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THE BOURBON NEWS PARIS KY TUESDAY JANUARY 8 1901I

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CHRONOLOGICAL mA-n and Concise Review of Important

Happenings of Past Year

DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CHINESE CRISIS

Business Failures Startling Disasters Crimes and LynchingsIncluding a Brief Account the

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THE CRISISThe Boxers or of the Righteous

rFist were a formidable organization InChina fully a before the recent up

rising at Peking Missionaries and otherforeign and native Christians as

were murdered and churches andmissions of all denominations destroyed

and May last hardly awithout rumors from of repeatedatrocities These finally1 led to protestatrig a of International polltical importance

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28 Boxers marching towardPeking burning bridges enroute

1 guard at PekingAt Taku 23 warships

t Many stations destroyed Conger wires Pekinggovernment Russia offers toPUt down Boxer uprisingAdmiral lands U S marines at

Taku and engages Boxers8 Pres cabinet decides to

tect foreigners in China but to avoid enalliance with China

refuses use of railroad to Peking to fortroop-sChina protests against of for-

eign of TungChow burnedand 20 missionaries

10 Foreigners in Peking compelled to seekrefuge in which are surroundedarmed Boxers

13 marching to Peking defeated 62wounded

14 legation burned and chancellor killed

16 Ketteler German minister murdoraja

17 forts at Taku ordered to sur-render to allies open iire on allied fleetOregon ordered to Taku

25 Chaftee selected to command Amerlean troops In27 expedition Returns to Tien

tsin-Jui 1 Prince Tuan reported in full controlat Peking

5000 native Chinese Christiansmassacred

IGrCol Liscum of 9th U S infantry andDavis of many

of their men killed in battle atIn which allies were repulsed Chinese

17 Chinese routed and Tientsin capturedafter fierce battle

SO Wave of massacre throughcentral and southern provinces

2 Allies begin march on Pekingdersee appointed commanderinchief of

15 captured after hard fight andrelieved dpwager

Emperor KwangHsu flee to Hsian Fu23 of Chinese routed near Tfenv tsin

T Military administration consisting ofa representation of each of allied powersestablished at Peking

Sep 8 Orders to Gen Chaffee tohis forces for withdrawal from

25Gen Chalices forces ordered toleaving only guard ofSO withdraws troops to Tientsinshowing accord with American policy

S and dowager remove toSingan Fu alleging scarcity of food inIS Chinas peace commissioners send peace

proposals to envoys of powers admittingIS Mlnlster Conger authorized to beginpeace negotiations

1 Prince Tuan flees to Mongolia2 Five ofliclals of u sentenced todeath for outrages on missionaries12 Envoys in Peking agree on preliminary

conditions toexecution of 11 high officials

16 Prlnce Tuan banished byS other princes punished

3 Over 200 Christians massacred InShansUEnvoys at Peking sign new protoco

execution of doBoxers Russian report estimates massacre of native thus far at250000

10 LI Hung Chang and Prince foundto credentials from Chineseemperor54 Minister Conger internationalagreement with explanatory statement ofexact position government25 viceroy has 1500 reformers massacred In26 Massacre of 21 Catholics by Boxers re-

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BUSINESS FAILURESTan SiWabasha Minn Peoples bank6 N J bank

manf 52319027S D State bank

17 Chicago Francis P Owings real es5364977

Feb Bedford Mass Henry E Hotcomb manf 1351438 MinerBeat Co clothing firm 5450000

16 United milling combinetrustMar C Port Jervis N Y Nat bank resumes had suspended payment in December6J F formerly manufacturer

petition5800000 assetsbankruptcy 51520085 no assetsAppleton Co NeWYork publishers

26Rutland Vt Merchants Nat bankH Five bank forl4490o8 and Guarantee savings bank fur571083Apr Cambridge Neb State bank 540

10 Columbus 0 Reinhard Cos bank14000012 KAn Citizens state bank

26 Price McCorjnlck of New Yorkand shippers 51300000028 Seymour stock ahd cotbrokers of New YorkJun 5 V C Shields bank at MulberryGrove Ill15 McNair Alexander cattlemen at Asiav land Kan 5542000

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Nov 17 German Natbank at Newport Kyf 12Bartk af trillioni USfOrder of Itirffe raternat insuranbe association

nat bank of Md25 Isaac Robinson at Baltimore Mdmanufacturer 5800000 C

CASUALTIE52rrSchooner Puritan wi c ked on Cabot

S of lot11 Los Angeles CalL 11 entombed byItfNear Wiikdsbarre PaV 5 In railroadwreckWeb 5 Schooner Mary C Ward capsizednear Newbern 5I Escanaba Mich 9 In railway

