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N — NERTA 5 S A S gy Randpm (010 o p s Jan. 21—Merchants’ and Farmers’ bank of Fairmont, Minn., suspended. Feb. 2—F. D.. Gilman, former &'gsxdent suspended- Home bank of dland, ‘lnd., found guiltv of embezzlement. +-First National bank of Scotiand, S. D,, - close by bank examiner. B—F. D. Gilman, Indiana banker, sentenced to.term of one to three years in state prison. * : 2%s—Disappearance of $173.000 from subtreasury at Chicago ‘made public. Mar. 14—Virtual panic in Wall street; Secti retary Cortelyou relieved the situaOn. « N 19—Citizens’ State bank of Firth, Neb., closed by state. . | 28—Corbin’ Banking company jof New York, assigned; assets, $3,000,000; liabili- - ties, $1,700,000. » . Apr. 2—Maj. H.'W. Salmon of Warsaw, ‘Mo., convicted of illegal banking, sentenced three yvears in penitentiary. 11—Bapk of Comnception, at Clyde, Mo, ordered closed. ‘ 19—Ex-Judge Smith of Chicago, found _ guilty of conspiring to defraud stockholders and deposikors of Bank of America, of which he was preésident; penalty, imprisonment and $l,OOO fine. Jul. I—Citizens’ bank of Eureka Springs, Ark., suspended. o . 2—First National bank of Hicksville, 0., " .closed by comptroller of currency. s—Fort Dallas National bank of Miami, - Fla., closed. 20—Farmers’ National bank of Boyzr- * town, Pa., ordered closed. Aug. 3—People’s State bank of Browns- . town, Ind., closed by state authorities. 14—Receivers appointed for; Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn.; failure ascribed to stringency of money market. _ Sep. s—Watson & Co., members of New York stock and produce exchanies and of Chicago board of trade, faile®. Oct. 9—Union bank of Richland, and Bowman bank of Kalamazoo, Mich, both private institutions, closed doors. 10—H. B Reynolds’ bank of Valdez, Alaska, closed doors. = 2 g 16—First National bank of Dresden, 0., failed. 18—Collapse of Heinze corner in copper - caugsed violent slump in stocks in New l’pﬁ; firm of Ctto Heiﬂze & Co., suspended from stock exchange. B 19—New York clearing house committee declared that the Heinze, Morse and Thomas interests had been eliminated {roxl:‘l banking organizations of New ork. 22—Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York’s second largest financial institution, forced to suspend; great slump in securities; call money at 70 per cent. 23—Secretary of treasury ordered deposit of $25,000,000 of government funds in New York banks.... Four Westinghouse companies at Pittsburg and one trust company forced into hands of receivers because of financial stringency.... State Bank and Trust Co., of Carson, Nevada, failed. = 24—Three minor banks in New York . forced to close.... Southern Steel Co., of " Birmingham, Ala., filed involuntary pe- . tition in bankruptcy. 25—Six more minor banking institutions in New York - closed doors;:...Union Trust Co., of Providence, R. 1., sus- " pended. 26—Banks in New York and Chicago, and many other citles adopted clearing " . homse loan certificate system to prevent draining of supplies of currency and made withdrawal of savings deposits subject to legal notice. : 80—California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. ~ bank, at San Francisco, closed.... Financial conditions in New York practically normal again. v Nov. 4—Three small banks in Kansas closed.... United States Steel corporation secured controlling interest in Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. 6—Receiyer appointed for Arnold Print works of North Adams, Mass.,, one of largest textile concerns in country. 12—Merchants’ National bank of Portland, Ore., California bank of Oakland, » “Cal, and Farmers’ & Merchants’ bank __of Sapulpa, I. T.; suspendéd. -S—Secretary eof Treasury Cortelyou ordered issue of $50,000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of indebtedness as means of relieving finanvial situation.... City National bank of Frederick, Okla., failed. 2i—American Silk Co. capital stock, $ll,000,000, which operated mills in several cities, placed in hands of receiver. : Dgc. 2—Chelsea Savings abnk of Chel- . Sea, Mich., owned by State Treasurer \Glag‘ler, closed. s—National Bank of: - Commerce, one of largest financial institutions of Kansas . City, suspended. 6—Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg; * _closed. g . li—Jewelers’ -National bank at North Attleboro, Mass., in hands of receiver.

GOVT N ‘ - . DOLE ) \ & ﬂﬂ m D] — | Gnon 0N oS RAR | Jan. 1-C. E. Hughes inaugurated governor of New York. 2—C. M. Floyd, republican, elected gowernor of New Hampshire, by legislature. 14—E. W. Hoch inaugurated governor of Kansas. | 15—W. P. Frye elected senator from + Maine; W. Murray Crane, from Massachusetts; Simon Guggenheim, from Colorado; Norris Brown, from Nebraska; W. E. Borah, from. ldaho; R. L. Taylor, from Tennessee; J. M. Dixon, from Montana; H. E. Burnham, from New Hampshire and H. A. Richardson from Delaware. = ; 17—Albert B. Cummins inaugurated .gov- . ernor of Jowa for third time. e 18 House voted to raise salaries of congressmen to $7,500 a year. . 22—Senate authorized investigation of “Brownsville affair”....Bailey re-elected _senator from Texas....Cullom re-elected’ senator by Illinois legislature. - 23—Chas. Curtis elected senator from Kansas to succeed Jos. R. Burton. 24—House passed pension appropriation bill and abolished all veension agencies. Feb. s—Congressman . A. Smith of )(ichigan, elected to succeed Senator Alger....F. O.. Briggs elected successor to Senator Dryden of New Jersey. 7—River and harbor appr%&dation bill, ;:larrylng more than $83,000,000, passed by ouse. S . - 11—Senate passed army appropriation bill, carrying $31,600,000. 15—Naval appropriation bill, carrying $9%,000,000, passed by house. g ! 20—-Reed Smoot, Mormon es:‘postle, won long fight for seat in United States sen- - ‘ate by vote of 42 to 28. Mar. I—House passed ship subsidy bill ' after long fight. - : 2—SBenator Spooner of Wisconsin, sent rladgn:don to governor to take effect ay o SR 4—Fifty-ninth co: ugijoumed with . record for large a&gzop ations....Geo. B. Cortelyou a . Von L. Meyer sworn in as tary of treasury and -postmaster- respectively. ~ p—James R. 1d took oath of office as : secretary of binterlor....tßegfs Henri * _ Post selected by president as vernor of Porto 'Rico to succeed "gekman : &?etary Tatt 8 nced that Lieut. ~ Col. Goethals MM Mr. Stev- _ .ens as chairman Isthmian Canal com- - mission and engineer of canal work on - o—-wm, C. %::eﬂ, a shoe clerk, elected - _mayor of Ibury, Conn. - % ‘Apr. I—Republicans elected state ticket 8 _Postmaster Busse ted- mayor of :é;* go; traction t&cq,l&gﬂwﬁ. ~-pointed postmaster at Chicago, to sucaghinst whom charges were g% 3 aereda Tesigl SR g 78 CRILOR e SRS o Curry to p05t.....

