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4 What Has Been Done During the Past Twelve Months,

THÉ YEAR 1897 A BUSY ONE

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All | of the Important Happenings the World Over Briefly Noted in

Chronological Order.

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES

Disasters of Tarlous Kinds—Crimes, Sulcidcs fmd Lyncldngs—A Year's Famous Dead • —Political Eventa—Sporting

j DANK FAILURES. ; Jàn 2—State savings, Whitehall . Mich. . . .

Citizens' national, Fargo, N. D . . . .Omaha (Nèb.) savings, $S50.000. « J a n 4—Germania ($1,000,000) and West Side, St. Paul , Minn . . . .F i r s t City, Nora Springs. Ia . . . .Merchants" national, Devil's Lake , N. D. _ J a n 7—Commercial, Eau Claire, Wis . . . : B a n k of Canton; Minn.. . .Cit izens ' . Lanes-Dtiro, Minn.

J a n Si-Bank of North St. Paul, Minn. Jan; »—First national. Alma, Neb. J a n 12—Bank of .Mayview, Mo. J a n 13—Seattle (Wash.) savings. J a n 14—Merchants' national, Ocala, Fla. J a n IS—Citizens' state, Fullerion, J a n 10—Bank o.i'i Conway, Mo. J a n IS—German national, Louisville, Ky.

. .¡ . .First national, Newport , Ky...-.Minne-B0ta salvings, S t lyau lv

J a n 21—GermSfiràavinys, Des Moines, la. , JÒ54.COO.Ì '

Jan 23—Upland (Ind.) bank (voluntary suspension.-. . . F a n n e r s ' and Merchants ' bank, Excelsior Springs, _Mo.

J a n 25—Pottsdam (N. V.) national. J a n 2t>—First national, Olympia. Wash. J a n 2i)—Wautauga bank, Johnson City,

Tenn. I J a n 30—Dime savings, Chicaga. - . Feb £—First national, Oakt-sdale, Wash.

(voluntary Suspension) Moscow (InUr) naitlonal. •

Feb 4—First natiònal, Griswold, la . Feb ¡'5—First national, Frankl in, . O

-, Kpr thwes te rn national, Great Falls, Mont., 1700,000; r;

Feb ¡8—State savings, Atlanta, Ga. .,' F e b 9—Farmers' and Merchants ' , Free-

pdrt , 111. (voluntary suspension). Feb !10— Bankers ' exchange, Minneapolis,

Minn.- , ' Feb 13—State t rus t and. savings, West

Superior, Wis. . . . . Commercial savings, ILeeds, l a Merchants ' national, Helena, ilont.,1 $1,000,000. I

-s F e b I l(i—Merchants' national, Jackson-ville, F la State national, St. Joseph, Mo. . Feb | German-American, Tonawanda, N. 'Y. (Resumed March S.)

Feb 26—Bank of Uthon ia , Ga. . . .Secur i ty Loan and Trust company, Des ¡Moines, la . . . . .Commercial , Milwaukee, Wis. , j Feb 27—Muilanphy savings, St. Louis, i lo : . $500,000.

Marl S^-Lexington savings, Baltimore. Mar[ 12—Bank of Mulhall. O. T. Mar! 22—West Point (Ga.) s tate bank. Mari 23—Farmers' and 'Merchants ' , Paris ,

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24—De Kalb òounty bank, Maysviile. -American exchange, Buffalo, N.

k-oluiuary suspension). J lobe savings, Chicago, JtUO.OiK). N. Barnes, Son & Co., bankers,

Js'orfdlk, Va. * '." Aprj 2S—Bank of Hutchinson-, Kan .

"William Nan Ordstrar.d & Co., bankers; Hey worth. 111,

Apr' 29— New Hampshire Banking Co.,-. KtUttua. $S49,352.

Maj!3—J. B. Wheeler&.Co.. bankers, Man-, i tou and Aspen, Col.

May 7—Exchange batik,. Atkinson, Neb.1

• . . . .Da l les (Ore.) national.- ' " <: May 12—Traders', Lynchburg, Va. May 19—Miners' state, .Cripple Creek, Col..|

„ . . .Belknap savings, Laconia, N. H. May 20~State, Monticeilo, Ihd State j

national, Logansport, Ind Tiiird nation^j al, New York.

May 21—First national, Orleans, Neb. M a j 24—Bank of 'Johnston, Neb. \ Jun 1—Merchants:. Lincoln, Neb.

; Jun 9—Boone county. Harrison, Ark. Jun 14—First state, Fenton, .Mich. Jun 29—Union Trus t and Savings, Ta- ;

coma] Wash Keystone national, . Erie,; P a . (voluntary). • i

Jul ¡7—First national. Mason, Tex. | Jul 14—Nebraska national, York, Neb. j Ju l £3—Bank of Moymo.utli Springs, Ark.! Jul ^1—First national, Asheville, N. C.,|

(voluntary). Aug 21—People's savings, Mount Pleas-!

an t , .Mich. Aug 27—Bank of Minneapolis, Minn. Aug 31—State, Ambia, Ind Firs t state,

McPherson, Kan. - . ' - . ' Sepi 2—First national, Greensburg, Ind. Sep! 14—Bank of Durand; 111.

- Sep1 lS^-Fi'rst national, Benton Harbor , ftlichi ^ ,

Sep 20—Bank at Rico,- Col. 6ep' 29—Bank at Montrose, Col. Oct! IS—City, Sherman, Tex. Oct! li>—Edgerton (Wis.) bank. ^

; . Oct 21—Bank of Lodi, Wis. ' Oct 22—National of Asheville, N. C.

Nov 9— John A. Willard, banker at Man-kato,; Minn.; $4S0,Q00. .

. Nov 13—Bank of Antigo, Wis ; . . .Banks a t Leavenworth , Marengo and English, sInd.f

Nov 16—Delia county (Col.) bank. k i Nov 20—State bank of Holsfeln. Neb. | Dec 2—Piedmont state, a t Morgantown,

K. C. . Dec 13—Stock exchange, at El Reno, O. T.

Dec 21—First nationai, Pembina, N. D. • Dec 23—Chestnut Street national, and

Chestnut Street Trust and Savings Fund Co., Philadelphia; i3,ouO,uoo.

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UlSIMSSS P A I L l ' l l E S . L n r e e r C o m m e r c l n l C o n c e r n s , I n v o l v -

i n g L i a b i l l t l c H o i $500,000, o r O v e r . ! Jan—16—In Cincinnati, Wheeling, Lake

Er ie &. Pi t t sburgh Coal Co.. $1,05(5.000. and "Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., $320,-€00. '

Feb 2—Pennsylvania Lead Co., Pitts^ burgh, 41,400,000—Keystone Co. (makers of agr icul tural implements). Sterling, 111.] $510,000. i

Feb 25—United States Building and Loan association, Louisville, Ky., $593,000. j

Mar 11—National B'uilding and Loan as-sociation, Milwaukee.

Mar 29—United Press association, New York, $s00,000.

Apr 7—E. S. Dean & Co., New York, $1,4 000,000. i

Apr 10—Cooperative Town Co., Elizabeth4 ton, Tenn., $1,000,000. .

Apr 26—Superior (Wis.) Consolidated Land Co., $3,600,000.

May 6—Mutuar Life Insurance -Co:, In-dianapolis, $4,000,000. > .

May 11—William Brown & Co., commis-sion merchants , San Francisco, $60u,u0o.

May. 22—William Tai;r, distiller, Lexing-ton, Ky., $(500,000.

May 31—Hubbard Milling Co., Mankato; Minn., $500,000.

J u n 4—Doiese & Shepard, s tone -conr t rac tors , Chicago,.$730,000.

Jun 30 — Commercial Building Trust ; Louisville, Ky., $500,000.

Aug 17—Massachusetts: Benefit L i fe ' a s -sociation, Boston, $1,000,000.'

Aug 31—E. . B. Cuthbert & Co., brokers. Xiew York, $500,000. . ' . " - . • • Sep 15—Seymore Bros., stock brokers; New York; $1,000,000. .

Oct 22—W. G. Hitchcjock & Co., silk deal-ers, New York, $l,0o0,uoo..V..Fowler Cycler Co., Chicago, $500.000.:.

Oct 30—Werner Co., publishers, Chicago, $800,000. - .

Nov 17—At Oshkosh, Wis., Henry Sherry, lumber operator and manufacturer , $l,ooo,-000.

Dec 18—At Owensbpro, Ky., R. Monarch; distiller, - $750,000.

-CASUALTIES. .

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R e p o r t i n g Cn tnwt rop l i e» In Wli lc l i F i v e o r M o r e Liven A r e Los t .

Jan 4—Nelson, Neb., 5 in mine explosion. Jan 13—Pottsville, Pa., 5 miners In falling

cage. Jan 15—Dallas, Tex., 15 children by Are. Jan 21—Near Quogne, L. I., 9 in wreck at

•- sea. : Jan 24—Perry, O. T., 25 children severely

Injured by collapse of school building. Jan 27—Six in wreck of boat between

Evansville, Ind., and Hartford, Ky . . . .Eas i Norfolk, Conn., 5 in railway wreck,

r Jan 28—Near Mt. Ida, Ark., 5 frozen to death. •

Jan 31—Hoboken, N. J., mother and 6 children by fire. _ ' ' • •

Feb B-^Neaf Pacific Junction, la., 6 Skaters drowned. < .; • •

Feb 13—Gouverneur, N. Y., 6 by mine c&v6-ln*

Feb 21—Tazewell, Ky., James Chadwell and family drowned by floods.