U2 Near Stony Creekhouse

Ifl Roanoko Marshes Va J by capsizing ofschoonerMar 4 New Yotk 6 In burping building

Fire Creek mine ex-plosion

12 N J 14 in terment house fireApr Claremont Va 5 in burning

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17 San Francisco 6 deaths to date from bubonic

23 In Cumnock coal mines N C 30 by ex-plosion

Montgomery W Va 12 from eating provisions3 Near Hamilton 0 5 in railroad

wreck7 Near Wis S by fall of heavy

timbers9 Glouster 0 8 by gas in mine13 Cammal Pa 6 on a logging railroad15 Near Port B 2323 Near McDonough Ga 41

wreck by a washout Beavercounty O T 5 by cycloneWis 6 wreck

Thatcher A T 5 in burning home30 Hoboken N J 175 by lire on docks

of North German Lloyd NorfolkVa 19 negroes by sinking of barge

Jul 2 5 by3 Hoboken N J 8 In tenement flre Off

sea coast sloop Seattle capsized7 drowned

4 Fourth of celebrations throughoutkilled 59 and Injured people

NearTacoma Wash 36 by ofcar into deep chasm Parkersburg WVa 6

9 Near Calico Rock Ark D J Fink andfamily 9 persons by eating toadstools

16 15 in cloudburst18 New York city 70 by excessive heat23 Near Akron 0 11 by capsizing of skiffThirtyMile rapids 40 by over-

turning of steamerArk 5 In railroad wreck

10 47 deaths 131 prostrations and6 driven insane the record a week ofexcessive heat

12 Pa 15 train crashed Intoomnibus New York 9 in storm

15 Chicago 5 In burning house Pierson7 in Nome

Alaska 15 by shipwreck21 Kensico Y 7 collisionSep 8 Galveston7 Tex about 5000 lost in

75 other Texas towns report loss of

12 Mound 9 In railroad wreckLake Erie John B Lyons

14 drowned16 Eau Claire Wis 6 by capsizing of19 Off Chatham Mass 18ln galeMorristown Minn 8 in cyclone

Oct 7 Near Blwabik Minn 9 in15 Sells Ark 6 by dynamite explosion17 York 8 tenement house21 Lodd Tex 6 in tornado29 New York IS by chemical explosion and

resulting fire In7 railroad wreck

Nov 4 W Va 13 by dynamiteexplosion

16 Near Polk Pa 6 in railroad wreck18 Oswayo Pa 6 In burning hotel20 western Tennessee and northern Mis-

sissippi about SO by cyclone In Wishunting season results in 12

men killed and 12 wounded29 San Francisco 13 by falling in of roof

over furnaces S cruiserYosemite lost In typhoon In Philippines5 seamen drowned

Dec 3 Chicago 6 by boiler explosion Inpower house

6 Fishing boat Cora S McKay up forcrew of 30 residents of Province

town Mass7 During past season on great lakes 110

said to have been lost9 Pa tow barge Charles Foster

foundered S lost15 Cannonball N D 6 by gasoline explo

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CRIMES2 Jaa L Moore kills wife

aged 22 at Manes Mo and commits sui-cide

6 During murder trial at Otter Creek Ky2 men killed in free fight

9 During trial in court at Oak Ridge Missquarrel resulted In of A D Rol-land R S Stephenson and Dr Otto Aus-tin

11 At Proud Gap Ky 4 killed in quarrelover game of cards

C Bonfils and H H Tammen proprietors of Denver Post shot by WmAnderson a wellknown attorney during

16 David G Colson kilts EthelUert at Frankfort Ky 2 bystand-ers feud

Feb 7 Entire family of 6 Indians by nameof McTavIsh killed by vigilance committee in British charged with belag witches

28 Jos Glean farmer near BluefieldW Va kills daughter her lover and selfshoots Rev A F Nelson who toher rescue and commits suicide domes-tic trouble

22 Tom Jones kills Ella Jones and5 of her children at Garner N C

shoots Katie VanKlostere In Murphysboro Ill disap-pointed love

14 L D McAllister of Heloise Tennkills wife and self Jealousy

15 Mrs Moser and 3 found murdered near Tremont Ill

Jun feud at San Augustine TexSheriff Noel and 2 brothers are killed

Morrison kills Mrs Olinwounds herself at Eldoradojealousy

6Rufus T kills wife of 3 daysand self at Columbia S C

24 In race riot in New Orleans RobertCharles colored kills 2 policemen

Aug 4 Five dead as result of feud betweenDooley and Harris families at Doe RunMo

Jamestown 0 A G killswife soninlaw and self family trouble

S Harrington at Farley Mo uncle motherinlaw Sheriff Dlllingham is then killed by sheriffsson

