HAIL THE NEW, CENTURY
LEADIN(T
Events or
OlD OneKmi
'( ' "Battles of tho Century.
Dattlo ot AuatcrlUz, Napoleon de
feats Austrlnns and Russians, 1805.
Dattlo of Trafalgar, Nelson sinks
French fleet. 1805.
Moscow burned by tho Russians to
ntrap Napoleon, 1812.
England defeated by tho United
States at soa and forced to recognize
by treaty tho rlght3 of Amorlcan citi
zens at sea,
Dattlo of Waterloo. 'Napoleon van
aulshod. 1815.
Battle of Navnrlno, Bccurlng Greek
Independence, 1827,
Crimean war, Great nrltnln, Franco
and Sardinia against Russia, 1853-55.
India Mutiny, In which natlvo sol
dlora massacre English men, women
and children, 1857.
Franco-Austrian war, 1859, followed
by Garibaldi's campaign Minifying
Italy, 1860.
Tho groat civil war in America, 1801
fi5. Surrender of Leo to Grant at Ap
pomattox, April 0, 1805.
Austro-Prusslun war. Dcclslvo bat
tle. Sadown, July 3, 18GG.
Franco-Prusalon war. Doclslvo bat
tle, Sodan, Bopt. 1, 1870; followed by
federation of German states In German
empire.
RusRo-Turlclsh war. Battlc'of 'Plev
na, Dec. 10, 1877,
THE WORLD AS IT
THralilGHT PORTIONS OF THE
100 SHOWS THAT ALL THE
Bombardment of Alexandria by tho
" British, 1882, followed by tho occupa
tion ot Egypt.
War botweou tho Chinese nnd Japan
ese. 1B94.
Amorico-Spanlsh war. Manila, May
1, 1898; Santiago, July 3, 1898.
War by Great Britain ugalnBt South
AfrlQim Republics, 1899-1900.
Franco becomes nn omplro, 1804; n
republic, 1848; nn empire again, 1852;
tthl,i:d,rop,ubl!c( 1870.
.General outbreak of revolutions
throughput Europe, 1813.
' itomo," seized from tho Pope, becomes
capital of 'United Italy, 1870.
Discovery and Exploration.
In tho Arctic: Expedition of Sir John
franklin, 1845; Do Long, 1879; Greely,
1881; Ppory, 1892; Nnnscn, 1894; Duko
ot tho Abruzzl (farthest north), 1900.
x the Antarctic: Blscno, 1831; Bal
lony, J838; D'Urvlllo, 1840; Ross, 1841;
Wilkes, 1842; Borchgrovlnk, 1898.
In Africa: LlvlngBtono, 1840-73;
Stanley, 1875-87; Spoke and Grant,
'1863,
In America: John C. Fremont's Jour
u'oy westward to the Pacific, 1842-46.
JVotable Indentions.
First fitcumbont, tho Clermont, made
a voyago from Now York to Albuny,
1107; tli) flriit steamboat to cross tho
"Atlantic, tho wavannnii, ituy.
First railroad, Stockton nnd Darling
ton, England, ,1825; Baltimore & Ohio,
24 wile loux "M-
Light 1b the ftreetv by si, first ex
arlnmt. In.LoaAon. 1807.
Mllintlf f jb4(YlBion, 1878,
-liamHlTORY
mmKgSm
Tho McCormlck reaper Invented,
1834.
Howo's sewing machine, 1846,
The clectrlo telegraph, Samuel F. D.
Morse, 1337. First lino In tho United
States. 1844.
Tho tolcphono first exhibited, 187C.
Tho phonograph, 1877-88.
Cablo laid across tho Atlantic, 1S57;
perfected, I860.
Electric railroad at Edison's homo
at Monlo Park, 1880.
Photography, first experiments by
Dagucrrc, 1829. First successful por
traits by Morse, 1839.
Tho Kpectroscopo first used, 1802;
perfected, 1859.
Roentgen rays found to penctrato
solids, 189C.
Progress and "Peace.
Slavery abolished In the British do
minions, 1833.
Aloxandcr II., Emperor of Russia,
emancipates twenty-thrco million
serfs, 1861.
Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclama-
tlon, 1802.
First International Exposition
In
Hydo Park, London, 1851.
