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TEE SULPHUR SPRINGS GAZETTE. JANUARY 1. 1909.
MS IN 1908
Notable Occurrences the
i World Over.
CRISES IN GOVERNMENT.
A i Carefally Classified Ssmmarf of
Affairs at Home and Abroad—Ws-
eeUaneous Happenings—Fatal Ex-
plosions on land and Sea—Losses
by Fire—The Field of Sports.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
JANUiBI.
4. Mulai Halid proclaimed sultan of Mo-
rocco at Fez.
at Gladys Vanderbilt married to Count
Laszlo Beechenyi of Hungary in Hew
York city.
FEBRUARY.
1. King Carlos of Portugal and the
crown prince Lulz Fiilppe assassinated
i at Lisbon.
4 Manuel, second son of the assassi-
nated monarch, proclaimed king as
Manuel XL of Portugal.
MARCH.
A. Several Haitian revolutionists shot
by order of President Alexis.
It. At the deinand of the powers Presi-
dent Alexis allowed revolutionist *us-
pects to leave Haiti.
APRIL.
k Thomas K. Watson of Georgia nomi-
nated tor president by the People’s
party at St. Louis.
4 fifir Henry CAmpbell-^annennan. prime
minister of Englknd, resigned.
d|i#>litl M
s.
■ of England
^Cardinal Logue,B
of the
Roman
ived in
■ Catholic church la Ireland, arrifl
Hew York to participate in the cen-
tennial Of the Hew York archdiocese.
H ' > MAT,
4 Manuel, the boy king of Portugal,
formally inverted with the roytM crown
ns* tha-joy* odepi^r of the realm.
«i Bear Admiral ltotoey D. Evans re-
f Anguished co>rnriand of the Atlantic
SuiT
Edward TIL
ror Nicholas :
currency bill signed
■adjourned.
Rssi
Bee At Bevel.
A. Evans of Georgia
in chief of ibe
S W. H. Taft nominated tor president
at the Republican convention in CW-
1#• /
SX Persian parliament overthrown by
force for refusing the demands of the
shah.
n Hew parliament ordered ip Persia and
general amnesty proclaimed.
JULY.
L Secretary of War W. H. Taft re-
signed and was succeeded by Gen.
... rXuke K. Wright. . ..
I. Diplomatic relations severed between
the United States and Venezuela.
M. William Jennings Bryan nominated
tor the presidency by the Democratic
convention at Denver.
12. Obaldia elected president of Panama.
'll Eugene W. C ha fin and Aaron 8. Wat-
kins nominated for president and vice
r president by the Prohibitionists con-
vention at Columbus, O.
24 The Prince of Wales landed at Que-
bec ter attend the tercentenary cele-
bration.
21 Constitutional government restored in
L, Hisgen and John Tempi#
Graves nominated for president and
5 £»*£«££*!** ** tb*
Roar Admiral
Robley D. Evans.
U. S. H., placed
on tbaretired list,
having reached
the age limit of
« yearn.
The Kongo an-
nexation treaty,
adopted by the
Belgian chamber
of deputies.
Mulai Hafid, pro-
tender to the
throne of Moroc-
co, proclaimed
gultan following
defeat of fbe army
of Abdul Axis, the
sultan of record.
R. D. Evans.
SEPTEMBER.
4 CoL Henry M. Nevtus elected com-
mander In chief of the G. A. R. at To-
* ledo. * \
OCTOBER.
4 Bulgaria declared independent of Tur-
key by Prince Ferdinand, who pro-
claimed himself “czaf of the Bulgers.”
4 Austria annexed the nominally Turk-
ish provinces of Bosnia and Herzego-
vina to the territory of the empire.
MOVBXBKB.
4 £be national election resulted in the
choice of W. H. Tait. Popular vote:
Republican, 7,687,476; Democratic, 6,398,-
k 182; Socialist, 448.453; Prohibitionist.
1 241,252; Independence league, 88,186;
People’s party, 83,871; Socialist Labor,
15,421; total for all tickets, 14,868.041.
14 Death of Kwaag Seu, emperor of Chi-
na, announced at Pekin. y
14 Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez elected pres-
ident of Cubs by the Liberals.
DBCEMBER-
4 Pu Yi enthroned as emperor Hosuan-
tang of China, with Prince Chun re-
gent.
Revolutionists deposed President Alexis
of Haiti.
