Mm, Tire new ceotury
Hjeading
Events
Ol One
"Battles f Ae Century.
Battle of Auaterlitz, Napoleon de
feats Austrian and Russians, 1805.
Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson sinks
French fleet. 1805.
Moscow burned by' the Russians to
entrap Napoleon, 1812.
England defeated by the United
State at sea and forred to recognize
by treaty the right of American citi
zens at sea.
Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon van
quished. 1815.
Battle of Navarlno, securing Greek
Independence, 1827.
Crimean war, Great Britain, France
and Sardinia against Russia, 1853-55.
India Mutiny, In which native sol
diers massacre English men, women
and children, 1857.
Franco-Austrian war, 1859, followed
by Garibaldi's campaign unifying
Italy. 1860.
The great civil war In America, 1861
65. Surrender of Lee to Grant at Ap
pomattox, April S, 1S85.
Austro-Prusslan war. Decisive bat
tle, Sadowa, July 3, 1866.
Franco-Prusslon war. Decisive bat
tle, Sedan, Sept. 1, 1870; followed by
federation of German states In German
empire.
Russo-Turklsb war. Battle of Plev
na, Dec. 10, 1877.
tuc wnni.n AS IT
tub- I TPHT PORTIONS OF THE GLOBE IN 1800 WERE AS YET UNEXPLORED. THE SHADED MAP FOR
1900 SHOWS THAT ALL THE GLOBE HAS BEEN EXPLORED EXCEPT THIBET AND AT THE POLLS.
Bombardment of Alexandria by the
British, 1882, followed by the occupa
tion of Egypt.
War between the Chinese and Japan
ese 1894.
Amerlco-Spanlsh war. Manila, May
1, 1898; Santiago, July 3, 1898.
War by Great Britain against South
African Republics, 1899-1900.
France becomes an empire, 1804; a
republic, 1848; an empire again, 1852;
third republic. 1870.
General outbreak of revolutions
throughout Europe, 1848.
Rome, seized from the Pope, becomes
capital of United Italy, 1870.
1Ueoery and Exploration.
In tbe Arctic: Expedition of Sir John
Franklin, 1845; De Ing, 1879; Greely,
1181; Peary, 1892; Nansen, 1894; Duke
of the Abruzzl (farthest north), 1900.
In the Antarctic: Blscoe, 1831; Bal
leny, 1838; D Urvllle, 1840; Ross, 1841;
Wilkes, 1842; Borcbgrevlnk, 1898.
In Africa; Livingstone, 1840-73;
Stanley, 1875-87; 8peke and Grant,
ISM.
In America: John C. Fremont's Jour
ney westward to the Pacific, 1842-4.
Jiotakle Invention.
First ateamboat, the Clermont, made
voyage from New York to Albany,
JMT7; the first ateamboat to cross tbe
Atlantic, the Savannah, 1819.
Mrat railroad, Stockton and Darling
ton, England, 1825; Baltimore Ohio,
14 mllei long, 1180.
Lighting the street by gas, first ei
pertment. In London. 18OT.
lectrlc light produced by Edison s
gpsllcation of sub-dlvlalon. 1171.
mi 9 1
J I 1 M It 1 w .
The McCormlck reaper invented,
1834.
Howe's sewing machine, 1846.
The electric telegraph, Samuel F. B.
Morse, 1837. First line In the United
States, 1844.
The telephone first exhibited, 1876.
The phonograph, 1877-88.
Cable laid across the Atlantic, 1857;
perfected, 1866.
Electric railroad at Edison's home
at Menlo Park, 1880.
Photography, first experiments by
Daguerre, 1829. First successful por
traits by Morse, 1839.
The spectroscope first used, 1802;
perfected, 1859.
Roentgen rays found to penetrate
solids, 1896.
Vrogress and Teace.
Slavery abolished in the British do
minions, 1833.
Alexander II., Emperor of Russia,
emancipates twenty-three million
serfs, 1861.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama
tion, 1862.
First International Exposition In
Hyde Park, London, 1851.
First settlement of an International
quarrel by arbitration instead of war
(Alabama claims of the United States
against England), 1871.
International Peace Congress suir-
WAS IN 1800 AND AS
IT IS AT THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY.
raoned by Russia, meets at the Hague,
1899.
Organization of the Red Cross so
ciety at Geneva, 1864.
Organization of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, 1873.
First College Settlement established,
1866.
Great Cata4trophe4.
