THEEE BANES QUIT ,
CHICAGO INSTITUTIONS OF JOHN
R. WALSH GO OUT.
.CJiirasro National , Equitable Trust
Coin pun : iud Home Savings IJanIc
flowe Dnslncsx Two Bunks Alone
d'arry $212,500OOO of Deposits.
*
"Liquidation of the Chicago National
Hank , the Homo Savings Bank , and
< he Equitable Trust Company , all of
< . 'hicago , was announced at 3:30
o'clock Monday morning by represent
atives of the Chicago Clearing House
Association , after a session lasting
eighteen hours. James B. Forgan ,
President of the First National Bank ,
AS head of the clearing house commit
tee of the Chicago Associated banks ,
igave forth the statement. The assets
of those institutions , it was asserted ,
were involved .in coal and railway
properties of John R. Walsh , Presi
dent of the Chicago National Bank.
The statement was issued in the office
of the First National Bank. It is a.
-follows :
"The citizens of Chicago will un
doubtedly be surprised to learn that
-Ihe Chicago National Bank , the Home
Savings Bank , and the Equitable
Trim Company , which have been con
trolled , managed , und officered by
John R. Wulsh and his associates
Slave concluded to wind up their af
fairs and quit business in the city of
< 'hicugo , but they will be gratified to
learn that after a thorough and care
ful examination of their affairs by the
Chicago Clearing House banks that
nil of the depositors of these institu
tions will be pand in full upon de
mand , the Chicago clearing house
"banks having pledged themselves to
this result , thus putting all the re
sources of the Chicago banks behind
ihe depositors of these three institu
tions. The difficulty with the institu
tions has been that their investments
liavc been made in assets connected
with the railway and coal enterprises
of JoImR. Walsh. These assets were
t
not immediately available to meet de
posits in full. "
The meeting of the Chicago Clearing
'House Association began at noon Sun
day. Notices were sent members of the
board by Mr. Forgan after the condition
of tho banks and the trust company had
l > eeu learned. Clerks were notified and
lifly or 'more with their stenographers
'hurried to the First National bank. Be
hind closed doors the Clearing House
Association , began its work of finding a
Avay that might enable them to ride the
financ-iiil sea in safety.
That a panic would bo likely to fol
low v.-as the first thought of the com-
ttnitlce. Resolutions were adopted and
heads of other banks pledged themselves
to give assistance. Tho amount involv-
' -od in the failure would not be discussed
by the committee members.
In addition to the formal statement
of the failure , the following anuouuce-
meirt was made , signed by the clearing
ihouse committee of the Chicago assoc
iated banks :
"To the Public : Depositors of the Chi
cago National bank , the Home Savings
Laiik , and the Equitable Trust Company
( fire respectfully advised that their de-
yosits will be paid in full upon demand. ' '
Syndicate Talccs Control.
A syndicate was formed during the
day to take over the business of the
three embarrassed financial institutions.
As tlio first step all the old directors of
she Chicago National bank retired , Mr. t
Walsh resigning as president , and n
complete reorganization was effected !
' "The bank will be conducted by National
Bank Examiner C. H. Bosworth , who
was elected president in place of Mr.
Wal.ih. "Under the direction of the fed
eral official the three concernswill go
into liquidation as soon as possible , after
\vhich their business will be distributed
among the hanks making up the syndi
cate. Revelations were made of opera
tions it ; connection with the bonds of the j !
Southern. Indiana railroad , Mr. Walsh's
pet enterprise. These operations , it is
said , led directly to the smash.
Twenty-six millions of dollars in de'
posits of public funds and private ac
counts are involved in the crash , which ,
through the prompt action of the con
servative banking interests of Chicago ,
claims for its victims only Mr. Walsh ,
multi-millionaire financier and railroad
magnate , arid his immediate associates i i
T i
in business. I I
I
Greatest Failure on Ilccortl.
!