T. Last session «0th congress opened.
4 Nobel prize for. literature awarded to
Prof. Rudolf Euckon of Germany.
14 Acting President Gomes of Venezuela
declared, the republic at war with Hol-
land.
24 The president explained and defended
the Panama oanal purchase in a spe-
cial message to congress.
GAMES AND RACES
MARCH.
14 Meelick won the 810,400 Crescent Der-
by at New Orleans.
APRIL.
4 Ootch defeated Haekenschmidt for
world’s heavyweight wrestling chanv-
pionship at Chicago.
16. Jack Atkin won the 810,000 Carter
handicap on the Aqueduct track, New
York. I
MAT.
, 4 Calvin Demarest of Chicago won the
^ , international amateur billiard cham-
pionship in New York, defeating Re-
rolle, the Frenchman, by the score of
460 to 216 points. 1
Latonia won the Kentucky Derby at
Louisville.
14 Jack Atkin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park, New York.
16. Jay Gould defeated Eugene Miles, the
English player, for the world’s’ am-
ateur tennis championship in London.
JUNE,
L Celt won the Brooklyn handicap at
Gravesend Bay, N, Y.
4 Signorinetta, an Italian horse, won the
English Derby.
14 W. K. Vanderbilt’s hon e Northeast
won the Grand Prlx de Paris, the
greatest race of the French turf.
19. Ballot, owned by J. R. Keene, won
the Suburban handicap at 8 heaps head
Bay, N. Y.
25. Harvard won tire varsity boat race
at Hew London.
JULY.
4 Battling Nelson defeated Joe Gans for
the lightweight
championship o f
the world in 17
rounds at Ban
FTanc|sco.
18. Martin J. Sheri-
dan of New. York
made a new woyld
record by hurfuig
the discus 128 feet
* inches at the
London Olympic
games.
XL John J. Hayes,
/ an American, won
the Olympic Mar-
athon in London. J. J. Hayes.
AUGUST.
25. Allen Winter won the American Trot-
ting Derby at Readvllle, Mass.
30. Maskette won the Futurity at Sheeps-
head Ray, H. Y.
SEPTEMBER.
4. Papke defeated Ketchel in 12 rounds
for middleweight championship at Los
Angeles.
OCTOBER. •
44 The Chicago National league baseball
club (Cubs) won the world’s cham-
pionship by defeating the Detroit
American league club (Tigers) at De-
troit; (OON 1-4
14 Georgs Robertson, driving a 80 horae-
power Locomobile, won the Vanderbilt
cup in the auto race at the Motor park-
gay, Hew York; speed average 64
miles an hour.
NOVEMBER.
f. Harvard defeated Carlisle Indians at
football at Cambridge, 17 to 4 Wis-
defeated ;a at fool li,
■a^HgnoaapaMs. __
Mil. Chicago mA
tttf
S t» «, at Ew
~ "“"“oeton, li to 4 at
and Cornell played
of f to 6 at football.
—-------- •• . .tfoatod Michigan, » to
«, On tt* gridiron at Ann Arbor. .
^ mt fo^tbafa m
; score 4 to 6.
24 Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at foot-
to 4 la Philadelphia.
Wagner in a Flat car won the Grand
Prise of tba Automobile dub, driving
408 miles in 6 hours 10 minutes B asc-
ends, at Savannah.
28. want Point defeated Annapolis at foot-
ball in Philadelphia, 8 to 4
24 Pat McDonald tossed the M pound
weight feet three-eighths Inch In
New York, smashing the-world's rec-
ord of 18 feet 7 inches, held by Matt
McGrath. 1
Norman Brooks and A. F. Wilding,
Australian defenders of the interna-'
tional lawn tennis trophy, defeated the
American challengers at Melbourne.
DECEMBER.
L Tom Collins made a new American
record for 5 mile run In New York;
time 25 mlnptes 19 2-6^ seconds.
12. MacFarland and * Moran, the Pacific-
Atlantic team, won the 6 day bicycle
race in New York; distance, 2,737
>' miles, 1 lap, beating the record 8 miles
and 7 laps. '
26. British steamer Dunearh wrecked in a
typhoon off ihe island of Kihuiu, Ja-
pan ; 61 lives lost.
SEPTEMBER.
1. British bark Amazon wrecked near
Port Talbot; 27 sailors drowned.