First settlement of an International
quarrel by arbitration lnstend of war
(Alabama claims of tho United States
against England), 1871.
International Peaco Congress Bum-
ii 1 ii i i w nun iv
WAS IN 1800 AND AS IT IS AT THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY
GLOBE IN 1800 WERE AS YET UNEXPLORED. THE SHADED ' MAP FOR
GLOBE HAS BEEN EXPLORED EXCEPT
monod by Russia, meets at tho Hague, 1
1899.
Organization of tho Red Cross so
ciety at Geneva, 1864,
Organization of tho Woman's Chris
tian Tompornnco Union, 1873.
First Collego Settlement established,
1866.
Great Catastrophes.
Earthquakes: Caracas, 1812; India
(2,000 portions killed), 1819; Canton,
China (0,000 polished), 1830; Calabria
(1,000 persons burled), 1835; San Do
mingo (5,000 killed), 1842; Southern
Italy (14,000 lives lost), 1852; Calabria
(10,000 killed), 1867; Quito (5,000
deaths), 1859; Moudoza, South Amer
ica (7,000 deaths), 1860; Manila (1,000
deaths), 1803; Mltylono (1.000 deaths),
1867; Aroqulpa nnd district (25,000
deaths), 1868; San Jose, Colombia (14,
000 deaths), 1875; Scio (4,000 deaths),
1881; Cassamlcclola (1,990 deaths),
1883; Charleston, S. C. (property worth
$5,000,000 destroyed and 41 Uvea lost),
1887; In tho Rlvlora (2,000 deaths).
1887; Japan (4,000 dead, 5,000 wound
ed), 1801.
Famines; Ireland, 1846; Ruusla,1891;
in India, 1837, 1860, 18G5, 1868, 1876,
1897, 1893, In tho lust two namod yeara
thoro woro largo Amorlcan contribu
tions in monoy and grain through tho
Christian Herald. In 1897 those con
trlbutions amounted to $409,000, In
eluding corn on board tho City ot EV'
erott; In 1899 and 1000 600,000, in
eluding corn on board tho Quito.
The great flro in Chicago, 1871.
Tho Conemaugh flood, destroying
Johnstown, Pa,, 1839.
1 OF 100
Years
Tidal wave at Galveston, Tex., 1900.
Tidal wave in Japan sweeps away
50.000 houses and kills 2,419 persons,
1889.
Century in Literature.
Goethe publishes Faust, 1808.
Victor Hugo writes Les Miserables,
1862.
Thomas Carlyle's History of tho
French Revolution published, 1837.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays,
1841-71.
John Ruskln's Modern Painters pub
lished. 1843-60.
Whittlcr's Poems, 1830-75.
Hnrrlct Bcccher Stowo's Uncle Tom's
Cabin, 1851-52.
Darwin's Origin of Species, 1859.
"Religious "Progress.
Organization of tho American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Mis
sions, 1810. First missionaries sent
out 1811.
Organization of tho first Sundr.y
School Union In London, 1803. Ameri
can, 1824.
British and Foreign Blblo Society
founded, 1804.
American Blblo Society organized,
181C.
First Young Men's Christian Associ
ation, established by George Williams
in London. 1844.
THIBET AND AT THE POLLS.
Tho Inquisition abolished bv the
Spanish Cortes, 1820.
Beginning of tho Salvation Armv.
1805.
Doctrine of Papal Infallibility form
ally ondoracd by tho Ecumenical Coun
cil, 1870.
Blblo Rovlsion: New Tcstnmont Is
sued, 1881; Old Tcstnmont. 1885.
organization ot tho first Younir Pon.
pios bocioty of Chrlstan Endeavor;
1881.
Organization of tho Order of Klnc'a
uuiiguicra, isiiij.
Political E-Oents.
President Monroo propounds the doe-
trlno thut bears his name, 1823.
Hir iiouort Peel nremler of Grent
urituln. 1834.
jonn Hiiormnn, u. S. Secretary of
treasury, resumes upecio payments.
Abrnham Lincoln elected president
u. 8 I860.
W. E. Gladstone becomes premier of
Great Britain, 1868.
Bismarck made president ot tho cab
Inet, Prussia, 1862.
uount Cavour, Liberator of Italy
appointed premier, 1852.
