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0 The JSiottfolkJSiccjas W N HUSK 1ulillnhor DAILY KMnhlUliiMt ISS7 Kvrry ilny except Huntlny ltr rnrrlor or xvenk 15 cent Ily iniill lor your rtOO WKKK1V KMnldlsliml tfWt Kvrtry Tliurvilny Hy mull wr your lrO IKtiloroil nl tlin IWolllcn nl Norfolk Noli ns foooiiiI cliifH mnttnr Tolrtplinno No 22 Tim Now and llio Old Again wo are lit tlio threshold of u Now Your Again wo itniHt part company with that which 1iih become familiar to us I SIHI roaches out its hands for h final farewell 4rootlnu and I1 V now UHH ousts IohkUiK kIhiuom toward us for immuriinto and prompt rocoKitlliou Whilo it is truo that lit reality wo Hvo in deeds not yearn and that tiino itsolf swing on yesterday today and forovor uneoinolouHof dayH inontliH and years nevertheless those arhitrary ill visions of tiino which wo make and urn phasio aro of groat valiio to us Thoy servo as hooks upon whloh wo can hang up ovonts and pages on which wo can classify thoni So at tho hcgining of oaoh now vom it is hut natural and titling that retro spoct and prospect should follow oaoh othur It is a tiino to take account of tho worlds stock as woll us our own in order that wo may prollt from what wo learn Hoforo wo dismiss I8IM from our presence and our thought lot us note what it has wrought and givo tho proper appreciation of its services to mankind In our own country it has heen a year of marked improvement and progress iji vory many different direc tions Tho crops huvo yielded ahundant harvests labor has boon happily and steadily employed and capital has sought and found profitable investment No epidomio or appalling catastrophe of nuy kind has visitod uh Iu a word it has been a year of blessing Our com morco both at homo and abroad has in creased at a marvelous rate aud uovor has there been in any previous year of tho nations histoiy such an immonso volume of trade as 18 has witnessed It has been a year of expansion both at homo and abroad for the groat republic In territory wo have added lorto Hico and tho Philippines to our possessions Whilo tho Filipinos have continued their robulliou against American authority aud tho war has had to bo pursued yet oven here tho one sad spot in our current histoiy there is every indication that tho worst is over and that vory soon tho stars and stripes will float over the Philippines iu undis puted right giving tho blessings of our civilization to those people Cuba has felt tho kindly and bonoll cont influence of American rulo and under tho control of Governor Jonoral AVood will soon bo ready to givo expres sion as to what it wants in tho way of self government During the year educational interests have boon extensively promoted and tho public libraries and benevolent institu tions have boon handsomely ondowed Tho helping hand has been extended in a noticeable way both in tho social lifo of tho people aud iu tho humane policies of government Tho treaty of Paris was ratified add ing many miles of island territory to our domain and imposing upon this nation tho tremendous and splendid re sponsibility aud duty of caring for tho welfaro of millions of strnugo peoples now entrusted to us Tho homo coming of tho hero of Manila atVordod tho people of tho east ern seaboard an opportunity to givo an ovation to him unparallollod yet iu tho history of tho country and tho whole nation paid fitting honors to Admiral Dowoy Tho return of many difforout volun teer regiments from tho far off Philip pines together with tho visit of the president gavo tho people of tho central west a chauco to exhibit in unwonted degree their regard for those who had porilled their lives at tho call of thoir country and vent thoir enthusiasm for tho dig Tho fall elections demonstrated be yond question that tho pooplo as a whole endorsed and sustained tho presidents foreign policy Thoy also made it quito certain that Mr Melviuloy nnd Mr Bryan will again faco one auother next year us tho presidential candidates of their respective parties with the chances from all present indications decidedly in favor of the presidents ro olootion Another event of national importance was tho voluntary rotiromout from pub lic lifo of Hon Thomas BReod speaker of the house of representatives Mr Hood has been one of the greatest if not the greatest parliamentary leaders the country has over produced Findiug himself out of barmouy with his party on tho new issuos that have presented themselves he quietly