20. The salmon cannery ship Star of Ben-
gal wrecked in a storm off Coronation
island; 110 people drowned.
27. 20 sailors of the British ship Loch
Finias drowned by the wrecking of
that vessel off Foster island.
OCTOBER.
L The French schooner Juniata wrecked
on the Grand bank; 26 sailors lost.
21. The Hudson river steamer New York
burned at Newburg; loss 8500,000.
NOVEMBER.
SL 10 killed and 20 injured in the river
steamer H. M. Carter, destroyed by
boiler explosion and fire at Bayou
Goula, La.
25. Steamer Sardinia, from Liverpool,
burned at sea off Malta; over 100
deaths. *
DECEMBER.
4 Steamer D. M. Clemson -wrecked on
Lake Michigan off Duluth; 25 sailors
lost.
ACCIDENTS ON LAND
JANUARY.
16 children killed in a theater crash
at Barnsley, England.
17S deaths by1 4he burning of the
Rhoads Opera House at Boyerstown,
Pa.
FEBRUARY.
28 deaths by explosion at the Her-
cules Powder works at Pinole. Cal.
MARCH.
174 school children killed in a school-
house fire in North Collinwood, on the
outskirts of Cleveland.
70 lives lost by explosions In a coal
mine at lianna, Wye.
APRIL.
40 deaths by the collapse of a tene-
ment in London.
41 killed apd 60 injured in a railroad
collision near Melbourne, Australia.
8 killed and 80 Injured in a trolley col-
lision near Ypsiianti, Mich.
I MAY.
15 killed and 20 seriously injured by
toe burning of the Aveltne hotel at
Fort Wayne, Ind.
7 miners killed and many Injured by
explosion in the Mount Lookout col-
liery at Wyoming, Pa.
•0 killed and 100 injured in a Belgian
railroad collision near Antwerp.
JUKg.
By the explosion of a boiler tube on
the cruiser Tennessee, cruising near
fian Pedro, Cal.. 4 of the crew were
killed and several injured.
18 Workmen killed and many injured
STORM AND FLOOD
JANUARY.
1. 25 deaths in a tornado near Wesson,
Miss.
PEBRUARY.
18. Highest water of the Pittsburg flood,
which caused damage estimated at
82,540,000.
MARCH.
L An avalanche crushed a betel at Gap-
penstein, Switzerland, killing 18 par*
sons and injuring 14
APRIL
XL 11 deaths in a gale which swept over
New York city.
28-4 Nearly 406 parsons killed, n^any thou-
sands injured aad mueh property de-
stroyed by a tornado which swept the
southern states from Texaa to Georgia.
MAY. s
14 12 people killed by a tornado at Belle-
vue; Neb.
14 60 deaths by a tornado in Louisiana.
24 10 persons killed by a tornado in' Al-
falfa county, Okie.
V JUHEL
4 Windstorms and hood caused heavy
loss of life in Oklahoma, Kansas, Ne-
braska and lows.
AUGUST.
27. Climax of flood In North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia, which re-
sulted in the loss of many lives; dam-
age in the three states estimated at
over $2,000,000.
24 16 persons drowned by a cloudburst
at Folsom, N. M.
OCTOBER.
2L Destructive cloudburst and flood in
Oklahoma.
NOVEMBER.
23. 26 killed and 48 injured by a tornado
in Arkansas.
DISASTERS AT SEA
PEBRUARY.
4 Phoenix line steamship St. Cuthbert
destroyed by explosion off Nova Soo-
tia; 15 deaths.
14 American ship Emily Reed wracked
off the Oregon coast; 10 Bailors lost.
17. British steamer Asiak wrecked on the
Norwegian coast; 14 sailors lost.
APRIL
4 British torpedo boat destroyer Tiger
cut in two by collision with the cruis-
er Berwick off the Isle of Wight; 36
men drowned.
24 16 persons drowned by the capsizing
of the steamer Marlon near the mouth
of the St. Francis river, Arkansas.
28 sailors killed and missing in a colli-
sion between the British cruiser Glad-
iator and the American liner St. Paul-
off the Isle of Wight. N
30. Japan’s protected cruiser Matsushima
destroyed by explosion off Pescadores
islands; over 200 deaths reported.
MAY.
17. The fishing schooner Fame run down
by the Dominion Atlantic line steamer
Boston off the coast of'Maine; 13 sail-
ors drowned.
