich.... Litizens” national, Fal{'go', N. D.... Omaha {Neb.) savings, $850,000. Jan 4—-Germania (31,000,000) and West Side, St Paul, Minn.... First City, Nora Springs, 1a.... Merchants’ national, Devil’s iake, N. D. i [ .. Jdan T—Commerecial, Eau Claire, Wis.... " Bark of Canton, Minn.... Citizens!, Lanes- . bore, Minn. I I Jan B—Bank of-North St. Paul,-Minn. Jen 3—First .national, Alma, Neb. Jan 12—-Bank of Mayview, Mo. . J3n 33—Seattle (Wash.) savings. © Jan 34—-Merchants’ national, Ocala, Fla. - Jan 15—Citizens’ state, Fullerton, Neb. - * Jan A6—Bank ofs.Conway, Mo. Jan I%—German national, Louisville, Ky. .-.-Pirst national, Newport, Ky.... Minne savings, St. Paul. . : " Jdan 21—German savings, Des Moines, la., 554,000, = J o 1 ; ~ Jdan Z2—Upland (Ind.) bank (voluntafy ~ suspension....Flarmers’ and Merchants’ . Bank, Exeelsior Springs, Mo. . : Jan 2Z-—Pottsdam (N. Y.) rational. | = «Jan 26—First national, Olympia, Wash. o Jan 28—Wautauga bank,]Johnson City, - Tenn. . ; 4o . Jan 30—Dime savings, €hicago. i~ | Feb 2—First national, Oakesdale,’ Wash. 4veluntary suspension)....Moscow (Ind.) mational. : ¥eb 4—First national, Griswold, la. ¥eb s—First- national, Franklin, 0.... ~ Worthwestern national, Great Falls, Mont., 5700,600. e f ¢ . ¥eb §—State savings, Atlanta, Ga. . " ¥eb 9%—Farmers’ and Merchants’, Freepori, lU. (voluntary suspension)., Feb 10—Bankers’ exchange, Minneapolis, Alinn, ¥eb 43—-State trust and savings, West Buperior, Wis. .... Commercial savings, deeds, la....Merchants’ national, Helena, Mont., §1,000,000. : ; , Feb W—Merchants’ ~national, JacksonJyille, Pla....State national, St. Joseph, Mo. Feb. 24—German-American, Tonawanda, M. X. (Resumed March 8.) .o . Fed 26—Bank of Lithonia, Ga.... Security -domn and Trust company, Des Moines, la, " we. Commercial, Dgilwaukee; Wis. Feb 27—Mullanphy savings, St. “Louis, - Alo., $500,000. Mar B—Lexington savings, Baltimore. ' Mar I—Bank of Mulhall, O. T. 1 AMar 22—West Point- (Ga.) state bank: ?Mar 23—Farmers’ and Merchants’, Paris, e o 4 'mm:a.r 24—De Kalb county bank, Maysville, 22] . - : Mar Zi—American exchange, -Buffalo, N. . <(yeoluntary suspension). f : ~ Apr 5-Globe savings, Chicago, $640,000. Apr 2I—N.- Barnes, Son & Co., bankers, Rorfolk, Va. . : 1.5 Apr 28-Bank of Hutchinson, Kan.... Williamm Van Ordstrand & Co., * bankers; Heyworth, 11 : ek Apr 20—-New Hampshire Banking - Co.; Nashua, 3849,352. 7 May 3—J. B. Wheeler & Co., bankers, Man3tow angd Aspen, Col. e i 4 May 7—XExchange bank, Atkinson, Neb. «--.alles (Gre.) national. Ady 12— Traders’, Lynchburg, Va. Mav 19—Miners’ state, Cripple Creek, Col. s «.--Belkndp savings, LLaconia, N. H. *° May 20—State, Monticello, . Ind.... State mational, Logansport, Ind.... Third natidénal, Mew York. e £ May 21-Mirst-national, Orleans, Neb. May 24—Bank of Johnston, Neb. : * . Jun t—Merchants’, Lincoln, Nch, - - . Jun 3—Boone county, Harrison, Ark. . »Jun 14-First state, Fenton, Mich. Juon 29—Union Trust and Savings, Tagurma, Wash.... Keystone national, - Erie, Pa. {voluntary). : Jdul 7—First national, Mason, Tex. . . . Jull4-Nebraska national, York, Neb. Ju) 23-Bank of Monmouth Springs, Ark. . Jm) 31—First national, Asheville, N. C,, {voluntary). e ] Aug 21—People’s savings, Mount- Pleasani, Mich. ; iR . . Aug 21—Bank of :Minneapolis, Minn, Aung 31—State, Ambia, Ind.... First state, MePhierson, Kan, | ' Sep 22-First national, Greensburg, Ind. S‘e&'fi—Bank of Durand, 111. - > Bep 18—First national, Bénton Harbor, Aich. o » : Sep 26«——Bank at Rico, Col. - & ~ Bep 29—Bank at Montrose, Col. : Oet 18—City, Sherman, Tex. > _ ©ct 19—Edgerton (Wis.) bank. Ot 21—-Bank of Lodi, Wis. : ; Oct 22—National of Asheville, N. C. . Nav.9—Jehn A. Willard, banker at Man- - %ata, Minn.; $480,000, o Noy 23—Bank of Antigo, Wis.... Banks at leavenworth, Marengo and Erglish, Ind. Navy 18—Della county (Col.) bank. Naov 20—-State bank of Holstein, Neb. -}‘Dic 2—Piedmont state, at Morgantown, 4 3 kA : . = * Dee 13—Stock exchangé, at El Reno, O. T. liec 21—First national, Pembina, N. D, - Dwee 23—Chestnut Street national, and Chestnut Street Trust and Savings!Fund Ao, Philadelphia; $3,000,000. :

BUSINESS FAILURES, : Larger Commercial Concerns, Involv- . img Liitbi}ities of $300,000, or Over. fi’—u;an—'ls—l Cincinnati, Wheeling, ‘Lake | Frie & Pittsburgh Coal Co., $1,056,000, and Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., $320;- _ Feb 2=Pennsylvania-TLead Co., ! PittsJurgh, sl,4oo,ooo,...Keystone’ Co. (makers ,gfmngxx;icultural implements), Sterling, IIL, SSXHOOK. i - Feb 2%s—United States Building andeLoan association, Louisville, Ky., $£593,000. Afar 11—National Building and Loan as- _ soeiation, Milwaukee. . B Mar 29—United Press association,: New York, SROO,OOO. : S Apr 7—H. S. Dean & Co., New York, §l,- = Apr Wo—Cooperative Town CoJ Elizabethtan, Tenn., $1,000,000. -~ w Apr 26—Superior (Wis.). Consolidated © Land Co., $3,600,000. - ! - May 6t—Mutual Life Insurancg Co., I ~ dianapolis. $4,000,000, - L ‘ AMay 11—Vvilllam Brown & Co., commission merchants, San Francisco, $600,000. - - May 22—William /Tarr, distiller, LexingT ton, Ky., $600,000. Al Aay 3di—Hubbard Milling Co., Mankatp, . Minmn., $500.000. | - | o Jun 4—Dolese & Shepard, stone con- - - 2ractoys, Chicago, $730,000. .. - Jun 30 — Commercial Building Trust, < ouisville, Ky., $500,000. . { Aug 17—Massachusetts! Benefit Life as- ‘- sociation, Boston, $1,000,0600, @ =, Aug 31—E. B. Cuthbert & Co., brokers, - New York, $500,000. s ] Szp 15—Seymore Bros., . stock brokers, Mew York, $1,000,000. - Saraagy - et 22—W. G. Hitchcock & Co., silk dealers,- New York, $1,000,000....F0w1er Cycle Co., Chicago, $500,000. - : - Oet +-Werner .Co., publishers, Chicago, T SBOBOOO, 1 e ; : 1~ Nov 17—At Oshkosh, Wis,, Henry Sherry A %fixber operator and maniufacturer, $1,000,- - Deec I—At Owgnsboro, Ky., R, Monarch, - distitler, $750,000. . . t

CASUALTIES.