resigned his seat in congress and has entered upon the practice of law iu New York Oity He did it all with such dignity as to com mand tho continued respeotof those who differ from him Intellectually he lias but few peers in this nation and Ids tremendous personality was reinforced by an inflexible integrity Happily tho genius of American institutions is so sure that there is no suoh thing as the indispensable nmu Mr Reeds place has been ably filled by David B Hender son tho Iowa cougrossman mid tho ship of state sails on nndlstnrlod by tho absence of ouo of its groat and masterful captains Among tho pnblio men whom death has claiinod wcro Vice President Garret A Hobart Ueu Lawton and tho noted infidel Robort lugersoll aud Dvvight L Moody tho evangelist I ti other countries great ovonts have taken placo Russia lias entered upon a great industrial career and is vigorously pushing a railroad eastward actoss Siberia Oormuny is interested iu ox lending her trade and her colonial pos sessions and is increasing tho slo of her navy Franco chagrined aud morti fied nil lovers or justice ovorywhoro iu its prosecution of Droyfus and is now busy getting roady for tho worlds ox position to bo hold in Paris next year Tho most notablo international ovout of tho yoar was tho peace conference hold at tho Hague All tho loading nations sent delegates to this mooting and poaco was tho popular cry of tho hour But as tho Christmas bolls huvo soarco coasod ringing tho war clouds aro dailc and scorn to bo gathering iu forco Kvery Kuropuu nation is strengthening its military aud naval armament nnd the British empire b assembling on South African soil tho largest army of Knglishmeu over sent to fight a foreign foo whilo tho plucky Boors aro proving more than n match for tho British forces It scorns a far away cry from tho song of Ponco on earth good will to men of tho angols at tho birth of tho Bubo ofBothlohom to tho purposes aud policies of Joseph Ohamborlniu in what Prof James Bryco calls this uuneccoa sary war Tho partition of China has not yot been made as has boon talked of by tho groat Kuropoun powers and tho oastorn question is ouo of tho problems pressing fnr nnlntinii in tin vnnni rn nmnn I Wn hnvrt nnf tintiniwl nil Minf la xirnrrli noticing that has occurred during tho year tho ltoborts caBO tho groat yacht raco tho introduction of tho automobile thoso can only bo montionod but tho gouoral trend of uffuirs iu America has becnofn helpful and oucouraging nature whilo tho war cloud that has arisen in South Africa is a discouraging sign of tho times But tho account must closo Thoro is not tiino for regrets or further comment r Welcome to 1100 You bring with you hopo and oppor tunity Your record is not yot mado What shall it bo God alone knows As a nation tho outlook is bright for businesa Thoro will bo a presidential campaign but it does not promiso to absorb publio atteution as it did in 1800 Thou overybody hud plenty of timo to talk politics Now thoy are too busy Tho smoko nuisance was abutod then Now it is on again iu full forco The factory chimuoys bolch forth clouds of smoko night and day Tho Paris exposition will if peace provails iu Europe provo a drawing to many from this laud nud others Tho war in South Africa will contiuuo to bo tho conter of great interest and tho slaughtor of tho bravo Boors fight ing in tho dofouso of thoir country nnd tho bravo Britains flghtiug by tho order of their government will go on how long But what 1900 will rovoal when its rocord is mado up little do wo know If wo had to pen now what will bo written only twolvo months from now it would startlo and surprise us Happy it is for us that both the lights and shadows of tho future are largely hiddou from our view Enough to know that while the years pass away aud now ones tako thoir placo nnd nations may riso nud fall and individuals may pass iuto tho great boy ond although it may not seem so yot as suro as God rules in tho nffnirs of mou just so surely aro righteousness aud justice winning thoir way to ulti mate triumph Enough for us to act woll our part remembering that thoro lies tho honor nud that if wo do it tho years will ninko noto of it humanity will bo bottored and hoivons bonedlctious will rest1 upon us A Fire In Jnpnit A fire in Japan Is exciting Tho Jap anese seem to lose their heads com pletely In the presence of the Are de mon The people move from the bouses where tho Hie breaks out Into the next t m to another and so on