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The Chelsea Reporter.
VOL. VI.
CHELSEA, INDIAN TERRITORY, JANUARY 10, 1901.
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"w chronological "oo
An Orderly and Concisc Review of Important
Happenings of the Past Year
developments of the chinese crisis
Business Failure*. Startling Disasters, Crime* and Lynching*-
Foreign Event*, Including a Brief Account of the
Boer War-Necrology, Politics, Sports, Etc.
THB CHINB8K CRISIS.
<Th Boxrra, or "Society ot the Hlghtrou.
£&'•" ■ formldsbla organisation la
VWM fully g year before the recent ui>-
rtflng «t faking. Missionaries and other
"foreign devlU, and native « 'hrlrtisnt* a*
wall, war* murdered, and churches Hnd
missions of all denominations destroyed
Bf April and May la«t hardly a day phmmI
without rumors from China of repeated
gtrocltles. Theae Anally led to protesta-
tions of the powers, and the Rox*r uprln
inn became a matter of International polltl
cnl Importance.
1*— Boaers reported msrchlng toward
• P'k,nJL burning bridges en route.
Jun 1—Marines guard legations at Peking
.-.At Taku foreign warships gather.
4—Many mission stations reported de-
stroyed; Minister Conger wires Peking
government Inactive—Russia offers to
„ put down Boxer uprlalng.
t-^AImlraMCempff landa U. 8. marines at
•-Ri- McKtnSy^><^blSerdecldes to pro-
tect foreigners In China, but to avoid en-
tangling alliance with powers... .China
refuges use of railroad to Peking to for-
sign troops
'China protests against pretence of for-
•Ign troops—City of Tung-Chow burned.
• nd 10 missionaries killed
)^-rorvltn«n In Peking compelled to seek
refuge In legations, which are surroundtd
by armed Hoxer*
MrAHIw marching to Peking defeated; 02
killed. 312 wounded
•♦—Jxpnnese legation burned and chancel-
lor killed
w~-voii Ketteler, German minister, mur-
dered.
H—1Chinese forts at Taku ordered to tur-
wnder to allies, open Are on allied fle« t. .
Oregon ordered t-. T.kn
&-V- ■Ttroopa (1.100) landed at Taku.
•■--American consulate at Tientsin dr-
atroyed
a—Allies repulssd at Tientsin after 5 days'
bombardment
m Ota. Chaffee selected t
lean troops In China
WHwymour'i expedition
• command Amer-
returns to Tien-
°' 7.000 Chinese slain
Tusn reported in full control
•—In Peking 5.000 native Chinese Christiana
maraacrtd.
Uscum. of tth U. 0. Infantry, and
°t |T 8. marines, with many
of iht'r mn. killed In battle at Tbntslr.
which allies were repulsed by Chin* sr.
"—Chinese routed and Tientsin captured
after fierce battle.
"ndated message from Conger says
quick relief only can prfVftit general
massacre."
IP—Wave of massacre sweeps through
central snd southern proving*
A«f- l-Anies begin march on IVklng
•—Allies defeat Chinese at Pel Taang.
losing 1.200 killed and wounded.
P^Oerman Field Marshal Count von Wal
appointed commander-in-chief of
sllles.
Peking captured after hard flght, and
legatloners relieved Emprfh* dow;.g. r
snd EmperorKwang-Hsu flee to IDluf, Pu.
-Army of 11),GOO Chinese routed near Ti« n-
taln.
M—Military administration, consisting of
* r^Pffsentatlon of each of allied powers,
established at Peking.
■•P-i-Ordert cabled to Gen. Chaffee to pre-
PJJJn forces for withdrawal from
IP—U Hung Chang. Prince Chlng and Bhing
appointed to negotiate peace
m—Oen. i haffee's forces ordered t«. Manila.
leaving only legation guard of l.4'«
IP Russia withdraws troops «.. Tien
showing see"—• —••• —
Oct. I-Kmpf
flingan Pu.
flhsnsl
It—China's peace commissioners pend t eace
lo/I*0**, of Powers, admit Una
liability for Indemnlty
10—Germany and England form alliance to
maintain China's territorial Integrity and
keep pons open
m—Minister I'onger authorised to bec!n
peace negotiations.
Nov. 1— PrTnre Tuan flees to Mongolia.
ft—Flve officials of Pao-ting-fu sentenced to
«,dS?,h for outrages on mlsslonarl. f
U- Envoys In Peking agree on preliminary
conditions lopeace negotiation*. d« mand-
«* nH f*ecui,on of 11 guilty high Officials.
M-Prince Tuan banish* d by imperial de-
cree: I other prince* punished.
—Over SOU Christians massacred In
Bhunfil.
I—Envoys at Peking sign new protocol .
1-1 Hung Chang reports execution of SO
tfoxers K ti* Man report estimates mas-
5Smm> ° naUve Ch« tlsns thus far at
JO-LI Hung Chang and Prince Chlng found
em eror **sd«ntlala from Chln« -«••
f<-l/ln\strer Conger signs International
sgreem* nt wit h *xolanatory statement of
exact position of V. 8 government
25-Chinese viceroy has l.Guu reformers mas-
sacred In Pechtll
30- Massacre of 21 Catholics by Boaers re-
ported.
MfllXEftS FAILt RK*.
i?£.K^l^bai5hm* M!Vn." C opie s bank.
a—ttanway N J . 1'nion county bank
New * ork. Hulbert H -
tSte.
Fab. 7-New Medford. Mass . Henry E. Hoi-
comb m.nf ; JtlSl.tn ..Boston, Miner.
" o . clothing firm. MM.un.
Krr,u;,l;r;K m,r,";K t"n,bin'tfluur
Xar. 1—I'orl Jtrvl. (N Y.) Nat. bank rr-
sumas, had >uap<ndrd payment In Decem-
*~i- Tl ■'"•"■'Ins- '°r *rly nanufacturrr
lafi* b"nkru|"c>' petition;
1 —John Krhnr. bulldar of Nr* York, niea
bankruptry petition: II Mont*; no asart.
«rl H Rt om" C° 1 V"rk' Pub,"h-
X-RutlaiM. Vt., Marchanta' Nat. bank.
ai^I?«KN a" i, * ' ot Ravina* bnnk for
tTi« T« tluaranter bunk fur
*{jj -Camhrldee iNrlt ) State bunk: *).-
* "at' bank.
d,a"r of
'27 l' Kull"'« private banks at
-■!««?, Bprings. Mich
a-Pentwater. Mlc ^ . NViison A Co.'s bank
2 —Price Met'ormlrk A t'o.. of New York
cotton brokers and *hlpp«-r ; 113 imo (do '
W—Seymour, Johnvon A t\ .. Mm k andmi.
ton brokers of New York; IRw.tsio
Grove, lil.*' baIlk al *«ulb rry
«5 om «•"'«« • ■' A
*u> IJ II.nr, j O Nalll, the "bnrlry kl .f."
,_Krn*tfiThir'("'ol"
MlatVtlJnk; 1,2.000
* * Knote' N* v,,rk broker.; 11.-
Dan .ra Nat. bank, at Prabody.
p VfilKS"St"liiteIW*90"-K>
U—Ordar ol i hoarn Krlend., larsr frater-
nal Inauranr. ap.oclatton.
P—American nat. bank of llalllmnrr. M.I.
Robin.on. at Kulllmore, Ml
manufacturer, Imo.ooo.
< All Al.TIK*.
"iTiaawTn ofu^w xrktd °a rmbot
c#l- 11 entombed by
*wr*'Y WIIk',b,,r*' p - 1 >n railroad
r5!^.'^N^ih."r^'-, J'V, f U W"r,, < apal.ed
near Nswbtrn, N. i . ft drowned
I-Escanab'i. Mich.. • In railway wreck.
hou".r * ' ' ' burning
"ach^on"?' v - • b eapalaln* of
l*ar. t-Ni. York,«In burnlna bulldln*
ploa'on * Cr0tk' V* ■ M
It Nea'ark. N. J., II In tenement houae lire
*P^T—* laremnnk Va., I in burnlna home.
S—Near Jackaon. Ml . 7 In floo.l
ti— At Wafa and lilai kah< ar. Tel , 10 by
cloudburata. At Ottawa and Hull. Can
7 In tire. -
May I- Near HchoNeld. I'tah, JU by ...
plo.lor Inmlnenf IMeaeant Vall.-> f'oali'o.
II— Philadelphia. 7 by railroad common In
tuoneje Tom a Creek. Va.. fby eaploiloo
IT—Can Kranclaco. Ideatha to data fron bu-
bonic plague.
a— In^ umnocfc ooal mlnea, N. C.. 10 by am-
M-Neer Mont*omery. W. Va., U from aal-
ln« nol.nned provl.lor.
J'wreck Hamilton, O., t In railroad
t-Neariitockbrldga, Wla.. I by fall of haatr*
timber*.
