Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-30
WHAT 1897 HAS SEEN.
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
Graeco-Turkish War and the b
Insurrection-The Great Strike In
the Coal Ficlds-Politica1 Changes Of
Twelve Months.
A chronolo1ical Table.

Twelve MONTHS
A Chronological Table.
The year 1907 has been, it might be SAID.
almost q commonplace one, since its COM
mencement, that is, NO events OF over
whelming moment have taken place, but
there has been no dearth Of important
occurrences. The war between Turkey
and Greece, the struggle for freedom In
Cuba, the costly and long-drawn-out
strike In the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal
fields, the change Of national administra-
ton, the enactment Of the Dingley tari6
law, the disastrous spring foods 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 n from the fact that
but few men of really great reputation
have passed from the stage of their earth
~ labors; their number a 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.
Thirteen miners perish at Pachuca:
Mexico. %. Extremely high temperature ana
heavy rains in Northwest. ..Pingree inaug-
ursted Governor OF Michlsan; -. ,u,,o,.
National Bank. commits suicide; .Fatal
storm In Southwest. &. Nashville. Tenn, mas
500. 600 Are. West and Northwest del
{S-snow and frost succeed rain.
luxurious blizzard In the West.::.Gov
Heofeld inaugurated at Madison, WIS.,.
Three st. Paul banks fall.
HGov. Altgeld pardons 10 criminals. :..st.
StAnislaus parsonage at Bay City. Mich.
sac ed by warning church factions. -Four
chill rem die by are near Westield, Wis;
threA near Babcock, Wis.
0-2linois Legislature meets. Seven Ut
sulin1 nuns perish BY IRE at Convent OF Our
Lady Of Lake ~, Johns, Roberval. Quebec.
11-Tanner inaugurared Governor OF I'LL.
nols with much pomp and CEREMONY.
Mount ~inaugurated Governor OF Indiana
cinc funding 6iii. Observation-Disclosures arbi.
tration treaty signed.
12-Five children drown. skating. at st.
Louis. -Four die In powder explosion at
is-Tive killed In a pottsv,lle. Pa. coal
shaft.
l4-News Of capture Of Santa Clara BY
Cuban insurgents. Bombay. 1ndia. q city
bubonic plague biack 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 pyses; Europe greatly alarmed med
Illinois. Three negroes lynched In Louis
lana.
21-Nine sailors drown OF Long Island.
22-Mercury falls 30 degrees to zero at
24-Widespread cold wave; Chicago tenn.
perature II below zero. . .$5o0,00 o fire loss
ct Northwestern stove repair works and Q.
]. Barnes residence in Chicago.
25-Twenty below zero at Chicago.
26-Fourteen below zero at Chicago; zoo
poor families aided; relief measures adopted
Sver entire . city 81 500 eco nre at Phila'
N-Continued cold weather in Northwest.
2S-Lyman J. Gage Of Chicago accepts
treasury portfolio.
31-Family Of seven die by fire In Hobo
ken, N. H.. Cruiser Brooklyn on the rocks
FEBRUARY.
2-Pennsylvania State capitol burned: loss
81 100000 -. Venezuelan treaty signed.
S-Admiral Bunce's squadron in Il storm oh
Hampton Roads; three seamen swept away
several injured. 500. 600 railroad shoI
IRE at Princeon. Ind.
1G-Bradley- Martin ball at New York costs
500, 600. -. Phenomenal drop In price O,
steel rails.
13-Ald. O'Malley acquitted of murder a
Chicago. -. Death of J. Randolph Tucker a
LcAIuStou. w. ana Ten. d. ~. SuelDy IL
Adrian. Mo-: both noted Confederates.
14-GreekS bombar Canea. island O
Crete. under Tu. kish rule.
15-Appeal Of JOS. Il. Dunlop. convicted o
Improper use of malls at Chicago. to Supreme
Court fails.
16-Millionaire Duestrow hanged at Union
Mo-, for wife murder: Peter Schmidt ant
sam Foster hanged at Clayton, NO..
Greeks capture Turkish fort at Crete.
17-Powers Of Europe protest against nc
ton Of Greece.
1S--Two thousand Moslems slain In Cret
BY Greeks. Big shortage of State o1icial
discovered In Nebraska.
21-Canea bombarded BY the powers,
Baby girl at the Harrisons'.
22-Generai observation Of Washington
birthday. Floods in Ohio Valley.
D-Powers decide Greece must evacuat
Crete.
MARCH.
4McKinley inaugurated. . i. Six killed q
Boston by gas explosion.
Extensive foods In Mississippi Valley
! and In Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana. =.
Greece defes the powers.
:. o~-Foundering Of steamer Vile de st. Ne
xaire Oh Carolina; g lives lost.
o-Tremendous rainfall In central States.
). 1O-Slx killed In a wreck near Princeton
Ind.
12-Blixzard sweeps the NORTHWESTERN
, 600 Wholesale grocery fire at Chicago.
16-$1.6OO,OO 600 IRE at st. Louis. Floods |
Mississippi Valley make thousands OF n,
ecOeS homeless.
11-Fitzsimmons whips Corbett at Carso
City. New. ...78 lives lost by laundering {
French steamer OF Carolina.
. 21-Powers blockade Cretan ports to Gree
ships.
children at Arlington. Ca; family Of fy
, killed In Henry County. Ala.
) 28-Heavy fall OF slushy snow In Nortl
; west.
aoeForty-nve killed by a cyclone at Chan,
Ter, O. T.
81-House passes Dingley tariff bill. :.
|. . PoweFs lombard Cretans.
: APRIL.
eCarter II. Harrison elected Mayor {.
Chicago BY 1900 plurality. . ..Alsrmin
, hoods In mississippi Valley.
! 8$1.O00,O0O dre at Knoxville, Tenn;
people killed.
06Snow storm In Central States.
1O-DAniel w. Voorhees,. former U. 8. Sci
{ ator from Indiana. dies at Washington.
2 15-Riots In Indianapolis over Scent ca
! tare. 100000 are at New Orleans.
17-War between Turkey and Greece.
Q 16-rlerce windstorm In Chicago; $500
o Ore.
: 20-Desperate lighting in the Levant..
First execution BY electricity in Ohio.
2S-Osman Pasha assumes command
! Turkish troops. which have met severe T
verses.
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