until tho lire is over tho united families moving fioii house to house with great non chalance A man dnncing on his roof with a paper lire god Is supposed to avert the danger aud no mnn Is more surprised than be when In spito of tho lire god the houso Ignites and In a moment roof and man fall together In three days the bouses aro rebuilt and all traces of tiro removed A Dflimloii nnd n Snare Friends I should say so Never suspected that I had so many Have to let them In otic door nnd out the other Host lot of fellows you ever saw tJlve em a big stug party to night Then the misguided youth sat down nnd drew a check agalust the gener ous legacy he had received within tho month and resented an Insinuation that his finish was visible Detroit Free Press A woman with pale ears enn bo safe ly set down as one whose heart is hard to reach while she whoso ears aro pink along the curled rims and downy lobes Is a creature of sympathetic and re sponsive temperament THE JSORFQLK NEWS THURSDAY DECEMBER 28 1899 EB OF I Pi II A Review of 1899 For Historys Page WARS SAD DETAILS Battles In the Philip pines and In Africa A LONG DEATH ROLL Destruction by Klre Shipwreck Accidents and Storms A Notable Obltunry Id hi Miscellaneous Per sonal Sporting and Political Items A Summary of Important Occur rences Arranged Consecutively From January to December The chronicles of ISM nlthough com pnrntlvely free from startling records nevertheless show the year to have been one which will be remembered in history Our countrys problems have been unusual Cuba under military rule remained quiet and considerable progress has been inudc in bringlug social and commercial order out of chaos Samoau troubles reached a crisis and England hns dlsplnyed an Inclination to withdraw leaving the Held to tho United States and Ger many In the Philippines the policy of the United States to assert the rights ced ed by Spain was resisted by a lnrge element In the Island of Luzon espe cially nud a state of active warfare between American troops and the Fili pinos under Agulnaldo extended from February until the early fall No de cisive battles were fought but the Fili pinos were routed at many important points The United States forces In the Island at the close of the year number 55000 nud the battle losses nggregnte about 21100 killed and wounded The treaty with Spain ratified in 18M marks a new era In the history of the United States republic That nnd tho outbreak of the South African war are the chief occurrences of the year in International affairs A universal peace congress held ses sions at The Hague In May Juno nnd July but the deliberations bore no Im mediate fruit either In bringing about disarmament or establishing the prin ciple of arbitration The close of the year finds England at war in the Su dnn nnd South Africa and on the de fensive against continental aggression The Dreyfus trial was tho sensation of tho year Santo Domingos presi dent General Ileuronux was assassi nated Colombia and Venezuela have been disturbed by armed revolutions The United States standing army was Increased to 100000 men Noted minor occurrences of the year were the failure of tho old publishing llrm of Harper Bros tho burning of the Windsor hotel in New York with a heavy loss of life and the deaths of many Illustrious people Iu the political world death chose as shining marks Caprivl the successor of Bismarck as chancellor of the Ger man empire Fume president of Franco Castelar the foremost Repub lican of Spain Vice President Hobart and Grand Duke George heir to the Russian throne Literature mourns the loss of Erck mann the great novelist Mrs South worth Horatio G Alger the writer of boys stories Cherbullez French ro mancer and critic and Busch biog rapher of Bismarck Art lost Rosa Bonheur unrivaled In her sphere Among editors who laid down the pen forever were loseph Medlll founder of the Chicago Tribune and Robert Bonner From other walks of life tho grim reaper boro away Stephen 1 Field the noted jurist Robert lugersoll General Guy V Henry hero of two wars Kato Chase Spraguc a wartime belle W II Appleton the old time publisher Em ma Waller and August In Daly of the stage Judge Henry Hilton heir to A T Stewarts millions and Cornelius Vanderbllt bend of tho family fortunes and power Tho aggregate of casualties on sea ami lanii ami itie tosses oy tiro were not exceptional JIMIAIIY 1 Political Knd of Spanish sovereignty in Cuba military command formally transferred