JUNE. <j
15. Spanish steamer Larache wrecked
near Muros, with heavy loss of lite
, among passengers and crew.
AUGUST.
24 40 passengers lost In the wrecking of
the Norwegian steamer Folgefonden
off Norway.
22.
Apcukr.
agasy 1
by the coliapoo of a brick block under
construction in Chelsea square. Boo-
ton.
20 minors suffocated in the Hailey Ola
mine at McAlester, Okia.
'1 SEPTEMBER.
Orville Wright, the airship inventor,
injured and his
companion, Lieut.
Thomas E. Sel-
fridge, U. S. A.,
killed by the fall
of aeroplane at
Fort Myer.
13 French sailors
killed and many
Injured by an ex-
plosion of a gun
on the cruiser La
Touche at Toulon.
20 killed and many
Injured in a head-
on collision on the
Northern Pacific
at Young's Point*
Mont.
Orville Wright.
OCTOBER.
Explosion and fire in a grain elevator
at Richford, Vt., resulted in the death
of 18 persons and a loss of 8400,000.
Train of refugees from the forest fires
wrecked near Metz, Mich. Many lives
lost.
NOVEMBER.
9 killed in a wreck on the New Or-
leans and Northeastern railroad at
Little Woods, La.
Over 800 miners killed by an explosion
In the Radbod mine at Hamza. Ger-
many.
A. landslide .following a gas explosion
caused a loss of a score of lives In
Brooklyn. _
188 miners killed by coal gas explosion
at Marianna, Pa.
WORK OF THE FLAMES
JAXGARY.
XL Loss of 86,000,000 by the burning of
the Parker building in New York city;
8 firemen killed and many injured.
24 City hall and police building destroyed
at Portland, Me.; loss 81,000.000.
27. Fire caused a loss of over 8800,000 In
the wholesale district of Portland. Me.
. PEBRUARY.
4 Loss of 8500,000 by fire In the business
district at Rochester, N. Y.
Fire caused a loss of 8400,000 at Berlin,
N. H.
MARCH.
L Fire swept over an area of 65 acres at
Tampa, Fla., causing a loss of 8000,000.
26. The famous Drury Lane theater burn-
ed in London.
APRIL
14 Fire destroyed 20 blocks in Chelsea.
Mass; 13 deaths and a property loss of
810,000,000.
MAY.
4 Loss of 81.500,000 by fire in the business
district of Atlanta.
16. Loss of 81.2S50.000 by fire in the Omaha
Packing Co.’s plant at South Omaha.
JUNE.
14 Plant of the Shelby Steel Tube Co.
burned at Shelby, O.; loss 82,000,000.
24 Lou of 81.0M,000 by the burning of a
grain elevator at Duluth.
JULY.
4 Fire on the Boston piers caused a loss
of 81,500,000.
AUGUST.
L Bush fires started- a conflagration
Which swept over 100 square miles of
territory in British Columbia; loss f7,-
000,000, and many deaths reported.
84 Fire in the business district of New
Orleans caused a loss of 81.500,000.
SEPTEMBER.
4 Forest fires wrought destruction to
towns and villages in Minnesota and
Wisconsin; damage estimated at up-
ward of 85,000.000.
4 Fire destroyed the business section of
Rawhide, Nev., causing a loss of 8750,-
000.
14 Fire destroyed the plant of the Cos-
modale Cement Co. near Louisville,
Ky.; loss 82,000,000.
OCTOBER.
14 Loss of 8500.000 by fire which nearly
destroyed the town of Blsbee, Artz.
Loss of {500,000 by the burning of the
Jenkins lumber mill plant at Blaine;
Wash.
16. Fire in a lumber plant at Rock Is-
land, 111., caused a loss of 1500,000.
18. The Colonnade and other buildings on
the Chautauqua assembly grounds at
Jamestown, N. Y., destroyed by fire;
loss 8126,000.
NOVEMBER.
12. The Park theater. Brooklyn's oldest
playhouse, burned.
18. Fire in the Tom Moore distillery ware-
houses at Bardstown, Ky., caused a
loss of 8400,000 on stock and 8750,000
government tar
DECEMBER.
4 Malvern ..Hill, historic mansion on the
site of the battlefield of July 1, 1862,
destroyed. Loss of $500,000 by flames
at the Grand Trunk railway dockfL
Portland, Me.
CONVENTIONS.
THEDEATHROLL
Work of the Dread De-
stroyer In 1908.