May 16—Isaac Stevenson elected senator from Wisconsin to succeed Spooner. Jun. 17—Congressman J. H. Bankhead appointed senator to succeed late John T. Morgan of Alabama. Jul. 9—A. O. Bacon re-elected senator from Georgia for full term. . 11—Frank A. Leach of California, appointed director of mint to succeed G. E. Roberts, resigned. Aug. 7—Ex-Gov. J, F. Johnston elected senator from Alabama to succeed late - Senator Pettus. Sep. 17—Democrats elected ticket headed by Haskell for governor in Oklahoma and Indian Territory:; constitution adopted and state-wide ‘prohibition propesition carried.... Chicago’s new city charter defeated in special election. Oct. 2—Tllinois supreme court declared Chicago’s new primary;election law unconstitutional., Nov. s—~Mayor Tom L. Johnson defeated Congressman T. E. Burton for mayor of Cleveland.... Kentucky elected Willson, republican; overnor... Fusion of republicans and %ndependence League beaten by Tammany in New York county. Dec. 2—Congress. assembled at Washington; Cannon:re-elected speaker of the house. 3—Ambassador Aoki of Japah recalled. 18—Congressmen Williams and DeArmond participated in fist fight on floor of house. 3 . 20—Secretary Taft returned from trip around world. . ! | 23—M. Gude appointed minister to United States from Norway to succeed late H. C. Hauge. 3 | : N ' ) )t : | - S N —— Jan. 3—Negro hanged at Mayersville, Miss., three minutes before notice that his sentence had been commuted was received. Pt 4—Negro lynched at Midway, Ala., for at- - temptéd assault, | s—Rollo Steele, being refused loan of $5,-. 000 by Fourth Street National bank of Philadelphia, threw bomb that -killed himself and cashier, injured six others, and wrecked bank. 9=James Cullen, murderer of wife and step-son, taken from jai&’A at Charles City, la., and hanged by %hob. .. 23—Trial of Harry K. Thaw, for murder of Stanford White begun in New York. Feb. 28—~Thos. Bagwi'n, rich farmer of Colfax, 111., shot' and killed Chas. Kennedy and wife, and Mrs. Eisman and daughter Cora. Ve Mar. I—R. P. Miller of Beaver Dam, Wis., killed wife, step-mother and self. 15—Mob of 50 men at Monroe, La., hanged two negroes accused of robbery. 20—Two colored women accused of murderous attack on white woman killed by mob near Stamp, Ark. 29—Safe Dblowers robbed Farmers’ & Merchants’ National Bank, of Hanover, Mich., getting $3,600....C010red -man charged with attacking white girl near Colbert, I. T., lvnched at Durant. Apr. SB—Death sentence of Mrs. Aggie Myers, of Kansas City, and Frank Hottman, for murder of woman's husband, commuted to life imprisonment. . 11—Grand jury refused to indict Congressman G. K. Favrot, of lLouisiana, who killed Dr. R. H. Aldrich, and he was set free. | ¥ 12—Thaw jury discharged, being unable } to agree on verdict; Thaw remanded to jail, to await second trial. : ' 18—~Dr. O. C. Haugh of Dayton, 0., convicted of murder of father, mother and brother, electrocuted at penitentiary at Columbus. ; 21—Negro and mother lynched and three other persons killed and seven injured in fight in Georgia on account of attempt of negro, who escaped, to assault white woman. Mav 23—Ex-Judge Hargis acquitted of Cockrill murder in famous feud case at Lexington, Ky. Jun. 3—Trial of Wm. D. Haywood, secre-tary-treasurer Western Federation of Miners, for murder of ex-Gov. Steunenberg, begun at Boise, Idaho. 30—Judge Loving found not guilty of murl der of Theodore HKEstes, charged with mistreating former’'s daughter, at Houston, Va. ¥ Jul. 20—Jas Hargis, acquitted of char%e of complicity in murder of Dr. B. D. Cox of Kentucky.... Henry Scutcheon, farmer living near Nuncia, Mich., while insarie, murdered wife, son and father-in-law with an ax; then attempted suicide, but was shot dead. 22—Karl Hau, young Washington professor, condemned to death at Karlsruhe, Germany, for murder of - mother-in-law. : e : 2i—Wm. D. Haywood found not guilty of murder of ex-Gov. Steunenberg. Aug. 16—Will Clifford, negro, lynched at Maple, Ky., for assaulting and Kkilling two white women. . : Sep. 21—Frank J. Constantine sentenced tos life imprisonment for murder of Mrs. Gentry, at Chicago. 7 24—Mrs. Bertha Mund of Buffalo, while insane, strangled her three children. Oct. I—Ex-Sheriff H. K. Brown, of Baker City, Ore., killed by bomb. s—Wm. Burns, colored, who shot policeman at Cumberland, Md., taken from jail hby mob, and shot and kicked to death. - 18—Ex-Banker Frederick -McGill and wife acquitted of charge of murdering first wife of McGill, at Decatur, Il 26—Negro at Byron, Ga., lynched -for stealing 75 cents. : oL Nov. 2—Fred Singleton, negro, riddled " with pullets by posse for murder of assistant chief of police at Tﬂladegn. Ala. 7—Seven bandits held up town of Canova, S. D., blew s‘s?%&r)l bank vault, and esca with $6,500. 