Sep 4 Paul Cronin at Waukesha Wiskills Mrs E Miller and shoots himselfbecause she refused to marry him

Indians kill each other at TurtleMound Fla In a all wanted tochiefs daughterOct 1 Valter kills wife and self

ddmestic troubleAt Falmouth Ky C S Anderson killswife and self would not live withhim3 Because husband intended becoming afarmer Mrs Valentine

daughter and self at Two Rivers WisC In over politics at

Ind Wallace Graves killed and 8 otherswoundedDec 6 Theo Wallert to murder of wife and stepchildren at Arling

ton Minn15 Four dead as a result of mysterious

poisoning at Forsythe MinesDouglass of Crawfordsville Ind

kills and wounds another iforcalllngfon his wife

Jan 13 Iowa City Ia business block 5150000

Feb 1 Dayton in business section4 St Louis among business houses 51

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Apr Ark 5500000 fire in busi-ness

4 Kansas City Mo democratic convention hall and other buildings 5400000

Apr Menominee Mich Spies building7 Pittsburgh Pa Jos Home Cds de-

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30 Forest fires in Michigan reach alarm-ing proportions

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Jul 5 Constable JCos plant 51500000

14 Prescott A T business section anddwellings 1500000

TJ St Paul Minm Cold Storage Ware-house Cos warehouse 5750000

21 Buffalo N Y Eastern elevator 5750000

Keystone Lumber Cos lumberyards19 Alexandria Ind Kelly Ax Manf

plant 500000 ft21 fires In Colorado and Wyoming

estimated damage at 510000000Sep Narragansett Pier 5350000 fire

Tex Merchants Plantersoil mill 400000 Near Plymouth Massforest fires 500000

20 New York Terminal stores 5100000025 Baring Cross Ark Iron Mountain rail

way shops 5400000York Atlantic Transport line

pier 51000000York house of Tarrant Co

and other buildings from chemical ex-plosion

Miss large part businesssection 5500000

25 Sherman county Tex 20 big ranches

FOREIGN2Earthquake in Achalkalak Russia

destroyed 10 villages 600 lives lostFeb 3 Most terrible heat ever experienced-

In Buenos Ayres 93 deaths from sunstroke

25 Mexican troops and Indians fightPotam 300 Mexicans killed and

woundedMar Earthquakes do great damage In

Mexico29 Turkey prohibits Imports of American

porkApr 14May 4 Fourth centenary of Brazils dis-

covery celebrated at Rio Janeiro11 Czar abolishes deportation to Siberia of

Russian convicts and forbids sentencingof prisoners without trial

Jun 5 In India 6770000 people receivingrelief

21 Count Mouravleff Russian minister offoreign affairs dies in St Petersburg

4 Lafayette statue gift of Americanpresented to France by Commis-

sioner29 Humbert of Italy aged 56 assas-

sinated at Monza by BressiAug 2 Italian cabinet swears allegiance

to Emmanuel III9 Turkish massacre 200 Armenians

at Spaghank Funeral of King Humat Rome

IS Lord Roberts commander Inchief of British srmy to succeed LordWolseley

1 AH Mahomet Bay rebelto Persias throne defeated andImprisoned

6 Duke dAbruzzl of returns fromarctic region after having gone within241 of pole

Canadian parliament dissolved17 von Hohenlohe resigns chan

of Germanynamed to succeed him

19 Lord famine has caused500000 India

Nov 7 Tupper defeated inCanadian election liberals overwhelmbigly successful

12 Paris exposition closed29 at Tourane Japan 1600 livesDec Diaz of Mexico inaugurated

for sixth time4 Flood in river Tiber causes 7500000

loss in Rome7 Russian consuls In kill

ing of hundreds of Armenians25 Yaqui Indians ambush Mexicans kill

ing 30 in revolution inVenezuela

The War In the TransvaAlJan 1 Gen French takes Colesburg10 and Kitchener land at Cape