Not in all the financial history of this
financial country was there ever such a
trouble one involving so much money
iind that has emerged with so little dis-
n > > ter to the community at large. There
never was a bank that quit before hav
ing such colossal deposits , the three
Walsh concerns carrying upwards of
20,000,000. Nearly $0,000,000 was paid
out to the frantic depositors on the day
-of the collapse. That Chicago escaped
: \ panic ; that the financial revolutions
tv-liifli took place in a day did not shake
und shock every center of commerce on
the globe was due to the heroic efforts
- of the otlier Chicago hankers. At a mo
ment more critical than , at any period
- since the memorable black Friday and
the panic of 1S05 , they came to the re
lief of Mr. Walsh's concern ? . They not
--only snvetl millions of dollars for Ghi-
< -iga depositors , hut they prevented a
very earthquakewhich , it is declared ,
inevitably would have followed had
Walsh's banks gone straight to the wall.
CJreat crowds of depositors besieged
l'e Chicago National and Home Savings
s Tuesday. Outside the building in
street , housing the two iu-
gathered anxious persons , the
number reaching 1,000 at 0:30 and grow
ing steadily after that hour. Two long
lines of persons with bank hooks formed
on either side of the entrance of the big
uranitc building where national and State
nflicinift were forcing liquidation of John
R. Walsh's financial enterprises. Many
4 f those assembled were women , who
jmtl come to withdraw the family funds
while their husbands "svere at ivork.
FROM NEWSBOY TO A MAGNATE.
John It. WnlKh Started Life tin n
Poor Iinrt 58 Year * A ; o.
John R. Walsh is G8 years old , and
has lived in Chicago fifty-eight years ,
luring Avliich time he has climbed from
the rank of humble newsboy to that of
haul : and railway magnate whose for
tune lias been quoted as high as § 40-
000,000. Mr. Walshvvas horn in Ire-
l.iml Aug. 22. 3837. When 10 years
old his parents emigrated to America
and settled in Chicago in the latter part
of 1847.
The hoy had to work for his living
from the start and became an1 employe
of J. McNa'lly , newsdealer. As Chicago
grew the business of newsboy became
more profitable and young Walsh proved
JOHN it. WALSH.
not only industrious but capable in push-
ng his trade. In 1801 he established a
news business of his own and the de
mand for news from the war , which
opened that year , made the sale of pa
pers a paying occupation.
The news business founded by Mr.
Walsh afterward developed into the
American News Company , which sup
plied railway trains and country dealers
with newspapers , magazines and books
and maps. Mr. Walsh was a director
of the company from its start. In 1SS2
Mr. Walsh founded the Chicago National
bank. '
TRIUMVIRATE RULE IN ZION.
-I'lirce 3Ien Are to Control While
Doivle Recuperates.
John Alexander Dowie has abdicated.
The patriarchal founder and First Apos
tle of the Christian Catholic * church in
Ziori transferred th reins of power Sun
day to a triumvirate composed of trust-
JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIK.
ed church officials. In an affecting mes
sage to his people at Ziou City , he bade
them "good-by for a little while. " He
will leave shortly ou a four month "
-parch for health in the smiling islands ,
ol the Caribbean sea.
The announcement of Dr. Dowie's ap
pointment of the triumvirate and his in
tended ilight from tire rigors of a north
ern winter was made at the afternoon
service in Shiloh tabernacle by Overseer
Spcichcr. The First Apostle was not
present. He was confined to his home ,
ghiloh house , by the attack of bronchitis
which followed the stroke of paralysi *
from which ho only recently recovered.
Telegraphic Brevities ,
Edward Lovett. former sealer of
rt-eights and measures of Trenton , N. J. ,
killed his wife and then committed sui
cide.
cide.The
The dormitory of the government
school for Pottawatomie Indians at Na-
deau. Kan. , was burned , the loss being
21,000.
The first legal execution in the history
of Fultou county , Georgia , for the crime
of assault took place at Atlanta when
Jim Walker , the self-convicted negro
assailant of Mrs. Alice Moore , was
hanged.