24—que1?y in Steve Adams murder trial at Rathdrum, Idaho, failed to agree on verdict and were dischaal:ged. . Dec. 3—Mrs. Annie M. Bradley a.cguitted on charge of murder of ex-Senaor Brown at Washington. G A QR AR \ o ASUATZICR T T b AR T 2 "54 ~ Jan. 2—Near Volland, Kans., 35 in train . wreck; over 50 injured. : s : s—At Winooski, Vt., six by suffocation.... Near Kenosha, Wis.,, nine by powder explosion. ; 9—At Pittsburg, 30 by explosion in steel furnace. 5 9—At Barney, N. M., five in train wreck.. ..At Clinton, Ind., eight in mine explo- : g%n....At New York city, five by escapgas, P 19—At Sanford, Ind., 28 by wreck due to | g;wder, explosion; 32 injured....At 'owler, Ind., 13 in collision. E 23—Near Primero, Colo., 24 in coal mine exxlo:ion. ey : i i 2%—At Lorentz, W. Va., 12 by fire damp ex:losion in mine. - ' 28— 3. Chicago, six by explosion at stockyards. x . . 29—Near Fayetteville, W. Va., 60 in mine disaster. : S £ m—l;iAtt‘Johnson City, IIL, five by powder Feb. 4—At Monarch, Colo., 12 in snowslide 'i;;fAt Thomas, W. Va., 22 in mine diser. g $ : 7—#: s?cramentq, Cal., six Japanese by 5 wning. A N : 8-At Birmingham, Ala., four in collision. n-’-azt Allentown, Pa., five in burning 12—In New York harbor, 138 by drowning ggchexmum by burning of steamer 14—Near Bridgeville, Del, four children 161 n New York city, 21 in wreek due to AOPEEAInE TRUS. . 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Mar. I—At Ped?r: Wyo., seven in collision ....At: Dosset{, Tenn., four by powder mill blast. ] 2—At ?»Ylor. Pa., six in mine explosion. 11—At Pitt, Cal., 22 laborers by drowning. 20—Near Emporium, Pa., six in powder mill blast...,At Woodward, Ala., five in taluniofurnace. = | 23—At s Angeles, Cal., six in head-on collision. ‘ ’ 28—Near Colton, Cal., 26 in wreck; nearly 100 injured. 4 - Apr. 1-Near Fort Worth, Tex., six trainmen in collision. : 3 11—Near Chaplau, Ont., 15 in train wreck. 13—Near Gunter, Tex., eight by gasoline zs_e_}g)loion. % n Lake Michigan, lumber barge with crew of 14 lost. ] 27—At Baltimore, eight drowned by collapse of pier. ; May I—At Whipple, W. Va., 11 in mine - disaster, : . 11—At Honda, Cal., 21 in wreck due to defective switch. i ; 21—At Pittsburg, five by explosion in steel furnace....On Lake Michigan, five by burning of steamer. 23—At Chicago, five by ammonia explosion in stockyards liﬂﬂﬂt--31—Near Garden Valley, Idaho, seven drowned. Jun 11—In Hampton Roads, 11 seamen by capsizing of launch. . 18—At Priceburg, Pa., seven by exgloslou of mine gas....At Monahan, Wash., m_re by drowning. i 23—At Hartford, Conn., six killed, 40 injured by. collision.... Near Pittsfield, N. Y., four in collision. %;lNear Tola, Va., eight P" dynamite ast. : | Jul. 4—Fourth of July celebrations caused 37 deaths; injured number 2,153. : 9—ln Penobscot Bay, Me., six by capsiz- . ing of a sloop. 11—At Honeybrook, Pa., seven miners by white damp explosion. i 12—Near Russell, Pa., six by capsizing of launch. : 15—In Cape Cod Bay, Mass., ten officers and men on battleship Georgia by gunpowder explosion. 3518 21—Near Salem, Mich.,, 32 in collision; 100 injured. 22—Off California coast, 97 by sinking of a steamer. 2i—ln New York city, 14 in ‘tenement house fire, i Aug. I—At San Pedro, Cal.,, four by coilapse of wharf. - s—At Jamestown, Va., four by drowning. 6—At Kelly, Pa., four in wreck. 11—At Boulder, Colo., 100 persons injured by explosion of 1,000 lbs. of dynamite. 16—At Chicago, five by collapse of building during windstorm. . 18—At Seaman, Pa., five by fall of eage in mine shaft, 7 ! 23—At Somerville, Mass., five by suffocation. 25—Near Sapulpa, I. T., four in collision. 29—Near Quebec 75 workmen by collapse of new bridge being built across St. Lawrenc‘g river. . 30—Near Charleston, 111., 17 in collision between interurban trains. - Sep. 2—Near Charleston, W. Va., seven in wreck. ¢ s—;}At lShelton, Wash., ten in burning otel, ; o' ; 6—At Norris, la., 12 in wreck. 10—Near Newburg, W. Va., five negreces by train. : 14—Near Canaan Station, 26 in head-on collision. 16—At Aspinwall, Pa., six by drowning. 20—At Negaunee, Mich., 11 by falling of -cage in mine shaft; seven fatdlly hurt. 22—-On Lake Superior, seven drowned by wrecking of steamer. . 26—Near Jackson, Ala., 14 by capsizing of ferry boat. 28—Neir Bellaire, 0., eight in ralilroad wreck; four fatally hurt. ¢ > Oct. 5~At Butler, Pa., four by upsetting of molten metal pot; 30 badly injured.. lSaln Gloversville, N. Y., six by suffocaon. o 15—Explosion of powder magazine at Fontanet, Ind., caused death of 38; over 600 injured; nearly every building in town ruined. - 16—Near Joliet, 111., five by capsizing of boat on canal. . 24—Near Ashland, Wis., four by explosion in powder mill. Nov. 6—At Steubenville, 0., five by boiler explosion. S 7 11—At (New Haven, Conn., five in burning hotel. : ; llglNear Pine Bluff, Ark., five by boiler ast, 13—At South Milwaukee, Wis,, six at grade crossing. ) 25—In New York city, 13 Italians in tenement’ house fire. 1 Dec. 6—At Monongah, W. Va., about 400 miners by explosion in colliery. 18—At Jacobs Creek, Pa., about®3oo- miners by explosion of gas in colliery.