12 Gen Buller begins second attempt torelieve Ladysmlth

24 Gen Warren captures Splon kopGen Woodgate killed

26 kop abandonedFeb 9 Buller checked in third

to relieve Ladysmlth 1747 lost iinrfhethree advances

pushes over Orange Freeborder

15 Gen French enters Kimberley27 Cronje with 4000 men at

Paardqberg28 relievedMar 13 Salisbury rejects peace overtures-

of Boers15 Roberts enters

moves capital to Kroonstadt2S Gen Joubert dies in PretoriaApr 6 Boers capttire companies Brit

troops near10 Battle of Meerkatsfontein British

lose 600 killed and wounded and 900 aretaken prisoners

25 Boers driven from WepenerMay 6 Severe lighting along Vet river12 Roberts occupies Kroonstadt without

opposition18 Mafeklng relieved ending siege of 216

days31 British enter JohannesburgJun 3 Kruger seat of government

from Pretoria to5 Roberts takes Pretoria Battalion of

Irish yeomanry captured by Boers InOrange Free State

U Boers capture 600 British atBoer capital at Machadodorp

Jul 23 De Wet supplytrain and 100 Highlanders

20 Gen with 5000 Boers surrenders unconditionally at

1 Rouse FontenelDeploy Potgrleter and Joubert withtheir troops surrender to English

27 reports capture of Gen Olivier a Boer

Sep 3 Roberts proclaims TransvaalBritish territory

7 Lydenburg captured by British10 Buller loss on Boers at

Spitz kop7 Roberts reports 16000 British pris-

oners to have from19 Kruger embarks at Lorenzo Marques-

on Dutch cruiser sailing for Holland23 Renewed Boer activity In southernpart of Orange River ColonyNov 9 British defeat Wet taking

100 prisoners22 extraordinary wel-

come on landing at25 Pres Loubet welcomes Kruger to

Paris29 British surrender 400 men and two

of Bloemfonteln30 Roberts turns over command of

in South Africa to Lord KitchenerDec 2 German emperor announces In-

ability to Kruger

visit from Kruger8 Czar writes to Kruger expressing sym-

pathy but announces to reaid cause

11 British parliament votes 580000000 tocontinue war

15 Boers take 120 British at ZastronDe Wet ani destroys immensequantities of supplies and ammunition

19 bandons pursuit of Deseeks to stem of Boer invasion-

of Cape Colony and Natal20 Boer Invaders occupy Colesburg23 Boers occupy26 Boers surprise ad capture BrltishcavaIry squadron near

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICSJan 4 Italy to open door policy m

completing of powers approvproposal W Murray

Crane Mass10 Jos C S Blackburn dem Ky elected

U S senator16 Jas H Gear la reelected U S sena-

tor Coy Miss25 Brigham H Roberts con-

gress by vote of 26S to30 Goebel contestant for governor-

ship of Kentucky at31 members of legis-

lature meet and declare Goebelham elected gov and lleut goY aresworn in by chief justice of court of ap

Gov declares In-surrection and adjourns legislature tomeet at London

Feb 2 Martial lawS Beckham sworn In to succeed Goebel5 ote relating to Nica-

ragua canal signedC Wm H Cinn 0 appointed

pres of commission tqfor Philippine Rrep elected U S senator

selected to com-mand Asiatic fleet r

Porto andlevying a 15 per cent tariff on certain ex-port to U S and providing free tradeMar 1 1902 decides to run for

6 court of appeals decides J CW Beckham Is governor

Otis allowed to retire from com-mand Gen Arthur MacArthuf selectedto suuceed him I

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Hawali Chas H Allen Inauguratedof Porto Rico2 Rev F C Swallow P nominated forpres United Christian party atIsland Ill

8 Flag hoisted over Island TutuIIa Samoa1 e party In national convention atSioux S D nominated W J BryanNeb and Chas A Towne forpres and vice Middleoftheroadpopulists nominate Wharton Pafor pres and Donnelly Minnfor vice pres in convention In Cincinnati15 U S W A Clark Mont find

himself unable to hold the seat21 U S supreme court decides Kentucky

governorship contest In Beckhams favoron of jurisdiction 4 justicesW W Head La in

augurated G Rathbone directorgeneral of posts In Cuba25 Virginia votes for constitutional re

to disfranchise negroesiJun 4 carry state elec

ton S Senator Geo P Wetmore repR I reelected U S court of claims decides Rear Admiral Sampson to have beenin command Cervera

21 Pres McKInley unanimously renominated jTor pres TheodoreRoosevelt for vice pres

28 Gov Dole Hawaii Inaugurated Prohibitionists at Chicago nominate John GWoolley for pres Henry B Metcalf forpres

4 Democratic national convention atCity JaS D Richardson chair

man5 Wm J Bryan nominated by Democrats

for pres platform0 JE Stevenson nominated by demo-

crats for vice pres Silver republicans Inconvention at Kansas City indorse Bryans nomination