Earthquakes: Caracas, 1812; India
(2,000 persons killed), 1819; Canton,
China (6,000 perished), 1830; Calabria
(1,000 persons burled), 1835; San Do
mingo (5,000 killed), 1842; Southern
Italy (14,000 lives lost), 1152; Calabria
(10,000 killed), 1857; Quito (5,000
deaths), 1859; Mcndoza, South Amer
ica (7,000 deaths), 1860; Manila (1,000
deaths), 1863; Mitylene (1.000 deaths),
1867; Arequlpa and district (25,000
deaths), 1868; San Jose, Colombia (14,
000 deaths), 1875; Sclo (4,000 deaths),
1881; Cassamlcclola (1,990 deaths),
1883; Charleston, S. C. (property worth
$5,000,000 destroyed and 41 lives lost),
1887; In the Riviera (2,000 deaths),
1887; Japan (4,000 dead, 5,000 wound
ed), 1891.
Famines: Ireland, 1846; Russia, 1891;
In India, 1837, 1860, 1865, 1868, 1876,
1897, 1899. In the last .two named years
there were large American contribu
tion! In money and grain through the
Christian Herald. In 1897 these con
tributions amounted to $409,000. In
cluding corn on board the City of Ev
erett; In 1899 and 1900 8600,000, In
cluding corn on board tbe Quito.
Tbe great Are In Chicago, 1871.
Tbe Conemaugh flood, destroying
Johnstown, Pa.. 188.
History
100
YEAR3
Tldal 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 Ives MlBerables,
1862.
Thomas Carlyle's History of the
French Revolution published, 1837.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays,
1841-71.
John Ruskin's Modern Painters pub
lished. 1843-60.
Whlttier's Poems. 1836-75.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's
Cabin, 1851-5Z.
Darwin's Origin of Species, 1859. '
Helijious Progress.
Organization of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Mis
sions, 1810. First missionaries sent
out 1811.
Organization of the first Sunday
School Union In London, 1803. Ameri
can, 1824.
British and Foreign Bible Society
founded, 1804.
American Bible Society organized,
1816.
First Young Men's Christian Associ
ation, established by George Williams
In London. 1844.
The Inquisition abolished by the
Spanish Cortes, 1820.
Beginning of tbe Salvation Army,
1865.
Doctrine of Papal Infallibility form
ally endorsed by the Ecumenical Coun
cil. 1870.
Bible Revision: New Testament Is
sued, 1881; Old Testament, 1885.
Organization or the first Young Peo
ple's Society of Chrlstan Endeavor,
1881.
Organization of tbe Order of King's
Daughters, 1866.
Tolitical Events.
President Monroe propounds the doc
trine that bears his name, 1823.
Sir Robert Peel premier of Great
Britain. 1834.
John Sherman, U. S. Secretary of
Treasury, resumes specie payments,
1878.
Abraham Lincoln elected president
U. 8., I860,
W. E. Gladstone becomes premier of
Great Britain, 1868.
Bismarck made president of the cab
inet, Prussia. 1862.
Count Cavour. Liberator of Italy,
appointed premier, 1852.
Louis Kossuth dictator of Hungary,
1849.
Other Extents.
Oold discovered In California, 1848;
In Australia, 1851; in the Transvaal,
1887; In the Klondike. 1897,
Diamond mines worked in the Trans
vaal. 1870,
Opening of the Mont Cents Tunnol,
1871.
OF
Last rpike of the Union Pirlflc rail
road driven, 1869.
Trans-Siberian railroad operated.
1899.
Opening of the Suez canal, 189.
Alaska ceded by Russia to the Unit
ed Slates, 1867.
First session of the Parliament of
United Canada, 1867.
The AiiHtralias under one govern
ment, 1900.
Maximilian executed In Mexico, 1867.
Expulsion of the emperor from Bra
zil. 1889.
Assassinations: Lincoln, 1865; Gar
field, 1881; Eraparor Alexander II.,
1881; Carnot.Presldent of France, 1894;
Shah of Persia, 1896; King Humbert
of Italy. 1900.
Expulsion of Jews from Russia, 1882
91. Massacre of Christians In Armenia,
1895.
Massacre of missionaries and con
vert In China, 1900.
Army draft riots in New York, 1863.
Chloroform first used, 1847.
Vaccination legalized, 1803.
Pasteur discovers remedy for hydro
phobia by Inoculation; 1884.
The Rosetta Stone furnishes key to
hieroglyph?, 1841,
World'? Columi.'.an Exposition at
Chicago, 1893.
Prof. Andree sails for North Pole in
balloon, 1897.
Threatened war between United
Stater and Great Britain over Vene
zuelan boundary dispute, 1895.