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Jan. s—Moroccan army captured Zinat, Raisuli's stronghold, and he and followers fled to mountains. 6—Chinese . trading quarter of Bancock devastated by fire; loss about $3,000,000. B—Muzaffar-Ed-Din, shah of Persia, died at Teheran. ‘ 11—-Tidal wave devastated some of Dutch East Indian islands; hundreds of persons perished. | 15—Earthquake followed by fire partly destroyed Kingston, Jamaica; over 1,000 persons killked and injured.... Typhoon swept islands of Samar and Leyte, Philippines; 100 lives lost. 18—Rear-Admiral 'Davis landed force of American marines at Kingston, Jamaica, to which Gov. Swettenham objected; Davis promptly sailed away. 21—British officials virtually apologized for conduct of Gov. Swettenham toward Admiral Davis. - - 22—Tidal wave in Dutch East Indies engulfed Island of Simalu, drowning 1,500 persons. 28—Explosiont of fire damp in mine near Saarbrueck, Prussia, killed 148 miners.. ..H. L. ¥. Lagercrantz appointed minister of Sweden to United States. Feb. I—British steamer Clavering went ashore near Hartlepool, England; 29 of crew drowned. B—BS. A. Alexandrovsky, governor of Penza, Russia, assassinated. o 16—Cookton, North Australia,” destroyed by hurricane; damage of $2,000,000 caused.... British steamer Orianda sank in collision near Cardiff, Wales; 14 persons drowned.... Governor of port of Baku murdered. 21—Mail stieamer Berlin from England wrecked off Hook of Holland in terrific gale; 128 persons drowned. ' Mar. 4—Gov. Swettenham of Jamalica, resigned post.... Eighty-five persons buried % landslide in' Algeria. B—English house of commons’ defeated woman’s suffrage bill. 11—M. Petkoff, premier of Bulgaria, assassinated at Sofia. 12—Powder magazines on board French battleship lena exploded at Toulon; 103 bluejackets and officers killed and hundreds injured. . Mar. 19—Count Lamsdorff, former Russian minister of foreign affairs, died at San Raemo. 22—Nicaraguan forces captured strongly fortified Honduran town of Choluteca and President Bonilla fled in boat. 24—M. Pobiedonostseff, ex-procurator-gen-fral of holy synod, died at St. Petersurg. 26—Peasants. and troops fought in Alexandria, Wallachia; 60 men killed and 300 wounded. - Apr. 6—Strikers at Lodz, Russia, killed tenl‘kworkmen for attempting to resume work. ’ 11—Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cromer as plenipotentiary of Great Britain to Egypt, who resigned.... Floods in Turkey caused death of 200, -« 12—Honduran city of Amapla surrendered to Nicaraguans; President Bonilla took refuge on American cruiser. : 13—Kingston, Jamaica, experienced another earthquake shock, which did great damage. - 16—At least five important towns in Mexico destroyed and scores Kkilled by earthquake. : 2 May I—Terrific hurricane causes loss of millions of dollars and death of several persons at Campeche. 3 3—Explosion of gunpowder magazine at Canton, China, causes heavy loss of life and great da.mag(e .to property. : 6—About 6,600 Turkish troops practieally annihilated in battle with rebels in Province of Yemen, Turkish Arabia. 9—Heir to throne of Spain born.to Queen Victoria, at Madrid. e - 11—Ninety miners lost lives in fire in copper mine at Velardena, Mexico. 17—80!3&0‘(5 killed 21 innocent men at %:)dz._ Russia, in connection with a robTY. : : m—Follawinﬁ assassination of three police officials, serious rioting occurred at Odessa, Russia. Hundreds -of people injured by Black Hundred, who ran wild "ﬁwugh streets. . Jun. 15—Russian douma dissolved by czar and elections for new Parlh.ment ordered.... First session of The Hague z'zpela;cebc(mrfgax-e.n;:e hald. i ’H ; '27—By burning of native theater in Ho Konw Cglnm perished, ' o Jul. A&/ten;ft ~made to - assassinate Pr'es;dg‘t! Fallieres of France; latter uninjured, ’ ; bl } 16—Gen. Alikhanoff, ex-governor-general of Tiflis, and v{o others - blown g piecés by bomb hurled rat carriage i : wt*ic& they weré riding, at Alexandropol, Russia. i ! m}}'ﬁmpmf of Corea decided to abdicate POREL ot e e b s 19--Many \&l:d and wounded in ‘a clasu etween Corean and Japanese troops at RO e T ',";.‘g»?j:;":/’l‘i Lo GRS e B-Explogion. th Japanse collisry, cnamed R, ﬁ‘*%’;uv‘:ﬁ' %;ﬁxguﬁ e e 55"‘*27*' o Heckon (oD : ; when they

3—Forty passengers drowned near Ang‘ers, France, when train plunged into river. ; 6—Cassablanca, Morocco, bombarded by French cruisers. 4 9—Moorish troops repulsed with heavK loss 'in two desperate attempts to rus French camp outside Cassablanca and invade ecity. . -27—C01. Ivanhoft, governor of Viborg prison, and vicious foe of terrorists, assassinated by bomb in St. Petersburg. s Sep. 4—Striking dock laborers of Antwerp burned lumber yard O%‘d warehouses; loss estimated $1,000,000. 17—Over-40 men killed or injured by explosion on Japanese battleship Kashima, near Kure. ° 19—Collision on Mexican Central at Encarnacion killed 34 and injured many. 21—-Gen. Drude burned Moorish camps near Cassablanca. 23—Delegates of three important tribes of Moors accepted terms of peacc by French and hostilities ceased. ’ 24—Strike of Antwerp dock laborers, on since June, ended with sweeping victory for employers. i 26—Scores of - lives lost by floods. near ‘Malaga, Spain. 21—Overflow of Otonashigawa river, in Japan, cost lives of 600. 28—S8ir J. C. Bell, elected lord mayor of London. g Oct. s—Explosion in ammunition factory at Osaka, Japan, killed 63 girls dand injured over 60. 18—Hague peace conference ended.’ 28—Gen. Maximoffsky, director of prisons of ministry of interior of Russia, assassinated by woman in St. Petersburg. 31—Town of Karatagh, Russian Turkestan, destroyed by a landslide following earthquake; 14,000 persons perish. > Nov. B—Hurricane caused great damage l!:itll lgarseilles, France; several people ed. 9—Fire at Iquique, Chili, caused $1,000.000 loss and rendered 2,000 persons homeless. Dec. B—Oscar 111., king of Sweden, died at Stockholm and Crown Prince Gustave V. succeeded to throne.