Reporvting Catastrophes in Which 2 Five or More Lives Are Lost. Jan 4—Nelson, Neéb., 5 in minelexplosicn. Jan 13—Poltsville, Pa., 5 miners in falling eage: . : ; san 15-Dallas, Tex,, 15 children by fire, + Jan 21-Near Quogne, L. I, 9 in wreck at Pek g o : & dap #—Perry, ONT., 25 children severely smjured by coliapse of school building. . Jan 2j—Six in wreck of boat between Evansville, Ind., and Hartford, Ky.... East Norieik, Conn., $ in railway wreck. ~ Jan 28—Nean Mt. lda, Ark., 5 frozen to _ Jan 31—Hoboken, N."'J., fmother and ¢ ~ ¢hildren by fire. : s ¥Peb 2—Near Pacific Junetion, -la., ' b _skaters drowned. - - ¥Peb 13—-Gouverneur, N. Y,, 5 by mine eave-in. : g 9 | . Peb 21—Tazewell, Ky., Jantes Chadwell and family drowned by floods : ‘ _Web Zi—Near Murfay, Ky.,5 by premature “explasion of dynamite. ~ debh 24—lake Preston, 8. D., 5 by gas suffceation... . Sherman’ Heights, Tenn., 7 By cars on grade crossing. i - \ %r #—Bosmnf in explosion in Tremont | mreet caused by escaping gas. : © Mar 17-Steamer de St. Nazaire sunk off Carciingioast, 4-out -of. 80 On board - known &0 havesurvived. =, . ¢ G ~ Mar 2@=Hengy colinty, Alg?fifl_-‘&ownégm - ®mrning residence.... Near Nashville, Tenn., a;a:-'»',.“zr-flffmeflgg;mc;m- e e Aa iy “eNear Pensacola, Fla., ‘8 my ”"«”"?j" ng of boat....N emmvm%:fi%m: “ ~ Apr 3—Kaoosville, Tenn, 17 by fire. Sk L i e

Apr 9—ln South Dakota, Jowa and Nebraska floods at least 40 lives lost. Apr 14—Near Helena, Ark., family of 7 drowned by capsizing of boat. - Apr 24—Beaver Creek; Ky., family of 6 in burning residence, b T : May l—dsn White Oak creek, Tenn., sby waterspout. : May B—Near Laurens, S. C., 4 children in burning home.... Near Pikeville, Ky., 8 by poisoned spring water. : : May 13—Pinkney, Tenn., 7 by caving of mines. . 3 W flg{ay 19—White Oaks Creek, Tenn., § in fire. : May: 27—American Falls, Ind., 9 in railway wreck. ” ; Jun ‘l—Near Alma, 111.,, family of 5 by train at grade crossing.... Near Keystone, W. Va., 5 children in.burning home. Jun 4—Chicago, 6 by explosion on mud scow in river. : ’ £ Jun 7—Near Hudson,. Wis., 6 in railway collision. 5 . Jun 26—Near Missouri City, Mo., 7 by railway wreck, : e : Jun i29—Chicago, 5 bathers in various parts of city.... West Chicago, 111., 4 by collision of two Christian Endeavor trains.. Jun 30—Westfield, la., 5 by lightning. Jul 6—Near Hartsvijlle, Tehn., § by boiler explosion. S . : Jul 7—Bay ; City, Mich., 6 by trolley car plunging through open bridge. Jul §—Near Pineville, Ky., 6 in burning home. LT ) | Jul 13—Near Boone, la., 8 tramps in railway wreck. . ; Jul 21—New Haven, Conn., 7 by explosion in armory of Winchester Repeating Arms company. ) Jul 28—Near Reio, Nev., 6 Indians in railway wreck. ) ; Aug 9—Near Cairo, 111, 10 by explosion of towboat. ; Aug 18—Neat Dahlgren, 111,, 6 by railroad collision. . ‘ Aug 28—Galloway county, Ky., 7 poisoned by eating stolen melons. - © Aug 30—Gladstone, Mich., 5 by capsizing of boat. : : Sep 3—Near Glenwood Springs, Col., 12 by explosions in eoal mine. = Sep 4—Broad Ripple, Ind., 8 by explosfon of natural gas. i - Sep 7—Cygnet, 0., 6 by explosion of nitroglycerin. Sep B—Near Emporia, Kan., 12 in.railway collision. - : { Sep 9—Near New Castle, Col., 30. in railway collision. g ~ Sep 11—Van- Buren, Ark., 7 in railway wreck. ‘ : - Sep 17—Near Chippewa Falls, Wis., 5 in 'railway wreck. hSjefp 90—Belle Allen, Ala., 5 by fire in coal shaft. : { Sep 24—Johnston City, 111., 5 by explosion in coal mines....On Taiya trail, in Alaska, 18 by snowslide. ) : Oct 2—Near Schuyler, Neb., 7 poisoned vy strychnine in coffee. ,LOCt 4—Near Willow Springs, Mo., 6 by train on grade crossing. . ; Oct 6—Plankinton, S. D., 7 in burning dormitory. : . ; : Oect 13—Plano, Tex., 5 by falling of building scaffold. - i ~ Oct 24—Near Garrisons, N. Y, 19 by plinging of New York Central express into Hudson river. . : Oct 30—Near Scranton, Pa., 6 in mine disaster. i . Nov 30—Maplesville, Ala., 7 drank mixture of wood alcohol and whisky. Dec 15—Near Portland, Me., 6 in wreck of schooner Susan P. Thurlow. Yellow Fever. Several cases of yellow fever were reported from goints in Louisiana in -the first week of September. On Sep. Bit had made its appearance in New Orleans, also in Ocean Springs, Miss. In.rapid succession came reports from Edwards, Miss., and ' Biloxi, Miss.,, and other southern points, until on Nov. 23 the fever was considered as practically stamped out. It has been estimated that the Gulf states suffered a financial lossfof fully $60,000,000, the chief factor in which account being the loss in trade and traffic on account of the strict guarantine regulations. On Nov. 234 report issued by the surgeon general of the marine hospital service, giving the returns up to a recent date, showed there had then appeared during the yvellow fever epidemic in.:ithe south a total‘of 4,280 cases, of which 446 had proved fatal. Of the total number of cases 1,847 were reported from Louisiana, 1,625 from Mississippi, 740 from Alabama, 52 from Tennessee, 16 from Texas, 4 from Illinois, 3 from Georgia and 1 each from Florida and Kentucky.

-, CRIMES. A Few. of the More Shocking Trage- " dies, Especially Domestic. Jan 9—At Janesviéle, ;}'is., Herman Slimm killed wife, son and self. ‘Jan 28—Near Wayne, Neb., C. K. Rash brained -wife and 38 children; insanity. Feb 6—Mrs. Robert Cort drowned her 3 children and se¥f. - Feb 14—At Lexington, Ky., John W. Marrs, ex-city treasurer, killed 6-year-old son, shot daughter and sister and committed suicide; insanity. - Mar 20—Near Orrick, Mo., Bee Rainwater killed his wife, daughter, mother-in-law, stepbrother and self. ! ~— . Apr.B—At South Haven, Mich., Isaac T. Dickerson killed wife and self. 3 May 7T—At leadville, Col.,- Geo. Rdtliffe killed Belle-Walker (sweetheart) and self. May 31—At San Antonio, Tex., 'Rud Franks wound up drunken spree by killing wife‘and self. : Jun 3—At Urbana, 0., soldiers guarding jail fired into mob bent on lynching a colored prisoner, killing 2. Jun's—At'Mishicott, Wis., Peter Pluckerman killed, wife and self. i Jun 18¢Near Davenport, la., John Gugelheimer poisoned wife and self. : Jun 25—At Key West, Tla., white. man killed during attempt of negroes to prevent lynching of Sylvanus Jackson (colored). Jul 12—Near Morristown, Tenn., Wm. Black shot brother’s wife and self; jealousy. ’ " * Sep 6—At Toledo, 0., S. R: Ashwell killed wife and fatally shot self. | *° ; Sep.T7—At Victor, Col., Henry H. Tillotson killed Ella Taylor (sweetheart) and self: jeglou_sy. : ep 9—At Park City, Utah, James Quinn killed wife and shot self; strong drink. Sep 25--At Whiteside, Mich., Victor Anderson killed mother and self....At Shamokin, Pa., A. W. May killed Cora Caseman and self; her parents refused consent to their marrying. Sep 21—Near, Carroll, la., John Boecker killed wife, 5 children and self. : Oct 7—At Flint, Mich., Lester L. Burton killed wife and self. - _ Oct 11—At Leominster, Mass., John F. Boynton killed wife and self. - Oct 19—At Gallup, N. M., Clemente Rivera killed Mrs. Victor Barrela and self. Oct 20—Near Blue Earth City, Miss., Geo.! Young killed wife, 2 children and self: insane- over husiness troubles, . - Oct 21—At Chicago jury in Luetgert mqr—der.trial failed to agree, standing 9 to 3. Nov 2—At Worcester, Mass., Edward Hamilton killed wife and daughter and shot self. = ; 5 Nov 4—At Dallas, Tex., Jas. :Boswell killed Mrs. Emma Smith, Jas. Barton and ‘self; jealousy. o Nov. 7—Near Unadilla, Neb., Ralph Van Horn -killed 5-year-old son and self; insanity. . 3 : Nov 9—Near : Pineville, Ky., . Andrew Vaughn killed wife and self. £t ‘I Nov 16—At Cushing, la., L. D. Spickler killed wife and self. Nov' 18—Near Benton -Harbor, - Mich., Henry Kammerer killed his father in quar‘rel over money matters, also himself. ~ Nov 28—At Mason, Mich., Scott-Bowdish shot 9-year-old daughter and killed himself. Dec 2—At Milwaukee Albert Krueger killed wife and self. o ~ Dec 6—At Kansas City, Mo., Chas. Den- | neller while drunk shot wife and self-—