13—Ci
16-Near Port Philip. B. C
23—Near McI>« nough. <*i
wreck caused by a w
county. O. T . 5 by cyclw....
24— Depere. Wis.. 0 by railroad
Thatcher. A. T.. 6 In burning ho
JO— iloboki n. N. J . about I7& by Arc . ..
of North German l.loyd Co Norfolk.
Va.. 19 negroes by elnklng of barge.
'' Kl"-"To. & by Intense heat.
3 by shlpw
. 41 by railway
ishout... .Beaver
n docks
a coast sloop geuttle capsiaed;
S—Hoboken.
He h ring si
7 drowned.
4—Fourth of July celebrations throughout
countty killed W and Ir.jurtd '.'.TUT people
— NrarTai oma, Wash.. M by i>lunglng of
car into deep chai>m.... Parkersburg. W.
\a.. • by oil tank xplosl«m.
•-Near Calico Hock. Ark . D. J Pink and
family (0 persons) by eating toadstool*.
10-Coir man. Tea.. 16 In cloudburst.
IJ-New York city. 70 by eactsslve hest.
Akron. O.. 11 by cnpslslng of aklff.
20—Thirty-Mile rapids. Alaska. 40 by over-
turning of steamer.
Aug. & Aurleh. Ark . B In railroad wreck.
10—Chicago, 47 deaths. 131 prostrations nnd
6 driven Insane, the record of a week of
excessive heat.
12—Slatlngton. Pa., 15: train crashed Into
omnibus Near York. 0 In storm.
llv-Chlcaao. 6 In burning house... Pierson.
Mich., 7 In railroad collision.. .Nome.
Alaskii, 15 by shipwreck.
21 -Kenaico. N. Y.. 7 by rear end collision.
" 'lalveeton. Tea., about ft.000 lost in
75 other Texas towns re|M rt loss of
%
12—Mound City, III,. 9 In railroad wreck. ..
leake Krle. barge John B Lyons fnun-
derrd; 14 drowned
10 Kan Claire. Wis.. 0 by capslalngof boat
!! orr Chatham. M «ss is in gale
M« rrlstown. Mlnti . n In cyclone.
Oct. 7 Near Itlwablk, Minn., tin ryclone.
15- Pells, Ark , ti by dynamite « xplnKlon.
I. -New York. K In tenement house fire.
21— la<>dl, Tex . 6 in tornado.
29—New Y< rk«J* by chemical explosion and
resulting fir* In drug house... He Hart,
Mont.. 7 In railroad wreck.
Nov. 4—BerryBberg. w. Va., 13 by dynamite
16- ?fear Polk, Pa., 6 In railroad wr^ok.
IS-Oswayo. Pa.. *5 In burning hot*\r^
20- In western Tennessee and northern Mis-
sissippi. about 80 by cyclone. In WIs-
consln 20days* huniln« seas««n results In IS
Dec. 3—Chicago, 6 by boiler explosion lh
railroad power I uai
6— Pishing boat Cora 8 M< Kay given up for
iMt with crew of Presidents of Provfncc-
7 During past season on great lakra 110
lives raid to have been lost.
ft—Off Krle. Pa., tow barge i'harles Poster
rSINBI.
Jsn. 2—Jus. L. Moore, agtd 03, kills wrlfe.
aged U at Manes, Mo., and commits ut-
i . i.
ft-During murder trial at Otter Creek. Ky.,
'2 m. n killed in free fight.
ft—During trial In court at Oak Hldgc. Miss.,
ciuarrel resulted In killing of A. 6. Hol-
land. H. 8- Stephenson and Dr. Otto Aus-
tin.
11—At Proud (Jap. Ky.. 4 killed In quarrel
over game of cards.
13- Fred iv I ton Ills nnd H H. T ammen. pro-
pHel
r Or
r Po
Anderson, a well-knoa
ciuarrel.
16 Kx-Cong. David Q. r'olson kills Kthel-
bert Scott at Frankfort, Ky . 2bystand-
i rs al«o kill* d. feud
Feb. 7 Kntlre family of 6 Indians, by name
of MeTavlsh. killed by vigilance enmmtt-
tee In Brltbh Columblu, charg* d with be-
ing wltrhes.
I* J on. (ilean. farmer living near Blucn« ft.
W. Va . kills daughter, hi r lover and self.
Mur. 7 Prank 8te« l« . of Omaha, kill- wife.
mil* aulclde; domei
22—Tom Jones <
6 of her rhlldn
13—Aui
egro) kills Klla Joi
Apr 13—August Yo.
K lost ere, In Murph>ftai
pointed love.
16— In drunken riot at Johnstown. Pa.. Ital-
ian klilft 4 mi n. wounding 2 others'.
May l4-L. D. McAllister, of Helolse. Tenn .
kills wife and self; Je«|nusy.
15 Mrs. Mow r and .1 children found mur-
dered nearTremont. Hi,
Jun 4 In feud at Sin Augustine. Tex,
She riff Noel and 2 br< th- rs are kill* d
22-J.fyle MorrUou kills Mrs Olln Castle,
- - ' herself, at Eldorado. Kan.;
sho
. N '
b and
-Kiifus T. Wright kllls wlfe of 3days,
i • nous
Jul. 6—Ru
and self, ut <*olumbla, S. % .
24— in race riot In New Orleans Robert
Charles (colored) kllU 2 police mm
Aug. 4- Five dead as result of feud between
Dooley and Harris families, ut Doe Hun,
At Jamestown, o a u Hlngamon kills
..ife. Mtn ln-law snd self; family trouble.
20-Dr 8. Harrington while drunk at Far-
IjXl Mo.. kills uncle, mother-in-law. Bher-
Iff Dillingham; Is then killed by herlfT«
®^, 1, 4-PaijI Cronln at Waukeshs. Wis.,
kills Mrs K Miller and shoots himself,
because she refused to marry him.
17—Four Indians kill each other at Turtle
Mound. Ha . In a light; all wanted to
marry chiefs daughter.
0cl. E£an8 ,kll,', «elt
V maysville Ky.; domestic trouble. ..
At Falmouth, Kv.. c 8 Anderson kills
him would not live with
3-Because husband Intended becoming a
farmer Mrs. \alrntlne Houlli* r drowns
r H children and
24—Carrie CaldweiTklili
self, at Huntersville. N
°Y# r d^sths. <'has. Vargo
kill, wlte ami „.|f „| Aurora. III.; drlnV
N',,vi ,!,«hl over politic, at Ca.ey liie.
wounded Ur«v,> klUni andHotherj
14—Near Bartow. Fla., John Carter and
< lllver Moo.lV kill, d In duel over air I
Dec 6—Theo. Wallert pleads guilty to mur-
f*1" °iiWlfe and 4 •«^hlldren. at Arllng-
Minn
1ft—Four dc
poisoning
21 Jos. Dot
kills one
calling on
a reKult of mysteriou
'>'the MlneK. c .
of Craw fords ville, Ind
i d wounds another fo
FIRKS.
Jan.. li—Iowa city, la bu.lneaa block; 1160,-
Key^Dayto". o„ dre In bu.lneaa •rctlon;
4—St l.oule. amons bualneaa houaea; II.-
un.uuo.
-' N. wark. N. J., II,'Ml,hoc Ore In retail dry
oods district.
r ~ - Philadelphia, I7i*,«00 nre In retail
ry good, district.
-ead City, S. D . lo bu.lneaa building.:
.M.OOO
Ai.r i Newport. Ark.. « .« tire In bual-
. Pltt.bursh. l'a.. Jo . Ilorne A Co.'* de-
*—tlrccn Point, N. 'V .' .e'veral factorte,;
Imu.000.
^alh!Jif,^rned' r\ait?a r0yfd and °tU"
3D- Fort.I tire. In Michigan reach alarm-
ing proportion..
May •--New York, Mallory line ateam.hlp
pi. r, 11.'"' '■•'
ti--ApaUchlcola. ria., I bualtie.a block,,
Jun. t-Hte. Ktlnne du Bagueuav. fan.. Prlne
llroa. * t'u.'s lumber plant. Mou.wn)
I-VlrglnlH. Minn , il, ,iro\. .1.
~l—litoomlngton. III.. M.un.oni lire fn hii.i.
'.Vacc,'i. A- T- < "tnmnii.
wealth illn'ng < o. . mill, Ibaiiwi.
W- Morencla. A. T., Iletrolt Copper Mining
Cn 'a sHieltinv ti nnl' ti list aiSi
Bremen and Main destroyed; 9iu.gNi.1ss1
Hiatal Hock. N. V.. lumber yard,. |*a> .«.■
Jul 1- I'aaaUbla llook, N. J.. Stiindard Oil
t'<> a plant. tl.Mu.aw.