LouIb Kossuth dictator of Hungary,
1849.
Other E-Oents.
Gold discovered In California, 1S48;
in Australia, 1851; In tho Transvaal
1887; In tho Klondike, 1897.
Diamond mines worked in the Trans
vaal. 1870.
Opening ot the Mont Conla Tunnel
187L
Lat spike of the Union Pacific rail
road driven, 1869.
Trans-Siberian railroad operated,
1890.
Opening ot the Suez canal, 1869.
Alaska ceded by Russia to tho Unit
ed States, 1867.
First session of tho Parliament ot
United Canada, 1867.
Tho Australlas under one govern
ment, 1900.
Maximilian executed In Mexico, 1807.
Expulsion of the emperor from Bra
zil, 1839.
Assassinations: Lincoln, 1865; Gar
field, 1881; Emperor Alexander II.,
1881; CarnoLPrcaldent of France, 1891;
Shah of Porsiu, 1896; King Humbert
of Italy, 1900.
Expulsion of Jews from Russia, 18S2
91. Massacre ot Christians In Armenia,
1S95.
Massacre of missionaries and con
verts In China, 1900.
Army draft riots In Now York, 1863
Chloroform first used, 184,7.
Vaccination legalized, iSOX; .
Pasteur discovers remedy for hydro,
phobia by inoculation, 1884.
Tho Rosotta Stone furnishes key to
hieroglyphs, 1841.
World's Columbian Exposition nl
Chicago, 1893.
Prof. Andrce sails for North Pole lu
balloon, 1897.
Threatened war between United
States and Great Britain over Vene
zuelan boundnry dispute, 1895.
The United States by rejecting orig
inal draft ot Hay-Pauncofoto treaty re
fuses to permit' Great Britain to any
of the benefits of tho proposed Nlca-
raguan intcr-ocennic canal, 1900.
The Australasian colonies of Great
B'-Italn form a confederation like Can
ada. 1900.
Uhc Vandcrbilt Millions.
Tho schedule of the property of the
lato Cornelius Vandcrbilt, filed In
court last week, Is a practical Illustra
tion of the earning powor of money in
vested, not in Bpcculntlve deals, but
In securities of an assured earning
power. The total value of tho proper
ty Is about $73,000,000, of which ?52,
999,867 was invcstcd-almost exclusively
In railroad stocks and bonds, while the
remainder, a little more than $20,000,
000, was placed In real estate, which
did not yield Mr. Vanderbllt a largo
Income, as much of this property con
sisted ot his own sumptuous resi
dence;?. Tho bond nnd stock Invest
ments, most of the Items In the list
having a market value higher than par,
brought In Interest and dividends a
little less than $1,750,000 Income an
nually, or about 3.28 per cent. Consid
ering Mr. Vanderbllt's opportunities
for making Investments, and that he
never took risks, the Now York Tlmc3
argues that a return of 3& per cent
Is tho most nn Investor who looks to
tho security of his principal can ex
pect, and that anything above 4 per
cent means ti risk. Even at this small
percentage, however, Mr. Vanderbllt
was cnlovlnc an assured income of
nearly two millions a year. Tho sure-
ncss of tho lncomo must have carried a
sense of comfort and a freedom from
apprehension as to the future many
others would llko to enjoy.
Sex)crc LaKc and Ocean Storms
The storms by sea and land of tho
Into autumn and the beginning of win
tcr have been unusual In their violence
nnd in tho sweep ot their effects,
Ocean navigation has been disturbed
to an unnatural degree oven for tho
time of year. The biggest and fastest
steamers havo boon buffeted by ad
verse winds nnd waves and some of
tho' stnnchest vessels have been In
serious danger. Thero has been nn un
usual number of disasters on tho At
lantic coast with consldcrablo loss ot
life. Tlio tempests on tho lakes havo
been violent and disastrous to vessel
property. In boiho wrecks tho crews
and passengers were lpst. In fact, the
cntircsenson of navigation on the lakes
has been, remarkable for the number ot
persons drowned In shipwrecks. Tho
loss of Ilfo Is greater by 20 per cent
than during any recent previous year.
"Boy Murderer Wall 'Born.