to the American governor 4 Spanish War Treaty of peace del here J to the U S senate Obituary M Edouafd Herve noted Frencli writ er and one of the immortals in Iarls aged 65 Minnie Alice Frencli well known actress in New York city 5 lira Illoomtlcld Moore a wealthy Phlladel ihlan identified with the Kecly motor died in Ixmdon 6 Explosion 0 men killed and 40 injured by the bursting of a boiler at llewctta shipyards in London 9 Accident 10 deaths in a collision at Dunellcn N J on the Lehigh Valley road 10 Obituary Dr Horace llurr historian and linguist at Wilmington Del aged 62 12 Fire At Memphis loss 450000 by the burning of the J S Menken Cos dry goods establishment ltrsonal Commissary On Egan attacked Gen Miles in his testimony before tho Investigating committee 13 Obituary Nelson Olngley Itepublican leader in the house in Washington aged 07 li Nubar IMiha noted Egyptian statesman died In 1sris Shipwreck llrltish ship Adellna uent down in Krt at Tacoma 17 sailors drowned 15 Obituary George Oemunder of worldwide Uiuc as a maker of violins at Long UlauJ X City N Y aged M Isaac Craig local tits tnrlan In western Pennsylvania at 1ittshurg aged 77 rt Obituary Hon John Hussftl Young Journal ist and diplomat ex minister to China In Washington j aged fiS V K Sullivan well known western Journalist In Chicago aged 50 M Obituary Judge II V Woodbury framcr of thi first prohibitory llipior law enacted In Maine at llithcl Me aged 81 O Fire At Wllkesbarre Pa loss 250000 by the burning of the Osterhout building Obituary Adolphc Philippe dFnncry noted playwright in Iarls aged 88 20 Obituary t Augustus 11 Oarland ox attorney general of the United States In Washington aged 00 Personal Adellna Paltl the famous singer married iu London to Ilaron Ccdcrstrnm 17 Obituary Mrs Hen ltobert Williams former ly Mrs Stephen A Douglas iu Washington 88 Obituary lin leorgc Sears Hreene noted In the civil war at Morrlstnwn N 1 aged IM 30 Hov Myron W Heed noted pastor In tho west and a prominent Irand Army ctcran at Denver aged 01 31 Obituary Princess Louise consort of Prince Ferdinand of llulgaria In the royal palace llutgnrla aged 20 llOIIIlUAHV 1 Fire In the business section of Columbus O loss 700000 2 Obituary Itev Dr C S Itoblnson noled Presbj tcrlan hymn writer in New Vork city aged 70 6 Obituary Col James A Sexton commander in chief of the O A H In Washington aged 05 Filipino War The natives attacked the Ahicrl can position at Manila and were repulsed with heavy loss 0 Obituary Prince Albert only son of the Duke of Snxc Coburg and giandsou of Queen Victoria ngeil 25 Caprivl ex chancellor of the Herman empire near Frankfort aged OS Miss Anna Dowel Known ns the Mother of the Amiiicin Silk Industry In Paterson N J aged 07 7 Fire The Manitoba hotel nud other proper ty burned iu Winnipeg loss 100000 Obituary The lit Itev John Williams bishop of Connecticut unit presiding bishop of the Proteslunt Episcopal church of America at Middletovvii Conn aged 81 William Laird of the famous shipbuilding firm of Laird llroH at llirkcnhcad 10 Fires The governors mansion at Frankfort Ky burned In Toronto Kent k Coa crock ery store destroyed losi 210000 Filipino War The American forces attacked and capturid Culoocan near Manila 11 Obituary Hen Edward Hchrlver U 8 A retired in Washington aged SO 12 Accidents At Cherokee Hulch Colo snow 6lides carried away the orehouses and killed 24 men At Yankton S I 17 lives were lust in the burning of a hospital Fire Albany loss 250000 Storm Severe blizzard all over the United States Heavy snows and wind along the At lantic coast Obituary Prince Napoleon Charles nonaparte grandson of both Iuclen and Joseph at Home aged 00 13 Filipino War Hen Marcus P Millers forces captured Hollo without suffering loss of life 14 Fires In Philadelphia several clothing houses burned loss about 100000 In Chicago the Traders Warehouse Co and other concerns burned out loss 780000 At Cincinnati lut factory and clothing house burned loss 500 000 15 Fires At Akron O plant of tho Thomas Ilulhllng and Lumber Co burned loss 100 000 llrookljn building No 28 the largest In the navy yard burned and the original model and patterns of the battleship Maine destrojed loss nearly 2000000 Laurence K Meyers noted amateur champion long distance runner died in New York city 10 Obituary Piesldent Francois Fcll Faure of France at Paris ageil 58 Henry Jones whist expert In Loudon aged IS 17 Obituary Louis Miller founder of Chatau qui inventor ami