I- I'r"1 ott. haaln"e lertlnn and «a
dwellltiaii. II ,Wtl,u*n.
a- Hi I'nul Minn., fold 8torage * Ware-
hou.e fo. . warehou.e; IT.wixi
24- Buffalo. N. V. Ua.terii el. vator; r.W.ooo
Aug. 4-Aahland, W i. , |t.kcr « Kt*«art
|1 « o5i ** Lul","',Co ' lumber yard.,
^Alexandria, |nd.. Kally Ag Manf Co. *
ll-Kore.t nr. a In Colorado and Wyoming:
e.tlmated damage at
50— New Tork. Terminal .torea; li.nm.mn
Hiring froa*. Ark., Iron Mountain rail-
way eh..p. . Mtfl.mo.
Oct. 4 New Vork. Atlantic Traneport line
pier. II.'mi 1KI11
. i«l*Co.
J& Hh. rman county. Tex.. 90 big rancbea.
The hu.lnt-.a .ectlon. of the following-
named town, and village, were entirely
or almo.t entirely wiped out: M.arp, Mich
(Jan 41; Taylor. Ml... and Daaael. Minn.
(Jan II); Kaw.on, Ala.ka <Jan l«); Wln-
tleld. Kan. <Jan l. Ito.ld, la iKeb Si; 81
Paul. Kan. (K'tb 12,. Ilalli.. Tenn. (Keb Ml;
fjlen Hagt l. Pa (Pel. i; clarion. Pa. (F. I.
J7>; Vienna. Ill (Mar :>; WoodaHeld. O.
Mnr. ii: Itidfleld. la (Mar 111. Mackinaw
(Mar M); Ravena. Mich . (Apr 41. Oconee.
Ill (Apr. 13). (irov. ion. Tea (A|.r :n,
Krultport. Ml. Il (May 4); (lla.gnw. Ky.
(May it. tlr.nd Meadow, blnn "May 17);
Hhlpi'h* wana. Ind (May 21); Forest Miss
iMay 32); laake View. Ore. <May 23); 8u-
sar.ville. Cal. (Jun. 6); Middleton, Wis.
(Jun. 19>; Huntley, Minn (Jun 23). Busey.
la. I June 26). Oneida. Ill (Jul 1); Prairie
Depot. O. (Jul. •>; Windom. Mich (Jul. 8);
Walnut. Ill (Jul. II); New Castle. Cal. (Jul.
16); Trafalgar. Ind. (Jul. 16). Convoy, O.
(Aug 1). Cartwright. Wis (Aug 2M. Atlin.
B. c lHep 1). Potosl. Wis. (Sep 3). Ma nit o,
III (Bep. 6); Omer. Mich. (8ep 24); llerrlck.
HI., and Sullivan. Ind. (Oct. 16); Minnelska.
Minn., and Dunavant. Kan. (Oct. 24); Shel-
by. Neb. (Oct. 3D; Houma. L*. (Nov. K);
Buffalo. S D. and Phlllnpl. W Va. (Nov
is>; Fulton. Ky. (Dec. 2); and Etna. 111.
(Jan. 2K); Marseilles.
ristown. Minn. (Jan. 3ft>; Dayton, Mich.
I Feb. 16); Kuskonook. B. C. (Mar 22). Ivor,
Va (Apr. S). Robinson. III. (Apr. 7); Kd-
Inburg. N. D. (Apr 2*)); f^a Forge, l'a (Apr.
27); Ames and Nathan. Mich. (Apr. 3f ),
Arnold. Mich. (May 1); Oerondale, Mich.,
and Barrett, Minn. (May 2); (Irantsburg,
III iMav 3); ganden. B C. (May 4 ; Corbett,
Pa., and West Brookneld and Navarre. O.
(May S>; Kmplre, Pe. I May Ut. Kverest.
Kan (May It)): Fisher. Mich (May 14);
North Vork. Wis. (May IS); Ploche. Neb.
(May 30). Moscow. N. Y (Jun 17); Salem.
W. Va (Jul. 17); Buckley. Cal (Jul. 27);
Oilman. Col. (Aug. I); Sapn's Farm. N F.
(Aug 3); Columbia. B. C. (Aug 16); Smith-
field. Ill (Aug 17); Arville. N D. (Aug 2M.
Soring Lake. N J and Belgrade Mont
(Sep 19), Nunda. Ill (Sep 21); Bysrsvilla,
o (Oct R). Wren. O. (Nov. 11). and Pied-
mont. Mo. (Nov. 16).
FOMSIK*.
Jan - Karthquake In Achalkalak. RtmU,
destroyed villages; CuO lives losi
ao Seventh session of 14th parliament of
Uu«*n Victoria opened.
Feb 3— Momi terrible heat ever experienced
In Butnos Ayres; 93 deaths from sun-
stroke
2f -Mcxlran troops and Yaqul Indians flgh*
mar Potam; .!<*) Mexicans killed and
wounded.
Mar. 1 — Earthquakes do great damage In
southern Mexico.
'ork and Limerick (Ire > city corpora-
tor
• queei
refuse to Issue addresi
re I con
2*—'Turkey prohibits Imports of American
pork.
Apr. 14- Paris exposition opened.
29—Collapse of bridge at Parts exposition
causts 9 deaths.
May 4 Fourth centenary of Rraxll's dis-
covery celebrated al Rio Janeiro.
11 4 gar abolishes deportation to Siberia of
Russian convicts and forbids sentencing
of orlsor.er* without trial.
Jun 5—In lr«1la •,770,000 people receiving
famine relief.
21— Count Mouravleff, Russian minister of
foreign affHlrs. dies In Bt Petersburg.
Jul {^Lafayette statue, gift of American
children, presented to France by i 'ommls-
aloner Peck
29—King Humbert of Italy, aged Sft. assas-
sinated at Monaa by Rressl.
30— Albert, duke of Bage-Coburg. 2d son
of Queen Victoria, dies at Coburg
Aug 2-Italian cabinet swsars allegiance
to King Victor Emmanuel III.
9-Turkish troops massacre 100 Armenians
at Kpaghank Funeral of King Hum-
bert at Home
10—Lord Chief Justice Russell of England
— "* London; ag« * ~
**"' * - iMiinten a
i succeed Lord
>as«lnai1? g Hunil't
" Mahomet li
irp Persia's
bel leader s<
ne. deft
Hand
haprl ■ sad
6—Duke d'Ahruxxl of Italy returns from
5.74S. r^on hav,n* within
241 miles of |K>|e.
22— Marshal de t'ampos. formerly capt gen.
of I'uba. dies at ZaraUg, Spain
-4 Iiuke of Marllatrough named lord lieu-
tenant of Ireland.
• ^ 6—Canadian parliament dissolved.
10- Culled States receive* 2.745 awards at
Paris exposition, more than any other
foreign country.
17—Prince von llohenlohe resigns chan-
cellorship of Germany; Von Buelow
named tn succeed him.
ID-Iiord Curzon says famine has caused
SiNusi) deaths In India.
29—Ten killed and 300 injured during Lon-
don's boisterous welcome* of returning
troops from Africa
Nov. 7- Sir C'has Tunper defeated In
Canadian election; liberals overwhelm
Jnirlv RuorsMful
13-
)-
lost"
30—Oscar Wilde, "apostle of esthetlclsm,"
•lies In Paris.
Dec. 2—Pres. Dlag of Mexico Inaugurated
In Rt
7- Russian consuls In Turkey report kill-
ing of hundreds of Armenians dally.
23—Yaqul Indians ambush Mexicans, kill-
ing .10 In Sonora ...Another revolution in
The War
Jan. 1—Oen. Fr
10- Roberts and Kitchener land at
Town
napa
-.•4 Own
ipturea 6plon kop ...
Iloodeval
arp.
tur«*a British supply
♦MMieioma
.... —apt
..d 100 Highland. ...
. .. Prlnsloo with K.non Boers sur-
renders unconditionally at Fouriesburg.
Aug 1-Commandants Rou^e. Fontenel.
Deploy. INdgrleter and Joubert with
their troops surrender to English.
27—Roberts reports capture of Oen. Ol-
ivier. a Boer leader
Sep a-Roberts proclaims Transvaal
British territory
7 l.ydenhurg raptured by British.
10—Builer Inflicts heavy loss on B<M rs at
Spits kop
' ~ ' reports 16,nno British prls-
la en taken from Boers
... arks at Lorwnao Marou
.. Dutch cruiser, sailing for Holland
2T Rrnewwl Boer activity In aouthern
part of Orange River Colony.
Nov 9 British defeat Da Wet. taking
loo prisoners.
SS-Kruger receives extraordinary wel-
come on 'sndlng at Marseilles
25—Pres. Loubet welcomes Kruger to
Paris.
>— British surrender 4no men and two
guns to Boers at Dcwetsdorp. aouth-
west of Bloemfonteln.
