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EVENTS IN 1906I ____

A Year's Record From| January to December.

DAILY HAPPENINGS.i

Havoc of Storms, Volcanic Erup-

tions and Earthquakes.

A NOTABLE OBITUARY ROLL.

.bosses of 1-ife and Treasure by I- Ire,Accidents and Violences of Nature.Miscellaneous Affairs, Personal,Political mitt Sporting Items—AChronological Review.

• Destruction of life and property Inboth hemispheres caused by the forcesof nature has been a uotable character-istic of the year 1000. In .March oc-curred the earthquake upheaval on tbeIsland of Formosa. Early In AprilVesuvius burst forth, destroying lifeand property for miles around the vol-canic mountain. A few days later theSan Francisco earthquake nnd lire ca-lamity startled the world with its almost unparalleled horrors.

In August an earthquake devastatedthe coast cities of Chile, causing heavyloss of life, especially In Valparaiso.In September a destructive typhoonswept over Hongkong: and a cyclonecaused great destruction on tho gulfcoast, notably at Mobile and Pensticola.A fierce West India hurricane In Octo-ber destroyed life and property on tbecoasts of Venezuela. Honduras. Salva-dor and Cuba. Landslides, cloudburstsand floods, shipwrecks, fires nnd rail-way accidents added to the year's rec-ord Of victims. It Is estimated thatover 50.000 lives were sacrificed thefirst ten months by the manifestation"of nature's fury and the accidents oftravel on sea and laud.

The obituary record of the year in-cludes Carl Schtirz. Mrs. Jefferson Davia, Henrik Ibsen. Genera! JosephWheeler, General William It. Bhafter,Sanator Arthur Pue Gormau, ChristianIX. of Denmark. Adelaide Itistori.John Lawrence Toole. Kussell Sage nndMarshall Field.

JAWARY.1 Obituary: Gen. Francis Fessenden.

noted veteran of the civil war, InPortland, Me.: aged G6.

1 Labor Troubles; Printers Inaugurateda strike extending over t_ve UnitedStates and Canada.

1 Obituary: Harrison William Weir,well known Illustrator of birds nndanimals, In Lewes, England; aged 82.

Accident: 21 miners killed by explosionat Coaldale. W. Va.

Miscellaneous: Earthquake shock atMasaya, Nicaragua. Gen. Rodriguez,commander of the forces of SantoDomingo's fugitive president, killed Inbattle. s

T. Earthquake-. Shock felt in Missouri,Kansas and Nebraska.

8. Catastrophe: Landslide at Haver-straw, N. V.. carried down 8 dwell-ings, causing the death of 10 persons.

11 Obituary: Dr. William Rainey Harper,noted Hebrew scholar and president ofthe University of Chicago, in Chicago;aged 4S.

Fatal Flrer s kill '1 and many injured atWest hotel. Minneapolis.

11 Obituary: Sir Moirntstuart Duff, notedScotch writi r, well known by his se-ries of diaries covering the I itter halfof the nineteenth century, In London:aged T7.

11 Conventions: International conferenceon Morrocan affairs opened at Alge-dras. Spain. Seventeenth animal con-vention of the t'nlted Mine Workersmet in Indianapolis.

Obituary: Commodore William P. Mc-Cann, TJ. S. N., retired, known as "TheFather of the White Squadron." atNew Roehelle. N. Y.i aged 7.

17. Political: M. Fallieres, president of theFrench senate < leeted by the nationalassembly of France president of therepublic.

Obituary: Marshall Field of Chicago.the richest merchant In the world, inNew York city; aged 70.

tl Obituary: CI. orge Jacob Holyoake,British author and lecturer, at Brigh-ton, England: ajrred 89.

Ssa Disasters: The Braalllan warshipAquldaban destroyed near Rio HĻJaneiro by the explosion of her maga-\u25a0lnesr 212 officers nr.-l sailors killed and28 Injured. The Pacific coaster Valen-cia wrecked near Cape Beale, B. C;139 deaths.

88. Sporting: F H Marriott broke theworld's auto record by driving theStanley steamer a mile In 31 4-5 sec-onds at Ormond Beach. Fla.

B. Obituary: Brigadier General JosephWheeler, t'. S. A., retired, former lieu-tenant general of the ConfederateStates of America and prominent Inpublic life since the civil conflict, InBrooklyn. N. V.: aged 68.

88. Sporting: F. H. Marriott broke theworld's auto record made by him the33d by driving the Stanley steamer amile In 381-5 seconds at OrmondBeach. Fla.

Earthquake: Severe shock felt In Arl-sona and New Mexico.

38. Sporting: Clifford Earp scored a new100 mile auto record by making therun tn 1 hour 15 minutes 40 2-J sec-onds at Ormond Beach. Fla.

31 Obituary: Christian IX. of Denmark,fatl.ur of Queen Alexandra of Eng-land and related by blood or marriageto many European rulers, at Copen-hagen: aged 88.

Sporting: Victor Demogot made a newtwo mile auto record by speeding thedistance In 88 4-5 seconds at OrmondBeach, Fla.