Frederick A. Moliter , chief engineer
of the Midland Valley Railroad of Ar
kansas , has accepted the position of su
pervisor of railroads in the Philippines
to which he was appointed by the Sec
retary of War.
Suit to force the People's Life and
Accident Insurance Company into the
hands of a receiverwas filed at Louis
ville by H. W. Richardson , a director.
. Billiards is a game of skill , not one
of chance , according to a St. Louis
judge , who reversed the decision of a
justice fining Frank Leslie $10 for bet
ting on a game of billiards.
President Taylor and Secretary Black-
well in a letter to the National Cotton
Growers' Association , made public at
Dallas , Texas , accuse Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson of bad faith in making
I up the government cotton crop estimate.
RUSS BARBARITIES TOLD1.
Revolting : Tnlc.i at Atrocities ea
Teutonic Liiimllords.
Frightful stories arc coming from tha
interior of Corn-land Province. Russia ,
where desperate fighting has occurred
between the troops and insurgents. Re
volting talcs r.rc told of the barbarities
practiced on the Gennnn landlords , who
are more detested by the Letts than
are the Russians. In a fight near Tukum
fourteen dragoons were killed and six
teen wounded. It is estimated that the
insurgents lost 300 men killed. A squad
ron of cavalrywas ambushed and badly
cut up near Grossanta and limped into
Mitau with its wounded.
Despite the statement in St. Peters
burg that two army corps are being sent
to the Baltic provinces it is learned that
no such number of troops is available.
The government has sent two regiments
from St Petersburg in reply to the fran
tic appeals for re-enforcements , but it
is considered too dangerous to deplete
the garrison of the capital any further
during the present crisis and the gov
ernment can only await the arrival of
Cossacks and other troops , which are
being hurried forward by Gen. Line-
vitch from Manchuria. Meanwhile , the
government's fear is that the rebellion
which is extending southward to tho
Polish frontier may arouse the Poles to
an armed uprising.
Reliable details regarding the estab
lishment of the so-called Republic of
Kharkov have arrived. The workmen's
socialistic organizations , joined by 300
troops , took possession of the city and
with the aid of militia armed with pikes ,
revolvers and axes established a govern
ment or "federated council , " as the ex
ecutive committee was called. This
council issued decrees which the authori
ties Were unable to resist. '
The council turned off the electricity
from houses ou the-ground that it only
benefited the rich , while allowing it to
burn in the streets , where it benefited
'
tho people , and declared Tvar on the
thieves , who had been terrorizing the
city. When a robber was captured he
tvas placed under a triphammer with tho
threat that it would be dropped unless
he revealed the whereabouts of the
booty. This usually was effective in
each case and the recovered plunder
was returned to its owners. Two notori
ous robbers were hanged in the public
square. . I
The cable companies in New York re
ceived notice Tuesday that telegraphic
communication with St. Petersburg had
again been severed.
NEW POSTMASTER FOR CHICAGO
Fred A. Hii < se Is to Succeed "F. E3.
Coyne in Position.
Fred A. Busse has been nominated
by President Roosevelt to be postmaster
at Chicago and the nomination was con-
firmed by the Sen
ate soon after it
was received. Mr.
Busse was thq
choice of Senators
Gullom and Hop
kins to succeed F. ,
E. Coyne. j
Fred A. Busse
was born in the
north town of Chi
cago March 3 , 1SGG.
He was educated in
the nublic schools.
PRED A. BUSSE. and later engaged
with his father in the hardware busi
ness. Ho took an interest in Republican
politics from the time he was old enough
to vote , and by his ability as an organ
izer soon came to be recognized as a
factor in north town politics. He was
employed in the sheriff's office for sev
eral years , and later was chief clerk in
the north town office. In 1894 he was
elected north town clerk on the Repub
lican , ticket , and in the fall of that year
he was elected to the State Legislature
from the Twenty-first Senatorial Dis
trict. He served in the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly , and in 1S9G was re-
elected to the House and served in the
Fortieth General Assembly. In 1898 he
was elected to the State Senate from
the same district , and served as Senator
in tho Forty-first and Forty-second Gen
eral Assemblies.