12 Pres McKInley notified of nomat Canton O

16 Nat League Republican clubs In ses-sion at St Paul

23 International locate CanadaAlaska boundary according to modusVivendi

Aug 1 ExGov Wolcott Mass appoint-ed ambassador to Italy

4 E V Debs social democrat presidentialnominee issues letter of

6 Wm J Sanford dem Alai elected15 congress at Indianapolis

Geo S MassSep 4 Wm Vt elect

ed govSeth H Ellis nominated forby national union reform party

Oct 3iQuadrerinial convention of democratic clubs at Indianapolis

9 Trial by jury in andwrit of habeas established

Nov ends recordbreaklrigcampaign tour having traveled 21203miles and made 673 speeches in 8 weeks

5 Cuban constitutional convention meetsin Havana

6 McKInley and Roosevelt elected pres andpres of U S electoral vtteular plurality 877718 O O Bacondem U S senator

23 Isthmian canal commission favorsroute estimated cost 5120000000

27 U S Senator J T Morgan dem Alareelected

Dec 1 Pres McKinley Inaugurates civilservice

3 Pres McKinleys annuaf message readon opening of 2d session of

5 A Towne Minn appointed to US senate

6 Army reorganization bill passed by low-er ol congress P Eagan

to army and retired10 and Indian territories organ

ize Joint convention to units on singleform of government

11 Gov J C W Beckham Ky Inaugu

of establishment of capital-at celebrated

Constitutional status of Porto Rico andPhilippines argued in U S supreme court

19 Cleveland advises againstat democratic reorganization

S senate ratifies 55 to 18 Hay1 Pauncefote treaty

26 of 20th century nationalgospel campaign in New York

INDUSTRIALJan glass factories start

after 6 tiles idleness Carnegie iron-works in Pittsburgh resume operationsadvancing wages of 10000 men increasingpay roll over

railroad pensions 950 old employes15 United Mine Workers in

ering at Indianapolis John reelected citllJth

17 Chicago drainage canal costing 33000Large bridge building

consolidate capitalFeb 5 In Choago 1500 men defy contrac

tors new ru s and daring subsequent week number jf striKers increases to 700014 Sheet of country combine atPittsburgh capital 52000000

6 men idle in26 Actual work on 536000000 underground

rapid transit tunnel in New York begun30 Strike of 6000 Chicago machinists settledApr 2 In 200 pickets attacked 30 nonunion workers 17 men Injured during riot

Ill Cos 5000 coal min-ers ordered to strike

26 Estimated 150000 men and 25000000 capital made idle in Chicago by strikesMay 3 Standard Co raises of25000 men 10 per cent and reduces workinghours

7 In Chicago Judge Tuthill declares contract for work Invalid because ofrequiring exclusively union laborLouis car men strike

15 Three strike sympathizers shot in StLouis in fight men who attempted torun street cars27 During 21 days of St Louis street car

5 persons killed and 75 wounded28 St street car wrecked withJun 3 killed and woman stripped andbeaten for riding on St street car24 Traffic resumed on all StLouis street railway linesJul 2 St street car strike settledboth sides claiming Wall papertrust7 Interstate commerce commission reports

railroad of 252364 and number ofemployes at 925924fiscal year reach 180000000 breaking

record26 Schooner Pretoria largest wooden boatever built 350 ft launched at BayCity MichAug 16 Internaf ional Typographical unionIn session at declares against

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36 Strike of Pennsylvania anthraciteminers ordered21 Two killed and 10 wounded In strike riotsat Shenandoah Pa orders outtroops Glass chimney manufacturersconcede wage of end

strike of 14700Oct 10 One man killed and several injuredduring attempt of strikers to colat Pa13 Anthracite miners in convention atScranton decide to accept 10 per centwage Increase operators pro-

viding same rate hold till 1901 slidIng scale abolished other questions to bearbitrated25 Coal strike declared off operators hav

in agreed to per cent Strikelasted 39 das with 140000 men dut failing total loSs of 510000000 90 per cent ofanthracite mines had been tied upNov months strike of 2500 New

York cigar makers ended by resuming at old rates13 Indiana coal field idle on account ofhoisting engineers strike