\u25a08. Political Fred-irk VIII.. eldest sonof the deceased ruler of Denmark, pro-claimed king

until .k .1 Obituary: Lord Mash-un (Samuel Cun-

llffe-I-lstari. noted Inventor and manu-facturer, at Masham. England,

g Fire: In East St Louis; loss of 31.500.---•88 by the burning of the Union sle-

-1 _Nssi«sl Countess Bonl de CasUlkssss. ass Anna. Qswild. nlvrfi plaa

later who was hostile to Napoleon i„at Vienna; aged 74.

Convention: The Woman's NationalSuffrage association met In Baltimore.

Cyclone: The Society and Tahiti groupsot Islands damaged to the extent of$1,000,000.

1 Accident: An explosion In the Stewartcollieries nt Oak Hill, W. Va., causedthe death of 28 miners.

10. Obituary: Paul Laurence Dunbar, thenegro poet, at Dayton, O.; aged 84.

17. Fire: At Duluth. Minn.j loss of $1,000,---000 by the burning of an elevatorplant.

Personal: Alice Roosevelt married toCongressman Nicholas Longworth atthe White House.

11 Political: Clement Armand FallleresInaugurated president of France.

19. Political: The Hungarian parliamentdissolved by a Show of force, at Buda-pest.

tl. Earthquake: Seismic disturbance fol-lowed by a tidal wave resulted In aloss of life estimated at 2,000 on thecoast of Colombia.

12. Fire: Loss of $1,000,000 by the burningof the Sun Francisco lighting plant.«. Fire: The plant of the Intercolonialrailway burned at Moncton, N. B.;loss $1,000,000.

Obituary: Hon. David B. Henderson,former speaker of the house of repre-sentatives, at Dubuque, la.; aged 66.

tl. Obituary: Prof. Samuel P. l.angley,secretary of the Smithsonian instl-tute nnd a scientist of worldwide rep-utation, nt Aiken. S. C

Personal: Prince Eitel Frederick, secondson of Emperor William of Germany,married to the Duchesse Sophie Char-lotte of Oldenburg In the Imperial pal-ace at Berlin.

MARCH.1 Tornado: 24 killed by a storm which

swept over Meridian. Miss.; propertyloss $1,000,000.

4. Obituary: l.ieut. Gen. John M. Scho-fleld. f. S A., retired, at St. Augus-tine. Fin.; aged 75.

1 Obituary: Gen. Sir William ForbesGntaere, a British leader In the Sudarand In the Boer war, In London; aged63.

8-8. Philippines: Fight between Gen.Leonard Wood's force and the Moroson Mount Dajo; 603 Moros killed, endthe troops suffered a loss of 13 killedend 88 wounded.

T. Political: The French ministry, head-ed by Premier Rouvler, resigned afteia defeat on the church question.

10. Obituary: Eugene Rlchter, Radicalleader of the relchstag, \m\% nn oppo-nent of Bismarck and one c r Ger-mnny's most noted political editors. InBerlin; aged 68.

11. Disaster: Mine explosion at Pas deCalias, Frame, caused the death ofover 1,100 miners.

Shipwreck: 27 sailors perished by thesinking of the Phenix liner BritishKing off Srrlil.' island.

Obituary! Dr. Manuel Quintan:], presi-dent of the Argentine Republic, atBuenos Ayres; used 71.

13. Judicial: Decision by the t'nltedStates supreme court that corporationsmust produce their hooks and papersand answer questions In actionsbrought by the government.

IS. Shipwreck: British si, rimer Coin*foundered off the Dutch coast; IIsailor? drowned.

Obituary; Susan Browne!) Anthony, pio-neer woman suffragist, at Rochester,N. V.; aged 88,

14 Sporting r Battling Kelson defeatedTerry McGovern in a six round con-test In Philadelphia.

15. Convention: National assembly of theUnited Mine Workers of Americaopened in Indianapolis.

18. Accident: 82 killed and 20 Injured Ina head-on collision on the Denver andRio Grande, near Adobe. Colo.

17-20. E-uaf)quake: Several prosperoustowns in Formosa destroyed, causingthe loss of several thousand lives ies-timated) and a property damage of

$45.01.10.000.19. Accident: 12 miners killed by a snow-

slide nt Silverton. Colo.21 Obituary: Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, au-

thoress, best known by her stories foryoung people, at Milton. Mass.; aged82*- •Political: Charles S. Francis of Troy,N. V.. appointed to succeed BellamyS'.orer as American ambassador toAustria.

31. Judicial: Judge Otis J. Humphrey ofthe t'nlted States district court grant-ed the immunity pleas of the officersOf Aye packing firms under indictmentfor conspiracy in restraint of trade. InChicago.

31 Obituary: Dr. Robert Ogden Doremus.well known chemist, in New York city;aged 82.

Accident: Heavy loss of life by explo-sion In the Century mines, West Vir-ginia.

33. Obituary: Ras Makonnen, the mostnoted man in Abyssinia, who com-manded the army which defeated theItalians in IS.G, at Jibuti.

36. Philippines: 10 American soldiers and80 Pulajanes killed in a fight at Ma-gaton, Samar.

Obituary: Col. H. K. Shackelford, au-thor of popular detective stories, atBalnbrldge. Ga.; aged 65.

