Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-30
WHAT 1897 HAS SEEN
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS OF THE YEAR
Graeco-Turlkish War and the c,,h
1nsurrection-The Great Strike in
the Coal Fie1ds-Politica1 Ch.
Twelve Months.
A Chronoloeica1 Tah1a


The year 1897 has been, it might no said
UTMOST commonplace one, since it's COM
mencement, that is, no events of over
wneihlng moment have taken place, but
'nere mas been no dearth of important
occurrences. The war between Turkey
ana Greece, the struggle for freedom in
Cupa, the costly and ong-dravn-out
stfike IN the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal
neids, the change of national administra-
ZION, the enactment Of the Dingley tariff
.aW' the disastrous spring floods in the
mississippi valley and autumn fires in the
west and Northwest, and the epidemic of
yellow fever in the Southern States are
clearly not matters of small Importance
IN the history of the world. The year has
been an unusual one from the fact that
but few men Of really great reputation
have passed from the stage of their earth
~ labors; their number can be computed
upon the fingers of the two hands.
The most important events of the year
are recorded below in the order of their
occurrence:
JANUARY.
Mexico. Extremely high temperature and
heavy rains in Northwest. ;. .Pingree inaug-
urated Governor of Michigan.
NV. A. Hammond, wrecker Of Illinois
National Bank, commits suicide. :. Fatal
storm In Southwest. Nashville, Tenn, has
100000 fire. West and Northwest del
uged by rains.
3-Snow and frost succeed rain.
4Fur1Ous blizzard in the West. Gov.
Scofeld inaugurated at Madison, Wis. g. :.
Three st. Paul banks fail.
5-Gov. Altgeld pardons 10 criminals. :. st.
stanisaus parsonage at Bay City, Mich,
sacked by warning church factions. :. -Four
children die by fire near Westfield, Wis;
three near Babcock, Wis.
6-Illinois Legislature meets. ). Seven Ur-
suline nuns perish by fire at Convent of Our
Lady Of Lake ST. Johns, Roberval, Quebec.
11-Tanner inaugurated Governor of Illi-
nots with much pomp and ceremony. -.
Mount inaugurated Governor Of Indiana
with very simple style. House kills Pa
cifc funding bill. .American-British arbl-
tration treaty signed.
12-F'ive children drown, skating, at St.
Louis. Four die in powder explosion at
Shamokin Pa.
13-Five killed in a Pottsville, Pa. coal
shaft.
14-News Of capture of Santa Clara by
Cuban insurgents. +. Bombay, India, city
Of death and terror because Of ravages Of
bubonic plague (black death) and famine;
thousands dying, and city being depopulated;
dead lie unburied, and vultures hover over
the town and country; sky ablaze by night
with funeral pyres; Europe greatly alarmed.
19-Wm. E. Mason chosen Senator from
Illinois. Three negroes lynched in Louis
lana.
21-Nine sailors drown off Long Island.
22-Mercury falls 80 degrees to zero at
Chicago. :. Death Of Sir Isaac Pitman at
London.
2-Widespread cold wave; Chicago tenn
perature II below zero. 900 fire loss
at Northwestern stove repair works and c..
]. Barnes residence in Chicago.
25-Twenty below zero at Chicago.
hn1n OF
poor families aided; relief measures adopted
over entire city :. 50, SOC, 900 fire at Phila-
delphia. :. $3.50, 600 fire at Chicago.
27-Continued cold weather in Northwest
28-Lyman J, Gage of Chicago accepts
treasury portfolio.
31-Family Of seven die by fire in Hobo
ken, N. j.. Cruiser Brooklyn on the rocks.
FEBRUARY.
2Pennsylvania State capitol burned; loss
81, 500 900. :. Venezuelan treaty signed
S-Admral Bunces squadron in storm off
Hampton Roads; three seamen swept away,
fire at Princeon. Ind
10LBradley- Martin ball at New York costs
$500, 900. :. Phenomenal drop in price Of
steel rails.
13-Ald. O'Malley acquitted of murder at
Chicago. :. Death of J. Randolph Tucker at
Lexington, Va. and Gen. ]. o. Shelby at
Adrian Mo-; both noted Confederates.
14GreekS lombard Canea, island OF
Crete, under Turkish rule.
15-Appeal of JOS. r. Dunlop, convicted OF
improper use OF mails at Chicago, to Supreme
Court fails
16-MiIlionaire Duestrow hanged at Union,
Mo-, for wife murder; Peter Schmidt and
Sam Foster hanged at Clayton, Mo. 80.
Greeks capture Turkish fort at Crete.
17-Powers of Europe protest against ac-
tion Of Greece.
1.-two thousand Moslems slain in Crete
by Greeks. Big shortage of State officials
discovered in Nebraska.
21-Canea bombarded by the powers. -.
Baby girl at the Harrisons'.
22-General observation OF washington,
birthday. -. Floods in Ohio Valley
25rPowers decide Greece must evacuate
Crete.
MARCH.
4-McKinley inaugurated. six killed at
Boston by gas explosion.
5-Extensive floods in Mississippi valley
and in Ohio, Kentucky ana indiana.
Greece defes the powers.
Accommodating of steamer vile de st. Ma
zaire of Carolina; 60 lives lost
4-TremendouS rainfall In central states.
1O-Six killed in wreck near Prlnceeoh'
12-Rlizzard sweeps the Northwest-$4Oo,-
600 wholesale grocery fire at Chicago.
15eS1. 500 GOO fire at st. Louis. Fiooos IN
Mississippi Valley make thousands VI Ne
groes homeless.
1HFitzsimmons whips Corbett at carson
CITY. New. rs lives lost by laundering OF
French steamer of Carolina.
21-Powers blockade Cretan ports TO GreeA
22-Cyclone kills eight and Injuries % school ], e
children at Arlington, Ga; family OF hVe
killed in Henry county. Ala. ;, -,
23lHeavy fall Of slushy snow IN Nofen-
so-Forty-fve killed by cyclone at Chand-
Ter, o. T. .;e h;u
31-House passes Dingley tarlh Dill. =.
Powers lombard Cretans
APRIL.
cs 6moar'ef hv 1900 plurality. Alarming
fioods in Mississippi Valley. -, ~
Ss1 .OoO. coo Are at Knoxville, Tenn; II
people killed. to, s+o+os
~ non;el w voorhees,, former U. 5. Sem
ator from Indiana. dies at Washington
fare. ;. $500. 900 fire at New Orleans ans
17-War between turkey ana ~. e1so ooo