The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-01-13
WHAT 1897 HAS SEEN.
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS OF THE YEAR.
Graeco- Turkish War and the CUBAN
Insurrection-The Great Strike III
the Coal FieIds-Po1itical Changes OF
Twelve Months.
A Chronological Table.

whelming moment have taken place, pu'
there has been no dearth of important
occurrences. The war between turkey
and Greece, the struggle for freedom IL
Cuba. the costly and long-draWn-oul
strike in the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal
feds. the change of national admlnlstra-
ton. the enactment of the Dingley tarlfi
law, the disastrous spring floods In tne
Mississippi valley and autumn flres 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 mas
been an unusual one from the fact tha'
but few men of really great reputation
have passed from the stage of their eartn-
ly labOrs; their number can be compuIeo
upon the fingers of the two hands.
The most important events of the year
are recorded below in the order or thelr
occurrence:
JANUARY.
Thirteen miners perish at Pachuca;
Mexico. D.. Extremely high temperature anu
heavy rains in Northwest. =. .Pingree lnaug-
urated Governor of Michigan.
2-W A. Hammond, wrecker OF limos
National Bank, commits suicide; ...r atal
storm in Southwest. :. Nashville, Ienn, ma
$500, 900 fire. West and Northwest del
uged by rains.
3-Snow and frost succeed rain.
4-Furious blizzard in the West. .GoV.
Scofield inaugurated at Madison, WIS.
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 Westfeld, WIS
three near Babcock, Wis.
6-Ilinois Legislature meets. -. Seven VI
suine nuns perish by fire at Convent OF Our
Lady Of Lake St Johns, Roberval, Quebec.
11-Tanner inaugurated Governor OF I'LL
nois with much pOmp and ceremony. -.
Mount inaugurated Governor OF Indiana
with very simple style. House Kills Pa
cific funding bill. :. .American-British arbi-
tratOn treaty signed
Louis. :. Four die In powder explosion at
Shamokin, Pa.
13-Five killed In a Pottsville, Pa, coal
shaft.
19-Wm e. Mason chosen Senator from
Illinois . Three negroes lynched In Louis
lana.
21-Nine sailors drown off Long Island
26-Fourteen below zero at Chicago; 700
poor families aided; relief measures adopted
over entire city. :. Sc, 5000 fire at Phila-
delphia. .$35O,O0O fire at Chicago:
27-Continued cold weather In Northwest.
2S-Lyman ]. Gage of Chicago accepts
treasury portfolio.
31-FamiIy of seven die by fire in Hobo
ken, N. j.. Cruiser Brooklyn on the rocks.
FEBRUARY.
2-Pennsylvania State capitol burned; loss
81 800. 900. :. Venezuelan treaty signed.
S-Admiral Bunce's squadron In a storm of
Hampton Roads; three seamen swept away,
several injured. 100000 railroad shop
fire at Princeon, Ind.
10-Bradley- 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.
14-Greeks lombard Canea, island OF
Crete, under Turkish rule.
15-Appeal of Jos. r. Dunlop, convicted of
improper use Of malls at Chicago, to Supreme
Court falls.
Millionaire Duestrow hanged at Union,
Mo-, for wife murder; Peter Schmidt and
Sam Foster hanged at Clayton, Mo-.
Greeks capture Turkish fort at Crete.
17-Powers Of Europe protest against &C.
tiol Of Greece.
1S-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 e
25-Powers decide Greece must evacuate
Crete
MARCH.
4-McKinley inaugurated. =. Six killed at
Boston by gas explosion.
5-Extensive foods in Mississippi Valley,
and in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. :.
Greece defies the powers.
I-Foundering Of steamer Vile de St Ma.
Za!re off Carolina; 65 lives lost
0-Tremendous rainfall in central States
10-Six killed in wreck near Princeton
Ind.
12-Blizzard sweeps the Northwestern,
600 wholesale grocery fire at Chicago
15-S1 100000 fire at st. Louis . Floods In
Mississippi Valley make thousands Of ne
groes homeless
17-Fitzsimmons whips Corbett at Carson
City, New. .7S lives lost by laundering OF
French steamer off Carolina.
21-Powers blockade Cretan ports to Greeh
ships.
22-Cyclone kills eight and Injuries % schoo
children at Arlington, Ca; family Of 1--WE
killed in Henry County, Ala.
23-Heavy fall Of slushy snow In North
west
3o-Forty-fve killed by cyclone at Chand
Ter, o. T.
31-House passes Dingley tariff bill.
Powers lombard Cretans
APRIL.
6-Carter n. Harrison elected Mayor OF
Chicago by $4,000 plurality. !. Alarming
floods in Mississippi Valley.
S|$1, 100000 fire at Knoxville, Tenn: I;
people killed.
9-SnOw storm In Central States.
10-Daniel w. Voorhees,, former o. s. Sen
ator from Indiana, dies at Washington.
15-Riots In Indianapolis over 3-cent car
fare. $500, 900 fire at New Orleans
17-War between Turkey and Greece.
1S-Fierce windstorm In Chicago; $50 OOt
fire.
2o-Desperate fighting in the Levant.
First execution by electricity In Ohio.
Turkish troops, which have met severe re
verses.
2ATurks capture Larissa :. Vast food
IN Missouri and Mississippi Valleys.
26-Hundreds Of families at Ottumwa
Iowa, and Quincy, ILL.,, homeless by floods.
27-Dedication Of Grants tomb at New
York. :. 50. 600. 600 fire at Newport News, Va
2S-Greeks at Athens riotous because o
army reverses. Flood at South Guthrie
o. T.. kills over 20.
29-RaIli heads new cabinet of Greece
Wild gale with loss Of life and vessels OF
Lake Michigan.
30-Greeks win a big battle. Seven ne
groes lynched by a mob of negroes In Texas
NAY.
1-Snow at Chicago.
2-s4 900 900 fire at Pittsburg. Pa.
4-One hundred die by fire In a Parisia,
bazaar.
brutal murder of the Harris family
near Waukesha, Wis, By VIM. Pouch
9-Sixteen die by fire on Mallory Lin
steamship Leona, OF Sandy Hook. ;. Greco
asks Intervention of powers.
14-Snow at Chicago
1S-Czar intervenes to stop war In tn
Leyant.
31-Severe earthquake shock In Cincin
natl and southeast. Five Of q picnic pal
ty killed on Long Island.
JUNE.
2-Spanish cabinet resigns.
S-Two Of mob Of lynchers killed q
Urbana, Ohio, and nine wounded, by militi
under command of Sheriff Mclean
six killed In a wreck near Hudson, Wis
$4,000 fire at Carlinville, ILL., Deaf
Of Alvan Clark, famous lens-maker at Can
bridge, Mass
I-Wife murderer French hanged q
Rockford, Ill.
l2-Mayar Richards killed NJ Rupkar lil