g ‘-‘a DD e ‘Q’!: ’/d /'»i.v/" = . (CAZENHAN - { Y l N ANNTR A R 2V, y~ VT RIS A AR 7 %% S | Jan. 2—Brig.-Gen. G. A. Bell, retired, ati Washington. ; . ; 4—S. H. Jones, leading Illinois republican politician, at Springfield. . - 10—Archbishop Montgomery.at San Francisco. . : | 17—-Ex-Congressman John Winans, at Janesville, Wis., aged 76. | 24—Senator Russell A. Alger, at Washington. i Feb. I—Charles Marvin, famous race horse trainer, at Lexington, Ky. 6—Count John A.. Creighton, at Omaha, Neb:; left fortune of $10,000,000....Pr0f. W. C. Pickett, noted medical authority, ' at Philadelphia: ¢ 7—Ex-Congressman B. W. Harris, at Bridgewater, Mass., aged 83. s | 9—Congressman J. R. Rixey, of Virginia, at Washington. 12—Ex-Gov, F. W. Higgins, .of New York, at Oleant® N. Y. : 5 16—Henry Steeir Olcott, co-founder with Mme. Blavatsky of Theosophists in America, at Adyar, India, aged 7. 22—James A. Kirk, head of big Chicago soap house, at Hartland, Wis. 4 25—F. J. Hearne, president Colorado Fnel & Iron Co., at Denver. Mar. 2—Dr. Oronhyatekha, founder and head Independent Order. of Foresters, in Georgia.... James B. Williams, shaving soap manufacturer, at Glastonbury, Conn....Congressmah’ J. M.: Depuy, of Wisconsin, at Jefferson City, Wis. - 4—Floyd K. Whittemore, ex-state treasurer of Illinois, at Springfield. - 9—John Alexander Dowie, founder of Zion City, 111., at Zion City. : 11—Ex-Congressman Clinton Rabbitt, of Wisconsin, at Beloit. 12—M. Casimir-Perier, ex-president -of France, at Paris. ; 17—Gen. Joseph Stockton, at Chicago. 18—Rear Admiral B. F. Tilley, commandant League Island Navy yard. 19—Thomas Baildy Aldrich, fx_oted author, at Boston....Brig.-Gen. ohn Moore, former surgeon-general of army, at Washington. 21—Brig.-Gen. T. J. Wint, commander department of Missouri, at Philadelphia.’ 27—James Henry, Smith, 'of New York, * who inherited over $50,000,000, at Kioto, Japan, while on bridal tour. A 28—Wm. A. Proctor, president Proctor & Gamble Co., at Cincinnati, by suicide. 31—Ex-Congressman (Galusha A. Grow, at Glenwood, Pa....H. W. Goode, who was president Lewis & Clarke exposition, at Atlantic City, N. J. & Apr. I—Bishop J. C. Granberry, of Methodist Episcopal church South, at Ashland, Va. i 14—Jas. H. Eckels, president Commercial National bank of Chicago, and excomptroller of currency, at Chg:ago. v 19—Ex-Congressman J. V. Findlay, of Maryland, at Baltimore. 26—Ex-Congressman G. L. Laws,” of Nebraska, at Lincoln. : 28—Ex-Gov. R. B. Bullock, of Georgia, at Albion, N. Y. Mdy 3—Peter Maytubby, twice governor Chickashaw Indian tribe, at Caddo, 1. T. 4—E. 'W. Suffcutt, legal. adviser of Gov. Hughes of New York, by suicide on Hudson river steamboat. 6-Dr. John 3 Watson, (Jan Maclaren) noted author, at Mt. Pleasant, la. 17-0. ‘W. Potter, Chicago millionaire, at Chicago. B—E. H. Conger, ex-minister to China. 24--Ex-Senator Patton, of Michigan. 26—Mrs. McKinley, at’ Canton, O. ! Jun. 3—Gen. T. H. Ruger, retired, at Stamford, Conn. 7—Ex-Congressman Gen. 'Wm. McKraig, at Cumberland, Ind. Jun. 11—Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, at Washington. 18—G. H. Earle, prominent Philadelphia citizen and. personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, qi; Philadelphia. 21—Ex-Senator Lucien Baker, at Leavenworth, Kans. 23—Gen. Wm. Duffield, at Washingtoo. 30—Francis Murphy, noted temperance lecturer, at Los Angeles. Jul. 11—Judge M. J. Severance, noted Minnesota jurist, at Mankato. 12—Peter Larson, millionaire of northwest, at Helena, Mont. ; 27—Senator E. W. Pettus, of Alabama, at Hot Springs, N. C., aged 86. 301—D-Brllg-Gen. C. F. Powell, retired, at St. aul, ; 31--S. M. Stephenson, ex-congressman and multi-millionaire lumberman, at Menominee, Mich. - Aug. 3—A. St. Gaudens, noted sculptor, at Cornish, N. H. 17—A. A. PinKerton, head of detective ‘agency, on board ocean liner. 27—Nelson Morris, Fioneer Chlcaio packer and multi-millionaire, at Chicago. ' 30—Richard Mansfleld, noted actor, at __New London, Conn. | jSeé). 3—Gen. Pleasan‘ Porter, chief of reek Indians, . ' 16—Rear-Admiral John G. Walker, re- ~ tired, at. York Beach, Me., age 72. i 21—Samuel Sloan, ex-president Lackawanna railroad and noted railroa. man, at Garrison-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. | - Oct. 10—Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, noted feL gmle bank wrecker, at Ohio penitenary. t 27—Jas. Reddick, prominent Chicago poli- ~ tician, at Half Day, 111., in auto accident.... Congressman John Wellborn, of Missouri, at Lexington. i Nov. 3—Jefferson Polk, lowa millionaire and -street railway magnate, at Des Moines. i 8--C. A. Perkins, ex-president C. B. & Q. railroad, at Boston. i 10—Ex-Senator L. E. McComas, of Maryland, at Washington. : | 14—Charles T. Barney, deposed president Knickerbocker Trust Co., of New York, by sulicide. ¢ ! ‘29—Judge James B. Bradwell, Chicago pioneer, aged 79, at Chicago. { 30—Congressman G.