MARCH.
10. The International Congress of Moth-
ers convened in Washington.
APRIL.
20. The National Society, Daughters of
the American Revolution, met in an-
nual convention in Washington.
21. The general society. Daughters of the
v Revolution, met in New York city.
80. The national congress. Sons of the
American Revolution, opened in Buf-
falo.
MAT.
4 The National Society of Colonial
Dames met in Washington.
The general conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church met in Balti-
more.
14 Congress of governors met In Wash-
ington.
14 The Southern Baptists met in conven-
tion at Hot Springs, Ark.
21. The general assembly of the Presby-
terian Church in the United states met
In Kansas City, Mo.1
24 International congress of aeronauts
met In London.
JUKE.
4 Eighth biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
at Columbus, O.
4 Reunion of United Confederate Vet-
erans at Birmingham, Ala.
14 World’s temperance congress met at
Saratoga Springs.
International Woman's Suffrage alliance
met in Amsterdam. 4
14 International Sunday school conven-
tion in Louisville.
24 The general Federation of Women's'
Clubs met in Boston.
29. National Educational association met
in Cleveland. /
JULY.
7. National good roads convention met
id Buffalo.
14 Federation of American Zionists met
at Atlantic CKy.
24’ Convention of the Western Federation
of Miners opened at D(editor.
37. Universal peace congress mot .to Lon-
don.
14 Nktlonal congress of Ksporzntistz met
St Chautauqua, N. Y.
AUGUST.
24 Annual conventions of the Interna-
tional Typographical and of the
Stereotype rs and Electrotypers’ un-
ions, also tbs American Federation of
Catholic Societies, opened In Boston.
14 The 23d annual convention of toe Na-
tional Editorial association opened at
St. Paul.
17. International Esperanto congress met
in Dresden, Saxony.
26. National society. Sons of Veterans,
met at Niagara Fails. ■ '
30. Annual encampment of *the United
Spanish War Veterans opened to Bos-
ton.
SL 42d annual encampment of the G. A.
R. opened in Toledo.
SEPTEMBER.
4 19th annual International eucharistic
congress convened in London.
• 24- 28th annual meeting of the farmers’
national congress opened at Madison,
Wis.
24 Triennial international congress on
tuberculosis opened in Washington.
Convention of the American Bankers'
association opened in Denver.
24 16th session of the national irrigation
congress opened in Albuquerque, N. M.
OCTOBER.
4 19th transmississippi commercial con-
gress met in Ban Francisco.
7. The national inland waterways con-
vention opened in Chicago.
1L First International congress of road
builders opened In Paris.
15. 40th annual convention of the Nation-
al American Woman Suffrage associa-
tion opened in Buffalo. -
24 Convention of the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance union met to
Denver.;
NOVEMBER.
4 28th annual session of the American
Federation of Labor opened in Den-
ver. ' *
11. Nth annual convention United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy met at At-
lanta.
14 The first American Catholic mission-
ary congress opened in Chicago.
17. The Atlantic deep waterways conven-
tion met in Baltimore.
24 Conference of New England govern-
ors at Boston. -
24 American Association For the Ad-
vancement of Science met to Baltimore.
DECEMBER.
4 American mining congress opened in
Pittsburg.
14 American Civic Federation met in
New York.
24 American Association For the Ad-
vancement of Science opened in Balti-
more.
f FINANCIAL TROUBLES
JANUARY.
4 Receivers appointed for the Chicago
and Great Western railway.
MARCH.
2L Knickerbocker Trust company in New
York opened its doors after a suspen-
sion of 5 months.
APRIL
24 The New York Stock Exchange firm
of Coster, Knapp A Co. failed for
nearly 84000.000.
MAY.
L W. A. Stetson, leather dealer, failed
in Boston; liabilities about 83,000,000.
4 Inman A Co., cotton brokers, failed
in AugGsta, Ga.; liabilities $1,250,000.
4 The Euclid Avenue Trust Co. of
Cleveland assigned with liabilities of
81,700.000.
24 The Amador Mining and Develop-
ment Co. of Montana tolled to Chicago.
JULY.
14 Cameron, Currie A Co. of Detroit,
members of the New York Stock Ex-
change. placed In hande of a receiver,
owing $1,000,000.
AUGUST.
4 The Pillsbury-Washbum Flour Mills
Co. In Minneapolis placed In receiver's
hands; liabilities $9,000,000.