Feb 23—Near Murray, Ky., 5 by premature explosion of dynamite. .

Feb 21—Lake Preston, S. D., 5 by gas suffocation.. . .Sherman Heights, Tenn., 7 by cars on grrade crossing.

Mar 4—Boston,.6 in explosion in Tremont street caused by escaping gas.

Mar 17—Steamer de St. Nazaire sunk off Carolina coast, only 4 out of 80 on board known to have survived. -

Mar 22—Henry county, Ala., 8 drowned in Mar 24—Laddsville, la. , 6 children In

burning residence... .Near Nashville, Tenn.^ J S in burning residence.

Mar 29— Near Pensacola, Fla., 8 by &Vij; "swamping of boat. . . INemeha county, Kan. i i&jfyJ..drowned trying to ford.creek. _ -n i m ^ m ' S x K n o z v i l l e T ^ i m . ^ 7 by fire. j

lA.pr 9—In South Dakota, Iowa and Ne-braska floods at least 40 lives lost.

Apr 14—Near Helena, Ark., family of 7 drowned by capsizing of boat.

Apr 24—Beaver Creek, Ky., family of 6 in burning residence, i

i May 1—On White Oak creek, Tenn., 6 by waterspout. i

May S—Near Laurens, S. C., 4 children in burning home Neair Pikeville, Ky., 8 by ppisoned spring water.

May 13—Pinkney, Tenn., 7 by caving of mines. •

May 19—^White Oaks Creek, Tenn., 6 in fire.

i May 27—American Falls, Ind., 9 In rail-way wreck.

Jun 1—Near Alma; 111., family of 5 by train at grade crossl i ig. . . .Near Keystone, W. Va.. 5 children In'burning home.

Jun ¿^Chicago, 6 by explosion on mud scow in river. .. ¡Jun 7—Near Hudson, Wis.. 6 in railway

collision. • „ ! Jun 26—Near Missouri .City, Mo.. 7 by rail-

way wreck. Jun 29—Chicago, 5 bathers in various

pa r t s of c i ty . . . .West Chicago, 111., 4 by col-lision of two Christian Endeavor trains, i Jun 3tf—Westfteld, la., 5 by lightning. Jul 6—Near Hartsvllle. Tenn., 9 by boiler

explosion. . , „ -Jul 7—Bay City. Mich.. 6 by trolley car

plunging through open bridge. Jul S— Near PinevTlle; Ky.. 6 In burning;

home. Jul 13—Near Boone, : la. , 8 t ramps In rall-:

way wreck. , , .' ¡.Jul 21—New Haven, Conn., 7 by explosion in armory of Winchester Repeating Arms company. - . . . • Jul 2S—Near Reno, Nev., 6 Indians In rail-

way wreck. i , ; Aug 9—Near Cairo, 111., 10 by. explosion of towboat. „' „ ^ j Aug IS—Near Dahlgren, 111., G by railroad

collision. i • ! Aug 2S—Galloway county, Ky., 7 poisoned by eating stolen melons. •• : Aug 30?-Gladstone, Mich., 5 by capsizing ^'sep11^—Near Glenwood Springs, Col.; 12 by explosions in coal mine. ! 6 Sep 4—Broad Ripple; Ind., S by explosion of natural gas. i , , - . ..' '

Sep 7—Cygnet. O., G >y explosion of nitro-jlvcei-in. 5 . „ •!

S e p ^ N e a r Emporia, Kan., 12 in rai lway •"sepf i -Xear New ^ a s t l e . Col., 30 in rail-

W^veoilision. ; -^ep 11—Van Buren,; Ark., 7 in railway

w-reck. „ ,, j , S01, 17—Near Chippewa Falls. Wis., 6 In

biilway wreck. : ' j Sep 20—Belle Allen, ;Ala., 5 by fire In coal <ShSep 24^-Johnston City, III., 5 by explosion jin coal mines On Talya trail, in Alaska, llS by snowslide. i . :

0 l . t ¿—Near Schuyler, Neb., 7 poisoned yy strychnine In coffee. :

Oct 4—Near Willow! Springs, Mo., 6 by train on. grade crossing. _

Oct 6—Plank in ton, b. D., 7 In burning d Oci '13-Plano. Tex..?5 by fall ing of build-ing scaffold. ! .

Oct 24—Near Garrisons, N. Y., , 19 _ by plunging of New Y;ork Central express into " o ^ ^ N e a r S c r a n t k Pa., 6 in mlnedis-&Nov 30—Maplesville, Ala.. 7 drank mix-ture of wood alcohol and whisky.

Dec 15r-Near Portland. Me.. 6 in wreck of schooner Susan P. Thur.low.

Y e l l o w i l ' e v e r . Several cases of yeillow fever were re-

ported from points In Louisiana in the first Week of September. On Sep. S it had made its appearance in New Orleans, also in Ocean Springs. Miss. In rapid succes-sion came reports from Edwards. Miss., aiul Biloxi, Miss., and other southern points-, until on Nov. 23 the fever was con-sidered as practically stamped out. It: has been estimated that the Gulf s ta tes suf-fered a financial loss of fully $60,000.000; the chief factor in which account being the loss in trade and traffic on account of the strict quarant ine regulations. On Nov! 23 a report issued hv the surgeon general of the marine hospital service, giving the re-turns up to a recent date, showed there had then appeared during the yellow fever epidemic in the southia total of 4.2S9 cases, of which 446 had proved fatal . Of the total number of cases l,S47:\\vre reported from Louisiana. 1.625 from Mississippi, 740 from Alabama. 52 from. Tennessee, 16 from Texas, 4 from Illinois, 3 from Georgia and 1 each from Flor ida ,and Kentucky.

(Feb 8); Shellrock, la. (Feb 7): Piano, Tex. (Feb 11); Millbank, S. D. (Feb 23): Palmer, Tex., and Sun Prairie, Wis. (Feb 24); Casey, 111. (Mar 1); Elkins, W. Va. (Mar 14): Bloomington, Wis. (Mar 28); Beaver, ¡Pa. (Mar 25); Albany, Ind. (Mar 31): Lindsey, O. (Apr 15): Berea, O. (Apr 19); Bay St. Louis, Miss., Shoals, Ind., and Tullahoma, Tenn. (Apr 21); St. Augustine, I1L (Apr 30); Brad-ner, O. (May 1); Caldwell. O. (May 4): Ram-sey. 111. (ME Coal Creek, (Jul 26); Murdock, —. —,. „„v _ Kan. (Jul 30): Catawba O. (Aug 23):; Ina. 111. (Aug 24); Berlin. Mich. (Sep 1); Hills-boro, la (Sep 3); ,Calro W. Va (Sep 7): Hubbard. Ia. (Sep; 11); Creston, la., and

May 5); Calumet, la. (May 19): c, Tenn. (May 26); Ashley Mtoh. tfurdock. 111. (Jul 27); Hillsboro,

Wilmore, Ky. (Sep lS); Bainbridge, O. (Sep 23); Afton. I. T. (Sep 24); Summerfleld; III. (Sep 27); Medora, 111. (Oct fi); GlbBonburg, O. (Oct 8); Wataga, 111. (Oct 15); Center, Ind., and Osceola, Ark. (Oct 20); Baxter, la. (Oct 25); Fort Branch, Ind. (Oct. SO: Heals-burg, Cal. (Nov l); Plnconnlng, Mich. (Nov. 2), Liberal, Mo. (Nov 4),; Duryea, Pa. (Dec 14); and Doniphan, Mb. (Dec 21).

Flames entirely or almost entirely wiped out the following towns'and villages: Min-go Junction, O. (Jan 22); Poland, Ni. Y. (Jan 26); Mars, Pa., and Malvern, Ark. (Feb 12): Indian Town, Wis. (Feb 28); Tom-ahawk Lake, Wis, (Apr 13); Pottersvllle,< Piv. (Apr 2?); Cartervllle, 111. (Apr 30): Marshland. Wis. (May 10); Talhina, I. T. (May 19); Dexter, Minn. (May 26); Erie, 111. (Jul 4); Lake Ann?, Mich. (Jul 5); De Kalb Junction. N. Y. (Jul 7); Rlverdale, Mich. (Sep 24); Willow Springs; 111. (Oct 1): Aus-tin. Pa. (Oct 4); Centerville, O. (Oct 6): St. Elmo, Tenn. (Oct 7); Flat Greek, Tenn. (Oct. 17); Collins, la. (Nov. 25), and Stewart-ville, Minn. (Dec. 7).

massacre

CRIMES.

A F e w of t l ie More Slioelt l i iR T r a g e -d ian , EKpeo in l ly D o m e s t i c .

Jan 9—At Janesville. Wis., Herman Slimm killed-wife, son and self.'