Alexander Stownrt, tho young mur
dercr who was sontenced to Sing Sing
for twenty years for thn killing of Ed
wnrd Plesel. Is a relative of tho late
Aloxandcr T. Stownrt, tho merchant
prince nnd finan
cier, with whom
many people claim
ed relationship at
his death a few
years since. His
domlso was tho
signal for a largo
amount of litiga
tion, nnd among
tho litigants who
pressed their clnlma
'Alexander Stewart.
to tho estate worn'
tho parents ot Alexander Stownrt, tho
young boy who holds the unenviable
distinction of being tho youngest pris
oner over sent to Sing Sing from tho
Tombs. And even tills privilege is only
duo to tho fact, that his extreme youth
saved him from tho electric chair, far
such would havo been his fato for what
tho judge regarded as "a crlmo of un
paralloled cruelty nnd bloodthlratl
ness." Moral Suasion tot Enough.
When tho hard tact Is considered
that heavy ponnltles in the wny of flnqs
nnd imprisonment nro necessary In or
der to keep many adults not a few of
them well born nnd educated from
crime, tho utter hollowncss ot the
theory thut Juvcnllo offenders can be
effectively dealt with by moral suasion
becomes only too apparent. Moral
suasion should, of course, bo tho man
method of both homo nnd school gov
ernment. But In order that moral
Buaslon may bo made effcctlvo recal
citrant juveniles should bp mado to un
derstand that In case ot necessity re
sort will bo had to the rod. Ex.
PURELY PERSONAL
A Fair Iconoclast.
When Ethelyn Leslie Huston, whoso
philosophic writings on social evolu
tion and kindred topics are attracting
Wide attention, was a weo bit of a child
iho was precocious in nenrly every
thing. Abovo all, she was a dovoted
lover of books, tho deeper the range ot
thought suggested, the more suited to
her tastes. She had a habit of reason-
ng out llttlo deficiencies in the human
character that used to drive the older
folks nearly to distraction. She was
eternally "treading on the corns" of
nearly everyone with whom she came
n contact. Juflt after aha left a Ne
braska college, at eighteen, she took It
Into her head to censure certain of tho
clergy for their nnrrowne&B of vlow.
Her first article on that subject ap
peared In n Cleveland paper. It was
widely copied, nnd from that day, Miss
Leallo (that was her ante-nuptial
name) was a quantity to be reckoned
with in the world ot protest n quanti
ty tho magnitude ot which has steadily
increased. Today sho has few, If any
peers among defenders of individual
Independence ot thought In moral and
ollglous mntters. Her stories nnd ar
ticles now running in many American
publications, being happily attuned to
her philosophy, are In great demand.
Mrs. Huston was born in Toronto,
Canada, but Is a thorough cosmopoll-
nn. While living In Idaho, her ex
treme Independence of thought attract
ed the attention of the lato W. C.
Brann who secured her ns associate
editor of his "Iconoclust," of Wnco,
Texas. After his death, Mra. Huston
came north and recognising thut Chi
cago was destined to become tho liter
ary hub of the continent, took up her
ETHELYN LESLIE HUSTON.
abode in that city. There she if. the
vice president of the Independent Pen-
woman's club and tho center of a con
stantly Increasing circle of writer folk
and of persons of literary habits gen
erally. Surrounded by kindred spirits,
sho lives what might be called an
ideal Bohemian life, dispensing tho in
cense ot her broad and Omarcsquo phil
osophy among the thirsty souls that
come to drink nt the fountain of her
good cheer.
Extra-Vagance in College Sport
The opinion grows that athlettcs
may be overdone at colleges it carried
beyond the , point of compelling each
student to take adequato exercise. Re
form is evidently required in tho in
terest of tho Htudents themselves, a
majority ot whom can 111 nfford the
monoy thrown away yearly on "sport."
Exorcise in a gymnasium Is well
enough, but tho teums, with their
games, rivalries, etc., if not properly
regulated, detract attention from
studies, to say nothing of losses of lifo
on tho football fiold nnd the "cane
rushes," hazing, etc., which violent
sports seem to promote.
Lord Salisbury's Son.