26. A. Ov Brown & Co., Stock Exchange
brokers In New York, failed with
heavy liabilities.
SEPTEMBER.
10. A. Booth Ik Co., fish and oypter firm,
placed In receiver's hands in Chica-
go; liabilities $5,600,000.
OCTOBER. / ’, I
IT- E. H. Gray & Co., stockbrokers in
Boston, thrown into bankruptcy, ow-
ing nearly $8,000,000.
'NOVEMBER.
14 A. Boardman A Co., brokers, failed in
Philadelphia; liabilities $1,000,000.
MANY NOTABLE VICTIMS4
Distinguished Statesmen and Dipt*
lomats, Brilliant Authors, Famous
Artists and Gallant Soldiers on the
List—All Social Banks Invaded.
OBITUARY
JANUARY.
4 Charles Augustus Young, noted Amer-
ican astronomer, at Hanover, N. H.:
aged 74.
14 James Ryder Randall, stuthor of tbs
famous war song __ __
"My Maryland.”
at Augusta, Ga.;
aged 68.
14 Edmund Clarence
S ted man, Ameri-
can author and
critic known as
the "banker-
poet," in New
York city; aged
74
23. Dr. Edward* A.
Mac Dowell, noted
American compos-
er and pianist, is
New York city;
i^ed 48.
84 August Wilhelmj, noted violinist, to
London; aged 62.
Mtm. Antonio Yznaga, noted for her
beauty, wealth and noble Connections,
to Natchez,.Miss.
24 Louise de la Ramee (Oulda), the nov-
elist, at Florence, Italy.
84 David Johnson, American landscape
painter, at Waldon, N. Y.; aged <L
E. C. Stedman.
FEBRUARY
XL Crosby 4;^,^ of the Wash
ington S(ar. at Lori Angeles * aged 84
Harriet Hoemer. noted American «mlp>
tor, 4t Waiertowa’
24 Pauline Lucca (Baroness
the dpera singer, to Vienna
MARCH.
4 Senator Redfleld Procter of Vermont,
to Washington; aged 77.
17. Senator William Pinkney Whyte of
Maryland, at Baltthjojhb; aged 84.
84 Joseph Howard, Jr„ noted newspaper
man, In New York city; aged 74
APglL.
4 James Jeffrey Roche, noted American
poet, at Berne, Switzerland; aged CL
24 Lieut. Charles A. L. Totten, U. 8. A-.
retired, noted for his prophecies of the
comtog of the end of the world, at
Milford, Conn.; aged 67. v
Gen, Byron M. Cuteheon, noted veteran
of the civil war, at Ypsiianti, Mich,;
aged 72.
20. Henry Chadwick, writer on field sports
'and known as the “father of baseball,”
in Brooklyn; aged 84.
22. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who
resigned the premiership of England
April 4, in London; aged 72. 3 v
Bishop Ellison Capers, noted civil war
veteran, at Columbia, 6. C.; aged 70.
24 Gen. Nikolai Linevitch, who was suc-
cessor to Kuropatkln in command of
the Russian army in Manchuria in
1906, at St. Petersburg; aged 69.
24 Rev. Di^ Morgan Dix, son of the, late
Gen. Johr. A. Dix and rector of Trin-
ity parish. New York, over 45 years, to
that city; aged 21.
MAY.
A Ludovic H&levy, French dramatic au-
thor and novelist, in Paris;, aged 74
27. Rear Admiral A. S. Crowninshield, U.
6. N., retired, in Phllaedlphia; aged 65.
24 Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, noted
Confederate veteran, in Vicksburg;
Miss.; aged 78.
JUNE.
4 Gen. Sir Henry Red Vers Butter, Brit-
ish commander at the siege of Lady-
smith In the Boer
war, in London;
aged 64
14 Frank C* Bangs,
an actor associat-
ed with Edwin
Booth, Charlotte
Cushman and
Laura Keene, in
Philadelphia; aged
7L
22. Ellen M. Ames,
an author known
as • Eleanor Kirk,
J at Weekapaug, IL
Grover Cleveland. j . aj?e<j ^
26. Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States from 1886 to 1889 and
from 1893 to 1897, at Princeton, N. J.;
aged 7L
JULY.
4 Murat Halstead, veteran newspaper
editor and magazine writer, in Cincin-
nati; aged 79.