; FIRES. . Invelving.a Loss of Half a Million . Dollars or More. : Jan 26—In Philadelphia, several business blocks, flames starting in the Hanscom Bros.” big grocery; $2,500,000....1n Chicago, Williams’ block; =~ $530,000. Ifeb 2—-In Harrisburg, Pa., state capis tol; - $1,500,000. . - 3 ; Mar 15—In St. Louis, Ely,” Walker & Co.’s wholesale dry goods house; $1,500,000. Apr B—ln business section of Knoxville, Tenn., 5 lives -lost; $1,200,000. Apr 15—In New Orleans, Moresque building; '5500,000. : Apr 271-In-Newport News, Va., C. & O. Ry. Co.’s pier; 3%,000,000....[11 vicinity of Grantsburg, Wis,, forest fires. ! May 2—ln Pittsburgh, Pa., several big’ business buildings: $4,000,000. : May 6—At New York, Merchants’ Refrig(?or(')atmg Co.’s cold storage wairehouse; $5OO, - May 20~In Hoboken, N. J., 150 homes: $650,000. Z ; - - Jun 3—ln Alexandria, Va., Bryan’s fertilizing mill; = $500,000. . Jun 'ls—oOn Ellis island, in N. Y. harbor, immigrant buildings; $800,000.. 3 Jul 23—Peoria (Ill.S Grape Sugar Co.’s plant; $600,000. ; :4Jul 27—In Yonkers, N. Y., 2 large fac-. .tories; $500,000., - . 4 - Aug 15—In Baltimore, Tunis Lumber Co.’s saw and planing mills; $600,000. - Sep 16—CGreat Dismal swamp of Virginia and North Carolina, covering 400 sq. m:, on fire from end to end. i Sep 29—In Washington, dgower‘ house of Central Traction Co.; $1,000,000. Oct 6—ln Detroit, Mich., opera house and 2 business buildings; $500,000. ~ Oct 21—In St. Louis, buus%ngo containing - ‘Wabash railway offices; $500,000, . , ~ Dec 12—In Philadelphia, wholesale and retail salesrooms of carpet manufacturing firm of John & Jas. Dobson. Gl o ~ Dec 2_ln Cleveland, ‘block : in business center; $500,000, - 0 4 Lk , ?—xn cm@%o, q§nseum' building; e rehy Tedvatione S 5 The uslngss s%c mé”%. orfeé?ley tollgfi?flng; towns were burned out i % . &;Xy v,r (W‘yggr%%m A}x flgi} Staffordville, - oa‘n._f, an 13)% ‘Pacific Juncgeg, ia. *gan 25); Caledonia, O. (Jan ,@?)» ‘Stryker, O, (Jan 31); Ple ureville, Ky.

(IFeb 3): Shellrock, la. (Feb 7{) Plano, Tex. (Feb 11): Millbank, S. D. (Feb 23);: Palmer, Tex., and Sun Prairie, Wis. (Feb 24); Casey, 111. (Mar 1); Elkins, W. Va.’' (Mar 14); Bloomington, Wis. (Mar 23); Beaver, Pa, (Mar 25); Albany, Ind. (Mar 31); Lindsey, O. (Apr 15); Berea, O. (Apr 19); Bay St. Louis, Miss., Shoals, Ind., and Tullahoma, Tenn. (Apr 21); St. Augustine, 111. (Apr 30); Bradner, O. (May 1); .Caldwell, O. (May 4): Ramsey, 111. (May 5); Calumet, Ja. (May 19); Coal Creek, Tenn. (May 26); Ashley, Mich. (Jul 26); Murdock, 111. (Jul'¥7): Hilisboro, Kan, (Jul 30); Catawba, -O. (Aug 23); Ina, 1111. (Aug 24); Berlin, Mich. (Sep 41); Hillsboro, la. (Sep 3); Cairo, W. Va. (Sep 7); Hubbard, la. (Sep 11); Creston, la., and Wilmore, Ky. (Seg 19); Bainbridge, O. (SeP 23 Afton, L. F. ( ef) 24); Summerfield, 111. (Sep 27); Medora, 111.. (Oct 6); Gibsonburg, O. (Oct 8); Wataga, 111. (Oct 15); Center, Ind., and Osceola, Ark. (Oct 20); Baxter, la. {Oct 25); Fort Branch, Ind. (Oct. 30: Healsburg, Cal. (Nov 1); Pinconning, Mich. (Nov. 2), Liberal, Mo. (Nov 4),; Duryea, Pa. (Dec 14); and Doniphan, Mo. (Dec 21). Flames entirely or almost entirely wiped out the following towns and villages: Min-, go Junction, O. (Jan 22);- Poland, N. Y? TJan 26); Mars, Pa., and Malvern, Ark. (Feb 12); Indian Town, Wis. (Feb 28): Tomahawk Lake, Wis. (Apr 13); Pottersville, Pu. (Apr 22); Carterville, 111. (Apr 30); Marshland, | Wis. (May 10); Talhina, I T. (May 19); Dexter, Minn. (May 26); Erie, Il (Jul 4); L.ake Ann, Mich. (Jul 5): De_ialb Junct}on, N. Y. (Jul 7); Riverdale, Mich. (Sep Z»); Willow Springs, Tll. (Oct 1): Austin, Pa. (Oct 4); Centerville, O. (Oct 6); St. Elmo, Tenn. (Oct 7); Flat Creek; Tecnn. (Oct. 17); Collins, la. (Nov. 25), and Stewartville, Minn. (Dec. 7). ’ | FOREIGN. e Feb 7—Mussulmans in Crete massacre 1,500 Christians. Feb. 14—Christians - bombard Canea, Greek war ship fires on Turkish wvessel conveying troops thither and governor of Crete takes refuge on Russian man-of-war, - Feb 19—Dr. Richard Ruiz, a naturalized American citizen, beaten to.death by his jailors in a Cuban cell.... Spaniards kill 500 insurgents in battle on Philippine islands. Apr 12—Greek troops attack Turks simultaneously from 9 different points, advancing some distance into Turkish territory. ~Apr 18—Turkey declares war against Greece; Greeks have captured Turkish positions from Nezeros to Kontra. . Apr 20—Greeks after des(ferate battlé capture and burn Damaisi and repulse Turks at Reveni. > * Apr 24—Greek troops after a stand at Mati forced to retreat from both Larissa and Tyranavos. May 4—ln Paris 159 persons perish as result of fire in a crowded charity bazar. May 6—Pharsalos taken by Turks, Greek troops retreating to Dokomos. May T7—Velestino occupied by Turkish army. o " May 9—Greecé asks the mediation of the powers to bring war to a close. L May 15—Turkey demands cession of Thessaly and. £10,000,000 indemnity before complying with demands of powers for an armistice.... Special Commissioner Calhoun to Cuba reports that accounts of starvation and misery forwarded by consular officers had not been exaggerated. Jun 14—Barney Barnato, South African ‘“‘diamond king’’, commits suicide by jumping from steamer off western coast of Morocco. : : : Jun 20—Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee celebration opens with a private service in St. George’s chapel, Windsor castle, attended by queen and members of royal family. 5 Jun 26—Magnificent naval display participated in by all maritime nations with 166 fighting ships in line, closes queen’s iubilee..Mrs. Margaret O. Oliphant, famous novelist, dies in TL.ondon; aged 70. Jul 21—Sultan signs 'irade sanctioning settlement iof frontier Question according to demands of powers.. Jul 29—Treaty .signed by. Guatamala, Costa Rlica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador to take effect Sep 15: union named “Republic of Central America”....Cuban insurgents attack outposts of Havana and sweep through its suburbs. ’ Aug B—Canovas del €astillo, premier of Snain, assassinated at Santa Agueda, by Michele Angiolli. - 7 Aug 15—Gen. Martinez Campos appointed president of new Spanish cabinet. Aug 24—British, French and Prussian ministers to Greece agree Greece cannot pay indemnity exceeding £3,ooo,ooo....Tndia’s outposts on ‘Afghan frontier captured by the Afridis and 300 Sepoys massacred Sep 14—Ambassadors of powers reach an agreement in peaee negotiations, providing for an international commission to control Greek ‘revenues to meet indemnity and evacuation of Thessaly. . Sep 17—Armulfo Arrovo-attempts to assassinate Pres. Diagz in City of Mexico and is lynched. ' Sep 19—Treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece, signed. i : : Oct 2—Sagasta, liberal leagdler, intrusted by queefi regent of Spain to form new cabinet. Oct 6—ln Philippine islands 400 Europeans and 6,000 natives perish in typhoon. " Oct B—Spanish cabinet decides on recall of Gen. Weyler and appointment of Marshal Blanco as governor-general of Cuba. Oct 22—Correspondence in. regard to bimetallic proposals of United States monetary commission issued by British foreign office; England rejects all offers to entertain proposals. ) Oct 27—Duchess of Teck, cousin of Queen, Victoria, 'dies in Richmond. Eng.: aged 64. Nov B—+Gen. Blanco pardons all persons in Cuba prosecuted for rebellion, ‘ Nov 19—Fire in London destroyed 150 warehouses; $10,000,000. | N Nov 26—Havana advices say no American citizen is now confined in prison in Cuba ....Reyal decree granting autonomy to €uba and Porto Rico published; Cuban goverhment refuses autonomy, declaring for absolute independence: i _Nov 30—-Russia adopts, gold standard. " _Dec 6—German soldiers take possession of Kiao-Chau, China. Dec 7—Hayti, in the face of Germany’s display of force, makes satisfactory arrangement to settle indemnity demanded for alleged imprisonment of German subject ‘and salutes German flag.... Cuban insurgents capture town of Guisa; 800 Spaniards slain in battle. . Dec 11.-Haytian ministry resigns. . Dec 13—Gen. Sanguilly, a Cuban leader, reported to have deserted to the Spaniards, Dec 16—Sagasta, Spanish premier, announces complete pacification in Philippine islands.... Alphonse Daudet, novelist, died in Paris; aged 57. Dec 18—Cubans put to death Col. Ruiz, sent to induce Aranguren, an insurgent leader, to surrender. : , Dec 22—China grants Russia permission to winter a squadron at Port Arthur. . Dec 23—Cuban insurgents reported to be burning cane fields within 10 miles of Havana. : 32 Dec 24—Spanish squadron,(4 gunboats and 2 tugs) forced from mouth of Canto river by insurgents. :