Topeka Santa Fe R Rtelegraphers

LYNCHINGJan 5 Newport News Va W W Watt

white assaultIB Near Tenn Gause

colored had aided of 320 Fort Scott Kan George and Ed

murder26 Canon Thos Reynolds an

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had been acquitted on murderMar Letohatchee Ala Jim Crosby

had threatened revenge for lynchof friend

23 Tenn Louis Rice colored fortestimony given in murder trial24 Va OGrady white and

Walter Cotton murderApr 5 Near Ga Allen Brookenegro assault5 Ivor Va negro started ire which wiped

out the village21 Pa x nn Hughly and Ed

Ames attempted assassination of whitet

28 Marshall Mlndeo Chowgoe colored

May 4 Ga SMarshall Jones negro murder

5 Geneva Ala unknown asault of 12 yrold

lynch comrade to save trouble ofing him as prisoner

22rPueblo Kimblern negroshot wife and murdered 2 children

JUn 2 Dasro Pete hSgrq negrQiinqb assaulted coloredwoman N J Smith Alvord

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O Brien Fla Jack Thomas n6 Near Columbia Ala John Roe

negro attempted assault27 in New Orleans for

killing 2 policemen13 Corinth Miss Jack Belts negro

assaulted 10yrold girl22 Akron mob of 3000 surrounded jail

clamoring for a officers fired2 Mob burned Columbia hall and

blew up city building Troops ordered toscene had assaultedwhite was afterwards sentenced to

imprisonment29 vllle La Thos J Ames col

ored murderSep 2 Ponchatoula 4 negroes

with2S Mansfield O coated withtar and driven from townOct 2 Electric Ala Wlnfleld Townsend

burned at stake attempted18 Fratus Warfieltattempted to enter house where whitewoman and were only occupants19 Brusle Landing La Mlley Dodson

colored white man23 Near Vlcksburg Miss Gloster Barnescolored murderer by negro mob24 Ga Jas Guer and JasCallaway colored charged with firing

farmers house30 Ala criminalassault on 14yrold white girl

S Miss Naborscolored murderTex S taken fromjaii and hanged murder16 Near Cot Preston Porter Jrburned at stake murder ofLouise Frost

27 Near City Fla Spencer WilliamsDec Ivanhoe Va Dan Long negro criminal assault

Ind Bud Rowland and JimHenderson both colored murder17 Ind John Rolla coloredImplicated in murder19 Arcadia Miss 2 negroes who robbedand trading and killed ThosThompson owner20 Miss negro named Lewismurder

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of snow atGa establishes new record

Feb 3 sweeps coast of Newfoundland

S Temperature drops 50 degrees In ISColllrisvilte truckby windstorm

Mar 1 Heaviest snow since 1888 In north-ern New York andi New England busi-ness at standstill

15 snowstorms in Texas Missis-sippi and Alabama

4 strikes during snowstorm at Wyo

6 Cloudburst at Water Valley Tex7 Dam at Austin Tex swept away

2000000 damage and over 50 lost15 sweeps over Wlnfleld andClearwater16Tornado at Hamburg laMay 6 at Neb andin central Kansas7 Cyclone In Jerseyvllle 111 Terrific

hailstorm at Toledo O Tornado atSan Antonio Tex28rEclIpse of sun viewed In belt of totality clear sky in running from

Norfolk to New Orleans Cyclone IrtSebawa Mich

Jun Kan almost entirelydemolished by tornado buildings wrecked by wind at Miami I T

23 in Beaver county OklaDamaging windstorm near BlanchardWis

26 Mississippi at unparalleled low markof Mobile Ala submergedby cloudbursts-

Jul 6 Cyclone destroys Steamboat RockIa14 Llano Tex destroyed In part by

storm16 Cloudburst at Coleman20 Snow at Mich28 wiped out by

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floods canyons and valleysin Arizona

Aug 1 Tintic region Utahshaken by earthquake

6 Intense heat in Chicago causes ninedeaths

15 Hailstorm destroys 40000 acresSt Thomas N D

16 Storm In eastern Illinois destroys 500000 broom corn

20 Tornado at Sheboygan Wis does300000

24 Hurricane off coast of Cape NomeAlaska Hailstorm does 500000 dam-age to tobacco cin Rock WisEarthquake at Lituya bay Alaska

gale Florida coastIndian hurricane wrecks Galves-

ton Tex vessels driven miles inlandand rice crop destroyed property lossestimated at from to 50000000