4 . Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, U.
S. N., retired, second In command of
the battleship fleet on the Pacific
cruise, at Monterey, Cal.; aged 64
4 Joel Chandler Harris, author of “Un-
cle Remus" and other stories, In At-
lanta; aged 60.
21. Bishop Henry C- Potter of the dio-
cese of New York, at Cooperstown.*
N. Y.; aged 74
AUGUST.
4 Bronson Howard, American play-
wright, author of “Saratoga,” “Shen-
andoah” and other popular plays, at
Avon-by-tbe-Sea, N. J.; aged 66.
William Boyd Allison of Iowa, “father
of the senate,”» at Dubuque; aged 79.
6. Elizabeth M. Btewart, founder of the
W. C. T. U., at Hicksville, O.; aged 92.
10. Louise Chandler Moulton, well known
author, in Boston^ aged 74
1L Ira D. Sankey, singing evangelist and
author of hymns, in Brooklyn; aged 04
24 Baron Spe<A von Sternburg, German
ambassador to the United States, at
^Heidelberg. Germany; aged ML
27. ^Tony Pastor, popular theatrical man-
ager, at Elmhurst, N. Y.; aged 74
Ex-United States Senator William F.
Vilas of Wisconsin, who served in
Cleveland's first cabinet, at Madison;
aged 68.
24 Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart,
noted Confederate leader, at Biloxi,
Miss.; aged 87.
George P. Rowell, prominent newspaper
advertising agent, publisher of Amer-
ican Newspaper Directory, at Poland
Springs, Me.; aged 70.
SEPTEMBER.
4 Sir Lionel Sackviile-West, former
British ambassador to the United
States, in London; aged 81.
4 Frank P. Sargent, United States com-
missioner of Immigration, in Washing-
ton; aged 64.
88. Joseph Wheelock. well known Ameri-
can actor, at Navesink Highlands, N.
J.; aged 6$.
Alfred Thompson Bricher, American
painter of marine pictures, at New
Dorp, N. Y.; aged 71.
OCTOBER.
U. Gen. Eppa Hunton, noted Confederate
veteran long distinguished in Virginia
public life, at Richmond; aged 86.
Wk
S11P
S3. Dr. Daniel Colt Gilman, ( eminent
American educator, at Norwich, Conn.;
aged 77.
16. Mrs. George C. Howard, an old time
actress and the original Topsy to
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” in Cambridge,
Mass.; aged 79.
if. Count Michitsura Nodzu, a prominent
Japanese leader in the late war with
Russia, at Tokyo;. aged 68.
21. Dr. Charles Eliot Norton, well known
Harvard lecturer and critic, to Cam-
bridge, Mass.; acfbd 81.
29. John Wallace Hutchinson, last of the
“Hutchinson family” of singers, at
Lynn, Mass.; aged 87.
20. Mrs. William As tor, formerly a social
leader in New ^orfc society, in New
York city; aged 74
NOVEMBER.
4 Tomas Estrada Palma, first prsslfleafl
of the Cuban republic, At Santiago?
aged 72.
4 Victorian Sardou, French dramatist,
author Of numerous popular plays
seen on the American stage, in Faria;
'aged 77. =>'* s
15. Tsze Hsi An, dowager empress of Chi-
na, in Pekin; aged 74
f , . . . . - £■ '■ 3
DECEMBER.
6. Rear Admiral Joseph Buttock Cogh-
lan, U. 8. N., retired, at New Ro-
chelle, N, Y.; aged 64.
15. Donald G. Mitchell (Ik Marvel), noted
essayist and novelist, at Edge wood.
Conn ; aged 86.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
JANUARY.
9. Conviction of Mayor Schmitz set aside
In San Francisco; •
IL Henry Kenny, president of the Dela-
ware railway, who attended' to the se-
cret Journey of President Elect Abra-
ham Lincoln on his way to Washing-
ton in 1861. died at Ridley Farit, Pa.
FEBRUARY.
24-Gen, Stoessel, Russian commander to
the defense of Port Arthur, sentenced
Vo death by a military court at 84
Petersburg. with a reoosnmeBdgtion mt
merdy.
%i Trolley tunnel under the Hudson from
Hoboken. N. J., to N#W York opened.
• ’ 1 MAliCH.
7. Germany launched her biggest battle-
ship, 'the Nassau, at Wttheftnabav
14 The death sentence of Gen.
for tfie surrender of Port Arthur
ure*.
muted to Imprisonment tof bear years.