Jan 2S— Near Wayne, Neb., C. K. Rash brained wife and -3 children; insanity.

Feb 6—Mrs. Robert Cort drowned her & children and seif. ^

Feb - 14—Al Lexington, Ky., John W. Marrs, ex-city t reasurer , killed 6-year-old son, shot daughter and sister and. commit-ted suicide: insanity.

Mar 20—Near Orriek, Mo., Bee Rainwater killed his wife, daughter , mother-in-law, stepbrother and self.

Apr S—At South Haven. Mioh., Isaac T. Dsiekerson killed wife and self.

May 7—At LeadvUUv Col., Geo. RaHiffe killed Belle Walker (sweetheart) and self.

May 31—At San Antonio, Tex., Pud F r a n k s wound up drunken spree by killing wife nnd self.

Jun 3—At Urtrana, O., : soldiers guarding jail iired into mob bent:on lynching-¿»'col-ored prisoner, killing 2. -

Jun 5—At Mishieott, Wis., Peter Plucker-man'kil led wife and self.

Jun IS—Near Davenport, la., John Giugel-heimer poisoned wife and. self. '!-

Jun 25—At Key Westi Fla., whi te-man killed durins; a t tempt of negroes to prevent lynching of Sylvanus Jackson (colored).

Jul 12—Near Morristown, Tenn., Wm. Black shot brother 's wife and self; jeal-ousy. -'

Sep 6—At Toledo. O.. S R. Ashwell killed wife and fatally shot self.

Sep 7—At Victor, Col., Henry H. Tillotson killed Ella Taylor (sweetheart) and self; jealousy.

Sep 9—At P a r k City. Utah. James Qulnn killed wife and shot self ¡¡strong-drink.

Sep "25— At Whiteside, Mich., Victor An-derson killed .mother and self At Sham-okin, Pa., A. W. May killed Cora Caseman and self: her parents refused i consent to theh^ marrying.

Sip 27—Near 'Carroll, la . , John Boeeker killed wife, 5 children and self.

Oct 7—At Flint , Mich., Lester L. Burton killed wife and self.

Oct 11—At' Leominster, Mass., John F . Bovnton killed wife and self.

Oct 19—At Gattu'p, N. M.,:Clemente Rivera killed Mrs. Victor Barrela and self.

Oct 20—Near Blue Ear th City, Miss., Geo. Young killed wife, 2 children and self; in-sane over business troubles.

Oct 21—At Chicago ju ry in Luetgert; mur-der trial failed to agree, s tanding 9 to S.-

Nov 2—At Worcester, Mass., Edward Hamilton killed wife and ¿laughter and shot aself .

-Nov 4—At Dallas, Tex., Jas . Boswell killed Mrs. E m m a Smith, Jas . Barton and self: jealousy.

Nov 7—Near Unadllla, 'Neb., Ralph Van Horn killed 5-year-old 'son and self; in-sanity. i

Nov 9—Near Plneville, Ky., Andrew Vaughn killed wife and iself.

Nov 16—At Cushing, la., L. D. Splckler killed wife and self.

Nov IS—Near Benton Harbor , Mich., Henry Kammerer killed his fa the r In quar-rel over money mat ters , also himself.

Nov 28—At Mason, iM!ch., Scott Bowdlsh shot 9-year-olfl daughter and killed himself.

Dec 2—At Milwaukee Albert Krueger killed wjfe and self.

Dec 6—At Kansas City, Mo., Chas. Deri-neller while drunk shot wife and self.

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Jan 2G—In -Philadelphia, several business blocks, flames s tar t ing in the Hanscom Bros.' big grocery: $2,500,000....In Chicago, Williams' block; $,".30/000.

Feb 2—In Harr isburg, Pa., s ta te capi-toli $1,500,000. ' ' ' ; .

Mar 15—In St. Louis, Ely, Walker & Co.'s wholesale dry goods house; $1,500,000.

Apr S—In business ssection of Knoxville, Tenn., 5 lives lost; $1,200,000.

Apr 15—^In.New Orleans, Moresque build-ing: ' $500,000. • !

Apr 27—In Newport News, Va., C. & O Ry. Co.'s pier: $2,000,000....In vicinity of Grantsb.urg, Wis., foVest fires.

May 2—In Pit tsburgh. Pa., several big busihess buildings: $4,000,000.

May G^-At New Y'ork, Merchants ' Refr ig-erating Co.:s cold, s torage warehouse; $500,-000. i

May 20—In Hoboken, N. J., 150 homes-$650,000. !

Jun 3—In Alexandria, Va,, Bryan ' s fer-tilizing mill; $500.000.! f -

Jun 15—On Ellis island, in N. Y. harbor immigrant buildings; $SOO.OOO. . '

Jul 23—Peoria (111.). Grape Sugar Co.'s Sugar Y., 2 large fac-

plant; $600,000. Jul 27—In Yönkers, N

torles; $500,000. r Aug 15— In Baltimore, Tunis Lumber Co.'s

saw and planing mills; $600,000. S,ep 16-Oreat Dismal swamp of'Virglnia

and North Carolina, covering 400 sq.- m on fire from end to end. "

Sep 29— In Washington, power house of Central Traction Co.;: $1,000,000.

Oct 6—In Detroit, Mich., opera house and 2 business buildings; $50Ü,OOOT a

Oct 27—In St. Louis, building containing Wabash railway offices; $500,000.

Dec 12—In Philadelphia, wholesale and retail salesrooms of carpet manufacturing firm of John & Jas. Dobson. B

Dec 23—In Cleveland, block In business center; $500,000. ,

Dec. 2&—In Chicago, Coliseum building-$500,000.

The business sections of the following towns were burned out or nearly so: Roy-alton, Wis. (Jan. 7); Milan, Mo. (Jan 15): StaffordvlUe, Conn. (Jan IS); Pacino Junc-tion, Ia. ^Jan 25) ; Caledonia, O.

F O R E I G N . F e b 7—Mussulmans In Crete

1,500 Christians. !' Feb. 14—Christians bombard Canea.

Greek war ship .fires on Turkish vessel conveying troops thi ther and governor of Crete takes refuge on Russian man-of-war .

Feb 19—Dr. Richard Ruiz, a naturalized American citizen, beaten to death by his jailors in a Cuban cel l . . . .Spaniards kill 500 insurgents in. battle on Philippine islands.

Apr 12—Greek troops a t tack Turks simul-taneously from 9 different points, advanc-ing some distance into Turkish territory.

Apr 18—Turkey declares war against Greece; Greeks have captured Turkish po-sitions from Nezeros to Kontra . |

Apr 20— Greeks a f t e r desperate batt l^ cap-ture and burn Dam^si and repulse Turks a t Reveni. i 4

Apr 24—Greek troops a f t e r a stapd at Mat! forced to ret reat f rom both Larlssa and Tyranavos.

May 4—In Par is 15? persons perish suit of fire in a crowded chari ty bazaj

May 6—Pharsalos taken by Turks, Greek troops retreating5 to Dokomos.

May 7—Velestino occupied by Turkish army. i

May 9—Greece asks the mediation of the powers to bring war to a close. •

May 15—Turkey demands cession of "saly and £10,000,000 indemnity before plying with demands of powers f armistice Special Commissioner houn to Cuba reports that , accounts of starvat ion and misery forwarded by con-sular officers had not been exaggerated.

Jun 14—Barney Barnato, South Afr ican "diamond king", commits suicide by Jump-ing from steamer off western coast of Mo-rocco. , . ':

Jun 20—Queen Victoria 's diamond jubi-lee celebration opens with' a private service in St. George's chapel, Windsor castle, a t -tended by queen and members of royal family.

Jun 26—Magnificent naval display par-ticipated in by all marit ime nations with 166 fighting ships In line, closes queen's lubilee..Mrs. Margaret O. Oliphanlt, fa-mous novelist, dies In London; aged 70.

Jul 21—Sultan signs irade sanctioning set-tlement of frontier question according to demands of powers:

Jul 29—Treaty signed by Guatamaia , Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador to take effect Sep 15: union named "Republic of Central A m e r i c a " — C u b a n insurgents a t tack outposts of Havana and sweep through its suburbs. j

Aug S—Canovas del Castillo, premier of Spain, assassinated a t Santa Ague Mlchele Angiolli. •

Aug 15—Gen. M:\r.tiriez Campostapi: president of new Spanish cabinet.

Aug 24—British, French and Prusslajn min-isters to Greece agree Greece cannot pay in-demnity exceeding £3,000.000...: India)'s out-posts on Afghan front ier captured by the Afridis and 300 Sepoys massacred

Sep 14—Ambassadors of powers re agreement in peace negotiations,

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control Greek revenues to-meet ind^ and evacuation of_Thessaiy.

Sep 17—Armulfo Arroyo a t t empts sassina.te Pres. Diaz in City of Mexl Is Ivnched. i e

S'ep 19—Treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece signed. j '

Oct 2—Sagasta, liberal leader, intrusted by queen , regent of Spain to form new cabinet.

Oct 6—In Philippine islands 400 Eur and 6,000 natives perish in typhoon.