SO— Roberts turns over command of troong
In Soutlt Africa to Lord Kitchen* r.
Dec. 2-Oerman emperor announces In-
ability to receive Kruger.
3 Emperor Francis Joseph refuses to re-
ceive visit from Kruger.
6—Cxar writes to Kruger, expressing sym-
pathy. but announcea Inability to re-
ceive hint or aid cause
11—British parliament "votea fso.ono.ooo to
continue war.
13—Boers take 130 British at Zastron....
IV Wet rapturea and ile.troy. Immen.e
(juantlttc. or auppllea and ammunition.
It—<len. Kinu abandnna purault of De Wet
and «eeka to .tem tide of Boer Inva.lon
of i'ape colony and Natal.
HV—Boer Invader, occupy Cole,burs.
1-Boera orcupy Brit,town
IS—Boer, rurprl.e and rapture Brltlrh car-
airy squadron near Brltstown.
OOVEMSMKKT ADO POLITICK.
Jan. 4— Italy asrees to open door policy In
^nteC0BE^,n^,^0.'.P0WW,lfuPrrr°.Vy
Crane Inacuralad gov. Mass.
demy sccond to none of iti gnde.
d i stall
Warren capl
Woodgate klflc
2 i Splon kop abandoned.
Feb. 9—Butler checked In third attempt
to relieve I.ady*mlth. 1,747 lost in the
three advances.
14—Roberta pushes over Orange Free
Slate border.
15—Oen. French enters Klmberley
27—Cronje with 4,000 men surrenders at
I rd( 1" rv:
'JS - Lndysmlth relieved.
Mar. 13—Salisbury rejects peace overturea
of Boers.
IV-Roberts enters Bloemf« nteln — Steyn
moves capital to Kroonstadt
38—Oen. Joubert dies In Pretoria.
Apr 0—Boers capture five companlea Brit-
ish troops near Bloemfonteln.
10 Battle of Meerkatsfonteln; British
lose ftii killed and wounded and 9QU are
taken prtsonera.
3S—Boers driven from Werner.
May g Severe flghting along Vet river.
12-Roberts occupies Kroonstadt without
opposition.
IR- Maf king relieved, ending siege of 21t
days.
"*1 British enter Johannesburg.
Jun 3--Kruger shifts seat of government
from Pretoria to Lydeaburg.
b- Roberts takes Pretoria . Battalion of
Irish yeomanry captured by Boers In
Orange Free State.
11 - Boers capture 000 British
. Boer capita
Jul 23—De Wet
train
JO--(Jen.
30—SenatorOoebel, contestant for governor-
>hlp "f 1\ . njt k \ h .t ,.t Kr.it k f. r
31 I>emocratlc members of Ky. legis-
lature meet and declare Ooebel and Beck-
ham dected gov and lleut. gov., are
sworn In by cnlef Justice of court of ap-
peals. Oov. Taylor declares state of In-
and adjourna legislature to
v in Frankfort, Ky
in to succeed Ooebel.
Nica-
Bard ...
Mar. Admiral Rem«y aelected
mand Aslstlc fleet.
21—Civil government reported estsbllshed
In all Importsnt Philippine -
>r. 3—17. I. senate passes I
-Ivil government for Port,
levying a IS per cent, tariff on certain
ports to t\ H.. snd providing free trade
Mar. I, 1002. . Dewey decldts to run fcr
president.
•—Kentucky court of appeals decides J. C.
W. Beckham is governor.
7—Oen. Otis allowed to retire from com-
mand; 4Jen Arthur MecArthur selected
to suueeed him
10—House pssses Porto Rlcan bill.
24— P. S senate refuseM to seat Matthew S
Quay (Pa >; vote. IS lo 32.
May 1—Pres. Dole aelected as governor of
Hawaii Chas. II. Allen Inaugurated
civil governor of Porto Rico.
3—Rev F C. Ha allow (Pa.) nominated for
pres. by Pnlted Christian psrty, at Rock
Island. Ill
' Flag hoisted over bland Tututla. Samoa.
10—People's party In national convention at
Sioux Falls. 8. D., nominated W. J Bryan
(Neb.) and Chas. A. Towne iMInn ) for
pres and vice pres. . Middle-of-the-road
nopullntii nominate Wharton Barker (Pa.l
for pres. snd Ignatius lK>nne||y (Minn.)
for vice pres.. In convention In Cincinnati.
1&—P. 8 Senator W. A. Clark (Mont.) find-
ing himself unable to hold the seat re-
signs.
51—C. S supreme court decides Kentucky
governorship contest In Beckhsm's favor
on ground of no Jurisdiction; 4 Justices
dissented ..Oov. W. W. Head iLa.) in-
augurated.. K O Rathbone. director
general of posts In Cuba, auspended.
25— Virginia votea for constitutional re-
vision to dlstrsnchlse negroes.
Jun 4—Oregon republicans carry state elec-
tion.
12—I' S. Senator Oeo. P. Wet more (rep..
R. I.) reflected . C. 8 court of elalms de-
cides Rfsr Admiral Hampeon to have been
In command durlngsea flght with Cervera.
Republican national convention meets
In Philadelphia; Senator Lodge, chair-
; platform adopted
es. Mcl
_ J y re pi
Roosevelt. .. . ,. .
28—Oov. I>ole (Hawaii) Inaugurated... Pro-
hlbltlonistc at Chlcsao nominate John O.
Wool ley for pres.. Henry B. Mctcalf for
vice pres
Jul. 4—Democratic national convention at
Kanaaa City; Jus. D. Richardson, chslr-
5—Wm. J. Bryan nominated by democrats
for pres ; platform sdopted
6— Adlal E. Stevenson nominated by demo-
crats for vice pres.. 811ve r republicans In
convention at Kansas City Indorse Bry-
an'w nomination.
12 -Pres. McKlnley formally notified of non-
inailun at Canton. •>,
10—'Nat. I«eaaue Republican cltfbs In ses-
sion at St Paui.
23— International surveyors locate Canada-
Alaska boundary according to modus
vlvendl.
Aux 1 Ex-CZoV. Wolcott (Mass.) appoint-
ed ambassador to Italy.
4—E. V. Debs, social democrat presidential
nominee. Issues letter of acceptance
0—Wm. J. San ford (dem.. Ala.) elected gov
8—Wm. J. Br> an and Adlal Stevenson noti-
fied of nomination at Indianapolis.
IS—"Liberty congress' at Indlanapolla;
Oeo. S. Bout well I Mass.). chairman.
Sep 4—Wm. W. Stickney (rep.. Vt.) elect-
ed gov — Beth H. Ellis nominated for
pres. by nstlonal union reform party.
Oct. 3- 4juadrmnl.il convention of demo-
cratic clubs at Indlanapolla.
4 Oov W W. Stickney ivt.) Inaugurated.
9—Trial bv Jury inaugurated In Cuba and
writ of habeas corpuv established.
IS-Ex Oov w f PmingliJim rrep . vt
elected I* S senator
Nov 2— Roosevelt ends record-breaking
eampalgn tour having traveled 21. SO
nuU and made 075 *n«agJies in '
• Republican clifbs In p
Feb. M- Port Arthur. Teg . James Sweeney;
had been acquitted on murder charge.
Ma#. 2 1^ tohatchee. Ala.. Jim Crosby (col-
ored): had threatened revenge for lynch-
ing or friend
23—Ripley. Tenn.. Louis Rice (colored), for
testimony given In murder trial.
24—Km porta, Va.. O'Orady (white) and
Walter Cotton (colored); murder.
Apr. 3—Near Perry ville. Oa.# Allen Brooke
(negro); assault.
3—Ivor. Va . negro; started flre which wiped
out the village
21—A Hen town. Pa.. John llughly snd Ed
Alne ; attempted assassination of white
2S^Msrshall. Mo., Mlndeo Chowgoe (col-
ored). assault.
May 4-Douglas Oa , Marshall Jonea (ne-
groi. mur-.. i
3—Near Oeneva, Ala., unknown negro, as-
sault of 13 yr-old girl . Alaska miners
lyneh comrade to aave trouble of guard-
ing him as prisoner.
22 Pueblo. Col.. Calvin Klmbiern (negro);
shot wife snd murdered 2 children.
Jun 2—Tutwller. Miss.. "Dago Pete" (n--
groi; by negro mob; assaulted colored
woman — Brldgeton. N. J Smith Alvord
tarred and feathered; aald to have abused
late wife
4—Near Mississippi City, Ala.. Askew and
Rtiss (negroes); suspected of murder.
25—Near O Brie n. Fla.. Jsek Thomas (ne-
'a ult
Near (.Columbia. Ala., John Roe
(negro); attempted assault.