° W. Smith, of Illinois, at Murphysboro. : i Dec. 4—-H. O. Havemeyer, president “‘sugar trust,” at Commack, L. I. - | 17—-Lord Kelvin, noted sg(entigt. aged 83, at Glasgow: : . [ 18—Ex-Congressman W. H. Hinrichsen, of Illinois, at Alexandria. t 22—Senator Mallory, of Florida, at Pensacola. [

; e G My e N e o TING = N ! ; LRy )X. [ Jan. I—Joe Gans knocked out Kid Herman in eighth round at Tonopah,: Nev. «....Gustave Bye tied American record at ski jumping at Munising, Mich.; record 106 feet. i 18—Abe Attell retained featherweight championship by knocking out Ifarr_f Baker in eighth round at Los Angles. Feb. 6—Tommy Ryan knocked out Dave Barry &n fifth round at Hot SPrlngq’, Ark.... Racing in Tennessee killed by passage of anti-pool selling bill. Mar.; 14—Calvin Demarest won national amateur championship at 14.2 balk-line ' billiards at New York. . ! 21-Gary Herrmann of Cincinnati elected president American Bowling congress. 28—“ Chic”” Stahl of Boston National baseball team, ' committed suicide 'at West Baden, Ind, @ Sy Agr. 9—Jury in Smathers’ case decided mathers had not conspired to drug Lou Dillon and should retain gold ct wo!‘""b{'{ Major. Delmar.. =o o EE 11—Joe Uliman, ,vgen— !mm - bookmaker, u:ut Ipsane at ,;}1& Franci ey & o . Reatadn :%th, v, 'ﬁﬁa’%ﬁ 36 25 a'-,‘.‘;:‘!‘ o TRt BRET gSgO R I SRR sy S f!’,?’?g‘ e i R

Ll_s—-'rho'. Longboat, Indian runner, won Boston Marathon road race, defeathg fleld of 114 and breaking record for mile course. 8 > : May B~Tommy Burns won heavyweight cnamplonship by defeating *“Philadelphia Jack” O’Brien in 20-round battle " at Los Angeles. . 5 20—Superman, owned by James R. Keene, won $20,000 Brooklyn handicap -at Gravesend. > : 31—-Wisconsin university eight won twomile boat race from Syracuse, at PoughKeepsie, N. Y. : Jun. s—Richard Croker’s colt, Orby, ridden by Johnnie Reiff, won Epsom derby - in England. - . 20—-Nealon, owned by C. E. Durnell, won %reat suburban handicap at Sheepshead ay. 21—Alex Ross won open golf championship of United States. 26—Cornell won varsity eight-oared race at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., regatta; Syracuse won varsity four-oared race and Wisconsin freshmen, eight-oared contest....Orby won Irish derby. 27—Yale defeated Harvard by boat length in annual race at New London, Conn. 28—Robert Simpson won western open golf championship at Hinsdale, IIL Jul. 2—Miss Evelyn Sears of Boston, won women’s singles lawn tennis championship of United States, by defeating Miss Carrie B. Naely. : 4—Tommy Burns knocked out Bill Squires, Australian champion, in_first round, at Colma, Cal.... Martin J. Sheridan won all-around championship of A, A. U. at Celtic Park, L. I s—May Sutton of California, regained title. of British tennis champion, by defeatin‘% Mrs. Chambers. : 17—Jack Johnson stopped Bob Fitzsimmons in second round at Philadelphia. 20—Barney Oldfield broke two world’s auto records on half mile track at Fargo, S. D., golng first mile of three mile race in 1:15% and three miles in 3:51. 81—Jimmie Britt got verdict over Battling Nelson in 20-round contest at San Francisco. . Aug. 30—May Sutton won international ¢+ tennis championship at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont, Sep. B—C. M. Daniels of New York, lowered world’s 100-yard swimming record, going distance in 55 2-3 seconds, at Manchester, England. . | 9—Joe Gans defeated Jimmie Britt in five Tounds, at San Francisco; Britt broke wrist in fourth round. 20—Fred McLeod of Chicago, won western g{otessic;nal golfers’ championship at . uis. . ‘ %—Ne&ﬁXork Yacht club declined challenge of Sir Thomas Lipton for race for Afmerica’s cup next year because it sought to limit size of racers to 68 feet. 28—-Matt McGrath broke world’s record for 16-pound hammer throw at Kansas City, by hurling weight 164 feet 3 inches; former record 164 feet. Oct. 12—Chicago Nationals won world’s baseball ¢ehampionship by defeating Detroit Americans four straight games. . Dec.. 2—Tommy Burns, of America, knocked out Gunner Mair, ,of England, in tenth round at Lqndon. 11—H. C. Pulliam re<elected president National league for ‘sixth time..