Oct S—Spanish cabinet decides on of Gen. Weyler and appointment o shal Blanco as governor-general of

Oct 22—Correspondence in regard metallic .proposals of United States

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tary commission issued by British foreign office; England rejects all offers to enter-tain proposals. ~

Oct 27—Duehiss of Teck, cousin of Queen Victoria, dies in Richmond. Eng.: aged 64

Nov S—Gen. Blanco pardons all ,persons In Cuba prosecuted for rebellion.

Nov 19—Fire iti London- destroyed 150 warehouses: $10,dii0,000. j

Nov 26—Havana advices say no American citizen is now confined In prison In Cuba

Royal decr,ee grant ing autonomy to Cuba and Por to 'R ico published; ¡Cuban government refuses autonomy, defciaring for absolute Independence. !

Nov 30—Russia adopts gold s tandard. Dec B—German soldiers take possession of

Kiao-Chau, China. Dec 7—Haytl, in the face: of Germany ' s

,display of force, makes sat isfactory ar-rangement to settle indemnity demanded for alleged imprisonment of German sub-ject and salutes German fla-cv...Cuban in-surgents capture town of Guisa; SCO Span-iards slain in battle. " ' 'i

Dec 11—Haytian ministry iieslgns.i Dec 13—Gen. Sanguilly, a iCuban leader,

reported to have deserted to the Spaniards. Dec 16—Sagasta, Spanish • premier, an-

nounces complete pacification in Philippine islands. . . .Alphonse Daudet, novelist, died in Paris; aged 57. ;

Dec IS—Cubans put to death Col. Ruiz, sent to induce Aranguren, an Insurgent leader, to surrender.

Dec 22—China grants Russia permission to winter a squadron a t Port Arthur .

Dec 23—CubanJaisurgents reported to be burning cane fields within lO imiles of Hav-ana.

Dec 24—rSpanish squadron (4 gunbpats'&nd 2 tugs) forced from mouth or Canto river by Insurgents. ;

i n d u s t r i a l ! Feb II—Illinois Steel Co.'s works at South

Chicago s tar t full blast giving work; to 3,000. May 22—Strike of American flint glass

workers ' union, Inaugurated in Pi t t sburgh 4 yrs ago, declared off;.had cost union over $1,000,000.

Jul'1—Upon fai lure of Joint wage confer-ence at Youngstown, O., of Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and manufac turers , all union mills closed; 75,000 men rendered idle.

Jul 5—Great wage struggle Inaugurated by United Mine Workers of America by a general s t r ike of coal miners in Pi t t sburgh (Pa.) district. '

Jul 8—United Mine Workers ' headquar-ters at Columbus, O., report 125,000 miners out.

Jul 26—Avery Plow factory at Louisville resume a f t e r 3 mo. shut down; 1,000 men em-ployed.

Jul 27—Algonquin Woolen Mills Co. of Passaic, N. J., notified employes of wage Increase of from 10 to 15 per cent.

Ju l 28—Coal operators of Pi t t sburgh dis-trict adopted " t rue uniformity" agreement.

Jul 31—William Cummings, leader of non-union miners at Scottdale, Pa., killed in quarre l .wi th union men.

Aug 4—Judge Jackson (federal court a t Parkeasburg, W. Va.) enjoins E. V. Debs and associates t resspassing on property of Monongah Coke & Coal Co., or Inciting its employes .to strike.

Aug IS—Preliminary injunction Issued at Pi t tsburgh, Pa., against; marching of str ik-ers or Interference with N. Y\ & Cleveland Gas Coal Co.'s miners made permanent.

Aug 21—Nine men seriously injured In riot among s t r ikers a t Unity mines near P i t t s -burgh.

Aug 26—Employers concede. Increase of 25 per cent, in wages to New York tailors, and strike declared off.

Aug 25—In New York city, 12,000 cloak makers strike for higher wages.

Aug 31—Labor leaders in conference a t St. Louis adopt resolutions scoring govern-ment by injunction, favoring public Owner-ship of rai lways and telegraphs, and right of people to bear arms.:

Sep 4^In 10 weeks of miners' strike, s t r ik-ers lost In wages $10,500,000.

Sep 10—Nineteen dead and .41 wounded was result of a volley fired by deputy sheriffs into mob of miners on outskir ts of La t imer Pa.

Sep 11—Interstate convention of miners a t Columbus, O.. voted to accept compro-mise of 65 cents a ton and declare off the strike. ;

Sep 20—U, S. court a t Wheeling, W. Va. makes perpetual Its Injunction issued dur-ing str ike forbidding E. V. Debs and oth-ers f rom speaking in the state .

Sep 224-SherifE Martin and 7S deputies in-dicted a t Wllkesbarre, Pa. , for murder of miners a t Lat imer Sep 10.

Sep 27—At Girardsville, Pa. , 9 men wound-e"d in riot over mining troubles.

Oct 2—iTroops wi thdraw from Hazelton, Pa. , quiet having been restored; nearly all the miners had returned to work.

Nov 2G—In Wilmington (III.) coal field, 3,000 miners resume work . . . .Wages of 15,000 employes Increased 10 per cent, by Missouri Pacific Ry.

Nov 30—At Olneyvllle, R. I., 25,000 mill operatives received wage advance of 20 per cent.

I Dec 1—At Youngstown, 0 „ 7,000 men to limestone and ! iron trades received wage advance of from 10 to 20 pel* cent. ,";Dec 10-^Coal [miners' strike: in norjtbern Illinois fields d^éjared off. i i |

Dec 18—Wages i oi 10,000 window ¡glass workers in Pittsburgh district raised 15 per cent. j ; . . , : . , i j

• LYNCHING9. : - ; Jan 6—Near Orangeburg, Si C.. Lawrence

Brown (negro)!; incendiarism,! „ ' ! Jan 7—At Unadllla, Ga., Anthony Hender-

son (negro); charged with murder and an assault. i * : ! ' i > " < ' i •.

Jan 8—Near ¡Sumter, S. C.r Simon Cooper (negro); murder. « i

Jan 20—At Ataite City, La., Gus Williams, John Johnson and; Archie Joiner; murder of Cotton family, 5 members, ; ! -

Jan 24—At Tallahassee. Fla.,; Pierce Tay-lor (negro); attempted assault !

Feb 4—Near Rodkfleld, Ky.. Robert Mor-ton (colored); fdr^ writing Insulting letters to a popular white woman. '_ !

Feb IT—Near Webb City, Misfe..2 negroes; Incendiarism. i i j '

Feb 26—At Soddl. Tenn., Charlie Brown (negro): a t tempted assault.; i ;

Mar 6—At Rock; Springs, Ky.,; 3 negroes shot and whipped by white caps. ¡-

Mar 15—At Juliette; Fla., 3 negroes; had murdered John Bàrflteld and iohn R. Tur-n e r ; !

Mar 18—At Scottsboro, Ala.. John Smith, negro preàcher ; . charged with outraging a white woman. : , ! „ , ,

Apr 22—At Alexandria, Va.. Joseph Mc-Coy (colored-); àssalult.

Apr 24—Near 0"N^ill, Neb'., ¡Frank Cole; alleged horse thief. , . !

Apr 30—At: Sùnnyslde, Tesi, 4 negroes; murder, rape and!Incendiarism.

May 12—At Jeff, Ala., Nellie Smith and Mandy White (negresses); had poisoned Kelly family. •;,' =i ! ; !•'

May 13—At Jeff; Ala., Jim Nance (negro); implicated in poisoning of Kelly family.

May 14—Near .Rosebud, Tex., 3 negroes; assaulted white'girl. ! !

May 19—Near Mountain Grove, Mo;, white caps shot Johni Mitchell and Jack Coff-mann. •) : • : " "1 • ' • 1 ' i •

May 22—At Tyler, Tex., ; W m. Jones (White); accused of murder.^ r r

Jun 4—A ti. Urbana; O., Chas. Mitchell (negro); 2 lives lost, 10 citizens wounded in riot preceding lynching. ¡; i ' 'L • -

Jun 9—At Princess .\jine',: Md.,, W m . A n -drews (colored); had. just been legally sen-tenced to death for assault .

Jun 22—Near Dallas, Tex.;,; amegrQ named McRevnolds: assault .

Jun 25—Near Crystal Springs, Miss., John Moses (negro): murder. .1 -

Jun 28—In Monroe--comity, Miss,, P a r y Gilliam (negro): alttemptedi assault; r

Jul 10—Near Villa Ridgè, Mo., E r a s t u s Brown (negro):, assault .

Jul 15—At West: Point, Tenn., Anthony Williams (colored);; had outraged and mur-dered a white girl.! . [ : v,

Jul 16-Near Elba, Ala., Major Terrei (ne-gro); had assaulted a white woman and burned her and-her baby to death. _

, Jtil 19—At Columbus, Ga., Dr.: W. L. Ryder : ha'd murdered young woman who

' h a d rejected him. ; ' _ Jul 2V—Near Goodwater, Ala., J ames Dan-

iel (negro): at tempted assault . Jul 22—At Grlfflin, Ga., Oscar Williams

(negro): a s sau l t : . ; .Near Nebo, : Ky.; Eph-raim Brinkley; .disorderly conduct.