Fire: Wrangel, Alaska, nearly wipedout.

Accident: 10 trainmen killed and 17 In-jured in a wreck on the Chicago andNorthwestern, near Casper, Wyo.

27. Obituary: Norval E. Foard, wellknown Baltimore journalist. In thatcity; aged 09. W. H. McDonald, wellknown actor, one of the original"Bostonlans," ut Springfield, Mass.;aged 50.

Fire: Steamer Plymouth. Fall Riverline, with other properties, burned atNewpoit. P.. I.; loss t1.0f.0.000.

28. Fire: At Johnstown, Pa.; loss 3M0.000.81. Political: The international conference

on Morocco affairs at Algeeiras cameto agreement upon all points tn dis-pute between Germany and France.

Coal Strike: About 500.000 miners stop-ped work.

APRIL.1 Obituary: Gen. Blanco, last captain

general of Cuba, in Madrid: aged 74.1 Obituary: Eastman Johnson, noted

American genre painter, In New Yorkcity: aged 81.

Mount Vesuvius: Violent explosionstook place In tlie crater, accompaniedby streams of lava and shewers ofcinders over the surrounding countryas far as Naples.

1 Obituary r Alexander Kielland. the Iforemost Russian author, called the"Daudet of Norway." at Bergen;aged 67.

Political: Parliamentary crisis in Hun-gary ended by a compromise betweenthe crown and the Hungarian Inds-pendt nts,

T. Convent!.- International postal con-gress cpenad by K'ng Victor Em-manuel and Queen H lena at Rome.

Political Moroccan convention signedat Algeeiras by the delegates to theinternational eonferenee.

Russia: Slept.off. Russian governor ofTver, assassinated In the street by abomb thrower, who was arrested.

Mount Vesuvius: The town of BoscoTre-Case, on the southern slope of th*mountain, burled under lava andashes.

1 Mount Vesuvius: Continued destruc-tion around Ihe volcanic mountain, ac-companhd by earthquake shocks;many towns abandoned.

ML Accident: Band and ashes from Ve-suvius overweighted tt» roof of aMarket in Naples. I \u25a0-\u25a0.\u25a0_ tt U o»l

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rived in New York to raise funds farthe revolutionary cause.

Obituary: Nathaniel Southgnte Shaler,dean of the Lawrence Scientific schoolat Harvard, In Cambridge, Mass.;aged 66.

11. Personal: President Castro of Vene-suela retired temporarily from office.

18. Naval Accident: An officer and 5 menkilled and one officer mortally Injuredby an explosion of ammunition In theturret of the T'nlted States battleshipKearsarge In the Caribbean sea.

11 Earthquake: Shock at Kagt and vicin-ity, Formosa: over 100 deaths reportedand thousands made homeless.

Obituary: Miss Johnstone Bennett, theactress, at Bloomfleld, N. J.; aged 86.

11 Convention: Fifteenth congress of theNational Society Daughters of theAmerican Revolution met In Washing-ton.

Strike Troubles: Encounter betweendeputy sheriffs and striking miners atWindsor, Pa.; 5 persons killed and 80injured.

Judicial: The t'nlted States supremecourt decided substantially that amarriage bond made in one state can-not be sundered in another state ex-cept for causes recognized as valid Inboth states.

11 Earthquake: An earthquake shookSan Francisco and the surroundingcountry at 8:13 a. m., reducing manybuildings In the city to ruins, whichlater took fire. Wire communicationWas cut for some hours. Many deathsoccurred from the earthquake. SanJose and Santa Rosa damaged by thesame shock and many lives lost. Thetremor recorded as far east as Albany,N. Y.

Shipwreck: 35 lives lost In the founder-ing of the Belgian cadet ship Count deSmet de Naeyer In the Bay of Biscay.

Obituary: Daniel Huntingdon, Americanhistorical and genre painter. In NewTork city; aged 90. Father LouisMartin, general of the Society ofJesus, or Order of Jesuits, In Rome;aged f.r.

Is. San Francisco: Fires continued In theStricken city. Over 300.000 homelesspeople gathered In the parks and opencountry around. The water mainshaving been destroyed by the earth-quake, no water could be used to fightfire. Many buildings were dvnamlted.Gen. Funston. commander of the de-partment of California, assumed con-trol of the city to preserve order andcare for the homeless. PresidentRoosevelt asked public aid for the peo-ple of San Francisco.

Obituary: Prof. Curie, discoverer ofradium, In Paris; aged 4T.

20. San Francisco: The fire checked. Totaldeaths in the earthquake calamity 488.Financial loss due to fire $350,000.

H. Obituary: Gen. Martin T. McMahon,veteran of the civil war. In New Yorkcity; aged OS.

Sporting: George F. Slosson won the 18.3balk line billiard championship of thoworld In New York city, defeatingJacob Schaefer with a score of 500 to896 In 15 Innings.

Earthquake: In Tuscany; 13 shocks Insuccession.

83. 22 miners killed by dust explosion,near Trinidad. Colo.

Athletics: Olympic games begun atAthens.