12 Stoim does 5500000 damage to fruitaround Buffalo N Y and several PanAmerican exposition buildings partiallywrecked

25 Waterspout and tornado at Ferguson27 Sharps la almost destroyed by cy

Ost 4 Red Wing Minn cut off fromoutside world by storm

does 5500000 damage at Biwabik Minn

16 Earth In tremor 6 hours from 27 earthquake shocks at Kodialc

31 At Jacksonville Flashocks

Nov 20 Tornado lays wasteIn western Tennessee and northern MIs

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and singletaxer at Newburg N Y 6220 Ruskln John author and poet at Brant

wood Eng SL21 Blackmore Richard D author Lorna

Doone at Teddington Eng 75

New York 74Feb 3 Goebel William governor de jure of

Kentucky13 Wells H military governor Vir

ginia in reconstruction at Palmyra-N Y 77

21 Keeley of Dwight ill atLos Angeles Cal 68

Mar 2 Sydney ofWashington4 Archbishop at Dubuque

Ia 756 Harmer Alfred C congressman father

of the house at Germantown Pa 759 Edw J exmln to England at

New Haven Conn 78J M for 10 yrs of Mis-

sissippi at Holly Springs29 exU S senator at

Oshkosh Wis 8331 Gibson Chas H exU S senator from

Maryland at Washington 57prohibition candidate

for president in 1S92 at ChicoMay Munkacksy celebrated painter at

Bonn Austria7 Culberson David B at Jeffer

son iWillis Richard Storrs poetand at Detroit Mich 84

22 P exU S senator atDenver Col 68

Jun 5 Crane Stephen American war cor-respondent at BadehWeller Ger 30

Mrs W E at Hawardencastle London 88

M6 Hoffecker John Henry cong at Smyrna Del

Jul 1 Philip John W rear admiral atBrooklyn f 60

9 John L exgov of Dakotaat Oxford Ala 75

14 Gear John Henry U S senator fromtwice gov of state at Washing

23 Carr Elias exgov in Edgecomb county N C

31 John Clark historian at NewYork 60

4rCox Jacob D exgov of Ohio atMagnolia Miss 70Pryor exU S senator at Athens

Ala12 Scott Robt Kingston of

South Carolina in reconstruction days andlater civil gov at Napoleon O

14 Huntington millionaireand pres Pacific railway 79

16 John J exU senator ofAtchison Kan at Las Vegas Hot SpringsN M 67

Sept 3 Lewelling Lorenzb D exgov ofKansas at Arkansas 54

5 Sewall Arthpr democratic candidate In1S96 for vice pres near Bath Me 65

14 Slcard Montgomery rear admiral at

clvtt war at Springfield 111 f8825 M Palmer Ill

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22 Sherman John statesman at Washington 77

28 Muller Max philologist at Oxford U77 f M

Nov Wm exmayor of NeW

R G head of mercantile agencyat New York 74

Marcus Montana copper king atNew York 60Vlllardmagnate near Dobbs Ferry N Y 65

at Nashua 6620 Hoyt Chas H playwright afdharles

ten N H 4022 SuIUvs Sir Arthur Lon i

don 5827 Davis Cashmarr ZL U 6renatcr at St

Paul Minn 6229 Fred V rear admiral 26 In

rank to at Washington 69 I

Dec Jos exgov of Misat 82

9 John L M exU S senator atLaurens S mason in theworld Adna Adams Treat aWDenverartist at New York

7015 Porter John Addison at omfretConn 4418 Ludlow ExGov Ceo C at New

Brunswick 70

SPORTING l

Jan 1 Orlando Stevens of Ottumwa Iamakes new record in competition mile bi-cycle race at Los Gal li59 13McCoy defeats Peter Maher in 5

at Island N Y 19 McGovern wins featherweight

championship from Geo inS roundsYork

Feb 8 Corcoran makes new worlds run-ning record at South Bend Ind 40 yds

Mar 29 Topeka Santa Fe2265 miles In 57 hrs 56 minApr 19 National and American leagueteams open baseball seasonMay 3 Fred Gilbert kills 50 plgeotis straight-at 31 yds at Springfield Ill new world s

record Gibson wins KentuckyDerby at Louisville 20611 Jeffries defeats Corbett infight at Coney Island Y in 23

23 Sydney Lucas wins American Derbyat30 Pennsylvania university wins intercol

boat race at Poujrhkeepsle N YWisconsin 2d

Jul 2 Von Zeppelins airship travels T5miles under perfectcontrol of crew at Berlin

9 Peter Nissen of Chicago pilots boatthrough Niagara and whirlpool14rAmerican athletes win 1 out ofl events

in finals for worlds amateurat

17 breaks worlds record rcri circular course at Brighton Beach 188

20 Miss Bessie Anthony HUwins woman golf championship of west

W K makesieonu in automobile In 3 hrs 57 min

23 Mrs Jane Lindsay rides bicycle 1500 anIn 6 dy race New York

31 J C swims from AltOn IlL toSt Louis 27 m In 6 hrs John Nelsondefeats Michael In 20m bicycle race330315

Aug 6 N E Backenstoss reachesSeattfrom New York on bicycle 81 dasCigarshaped train breaks all recordsbetween Philadelphia and Baltimoremaking m an hour

