The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-01-14
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tire Bishops foeteI anu ~ !" 10. - sshorrreu
~ Great loss Of life and property BY g;
clones in Kansas. !. Five sailors drown on
Crosse PGIs, d 81 A.. B IL At isln6a GA
Isl Nebraska cyclone kills -
o. Oklahoma cyclone kills ten.
81 Missouri cyclone kills Ave.; -
"a Four Of Otto Mains iamuy uie p. ~
gasoline fire at Chicago. Cyclone IN Polk
and Jasper Counties. Iowa, Kills score ch -
naonle and does tremendous DAMAGE Oni-
"a 90 and suburbs also suner.
81 Over 100 killed by cyclone IN MicnIgan
5. Forty die at McGregor. iowa. n ciou1-
burst a,s..-
20. One hundred killed in street-car dlsas-
ter at Victoria, B. c.. James Dunham Muls
ders six people at San JOSE Cal Gar M, "
Rnss,a crowned. ;. Cairo. ILL.,. storm Kills
81 ST. Louis, East st. Louis and seveTai
Missouri towns swept by one OF the most ue.
structiye cyclones in the worlds history
20 Two thousand Russians killed In a
manic at Moscow. :. Eighteen people ole IL
a cyclone at Seneca. Mo.
June.
< Excessive heat In Northwest. -
G. Anarchist bomb In Barcelona Kills
and wounds 4. ,.,.h,cor
is Earthquake in japan kills tnousahus
Republican convention In st. LOUIS. :. !:
Steamer Drummond and 240 lives lost OH
France. r+,o,oro
and tidal wave in Japan: Mckinney " nV the
mated at st. Louis. ;. Silver men DOL. :. o oht
convention. :. Ten killed by exploding yacnt
boiler at Little Falls. N. Y.
p Five killed b. eGlla az u Brisfow.
ex-Secretary of the Treasury. at New 9o.k.
% Que hundred miners buried at fits-
ton, Pa. Six drown In Shawano Lake.
July.
1. Death of Harriet Beecher Stowe:
T. Democratic convention at Cnicaso. - :
Yale beaten at Henley. :.
g. Christian Endeavorers assemble a.
Washington.
10 Chicago convention nominates Bryan.
III Twenty eight killed in wreck at Lo-
gan. Iowa 81 $50 hold-up at noon In chi
cago. :. $500, 600 fire at Nashville, Tenn;
r. Five killed in week at Chicago. ..four
drowned at Lawrence, Kan.
49, Half million fire loss at st. LOUIS. .. :
Intense heat at Chicago. a. -
ii. Hot wave sweeps the country; u oe-
grees at Chicago.
Is Temperature drops SO degrees at CHI
cago. .Twenty-eight drowned at CieVeiano'
Ohio.
49, Three lives and half million In prop
erty lost by fire at Chicago car barns. 49,.
Malvern, Ark. RACED by incendiary nre. =
o. Twenty-six drowned by cloudburst IN
g. Populists at st. Louis nominate Bryan
and Watson.
q. Eleven die in a Pennsylvania cloud
burst, near Pittsburg.
o. Indiana gas belt swept by nooos; three
killed at Anderson.
So Fifty killed in railroad wreck at Jer-
sey City, N. ].
August.
4. Failure Of Moore Bros, Chicago Dia-
g.
nOmenal heat In Western, Central ana MID
die Northern States.
5, 6. Z. Continuance Of killing heat. !:
Conference Of National Democratic party at
Indianapolis.
8. Furious heat Increases; n deaths from
sunstroke In New York and Brooklyn; ~ AT
Chicago; similar reports from all quarters.
Seven killed by trolley accident at Colum-
bia, Pa.
TO- One hundred and eighty people die Of
neat In New York and Brooklyn; 60 at Cni-
cago; IL at st. Louis.
II Cool wave; Thirty die in Pep ha,;n-
vania cloudburst. :. Seven killed Dy Dolier
explosion near Alliance, Ohio.
16 Undertakes and cemeteries In New
York overwhelmed with business; hundreds
Of funerals postponed; heat the cause
II. Death OF Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamii-
tom at Hamilton, Mass
49, Death Of Nicholas Crouch. author OF
tKathleen Mavourneen."
Is. Whitney-Vanderbilt wedding. On
Mn s destroyed by fore Of
dominates John G. Black for Governor.
September.
1. Twelve killed by powder-house explosion
at San Francisco.
3. Gold Democrats at Indianapolis nomin-
ate Palmer and Buckner. Slight frost In
Northwest.
g. Eleven fremen killed at Benton Har-
Dor, Mich. Two men lynched at Glencoe.
MINI.
8. Six Of coaching party killed near
Warsaw, Ind. :. Family OF four killed at
crossing at Oshkosh, Wis.
10. Cyclone at Paris. Terrific storm on
Atlantic coast.
49, Tremendous storm In the East. -.
British troops capture Dongola and rout
four killed.
%. Leadviile under martial law.
~. Mount Holyoke College burns at South
20. Many Southern cities wrecked by
storm; great life and property loss in Flor
Ida, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
October.
/, 8. Iowa semi-centennial jubilee.
8. Death Of Du Maurier the novelist.
8. Chicago Day celebration.
TO- Two bank robbers killed at Sher.
bourne, MINI.
IA Meeker, Col, citizens kill three bank
robbers, and hold celebration over 1t.
Ii. Flight Of w. T. Rambusch, from Ju-
during long term Of years.
16. First snow in Northern Wisconsin.
II. First snow in Chicago. >. $50, 600 fire
at Holland, Mich.
Is. Death of Henry q. Abbey, theatrical
manager, at New York.
25. Eight killed, 20 hurt, in wreck at st.
Louis. j. six drown while boating at Den
yer.
26 $1.2O0.OOO elevator fire at Chicago.
vol In Snrvfh md 10
homa.
November.
8 Mckinley elected President.
5. Storm Of sleet and SNOW in Northwest
and Middle States
Z. Schooner Waukesha and six men lost
Is. Mercury registered 70 degrees at Chi
cago.
To- Death of Mrs. siddons at Paris.
81. Steamer San Benito and five men lost
Ferris Of wheel fame.
%. Death Of Campanini, the tenor, at
Parma. Italy: Mabley & Co., Detroit fail.
90. Worst November blizzard ever known
killed. Apparently authentic report OF
Weyler's rout In Cuba, with loss OF 5000
men.
q, %, q. 90. Continued severe cold in
December.
2, 8, A. Alarming ice gorge in Chippewa
Valley, Wisconsin.
6. Strong Indications that Cuban insur-
gents will be successful; Weyler fails In his
campaign in Pinar del Rio. !. Five killed in
collision at Waelder, Texas.
Z. Congress In session. Reported death
of Maceo, the Cuban insurgent general.
8. Loss Of North German Lloyd steamer
Saiier with 275 people, or Spain.
H. Collapsed building at Jeres, Spain.
kills 100. :. Mine disaster at Hedges, Cal.
kills eight.
City, accompanied by extreme cold; three
people perish. Chicago has mild tempera-
ture; no snow. and sunny skies. Wide
spread agitation looking toward aid of Gu
ban Insurgents.