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Again wo are lit tlio threshold of u
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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
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along the curled rims and downy lobes
Is a creature of sympathetic and re
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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
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