philanthropist in New York city aged Oil IS Accident In llclgluni on the railway from Calnis 21 London passengers killed and 100 Injured 20 Obituary Mine Ponisi an old time actress of Wullacks company at Keyport N J nged 81 21 Filipino War The city of Manila fired by in cendiaries lighting in the streets and heavy loss of property 22 Filipino War Insurgents broke through the American lines at Manila and were repulsed with heavy loss 23 Obituary Hen David Weisiger a Confederate noted as the hero of the Petersburg Crater at Itichinond aged 80 24 Fire At Minneapolis The Tribune building and other property burned loss 300000 Obituary M Knille Welti Swiss statesman at Hern aged 74 Personal Hen Maximo Homer Cuban com mander in chief entered Havana under an American military escort 20 Obituary Hen J J Reynolds U S A re tired in Washington aged 77 27 Obituary Sarah Jewett once a noted Ameri can actress in Cambridge Mass Criminal Itoland II Mollneux arrested for the murder of Katharine J Adams in New York 28 Fire Windsor hotel and several stores burned at Holyoke Mass loss 500000 Obituary J Madison Wells ex governor of Loulblana nud noted in the exciting political alfuirs of that state in New Orleans MAHCII 1 Obituary Fmma Waller once noted Ameri can actress in New York citj aged 70 Ilaron llerscliell lord high chancellor of Or eat llritain in Washington aged 0J 2 Obituary Connie Jaikson sister of Joe Jef ferson and once noted on the American stage In New York city ageil 02 Fires At Charlotte N C freight depot and cotton compress burned loss about 100000 In Chicago McClurgs book store burned loss 550000 Personal Carl Sdiurz the veteran soldier ami publleUt honoied by a dinner on the anni versary of his seventieth birthday 3 Personal Hear Admiral Ueorge Dewey be came full admiral of the navy under the law reviving that rank 4 Political The Fifty fifth congress adjourned 6 Accident Naval powder magazine exploded at Toulon France killing or maiming nearly 100 people Obituary M Wolff American illustrator in New York city aged 02 0 Fire At West Point Miss the Mary Holmes college and a large amount of cotton destroy ed loss 400000 Accident 11 damned by the sinking of the tug James llowen of Philadelphia oil Hog island Obituary Princess Kaiulanl of Hawaii at Hon olulu aged 34 8 Austin llidwell notorious for his Dank of Lnglund forgeries dlid at llutte Mon 10 Obituary Sir Douglas Halton noted scientist and authority on sanitation in London aged 77 11 Obltuarj Capt Samuel Trott ocenn cable expert at Miami Fla aged 07 12 Obituary Prof Walter D Dabney of tho Uni versity of Virginia at Charlottesville aged 40 Johnny firitlln the llraintrec Ijd once a noted featherweight In New York city 13 Filipino War Pasig east v Manila captured by fiin Wheatonb division 14 Obituary Imilc Irtkmami French novelist collaborator with Chatraln in Paris aged 7 15 War at Samoa American and llrltish ships bombarded native villages 10 Obituary llenjamin P Hutchinson Old Hutch the Chicago speculator at Lake Henea Wisconsin Joseph Medlll proprietor of the Chicago Tribune at San Antonio aged 70 Usee It lot A mob at Palmetto Ca shot 9 negroes at the jail killing 4 Filipino War Fighting at Hollo between Hen Millers troops and the insurgents 17 Fire Disaster The Windsor hotel New York destroyed 45 lives lost 18 Cyclone Arkansas Alabama and Mississippi visited 25 deaths Obituary Prof O C Marsh of Yale noted for geological researches at New Haven aged 08 Oliver Marcy dean of the Northwestern uni versity at Kvanston Ills aged 70 19 Miscellaneous During the Gomez reception in Havana 30 to 50 persons were wounded in a riot The battleship Oregon arrived at Ma nila ti Hxplosion At Pennsgrove N J 3 killed and several injured by the wiecklng of the Dupont Powder works Zl Fire At Cleveland stove and machine screw works Lucoil loss 150000 Obituary Funds II Plcrpont war governor of West Mrglnla at Pittsburg aged 85 Prof Hustave Wledcman holding the chair of chemistry and phvslc at the University of Lelpsle at Lclpslc aged 73 1 W Ultner noted linguist at llonn need W 25 Obituary Hen Isaac II llally veteran of the civil war formerly prominent In New York politics In New York city aged 70 Hen Thomas Vincent Fletcher cx govirnor o Missouri in Washington aged 72 Count Chaudordy French diplomat in Paris aged 78 27 Itev James Ormsby Murray dean of Prince ton university at Princeton aged 72 4 29 Disaster The Mississippi steamboat Howena Lee sank at Tyler Mo 00 lives