28. Political: China signed the Anglo-Tibetan treaty, which recognizes th«protectorate of China over Tibet.

IE. Obituary: Gen. E. 8. Serrell, notedcivil engineer connected with the-Hoosac tunnel nnd other enterprisesand later distinguished In the siege ofCharleston. In New Tork city; aged 80.

Convention: Annual reunion of theUnited Confederate Veterans at NewOrleans.

Earthquake: A shock alarmed SanFrancisco, doing but slight damage.

86. Tornado: Many deaths reported In awindstorm which swept over Clay andMontague counties, Tex.

Convention: Chemistry congress openedIn Rome.

90. Russia: Count Wltte resigned the pre-miership.

Strike Troubles: Collision at Mount Car-mel. Pa., between the military andstriking miners; 17 strikers shot downand several fatally wounded.

Shipwreck: 10 drowned by the founder-ing of the passenger steamer Courrleroff Sark, Channel islands.

MAY.L Conventions: Fifteenth annual con-

vention Daughters of the Revolutionmet In Philadelphia. Annual congressof the National Society Sons of theAmerican Revolution met In Boston.

Sporting: Close of the Olympic games atAthens. Greece, In which American_, athletes won the most events, winningthe national trophy.

Labor Troubles: May duy rioting ofworkmen In Paris checked by the po-lice.

1 Sporting: Sir Huon won tlie KentuckyDerby at Louisville.

Convention: Conference for education inthe south met at Lexington, Ky.

1 Obituary: Michael Duvltt. noted Irishpatriot. In Dublin: aged 80,

4. Russia: New ministry, headed byGoremykin. announced.

Obituary: W. F. Owen, noted Americanactor. In New York city; aged C2.

t. Labor Troubles: Anthracito minersvoted to resume work on the scale of1903.

11 Sporting: Grapple won the $10,000 Met-ropolitan stakes at Belmont.

Russia: Opening of the douma at St.Petersburg.

11. Fire: In Paris; loss of $2,000,000 In theleather district.

14. Obituary: Carl Schurz, noted German-American scholar nnd publicist, firsthonored by President Lincoln, In NewYork cltv; aged 76.

16. Obituary: Gen. J. C. Tidball, U. S. A.,retired, at Montclalr. N. J.; aged 81.

17. Convention: One hundred and eight-eenth session of the Presbyteriangeneral assembly convened at DcsMoines.

11 Political: Railroad rate bill passed thesenate with a vote of 71 to 3.

Obituary: Fannie Herring. favoriteAmerican actress, once famous In therole of Mazeppa. near Simsbury,Conn.: aged 74.

Shipwreck: 7 deaths by the sinking ofthe British torpedo boat No. 58 offPort Said, Egypt.

Fire: Forest fires devastated over 400square miles of territory In Michigan

19. Obituary: George McNeil, noted labolead' r, called the "Father of theEight Hour Day." in Boston; aged 79.

». Fire: Loss of $'.000,000 by the burningof New York's chief refuse destroytniplant on Barren Island.

Obituary: Diana Kearny, widow of GenPhil Kearny, noted New Jersey soldler who met with a tragic death In15.2, at Cape May, N. J.; aged 87.

22. Fire: Ogden. Utah; loss of 3350,000 byflames In the business district.

Sporting: Tokalon won the Brooklynhandicap at Grnvesend.

23 Obituary: Henrlk Ibsen. Norway'greatest poet nr.d dramatist, at Christ lan I

_: aged 7».

Sporting: Edward Payson Weston, th*long distance walker, walked fromPhiladelphia to New York—9o miles—in 23 hours :7 minutes, beating th*record he made <-n the ume course In1863 by 22 minute

Fire. Fairbanks. Alaska; loss of 31.000---000 by flames In the business section.

S. Tornado: 10 lives lost in Nebraska and

3*. Accident: 8 killed and 2! Injured In awreck on the Louisville and Nash villaroad at Louisville.

3k. BbAwrerk 23 Uvea lost fey th* stak-ing of th* British ship !_\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. a 8\u25a0amta Maria. Cklle.

Berry. rturgi»«in»ter won the $28,608Belmont stakM at HMmont park.

r optical: Airr.lii-('wt>a treaty of com-lnci. \ i-r .i-rti. i and industry ratl-f.'-d by ; .:•\u25a0 Cuban i-a-.iutc.

31. l'c: orrrt: barrtage of King Alfonsoan.l Fii-ii-a. In.', in Madrid. Bombthrown at the '.In-.; and bride whilerece.Vlhl. nn ovation in the streetsnarrowly mlerrd Ihe royal couple andkill- J C. attendants and bystanders.

..I'VE.1 P.i.rhi: Morales, the Madrid bomb

thrower, committed suicide after dls-pu.. hlta r. rruard seat to arrest him.

8. Accident: li kilted and 40 hurt In atrolley smaahup in East Providence,R. 1.

1 OL.ilnary: Cnlli.l States Senator Ar-thci- l'ue Gorman, In Washington;aged CT.

1 Obituary: Karl yon Hurtmann, notedGerman philosopher, in Berlin: aged Co.

T. Obituary: Oliver Sumner Teull, once aNew York social sensation, at Lib-erty. N. I.i aged 54.

1 Mining Accident: H miners killed by"white damp" nt Rocky Fork, Mont.

8. Accident: 12 workmen killed by explo-sion ut MoAbces dynamite factory.Lancaster. S'a.

10. Sporting: Spearmint won tlie GrandPrix de Paris.

Storm: li people killed and many Injuredin a storm which swept the lowerHudson valley.