Deutschland makes record trnndatlantioeastward run 5 das 11 hrs 45 rain

24 Fitzsimmons knocks out Sharkey Infight at Coney Island N Y In 2

Sep 4 Faure crosses Englishchannel balloon

7 Denver wins Western Baseball leaguepennant t

18 Chicago wins American Baseball leaguepennant Automobile in Chicago makesmile in 106 and 10 m in

25 Abbot trots mile in 203 at TerreHaute Ind

Oct 4 Maxwell W Long New Tork runs440 yds in 47 sec

5 At Mass Harry Elkes breaksevery tricycle record from 2m to the hourmaking 30 m 1045 yds

6 Cresceus makes new stallion trottingrecord at Cleveland 204 i

11 French aeronaut travels from Paris to-Klew Russia 1304 ra in 36 hrs

14 National league baseball soason endsvith Brooklyn leading

15 Marguerite Cast N Y cycles 2DOO

miles in 222 hrs 5 mrecords

17 challenge for Americas cupaccepted by New York Yacht club racesto be Aug 20 22 and 24 John Neison cycles 15 m in 2704 15 in Chicago

24 Yale wins football championship by de-feating Harvard 2 to 0 at New Haven

Dec 12 Oxtord wins English footballchampionship from Cambridge

15 and Floyd win6da international bicycle race at NewYork by wheels length 2628 mV

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sion at Forth Worth TexFeb 13 Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt elected

pres of Nat American Womans Suffragassn at Washington

14 M L Lockwood Pa elected pres ofantitrust conference In Chicago

17 Daughters of American Revolution ia9th convention in Washington

Mar 4 Nat Editorial assn elects W FParrett la pres

13 Rev C M Sheldon begins weeks effortTopeka Kan Capital as

would do21 ExPres Harrison presides over

ecumenical conference on foreign mis-sions in New York

May 4 Smallpox closes churche3 schoolsetc at Marshalltown la

17 general assembly In 112thannual meeting at St Louis

21 NaL Congress of Mothers atMoines

22 Methodist general conferencevotes to women delegates

Jas M N Y elected prea of In-ternational Typographical union MrJ N for 23dowse

oftime pres Womens Baptist HornsMission society at Detroit

30 Sam and Robt of StLouis donate 5000000 Washington uni-versity Monument to union and confederate soldiers dedicated at Antietam

Jun S Mrs Rebecca Lowe Ga electedpres of General Federation of WomensClubs

16 Failure of crops causes great sufferingamong Indians on Gila reservation inArizona

26 Lady Somerset reelected pres ofWorlds Womens Christianunion at Edinburgh Tennessee su

court decides women practice law before courts of state

Jul S Gov Roosevelt attends rough riJerareunion at Oklahoma City Internation-al good roads congress at Port HuronMich

17Vorlds Christian reported as having 3500000 members PreaF Clark reelected by conventionLondon Mob wrecks Chinese laundryat Virden 111

Au 14 Society of Army of theorganized at Denver Gen FrancesV Greene elected pres

27 G A R reunion In28 of uniformed rank of

Knights of Pythias inaugurated at Detroll Nat Beekeepers assn la31st convention In

29 Jas G Woodward off AtlantaGa impeached for Intoxication Womans Ladles of Grand Army

of Veterans and exPrlsoneraof hold business sessions In Chicago American Bar assn in session atSaratoga N Y

SO Maj Leo Rassleur St Louts elected GA R commander in chief New cableopens direct communication betweenGermany and U H Fether-Wis elected supreme chancellor Knight

of Pythias2 Joseph Mich 100 weddings

break Sunday22 F P Sargent reelected srrantTmaster

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen atDes Moines

26 Gen N A Miles elected commander lachief of war veterans Jas BHoward sentenced to death for Goebelamurder at Frankfort

Oct 2 American Bankers aesn In annualsession at Richmond Va

18 Galveston relief fund reaches 1095201Nov 21 Nat roads convention in Chi-

cago W H Moore Mo elected presH Phillips concludes successful

corn corner In ChicagoDec 1 W C T U annual4 Gov pardons Gen L White

and Gen A Marsh convicted of millfrauds

10 Territorial exposition at Phoenix A T15 Sam Gompers reelected Ameri-

can Federation of Labor atLoaisvlUe Ky17 Nat Civic Federations industrial arbi-

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