Viscount Cranborne, who was posed
in parliament by Henry -ftorinan on
the attitude of tho British government
In tho Nicnragunn canal treaty, Is par
liamentary secretary for foreign af
fairs. Ho is tho eldest son of Lord
Salisbury and has just passed his.' thir
tieth birthday, At 25 ho entered par
liament, but has done nothing to dis
tinguish himself either for his bril
liancy or his ability na a statesman.
Young Cranborne was educated at Ox
ford, and was married to tho daughter
of the fifth earl of Arran. He has rcp-
VISCOUNT CRANBORNE
resented tho Darwin division ot Lan
cashlrc. and since 1893 ho has sat for
Rochester. In the last parliament ho
was cnairman c.i mo cuu umieu
church. Ho will succeed his father
chairman of tho committee on
th marnnlsato of Salisbury.
In UK PllWlC pe
5
JVcto HctJenue Commissioner.
John W. Ycrkes of Kentucky, has
been nominated by the president to bo
commissioner of Internal revenue. Tho
recent candidate for governor of Ken
tucky will at once nssumo tho duties
of his now post. Ho Is considered a
capable man for tho work ho will havo
to do In the revenue office. Ho ia a
JOHN W. YERKES.
lawyer of uncommon ability nnd haa
already served tho United States lu
that branch of tho department In
which ho is now to bo an Important
functionary. Three years" ago Mr.
YerkcB was mado collector of Internal
rcvenuo in Kentucky, nnd has sinco
occupied that position. Ho succeeded
William O. Bradley ns member of the
Republican nntlonnl commltteo and
for many years has been a prominent
Republican. Ho 1b 46 years old.
Peck's Millennium.
The future historian will noto
as ono of tho most conspicuous
features ot the close of tho nlneteonth
century tho Innumerable projects of re
formers to cxpedito better conditions
among men. After examining the sys
tems ot Marx, Most, Henry Georgo and
Bellnmy he will, perhaps, light upon
that Just sot forth by Mr. Peck of Lew
lston, Mo., which is beginning to at
tract tho attontion of those who nro
engaged in tho pleasant task ot hur
rying up the millennium.
Mr. Peck is the owner of a largo for
tune. His scheme Ib n far-reacning
one; nothing lc&-s, In fact, than tho
organization of a hugo truBt which
will absorb tho government ot tho
United States and administer It so as
to abolish vice, Ignorance and poverty.
"Roscberry's "Daring "Bluff.
It is related of Lord Rosebery that
ho once arranged to meet a friend at a
country railroad station, tho two in
tending to travel in tho samo direc
tion. Tho train arrived, but his friend
was still over half a mllo nway.though
his carrlago could bo seen coming as
fast as the horac3 could gallop. Lord.
Rosebery vainly entreated the statjon
master to hold tho train for a few min
utes, and as a last resort sat down on
tho rails In front of tho engine, refus
ing to 'budge until his friend was on
tho plntform.
"Raises the "Balance of Grade.
Edna May, the actress, has arrived
home from England with sufficient
EDNA MAY.
gold to raise tho balance of trade'total
anothor hundred thousand. It it said
on good authority that Iier London
earnings alono amounted to $75,000.
Her tour of the provinces brought her
nn additional $25,000.
England as a Pleasure "Resort.
tooiua rattier nuu-iung itn-us ksi-
Ing tho social futuro oi isngianu nro
pot forth by William Clarke in tho
Contemporary Review. This English
man has come to tlio conclusion mat
Eugland 1b destined to surely lose its
Industrial and commercial supreniuuy,
nnd that the best futuro It can liopo for
la that of becoming a sort of interna
tional summer resort nna a naven oi
i-pfiiirn for the world's rich men. He
sees American steel, Iron, coal nnd ma
chinery superseding tlio ungusu in
ducts, whllo German goods aro ousting
English manufactures m ovm "
ot tho world. Tho giant of English in
dustry is "visibly exhausted," and this
writer believes wnBi' ,
agatu overtako its younger rivals. Ho
also thinks England can never chnngo
Ita institutions so as to csiauusu a
peasant democracy, bucu ns m.u m.uo
In certain continental countries. Tho
tendency Is to drift toward still greater 1
i niiiv between tho classes, and
this Mr. Clarke thlnlw, will determine
England's new mission as a pleasure
u " leisured classes of all
In ground tor the xeisureu umsava Ui u,.
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