Jul '23—Near GoTdvllle, S. C., J im Grey (negro); assault on a child.

Jul 24—Near Jackson 's Hole, Wyo., John D. Sargent : for abuse which resulted In wife's dea th . . . .At Pittsboro, Miss.,:.-Jim Sellers (negro): murder. ' • •

Jul 27—Near Little Rock", Ark., ,white m e , n

named Crownover and Beach; horse steal-ing.

Aug 6—Near Barbersville, Ky., Jack Wil-liams: had ravaged a deaf mute girl named Viney Tiay.o... .Near Spring Hill. Ala., Geo. Turner (negro); a t tempted as-sault. • ' - <i ' ' '<

Aug 9—At Brunswick', .Miss., John Gor-don (negro): mUrdeiv —

Aug 12—Near Chanvberlne, N. M-. Harold Mosler (agèd J5), of Kansas City, Mo.: was visiting with family who; had,trouble with neighbors over ranch boundaries.

Aug 19—Near 'Franklin; Park, Hi., a Chi-cago suburb, à tramp for murderous as-sault on a woman. !

Aug 21—At i Williamsburg, Ky., Elcany Sullivan; sentenced to 20-yrs. for assaul t .

Aug 24—At Abbey ville, Ala., F r a n k Smith (colored); had:threatened to divulge names of white cappexs to grand jury . ; ,

Aug 26—At Belleville, Tex., Bonner (ne-gro): assault . : r

Sep 6—Near Friends Mission, Va., Henry Wall; rape and murder, i

Sep 11—Near Macon, Ga., Chas. Gibson (colored); assault . i

Sep 15—At Versailles, ; .Ind., Lylo Levi, Bert Andrews,;Clifford Gordon, Wm. Jenk-ins and Hiney Shuier; Charged with bur-glary. . ? ! •

Sep IS—At head of Moreau river; S. D., 2 catt le thieves. : j !

Sep 25—At i Hawesviilej: Ky. , Raymond Bushrod (negro): assault.;

Oct 6—At Hernando, .Miiss., Henry Crow-er (negro); assault . !

Oct 11—At Brenham, Tex., Bob Car ter (negro); murder. !

Oct 15—Near; Kendall, 3vy., Tom Pa rke r (negro); had kiiled! vyhite ii-iip whoiat tacked his home..t..On Bayou i; Borataria, , La., Douglass Iiolte (colored):;ifor running,quar-antine 'gauntiqt.-

Oct 1(>—Near Wilmot, Ark., white: man named Cole;, murder oi constable..

Oct 2S—At Morencif A. T., Juan Madera; murdered itwo men. '

Sov i2—At CarrOllton, Ala., Bud Beard; assault . • ' ;.'

Nov 13—At Williamsport, N. D., 3 Indians; murder Spieer ¡family ih February^ ,-U Osceola, . Ark., i jHenry Phillips (colored); confessed murderer.

Nov 26—At Starks, Fla.;, Hicks Price (ne-gro) : assault . ,. '

Dec 7—At Uaj-dnérville. Nev., Adam Uber; murder. , * !

Dec 10—Neari Wesson, Miss., Chas. Jones (negro); murdtjr Mirs. Brown Smith and lier 4 children. ; j —' ;

L>ec 13—At St. Gabriel, l^a., 2 negroes; charged with^niurder. '

Dec 16—At Bankston Ferry, Miss. , 'Tom: Waller ; (col&reU); implicated in murder of Brown ifamiSy.: i.

Dec 23—AtiFarmlngton,; Wash., Chadwick Marshall and- jJohn! MclJonald; charged with murder . j

j M E T K O U O L O G I C A I , . ; Jan 2—Mopringsport, La., almost demol-.

lshed by cyclone; 4 killed. • J a n 19—Earthquake ori Kishm 'island.in-

Pers ian gulf killed 2,500 persons. ; Jan ¡24—Most -widespread cold : wave of

years reported : f rom all sections:,-as f a r south as central Téxas and northern Louis-iana; température .in. northwest from: 15 to 30 below. ' • ;

Jan 25— At1 Vlrglhla, Minn., thermometer stood 51 below. :

Feb j S— In Ohio,: rise !of Hocking: river causes floods tha t sweepiaway'pi '^perty all along river; 6 drowned. i ;

Feb ; 26—Thermometers,: register froim 14 to 40 below! throughout porthwest.;

Marl 9—Viclnitj- of Bedford, Ind., suffers f rom freshet to extent o:î,$2,coo.uoO. ;

Mar110-ARalstdn, G. T.; 'nearly destroyed 'by cyclone.; i , •;

Mar, IS—Leeds,; Lynn, James, Hintcn and Merrill, in Iowa,-flooded:! •

iMatf 19—In Wisconsin, ¡'Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, ¡Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, ¡ Arkansas , ¡¡''Mississippi' and Louisiana, s t reams become raging tor-rents ; loss o f life • "and property im-mense . . . . Litica, i Miss., wrecked b}? t« r r^ -doL a farther-'killed Texas cyclone de-stroys houses dt Piano, Denton, ¡Hutch-Ins, il tasca and For t Wor th . . . .Cyclone sweeps oveir ¡Lake Charles, Clayton,; Horns-by, Vidalifi and other" Louisiana:1 towns; many lives'lost..

Mar 22—Cyclone at Arlington, Ga.,; wrecks academy building; 9 killey... .Tornado near Abbeville and Genoa, Ala., kills 5..;..Rock-tnghaim county, N: H.y 'shaken by ear th-quake. . . .Cyclone In Cyhtliiana ahq Wash-ingtoh,- Ind.; wrecks : tuiuiy buildiings— Serious floods along Dfes Moines river in lOWa. j = . ] : . ' • » - ; J

Mar 23—.All Iowa fa rms in valleys of Floyd, Big Sioujc, Little ¡Si.oux, Ro<^k, Jim, Vermlllionl and Elkhorn rivers un.desr water . . . .Mknkato, Minn., flooded; 4 drowiied.

Mar 2s—Austin, Tex., styept by cyclone. Mar 30—Three breaks occur in levee, tha t

protects Mississippi delta. . . -Chandler, O. T., almost! totally destroyed by tornado; 45 killed. J . - : ' ' _L | •

Mar 31—Gradys, Ark., almost destroyed by cyclone; r 4 'killed:....Tornado sweeps across-' country 4 miles east of ¡Superior, Neb.J. .Severe blizzard prevails over:west-ern Nebraska arid Colorado.

Apri 2—Near Indian Bay, Ark., 5 drowned while fleeing before rising waters of White river; andiS more near 'Madrid , Mo. . . .Cy-clone; in southern par t of Cleveland coun-ty, Ark. ; 1 killed. '

Apr 11—Total a rea unden water by -floods 15,MX) sqtiare miles—7,9'JO Square 'miles in Mississippi, 4,500 square miles in Arkan-sas, 1,750 square miles in Missouri, 1,200 in Tennessee] and 450 in Louisiana. Flooded districts Contained 39,500 farms, valued at $65 OQO.OOO.J.. Principal streets of East Grand Forks, N. ¡D„ flooded S feet deep by f reshet in Red river.

Apr 14—Ini Qulncy (111.) district 10,000 acres Inundated from 4 to 10 feet.

Apr 2S—tin! Wes t ; Guthi-ie, O. T., cloud-burst does immense damage; 25 ;drowned.

May 19-fRapld fall of ¡ .Mississippi river f r o m Memphis to gulf gave notice: that great flood was over; damage amounted to $14,520,000, ! i

May 25—rAt El Paso, Tex., giving- way of levée destroyed 120 housés. , ;

May 27—!At El Paso, Teix., a secónd'break In levee does great ; dâmage. . . :Vermont shaken by earthquake. ; > , ,

J im 3—At Arlington and other par ts of Texas g r e a t damage done , by tornado.

Jun 10—Cyclone at Lytic, Minil, and vi-cinity does great damage; 7 killed,

J u n IS—'Cyclone destroying f a rm btiild-ingsrof Illinois institution for feeble-mind-ed children at Lincoln killed 4. i > ¡:

Jun 24—Cyclone near Saline, Kah., wrecks mliny buildings; 3 killed..-..Much damage

. donie by h!all;àt Topeka. Kan. Jul 4—Barnum, Minn., partially destroyed

by tornado. ;. ! i ° i ; -j Ju l t$—Lowry, Minn., wiped out iby ¡cy-

clone; 14 killed. . . , {1 ' _

: Jul 9-^In Chicago, 20 die, 2 driven in ¿ane and 60 j prostrated by intense heat, many like casiesj throughout Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin; Iowa,'¡Indiana, Ohio and ¡Mis-souri .i.^iMuch damage done by tornado in western! Kentucky and ; southern Illinois; several fatalities. ! • Jul j 22—Cloudburst strikes Youngstown, O.; entire county east and west 20 ¡miles flooded.-...Earthquake at Saratoga, N. Y. • Jul #5—Upper Hilntan, W. Va., almost én-tlrely; swept away by tornado; several killed. : .