27—Robert Charles. In New Orleans, for
killing 2 policemen.
kUg 13 -I'orlnth. Miss Ja
araaulud 10-yr -old girl
32- Akron. O.. mob of S.000 surrcmnded Jail
clamoring for a negro, officers fired, kill-
ing 2. Mob burned Columbia hsll and
blew up city building. Troe>ps ordered to
scene. Negro hsd sssaulted S-yr.-old
white girl, was afterwards sentenced to
life Imprisonment.
20—Cheney ville. La., Thos. J. Ames (col-
ored); murder
Sep. 2i—Ponchatoula. La., 4 negroes;
(harxed with burglary.
23 - Mansfield, O.. 2 Dow le t lders coatcd with
tar snd driven from town.
Oct. 2—Electric, Ala.. Wlnfleld Townsend
(colored) burned at stake; attempted as-
ssult.
18— Elkton. Ky., Fratus Warfleld (negro);
attempted to enter house where white
woman and child were only e>ccupants.
13—Brusle landing. I^a.. Mlley Dodson
(colored); vhootlng white man.
Vlcksburg. Miss.. Oloster Barnes.
m/ . .'f® *1*'" murderer, by negro mob.
^Liberty Hill. Os . Jas Ouer and Jas.
Callaway (colored); charged with firing
Into f rm r « bovet
30—Duke. Ala . Ifc-yr -old negro, criminal
aasault on 14 >r -old white girl.
Nov. ft--Near Coahoma. Miss., Lit Nabors
(crolored); murder.
Ifrpjeffrrson. Tex.. 3 negroes taken from
. Jgjlxnd hanged; murder.
I*-Near l.lmon. Col.. Preston Porter. Jr.
(negro), burned at stake; murder of
Ijoulse Frost.
?7—Near faike city, pu Spencer Wllllsms.
deaoerate negro gambler.
Dsc. i-Ne-ar Ivanhoe. Vs.. Dan Ixung (ne-
Kro). . rlrnliiii i umault
10—Jlockport. Ind . Bud Rowland and Jim
.Henderson iboth colored); murder.
17—Rock port, Ind . John Rolla (colored);
Implicated In murder.
1>-Arridla, Miss . i negroes who robbed
snd burned trading boat and killed Thos.
Tkompsu-
• Oullp.ir
murder.
MKTROROLOltK'AL.
Jan. 1—Mlkslsslppi freezes over at St.
Louis... Six Inches of snow at Macon,
Oa , e>stabllshes new record.
Feb 3-Tornado sweeps coast of New-
foundland
*—Temperature* drops 60 degrees In 1ft
hours In Chicago. Collinsville t truck
at standstill.
K- Heavy snowstorms In Texas. Missis-
sippi. Louisiana and Alabama.
Apr. 4 —Lightning strikes during snow-
storm at Cheyenne. Wyo.
S-Cloudburat at Water Valley. Teg.
7-Da in gt Auatln. Tex., swept away;
tJ.O«>.UOO damage and over SO lives lost.
W—Tornado sweeps over Wlnfleld and
< learwater. Kan.
10—'Tornado at Hamburg. la.
May •—Tornado at Wllsonvllle. Neb., and
In central Kanaas
7—Cyclone In Jerseyvllle. III.. ..Terrific
hailstorm at To!ed« ~
San Aulonlo. Tex
20— Kclinse of sun viewed. In l ej
lear sky In strip
iw ^— Orler
13—Scott, Robt. Kingston, mllltsry gov. gf
South Carolina In reconatruction days and
later civil gov., at Napoleon. O
14-Huntington. Collis P.. N. T. millionaire
and pres. Southern Pacific railway; Ti.
It—Ingalls. John J , eg-U. 8 aenator. of
Atchison. Kan . at Las Vegaa Hot Sprlnga.
22- Smith. Carl, sculptor, of Washington, D.
C., at Copenhagen.
Sept. 3—l<ewelling. laorenxo D.. eg-gov. ot
Kannas. at Arkansas City; M.
3—Sewsll. Arthur. dem«M ratic csndidste In
1«M for vlco pres.. near Bath. Me . 43.
14 Shard. Montgomery, rear admiral, at
Westernvllle. N. V.
13—McCiernand. John A . union general la
ctvi; war. at Springfield. III.; N-
23—Ex-I". 8 Senator John M. Palmer (III ),
at 8j)iinafleld
Oct. Ir-wTlson, Wm. L. ores. Wsshlngton
and I«ee university, snd statesman; 17.
21—Warner Chas Dudley, author and lee-
in. at Washlng-
23 Muiler, Max. philologist, gt Oxford.
Eng ; 77
NVV rk "tV0"*' Wm* L" f* ma>or of New
11—Dun. R. O.. head of mercantile agency,
at New Vork; 74
13— Daly, Marcus. Montana copper king, at
New York; «>... . Vlllard. Henry, railroad
magnate, near Dobbs Ferry. N. V ; f&.
10— Rsmsdell, Geo. A., ex-gov. New Hamp-
shire. at Nashua; 01.
20- Hoyt, i 'ban H . playwright, at Charlea-
ton. N. H.; 40.
22- Sullivan. Sir Arthur, composer, at Lon-
don. 5R.
27—Dsvls, Cushman K., U. 8. aenntor, at St.
Paul Minn . <2.
J! McNalr. Fred V., rear admiral 2d In
rank to Dewey, at Washington;
&*c. 2— Md'lurg. Job. W., ez-gov. of Mia-
. souri, at lebanon; «2.
3-Irby, John L. M eg-U. 8. senator, al
Laurens. S. C oldest mason In the
world (Adna Adams Treat), at Denver.
Col.; 1CI. . McAullffe. artist, at New York;
13— Porter. John
. .Tornado
Mli'h,
Cyc
plurality.
(dem . Oa.) reelected 1" S.
23—Isthmian canal rnmmlssion favors Nlc-
araguan route; estimated cost |120.0(*Ma*
27 C 8 Senator J. T Kforgan (dem.. Ala )
reelected.
Dec. : Pret. M- K In ley Inaugurates clrll
service system In Philippines.
3— Pres. Mt Klnley's annual messsge read
on opening of 2d session of Mih congress.
3-^L'has A. Towne (Minn.) appointed to C.
3—Army reorganlaatlon bill psssed by low-
er house of congre s..Chas. P Esgah re-
stored to army and retired
10—Oklahoma nnd Indian territories organ-
ise Joint conv«ntlon to unite on single
form of government.
11—G< v. J. c. W. Beckham (Ky.) lnaugu-
12—-Centennial of establishment of capital
ot Washington celebrated.
17—Conatltutional status of Porto Rico and
Philippines argued in C 8. supreme court
• i ,. \ • I il .1 i*es .is
tempt at democratic reorganlaatlon.
20—C. 8 senate ratlfles (V. to 13) Hay-
Pauncefote treaty
20—Inauguration of 30th century national
gospel cumpatgn In New York.
ISDt ATRIAL
Jan. 1—Indiana glass factorlea start up
after 3 mos. Idleness Csrnegle Iron
works in Pittsburgh resume operations,
advancing waxes of 10.000 men. increasing
pay roll over 91.000.040 yearly....Pennsyl-
vania railroad pensions 960 old employes.
13— Putted Mine Workers In nstlonal gath-
ering at Indianapolis, John Mitchell re-
elected president on 19th.
17—Chicago drainage canal (costing 33.1.non -
WO) opened... Large bridge building con-
cerns consolidate; capital. 3l2.tVl0.00n.
Feb. 3—In Chicago l.Sfo men defy contrac-
tors" new rules snd walk out. during sub-
sequent week number of strikers In-
creases to 7,000.
14^ Sheet steel mills of country combine at
Pittsburgh; capital, |r 2.0UI).0iiu
Mar 0—Over 96,000 me n Idle In Chicago.
20- Actual work on 9X.OOO.<JUO underground
rardd transit tunnel in New York begun.
30—Strike of€.uu>Chicago machinists settled.
Apr 12-Ir. Chicago. 200 union pickets at-
tacked 30 nonunion workers; 17 men ln-
. . a 3.000 coal min-
ers ordered to strike.
20-Estimated 110.000 men and 323.ooo.noocap-
ital made Idle In Chicago by strikes.
MJ>-^~®tandard 0,1 ' ° raise* wages of
9.000 men 10 per cent, and reduces working
h.iurs
7-In Chicago Judge Tuthlll declares con-
county work Invalid because of
uuirlng exclusively union labor
. . ... — laoul* :t.isai trt e* car men strike
1^7Three strike s>mpatblaers shot In St
s - —w. - who attempted to
Louis In flght with n
27— During 21 dsys of St. Ixmls street car
strike 3 persons killed and 75 wounded.
2ft—8t. Louis street car wrecked with dyna
mite.
Jun. 3—Boy killed and woman stripped and
r1din* °t> St I uls street car
24—Traffic successfully resumed on all St
IjouIs street railway linea.
l>.,U.U J,trert cmr tr,k* settled,
both sides claiming victory. Wall paper
trust dissolved.