In 1902 he was nominated for State
Treasurer by the Republican State con
vention , and served until Jan. 1 , 1905.
Mr. Busse has been considered as one of
the Republican leaders in Cook county.
He is now engaged in the coal business
The Kaiser receives $3,925,000 it year
as King of Prussia , but nothing as Em
peror of Germany.
Sir William Watson has been jtppoint-
ed chairman of the Cunard Steamship
Company , vice Lord Iverclyde.
Krantz , the Czar of Russia's chef , is
"by tradition and position a gentleman ,
and has the right of wearing a sword.
The Khedive of Egypt is not only a
monogamist but a teetotaler , and does
not smoke not even an Egyptian cigar
ette.
ette.The
The King of Bavaria receives $1,350-
000 a year , the King of Saxony $875,000
and the Grand Duke of Baden $400-
000.
000.The
The King of Greece is the greatest
linguist among monarchs. He reads
twelve languages and speaks most of
them. j
King George of Greece , while strolling
about incognito , failed to answer the
challenge of a sentry and was fired at ,
but escaped with a rent in his overcoat.
Next day lie summoned the sentry to
the palace , thanked him for his devo
tion , and presented him "with one of the
i
minor military orders. I
The King of Italy is not only one or
tho most enthusiastic of royal motorists
but , perhaps , the only one who has quali
fied by passing a severe practical exam
ination. He is a clever mechanic and
Repairs his cars.
1
Eniil Zerkowitz , the noted Hungarian
author , who has been commissioned as
special envoy by his government Tvith
the purpose of establishing important
commercial relations between that conn-
try and this , recently arrived in New
York. He has a boy named George
Washington Zerkowitn , who was bora
OB Feb. 22 , 1003. | I 1
CHRONOLOGY OE 1905.
BRIEF RECORD OF YEAR'S PRIN
CIPAL EVENTS.
Internal Disturbances in Iluxsiu niitl
Independence in Norway Clo.se
of the IVar in tlie Diit 3Iniiy
Great ? Tame.s in List o Head.
Most significant of the events of
1005 , because it indicates unmistak
ably the inexorable advance of man
kind toward high ideals of liberty ,
justice and perfect civilization , is the
political and economic upheaval now
taking place in Russia. Wearying
under a load of taxation , ren
deredwellnigh unbearable by added
burdens imposed by tl j prosecu
tion of a disastrous war , the
peasantry and common people started
a revolt against the tyrannical aris
tocracy , and have been able to force
from their unwilling ruler many con
cessions tending toward a free citizen
ship. Massacre and rapine , in which
the Jews were the chief sufferers , are
part of the price paid for the advan
tage gained. Another impressive proof
of civilization's advance is the blood
less revolution by which Norway lias
dissolved its political connection with
Sweden and seated a king upon its
long unusued throne. The recent ex
posures of graft and fraud in high
financial circles and last summer's la
bor troubles in Chicago are only inci
dents of the constant conflict being
waged for the establishment of jus
tice and fair treatment between man
and man.
The Russo-Japanese war , after a
brilliant series of land campaigns ,
during which one'after another of the
strongholds of the Russians in Man
churia fell into the hands of their op
ponents , and a decisive battle on the
Sea of Japan , that is said to have been
one of the greatest naval contests of
all history , has been brought to a
close , and largely , wo believe , by
American influence.
The completion of the great Simplon
tunnel was the accomplishment of an
other great engineering feat , and the
Lewis and Clark Exposition in Port
land , Ore. , presented to the world a
record of achievement in all lines.
Great disasters have been fewer
than usual , though tornadoes in Okla
homa and Kansas destroyed more
than five hundred lives , and earth
quakes , fire and railway wrecks have
done their dread work.
The year's list of famous dead con
tains the names of many men and
women noted in the arts , statecraft ,
philanthropy and business.
The principal events of 1905 are
brieflj * summarized below :
January.