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Jan. 6—Nine buildings wrecked by explosion of dynamite at Lowell, Ariz. 18—Floods in Ohio river valley worst in 20 vears. : 19—Several large steamers driven aground and :$1,500,000 damage done by terrific gale which struck Buffalo, N. Y. Feb. 28--Washington, "Ark., partially, destroyed by tornado; two persons Xilled. Mar. 15—Floods in vicinity of Pittsburg and down Ohio river valley callsed property damage estimated at $10,000,000; about 100,000 persons thrown out of work and at least 14 lives lost. Apr. s—Tornado swept across Louisiana, Mississippi and part of Alabama; considerable property destroyed and 15 or more- lives lost. it 15—Cities of Chilpancingo and Chilapa;, © Mexico, destroyed by violent earthquake. ; - | Jun. B—Thirty persons killed, many hurt and great property damage done by windstorms and cloudbursts in Keéntucky, southern Illinois and lowa. 22—Storm causing property damage estimated at $500,000 swept over Indian Territory. s 24—Three distinct tornadoes struck Medicine Lodge, Kan., destroying 25 houses; several persons injured. '27—oil fields. of northern Indian Territory swept by tornado that killed three men and destroyed hundreds of derricks; loss estimated $500,000. ; Jul. 2—Rochester, Tex., nearly destroyed by tornado. 3—Buena Vis% lake levee near Bakersfield, Cal., broke, flooding 30,000 acres and doing $1,000,000 damage. 4—Storm in western Wisconsin caused death of 21 persons; many injured. . 15—Waterspout caused $500,0000 damage in vicinity of Leavenworth, Kan. Aug. 11—-Tornado caused .great property damage at La Crosse, Wis. 26—Ternadoes in Wisconsin and Obhio caused several deaths and destroyed much property. Oct..B—Tornado near Leeds, Ga., caused 15 deaths; damage to property enormous.... Severe storm caused great damAge in New York city and in harbor.' Nov. 20—Floods caused great damage in southern Texas. rr - & / ¥ R r r A 1 L | ' Jan, I—Judge McCall of federal court of Memphis declared LaFollette fellowservants’ law unconstitutional. 3—Federal Judge Sanborn sentenced to jail several leaders of striking molders in Milwaukee for violating -injunction. 10—Senate passe;i bill in interest of rail- - way employes....Miners at Goldfield, Nev., voted to end ‘strike. 15—United Mine Workers of America opened annual convention at Indianapolis. . 21—Shea labor 'conspiracy trial at Chi--cago came to end with jury unable to agree on verdict. ; ; 22—John J, Mitchell re-elected president United Mine Workers. ; 23—Over 6,000 men and women in New York involved in trouser-makers strike. Feb. 13—Western Union Telegraph Co. .. announced increase of M per cent.” in wages of operators at émnclpal offices. 21—Cornelius P. Bhea and ten associates in teamsters’ union acquitted of eharge ~of consgira.cy on second trial. Mar. B—Nebraska house passed employers’ liability bill affecting railway trainmen, : s S 10—Street cars in Louisville tied up by strike of union employes. S 25—In effort to enforce recognition of union, 2,000 skirt, cloak and suit-mak-ers of Boston, employed in about 1M shops, went out on strike. j 29—Employes of 23 breweries in St. Louis struck for increased wages. Apr. 4—Threatened strike of trainmen of western railroads averted through mediation of interstate commerce commissioners. g 21-Great lockout and labor struggle in Goldtﬂeld, Nev., district, ended by agreement. . 27—8 alt Lake City street car lines tied up by strike. 5 : May I—May day brought strike of iron workers in San Francisco, teamsters in Los Angeles, machinists in 'Pittsburg “and various labor organizations in Canada. ' . 3——Practicallf all of operators of Pacific States Te efraph and Telephone Co., struck for increased wngvs.e s—Btreet car employes of San Francisco struck for.eight-hour day and increase in wages. e ‘ 13—Supreme court held' eight-hour law __constitutional. ! Jun. 20—Strike of Western Union _teleSraph &perators at San Francisco and aklan Cal.,, ordered; increase in w%gee‘demanded.. . g 26—Vest-makers in New York, numbering 4,000, struck. T & Aug. 7—Western Union operators at Los Angeles struck because company refused to reinstate discharged man. S—Nig%kopemtors at Chicago went out .. on strike. ; £ : ‘ 9—Strike of Western Union telegraph operators spread througlﬂout west and * south.... Cornelius P. ea defeated in election = for president of teamsters’ union by Daniel J. Tobin. gioats 12—8 Strike of telegraph operators spread throughout east; news service of Asso- . ciated Press partially suspended. : 13—Employes of Colorado & Southern railroad won strike for increase in 16 Fresidhnt. Missil . of . Aelebeiihers —Pr n ma of . -telegraphers’ ~union issued general strike order &,‘fung--out all commercial operators not worksingm&unioh :ion;t;r&cts, fod 11' 5 ep. 2—L r day riots occurred in San s ggnhheo, f‘nmvufe and -_Bteubenvisl%,é Oct. ,ké@nm;;m ping business of New . %ﬁ' , wgy 95”1&3 0?08.000 co.ttex;:}, S “].:m," IR DR : 10—John Mitchell, president United Mine 12-Telegraph’operators in principal cities 4;;';9‘;-..;.:-13..-: o A{;:;:!-;ﬁ..@ g Ao e LS EAE 5t ~ dent Small that strike against Western

nois Federation of Labor. . ﬁ—Kangas City Southern Railway Co. granted voluntary increase in salaries of $5.00 a month to its telegraph operators,: ° : 24—Striking cotton handlers at New Orleans agreed to resume work pending arbifration. . 36—S. J. Small, deposed president of telegrvaphers’ union, issued statement ‘calling off’’ telegraph strike. . Nov. 4—-Because they were paid In checks, 4,000 miners near Danville, 111., struck. 6—Comunercial = Telegraphers’ union in Chicago, - New York and other cities called off strike.... Threatened general railway strike in Great Britain averted byi agreement between railways .and union. . 25—Striking street car men in Louisville, - Ky., indulged in serious riot. Dec. 6—Five companies of- regulars ordered to Goldfield, Nev., where trouble .}:etvge‘en miners and mine owners exsted.| :