.Obituary: Mary Tutnam Jacobl, notedwoman physician, in New York city;aged 64.

14. Panama Canal: The house voted for nlock canal, 110 to 30.

Russia: Jewish massacres nt Blalvstok.Ship Disaster: 10 killed and 40 injured

by an explosion on the British steam-ship Haverford at Liverpool.18. Obituary: R. B. Roosevelt, undo of

the president and a well known law-yer, author and politician, in NewYork city; aged 76.

Russia: Continued attacks on the Jewsat Bialystok.

18. Obituary: Henry O. Houghton, thepublisher, at Cambridge. Mass.; aged64.

Political: Bill admitting Oklahoma tostatehood became a. law.

18. Obituary: Gov. John M. Pattison ofOhio, at Tromont; aged 59.

88. Coronation: King Haakon VII. ofNorway crowned nt Trondhjem.

Sporting: Go Between won the 3C0.000Suburban handicap.

88. Obituary: Tho Duke of Almodovar,who presided over the Moroccan con-ference at Algeciras, at Madrid; aged$2.

Congress: The pure food bill passed thehouse, 240 lo 117.

Sporting: Cornell won the four mileeight oared varsity race at Pough-keepsle.

87. Sporting: Szisz won the Grand Prlsautomobile race at Le Mans, France.

28. Sporting: Harvard won the varsity8 oared boat race at New London.

29. Congress: Railway rate bill signed bythe president.

JILY.L Obituary: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, noted

Liberal M. P. and temperance reform-er, In London; aged 77.Accident: 27 lives lost In the wreck of an

American line special train at Salis-bury, England; 23 Americans amongthe victims.

4. Obituary: H. A. Ward, noted Amer-ican scientist, killed by an automobilein Buffalo. N. Y.

Personal: A son born to Crown PrinceFrederich William of Germany atPotsdum.

6. Storm: 50 people killed and seriousdamage done to crops by a hailstormIn the Valencia district of Spain.

10. Russia: Vice Admiral Choukln, com-mander of the Hussian Black sea fleet,fatally shot by a sailor In league withrevolutionists.

12. The Dreyfus Case: The supreme courtof France annulled the condemnationof Cupt. Dreyfus.

Sporting: C. M. Daniels, American, wonthe 100 yard amateur swimming matchfor the championship of the world atNottingham, England.

South America: Gen. Regaldo, com-mander of the Sulvadoran army, kill-ed in battle with Guatemalan forces.

11 The Dreyfus Case: Cupt. Dreyfus re-stored to the army of France by aspecial act of the legislature.

14. South America: Honduras declaredwar against Guatemala, thus becom-ing the ally of Salvador.

16. South America: The Salvadoran arraywon a victory over the Guatemalansat Platenar.

17. Obituary: Alfred Beit, the noted SouthAfrican financier, In London; aged 61.

18. South America: Armistice declared be-tween Salvador and Honduras andGuatemala.

Obituary: Lady Curzon. American wifeof the ex-viceroy of India, in London.

20. Russia: 4 radical newspapers ..up-pressed in St. Petersburg.

Fire: In Syzran. Russia; loss $5,000,000.South America: Treaty of peace be-

tween Guatemala nnd the Salvador-Honduras alliance signed by commis-sioners of the belligerent powers onboard the United States cruiser Mar-bleh.-rid off the Guatemalan coast.

Obituary: Prlsr. Gen. Edmund Rice. U.S. A., retired, at Wakefield, Mass.;aged 64.

31 Accidents: 22 killed and 24 injured Ina wreck on the Seabord Air line, nearHarilet, N. C. 9 killed In a wreck onthe Great Not thorn, near Elk. Wash.

Obituary: Russell Sage, at LawrenceBeach. N. V.: aged 90. Gen. BaronKodama. chief of staff of the Japanesearmy, at Tokyo.

Russia: Czar Nicholas dissolved thedouma. Martial law declared In St.Petersburg.

33. Russia: ISO members of the douma imet at Vlborg, Finland, and Issued a ]revolutionary manifesto to the Rus- Islan people.

Convention: Pan-American congress]opened at RIo de Janeiro.

Accident: Many deaths caused by the jcollapse of a building under construc-tion at South Framlnghnm, Mass.

Philippines: 150 Filipinos (Puta janes)killed in battle with American forcesnear Banecn. island of Leyte.

38. Obituary: Prince Eugene Murat, great-gTandson of King Joachim Murat, Na-poleon's famous cavalry leader, killedby his own automobile In Munich.

81 Obituary: John Lawrence Toole, notedEnglish comedian, at Brighton, Eng-land; aged 76.

AUGUST.1. Russia: Fortress at Sveaborg, Fin-

land, known ns the "Gibraltar of theNorth," seized by mutineers as partof a generul conspiracy against theczar.

a Labor: Strike of lithographers Involv-ing 50.000 workmen In th* UnitedStates and Canada, begun.