lost Obituary dm Daniel W Flagler U S A at Old Point Comfort Va aged 04 Fire At Hartford the J L Howard car fac tory burned loss 180000 30 Shipwreck The passenger strainer Stella ran on the Casipiet rocks near tho island of Al derney and exploded air log down 70 to 100 people 31 Filipino War Hen MacArthur entered Malo los the Insurgents having tired and evacuated the city APUII 1 Obituary llaroness Ctua de Ilirsch de He rcuth who left 100000000 to charity in Iarls Samoan Troubles Americans and Fngllsh am bushed neat Apia 3 editors and 4 sailors klllid 4 Shipwreck Steamer Chllkat capsized on the bar at the entrance to San Francisco harbor carrying down 10 sailors and passengers Cuba The Cuban military assembly voted to disband the army and dissolve Personal K Vanderbllt Jr married Vir ginia Fair In New York city Obituary Lily Post formerly well known light opera star In San Francisco 0 Obsequies nt Arlington lo honor the remains of 330 olllcers and soldiers who died In Cuba and Porto ltlco 7 Disasters 13 deaths nt the burning of resi dences of W C Andrews and W J Adams in the Fifth avenue district New York 10 per sons drowned by an Ice freshet at Olcndlvc Mon Obituary James Clark the oldest Mason In the world at Julncy Ills 9 Obituary Stephen J Field associate justice of the supreme court of the United States re tired in Washington nged 83 10 Riot A street riot caused by miners trouble at Pana Ills caused the death of 7 people many wounded Filipino War Hen Lawton captured Santa Cruz an insurgent stronghold Obituary Sir Monicr Monier Williams professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford in London aged 00 11 Spanish War Formal proclamation by Presi dent McKinlcy announcing tho ratification of the treaty and the restoration of peace with Spain 13 Fire The curio hall of the famous Doston museum burned 14 Fire Idle Hour tho Long Island residence where W K Vanderbllt Jr look his bride for the honeymoon burned loss 250000 Obituary The Duchess of Marlborough mother- in law of Consuelo Vanderbllt in Lngland 15 Fire In Cleveland half a block of business houses burned loss 1000000 17 Obituary John L Lay inventor of the navy torpedo In New York nged 07 13 Obituary Lieut Gen Correa Spanish min ister of war In 1S0S at Madrid Samoa Fighting between the Americans and Knglish nnd the Mataafans 20 Fire At San Jose CU loss 100000 Obituary M Ldouard Jules Henri Pailleron Frencli poet and dramatist in Paris aged C5 21 Personal Matthew S Quay appointed U S senator by the governor of Pennsylvania Obltuuy Dr Heiniich Kiefert noted geog rapher and cartographer in Merlin nged 80 22 Fire In Omaha the Kingman block burned loss 200010 Obituary The Ht Hon Sir John Mowbray Father of the House of Commons in Lon don aged SI 25 Political The German embassador lodged with the secretary of stute a protest against certain language of Capt Coghlan of the U S cruiser Italeigh Filipino War Gen MaeArthurs division fought Its way to the trenches before Calumpit Obituary Gen Hichard J Oglesby former gov ernor of Illinois in Springfield aged 75 20 Fire Dawson City the business center wiped out loss between 1000000 and 2000000 Tornado 40 people killed at KIrksville Mo and at Newton hundreds of houses destroyed with about 100 deaths 27 Obituary ltobert Hoelet member of the New York aristocracy of wealth in the harbor of Naples aged 58 Sheridan Shook once a prominent New York politician nnd afterward a theatrical manager at Hed Hook N Y nged 71 Filipino War MaeArthurs division crossed the Itlo Grande at Calumpit 28 Filipino War ieacc overtures from the in surgents asking for an armistice rejected by Gen Otis 30 Accident CO people hurt in a railway wreck near Rochester MAY 1 Dewey day generally celebrated in the United States and possessions especially on the sea Fire Gen Wade Hamptons home containing a fine library valuable jewels and treasured relics burned at Columbia S C Spanish War Spains agent received warrants for the 20000000 stipulated in the treaty iu payment for the cession of the Philippines 2 Filipino War Lawtons column captured Hal inag 3 Obituary Keokuk chief of the Sao nnd Fox Indians nt Guthrie O T Umma Marshall Lnglish novelist in London 4 Fire Greenville S C the heart of the town destroyed loss 100000 Obituary Hen Manning F Force Federal war veteran and campaign historian at Sandusky O nged 75 10 Convention The Confederate veteran reunion held at Charleston Obituary Hen Samuel It Smith Federal vet eran