The United States by rejecting orig
inal draft of Hay-Pauncefote treaty re
fuses to permit Great Britain to any
of the benefits of the proposed Niea
raguan inter-oceanic canal, 1900.
The Australasian colonies of Great
Britain form a confederation like Can
ada. 1900.
Che Vanderbilt Millions.
The schedule of the property of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt, filed in
court last week, is a practical illustra
tion of the earning power of money In
vested, not In speculative deals, but
In securities of an assured earning
power. The total value of the proper
ty is about 173,000,000, of which $52,
999,867 was invested almost exclusively
in railroad stocks and bonds, while the
remainder, a little more than $20,000,
000. was Dlaced in real estate, which
did not yield Mr. Vanderbilt a large
Income, as much of this property con
sisted of his own sumptuous resi
dences. The bond and 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. Vanderbilt's opportunities
for making investments, and that he
never took risks, the New York Tlmej
argues that a return of 2 per cent
is the most an investor who looks to
the security of his principal can ex
pect, and that anything above 4 pfr
cent means a riBk. Even at this small
percentage, however, Mr. Vanderbilt
was enjoying an assured income of
nearly two millions a year. The sure
ness of the income must have carried a
sense of comfort and a freedom from
apprehension as to the future many
others would like to enjoy.
Severe Lake and Ocean Storms
The storms by sea and land of the
late autumn and the beginning of win
ter have been unusual in their violence
and in the sweep of their effects.
Ocean navigation has been disturbed
to an unnatural degree even for the
time of year. The biggest and fastest
steamers have been buffeted by ad
verse winds and waves and some of
the slancheat vessels have been In
serious danger. There has been an un
usual number of disasters on the At
lantic coast with considerable loss of
life. The tempests on the lakes have
been violent and disastrous to vessel
property. In some wrecks the crews
1 passengers were lost, In fct the
entireseason of navigation on the lakes
has been remarkable for the number of
persons 'drowned In shipwrecks. The
loss of life Is greater by 20 per cent
than during any recent previous year.
Hoy Murderer Well Horn.
Alexander Stewart, the young mur
derer who was sentenced to Sing Sing
for twenty years for the killing of Ed
ward Piesel. is a relative of the late
Alexander T. Stewart, the merchant
prince and finan
cier, with whom
many people claim
ed relationship at
his death a few
years since. His
demise was the
signal for a large
amount of litiga
tion, and among
the litigants who
pressed their claims. , . a. , ,
" . . Alexander Stewart,
to the estate were
the parents of Alexander Stewart, the
young boy who holds the unenviable
distinction of being the youngest pris
oner ever sent to Sing Sing from the
Tombs. And even this privilege is only
due to the fpct. that his extreme youth
aaved him from the electric chair, for
such would have been his fate for what
the Judge regarded as "a crime of un
paralleled cruelty and bloodthlrsti
yss." "
Moral Suasion flot Enough.
When the hard fact is considered
that heavy penalties In the way of fines
and imprisonment are necessary In or
der to keep many adults not a fewtof
them well born and educated from
crime, the utter hollowness of the
theory that Juvenile offenders can be
effectively dealt with by moral auaalon
becomes only too apparent. Moral
suasion should, of course, be the main
method of both home and school gov
ernment. But In order that moral
suasion may be made effective recal
cltrant Juveniles should be made to un
derstand that In case of necessity re
sort will be had to the rod. Ex.
Constitutionality of Stata Art t 1
Jeet to Local In.
LINCOLN, Dec. 1 -The constitu
ton'iiity of the state Irrigation act will
be subjected to a legal test before the
supreme court next month. The court
recently handed down a decision which
was believed at the same time to be a
deathblow to the irrigation Interests
of Nebraska, and an effort will be made
to secure either a reversal or a modifi
cation of that opinion. The decision
was in the case of the Crawford com
pany against Hathaway and others,
appealed from Dawes county.
The case will be brought to the at
tention of the court for second consid
eration by Attorneys J. W. Deweese
and J. S. Kiikpatrick of this city, who
will appear as friends of the court in
behalf of the irrigation Interests of
the state, but not as attorneys for
either party in the original action.
Leave was granted to file the motion
and the document prepared by the at
torneys was presented. The court is
asked to re terse or modify the judg
ment; to decide the. constitutionality
of the irrigation statutes in their re
laion to the creation of the State
Board of I"i igaiion; to adjudge and
determine to what extent the Irrigation
laws modify or abrogate riparian
lights, and to adjudge and determine
whether the right of Leroy Hall ap
pelle in the Crawford company case,
to maintain a dam upon and to use
thi waters of White river for power
purposes has been acquired by pro
scnptiori or as riparian owner or pro
prietor.