. . - • ■
V. Beginning «f the Roman Cagfcolic oea-
HMMhdto In New York city.
tennial cele
.. ■■ ■<: . ■
4 The Atlantic ***
“ " “ ME.
■ the Golden Oate^
: :
16. Prof, waiter
& student and authOF.'SlpS At Princeton,
m
k Dr. YU
Andrew
I
JUNE.
a protege of
^ ^ pn# time ou
f Gen. U. 8. Grant to the
: civil war, died .at Marysville, T«w.; .
aged 102. x '. 'VfeaP
14 Thomas Wiggins (Blind Tom), noted
negro piano player, died in Hoboken,
N. J.; aged about (0.
JULY.
1
i
m
L Count Zeppelin made a new world reo- -
ord by a 220 mile airship flight ores
Switzerland.
7. The battleship fletet sailed from Baa’’^
Francisco bound for the orient. . i4.
19. Opening of the celebration of the 800th
anniversary of the founding of the
city, of Quebec., J l 'V‘:
24 Decision of the United Stated court 4tf \
appeals overruled the $24940,000 Stand-
ard Oil fine imposed by Judge Landis.
AUGUST.
4 Count Zeppelin traveled 261 miles over
southern Germany in a dirigible bal-
» loon, which was afterward destroyed
by fire. / 7 i HfL
14 The battleship fleet arrived at Syd-
ney, N. S. W. X SjtSm
2L Fiftieth anniversary of the opening
of the great debate between Abraham ^
Lincoln add Stephen A. Douglas cele-
brated at Ottawa, 111. •
29. The battleship fleet reached Mel
bourne.'
■
.
WK
14 Orville Wright m
flight of 1 hour 14 -------
■ ' ~ ; ‘.
2L Wilbur Wright mod# * flight of I
hour SL minutes 26 Reconds' to ‘1*‘
American aeroplane at Le M
France.
24 150th anniversary of the founding
Pittsburg celebrated:
OCTOBER.
4 The battleship fleet entered
bay. - • . . .' \
4 Philadelphia celebrated the 226th an-
niversary of the founding of the city
by William Penn.
6. 820,000 acres of government land open-
ed for settlement on the Rosebud In-
dian reservation. South Dakota. 5
IL 23 balloons started to the interna-
tional balloon race at Berlin, the Brit-
ish Banshee winning.
14 The American battleship fleet wel-
comed with salutes by the Japanese
fleet at Yokohama.
24 The battleship fleet welcomed by the
Chinese at Amoy.
NOVEMBER.
L Julia A. F. Carney, author of the
schoolhouse classic “Little Drops of
Water” and other poems, died at
Galesburg, 111.; aged 85. Aft
4 United States battleship North Dako-
ta, the largest warship in the world
to date, launched at Quincy, Mass. \
10. Government’s appeal for a rehearing
in the Standard Oil fine case denied by
the federal circuit court in Chicago.
Former United States Senator Edward
W. Carmack of Tennessee shot and
killed in Nashville by Robin Cooper.
14 Special Prosecutor Francis J.. Honey
shot by Morris
Haas in San Fran-
cisco.
14 Monument to the
prison ship mar-
tyrs of the Rev- " _____;
the presence of .
President Elect '-ty
W. H. Taft. •
16. Fiftieth anniver-
s&ry Pope
Pius’ ordination
as priest celebrat-
ed In Rome.
17. Lydia Thompson. ^|-
famous ae a bur- ^
lesque actress * 30 W'
years ago, died to London; aged 78.
26. Statue to Gen, P. H. Sheridan un-
veiled in Washington.
20. Identical notes regarding the far east
exchanged by United States and Ja-
pan at Washington and Tokyo.
DECEMBER.
L Battleship fleet sailed from Madia,
homeward bound.
Tercentenary of the birth of John Mil-
ton, author of “Paradise Lost," cele-
brated in England and America.
10. Abraham Ruef convicted of bribery
in San Francisco. , -
14 The Dutch cruiser Gelderland cap-
tured the Venezuelan coast guard ship
Alix off Puerto Cabello. “
17. Gen. Simon elected president erf Haiti..
;e a new aeroplane
14* Wilbur Wright made
record by remaining to the air
64 minutes at Le Mans, Prance.
M. ' ^
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