3. Obituary: R"ar Admiral Charles J.Train, commander of the UnitedStates Asiatic fleet, at Chefu. Chins;aged 61.

1 Shipwreck: 300 lives lost by the wreck-ing of the Italian steamship Sirlo oftthe coast of Spain.

Obituary: John James Roberts Man-ners, seventh Duke of Rutland, dis-tinguished author, traveler and cab-inet minister, In London; aged 88. DB. Wesson, noted revolver manufac-turer, at Springfield. Mass.; aged 81.

Russia: Strike involving nearly 70,006workmen begun at St. Petersburg Int_* Interests of revolution.

1 Financial: Milwaukee State bank ofChicago closed Its doors, showing a_*fidt of 81.000.000.

38. Conwntlon: Fortieth annual Mpaf>\u25a0Mat of th* G. A R. ass* la Mfc_M-

fie (John Oliver Hobbes), author anddramatist, in I.l'ndon: aged 39.

\u25a0porting: New world's record for longdistance auto racing established byDuray. driving a De Dietrich car, onthe Ardennes course. Belgium, aver-age speed fit'j miles an hour.

11. Russia: General attack on the czar*police by the terrorists of Poland.

17. Earthquake: 14 Chilean cities affected.Valparaiso being almost destroyedEstimated deaths 2.000 and propertyloss about $50,000,000 In Valparaisoalone.

$0. Cuban Revolution: Rising of the Cu-ban Liberals against the Palma ad-ministration; Oca. Ilunder.i took thefield with a baud of revolutionists.

31 Cuba: Revolutionists led by Gen. PineGuerra. an IS nfl-fllISIIWII. capturedthe town of San Luis, province otPlnnr di I Rio.

83. Cuba: Gen. Guorra'a revolutionistscaptured San Juan de Martinez. InPlnar del Rio. but wore driven outafter a sharp engagement

84. Finn 111 ial Troubles: Frank J. Hippie,president of the insolvent Real EstateTrust company of Philadelphia, tookhis own life at liryn Mawr.

Obituary: Alfred Stevens, celebratedpainter of Belgian genre. In Paris:aged .8.

-6. Russia: In an attempt to assassinatethe Russian premier Stolypln at St.Petersburg by a bomb 25 people werekilled ami many Injured. Stolvpin es-caped Injury.

81 Russia: Gen. Mm. nn officer of thepersonal suit of the czar, killed by ayoung woman, who find 5 shots Intohim from a revolver.

87. Russia: By ukase of the czar 4.500.00 Cacres of the crown appanage landswere transferred to the peasants, den.yon l.lrirliarskl, milllary governor ofWarsaw, assassinated,

28. Financial: Tlie Real Estate Trustcompany of Philadelphia, whose pres-ident. Frank W. Hippie, committedsuicide on tbe 84th, closed Its doorswith liabilities placed at $io.amooo.88. Conventions: First Esp-rantist inter-national congress opened nt GenevaThe American liar association openedIts annual convention at St, Paul.

Obituary: W. E. Marshall, noted artist,whose engraving of Lincoln madehim famous, In New York cltv; aged71.

80. Obituary: Edward ttosewater, editorof the Omaha lice, suddenly in Oma-ha; aged Gu.

SKPTKMBEH.1. SportinT: Electioneer won the Fu-

turity stakes, worth 148,060, at Sheeps-head Bay.

Convention: International Alliance ofWoman Suffrage Associations met InCopenhagen.

3. Sporting': Joe Cans v on by a foul inthe forty-second round In a contestwith Battling Nelson at Qoldfleld,Nev.

1 Obituary: Hermann Oelrlchs, Ameri-can capitalist ami ship owner, sud-denly nt sea on board the KaiserWilhelm dec Gross*,

7. Cuba: The Insurgent Pino Guerra re-fused an armistice.

1 Sportlntr: Cambridge defeated Har-vard In a rowing contest on theThames. Dan Patch broke the world'spacing record, going the mile in 1:5.at St. Paul.

18. Cuba: American force landed from theUnited States cruiser !> river, but Im-mediately returned to the vessel afterleaving a guard at tho American le-gation.

14. Obituary: Mrs. Elisabeth Blair Lee.only survivor of the famous Blairfamily of Missouri, at Silver Spring,Md.

Cuba: President Roosevelt urged Cu-bans to cease hostilities and ord redSecretary Taft to prow d to Havana.

Sporting: C. M. Daniels lowered tinworld's swimming record tor 200 yardsto 2 minutes 42 2-5 seconds at St. Louis.

16. Russia: (Jen. Trepoff. "the terror,"commandant of the Imperial palaceand formerly herd of the police, diedat PeUrhof.

Convention: Fifteenth universal peacecongress Inaugurated nt Milan.

Storm: in lowa and Nebraska; damagesestimated at $2.'W.000.

11 Typhoon: Hongkong visited; deathsestimated at 10.000, with property los-of $20,000,000.

Accident: Heavy loss of life In a wreckon the Rock Island, near Dover, Okln.

