Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05
A YEAR Of
'' GREAT EVENTS.
The Record of 1903 a
Memorable One.
WARS AND DISASTERS.
Diary Of the Conflict
With Spain.
DEATHS HEAVY ROLL.
DEATHS HEAVY ROLL.


Fatal Explosions and Shipwrccks.
ficrce storms ana destructive on
fnyrations--1IanNN Noted Names In
the Obituary Lhs'--fersonal, MIS-
,oI1,,oous aud snorti,y EveptsA
Chronological summary From Jam
mars, 60 Docombar
Tho pcwcrful vo,nr rcnublio of the
western world torn nv what some Of her
loading men repard as the relentless
grnsn If destiny from her policy of inter
national Isolation. the politicnl relansc of
ono If tho ancioot kirplou,s of the orient
and thc dismemberuent bv force of a
,,onarcbv d,tinp from the middle ages
are three events of 1898 the results of
which unon the nroprcss of civilization
cannot he SO much as coniect1red. OF
minor ir,nortancc. vet of farreachinp and
sin unknown Significance. came the
Dr,-Cus agitation in France and the An.
clio. I.rcncb imbroglic In west Africa. All
of theso movements were accelerated Inv
tho dpvcloumcnts of the opening months
of tne wear
In January tho Maine was ordered tn
Havana. a stem followed bv the Infamous
Do Io,no 1ettrr and tha exnlosion in Ho-
vano harhor. two incidents arousinp tho
American pcorle To , degrcc which carried
tbo NATHAN boyond the control of her CON
scrv,,ive statesuon Tn Jonuorv olso tho
rrosec,,tior. of Zola for libel in tbe dcfonse
~ Drevfu, onened an endless chain of
st,rtlir,r dnrouencnts which hid fair tc
unsettle the domestic noace of France
Tho veor ushercd in sensational rumors
of tho narti;ion of China and i'm the first
,,col.s tho ro,-ors snized oach a f,agmrnt
Great BRITAIN declaring that her interests
yo,IId be defended as AGAINST Russia
France and Germany cat the cost of
y,r,, If pocossarv
In Februorv the French crossed the Nj
Ger the Maine was blown IN while resting
nnder the s,ferunrd Of "Si,nnish honor
and Russia was round secretly plottinp
for thu lior,s share in China Anril tho
bis,o 70 r,onth i'm American annals saw
tho Su,pisL war an established fact the
Cuba, norris blockaded and both the Span-
ish and American fleets active.
Nav d,,v was crowned with n now sip
nifcnocn nv Dovev,s victorv Mt Manila a
bl1w so surnrisingjv novel and audaoious
tb,.t the brightest statesmen of the mi
verso have not vet ceased to marvel at If.
Durino tbi. month Cervera,s SQUADRON
reached the Caribbean sea unmolested
taking ns some thoupht the sccon , trick
in the game of naval strategy. but the adj
vantaoo vrss lost nv his speedv rotre,t in
tn San,inyc harhor
Tn MAY also italy wac copvulsed with
bread riots tho Carlists Threatened tn
overthrow the monarchy in Snain peace
was horelv preserved among Gcr,nnns and
SIays in Austria Hungary. and the pros
nect of an AncloAmericap alliance soft
the whola world tn figuring unop the fin
turo 5, hiter .,f the dostinies of the nations
Durine. rupoand J,Iv all intereet is Gov,
tered in rho Invasion of Cuha and the mil
it.,.y occunaticr of Manila barhor From
the boistIrp or the GAG Mt Guantanamo.
M I,po ia nntil II ranlaced tho et,pdord
,f SuA', abov, tn. GOVERNORS nnlace AT
vorti,c, Jnlv - there xyero skirmisbee
9nilv ans the three desnerata hattles of
Inv I o and 2 resuIt.1 In hrirgirp tho
doomed citv under Shafter's guns with
tbo lrck,oss Cnro Vor,,o sonodron Sn,ip, {
iet bono in tho ,yast Vim, urocl,o6 up,r
tbo Cuh,n shore
In Au,uct Porto Rico foil ,pder Arnor
tcon swov tba ci,v of Manila also and
,ha neaco rro,ocol ,yas si,,pod Tbo last
,restiop in disnuta was srttled nv cnain :
,ccortance nm Nov o. Of Amarica,s da.
r1and rn,or5ing tba phiIirninns Mean.
while military occupation of distant lands
h. i,. tho A,,,in,, ,,oo,I - s,or,,1r
sansa 81 tho ,,r,bI,ms invoIyoa in tho nsw
.,'ti,,,,t a,,,,n,.,,,,
h"v 'oH"' oI'i 'u.o ,
DurlnS tho ihohuhs Oh sreateso ihterha'
tlonal excitement, May ana August two
of the worlds most influential men, Bis
marck and Gladstone, passed away. TC
crown all, in the passes Of the ancient val
lev of the Nile was ,ottled Mt a strokc RI,
ro,+ ,,robla,, NJ ,,,odo.,, ,,,orfora b,, ~,
anmib;i,tion 90 nm oru,v ~ 10 400 dnr
aniI'hii"tIuh Vi an army Vi oV,oo' We,
Nishua "V 'iie i"Ht's VI iem shii,i''i ar Va
ierlsts whose lnachlhe guns nterally plle'
the ground with MCslem slain. This
unparalleled military achievement fol
lowed close upon the heels of the czar'i
rn,,,ifaeto urpiny ,enerol disarmament II
the interests of peace, and may have has
tened the annrovnl given nv the pouors IL
,h t,r.;,Itnd .,,,t,nr.,,e ,,,ol1 +ir,aa ON
Peai, ,
linen, as soru OF an ahtlcIilhaS 10 Uni
cumulative series of startling events, CANE
tho royal tragedy enacted in the peaceful
enyirons of "A free city OF Switzerland
,,bo, tho doooor ~ 81 ,ynnderirg onarcbfe
49,. - ~. a. NJ, ucs A,,-.; ,
pu' a" vi' '" ,''o ''ot ~ ~ " 10 ~
Neherapio anu hosC cs0im"Diu oihpipsa
Man knoWeth not indeed WHAT "a IA,
may bring forth" much less year Of 30
DAYS
January
r,,.o. . .oros ~ f,c,or,, buildings hurn
- &C. yvinnosti VI loss 500 ono
w az 49,