Jul '30—Near Sain Jose, 111., cyclone did much;damage; 7 killed. • . Aug 17—Near Wilmot, 8. D., 2 In. of snow. Sep 13—At Port ¡ Arthur and, Sabine Pass,

Tex;, ¡hurricane reisults ip 10 dead, many in-jured; and $250,000) loss to crops.

•Qet<! 25—Delaware coast swept by worst storta In 19 years;! damage, $1,000,000.

Oct i 26—Blizzard; In eastern Colórado; Ne-braska! and South Dakota. ' I

Nov 10—Destriifetlve tornado at; Boulder and; other Colorado towns: - •

Dec ^-Violent earthquake felt at Galena, .111. .:! I ' v -I •

Dec 13—Toijnado a t Point Là Hache, La.; wrecked buildings and took l i fe . . . .Earth-quaike at Lebanon, 111.

NECIU OLOGY. Jail ^-Congressman-elect J. J. Davidson,

at Beaver, Pa.; aged 3S. Jari i6—Minister: Willis, at Honolulu.

: Jan 9^Ex-Gov ¡Daniel T. Davis, of Maine, at Bangor; aged 52. : Feb 3—Rev. J. A. Brooks, prohibition can-didate for vice .president in 1SS8, at Mem-phis', Tenn. ^

Feb 14—Gen. Jos. O. Shelby, near, Adrian, :Mo.%i.;Ex-Congressman John Randolph Tuekef , D- D„ LL. D., at Lexington, Va.;

¡aged, 74. > . : , : . • , F e b i l ^ - W m . If. St. John, a t New York;

aged 50. : ..••'. . . . • ; Feb|,17—Rear Admiral Edmund R. Cal-hobn ¡(retired), a t Washington: aged 75.,r.

¡Gdn.j Alf. Pleasahtonv a t Washington; aged 73.. i I; • } -. ;

Feb 22—Blondln (Jeani Francois Gravel.e), famotis rope walker, a t London; aged 73.

; Mar; 8—Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, a t Stamford, Conni ; aged 85.

Mar. 10—Ex-U.; S: Senator Jos. N. Dolph, a t Portland, Ore.:¡aged!62.

; Ma^ . 28—Wm; T. Adams' (Oolver : Op-tic),! at Boston: aged 75. . . .Mrs.¡Margaret J. Ereiston, welli-known: wri ter of;southern waf ipoetry, at Baitimore. • Mar 3i)—Ex-U. S. Senator Angus Cameron, at La Crosse, Wis.: aged 71.

•; •;• Apr 1—Rear Atimiral Jno. H. Russell (re-tired); at Washington; aged 70, . ®i i Apr 10—Ex-U. S. Senator Daniel iW. Voor-hees, a t Washington; aged 76. ' ' : , Apr; IS—Congressman Seth L., Milllken (Me.), at Washington. -: Apr: 22—Congressman Wm. Steele Hol-iRian: (Ind.), a t Washington; aged 75. ; Col.? Jesse E. Peyton, the f a the r of cen-

tennials, at Haddonfleld, N. J. i-•• May 3— Ex-Gov.; Albert G: Porter , of In-

diana!, at Indianapolis: aged Vi.« ¡May 4—Admiral Meade (retired); at .

Washington. : i -Mai ' 13—Ex-U. S. Senator and ex-Gov.

¡Richard Coke, of Texas, a t Waco: aged 68. May 20—U. & Senator Jos. A. Earle, a t

¡Greenville, S. C. . . .Gen. Horat io King, a t Washington: aged 67.

Jun 6—Rear Admiral Sam. Phillips Lee (retired), a t Silver; Springs, near Washing-ton.! ' j • ; • ! . . •;- .-.j

Jun .9—Alvah G. Clark, famous-asti-on-omer, a t Cambridge, Mass.; a^ed 65. : Jun 24—Congressman Edward; D. Cooke (Chicago), in Washington; aged 4S.

Jul 5-rEx-GoV.' 'Jno. Evans, a t Denver; aged S3. I -. .: ; ,

Jul S—U. S. ¡Senator Isham G. ' Har r i s (Tenn.), a t Washington; aged1 ,79....Ex-Qon'gressman i Wm. Slocum Groesbeck, near Cincinnati; aged 81. i ? Jul 23—Ex-Gov. J . A. Morton (N. C.), a t Har t ; Mich. > ! ; i Jul| 22—Ex-U. S. Senator Jas . rR. Doolit-fle.'at Edgewood, near Providence, .¡¡R. I . ; aged ,S2. i • ' Aug 14—U. S. Senator James Z; George, ¡at Mississippi ¡City, 'Miss.:; agedi 71.:..Con-gressman Ashley B. W r i g h t , at North Ad-ams» Mass.; aged 56. : . Sep 27—Ex-Secretary of the Navy Geo. M. Robeson, at Trenton, N. J . ; aged 69. ¡¿Oct 3—Gen. Neal Dow, prohibitionist, at Port land, Me.: aged 96....U. S. Senator Samuel J. R. 'McMillan; in St. Paul, Minn.; aged 71. ' ; . ' . : • i- i ; Oct S—Ex-U: S. : Senator J n d Roderick ji lcPherson, at Jersey City, N. JL; aged 64.

Oct 12—Ex-U. S. Senator Charles W. Jones (Fla.), at Detroit, Mich. : Oct 13—Ex-U. S. Senator Roberson, a t Co-lumbia, S. C. i

Oct 17—Charles A. Dana, editor of New ¡York Sun, at Glenqo.ve, L. I . : ag'ed.7S.,:.Ex-U. S. Senator Algernon S. Paddock, a t iBeatjrice, Neb.j: aged!67. , Oct IS—Admiral Jno. Lorimer Vi.'orden (re-

tired)), hero of ¡batt le between Monitor and Merrimae, at Wasihington; aged SO.

Oct 19-^Geo. M. Pullman, head of Palace Car ¡company, jat Chicago; agedi(56. , ;' Oct 29—Henry George, candidate f o r may-¡or of Greater New-York.and single-tax ad-vocaite: aged oS. »' i

Nov 3—Ex-U. S; Senator Gen. Thos. A. •Cllngman, a t Morgantown, N. C;; aged SI.

: Nov 5— Ex-Gov.; Jas . Pender,¡ a t Milton, Del.; aged 7S. 1 Nc>v Ji—Ex-U.; S. Senator Na than Fellows Dixon, at Westerly, R. I.; aged 50.

Noy 15— Ex-Gongressrrian John M. Lang-stoii (Va.), prominent colored man, in

Washington, aged iCS; Nov 29—Ex-Congressman Ephralm. M.

Wormer, at Lebanon, Pa.; agot. 53: Dec 6— Ex-Coingressman Jas . S> Cotheran

(S. C.), at New; York. : !• ";' 'Dec 12—Mrs. Nancy McKinley, president 's

mother, a t Canton, O.; aged S9.- ; Dec IS — Ex-Congressman Charles L.

Childs (111.), aft, P i t t sburgh Washington Hesing, at Chicago, aged .49.

Dec 20—Ex-Congressman Chas. Daniels; at Buffalo, N. Y.; aged 69. i , ;

Dec 23 — Ex-iCongressman John Pa t ton (Pa.), in Philadelphia. j i POLITICAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS-AND

jj EDICATIOXAL. ; Feb 2—Venezuela arbi t ra t ion t rea ty signed

in \yashingtoft ; commission to' consist of Chief Just ice f u l l e r and Just ice Brewer for U. and Loird Herschell and Sir iRobt.-Colllhs for Great Britain, ¡these to select a fifth', member. '

Feb S—Nebraska legislature defeated bill for woman suffrage amendment to consti-tution. : , - •

F^b 11—I. B: 'Pot ter (N. Y.f elected ¡presl-deru League of American Wheelmen, iat Al-bany, N. Y. 1

Febl6—Woman suffrage amendment lost In Nevada legislature 15 to 5. ;

; Feb 17—First) national congress of moth-ers ever held assembled in Washington, S00 delegates presejnt. . . .Mann Page (Va.^elect-ed president Rational Fa rmers ' Alliance andjilndustriali union, in Washington. : Feb 25—Mrs.1 Adlai Stevenson reelected

I)>resident-gene;ral Daughters of American Revolution, at lWashington. 1

; Malr 3—Mark'i Hanna (rep., O.) appointed to U.. S. senate. ;

Mar 4—Win..! McKinley (O.) and Garret A.; l iobart , (Ni J.) inaugurated president and ; vicei-^iresident of U. S. before Chief Just ice Fuller.; " ; Mar 5-^iSenatje confirms cabinet appoint-

ments : Secretary of state, John Sherman (O.)!;: secrietary(of t reasury, Lymaiv J . G a g e (¡111.):; secretary of war, Russell A. ¡Alger (Mlcjh.); iattorney-general, Jos; -McKenna (Cali); postmaister-general, Jas . A. i Gary (Md.,); secretary of navy, Jno. D. Long (Mass.): secretary of interior, Cornelius N. Bliss (N. Y,.); secretary of agriculture, Jas . Wilson (Ia.).

Mar 15—Fifty-fifth congress convened in extraordinary 'session; T. B. Reijd reelected spekker of hoiise of representatives.