19. Russia: Gen. Nlcnlalff of the Russianartillery assassinated at Warsaw.JO. Accident: 10 killed nnd bi injured in a

wreck on the Scotch express on theGreat Northern railway.

Obituary: Robert Hitt. former congress-man, who was associated with Abra-ham Lincoln, at XarragnnsoU Pier;aged 72.

11. Accident: 12 persons killed and CO in-jured by an explosion of dynamite atJelllco. Term.

22. Sporting: .Martin Sheridan of theIrish-American Athletic club threwthe discus 136 feet 5 inches ut Mon-treal, breaking the world's record.

23. Race Troubles: Riots In Atlanta;many negroes killed.

24. Celebration: Centennial of the dis-covery of Pike's Peak honored withceremonies at Colorado Springs.

37. Obituary: Dr. IMix L. Oswald, notedauthor, naturalist and physician, kill-ed by accident at Syracuse, N. Y.Bloodgood Cutter. Mark Twain's"poet lariat." otherwise known as"the farm".- poet," ut Prospect Hill.N. Y.

Earthquake: Shocks In Porto Rico.Cyclon. : Havoc by gulf storm at Pen-

saeola and Mobile: heavy death listwith property loss estimated at $20.---000,000.

80. Bailoonlnc: 16 balloons sailed fromParis on a race.

OCTOBER.1 Miscellaneous: Lieut Frank P. Luhm.

LT. S. A., won in tho balloon raceacross the English channel. The no-torious Al Adams, policy king nnd cx-convlct, tool; his own life in NewYork city.

3. Mining Accident: S deaths by explo-sion In the Pocahontas collieries atBluefleld. W. Va.

4. Railroad Accident: I killed and 25 in-jured in a collision on the Boston andMaine at Lans'nr.'burg. N. V.

(. Explosion: s killed and 40 Injured b\gas explosion In the Philadelphia sub-way.

Obituary: George Chirk", an originalmember of Aucrustln Daly's theatricalcompany, at South Norwal'... Conn.:aged CO.

7. Sporting: Wagner, driving the Dar-racq car. won the Vnnderbilt cup Inthe auto rare on Loir. Island.

1 Obituary: Adelaide Ri3torl (the Mar-chioness del Crllloi, celebrated Italianactress, In Rome; aged S4.

Storm and Flood: The great lakes visit-ed by lb"? worst storm experiencedthere since 1880; many lives lost.

Financial: The banking house of J. M.Caballos A Co. of New York and Ha-vana failed as a result of defalcationsby the agent In Cuba, Manuel Hilvlera.who absconded.

11 Cyclone: A hurricane accompanied bym tidal wave wrecked houses aud ship-ping on the Honduras coast, doingdamage estimated ut $1,000,000.

14. Sporting: The American team of Chi-cago won the world's baseball cham-pionship In Chicago.

\u25a0. Mining Accident: 25 miners killed Inan explosion In th* Wlngate cotlerlea,England.

Obituary: Sigurd. Sweden's great hu-morist, sometimes called th* Dtckansar Twain of the Northland, at Stock-halm. Th* Rev. Sam Jo***, the •*___*»s-Ist, near P-arry, Ark. | mmmtt H

11 Obituary: Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wldoviof the president of the ConfederateStates of America, in New York city;aged SO.

Convention: The American Bankers' as-sociation met In St. I.ouis.

Accident at Sea: French submarineLutln lost with lur crew of 15 offBlsertu. Tunis.

11 Storm Disaster: A West India hurri-cane accompanied by a tidal wavecaused great destruction of propertyand heavy loss of life In Cuba andon the Florida coast.

Convention: Triennial world's congressof the W. C. T. IT. met In Boston.

Is. Obituary: Capt. George E. Tyson, anarctic explorer who passed 30 years ofhis lifeIn the polar regions. In Wash-ington; aged 77.

Plre: Several public buildings burned inAltoona. Pa.; loss 8500,000.

Political: The French cabinet resigned.30. Financial Troubled: The London bank-

ing house of Mac Fadyen & Co. closedits doors owing over 86,000,000 In Eng-

land and India. P. Mac Fadyen. thohead of the firm, killed himself aftergiving notice of failure.

3L Accident nt Se.i: Russian coasting

steamer Warjagtn sunk off Vladivos-tok by a floating mine; 200 passen-gers and sailors drowned.

26. Accident: 12 killed by the collapse ofa business building In Kansas City,Kan.

88. Convention: Annual meeting of the*National W. C. T. U. in Hartford,Conn.

28. Railway Accident: 70 lives lost In awreck on the Pennsylvania electricline nt Atlantic City. N. J.

80. Shipwreck: :3 drowned by the sinkingof the Cerm "ii steamship Hermann Inthe English channel.

$1. Obituary: Judge Joseph E. Gary ofthe Cook county superior court, pre-siding Justice In the famous "anar-chist" trials, In Chicago; aged 85.

XOVEMBER.1. Storm: The French coast devastated

a distance of 90 miles; damage $5,000,---000, sustained chiefly by coast resorts.