Tbe court will listen to argument
ciu these questions at the sitting be
ginnirg January 2.
Neuraaka va the B, M. B. R.
LINCOLN, Dec. 24 The action of
the supreme court in overruling the
motion of the attorney general for a
rehearing of tbe case mi the State of
Nebraska against the Burlington rail
load, has removed all possibility of
prolonging the existence of the State
Jicird of Tr.3fpGr2tioj under its pres
ent organisation. According to the de
cree of tbe court the life of the board
came to an end when the motion was
overruled and, therefore, the salaries
of the three secretaries and other em
ployes stopped at the same time. Sec
retary G, L, Laws said regarding the
inatter. "My Opinion is that we are
knorked out, but there Is still a pos
sibility of reorganizing the board under
the act of 1885, which may have been
revived by the decision of the court.
That act provides for a board, consist
ing of the auditor, attorney general
and secretary of state, and allowed
each member to appoint his own sec
retary on condition that the three be
chosen from the Frst, Second and
Third districts respectively. If the
law of 1885 is still in force there might
be a reorganization, but I am not pre
pared to say so positively."
Sena lor Allen Asked to Help.
LINCOLN, Dec. 24 The Nebraska
dairymen, in annual session in this:
city, sent the following telpgram to
Senator Allen at Washington:
"In the name of seventy thousand-
cow owners of Nebraska, wesk you
to report tlie Grout b'll from commit
tee and to become its especial : advo
cate on the floor of the senate."
The bill referred to is an act' to pre
vent the fraudulent sale of oleomar
garine.
Jiebraaka Butter the Heat.
LINCOLN. Dec. 24 Director G. L.
McKay of the dairy department of the
Iowa Agricultural schtiu.', the expert
engaged to judge the exhibit at the
Nebraska Dairymen's association, said
that be never saw a better collection.
of private butter than he examined
hore. The average scoring was ex
ceptionally .high. The prize winners
in the dairy class were: J. K. Hony
well, Lincoln 95; J. Hoagh, Boyden
la., 94; August Sader, Papillion, 94;
L. C. Norton, Fort Crook, 93, and Mrs,
J. 3. Temple, Cheney, 92.
rind Silks In a Queer Place.
TABLE ROOK, Neh.. Dec. 24. A
sacks of silks and other goods was
found here by one of the section men
under a pile of railroad ties a half
mile or less east of the depot. During
the day a couple of strangers were dis
covered tearing down the pile of ties'
and handling them over. When dis
covered they left on a freight train
The goods were near where the freight;
trains stop. Before the find was re
ported to the authorities the strangers
had left town.
Dandelion Blooming la Nebraska.
SUPERIOR, Neb., Dec. 24. Dande
lions are in bloom on the prairies be
tween this place and Guide Rock. Some,
of the farmers south of -town are doing
their spring plowing Water left out
of doors over night does not freeze.
These facts give some idea of tbe re
markable winter thit is being expert
enced in southern Nebraska, The
merchants in tbe small towns are feol
Ing the effects of It disastrously and
they are piaylng for a cold wave.
Johnson Goes to the Pen.
PONCA, Neb., Dec. 19. Elmer John
son, who has been in the county jail
for the past six months for clubbing
the marshal at Emerson, who has
since died, pleaded guilty to the charge
of assault with intent to do great bod
lly harm, and was sentenced by Judge
Graves to eighteen months In the pen
itentiary, Frank Poulton alto plead
ed guilty to the charge of horse steai
Ing and was sentenced lo one year in
the penitentiary.
Dawes Reports Deficiency.
LINCOLN, Dec. 24 Superintendent
Dawes of tbe School for Deaf and
Dumb at Omaha has Informed the gov
crnor that the deficiency in accounts
In his institution will amount to $6
324.59. Of this amount, $1,000 will be
due for salaries and wages and nearly
as much for fuel. Superintendent
Dawes devotes considerable space in
his report to an explanation of the
needs of the Institution, and after call
ing attention to tbe big deficiency as
serts ibat It la a scource of gratifica
tion to Know mat its amirs nave been i
handled so wall under bis supervision. I
A
Ha Creates Costternatkf is ft Eatet at.
Denver, Odlo.
NIS BIRTItriACE GEflNS, KEC2Zt
Shoots and Tells While AttseMa
Imaginary Hypnotist Awaken) All tM
Guests In tbe Hotel
Nebrnskn Matters.