™~ 1 o ‘ 1 A ‘ i Coniilalt! "z?. 1 ‘ Il [2 F S ’!"‘ el L} M BN Jan. 3—Big furniture store at New York city; loss $500,000. B—Plant of Michigan Stove works at Detroit gutted; loss $750,000; one person killed, ‘several injured. 11—Burning of tobacco warehouse at Lancaster, Pa., caused loss $1,000,000. 28—Plant of Phelps Pub. Co., at Springfield, Mass.; loss nearly $1,000,000.... Garage in New York containing 100 automobiles. o 20—8ection of Baldwin Locomotive works at Philadelphia; loss $1,000,000. 30—Mine mill at Vict&:, Colo.; loss $500,000. F;}). g—-Business portion of Coal Harbor, B—Lyndhurst, country home of John Wanamaker, at Philadelphia, completely destroyed; loss about ?1.500,000. 25—Plant of Acker Porcess Co., at Niagara Falls, N. Y.; loss $BOO,OOO. : Mar. I—-Town of Leroy, 111., partly destroyed. , - 12—Iroquois hotel .in Michigan Soo, finest hote]l in northern Michigan. : 24—S8porting goods store of A. G. Spalding Bros., at Chicago. : 25—Morton Salt block, at Hutchinson, Kans.; loss $500.000. 2 Apr. 30—Plant of San Francisco Gas & Electric Co.; loss $2,500,000. s—Engineering building of McGill university, at Montreal; loss: nearly $l,_OOO,OOO. . 19—Town of 11010, Island of Panay, second icity of Philippines, totally destroyed; 20,000 persons homeless. 25ﬁ0ver 100 cottages a$ Pleasant Lake, ass. £l May B—Business section of Barnesboro, Pa., almost wiped out. . 13—Steamer City of Cleveland, at Detroit, entirely destroyed; loss $700,000." Jun. 6—Half of business section of Willow' City, N. D., destroyed. : 10—Famous Princess Anne hotel at Virginia Beach, Va. e 29—Large section of Bizbee, Ariz. Jul. 27—Over seven blocks of Coney IsJand’s amusement section destroyed; loss $1,000,000. - ; 28—Building of Memphis Cold Storage Co., at Memphis; loss $600,000. Aug. I—Over 50 families made homeless by fire at Edgewater, N. J. 2—Plant of the U. S. Leather Co., at Tomahawk, Wis., dsstroyed: loss about ssoo,ooo....Between 75 and 100 sguare miles of territory devastated by disasgolus blaze in foothills near Visalia, al. 13—L.arge part of business section of Princess Anne, Md. 15—Several summer hotels, summer cottages and buildings at Old Orchard, Me.; loss estimated $500,000. 29—Courier Journal building at Louisville, Ky. - Sep. 2—Three business squares and portion of residence section at Houston, Tex., destroyved; loss $500,000. 9—Clliff House, famous resort at San Francisco, destroyed. Oct. 4—Thousands of acres of forest land in| Sonoma, Cal. - 25—Iowa Central railway shops at Marshalltown, la.; loss $300,000. 31—Store of Holden Shoe Co., at Chicago; loss $500,000. - e ' Nov. 3—Main office building of Nelson Morris packing plant, at East St. Louis, I 11.; loss $300,000. ; 1 B—Docks at Superior, Wis., several big elevators, mills and other buildings; loss estimated $3,000,000. : ‘ll?vEntire business section of Woreland, yo. 29—+Several business blocks at Cody, Wryo., destroyed. i . - M A L S ) = '/ - ‘ ' ' . Jan. 2—First Vice-President McCrea elected president of Pennsylvania lines to succeed late A. J. Cassatt. 3—Federal Judge Landis decided at Chicago that Standard Oil Co. must stand trial on eight of ten ‘indictments returned against it. v 14—Grand jury at Findlay, 0., returned 939 indictments against Standard Oil <Co. and subsidiary companies for conspiracy in restraint of trade. 15—Federal: grand jury at Chicago indicted John R. 'Walsh in connection with failure of Chicago National bank. 23—Judge Hallam, at St. Paul, issued order enjoining J. J. Hill and other officials of Great Northern railway from making proposed increase of 8%,000.000 in stock. . Feb. 18—Wisconsin state railway commission ordered railroads of state to give flat 2%-cent passenger fare. 26—John ¥. Stevens resl%ned as - chief engineer of Panama canal and president named Maj. G. W. Goethals as chairman of commission and engineering chief of work. Mar. I—Suit filed at Boston: against Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, leader of Christian Science faith, by G. W. Glover, her son, asking accounting of property and appointment of receiver. Mar. 4-New. Mexico house passed resolution ;gn investigate c¢onduct of Gov. Hage an in regard to alleged timber land frauds. : : 7—Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, ‘gleaded not guilty to charge of extoron. : e 20—Abraham Ruef indicted for -bribery at San| Francisco; T. V. Halsey also indlctéd in connec¢tion with grant of telephone franchise. - Agr. 2—J. J. Hill resigned as president of reat Northern railroad and son, T. W. Hill, elected to place. s Apr. s~John R. Walsh indicted on charges of mlsaPplica.tlon of funds of Chicago National bank, at Chicago. B—Supreme court declded Isle of Pines is Cuban territory, not American. Apr. 13—Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, found iuuty of accepting illegal rates from Chicago & Alton .railroad, at Chicago. i 17—Andrew Carnegie decorated with Cross of Legion of Honor at National Arbitration and Peace congress which - closed at New York. 3 26—Jamestown Ter-Centennial exposition Ofened; President Roosevelt aad other high officials attended ceremonies. May 9—Federal court at Indianapolis perpetually enjoined so-called drug trust from continuing operations. g 15—Abraham Ruef pleaded guilty to extortion at San Francisco. ¢ 24—Grand jury at San Francisco returned ‘B9 indictments against Mayor Schmitz, Ruef and street railway officiéls and other companies. ° . Jun. 13—Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco, found guilty of extortion.: Jul. B—Schmitz sentenced to five years in penitentiary for extortion. 16—Dr. E. R. Taylor, ;’?f University of ' California, elected mayor of San Francisco, by board of supervisors. Aug. 3——Juds9 Landis, at Chicago, fined ‘Standard Oil Co., $29,240,000, for Accept- . ing illegal rebates from Alton railroad; fine largest in history of jurisprufence. Aug. 7~§enat.or Beveridge of Infliana, " married to Miss Catherine Eddy in . American embassy at Berlin. | 21—Suit in equity brought by relatlves for accountln%d%t property of Mra, Mary - Baker G. iy, brought to sudd2n close ~_at Boston. . 5 e ‘ 'Sep. 4—Louis - Glass, vice-president of Pacific States Telephone and Telegaph . Co., convicted of bribery at San Francisco and sentenced to five years' ims | mp_rlsonment. e ; T Ex-Congressman C. G. Burlon, of © Nevada, Mo., -elected commardef-in- - ehief of G. A. 'R, at Sa.ra.toga, N Y. | 30—McKinley memorial at Cantcn,. O, . dedicated by 'Q{resident Rooseveltl Oct. %Benat?r ‘Wm. E. Borah acduifted of charge of conspiracy to defraud gov- | ernment, at Boise, Idaho: £ 1o Phe Lusitania broke nearly all ocean records, making trip to New York in four days, 20 hours. i : Mml% balloon Pommern, -pilotsd by "Re’rth twrbs}ob; : lw(g}n, .itgfrngti&?al ~aeronautic, cup, landing sbhiry Pa;l}t,* twétjjz:g?g. ~miles from starting . point at Bt. 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