g INDUSTRIAL, I I'eb 11—Illinois Steel Co.’s works at South Chicago start full blast giving work to 3,000, - May 22—Strike of American flint glass workers’ union, inaugurated in Pittsburgh 4 yrs ago, declared off; had cost union over $1,000,000. Jul 1-Upon failure of joint wage conference at Youngstown, 0., of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and manufacturers, all union mills closed; 75,000 men rendered idle. Jul s—Great wage striiggle inaugurated by United Mine Workers of America by a general strike of coal miners in Pittsburgh (Pa.) district. e ; Jul B—United Mine Workers’ headquarters at Columbus, 0., report 125,000 miners out. : : \ Jul 26—\-Avery Plow factory at Louisville resume after 3 mo. shut down; 1,000 men em¢ ployed. - . Jul 27—Algonquin Woolén Mills Co. of Passaic, N. J., notified employes of wage increase of from 10 to 15 per cent. : “~Jul 28—Coal operators of Pittsburgh dis-, trict adopted “‘trué uniformity’’ agreement, Jul 31—William Cummings, leader of non-~ union miners at Scottdale, Pa., killed in quarrel with union men. . Aug 4—Judge Jackson (federal court at Parkersburg, W. Va.) enjoins E. V. Debs and associates tresspassing on property of Monongah €oke & Coal Co., or inciting its employes to strike. S | Aug 18—Preliminary injunction issued at Pittsburgh, Pa., against marching of strikers or interference with N. Y. & Cleveland Gas Coal Co.’s miners made permanent. Aug 21—Nine men seriously injured in riot among strikers at Unity mines near Pitts‘purkh. . = B : Aug 26—Employers concede increase of 25 per cent. in wages to New York tailers, and strike declared off. - Aug 26—In Neéw York city, 12,000 cloak makers strike for higher wages. Aug 3l—Labor leaders in conference at St. Louis adopt resolutions scoring government by injunction, favoring public oWnership of railways and telefitaphS, and right of people to bear arms. | Sep 4—ln 10 weeks of miners’ strike, striker Postjin wages 310,500,000. g‘gp 10—Nineteen dead and 41 wounded was J result of a volley fired by deputy sheriffs | into mob of miners on outskirts of Latimer, ‘ Pa. e 3 1 Sep 11—Interstate convention of miners at Columbus, 0., voted.to accelpt compromi?fi of 656 cents a ton and declare off the strike. . : i "Sep 20—U. S. court at Wheeling, W. Va., makes perpetual its injunction issued during strike forbidding . V. Debs and oth¢rs from ggeaklng'm the state. . Sep 22—Sheriff Martin and 78 deputies in‘dicted at Wilkesbarre, Pa., for murder of. ainers at Latimer Sexiv 10— S Sep 27—At Girardsville, Pa., 9 men wound€d in riot over mining troubles. i Oct 2—Troops withdraw from Hazelton Pa., quiet having been restored; nearly all ‘the min rsxhad returned to work. : ‘fi?v; 26—In Wilmington (IIL) coal field 3,000 miners:resume work.... Wages of 15,000 'ggg &?g%flgmgqed 10 per cent. by Missouri ~Nov 30—At Qmeézviue. % ‘L, 25000 mill ,ggg{flt}v« rece.vec wage adveace of X per

Dec I—At -Youngstown, 0., 7,000 men in limestone and iron trades received wage advance of from 10 to 20 per cent. Dec 10—Coal miners’ "strike in northern Illinois fields declared off. Dec 18—Wages of 10,000 window glass workers in Pittsburgh district raised 15 per cent. : ; = LYNCHINGS. i Jan 6—Near Orangeburg, S. C., IlLawrence Brown (negro); incendiarism. S Jan 7—At Unadilla, Ga., Anthony Henderson (negro);. charged with murder and an ajssault. T ; ; Jan B§—Near Sumter, S. C., Simon Cooper (negro); murder. : : Jan 20—At Amite City, La., Gus Williams, John Johnson 'and. Archie Jeinér; mu+der of Cotton family, 5 members. ' . Jan 24—At Tallahassee, Fla.,.Pierce Taylor (negro)i attempted assault. : Feb 4—Near Rockfield, Ky., Robert Mor= ton (colored); for writing insulting letters to a popular white woman. : Feb 17—-Near Webb City, Miss., 2 negroes; incendiarism. . - g ’ Feb 26—At Soddi, Tenn., Charlie Brown (negro): attempted assault. Mar 6—At Rock Springs, Ky., 3 negroes shot and whipped by white caps. . Mar 15—At Juliette, Fla., 3 ne%roes; had murdered John Barfield and John R. Turner. ; ; e ‘Mar 18—At Scottsboro, Ala., John Smith, negro preacher; charged with outraging a white woman. Apr 22—At Alexandria, Va., Joseph MecCoy (colorgd); assault. Apr 24—Near O'Neill, Neb., Frank Cole; alleged horse thief. : - Apr 30—At Sunnyside, Tex., 4 negroes; murder, rape and incendiarism. & May 12—At Jeff, Ala., Nellie Smith and Mandy White (negresses); had poisoned Kelly family. : May 13—At Jeff, Ala., Jim Nance{negro); implicated in poisoning of Kelly family. - May 14—Near Rosebud, Tex., 3 negroes; assaulted white girl, i May 19—Near Mountain Grove, Mo., white caps shot. John Mitchell and Jack Coffmann. : . . May 22—At Tyler, Tex., Wm. Jones (White); accused of murder. Jun 4—At Urbana, 0.,- Chas. .Mitchell. (negro); 2 lives lost, 10 citizens wounded in riot preceding lynching. ’ Jun 9—At Princess Anne, Md., Wm. Andrews (colored); had just heen legally sentenced to death for assault. : Jun 22—Near Dallas, Tex., a negro named Mcßeynolds; assault. . : Jun 25—Near Crystal Springs, Miss., John Moses (negro): murder. - e ; Jun 28—In Monroe county, Miss., Pary Gilliam (negro); attempted assault.Jul 10—Near Villa Ridge, Mo., Erastus Brown (negro): assault. 5 Jul 15—At West Point,. Tenn., Anthony Williams (colored); had outraged and murdered a white girl. Jul 16—Near Elbg, Ala., Major Terrel (negro); had assaulted a white woman and burned her and her baby to death. Jul 18—At Columbus, Ga., Dr. W. L. Ryder; had murdered young woman who had rejected him. ! i . Jul 20—Near Goodwater, Ala., James Daniel (negro); attempted assault. Jul 22—At Griffin, Ga., Oscar Williams (negro); assault.... Near Nebo, Ky., Ephraim Brinkley: disorderly conduct. Jul 23—Near Goldville, S. C., Jim Grey (negro); assault on a child. Jul 24—Near Jackson’s Hole, Wyo., John D. Sargent; for abuse which resulted in wife’s death....At Pittsboro, Miss., Jim Sellers (negro): murder. ek Jul 27—Near Little Rock, Ark., white men inamed. Crownover.and Beach; horse stealng. ) 'Aug 6—Near Barbersville, Ky., Jack Williams; had ravaged a deaf maute girl named Viney Bayo....Near Spring Hili, Ala., Geo. Turner (negro); attempted assault. ; ! s . Aug 9—At Brunswick, Miss., John Gordon (negro); murder. Aug 12—Near Chamberine, N. M., Harold Mosler (aged 15), of Kansas City, Mo.; was visiting’ with family who had trouble with neighbors over ranch boundaries. Aug 19—Near Franklin Park, 1i1.,, a Chicago suburb, a tramp for murderous assault on a woman. . Aug 21—At Willlamsburg, Ky., Elcany Sullivan; sentenced to 20-yrs. for assault. » Aug 24—At Abbeyville, Ala., Frank Smith (colored); had threateéned to divulge names of white cappers to grand jury. Aug 26—At Belleville, Tex., Bonner (negro); assault. Sep 6—Near Friends' Mission, Va., Henry ‘Wall; rape and murder. Sep 11—Near Macon, Ga., Chas. Gibson (colored); assault. . Sep 16—At Versailles, Ind., Lyle ILevi, Bert Andrews, Clifford Gordon, Wm. Jenkins and Hiney Shuler; charged with bur¢ glary. ¢ i y Sep 18—At head of Moreau river, S. D., 2 cattle thieves. o ‘Sep 25—At Hawesville, Ky., Raymond Bushrod (negro); assault. . Oct 6—At Hernando, Miss., Henry Crower (negro); assault. o - Oct 11—At :Brenham, Tex., Bob Carter (negro); murder. Oct 15—Near Kendall, Ky., Tom Parker (negro); had killed white cap who attacked his h0me....0n Bayou Borataria, La., Douglass Bolte (colored); for running quarantine gauntlet. - Oct 16—Near Wilmot, Ark., white man ‘named Cole; murder of constable. . Oct 28—At Morenci, A. T., Juan Madera; ‘murdered two men. ~ Nov 12—At Carrollton, Ala., Bud Beard; assault. ! Ft | Noyv 13—At Williamsport, N.!D., 3 Indians; murder Spicer family in February....At Osceola, Ark., .Henry Phillips (colored); confessed murderer. - . Nov 26—At Starks, Fla., Hicks Price (ne-. gro); assault. ; Dec 7—At Gardnerville, Nev., Adam Über; murder. . - g Dec 10—Near: Wesson, Miss., Chas. Jones (negro); murder Mrs. Brown Smith and her 4 children. : Dec 13—At St. Gabriel, La., 2 negroes; charged with murder. g Dec 16—At Bankston Ferry, Miss., Tom Waller_ (colored); implicated in-murder of Brown family. ) Dec 23—At Farmington, Wash., Chadwick Marshall and - John McDonald; | charged with murder.

