Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-01-06
WHAT 1897 HAS SEEN.
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
GRECO Turkish War and the Cuban
IEsurrectinn-Thc Great Strike in
the Coal Fields Political Changes of
Twelve Months.

a ChronoloGical Table.
The year 1897 has been, it might he said
almost Il commonplace one, since its com
mencement, that is, no events of over
whelmng 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 admlnistra-
ton, the enactment of the Dingley tariff
law, 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
ly 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
occur ence:
JANUARY.
Thirteen miners perish at Pachuca.
Mexico. Extremely high temperature ana
heavy rains in Northwest. .Pingree inaus-
urated Governor of Michigan.
Wv. A. Hammond, .wrecker of Illinois
National Bank. commits suicide Fatal
storm in Southwest. Nashville, Tenn, mas
100000 fire. West and Northwest del
uged by rains.
3-Snow and frost succeed rain.
4-Furlous blizzard in the West. Gov.
Scoheld inaugurated at Madison, Wis.,.
/ Three st. Paul banks fail.
5-Gov. tgeld pardons 10 criminals. st.
S,anislaus parsonage at Bay city, Mich,
sacked by warning church factions. -Four
children die by fire near Wcstfed, Wis;
three near Babcock, Wis.
G-Ilinois Legislature meets. Seven Ur-
suline nuns perish by fire at Convent of Our
Lady Of Lake st. Johns, Roberva!, Quebec.
11-Tanner inaugurated Governor of Hi
nois with much pomp and ceremony.
Mount inaugurnted Governor of Indiana
with very simple style. House kills Pa
cihc funding bill .AmercanEritish arbi-
trntion treaty signed.
12-Five children drown, skating. at st.
Louis. Four die In powder explosion at
l3-Five killed In a rottsvllle, Pa. coal
shaft.
l"-wm Il. Mason chosen Senator from
Illinois. Three negroes lynched In Louis
21-Nnc sailors drown off Long Island.
90 Fourteen below zero Mt Chicago; 100
poor families aided; relief measures adopted
over entire city. 50 100000 fire at Phila-
delpha. .S350,oo0 fire at Chicago.
2I-Continned cold weather in Northwest.
! 2S-Lynan j. Gage of Chicago accepts
treasury port folio.
31-Famly of seven die by fire in Hobo
ken. n. j.. Cruiser brooklyn on the rocks
FEBRUARY.
2-Pennsylvania State capitol burned loss
81, 800. 600. Venezuelan treaty signed.
SAdmiral Bunce's squadron In storm Off
Hampton Roads; three scamen swept away,
several injured. S2OO.00O railroad shop
fire at Irinccon, Ind.
10 Bradley Martin ball ut New York costs
$4,000 Phenomenal drop in price OF
steel rails.
bad. OMallcy acquitted of murder at
| Chicago. E. Death of j. Randolph Tucker at
Lexington. Va and Gen. J. o. Shelby at
Adrian. Mo-; both noted Confcderates.
/ 14-Grecks lombard Canea, island Of
Crete under Turkish rule
appeal of Jos. X. Dunlop, convicted of
Improper use Of mails at Chicago. to Supreme
/ Court falls.
6Milionaire Duestrow hanged at Union
Mo, for wife murder; Peter Schmidt and
Sam Foster hanged at Clayton. Mo-
Greeks capture Turkish fort at Crete
1I-|Owers Of Europe protest against ac-
tiol of Greece.
1S--Two thousand Moslems slain in Crete
by Greeks. Zig shortage of State officials
discovered In Nebraska
21-canea b0mbartlcd by the powers
Baby girl at the Uarrisons
% General observation Of Washlngton's
birthday. Floods in Ohio Valley
2o-rowers decide Greece must evacuate
Crete.
MARCH.
4McKinley lnauguratcd. =. Six killed at
! Boston by gas explosion.
5-EXtcnslvc floods in Mississippi Valley.
and in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
| Greece defics the powers.
| .-Founderng of steamer Vile de st. Ma
za,rc off Carolina; e. lives lost.
?-Tremcndous rainfall In central States.
10 Six killed In wreck near Princeton,
12-Blizzard sweeps the Northwest-SIOO,-
900 Wholesale grocery fire at Chicago
15-$1 800, 600 fire Mt St Louis. Floods In
! Mississippi Valley make thousands of ne
groes homeless.
7-Fitzslmmons whips Corbett at Carson
City, Nev...7S lives lost by laundering Of
French steamer off Carolina.
2l-Powels blockade Cretan ports to Greek
ships.
22-Cyclone kills eight and Injuries % school
children at Arlington Ga; family of five
| Killed In Henry County, Ala
23-lIcavy fall of sushy snow In North
west
30-Forty- five killed by cyclone at Chand-
Ter. o: T.
31-House passes Dingley tariff bill.
Powers lombard Cretans.
APRIL.
6-Cnrter II. Harrison elected Mayor Of
Chicago by $4,000 plurality :. Alarming
floods in Mississippi Valley.
S-$1 100000 fire at Knoxville, Tenn II
people killed.
9Snow storm in Central States
10-Daniel w. Voorhees,, former T. s. Sen.
ator from Indiana. dies Mt Washington.
15-RIots In indianapolis over 3-cent car
fare. 100000 fire at New Orleans
17-War between Turkey and Greece
1S-Ficrce windstorm in Chicago; $3.50, 900
fire.
90 desperate fighting In the Lovant.
First execution by electricity in Ohio
23-Osman Pasha assumes command of
Turkish troops. which have met severe re-
verses.
TtrE nrtn 7
IN Missouri and Mississippi Valleys
26-fIundreds of families at Ottumwa
Iowa. and Quincy, H.. homeless by floods
2l-Dedlcatlon of Grants tomb at New
York. 50 900, 900 fire at Newport News, Va
2S-Greeks at Athens riotous because Of
army reverses. Flood at South Guthrie
| O. T., kills over 10.
29-Ralli heads new cabinet Of Greece.
Wild gale with loss of life and vessels on
Lake Michigan.
3O-Grecks win big battle. Seven ne
groes lynched by mob of negroes in Texas
MAY.
1-Snow at Chicago.
2-S4. 100000 fire at Pittsburg, Pa
4-One hundred die by fire in a Partisan
bazar.
7-Bruta murder of the Harris family,
near Waukesha, Wis., by VIM. Pouch.
9-Sixteen die by fire Mallory Line
steamship Leona Off Sandy Hook. =. Greece
asks Intervention Of powers.
14-Snow at Chicago.
1S-Czar intervenes to stop war In the
Levant.
3l-Severe earthquake shock In Cincin-
natl and southeast. :. Five of a picnic par
ty killed on Long Island.
JUNE.
2-Spanish cabinet resigns.
3-Two of a MOI Of lynchers killed at
Urbana, Ohio, and nine wounded by militia
under command of Sheriff Mclean.
six killed in a wreck near Hudson, Wis.
9-$2OO,oo0 fire at Carlinvile, III. g. Death
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