2 Surrender of Port Arthur.
.a Towbo.it Defender blown up on Ohio
River ; 20 lives lost.
i Death , of Theodore Thomas , orchestra
leader.
3 Admiral Rojcstvensky's flagship Kuiaz
Souvaroff sunk off Madagascar.
9 Death of Louise Michel , French an-
nrchist.
13 Combes' ministry in Franco resigns.
li Secretary Hay advises China to re
main neutral Earthquake at Shemakha ,
Russia , buries hundreds of people.
IS End of textile strike in Fall River ,
Mass.
19 Attempt to assassinate Czar and Rus
sian royal family.
22 Massacre of workingmcn by Czar's
troops in St. Petersburg.
2o Revolt spreads through Russian
cities.
25 Liberals defeated In Ontario general
elections. . . .Czar issues proclamation prom
ising reforms.
29 Kouropatkin's army driven back from
Sandepns by Gen. Oku's forces.
SO Czar signs document granting great
reforms to Russian people.
February.
1-2 Extreme cold wave sweeps Northern
States and Canada. Glendivc , Mont. , has
temperature of 54 degrees below zero.
7 Death of Joseph II. Manley of Maine.
Senate passes Statehood bill.
S Roosevelt and Fairbanks declared elect
ed after count of electoral votes in Con
gress.
9 House passes Townsend-Esch railway
rate bill.
10 Death of lion. Cfaas. H. Hackley of
Muskcgon , Mich.
13 Severest cold wave of winter.
15 Death of Gen. Lew Wallace.
1C Deatli of Jay Cookc , noted financier.
17 Grand Duke Sergius killed by bomb
in Moscow. . . .Frances Willard statue dedi
cated in Statuary Hall , Washington.
20 Explosion in Virginia City coal mines ,
near Bessemer , Ala. , entombs 152 miners.
. . . .Fire destroys piers and ships at Charles-
town , Mass.
24 Boring of Simplou tunnel under the
Alps is finished.
25 $1,000.000 fire in Hot Spiings. Ark.
. . . .North Sea Commission announces de
cision against Russia.
20 Illinois Central terminals in New Or
leans burn with loss of So.OOO.OOO Thirty-
five miners killed by explosion at WIlcoc ,
W. Va.
27 Death of Geo. S. Boutwell of Massa
chusetts Judge Swayue of Florida ac
quitted by United States Senate Eleven
persons killed by collapse of church floor
In Brooklyn , N. Y.
2S Death of Mrs. Lolnnd Stanford in
Honolulu.
March.
3 Czar of Russia bigix rescript giving
people a right to representation in law-
making body Thirty persons killed in
wreck of Inauguration special trains near-
Flttslmrg.
4 Roosevelt is inaugurated. . . .End of
58th Congress..Will J. Davis and two
others indicted as responsible for Irnqnnls
fire Chas. Thomas found guilty of Ma
bel Scofleld murder.
7 Big traction strike begins In New
York.
S Japanse win battle of Mukden , after
eighteen days' fighting.
10 Mukden captured by Japanese.
11 Mrs. Chadwlck convicted of conspir
acy in Cleveland.
14 Nineteen lives lost in New York tene
ment house fire.
17 Death of Gen. Joseph R. I7awley of
Connecticut.
18-19 Twenty-four miners killed by cx-
plosion in mines near Thurmond. "W. Va.
2O Explosion and fin ; In Brockton , Mass. ,
shoe factory ranges 10.1 deaths.
24 Death o ? Jules Verne.
April.
3 President Roosevelt leaves "SVr.shlngton
on vacation trip. . . .Explosion in Le'ter
mines at Zcigler , 111. , kills thirty-five men.
Russian artillery depot in Harbin blown
up and seventy-five men killed.
4 Earthquakes in India devastate wide
range of country and destroy hundreds of
lives.
U Chicago teamsters strike In sympathy
with garment workers.
8 Collapse of water reservoir at Madrid
kills or injures 4 < K ) persons. . . .Battleship
Minnesota launched.
10 Hard frost damages early fruit and
garden truck in Central and Southern
States.