’ METEORCOCLOGICAL. Jan 2—Mooringsport, La., almost demolIshed by cyclone; 4 killed. ; Jan 19—Earthquaké on Kishm island in Persian gulf killed 2,500 persons. Jan 24—Most widespread co,'?d wave of | years reported from all sections as far. south as central Texas and northern Louislana; temperature in northwest from 15 to |’ 30 below. i ; Jan 25—At Virginia, Minn., thermometer stood 51 below. = Ifeb B—ln " Ohio, rise of Hocking river causes floods that sweep away property all along river; 6 drowned. Feb 26—Thermometers register from 14 to 40 below throughout northwest, Mar 9—Vicinity of Bedford, Ind., suffers from freshet to extent of $2,000,000. : Mar 10—Ralston, O. T., nearly destroyed by cyclone. : Mar 18—Leeds, Lynn, James, Hinton ahd Merrill, in lowa, flooded. - Mar 19—In Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, -Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee,. Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, streams become raging torrents;- loss of life and property immense.... Utica, Miss., wrecked by torna--do; a farmer killed.... Texas cyclone destroys houses. at Plano, Denton, Hutchins, Itasca and Fort Worth.... Cyclone | sweeps over l.ake Charles, Clayton, Hornsby, Vidalia and other Louisiana towns; many lives lost. ; Mar 22—Cyclone at Arlington, Ga., wrecks academy building 3; 9 killed....T'ornado near Abbeville and G~en?a, Ala., kills s....Rockingham county, N! H., shaken by earthquake.... Cyclone in Cynthiana and Washington, Ind., wrecks many buildings.... Serious floods along Des Moines river in lowa. - < Mar 23—A1l Jowa farms in valleys of Flayd, Big Sioux, Little Sioux, Rock,:Jim,Vermillion and Elkhorn rivers under water ....Mankato, Minn., flooded; 4 drowned. Mar 28— Austin, Tex., swept by cyclone. Mar 30—Three breaks occur in levee that protects+ Mississippi delta.... Chandler, O. I, almost totally destroyed by tornado; 45 killed. : : % Mar 21—Gradys, Ark., almost destroyed by cyclone; 4 Killed.... Tornado sweeps across country 4 miles east of Superior, Nebh....Severe blizzard prevails gver western Neébraska and Colorado— ~ . Apr E—Near Indian Bay, Ark., 5 drowned ! while fleeing before rising waters of White river, and 5 more near Madrid, Mo.... Cyclone in southern part of Cleveland county, Ark.; 1 killed. : Apr 11—Total area under water by floods 15,500 square miles—7,9oo - square miles in Mississippi, 4,600 square miles in Arkansas, 1,750 square miles in Missouri, 1,200 in | Tennessee and 450 in Louisiana. Flooded districts contained 39,500 farms, valued at $65,000,000. ... Principal streets of ast Grand Forks, N. D., ticoded 8 feet deep by freshet Red river. . t mApr 14—In’ Quiney (IlL.) district 10,000 acres inundated from 4 to 10 feet. = Apr 28—In West Guthrie, O. T., cloudpurst does. immense damage; 25 drowned. May 19—Rapid fall of Mississippi river from Memphis to gulf gave notice that great flc())od was over; damage amounted to 20,000. 1‘11\?15':2, 95--At El Paso, Tex., giving way’ofl levee destroyed 120 houses. bite “May 21—At El Paso, Tex., a second break in levee does great damage.... Vermont shaken by earthquake. ; : : Jun 3—At Arlington and other parts of Téxas great damage done by tornado. ~Jun IWo—Cyclone at,,.luxt_le’f _ng... and vicinity does great damage, 7 killed. ,- }, “Jun 18—Cyclone destroying fdrm build~ings of minqlts xifimctfim?(?n?g .{eebke-mmd-ed ren ‘Lincoin, ] A 3 i.?%&fi%‘i{' Elont near Saline, Kan., wrecks ‘mhany bui gin? ‘3 killed.... Much damasel ‘done'by hall a ’i‘wkagKv},{‘fl r'*%u"i-«fia nun, Minn.partially destroyed by tornado. ; et g il Pk .e»-ww’xzi Mian, wiped out by ey, v, M killed. Lalua il e Pl fee e Gl i L e e R R e R SRS e R e S e Sl S Dl e