7—Interstate commerce commission reports
railroad mileage of 252.304 and number of
employes at 313.924 Provision exports
for fiscal year reach RftO.OuO.OOQ, breaking
'SZRPlZ?wooden boat
Mh h launched at Bay
%ug. 14—International Typographical union.
In session at Milwaukee *—*
indiscriminate boycotts.
Kentucky's
reachea 21.7M3.722 pal #w.
8*_P; 13—Strike of Penns> lvanla anthracite
of whisky
miners ordered.
21-Tw o killed and 10 wounded In strike riots
at Shenaiidoah. Pa., governor orders out
roops Olass chimney manufacturers
concede wage advance of 0 percent., end-
ing strike of 14.700 employes.
Oct. 10—One msn killed and several Injured
during attempt of striken to close col-
liery at Oneida. Pa.
13—Anthracite miners In convention at
Seranton (TecWe to accept 10 i-rni
ai Increa.e offerrd by operator, pro-
vldTnc aame rate hold till April, IW1. .11.;-
Lltltriled" 0,*er queatlona to b.
otr. operatora hav-
to Strike
la.lfd V da., with IW.OOO men out. eniall-
lim total lo>. (If tKi.am.OOO; M Per cent of
antbraclt. mine, had been tied up.
NvX.w'~r"n" •'rtbe of t.fno New
In* at nfd ra™". ' y m'n r'*um'
II— Indiana coal field Idle on account of
hill.tins «n«lneer.' trlke.
Dec. — Atchl.nn. Topeka *
telesrapbera atrlke.
k Santa Fe R. R.
I.VNCIIIIIOB.
J,in n*T". V... W w. Wat!
(white) shot; assault.
«-N ar Hennlna. Tenn , Andenon Gauae
(colored!, had aided ,wap« of I murderera.
10-Kort Scott. Kan.. Oeorc* and Ed Ueeka;
murder.
£XkL°L-Tho* *
i* compoced 01 l&o tnm
Jun. 7- Faulkner. Kan . almetat entlreh
l|emoll«h ll Kv lurna .1. i **
' -
demolished *bv tornado Many build'
'yclone In Beaver cou^, illblT'..
Damaging windstorm near Blanchard-
\llle, Wl«
23—Mississippi at unparalleled low mark.
Streets of Mobile, Ala., submerged
by cloudbursts.
Jul. 3—Cyclone destroys Steamboat Rock.
Ia.
14— Llano, Tex., destroyeel In part by
storm
10—Cloudburst at Coleman. Tex.
Snow at Marshall. Ml. h
23— Forgerlngs. N. D , wiped out by tor-
nado.
ti-Cloudburst floods canyons and valleys
In Ariaona.
Aug 1—Tlntic mining region. Utah.
' k*• 11 I.> . ,er t !i.|uak *
3—Intense heat in Chicago causes nlng
iths
l.V Hailstorm destroys 40,000 acres wheat
near St Thomas. N I)
10- Storm In eastern Illinois destroys 1600.-
oi") broom corn.
33—Tornado at Sheboygan, Wis., doea
fTOO.OOO damige
24—Hurricane off coast of Cape Nome.
Alaska Hailstorm does I&00.000 dam-
age to tobacco In Rock county. Wis.
Bep. 3—Earthquake at Lituya bay. Alaa-
7-Tropical g-ile sweeps Florida coast.
3—West Indian hurricane wrecks Oalves-
ton. Tex.; vessels driven miles Inland
and rice crop destroyed, property loss
e-titrated at from 34u.<iOO.OOO to |60.nno.iSJO.
12 St..rni d« es f"^«. damage f. fruit
around Buffalo. N. Y . and several Pan-
American exposition buildings partially
wrecked.
25—Waterspout and tornado at Ferguson.
Ia.
17—Sharps, la., almost destroyed by cy-
4-Re
out si 1e world by storm.
7—Cyclone does ISOu.ms) damage at B1 wa-
bik. Ml.-.n
10—Earth In tremor 3 hours from 27 earth-
uuake shocks at Kodlak. Alaska
31—At Jacksonville. Fla., 8 earthquake
ahoi
Nov. 20—Tornado lays wsste plantations
In western Tennessee and northern Mis-
alalsalppl
Dec. 15—Earthquake felt at Santiago de
"uba
-J opll I
Oale upsets houses In San Franclsce).
7— Earthquake In East Tennessee. Virginia
ard North Carolina.
23—Earthquake at Santiago de Cuba.
NECROLOGY.
Jan 7-McOlynn. Rev. Edw . Catholic priest
and single-taxer. at Newburg. N. Y . 02
|0—Buskin. John, author and poet, at Brant-
wood. Eng . SI.
{1- Blackmon . Hichard D . author "Lorna
Depone." at Teddington. Eng.; 75.
22— Stockton. John Potter. ck-L*. 8. sena-
tor at New York; 74.
23— Dowager duchess of M8chIeswlg-llol-
Addison, gt Pomfret,
C., xt New
SPORTING.
Ien. 1-Orlando Stevens, of Ottumwg. Ig^
makes new record In competition mile tri-
cycle race at Loa Angeles. Cal.; 1:33 1-3....
Kid McCoy defeats Peter Ma her In 3
rounds at Coney Islsnd. N. Y.
9-Tsrry McUovern wins featherwelghl
championship from Oeo. Dtgon In 3 roundg
In New Torn
Feb. 3—Corcoran makes new world's run-
nlng record at South Bend. Ind ; 40 yds.
_ Jn :A4 3-o.
A® T°Tk* Fs SJgM
clal r
from Los Angeles.
r —.— - hrt R
American league
,ro"i nHSPoan season.
May S—Fred (illbert kills SO pigeons straight
II fda at Sprtncfleld. Ill . new
facortH
I
Gibson
sins
„„ ?r1fi
Kentucky
cago; 2:10*4
isyTvar'- —
leghite boat .
W iscot.-in :«i
30—Pennsylvania university wins IntercoN
Jul. 2—Voi
Hoe ag
•ntrol of crew, a
hip II
jnder perfect
Berlin.
9—Peter Nlssen. of Chicago, gllots boat
through Niagara river rapids and whirl-
pool
14—American athletes win 7 out of lOevertg
In fins Is for world's amateur champion-
•hlpaat P.rl,.
11—Voter breaks world's record on circu-
lar course at Brighton Beach; 1:31.
•jo- Miss Bessie Anthony, of Cranston. 111.,
wlr* woman golf championship of west
W. K Vanderbiit makes 100 m in au-
tomobile in 3 hra.. 57 mln.
23—Mrs. June Lindsav rides bicycle 1,300 S
In 0 dy race In New York.
21—J. i.. Myers swims from Alton. 111., to
8t Louis 127 m ) In 3 hrs. John Nelson
defests Michael in 30-m. bicycle race;
33:03 1-6.
Aug. b-N. E. Backenstoss reaches Seattle
from New York on bicycle; 31 daa.
7—Cigar-shaped train breaka all recordg
between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
making 03 m an hour.
14—Deutschland make s record transatlantic
eastward run, 5 cias., 11 hra.. 43 mln.
:4 -Fltsslmmon* knocks out 8hsrkey In
flsht at (*oney Island, N. Y . In 2 rounds.
31- Expiration of Horton law ends prise
ahting in New York... .Cyclist Turville
as mile st Salt Lake City in 1:32.
8*p. 4—Jacques Faure crosses English
chann< I In ballooti.
7—Denver wins Western Baseball league
1£—Chicago wins American Baseball league
A u u.m«.l - lie In Chicago makes
23—Abbot trots mile in 2:0g«4 Terre
Haute. Ind.
Oct. 4—Maxwell W. Long (NeW York) runs
440 yds. In 47 sec.
5—At Brockton. Mass., Harry Elkes breako
ever)- tricycle record from 2 m to the hour,
making 90 m . 1/45 yds.
6—Cresceus mskes new stallion trotting
record at Cleveland; 2:04.
11 —French aeronaut travels from Paris to
K If w. Russia (1.904 m.) in 30 hrs.
14— National league bn*eball seaaon enda
- 1th Brooklyn leading.
_jll«
long
7 - Upton's challenge for America's cup
accepted by New York Yacht club, races
o be sslled Aug. 20. 22 and 24. John Nel-
l(B^-
- lDlt r
featlng Harvard 28 to o at New Haven.
ec 12—Oxford wins English football
championship from Cambridge.
15-Hurry Elkes and Floyd McFarland win
0-da. International bicycle race at New
Y'ork by wheel's length; 2.C* m.
mftCKMa tftKOI s.
Jsn 13—National Live Stock assn. In aea-
slon at Forth Worth. Tex.
Feb. 13—Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt elected
pres. of Nat. American Woman's Suffrage
assn . at Washington.
1—M L. Lockwood (Pa.) elected prea. of
anti-trust conference In Chicago.