Mar 22—U. S.ii supreme court decided (Jus-tices; Field, Gijay, Shtras and ¡White dis-senting) that ajgreement of Trails-Missouri Freight association to maintain)rates:with-in its territory iw^as a violation af aritirtrust law |of "1890:—r . , .

Mar 31—House of-representat ives passed (205! to 122) Dlngley tariff.bill.

Apr 6—Carter H. Harrison (dem.) son of late Mayor Harrison, elected mayor of Chi-ciagpi'

Apr 7—Elisha; Dyer (rep.) elected governor of Rhode Island. : Apr 12— President names Senator! Wol-

cott,(Col.), C.' J. Paine (Boston) arid ex-Vice President Stevenson (111.) as commis-sioners to-international monetary confer-ence: i

A!pir 20—At Mobile, Ala., 32d international Convention of Y. M. C. A. convenes. ;

Apr 27—Grant monument inaugural pa-rade; witnessed by 2,000,000 people;) batt le-ships of many nations part icipate in-naval parade, and President McKinley speaks at tomb." ° ; : Apr 28—William J. Deboe (rep., Ky.);elect-

ed to U. S. senate. , May 1—Tennessee centennial exposition

opened at Nashville. '' i • ! • May 5—U. S.) senate refused (43 to: 26) to

ra t i fy general arbi t ra t ion t reaty with Eng-larid Universal postal congress convenes In |Washington, 55 countries being repre-sented. * -

May 19—Amejrican Baptist Home Mission-ary society In i n n u a t session in Pi t t sburgh,

. Pa. ; ; - !

May 20—U. S: senate passed (41 to 14) reso^ lution recognizing Cuban bell igerency.. . . House of representatives unanimously ap-propriates $50,Cl00 for relief of American cit-Izeins in Cuba.». .National uood Citizens' convention in 6iashviUe, Tenri., adopted res-olutions tending to promotlojn of good clt-izenship. . . .'OniB hundred and: ninth gbneral assembly of Ifiresbyterian church meets a t Eagle Lake, Ind. i : ,

¡&lay .6—Cassius M. Barnes Inaugurated governor of Oklahoma.

Jun 2—International commercial confer-ence opened in Philadelphia, Pres. McKin-liey speaking." I •

Jun 10—Irving Rouse elected president of nurserymen, at St. Louis. ' Jun 15—Univtersal postal) congress ad -journed. |

Jun 16—Stlewart L. Woodfbrd (N. Y.) ap-pointed minister to Spain, i

Jun 17—American Railway'union .(E. V. Debs, pres.) changed name of organization toi "Social* Deiinocracy of Amdrica.V and adopted, declaration oi' principles outlining proposed scheme for a cooperative com-monwealth.

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J u n 23—Gch. Jno. H. GordMi reelected gen-eral commander of United Confederate ve t -erans, a t Nashville, Tenn. < |

Ju l 7—Tariff bill passes U. S. senate 38 to' 28. . . .Young.People 's Society of Christ ian Endeavor convention opens in 11 slmul-i taneous meetll.ngs In Sari Francisco.

Jul 14-^Leonard J. Crawford (Ky.) elected resident of National Republican league, a t •etroltu Mich.' ' Jul 16»—Trans-Misslsslp'pj congress, a t Salt

Lake City, adopts resolutions favorifTg Ha-waiian annexation, construction of Nic-1

a ragua canal,: recognition; of Cuba and frea coinage of-silver.

Jul 19—House of representatives adoupted (185 to US) conference report on tariff bill.

Jul 25—Dingley tariff bill' nassed (40 to 30) U. S. senate: and signed by president . . . i President ' s currency reform message re-ceived by congress referrred to finarce committee by senate, recommendations adopted: in a bill in house, a f t e r which both branches adjourn sine die.

Ju l 29—United States League of Building and Loan associations elect L. W. Sanbc#rn (Ill.> president, at Detroit . j

Aug 4^League of American Wheelmen meets In Philadelphia. • ' 1

; Aug^ National Christian Alliance ci»n-iventlon; opens In Cleveland, O. -i -Aug- 23—National encampment G. A. R. ¡opens a t Buffalo, N. Y.; addressed by Pres. McKinley on 24th: J . P. S. uobin (Pa.) electcd commander in chief on 26th.

Aug 26—New American p a r t j ' launched in St. Louis by convention of delegates f rom 9 s ta tes ; Col. E. H. Sellers (Detroit), chair-man; platform demands demonetization of gold and silver and an unlimited paper cur-rency. ' ; ' j : Sep 1—Ex-Gov. Hoard (Wis.) elected pres-ident of Farmers ' national congress, at Sit. Paul. ! ' ; Oct 5—Gov. Mount (Irid.) elected presi-

dent of National Horse Thief Detective as-sociation, at Madison, Ind. : Oct 14— Resignation oi Just ice Stephen

J. Field (U. S. supreme court) to take effect Dec. 1 accepted.

Oct 15—Evangeline CIsneros, who escaped from a Cuban prison, signs declaration in New York of intention to become an 'Amer-ican citizen.

Oct 29— National Women's Christian Tem-perance union in twenty-four th annuai con-vention at Buffalo, N. Y.

Oct 30—'Tennessee Centennial exposition at Nashville closed; total a t tendance since opening, 1,750,000. :

Nov 1—Uniion Pacific road sold by gov-ernment to ¡reorganization committee ¡at Omaha, for $58,965,748. ' , m

Nov 2—Robt. A. Van W'yck (dem.) elected mayor of Greater New York; Roger Wol-cott (rep.) governor of Massachuset ts , a re-publican legislature In New Jersey; in Ohio Gov. Bushnell (rep.) reelected, with a re-publican legislative plural i ty: Leslie M. Shaw (rep.) governor of Iowa: Maryland elects republican legislature; J . Hoge Tyler (dem.) elected governor> of Virginia with democratic legislature; republicans get ,9 out of 13 judges in Kansas ; fusion ticket wins in Nebraska: Kentucky legisjature is democratic; and South Dakota republicans elect 5 but of S Judges. _ _ . . ' . _ ' ) Nov 0—Compact between U. S.. Russia and Japan; to protect-seals, signed in W ash-i n N o v : 16—President signs t rea ty adopted by universal postal congress . . . . Aaron Jones (Ind.) elected worthy mas ter of Na-tional Grange, at Harr lsburg. Pa . ¡Dec 1—Chas. W. Hunt (N. Y.)elect pres-

ident of American Society of Mechanical accepted ap-

pqintment tb be at torney-general In Pres. ^ S S F e a ^ m ^ I n

reelectedT: .Frederick F-i-aley, of Philadel-phia. reeelected president of national board of trade in Washington .U.Cabinet officers a t tend funeral of M r s . » ^ a n c y Allison Mc-Kinley, during hours of ^rhich business was suspended in Cant-on, O.

Dec 15—^Southern bankers in convention a t Atlanta favor coinage of more gold and silver and ret irement of t reasury notes.

Dec W—Joseph McKenna (Cal.) nominat-ed to be associate justice;of U. S. supreme C°Dec 17—Carl Schurz reelected president of National Civil Service Reform league, m session a t Cincinnati.7 • " . . . .

Dec 18—Samuel Gorrifciers elected presi-dent American Federat ion : of Labor ; at ND£hc%i21—Joslah Qulncy -(dem.) reelected mayor of Boston. ' : • . ' . ' ..

Dec 22—Reciprocity negotiations between U. S. and Germany suspended. * . •

SPOUTIXC. Feb 7—Nilsson, of 3Iinneapolls< becomes

professional skat ing champion and J. IC McCulloch, ofi Winnipeg, amateur , a t Mon-treal. '

F e b 16—A CL, B. & Q- train from Chicago to Denver made the 1,025 m. in 1,069 min.

Mar 17—Fitzsimmons. in prize fight a t Carson City, Nev., with Corbett wort world's championship and $15,000 in 14th round.

Apr 10—Tillie Anderson (Chicago)won 6-da. (12 hrs.) bicycle race in Detroit, mak-ing 264 m.

\ p r 29—Eugene Tavlor, rllnotype operator at Denver, Col., set 101,800 ems in S hrs.

May 5—R. E. Beach swam (indoors) 100 yds. in l':07 l - ^ a f Chicago.

May 6—Partner Mart in Burns defeated Dan S. ' McLeod in wrest l ing match a t Davenport , I at, for world's championship.

May • 12—Tyfthoon II. won'23d Kentucky Derby at Louisville.

May 14—Cuinard line s teamer Lucania went from NtJw York, to Queenstown in 5 das. 14 hrs. 54 min. •

May 20—Lucretia Borgia, 4-yr-oid filly, made 4 m. in 7:11, at Oakland, Cal. • Jun 21—C. H. Henderson lowered bicycle

road record for 100 m. to 6:30:30, a t Denver, Col. •

Jun 2 4 — C : Van de Sande made m. in 51 3-5 seconds., on a Chicago bicycle t rack.

Jun 26—Rudolph Laur icks broke every American amateur bicycle recordpfrom 6 to 25 m. and made new marks up tb 50-m., a t Boston. • > -

Jun 29—Arthur Gardner lowered world's mile bicycle handicap record to 2:05 1-5, a t Springtield.i III.