Jul 9—ln Chicago, 20 dfe, 2 driven insane and 60 prostrated by intense heat, many like cases throughout Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa, Indiana, Ohlo and Missouri.... Much damage done by tornado in western Kentucky and southern Illinois; several fatalities. i Jul 22—Cloudburst strikes Youngstown, O.; entire county east and west'2o miles flooded.... Earthquake at Saratoga, N. Y. Jul 23—Upper Hinton, W. Va., almost enliiix{lelg swept away by tornado; seéveral ed. i Jul’ 30—Near San Jose, 111.,, cyclone did much damage; 7 killed. . ,Aug 17—Near Wiimot, S. D., 2 in. of snow. Sep 13—At Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, Tex,, hurricane results in 10 dead, many inju.*ea and $250,000 loss to crops. . Oct 25-—Delaware. coast swept by worst storm in 19 years; damage, $1,000,000. - Oct 26—Blizzard in eastern Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota. y Nov 10—Destructive tornado at Boulder and other Colorado towns, IliDe<: 3—Violent earthquake felt at Galena, Dec 13—Tornado at Point L.a Hache, 1.a., wrecked buildings and took life.... Earthquake at Lebanon, Il ‘ ) NECROLOGY,. Jan 2—Congressman-elect J. J. Davidson, at Beaver, Pa.; aged 38, Jan 6—Minister Willis, at Honolulu. Jan 9—Ex-Gov. Daniel T. Davis, of Maine, at Bangor; aged 52. Feb 3—Rev. J. A. Brooks, prohibition candidate for vice president in 1588, at Memphis, Tenn. | Feb 14—Gen. Jos. O. Shelby, near Adrian, M0....Ex-Congressman John Randolph Tucker, D. D., LL. D.,, at Lexington, Va.; aged T 4. - Feb 15—Wm. P. St. John, at New York; aged 50. S ) . Feb 17—Rear Admiral Edmund R. Calhoun (retired), at Washington; aged 75.... %en. Alf. Pleasanton, at Washington; aged 73. { Feb 22—Blondin (Jean Francois Gravele), famous rope walker, at London; aged 73. Mar B—Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, at ‘Stamford, Conn.; aged $5. Mar 10—Ex-U. S. Senator Jos. N. Dolph, at ‘Portland, Ore.; aged 62. p ~Mar. 28—Wm. T. Adams (Oolver Optic), at Boston; aged 75....Mr5. Margaret J. Preston, well-known writer of southern war poetry, at Baltimore. Mar 30—Ex-U. S. Senator Angus Cameron, at La Crosse, Wis.; aged 71. . Apr I—Rear Admiral Jno. H. Russell (retired), at Washington; aged 70. Apr 10—Ex-U. S. Senator Daniel W. Voor-hees,-at Washington; aged 76. Apr 18—-Congressman Seth L. Milliken (Me.), at Washington. & Apr 22—Congressman Wm. Steele Holman (Ind.), at Washington; aged 75. ! Col. Jesse K. Peyton, the father of centenials, at Haddonfield, N. J.. i May 3—Ex-Gov. Albert G. Porter, of Indiana, at Indianapolis; aged 74. May 4—Admiral Meade (retired), at Washington. - i May 13—Ex-U. S. Senator and ex-Gov. Richard Coke, of Texas, at Waco; aged 6S. May 20—U. S. Senator Jos. A. Earle, at Greenville, S. C.... Gen. Horatio King, at Washington; aged 67. Jun 6—Rear Admiral Sam. Phillips Lee (retired), at Silver Springs, near Washing“ton. o * Jun 9—Alvah G. Clark, famous astronomeér, at Cambridge, Mass.; aged 65. Jun 24+Congressman Edward D. Cdoke (Chicago), in Washington; aged 48. Jul s—Ex-Gov. Jno. Evans, at Denver; aged 83. Jul B—U. S. Senator Isham G. Harris (Tenn.), at Washington; aged 79....15xCongressman Wm. = Slocum Groesbeck, near Cincinnati; aged 81. Jul 23—Ex-Gov. J. A. Morton .(N. C.), at Hart, "Mich. ) g -Jul 22—Ex-U. S. Senator Jas. R. Doolittle, at Edgewood, near Providence, R. I.; aged 82. : : ‘ i Aug 14—U. S. Senator-James Z. George, at Mississippi City, Miss.; aged 71.... Congressman Ashley. B. Wright, at North Adams, Mass.; aged 56. fiep 27—Ex-Secretary of the Navy Geo, M. Robeson, at Trenton, N. J,; aged 69. Co Oct 3—Gen. Neal&)ow, prohibitionist,'at Portland, Me.: aged 96..,.U. S. Sen_athor ‘Samuel J. R. McMillan,|in St. Paul, Minn.; aged Tl. . : : Oct B—Ex-U. S. ‘Senator Jno. Roderick *McPherson, at Jersey City, N. J.; aged 64. Oct 12—Ex-U. S. Senator Charles W, Jones (Fla.), at Detroit, Mich. ’ Oct 13—Ex-U. S. Senator Roberson; at CoJumbia, S. C. Oct 17—Charles A. Dana, editor of New York Sun, at Glencove, L.. 1.; aged 78.... ExU. S. Senator 'Algernon S. Paddock, at Beatrice, Neb.; aged 67. Oct 18—Admiral Jno. Lorimer Worden (retired), hero of battle between Monitor and Merrimae, at Washington; aged §O. ‘ Oct 19—Geo. M..Pullman,head of Palace Car company, at Chicago; aged 66. . 1] Oct 29—Henry George, candidate for mayor of Greater New York and single-tax ad-. vocate; aged 58. . 4 Nov 3—Ex-U. S. Senator Gen. Thos. A, Clingman, at Morgantown, N. C.; aged B]. Nov s—Ex-Gov. Jas. Pender, at Milton, Del.; aged 78. = AT, ’ Nov §&—~Ex-U. S. Senator Nathan Fellows Dixon, at \g‘esterl‘y, R. 1.; aged 50. . | Nov 15—Ex-Congressman John M. Lang_ston (Va.), ptominent colored man, in ~Washington, aged 68. ) ) Nov 20—Ex-Congressman Ephraim -M. Wormer, at Lebanon, Pa.; aged 53. Dec 6—Ex-Congressman Jas. S. Cotheran (S. C.); at New York. i Dec 12—Mrs. Nancy McKinley, president’s mother, at Canton, O.; aged 89. Dec 18 — lix-Congressman . Charles L. Childs (Ill.), at Pittsburgh.... Washington Hesing, at Chicago, aged 49. ¢ Dec 20—Ex-Congressman Chas. Daniels, ‘at Buffalo, N. Y.; aged 69. PDec 23 — Ex-Congressman John Patton (Pa.), in Philadelphia. ! i

POLITICAL, SOCFAL, RELIGIOUS ANI? EDUCATIONAL. ’ Feb2—Venezuelaarbitrationtreaty signed in Washington; commission to consist of Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer for U. 8., and Lord Herschell and Sir Robt. Collins for Great Britain, these to select a fifth member. : : Feb B§—Nebraska legislature defeated bill for woman suffrage amendment, to constitution. i Feb 11—I1. B. Potter (N. Y.) elected president League of American Wheelmen, at Albany, N. Y. ‘Febl6—Woman suffrage amendment lost in Nevada legislature' 15 to 5. - Feb 17—First national congress of mothers ever held assembled in Washington, §OO delegates present....Ngann Page (Va.) elected president National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial union, in Washington. Feb 25—Mrs. Adlai ‘Stevensgn reelected president-general Daughters of American Revolution, at Washington. Mar 3—Mark Hanna (rep., O.) appointed to U. S. senate. - g r Mar 4—Wm. McKinley (0.) and Garret A. Hobart (N. J.) inaugurated president and vice president of U. S. before Chief" Justice Fuller. - Mar s—Senate confirms cabinet appointments: Secretary of state, John Sherman (0.); secretary of treasury, Lyman J. Gage ¢111.); secretary of war, Russell A. Alger (Mich.); attorney-general, Jos. McKenna (Cal.); postmaster-general, Jas. A. Gary (Md.); secretary .of rnavy, Jno. D. Long (Mass.); se¢grétary of interior, Cornelius N. Bliss (N. Y.); secretary of agriculture, Jas. Wilson (Ia.): Mar 15—Fifty-fifth congress convened in extraordinary session; T. B. Reed reelected speaker of house of representatives. Mar 22—U. S. supreme court decided (Justices Itield, Gray, Shiras and White dissenting) that agreement of Trans-Missouri ‘Freight association tomaintainrates within its territory was a violation of anti-trust law of 1860. 2 Mar 31—House of representatives passed (205 to 122) Dingley tariff bill." e Apr 6—Carter H. Harrison (dem.) son of late Mayor Harrison, elected mayor of Chicago. e . Afir 7—Elisha Dyer (rep.) elected governor of ‘Rhode Island.: ! Apr 12—President names Senator Wolcott (Col.), C. J. Paine (Boston) and exVice President Stevenson (Ill.) as commissiopers to intern.aflonal monetary conference. : : Apr 20—At Mobile, Ala., 32d international convention of Y. M. C. A. convenes. Apr 27—Grant monument inaugural pa—l rade witnessed by 2,000,000 people; battleships of many nations participate in naJ'ai parade, and President McKinley speaks at tomb. 2 A Apr 28—William J. Deboe (rep., Ky.) elected te U. S. senate. May I—Tennessee centennial exposition opened at Nashville. i May 5—U. S. senate refused (43 to 26) to ratify general arbitration treaty with Eng--land.... Universal postal congress convenes in Washington, 55 countries being represented. .. | : : May 19—American Baptist Home Missionary society in annual session in Pittsburgh, Y. ‘ ; : May 20—U., S. senate passed Yfl'to 14) resolution recognizing Cuban belligerency.... House of rfpresentatives unanimously appropriates $60,000 for relief of American citizens in Cuba.... National Cood Citizens’ convention in Nashville, Tenn,, adopted resolutions tending to gromotlon of good citizens p....glne hundred and ninth general assembly of Presbyterian church meets at l lagle Lake, Ind, b | May bt—coessius M. Barnes inaugurated governor of Oklahoma. i ; Jun. 2—lnternational commeércial conference opened in Philadelphia, Pres. McKin--le§’ SEERRINE Pl ~ Jun: 10==lrving gouse elected president of \nurser}rm%, at St. Louls. L i jiJun_ 65-‘*' niversal postal congress adournea. - S RHOTE RSk ~ Jun 16—Stewart L. Woodford (N. ¥.) appointed minister to Spain. .. . f» " Jun ,»17~—A)m?‘rlcaq vßai&aytuggon s(isE't V. _Debs, pres.) changed name of organization y‘g{g‘fi,;fi; (Re,,'mcme? of 2& erica,” and, adopted declaration of principle: misn ig