17—Daughters of American Revolution In
9th convention In Washlngtr-
coxgkissioxal doixos.
The aenal. on the Id dlaplaced Ik* ahlp
•ubaldy MII from Ita prlvlleSed portion
aa "untlnlahed bualneaa" and .ubetltuted
(or It the army reorganlaatlon MII. Sen-
ator lUnabrouah (N. D.I latraduoad a
MII creating a department or education
and Slvlnc the head • place In the praat-
denfa cabinet There waa a flurry
cauaed In the houae by a resolution of-
fered by Mr. Olmatead (Pa. > concern-
ing the alleged abridgement or the auf-
frage In I^uleUna. Mlaale.lppl. South
Carolina and North Carolina and calling
for a committM to Inveatlgata tin mat-
tar. The resolution waa Anally voted
down by a atrlct party vote, B to IL
Mr. Rliey tVa. Introduced a resolu-
tion to Investigate why .mall package*
are carried through the mat la for for-
eign governments at a lower rate than
I. given American cltlien*. Mr. Hill
(Conn.) Introduced a MII to maintain the
legal tender of allver dollars at parity
with gold.
For live houra on the 4th the aenata dte-
4-u.sed the army reorganisation till. The
debata took a wide range at tiuies. but
waa confined prlncljally tn the question
of the necessity for the increaae In tha
regular army proposed In the rending
measure. The Philippine question w«,
threshed over at great length, but few
teally new point, were advanced. The
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill was reported The house
had another spirited atruggle over the
Olmsted resolution to Inveatgate the
abridgment of the suffrage In certain
southern atatea with a view ta reappor-
tionment Upon the actual baik of auf-
frage It waa Anally lefelied to the cen-
aua committee. The i Lappnillaamawt Mil
waa tkaa taken up. Mr. Shattuc (O.)
afterwards introduced In aa amended
form hla reaolutlon proposing a con-
(reastonal Inquiry Into alleged abridg-
ment of the right of auffrage.
Utile waa accomplished In the way of
Important leglalatlon by Ike
the tth. The commlttaa mmm
the army Mil. tr, wkkk go objection kad
been raised, wars agn i I to. but
of the ronteaMS aatendmrnta wen
aldered. The amendment giving the presi-
dent the power to As the
parts of the army ration was
The hou.e had an lntereatln«
the reapportionment bill, Mr. UMMkM
(Me.) making a strong apaaeh for In
creaalng tile memberaMp. Mr. (battue
(O.i Insisted that la —T Ut
portlonmenl tha r priinlltka •
reduced In all .tataa wkars tka
vote la abridged.
argued In favor o_ .
thought X7 members
houae.
In the aenata on the 7th tha deb
tha army Mil waa continued and
tor Lodge (Maas.) made a speech In lt«
favor and depicted a brilliant future for
the commerce of the t'nlted States. The
proposition for the estaMlshment of a
veterinary corps In the army waa elli:il-
nated from the MII. 8enator Hani.
(Kan.) Introduced a Mil amending the
civil aervlee law. ao that preference will
be given to civil war veterans la ap-
pointment., retention and promotion, pro-
vided they poaaeaa bualneaa capacity
necessary for the proper dlacharge of the
duties of the officer* or employment..
The houae debated the reapportlon-
nt Mil. apeechea being made by Mesars.
Crumpacker (Ind.), Hepburn (la.) and
Orow (Pa.). Mr. Covering (Maaa.) In-
troduced a bill to make the currency re.
■ponalve to the varying needs of busi-
ness and In all eectlona and Mr. Kahn
(Cal.) a Mil continuing In force (or X
years after May i. 1M all lawa pro-
hibiting and regulating the coming of
Chinese persons and pereone of Chlnear
descent Into the Cnlted Statea.
tas reap-
—w-sjflgS
•d. Ut. Kliitg iH. c.)
• of fW MR. tagause he
ibera onog «oo|l for the
strln. at Dresden, Her.;
21 —Marquis of Uueensberry. In Ixmdon; M
Feb. 3—Ooebel. William, governor de Jure of
K«ntucky.
7—Mother Fllxabeth Strange, founder of
S.sttrs of Mercy order In l*. 8.. at Pitts-
burgh
* \Veli
nla l„
Y.;T.
21—Keeley. Leslie B.. of Dwlght, IlL. gt
Los Angeles. Cal.; 00.
Mt 2— Eppts. Sydney, congressman, of
Virginia, at Washington
4— Hennessy. Archbishop at Dubuque.
Is 73
n (father
of the hou?e>. at Germantown. Pa.; 73.
3—l%h 'l^s. fclw^J., exanln. to England, at
23—Stone. J M . governor for 10 yra. of Mis-
sissippi. at Holly Springs.
33—Sawyer. Phlletus. eg-U. 8. senator, at
Oahkoafe. Wig . M
81 c.ihMin. Chas. H.. eg-l*. 8. senator from
Maryland, at Washington; 37.
Apr 4—Bldwell. John, prohibition candidate
tor president In ItgJ. at Chlco. Cal.
23- llallldle, A. 8.. Invented flrst cable car
system, at Ban Francisco; 73.
May 1 -Munkscksy, celebrated painter, at
nnr,
and writer, at Detroit!"Mich.; 84."
13—Hill, Nathaniel P., ex-ti B. aenator. at
Denver. Col ; 83.
Jun. 3—Crane. Stephen. American war c<
respondent, at Raden-Weller. Oer.. 30.
14—Gladstone. Mrs. W. E., at Hawarden
caitle. Isondon; 88.
13— Hofftcker. John Henry, cong., atBmyr-
jJT i-Phlllp. John W., rear admiral, at
Brooklyn; 00.
3— Pennington. John L, eg-gov. of Dgkota
al Oxford. Ala.; 73.
14—Gear. John Henry, U. B. senator from
Iowa, and twice gov. of atate. at Washing-
ton; 1ft.
23—Carr.^Ellas. ex-gov . In Edgecombcoun-
31-Rldpath. John Clark, historian, at New
York; 80.
Jacob P.. ra-gov. ol Ohio, al
Magnolia. MU. ; TS.
S— Pryor. Luke. «*-U. S. aenator. at Athtna.
Mar. 4—Nat. Kdltorial a
. elects W. P.
would do.
ipr. II—Ex-rrea. Harrison presuoes over
e umerileal conference on foreign mis-
sions in New York.
lay Smallpox closes churches, schools,
etc.. si Marshalltown. la.
17—Presbyterisn general assembly In 112th
annual meeting at Kt Louis.
21—Nst. Congress wi Motht
M"ln •* I i
22—M* thoilis! general conference in Chlca
>s to admit women delegates,
Lynch (N. Y.) elected "
at Des
fas M. Lynch (N. Y.) elected pres. of In
ternatlonal Typographical union — Mrs.
J N. Crouse (Chlcsgo) elected for 23d
pres. of Women's Baptist Home
Mlrslon i
x lety at Detroit.
l^ouis donate 3i.000.000 to Washing' _
versity. . Monument to union and con-
federate soldiers, dedicated st Antletam.
Jun. Mrs. Rebecca Lowe ((Ja ) elected
pres. of General Federation of Women'a
Clubs.
10—Failure of crops
among Indiana o
Arltona.
23— l.ady Somerset reelected pres. of
World's Women's christian Temperance
union, at Edinburgh. Tennessee su-
preme court decld« s women cannot prac-
t Ice law before courts of state.
Jul- 3—Gov. Roosevelt attends rough riders'
reunion at Oklahoma City Internatlon-
;ood roads congress, at Port Huron.
Chrlatlan Endeavor society re-
10 members; Pres.
-by convention at
Mob wrecka Chinese laundry
al gt
Mich
17—World" m
ported as having 3,600.(XW members
F. E. Clark reelected *
L08MO<M|iH^to
at Vlrden. in.
Aug. 14—Society of Army of the Philippines
organised at Denver. Cot; Gen. Frances
V. (Ireene elected pres.
27—G. A. R. reunion opens In Chicago.
Encampment of uniformed rank of
Knights of Pythias Inaugurated at De-
troit. Mich Nat Beekeepera' assn. In
Slst convention In Chicago.
23— Mayor Jss. Q. Woodward, of Atlanta.
Qa.. Impeached for Intoxication Wom-
an's Relief Corpa. Ladies of Grand Army.
Daughters of Veterana and ex-Prisoners
of Wsr hold bu iness sessions In Chica-
go - American Bar assn. In session at
£arstoga. N Y
30—MaJ. L«o Hassleur <8t Louis) elected G.
A. R. commander In chief New cable
ouer.s direct communication between
(lermany and V. 8. ..Ogden H. Fethers
i Wlf • i elected supreme chancellor Knlghla
ol Pythias.