DENVER, Dec. 19. Newton Elliott,
a civil engineer, formerly of Omaha, Is
confined in a hospital here violently
insane. He registered at tbe Marknam
hotel and was assigned a rem on tbe
second floor, where tbe night porter
could keep watch of his door. The
clerk noticed a peculiar stare an bla
queer actions when tbe man regis
tered and took these precaution, al
though Elliott did not appear to be
violent. Early in the morning tbe
police were called to the hotel to get
tbe man. He was raving and break
ing the furniture in the room. His
shouts and yells while attacking an
imaginary hypnotist woke every guest
in the bouse and later, when deafen-
ng crashes came from the room,' help
was summoned.
For an hour it was Impossible to
gain entrance. Crash after crash
came from inside and the street below
began to fill with curious people. Just
as an attempt was being made to
break down the door Elliott sprang
out flourishing a revolver and shout
ing like an Indian. Blood was stream
ing from self-inflicted injuries which
liter proved not serious. After bis
capture he struggled and fought for
two hours and wag confined in a pad-,
ded cell. '
On his person was a certificate of.
deposit for $900 in the First National
bank of Omaha and $120 in cash. Let
ters in his pocket showed that he bad
enlisted at Omaha in an engineering
corps going to Honolulu in i8. After
serving one year he returned and
worked for several railroad companies.
His birthplace evidently Is Goring,
Neb., and he came here fror Sidney,
where he spent two or thtoe days.
Asked where he had been pricr to that
he could not tell, for his mind seems
to have no record of the past two
months. During his ravings he men
tioned fearing a hypnotist who was
pursuing him and the police will try
to discover if there exists any real
reason for this wild fear.
This for Footballers.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 19. The ath
letic board of the state university
elected Guy Cowgill manager of the
football team for next season, 1901.
There was great strife for the position
and the successful candidate is a
prominent young man in athletic and
university circles.
Next season will see Nebraska play
ing eastern teams.
The ballots for football captain
were counted before the board and
John Westover "was elected. Harry
Crandall of Omaha was also a candi
date. M. Henderson was made man
ager of the baseball team for the com-.
ing season and George Shidler assist
ant manager.
Kelberg- Pleads Guilty.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Dec. 19.
Charles Kelberg, the young man who
was arrested at Union on the charge
of having committed a criminal as
sault upon Nancy Estelle Blevins, of
Nehawka, entered a plea of guilty in
district court and Judge Jet-sen sen
tenced him to eight years in the peni
tentiary. The young man was ar
raigned Friday, and at thai time en
tered a plea of not guilty, but later
he changed his mind. Kelberg's repu
tation is far from good, as be b
served a term at the state reform
school and later received a dishonora
ble discharge from the Third Nebras
ka regiment while in Cuba.
Held to the District Conrt.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Dec. 19.
John Walker, who has a felony charge
lodge against him was brought from,
Marshalltown, la., Saturday evening,
by Sheriff Wheeler. Last week Louis
Fabeustock of Avoca filed a complaint
against the prisoner charging him
with having planned to fasten tbe
crime of adultery and rape upon the
complainant by inducing a girl named
Lillle Parker to appear before a Jus
tice of the peace In Liberty precinct
and swear to such information. Walk
was brought before Justice Archer,
waived examination and was bound
over for trial at the present term of
district court.
Good Corn Prices).
BKAINARD, Neb., Dec. 19. Every
town In this (Butler) county is crowd
ed with teams these days, with far
mers hauling corn. Both elevators
here were completely full of grain
Saturday and for a time until cats
could be shoved in to the siding things
were at a standstill. The good prices
of 25 cents a bushel are bringing in
vast quantities and special trains car
rying from twenty-two to thirty cars
are going through here on each road
dally.
Estate Sues Railroad.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 19. Charles
Wilson, as administrator of the estate
of James Wilson, has brought suit
against the Union Pacific for $1,999.M.
James Wilson was killed at the Nye
avenue crossing last summer.
Ho Piece I.Ike Nebraska.
THAYER. Neb., Dec. 19. Last
spring J. W. Bennett, owning a farm
near here, sold It for $40 per acre and
with the proceeds of the sale of farm,
stock, implements, grain, etc., cleaned
up In cash over $25,000, the earnings
of a few years, taken out of York
county's productive soil. Bines the
he has been traveling looking for
location that he lmsslned would suit
him better. A friend of bis at tkls)
place baa Just received a letter frto
Mr. Bennett saying that k kaj fry
eled 8,000 miles and fMCl t U'z
equal to Nebraska and Crl t .Z
coming back. V; ;