IT fonv buy * killed In panic In Indian
npolls Masonic Temple.
2V Thirteen lives Iot In burning of con
vent In St. Genovifve , Quebee.
23 Death of Joseph Jefferson.
24 Fr.mlv G. Iji elow. president of Mil
watikee Ku-t National Bank , eUnowIc l f
himself a defaulter for jfl.olW.U'.X ) of bank's
funds . . .Teamsters' strike In Chicago sup
posed to be ended. . . .Earthquakes near
Bombay. India , kill fifty person * .
25 Chicago teamsters' strike on again.
2S Death of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Riot
ing in Chicago Tornado at Laredo. Tex. ,
kills sixteen persons.
riO Thirteen miners killed by explosion
near Wllburton. Ok.
May.
1 One unitred ! perso.is Killed in disturb
ances in I'o.uml.
2-1 Serious strike riots In streets of Chi
cago.
( > -Pat Crowe gives himself up to authori
ties In Omaha , but disappears later.
9 Tornado destroys thirty-live lives and
much property in Marquette , Kan.
10 President Roosevelt entertained in
Chicago Tornado in Oklahoma kills 500
persons.
11 Fifty persons killed and 100 Injured
in railway accident at South llarriaburg ,
1'a. . ,
12 Nan Patterson released hi New lork.
14 Death of Jessie Bartlett DavK
10 Northern and Southern Baptists meet
in joint convention in St. Louis Czar is
sues rescript granting sweeping reforms In
Poland and Baltic provinces.
21 Death of Judge Albion Vv' . Tourgee In
Bordeaux. France.
o-j Death of Mrs. Mary A. Livermore.
20 Death of Baron Alphonse de Roth
schild.
27 Russian Baltic fleet under Rojestvcn-
sky defeated in great battle in Korean
Straits by Japanese under Togo.
2S American yacht Atlantic wins Kais
er's cup in trans-Atlantic race.
29 Death of former Premier Francisco
Silvela in Madrid , Spain.
. " 0 Bomb thrown at carriage of King
Alphonso of Spain and President Loubet 01
France In Paris.
J it nc.
I Opening of Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion in Portland. Oregon Earthquake in
Montenegio Two hundred drown in over
flow of reservoirs at Princetown , Natal.
2 Japan shaken by earthquakes.
C Crown Prince Frederic William of Ger
many weds Princess Cecile of Meckleiiburg-
schwerin Norway declares her independ
ence of Sweden.
9 President Roosevelt arranges for peace
negotiations between Japan and Russia.
13 Tlicodor DelyanuisGrecian premier ,
fatally stabbed by gambler.
15 Marriage of Prince Gustavns Adol-
phus of Sweden and Princess Margaret ol
Connaught. * .
17 Death of Cuban leader , Gen. Maximo
Gomez. , , ,
23 Death of Judge Stephen Neal. author
of 14th amendment , in Lebanon. Ind
Bloody strike battles in Lodz , Poland.
25 $750,000 fire in retail district of Isash-
28 Great mutiny and rioting at Odessa , . .
Russia.
July.
1 Death of John Hay , Secretary of State
Paul Morton is succedcd as Secrotary
of the Navy by Charles J. Bonaparte.
2 Cloudburst In Guanajuato , Mexico , de
stroys 1,000 lives.
. - . Tornado In North Texas.
0 Elihu Root appointed Secretary of
State to succeed the late John Hay.
11 Fire damp explosion in Welsh col
liery kills 120 miners.
1C. Death of Gen. W. W. Blackmar , G.
A. R. National Commander.
20 Strike of Chicago teamsters is ended.
21 Boiler explosion on U. S. S. Benmng-
ton in San Diego harbor kills thirty-seven <
i'nil injures ninety-seven others. i
1 > 3 Death of Daniel S. Lamont.
24 Bones of John Paul Jones placed In
vault in Annapolis.
i r Yellow fever epidemic in New Or
leans.
August.
S Collapse of store in Albany , N. Y. .
kills twelve persons.