8« p. 2—At 8t Joseph. Mich.. 100 weddings
break Sunday record
22—F. P. Sargent reelected grand master of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, at
De Molner
2*-Gen. N A. Miles elected commander in
chief of Spanish war veterans—Jag. R.
Howard sentenced to death for Oognel'a
murder, at Frankfort, Ky.
Nov. 21—Nat. good roads convention In
cago; W. H. Moore (Mo.) elected pre-
23—Geo. H. Phillips concludes succeaaful
corn corner deal In Chicago.
Dec. 1-w. C. T. U. la Z7th annual conven-
t Ion
4—Gov Plngree pardons Gen. W. L. Whlti
and rt*n. A F. Marsh convicted of mill*
tary frauds.
1^ Territorial exposition at Phoenix. A. T.,
opened.
16--8am Gompera reeleaied pres. of Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at Douisvills, Ky.
17-Nst Civic Federstlon's Industrial arbi-
tration conference in Chicsgo.
lh—Gift of ll.&OO.OOO from John D Rocke-
iirday niglit. a. Frieud.
TO DEPORT
lUcArtksr a*sp«S Sew 1
Otslte( with 1
Manila, Jan. I.-OM.
haa ortlered (he deportation mt <
Kicarte del Ptnar. Hlson, I
Hanloa to the ialand of Guaa.
regimental and four aula
fleers with eight civilians, I
Trias. Tecann and Mabiai. i
aasiatanta of the
have a I an been ordered to be d
It is (Ien. MacArthur'g I
hold moat of the aetlve t
rebela who have been captu
fitiam until the rexumption of a I
(lit ion of peace haa been I
The flrst municipal election waa I
aiicceaafully at Ilaftalo,
llrnjfiift, Saturday. The
took pan in the election.
The Kilipinoa in Manila hava 1
enjoying recently a novel t
in the holding of free, a|
meeting.. Moat of the i
theae meetinga were made by |
officers of the inaargenta,
whom aaaerted that the best way t
securing personal liberty Is to i
the liberties guaranteed by tha I
stilution and government of
Cnlted Statea, which la what ,
ran sovereignity gtanda for. Tha I
diences were greatly Interested i
many of those attending the I
aigned the federal party «
Oen. Mar Arthur.
hia staff, reviewed the Thirty-a
regiment of volunteer Infantry oa t
I.dnets field Monday i
the companies were together i
for the flrst time since the ■
waa organised. After the review I
regiment was drasra up la cloae «
and <len. MaeArthur in a farewell i
dre as congratulated the i
men for their bravery, dlaclpllae ■
judgment, concluding hla
with a hearty "God Meaa jr<
rades." The Thirtjr-seventh will i
for home on the transport I
Thursday. More than half the I
and many of the offlcera i
Tennessee.
mr. aaxxison hqus*.
City of Mexico, Jnn. 7.—A shortage
of $300,1100 has been discovered at the
national treasury. The discovery wu
'• the death at Salvador Z -
pata. paymaater of the department ol
finance. Anotio Vidal. flrst clerk \n
the second aection of Ihe treasury,
made out warrants for the pnvment
of hills in the department of flnance.
Xapnta paid out the money. The two.
It is charged, formed n conspirscv
which was eaaily successful.
A Large Meteor Falla.
Genera, X. V., Jan. 7.—One of the
largest meteors seen in this part ol
the state in recent yeara fell into
Seneca lake between Karla and An-
gus, about ten miles south of this
•Ity. Saturday. It burst with a ter-
rific force not more than a second
•r it struck Ihe water. The concus-
sion, which was distinctly felt in thir
city, broke scores of panea of glaaa
in houses adjacent lo the scene of the
explosion.
Right tMe ia a Flea.
Minneapolis. Minn.. Jan. 7.—Right
men loat their Uvea in a flre at 1 IS
Waahlngton avenue south yesterday
morning which had its origin in the
rear of the Standard furniture atore
The men were overtaken by an in-
tense volume of smoke in the Harvard
hotel, which occupies the recond.
third and fourth floors of the build-
ing. and death in every inatance wai
due to auffocatlon.
•1101- A .tier Oat af Ml .a.
Jefferson City. Mo.. Jan. 7.—"Bill*
Adler, after aerving 1 montha in th<
Miaaouri penitentiary for man-
alalighter in Kanaas City, waa re-
leased Saturday and left for Kanaai
City to make his home with hit
mother. Adler lias a reputation u
a "man killer." It was he who killed
I'oat Office Inspector McClure carni-
val night in Kansr.s City four yean
•IT>.
Haklag Ipinhu for tha Bear Cas,a.
llerlin, Jan. 8.—Christian lie wet
nephew of the lloer general, ia mak-
ing speeches in South liennany in be-
half of the lloer cause and arouaing
great aympathy. The meetings which
he addresses adopt resolutiona pro-
testing vigorously against the over-
throw of the two republics, the reso-
lution. being telegraphed to Count
von lluelow and Mr. Kruger.
Washington. Jan. 8.—There la (
between the McKlnley ■
and former President Han
famous lloosier ia at
and he has written letter* ta ■
his friends here complaining became
the administration haa, aa he allcgi *
nought to affront him. Gen. Harri-|
ann aaya he brlievea the diacharge I
his son. Rusarll. from the army ant
the assignment of his former private]
secretary. Klijah Halford, to duty f
the Philippines were intended as re-1
venge upon him for his frank exprea-1
siona of opinion concerning the Pot
Rico legislation, and upon The qui
tion of the constitution following the I
flag. Some of Gen. Harrison's friends 1
in the senate chamber take hia view I
of the situation, and it is understood |
that these friends are putting obsta-
cles in the way of aa early passage ol
the army reorganization bill, in which
the president nnd his secretary ol
war are ao vitally interested.
Ta Aafc ChlMres far ~ .a.
New York, Jan. -Children In the
Snbbath schools of the Congregational
churches in the Cnitrd States have
been asked to contribute a fund ol
f.Ui.000 for the rehabilitation of the
recently destroyed missions. "Mia*
sionary Sunday" wilt be January la
The l.fMM churches of the denomina-
tion, with their 740.040 pupils, wiU
then make a united effort to raise the
required sum.
Spokane. Wash., Jnn. t.—Plans an I
being formed to secare the annew j
tion of the northern part of Idaho t«
Washington. The purpose ia to add
to thia atate the "panhandle" north
of the forty-sixth parallel, which la
the southern boundary of Washington.
This would include the famoua Cot
d'Alene mining district and a j,
part of the Clearwater gold flelda.
"agk-
Pekin, Jan. 7.—A meeting of th«
Protestant missionaries waa held Sat-
urday to conaider the terms of the
joint note of the powers to China. A
majority of the missionaries spoke on
the subject. The concensus ol
opinion waa that the note waa not
comprehensive enough.
Orgs s I
Guthrie, Ok., Jan. 7,-The territorial
bar aaaociation in aeaaion here adopted
a memorial to euugresa asking for tha
appointment of a separata
court for Oklahoma.
Ksssas till HKkssrBM An i in g,
Kansaa City, Mo.. Jan. 8.—In the ar-
rest of four men, three of them at a
house on Missouri avenue betw
Cherry and I.ocuat streets, the police
believe they have the quartette re-
sponsible for a number of the "hold-
ups" recently committed In Kanaaa
City. The leader is Asa Green, re-
cently pardoned from the peniten-
tiary by Gov. Stephens.
liamH m a H..«l, __
New York, Jan. 8.—Col. '
Roosevelt left his home at Oyate*
Bay Monday for bis hunting trip I
the west. On his way he will 1
briefly in Washington. The vice pess
tdcnt-elcct will not make his home la
that city, however, until early la
March, a few days before the inaugw
ration.
The Lata arastoe Davis- WW.
t. Paul. Minn, Jan. 8.—Jadga
Uaxille yesterday in the probate court
admitted to probate the will at tha
late Cushman K. Davis. The satale,
isisting of 811.000 ia personal ud
840.000 In real property, la all taft tn
Ihe widow.
Waahlngton, Jan. 8. —
Long received a cabiegr
Since Spain haa lost her eoloniea and
Is unable to import cane sugar aa cheap-
ly as before, a number of bert augar
factories have been erected and then
Is a great 4-rmand for frrtillara.
Reindeer are supposed to have con.
originally froa the polar regit
Their boars have been found, however,
la the rock depoaita of southern France
—proving that they were la early times
distributed over a Urge part of tha
globe. Tha earl* French mra-st-armk
made weapons—silage sad bowstrings
—from rslndser skins gad the people
obtained their food and sloUOag trom
from Admiral Reasey at
ing that Private John B.
if the marine regiment, waa
near Cevlte oa the M iaataat.
Waahlngton, Jan.
Gage baa aeat to the
mate of appropriation.
11.000,00a for coatll
Cnlted Mali
ml year
bulldiag at Chtaagn lar ti
1800.
Una
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