known as the Father of the National Hoard System at Dayton O aged 02 11 Obituary Roswcll P Flower ex governor of New York at Kastport N Y aged 01 Au gust llrentiiuo second head of the noted pub lishing and bookselling house of Union square New York in that city aged 40 12 Disaster 29 killed and over 40 injured in a wreik on the Philadelphia and Heading at Hxetir Pa 11 Fire At Manchester N II loss 100000 Obituary M Fruncisque Sarcey famous French dramatic critic at Paris 17 Fire Iu Chicago the Illue Island avenue lum ber district biitlcrul a loss of 100000 Convention The international peace congress coin i ned at The Hague 21 Personal Admiral Dewey sailed from Manila on the cruiser Olympia on his voyage home 22 Obituary Grisi the Italian dancer in Home Mile Ithea French actress at Muntaiorcnci France aged 55 81 Personal The eightieth anniversary if Queen Victorias birthday celebrated throughout the llrltish empire and colonies Obituary benor Don Fmilo Castelar Spanish Itepublican statesman at Murcia Spain aged 07 t5 Fire In St John N II 150 buildings burn ed loss 500000 Obituary Aaron II Magoun master In the Cambridge schools from 1838 to ISS1 in Itox bury Mass aged 00 Rosa llonheur famous aiflmal painter at Fontainebleau aged 78 JO Fire In the llovvcry district at Coney Is land loss 00000 7 Tornado Devastation in Missouri Iowa and Michigan U deaths at llljou S I Sporting ilanUtar won the llrookljn Handicap at Gravrsend 23 Accident 10 deaths and 23 injured in a washout accident on the Rock Island and Dur Ilngton at Waterloo la 30 Sporting Flying Fox won the English Derby JUNE 1 Marlon Clak the abducted New York babe found at a mountain farm near llaverstravv N Y and returned to her parents home 5 Obituary Johann Strauss the Waltz King at Vienna aged 74 Political President Loubct of France attacked by a royalist mob at the Auteuil race course near Paris 5 Fire In New Orleans the St Charles thea ter a landmark of the city destroyed Obituary Frank Thlrnson president of the Pennsylvania rallroid at Philadelphia aged 50 6 Cuba Gomez Issued a farewell manifesto to the Cuban people 7 Obituary Henry L Clinton noted criminal lawyer In New York city aged 80 Augus tin Daly American theater manager In Lon don aged 01 Margaret Ann Cusack the Nun of Kenmare in London Hen W S Walker noted Mexican and Confederate vet eran at Atlanta Fire At Augusta G loss 250000 8 Flood High water mark reached In the Colo rado river Texas 25 drowned 9 Sporting Jeffries defeated Fltzsimmons for the worlds championship at Coney Island 10 The yacht Columbia built to defend the Americas cup launched at Urlitot II I Obituary Capt Henry Nlchot of the U S monitor Monadnock at Manila 11 Fire In the Armstrong Whltworth Ordnance Cos works at loss 1 100000 Sporting Perth won the Grand Prix do Paris Filipino War Hardest battle to dntc at Las Pinas between Hen Lawtons division ami tho Insurgents Obituary The Hcv Dr William Harden UlalkJe 1 I 11 1 noted Scotch theologian at North llcrwlck Scotland aged 79 12 Cyclone In the northwestern stntes hun dreds killed and wounded at New Richmond Wis and Herman Neb Duke of Abruzzls north pole expedition sailed on the Stella Polare from Chrtstlanla Norway 14 General celebration of Flag day Obituary Dr Law son Talt pioneer in surgery at London aged 61 15 Obituary Prof Locke Richardson the Amer ican elocutionist In llcrlln Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby U S N retired in Wash ington aged 70 Congressman Richard Parka llland silver champion at Lebanon Mo aged 01 10 Explosion 11 miners killed at tho Caledonia mine North Sidney O II Criminal Heorgc II Harrow principal In the Marion Clark abduction case sentenced to II years and 10 mouths and Carrie Jones the nurse to 4 years 17 Sporting Imp won the Suburban at Sheeps head Hay 18 Fire At fireensboro N C the llcnhow House burned loss 100000 21 Fire At Kirkwood Ha Hen John II home tho historic Sutherland burned 23 Obituary John Godfrey Moore prominent banker and exchange broker in Now York city aged 62 Henry II Plant founder of tho Plant system In New York city aged SO 24 Fire At Laurel Del loss 200000 Obituary Kapiolanl widow of King Kalakaua at Honolulu nged 05 28 Shipwreck Steamer Margaret Olwlll founder ed oil Lorain Lake Fric 0 seamen lost 29 Obituary Daniel F Ticman oldest of the surviving ex mayors of New York city at Audubon Park aged 91 Sporting Harvard won three victories over Yale at New- London 30 Obituary Emma Dorothy Eliza