1 Lieut. Peary: News of tho explorer'strip to "farthest north received Inthe United States.

1 Obituary: Fritz Thaulow, noted Nor-wegian landscape painter, at Volen-dam, Holland.

7. Fires: At Hamilton, 0., burning of adry goods block caused loss of $1,000,---000. In Kansas City, Mo., plant ofthe Harvest King Distilling companyburned; loss $400,000.

8. Personal: President Roosevelt sailedfrom Washington for Panama.

8. Building Accident: Collapse of a newconcrete structure at Long Beach,Cal., caused the death of 16 workmen.

Obituary: Srininel J. Kitson, notedAmerican sculptor, In New York city;aged CS. "t'nele" Nathan Moore, not-ed bear hunter, at Moscow. Me.; aged88.

11. Obituary: Esther Damon, last widowpensioner on the roll of the war of theRevolution, nt nulla nd: nged 92.

11 Railroad Accident: 47 killed and 3S in-jured In a head-on collision betweenan Immigrant train and a freight onthe B. and O. at Woodvtlle, O.

Convention: Twenty-Sixth annual meet-ing of the American Federation ofLabor at Minneapolis.

Obituary: Mnjr Gen. William RufusShafter. t'. S. A., retired, commanderof the military expedition which cap-tured Santiago In ISDS, near link rs-fleid. Cnl.: aged 71.

18. Convention: National Raptlst con-gress met nt St. Louis.

14. Obituary: Margaret Mncdonald Bot-tome. founder of the Kind's Daugh-ters, in New Yor-u city; aged 79.

Personal: President Roosevelt reachedColon. Panrima, on hoard the UnitedStates battleship Louisiana.

18. Bomb Explosion: Unknown person ex-ploded a tin box filled with powderInside St. Peter's, at Rome, at theclose of mass. No damage resulted.

19. Shipwreck: 42 deaths in a collision be-tween the steamer Dix and Alaskanliner Jeanle off Askall Point, Wash.

Obituary: Georgia Cayvan. once popu-lar actress, in Flushing, N. V.; aged43.

30. Convention: Transmlsslssippl congressopened in Kansas City.

22. Storm and Shipwreck: During a galson the great lakes 62 lives were lostfrom five wrecked vessels. Tho steam-er J. H. Jones went down in Georgianbay with 12 sailors and is passengers.

34. Sporting: Vale defeated Harvard atfootball by a score of 6 to 0 at NewHaven.

37. Explosion Accident: 30 workmen killedand 242 Injured in a roburlt factory atDortmund, Germany.

38. Fire: At Peoria, 111 . flames tn thebusiness district caused a loss of8840,000. In Philadelphia 6 lives werelost by the burning of a SalvationArmy hotel.

38. Railway Accident: In v collision onthe Southern railway near Lynchburg,Va., 8 passengers were killed and 8seriously Injured. Samuel Spencer,president of the railway company, andGen. Philip Schuyler among the killed.

DECEMBER.L Eportlmrr: Annapolis defeated West

Point, 10 to 0, In the annual army andnavy football contest in Philadelphia.1 Obituary: "Black Paul" (Flora Bat.

soni, oolor.-d concert singer, in Phlla-delphl-i: lined T.a.1 Political: Last session of tlie Fifty-

ninth congress opened In Washington.President Roosevelt s-nt the senatethe following nominations: Secretaryof tho treasury, Oeorge B. Cortelyou-attorney general, Charles J. Bona-parte; postmaster general. George __,yon Meyer; secretary of the navy, Vic-tor H. Metcalf; secretary of the in-terior, Janus R Garfield; secretary ofcommerce and labor. Oscar S. Straus-associate justice of supreme court'William H. Moody.

Flood Disaster: At Clifton. AHx.. a floodfrom a bursting dam caused CO deathsand a property loss jif$.50,000.

Obituary: Prof. Ferdinand F. Lee Boyle,eminent artist, who painted Dickens',Edwin Forrest. Charlotte Cushmariand other celebrities in New Yorkcity: aged ST.

1 Political: New Liberal ministry tookthe reins of government in Spain-Gen. Weyier again minister of war '

E. Philippines: in a skirmish on the is-land of Leyte 30 Pulajrines were killedand 4 t'nlted Slates soldiers killed and8 wounded.

1 Fire: At Lynn Mass ; loss of $500000by the burning of a shoe factory

T. Obituary: Dr. Lapponi. physician toPlus X. nnd also at the deathbed ofthe late Leo XIII., in Rome.

Fire: At Ithaca, the Chi Psl fraternityhouse of the Cornell students, thefinest and most elaborate chapte-houso In the world (formerly theFlske-M.igraw mansion), burned tothe ground. 4 students and 3 firemenkilled and 5 students Injured Los.3200.000.

10. Personal: Hotel peace prlre awardedto President Roosevelt.)3. Political: German emperor dissolved

the rei,-! stag for failure to pass themilitary budget.13 Sporting: Joseph Fogkr and Eddie

Root won the six dnv ,yele race atMadison Square garden. New York-score. 2,292 n { •

16. Anti-papal Demonstration- Frenchsympathizers lv Rome charged uponbytroops.

17. Political: Special message on Panamacanal sent to congress by the presi-dent-'s. Convention: Tha American Assocta-\u25a0sa isr ths Advaac-nasat *f S«t«M»