9 Russian and Japanese peace commis
sioners meet at Portsmouth , N. II.
10 Fiala-Zeigler expedition , rescued by
the steamer Terra Nova , reaches Honuing-
svaag , Norway.
13 Referendum in Norway favors separa-
K > _ jloeiprocity convention In Chicago.
17l'ifty passengers drown when excur
sion train runs into open draw near Nor-
° l > i Earthquake felt in Illinc.'s , Mis
souri. Kentucky , Indiana and Tennessee
Death of Mary Mapes Dodge.
29 Russian and Japanese envoys agree
upon terms of peace.
September. *
1 Alberta becomes new State of Canada.
2 Five million-dollar fire in Adnauople ,
" lljeath of HezekiaU Butterworth , his-
5 -Treaty of peace between Russia and
Japan si-hcd in Portsmouth , N. U
Peace riots in Tokio.
S Earthquake in Southern Italy destroys
400 lives and twenty villages.
9 Hand powder factory , 1-airchance , Pa. ,
explodes , destroying thirty lives.
11 Mikasa. Admiral Togo's flagship ,
burns and 599 lives are lost.
14Death of Patrick Collins , Mayor of
IS Death of George McDonald , novelist.
24 Great fire In Butte , Mont.
20 Manila swept by typhoon.
October.
4 Six hundred thousand-dollar fire in
Rhinelander , Wis.
ij ; Norwegian treaty adopted by Swedish
Parliament Death of Sir Henry Irving.
14 Close of Lewis and Clark Exposition
in Portland. Ore Treaty between Russia
and Japan signed by Czar and Mikado.
17 Fatal tornado at Sorcnto , 111.
19-20 Storm on Great Lakes destroys
shipping and costs several live .
2. , Death of Congressman Jerry Simpson
of Kansas.
30 Czar grants representative govern
ment to Russians.
November.
3 Sweden unfurls her new flag Bloody
riots In Russian cities.
Enormous loss of life In massacres in
cities of Southern Russia.
4 - < 'zar signs manifesto giving freedom
to Finland.
12 r.i-h < > p Stephen M. Merrill , prominent
Chicago Methodist , dies P-Imv Charles
of Denmark elu en King < > t Norway.
14 pi-ople of Isle of Pirndeclare free
dom from hint-reality < > f Tuba.
IS Torpedo boat sunk in German naval
maneuvers and thirtyHire'men drowned.
190nc hundred lives lo-t in wreek of
steamer Hilda in English Channel Thir
ty-nine men die in Glasgow lodging house
file.
25 State entry of King Haakon VII. and
Queen Maude intu Christiana.
" 20 Eighteen persons killed and twenty-
fivTInjuied in lailway wreck near Lim-oln ,
Mass Fleet of allied powers seize Turk
ish Island of Mytilene.
27 Drunken Russian soldiers at Alexan-
drovsk burn barracks and eighty political
prisoners.
2S Severe gale enures much damage to
property in Gicat Lakes district.
I > eccmber.
1 Cuban elections a landslide for moder
ate parry.
2 Iron missile thrown through window of
President Roosevelt's special train In Phila
delphia.
4 Fifty-ninth Congress meets. . . . "Wiscon
sin Legislature meets in special session. . . .
Balfour ministry in England resigns.
5 Lieut. Gen. SakharofT slain by woman
in province of SaraloiT. Russia.
S Mrs. Mary M. Rogers hanged In Wind
sor. Vt.
11 Death of Edward Atkinson , political
economist.
Thin FuunyVorliI. .
"A man doesn't really get any sense
until he is 40 years of age/ '
"What's the application ? ' '
"And thon no business house seems
to care to employ him. " Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Getting ; Along : .
"Let's see ; Wiliyums was married a
little over a year ago , wasn't he ? How
does he and his wife get along ? "
"Splendid. "
"That's good. "
"Yes , they're dirorced now. " ,
5 * *
THE WEEKLY
feJIlS ? )
li 35 John Philpof. Archdeacon of
Westminster , convicted of heresy
ami burned.
