Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1898-01-14
a chronolorical Table.

menceme0t, tnaL Is, no SNShtS Va W.
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 admnistra-
tion, the enactment of the Dingley tarin
law, the disastrous spring floods In the
Mississippi valley and autumn fires III 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 that
but few men Of really great reputation
have passed from the stage Of their eartn-
" 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 thelr
occurrence:
JANUARY.
Thirteen miners perish at tacnnGa; IVA
Mexico . Extremely high temperature anu
heavy rains In Northwest. .Pingree inaes-
urated Governor of Michigan.
2-W. A. Hammond wrecker OF limos
National Bank commits suicide; rstal asa
:
100000 fire. West and Northwest oei-
uged by rains.l
S-Snow and frost succeed rain.
4-Furous blizzard In the West. Gov
Ecoheld lnaugurated at Madison, WIS., :
Three St. Paul banks fall.
5-Gov, Altgeld pardons 10 criminals. ST
Stanislaus parsonage at Bay City, Mlcn,,
sacked by warning church factions. xT. ;Tour
children die by fire near Westneid' WIS.,
three near Babcock, Wis.
6--Ilinois Legislature meets. Seven Ut
suline nuns perish by fire at Convent of our
Lady Of Lake ST. Johns, Roberval Queoec;;,
11-Tanner inaugurated Governor OF Ill
nois with much pomp and ceremony
Mount inaugurated Governor Of Indiana
with very simple style. House Kills "a
einc funding bill. ..American-British aroi
tration treaty signed.
12-Five children drown. skating, at ST,
Louis. :. Four die in powder explosion al
Ehamokin, Pa.
i3-Five Killed In Pottsville, Pa, coal
shaft.
I4-News Of capture Of Santa Clara by
Cuban insurgents. :. Bombay, India, city
Of death and terror because OF rayages OF
bubonie plague (biack DEATH and famine
thousands dying, and city being depopuiated
dead lie unburied. and vultures hover ovel
the town and country; sky ablaze py nign
with funeral pyres; Europe greatly alarmed
1o-Wm. e. Mason chosen Senator from
Illinois. -. Three negroes lynched In LOUIS
lana.
22-Mercury falls 30 degrees to zero a
Chicago. ;. Death of Sir Isaac Pitman
London
Widespread cold wave; Chicago tenn
at Northwestern stove repair works and
J. Barnes residence in Chicago.
25-Twenty below zero at Chicago
20 Fourteen below zero at Chicago; 20
poor families aded rellef YET me measures s. adopte
deiphia. !. .$3500 900 nre at Chicago:
2-Continued cold weather In Northwest
2S-Lyman j. Gage Of Chicago accept
treasury portfolio.
81 Family Of seven die by FIRE In Hobt
ken. N. J...- Cruiser Brooklyn on the rocks
FEBRUARY.
2-pennsyIvania State capitol burned; los
81, SOC. 600. !. Venezuelan treaty signed.
6-Admiral Bunce's squadron In storm o
Hampton Roads; three seamen swept ava,
several injured. 100000 railroad sho
Gre at Princeon, Ind.
10-Bradley- Martin ball at New York cost
s50O. 200. I. Phenomenal drop in price {
steel rails
I8-Ald O'Malley acquitted Of murder /
Chicago. Death Of J. Randolph Tucker
Lexington, Va. and Gen. J: Q. shelby
Adrian, Mo-; both noted Confederates.
14-Greeks lombard Canea, Island
Crete. under Turkish rule.
15-Appeal Of Jos. r. Dunlop, convicted
Improper use Of mails at Chicago, to Supren
Court fails.
ie-MllIIonaire Duestrow hanged at Unio
Mo-, for wife murder; Peter Schmidt ar
Sam Foster hanged at Clayton. No. :.
Greeks capture Turkish fort at Crete.
17-Powers Of Europe protest against a
tion Of Greece.
l8-Two thousand Moslems slain in Gre
by Greeks. Big shortage Of State oficia
discovered In Nebraska.
21-Canea bOmbarded by the powers. :.
Baby girl at the Harrisons'.
22-General observation Of Washington
birthday. !. Floods in Ohio Valley.
25-Powers decide Greece must eyacua
Crete
MARCH.
4-MeKlnley inaugurated. :. Six killed
Boston by gas explosion.
b-Extensive floods in Mississippi Talle
and In Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Greece defes the powers.
6-Foundering Of steamer vile de St
Eaire of Carolina; 65 lives lost.
0-TremendouS rainfall In central States
10Six killed In wreck near PrincetC
Ind.
l2-Blizzard sweeps the Northwest-$40
900 wholesale grocery fire at Chicago.
15-Si 500. 600 fire at St. Louis. :. Floods
Mississippi Valley make thousands Of
groes homeless.
i7-FitzsImmons whips Corbett at Cars
City New. 7S lives lost by laundering
French steamer OF Carolina.
21-Powers blockade Cretan ports to Gre
ships.
2-CycioDe Kills eight and tnJures 70 sch
children at Arlington, Ca. family Of {
killed Ia Henry County, Ala.
% Heavy fall Of sInshy snow In Nor
west.
8o-Forty-fye killed BY cyclone at Cha
Ter, o. 7.
3l-House passes Dingley tariff BILL
Powers lombard Cretans.
APRIL.
6-Carter a. Harrison elected Mayor
Chicago by $4,000 plurality !. Alarm
foods In Mississippi Valley.
8-sI 100000 fire at Knoxville, Tenn;
people killed.
9-snow storm in Central States.
1O-Daniel w. Voorhees,, former U. s.
ator from Indiana, dies at Washington.
1b Riots In indianapolis over 3-cent
fare. .$50O, 900 fire at New Orleans.
17-War between Turkey and Greece.
I8-Fierce windstorm in Chicago; $3.50
fire.
20-Desperate fighting in the Levant.
First execution by electricity In Ohio.
23-Osman Pasha assumes command
Turkish troops. which have met severe
verses.
"A Turks capture Larissa Vast hc
In Missouri and Mississippi Valleys.
26-Hundreds Of families at ottum
iowa. and Quincy, ILL.,, homeless by food
27-Dedication Of Grants tomb at
York. So 900, 900 fire at Newport News
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