Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-28


Difficulties in Samoa. Death and De-
struction by Fire. Wind and Flood.
Many causes have combined to make
the year 1899 u rather remarkable one.
Its opening was signalized by SPANS 8
surrender OF the last vestige of her SOW
ereignty in the western hemisphere; its
progress brought forth the declaration of
war between England and the Transvsal
Republic, and its close leaves these ma
tions still engaged in a bloody contest,
that may result in important political
changes in South Africa. During the
year the fighting between the natives
and United States troops in the Philip
pines has continued and the war is yet oil.
Other events, aside from warfare, that
have occupied public attention to u great
er or less extent have been: Signing of
the treaty OF peace with Spain; settle
ment OF difficulties in the Samoan Isl
ands; trial, conviction and pardon OF Cap
tain Alfred Drcyfus in France; numer-
Gus large fires that have destroyed many
lives and much property; tornadoes that
caused disaster and death nj Kirksville,
Mo-, i'm April, and at New Richmond,
w ir., III StNtldl ldlNi
deaths OF prominent men, among them
President Felix Faurc of France, Garret
A. Hobart, President of the United
States, and Robert G.. Ingersoll; great
street car strike mt Cleveland and labor
riots at Pana and Carterville, Ill.
A brief chronological transcript Of the
years events is given below:
January.
1-Spain resigns sovereignty over cuba.
4-Train held up and robbed at Macomb
NO. Peace treaty with Spain introduced
In the Senate
9-Fourteen persons killed and forty eight
injured In collision near Dunellen. y. ].
10-McCoy defeated by Sharkey In New
York. Severe storm IN California.
13-Fire mt Memphis, Tenn, destroys
wholesale dry goods house of J. ;; Menkr
* Co., aud causes $500, 900 loss. Death oi
Congressman Dingley of Maine.
H-Brltish bark Andelina sinks at Tacoma
with her entire crew of nineteen men.
E-Death of John Russell Young, librarian
OF Congress.
S-Disastrous food at Cleveland. German
consul at Apia, Samoa, elected from Su
preme Court Building by American and
| British consuls.
20-Bank at Arthur. Ill, robbed OF 81. 900
21-Earthquake shakes Peloponncsan pen
| insula OF Greece Massacre of Spanish of
| hcers by natives at Balabac. In the Philip
| pines.
25-One hundred thousand dollars daplag,
| done by Are ut Johnstown, Pa -Adelins
Patti and Baron Cederstrom married AT Bre
| con, Wales.
26-Ex-Attorney General A ii. Garland
| dies suddenly in Washington. =. Court mar
tial finds Gen. Chas. L. Eagan guilty under
| two charges.
29-Cold wave over the West; 13 degree,
below zero ut Chicago
30-Two hundred thousand dollar lumber
| yard fire In Chicago.
February.
1.1Seyen persons perish In snowslide il
| Rogers Pass, b. G.
2-S750000 ire In Columbus. Ohio, In which
many are injured. Burning OF the Buck
ingham Theater, Louisville, Ky.
3-$s00,00 900 fire at Philadelphia.
4-Battc between Fillpinos and Americans
| at Manila. . Mrs.. Botkln receives life sen
| tence for murder. >. James A. Sexton. Com
mander-in-ehief G. A. L., dies In Washing
| ton.
6-Last detachment of Spanish army leaves
| Cuba. Death of Gen. Count Won Caprivi
former Chancellor German Empire. Peace
treaty ratified by United States Senate.
S-Manitoba Hotel at Winnipeg burns; loss
| $400, 900. Eleven business houses burn In
Prairie du Chen, Wis.
9-Twenty-oDe degrees below zero at Chi
cago; coldest day In twenty-six years
| S6O0.000 fire In Front street New York.
| Five business honses mt Herington, Kan
burn
10-ErpIoslon In Baxter stove Works
Mansfield. Ohio, canses a 100000 fire.
Kelly Block In Cleveland burns; loss $50,
900. :. 100000 fire in Toronto, Ont.
American troops capture caloocan.
11-Troops under Gen Miller take Iloilc
-. Engagement outside Manila, in which
Filipinos are driven back.
12-Twenty four Italian miners and fami
lies perish In snowslide at Silver Plume
Colo. .McClurg's book store In Chicago
burns; loss $562, 900. Seventeen insane
women burned to death at Yankton, =. d.
made public In Washington. :. Great fires
In New York City and Albany. n. Y.
13-Digby, y. s., almost wiped ont by fire
-. Blizzard in the East and South.
14-$5O0,OOO fire In manufacturing district
Of Cincinnati. Burning Of manufacturers
warehouse in Chicago; loss 81. 100000.
15-Machine shops In Brooklyn navy yard
burned
16-Death OF NJ. Felix Faure, President OF
France.
1s-Emile Loubet chosen President OF
France. Riots In Paris.
2O-Fire causes $500, 900 loss at Port wash
22-City OF Manila fred by Filiplncs.
March.
death Of Lord Herschell In Washing
ton. :. .Sagasta ministry resigns at Madrid.
President Mckinley.
4-Congress adjourns
5-Storm destroys life and property in
Ace Ssst at Madrid. :. Terrific powder eapiosiop
at La Goubran, France kills sixty persons
9-Rev. L. Dewitt Talmage resigns he
Washington pastorate. Battle between
Americans and Canadians on Porcupine
River, b. G.
11-Gen. Maxine Gomez deposed from
command by Cuban Assembly.
13-Pasig captured by American troops. i. 4.
Understanding reached on Samoan affairs
=. Herbert Putnam, Of Boston, appointed
Congressional librarian.
16-Mob shoots nine negroes at Palmetto.
Ga. Death of Editor Joseph Medil.
Five killed In street riot at Hot Springs,
Ark. Election riot in st. Louis results In
death of two men. Il. II. Hutchinson,
17-Peace treaty signed by the Queen Re-
gent of Spain. Windsor Hotel burns In
New York, with great loss of llfe
1S-Fatal riot In Havana.
20-Mrs.. Martha Place electrocuted at
Sing Sing.
21-24-Race war In Little River County,
Ark, where many negroes are lynched.