Jul 1—Walter C. Sanger (cyclist) won 2 out of 3 Vs-m. heats in race against Albatrous, famous pacing horse, at Colorado Springs.

Jul 2—McReynoid^ and Carru thers ( tan-dem bicycle pair) lowered world's records: 1-3-m., 0:34 4-5: Vi;-m., 0:55 3-5 ; 2-3-m., 1:172-5, a t Colorado Springs. j '

Jul 6—Wesley Robinson andiJohn Dresher (tandem cyclists) rode from? Orange, N. J., to Atlanta . Ga. (1,000 m.). in 10 dys.

Jul S—R. M. Alexander lowered world's 20-m. bicycle road race record to 41:53, at Stam-ford, Conn.

Jul 16—E. H. Ten Eyck (American oars-man) won finals in great diamond scull races at Henley, Eng.

Jul 17—Harry Sidwell (amateur) rode 1 m. in 1:46 3-5, -at Cincinnati.

Ju l 20—Lizzie Glaw (woman bicycle cham-pion) rode 27 nv. in 1 hr. at Toledo, O.

Jul 24—Star Pointer defeated Joe Pachen, a t Chicago, In-3 s t ra ight m.-heats . |

Aug 2-fPedro, carrier «pigeon owned) by Pe te r Tollons of South Bend, Ind., flew l.UUO m. in 3S hrs.

Aug 3—John F lanagan threw 16-lb ham-mer 157 f t 4 in.

Aug 4—Ralph Gregory and Ben Kelley rooe tandem (unpaced) m. in 0.55V-J, at Scran-ton, Pa. •

Aug 2S—Star Pointer paced 1 m. In 1:59*4, at Readville, Mass . . . .A. L. Hachenbe'rger rode 100 m. on bicycle (unpaced) in 5 h'ri. 15 miri., a t Denver.

Aug 30—Walters, on a London track, i;ode 100 m. In 3:25:53 3-5. j

Sep 6—Geo. W: Clark dived into Chicago river from height of lfio ft. i

Sep 15—Michael rode 20 m., a t Springfibld, Mass., in;3S:ll. . 1.

Sep IS—Michael rode 25-m.. a t Bostori, in 45 *oS 4-5. '• • . Sep 23—Western league-.and Western as-sociation 'baseball clubs close season with Indianapolis-and Cedar Rapids clubs hold-ing respective pennants. ,

Sep 27—J. W. Stocks broke all world's rec-ords from 6 to 33 m., gbing lat ter distance in 3:1:34 2-5, in London. . : .A. E. Jackson, of Chatham, Ont., and Chas. Roberts, of To-ronto, rode 200 m. in,13 hrs. 25 min.

Sep 29—A. E. Walters lowered every rec-ord from 34 to 61 m.,-going 34 m. in 1:05:10:1-5, and 64 m. in 2:07:04 4-5.

Oct 3—National league basebal l ' season closed with the clubs s tanding- in i the fol-lowing^ positions: Boston, .705; Baltimore, .692: New. York, .634; Cincinnati, .576: Cleve-land, .527:"Washington, .462: Brooklyn, .462; Pi t tsburgh, .45S; Chicago, i447: Philadelphia, .417; Louisville, .400: St. Louis, .221.

Oct ^—Michael rode 1 m. in Philadelphia, in 1:36:... Six thoroughbred horses in 'relay w o n 5-m.; race against 4 crack cyclists by 5 yds. in 9:52.

Oct S—John R. Gentry and Robert J . in team paced 1 m. at Glen Falls, N. Y., in 2:08.

Oct 11—Baltimore club won Temple cup in baseball contest with Boston, securing ,4 of u games played. i

Oct 27—Dan McLeod won world's wres t -Hngchampionship from " F a r m e r " Burns. ; QC t 28— Eddie McDuffle rode 2 m. in 3:24, a t Philadelphia. 1 Nov 12—Chas. M. Murphy rode 1 m !n 1:00 4-5, a t New York. . . .Michael rode 15 m. in 31:07 2-5, at Chicago.

Nov 13—University of Wisconsin in foot-ball game defeated U. of Chicago, In Chi-? eago: score, 23 to 8. ^

Nov i 25—In football games in Chicago Thanksgiving day University of Chicago defeated U. of Michigan, Chicago Athlet ic association defeated New Jersey associa-tion, and the U. o f W i s c o n s i n defeated Northwestern (11}.) team. In Philadelphia U. of Pennsylvania defeated Cornell. ' Nov 29—Union Pacific f a s t mall made 519 m. in 520 min.; f rom Cheyenne to Omaha. • Dec 4—Slosson won 6-das. billiard match in New York, defeat ing Ives in last game by 2 points.

Dec 12—C. N. Miller, of Chicago, won 6-da. bicycle race in New York, making 2,013 m. . . ; .C. B. Buckley became champion quail ea ter of world, having eaten 2 a day ¡for 30 consecutive das. )

Dec 17—VKid" McCoy whipped Dan Cree-don in fight for world 's middle-weight championship at New York.

Dec 22—Walter C. Sanger made M m. at Milwaukee in 1 min. flat..^

M I S P L A C E D Y e t B e D i d

CONFIDENCE. to False« Not Resort

hood. A benevolent locking old lady had her at-

small street urchin who 3 heart would break.

tention called to a was crying as if hi

"Come, come, my little ffllow, don't cl-y. Has some one-hurt you or are you afraid of something?" "

"Nome, but I ' l l get licked when I git home."

" W h a t have you been doing that you'll be punished for?" " I lost a dime, an ' pap'll whip me when I

go home." "Oh, we will fix-that for you. Wipe

your face, and I will give you another dime, so there will be noj trouble on that account."

When he got the) dime his face brightened like the sky af te r a shower. He was not the same boy. In fact, in his tones aiul look and talk there was a change that was almost mar-velous.

"Now," said the good woman, "run along and be a good boy. But before you go you must tell me what your fa ther gave you the dime for ."

"Yesum. H e gave i t to me tq git him some beer, bu t I lef t the bucket around the corner."

"Tha t ' s too bad. I 'm sorry your father drinks. I hope when you grow up you will never drink a drop."

"Nome, I won ' t . " "Maybe if you look right carefully you

can find the dime you lost. Wheire was it you dropped i t?"

" I didn't drop it, I lost i t ; jist lost i t . " "Rut where did vou lose i t?" "Right aroun' ther ' in the alley." "But how did it happen tlia't you lost

i t ?" "I was pitchin' pennies with the fellers

an they got it all."—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. „ .*

v — Ironical I f» .

If a man has: no dust, his name is usually .inud. ., ; .

If a man has, horse sense he should know-when to say neigh. -If the cat scratches you it is always the

sign of the Maltese cross. -If a man would follow the advice he gives

to others he would soon be perfect. If the merctiry goes higher¿tlian usual

next summer blame it on the Dingley bill. If women were as fond of ap]>earing in

p.rint as in silk there would be more lady writers. i

If canes were to go out of fashion, some young men would' have no visible means of support.—Chicago News.

Categorical. . "But -vyhat dq .you mean by saying that the

man was more 'or less intoxicated?" asked the lawyer.; "l iemme see," said the witness, asi.he scratched his chin. " I guess I mean that if he had; been more intoxicated he0

would have been drunk, and if be had been less lie would have been sober. How'll tha t do?"—Indianapolis Journal .

W e wish somebody would invent suspend-ers tha t never wear out.—Washington Democrat.

A girl stands before a mirror while dress-ing so she can; see what is going on.—Chi-cago News. i •

A good thingigets a little better every day; a poor thing,; a little worse.—Atchison Globe. *•

Hood's Sarsaparilla Absolutely cures scrofula, ,

Salt rheum, Dyspepsia, rheumatism,

Catarrh and all diseases Originating in or promoted

By impure blood. It is , The great nerve tonic,

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SOOTH CAROLINA HEARD F R O f t

Goeth, S. C.f wrii^s: For several years I had suf-fered much from Cold Feet, Sick Headache, Sleepless Nights, and foand.no relief until I commenced taking that greatest of all medicines. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver medicine. It is better than the others. -

Enlargement of the Womb. This may be caused by congestion, inflam-

mation or tumors. The symptoms are a dull pain in the lower part of tho abdomen, Eometimes depressing or sinking down of the wombi and some uneasiness in empty-ing the bladder and bowels. Costivenesa Bhonld bo avoided by using ¡Dr. M. A. Sim-moiig Liver Medicine in small doses, and onr Mexican Female Remedy used as an injection, and the persistent nse of Or. Simmons Squaw vine Wine, will bring «boot ft cure.

¿tiX^W^itaAwJinU Hattlevllle, S. C., says: Have used Dr. M. A. Sim-mons liiTer Medicine six years In my family. My Wife thinks tnere is noth-ing lilce it for Consti-pated Bowels and Bil-iousness. It cured me of Palpitation of Heart. Have used "Zeilin's Regu-lator," and think Dr. M. A. S. I.. >1. the best, and

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Irregular Appetrte. This condition is a symptom of some COBk

Btitntional derangement oi the system, es*

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