Jun 23—Gen. Jno. B. Gordon reelected géneral commander of United Confederate veterans, at Nashville, Tenn. ! 5 Jul 7—Tariff bill passes U. S. senafe 38 to 28....Y0ung Pecople’s Society of Christian Endeavor convention opens in 11 isimultaneous meetings in San Francisco. . . Jul 14—Leonard J. Crawford (Ky.)-¢lected president of National Republican league, At Detroit, Mich. : - Jul 16—Trans-Mississippi corigress, at Sult Lake City, adopts resolutions favoring ilawaiian annexation, construction of XNicaragua canal, recognition of Cuba and free’ coinage of silver.- i - Rk AR Jul 19—House of representatives adoupted (185 to 118) conference report on tariff|bill. Jul 25—Dingley tariff bill passed (40 to-30) U. S. senate and signed by president.... President’s currency reform ' messgge treceived by congress referrred ‘to {inance committee by ‘senate, ~recommendations adopted in a bill in house, after which:both branches .adjourn sine die. - i . Jul {29—United States League of Building and lioan associations eleet L.-W. Sanborn (Ill.) president, at/Detroit. g ! s Aug 4—League of American ~Wheelmen meets in Philadelphia.. - e F Aug S—National- Christiarf’Alliance convention opens in Cleveland, O. - 1 - Aug 23—National encampment G. A. R. opens at Buffalo, 'N. Y.; addressed by Pres, McKinley on 2ith; J. ‘P. S. «obin (Pa.) elected commander in chief on 26th, - Aug 26—New American party launched in St. Louis by convention of delegates from--9 states; Col. E. H. Sellers (Detroit), chairman; platform demands demonetization of gold and silver and an unlimited paper currency. ; e T Sep I—Ex-Gov. Hoard (Wis.) elected presi;ienlt of Farmers’ national congress, at St. aul. : : Oct 's—Gov. Mount (Ind.) elected presi~ dent of National Horse Thief Detective association, at Madison, Ind. . . : Oct 14—Resignation of Justice Stephen J. Field (U. S. supreme court) to take effect Dec. 1 accepted. i 2t ' Oet 15—Evangeline Cisneros, who éscaped from a Cuban prison, signs-declardation in rlf.ew York of intention to become an Amertean citizen. . > : Oct 29—National Women's Christign Tem‘perance union in twenty-fourth annug. con‘vention at Buffalo, N. Y. ek Oct 30—Tennessee Centennjal exposition at Nashville closed; total atténdangée since opening, 1,750,000 3 : Nov I—Union Pacific road ‘sold }»_v gov=ernment to- reorganization. committee at Omaha, for $58,65,748. j - Nov 2—Robt. A. Van Wyck (dem.flaelécted mayor of Greater New York; Rogkr Wolcott (rep.) governor of Massachusetts, a republican legislature in New Jersey; in Ohio Gov. Bushnell (rep.) reelected, witgh‘a re=publican legislative plurality; Leslie M. Shaw. (rep.) governor of Iowa: Maryland elects republican legislature; J. Hoge Tyler «(dem.) elected governor of Virginia With dewmoeratic legislature. republicar“s get 9 out of 13 judges in Kansas; fusion ticket wins in Nebraska:; Kentucky legistgltqré is democratic; and South Dakota rep lbhcavns elect 5 out of 8 judges. - i Nov 6—Compact between U. S., Russia and Japan to protect seals signed in Washington. - o Nov 16—President ,signs treaty adopted by - universal . postal congress.... Aaron Jones (Ind.) elected worthy master of l\a.tional Grange, at Harrisburg, Pa. Dec I—Chas.- W. Hunt (N. Y.) elect pres-" ident of American Society of Mechanical _Engineers, in New York. : \ Dec 4—Gov. Griggs (N. J.) accepted appcintment to be attorney-general in. Pres. MeKinley’s eabinet. - 3 Dec 13—American Federation of Labor in 17th annual convention,at Nashviile, Tenn.] Dece. 14—U. S. Senator J.-W. Daxigel (Va.) reelected.... Frederick Fraley, of hiladelphia, reeelected president of national board of trade in Washington....Cabihet officers. ‘attend funeral of Mrs. Nancy Allison Mc‘Kinley, during hours of which business was suspended in Canton, O. - i Dec 15>—Southern bankers-in convention at Atlanta favor coinage of more gold and silver and retirement of treasury notes. " Dec 16—Joseph McKenna (Cal.) nominat-ed-to be associate justice-of U. S. supreme court. : Dec 17—Carl Schurz reelected president of National Civil Service Reform le§igu‘e,- in session at. Cincinnati. o Dec 18—Samuel Gompers electef president American Federation of Labor .at Nashville. o | Dec 21—Josiah Quincy (dém.) reelected mayor of Boston. E - Dec 22—Reciprocity negotiations between U. S. and Germany suspended.

‘ SPORTING. - : Feb 7—Nilsson, of Minneapolis, becomes professional skating champion and J. K¢ McClhlloch, of Winnipeg, amateur, at Montreal. . - . Feb 16—A C., B. & Q. train from Chieago to Denver made the 1,025 m. in 1,069 min. Mar 17—Fitzsimmons in prize fight at Carson 'City, Nev.,. with .Corbett won world’s championship and: §515,000 -in 'Tith round. T Apr 10—Tillie Anderson (Chicago) won 6= da. (12 hrs.) bicycle race in Detroit, making 264 m. ; ‘Apr 29—Eugene Taylor, linotype operator at Denver, Col 7, set 101,800 ems in 8 hrs. May 5—R. E. Beach.swam (indoors) 100 vds. in 1:07 1-s.at Chicago. . - May 6—Farmer Martin Burns defeated Dan S. Mcl.eod in wrestling " match at Davenport, la., for world's championship. May 12—Typhoon |II. won 23d Kentucky Derby at Louisville, d; . ; May 14—Cunard line steamer ‘lLucania went from New York to Queenstown in 5 das. 14 hrs. 54 min. P : May 20—Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-old filly, made 4 m. in 7:11, at Oakland, Cal,’ Jun 21—C. H. Henderson lowered bicycle ré)ald record for 100 m. to-6:30:30, at Denver, 01. j L o . ' Jun 24—F. C. Van de Sande made 15 m..in 51 3-5 seconds., on a Chicago bicycle track. Jun 26—Rudolph Lauricks broke every American amateur bicycle record from 6 1o 25 m. and made new marks up to 50-m:, at Boston. 5 Jun 29—Arthur Gardner lowered world’s mile bicycle handicap record te 2:05 1-5, at Springfield, 111. e Jul I—-Walter C. Sanger (cyclist) won 2 out of 3 %-m. Heats in race against Albatrous, .famous pacing horse, at Colorado Springs. Jul 2—Mcßeynolds and Carruthers ¢tandem’ bicycle pair) lowered.-world’s records: 1-3-m., 0:34 4-5; 2-m., 0:55 3-5; 2-3-m., 1:17 2-5, at Colorado Springs. s - Jul 6—Wesley Robinson and John Dresher (tandem cyclists) rode from Orange, N. J., to Atlanta. Ga. (1,000 m.); in 10 dys. k Jul B—R. M. Alexander lowered world’s 20m. bicycle road race record to 41:53, at Stamford, Conn.- | . . Jul 16—E. H. Ten Eyck (Ametican oarsman) won finals in great diamond scull races at Henley, Eng. ‘ . N ~ Jul 17—Harry Sidwell (amateur) rode I*m. in 1:46 3-5, at Cincinnati.. ; 2 Jul 20—Lizzie Glaw (woman bicyecle champion) rode 27 m. in 1 hr, atToledo, O. - Jul 24—Star Pointer defeated Joe Pachen, at Chicago,” in 3 straight m.-heats.-Aug 2—Pedro, carrier pigeon [owned by Peter Tollons of South Bend, Ind., iew-1,000 m. in 38 ‘hrs. + ot - Aug 3—John Flanagan threw 16-b hammer 157 ft. 4 in. | & Aug 4—Ralph Gregory and Ben Ke'.’leyrode tandem (unpaced) %2 m. in 0.55% at Scran‘ton, Pa. g - \ ! Aug 28—Star Pointer pacéd 1 m. irt 1:591%, at Readville, Mass....A. L. Hachenberger rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) {in's'hrs. 15 min., at Denver. Yoo ! Aug 30—Walters, on a London tracg, rode 100 . in 3:25%53 3-5. i E : . Sep 6—Geo. W. Clark dived into Chicago river from height of 165 ft. { - Pt . Sep 15—Michael rode 20 mx at Springfield, Mass., in 38:11. r Sep 18—Michael rode 25 m., at Boston, in 45:58 4-5. . Sep 23—Western ieague and Western association baseball clubs close season with Indianapolis and Cedar Rapids clubs holding respective pennants. : i Sep 27—J." W. Stocks broke all world's records from 6 to 33 m., going latter distance in 1:1:34 2-5, in London....A. E. Jackson, of Chatham, Ont., and Chas. Roberts; of Toronto, rode 200 m. in 13 hrs. 25 min. A .- Sep 20—A. E. Walters lowered every regord from 34 to 64 m., going 34 m. in 1:05:310 1-B§, and! 64 m. in 2:07:04 4-5. 2 : b Oct 3—National league baseball scasonm closed ‘with the clubs standing ‘in"the following positions: Baston, ..705; Bal‘tim’oee. .692; New York, .634; Cincinnati, .576; Cleven land, .527; Washington, .462; Brooklyn, .46%" Pittsburgh, .458; Chieago, .447; Philadelphify .417; Louisville, .400; St. Liouis, :221.- , Oct 7—Michael rode 1 m: in ‘Philadelphin, in 1:36....5ix thoroughbred horses in relay won 5-m. race against 4 cgack cyclists by § ‘yds. in 9:52. ; gt . Oct B—John R. Gentry and Robert J. i» team paced 1 m. at Glen Falls, N. Y., in 2:08, . Oct 11—Baltimore club won Temple cup in baseball contest with Boston, securing 4 of 5 games pizfi'ed. : e Oct 27—Dan McLeod won world’s wrestling ch.ampionshfi) from ‘‘Farmer” Burns. - Oct 28—¥ddie McDuffie rode2m. in 3:24, at Philadeiphia. ot SR Nov 12—Chas. M. Murphy .rode 1 m. n 1:00 4-5, at New York.... Michael rode 15 m. in 31:07 2-5, at Chicago. -~ . - et s Nov 13—University of Wisconsin in foot‘ball game defeated U. of Chicago, 'in Chicago; score, 23 to 8. - e RO L Nov 25—In football ' games in Chicago iThanksgh{}pg 'da¥ University of Chicago defedte . of Michigan, Chicago Athletic ‘assoclation defeated New Jersey association, and the U. of Wisconsin defeated Northwestern (I 11. team. In Philadelphia 1. of Pennsylvania defeated Cosne’fl; 2 Nov 29—Union Pacific fast malil madgm gl o 80 Mig, froß Cheyenne to UDRUE. - .Dec 4—Slosson ] B‘-dn;.‘bl}l fard match n Nevtv York, defeating Ives in last game by S holfble. o o g d e o Sl B PSec 15—C. 'N. Miller, of Chicago, won ‘da. bieycle race in New York, making 2, m-‘rb .‘—‘C! ‘g" gu%:@m cb‘ SRR A 84 < afit.er._flf- world, having eaten 2 a day for, 3 - afieéugige BRB L e 2Rk 'Dgeflrf' e 1 h‘”’; AW 7“!-!;:. _€ i;";ki én,in £ .;w ?1‘;}"“ dic-welighi “champjonship at New York, ~ '~ -~~~ | Dec 22=Walter . Sanger made % m. & Milwaukee 1o 1 min. flat. = e N e e