Ncvltte South worth the novelist in Washington aged 80 Sporting Charles Murphy Brooklyn cyclist rode the fastest mile on record paced by a ruilway engine JULY 1 Fires In nrooklyn 10000 cotton bales burned in storage liar Harbor the Kchoe Valley clubhouse a golf and social resort burned Obituary Charles Victor Cherbullez French academician novelist and critic in Paris aged 70 2 Fire At Summit N J property in the heart of the town valued at 150000 destroyed Obituary Hen 11 G Wright U S A retired in Washington aged 79 3 Dreyfus returned to France 4 Fires In Memphis the famous Cayoso hotel and other property burned loss 450000 At Puris Tenn 20 buildings burned loss 175 000 5 Convention Annual Christian Endeavor gath ering at Detroit Obituary Uishop John P Newman noled Methodist divine and the friend of Grant at Saratoga aged 73 0 Fires At Coulterville Cal the town de stroyed loss 250000 At Ludington Mich 120000 loss by the burning of a railroad ele vator Filipino War 10 regiments of U S volunteers ordered to be raised for the army in the Philippines Personal Mary Wright Sewall of Indianapolis elected president of the International Council of Women at London Obituary Robert llonner founder and proprie tor of the New York Ledger in New York city aged 75 7 Obituary George W Julian noted western statesman at Irvington Ind aged 82 10 Obituary Ihe Grand Duke George brother of the czar and heir to the throne at St Peters burg aged 21 Judge Walbridgo A Field eminent Massachusetts Jurist and chief justice in Doston aged 07 10 Fire 1000000 worth of uniforms and food supplies destroyed at tho Brooklyn navy yard 17 Fires Mount Vernon Ind 100000 loss North Ilend Ind the Addystone foundry burned loss 100000 13 Obituary Col A L Hawkins 10th Pennsyl vania volunteers on tlie way home from the Philippines to San Francisco Horatio G Alger famous author of boys stories at Natick Mass aged 05 19 Earthquake Severe bhock at Rome Mount Etna in eruption Personal Jen Alger tendered Ids resignation as secretary of war Obituary Elizabeth Thompson noted philan thropist at Littleton N II aged 78 20 Personal President McKinlcy accepted the resignation of Secretary Alger to take effect Aug 1 Obituary II K Thurber the retired New York millionaire merchant at Halley la aged 70 21 Accident 9 killed and 4 injured by explosion on a llritish torpedo boat destroyer at Lon don Obituary Robert O Ingersoll at Dobbs Ferry N Y aged CO 22 Personal Elihu Root of New York appointed secretary of war 23 Fire At Toledo loss of 1000000 by the burning of n wheat elevator 21 Obituary The Rev Dr Thomas J Sawyer noted Unlversallst writer nnd educator in lloston aged 95 25 Obituary Gideon J Tucker an old time poli tician and journalist founder of the New York Dally News Iu New York city aged 73 20 Gen Ulises lleureaux president of Santo Do mingo assassinated 29 Obituary Guzman lllaneo once president of Venezuela in Paris SO Accident 2 killed and 20 injured in a land slide on the Eric at Lackawaxen N Y 31 Storm The wheat section around Hamilton N D damaged to the amount of 250000 by hail Obituary Kato Chase Spraguc daughter of Salmon P Chase a noted Washington belle in wartime in Washington aged 59 Daniel G llrinton noted ethnologist and physician at Atlantic City aged 02 AUGUST J Obituary George AvcrotI noted Greek phi lanthropist at Alexandria Egypt aged 70 3 Disasters 30 passengers killed aud 5 injuicd by the derailment of a trolley car near Bridgeport Conn 17 killed and 73 injured iu a telescoping accident at Juvisy France 20 excursionists at Mount Dcscrct thrown into the water by the breaking of a gangplank 20 drowned 7 Miscellaneous Capt Davis Dalton known as the champion life saver of tho world the hero of 278 rescues drowned at Far Rockaway N Y The Dreyfus court martial convened at Rcnnes 8 Hurricane Porto Rico devastated deaths es timated at 3000 to 4000 and the property lost at 20000000 9 Filipino War Gen MaeArthurs forces ad vanced from San Fernando and drove the in surgents beyond Angeles Obituary Col W E Sinn the theatrical man ager at Pittsfleld Mass aged 05 10 Fire The Guild building and other properties destroyed at Dallas loss 250000 I Fire Yokohama swept by the largest con flagration in Its history a square mile of buildings destroyed and 10 lives lost Obituary Hen Edmund Ijfayctte Hardcastlc veteran of the old army and a hero of the Mexican war at Towson Mdj age I 75 Liz lie Macntclol well known opera singer at Chocorua N H J i i J 1 4 1