1582 The Gregorian calendar adoptfc
at Paris omitting 10 days.
1G12 New Zealand discovered by Tas-
man.
KM-1 Christina assumed government of
Sweden.
1G4S Oliver Cromwell ordered all stage
plays stopped in England.
1G. ) . * ; Oliver Cromwell declared lord
protector of England.
IGS-'I Isaac Walton , author of the
"Complete Angler , " died.
1745 Dresden surrendered to Frederick
II. of Prussia.
1754 Mahomet V. of Turkey died.
17G1 T. 1L Perkins , owner of the first
railroad in the United States- .
horn.
1770 Beethoven , the great musician.
Lorn.
1774 North Carolina adopted a consti
tution.
1775 American Congress first deter
mined to build a navy.
1775 General Howe ordered the meet
ing houses in Boston torn dowi
and used for lire wood.
177G Congress adjourned from Phila
delphia to Baltimore.
1782 The British troops evacuated
Charleston , S. ( . ' .
1787 New Jersey and Pennsylvania
ratified the Constitution of the
United States.
170G General Anthony Wayrre died.
1799 General George Washington died.
1804 British Consul in Honduras for
bid mahogany to be exported on
American vessels. Spain de- .
clared war against Great Britain.
1809 Divorce of Empress Josephine.
1810 Lucien Bonaparte and family
place themselves under protection
of England.
1S1G First savings hank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1S29 Outbreak of Civil War in Chili.
1832 Treaty of navigation and com
merce concluded between United
States and Russia.
1S3G Patent office and postofficeat
Washington , D. C. , burned.
1838 Chartists meetings declared ille
gal in England.
1840 Remain of Bonaparte , removed
from Cherbourg to Paris.
] S4S Postal convention concluded be
tween Great Britain and United
States. Destruction of the Park
Theater , New York City , by fire.
1S-0 Many killed arid injured in the
explosion of the steamboat Anglo
Norman at New Orleans.
1S54 St. Lawrence River opened to
American vessels. Seventeen
lives lost in sinking of steamer
Westmoreland in. Lake Michigan.
1SG1 Prince Albert , husband of Queen
A'ictoria. died.
1SG2 Fredericksliun : , Va. , captured.
1SG4 Fort McAllister captured by Un
ion forces.
1SG5 Thirteenth Amendment to TJ. S.
Constitution proclaimed.
1871 Alabama arbitration commission
meets ? .t Geneva. . . .William M.
Tweed , the Tammany "Boss , " re
ar-rested.
1874 Edwin iJooth made his lirst ap
pearance on thestage following
liis retirement after the assassina
tion of President Lincoln.
1884 World's Fair opened in New Or
leans. Vttempt made to l Iow
London Bridge up with dynamite.
1891 Violent earthquake in Sicily. .
United States concludes arrange
ments for reciprocity with Japan.
1894 Great lo s of life in a volcanic
eruption in the New Hebrides
Eugene Y. Debs .sentenced to jail
for contempt of court.
1895 Samuel Gompers elected president
of the American Federation oC
Labor.
1897 Attorney-General McKenna ap- '
pointed justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
1899 Major General Wood made mili
tary governor of Cuba General
Henry W. Lawton , U. S. A. , kill
ed in the Philippines.
1901 Philippine tariff bill passed
House of Representatives
Marconi signalled across the At
lantic by means of wirelessteleg
raphy.
1903 The Cuban reciprocity bill be
comes a law W. J. Buchanan
appointed United States inini&ter
to the republic of Panama.
1904 Three killed in explosion on Unit
ed States battleship Massachu
setts Ex-Mayor Ames o Min
neapolis , charged with malfeas
ance in office , set free after a dis
agreement of the jury at his third
trial.
Anthony Fiala of Brooklyn , N. Y. , the
arctic explorer , iind Miss Claire Pur-
year were married at the bride's home
in Nashville. Tenn.
Charles T. Yerkes has appealed to the
New York police to protect his $75,000
bronze fence from vandals.