- THE FEDERATION’S POSITION. Gompers Mzkes Reply to Secretary hesme . Cage’s Letter. ‘ '~ Washington, Dec. 30.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has replied in an open let-fer-to Secretary Gage’'s recent letter taking - exceptions to the resolutions passed by the federation with reference to the Gage financial bill. Mr. Gompers says, in part:: | : *You take exception bqth to the position * which our organization has taken upon your bill; as well as tlie language employed. Even if you are justified in the on 2, you certainly misapprehend the other. I sub‘mit that you will seek in vain for a single denunciatory word either in regard to your motives, your plan or your bill. We realize that deriunciation is not argument, but to declare our position and the statement ‘of .a fact in regard to a most-important and farsreaching measure, affecting and changing the financial system of the country, can by no means be construed as denmunciation. - U : . * “‘Those” resolutions declare against your plan for more thoroughly committing our_ country tothe gold standard, a plan for de- - ‘stroyving. our 'greenba’fir’ currency and substituting bank notes, a plan, in fact, for - weakening the control of the national government over that most impqrt'?nt of all ‘measures, ‘the meéasure of wvalues, and strengthening the banks—a plan aiming at w,hat‘you call ‘currency reform’ and which wie .call ‘bank monopely.” ‘. '_(\“That you: should take offense at these resolutions I regret, for the right to express -disapproval of the acts of their servants - is-one of the.rights held sacred by the- - pecple, arnd one you will freely accorl. "We do not charge vou with ‘ig--norance, relative or absolute,” or allgge any ‘evil purpose’ or a ‘perversity of motive’ on your part, as implied in your letter, nor .upon nereading fhe resclutfons will you find them either condemnatory or denunciatory, as you. say they are. The resolutiens are declaratory of the views of the: American Federation of Labor and are entirely impersonal, for of all men in public life sve have the greatest respect for your probity and integrity. » ] ~ “*The wage-earners of America, represented in the American Federation of Labor, "believe that the position taken in re- ° gard to the retirement of the greenback currency is antagonistic to their interests, and they are oppodséed to your plan for more thoroughly committing this country of ours to the ‘gold standard. Ycu ask what evils . have resulted from our adherence to the gold- standard. I answer that the evils are thosé that have growmand ever must grow from a dishonest measure of values, 8. measure of values that interferes with | the just distribution of-wealth, that deprives some men of a part of their earnings that s rightly theirs and eonfers it upon others who have earned it not. . Any measure of values that:thus foreces an unjust distribution of the products of labcr, that -deprives the producers of *the fruits of their toil, cuts down wages..and profits, thereby _deé’tmys the -incentive to enterprise, leads to industrial stagnation, c¢n.forced idleness, distress and public suffering. : ‘ ) _ *The products of labor are divided-into-thre2 general shares. One share goes as interest and rents to the money lender and landlqord; to capitalists who do not productively use their own capital, who seek to avoid the risks of production, A second share gces as profits to. employers, a third share goes as wagesto wage-earners. The interest -.charges and rents are to a great degree fixed, and profits and wages are subject to great fluctuations. .This being so, it is clear-that anything that reduces " the, total money value of the products of .labor must increase the share of the money - lender and - creditor, though nominally fixed, and decrease the'share to be divided among employers and wage-earners. It is equally clear that to increase the value of money. must decrease the value of the products of labor, and therefore enrich the creditor at-the expense of the debtor. ‘“*Changes in the wvalue of money have largely irrffluenced the movements of prices during the last half century and were great factors in the price movements during one long . period. . During the quarter of a ecentury- following: the gold diseoveries-in California.there was much progress in the line of inveantion, much introduging of laborsaving machinery, much cheapening in wue labor cost of production. This, on your theory, should have caused. steadily falling prices. - g i “But what happened? The outpourings = of gold: cheapened gold to a greater degree - ~than commodities were cheapened, and the result was that prices were in general 30 per cent. higher at the end of this period -than-at the beginning., Then -what happened? We, along with many other na-= “tions, closed our mints to silver. We In‘creased the demand for-.gold, with the result that gold went up in value and prices of commodities down. You mustabandon the .advocacy -of gold monometallism unless you can show that the demonctization ~of silver and the doubling of the demand , for gold ' resultant :therefrom has not caused gold to grow dearer and prices lower, 10 the great injury of all producers of wealth. - You should at least show ghat: the perpetuation ¢f the gold standard will rot result in making money dearer and hu~man flesh cheaper. , . - “And now, just one word as to the second. of the resolutions-to which you take ex—-i-cepiions This resolution declares, and you “admit it, that the purpose of your currency - bill is to cause the retirement of our na-. “tional greenback currency and all govern—‘ment paper money and the substitution 6f’ "bank- notes. This you hold to be desirable. Why? Would it not give the banks:the _power to regulate our foreign exchanges;. the power to check gold exports by contrac~— tion and by screwing down aecommoda< tion to merchants so as to force them tao: ‘throw- their products on the market at .prices-at which our foreign crediters would rather take:such products than eur gold? ~Would -it not thus relieve the treasury ef the burden of providing for gold redemp-. tion ahd make the banks supreme? This we hold to be undesirable. It would make the banks guardian cver our wolume af money, and so of our measure of values; it- would enable the ‘banks working in the interest' of the speculators to cause move‘ments in prices with great certainty, enable them to depress. prices by contracting thecurrency dand.raise prices by expanding the same. It would make the banks the maasters and many the'slaves,and would enrieh the few. and impoverish the multitude. “In ‘the statement you recently made before the house cammittee on banking and curreney in support of your bill you say. and repeat this truism: “That the less the ' government .owes the less it will have to pay.”” Yet your plan invclves the propa“sition of ,the retirement of our national :paper currency and greenbacks upon which we pay no interest at all and the issuance of bonds in“its stead in the sum-of $200,000,000, which we shall owe, and upon which ‘wé’'shall be required to pay interest. The inconsistémcy of your statement and your plan seems glaring. : : : “We oppose your currency bill because, .as has been well said, ‘it is a bill'to provide. for the abdication of the sovereign powers -of the government to the banks, for strengthening -the hands-of the speculative | cliques, enriching the few and. impover{shing the many.”” 8 =

, Gratifying §showing. Chicago, Dec. 31.—The Railway Age nmakes the following statement of recciverships and foreclosures for 1897: “No vear since 1887 has shown so few reads or so small mileage confessing in'solvency, while compared with the record for any one of five years immediately preceding 1897 the list of new receiverships in the last year is surprisingly small, in respect to the number of lines, mileage and capital involved. In 1893 no less than 74 companies, with 29,340 miles of road and §l,781,604,000 in bonds and stoeks, defaulted in their obligations and were turned over to the control of courts. In 1837 the number of similarly unfortunate roads was 18, their mileage was 1,537 ‘and their capitalization® was léss than $93,000,000. Tn 1896 the number of roads was 34: mileage, 5,441, and capi-" ‘talization, $275,597.000, - : The President - and “Sound Money.” " Indianapolis, Ind., Dee. 20.—“1 am go/ing to keep the bond. I am going to ~indicate the sound money plank in the St. Louis platfoerm.” This is the nnequivocal declaration which President McKinley commissioned Senator Fairbanks ;odelkvfl‘i&lflwfi ‘who met here Tuesday 500 strong, in ~state conference. Enthusiastic applause the pre s NSRS tmi“““.“!‘;‘:.. soo