The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05

BtructtOn by Fire, Wind and Flood.
Many causes have combined to make
the year 1899 a rather remarkable one
Its opening was signalized by SPANS
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 Transvaal
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 on
Other events, aside from warfare, that
have occupied public attention to great
er or less extent have been: Signing Of
the treaty of peace witt Spain; settle
ment of difficulties in the Samoan ISL
ands; trial, conviction and pardon OF Cap
tain Alfred Dreyfus in France; numer-
Gus large fires that have destroyed many
lives and much property; tornadoes that
caused disaster and death at Kirksville,
Mo-, in April, and at New Richmond,
Wis, in June; several fatal shipwrecks;
deaths Of prominent men, among them
President Felix Faure Of France, Garret
A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United
States, and Robert G. Ingersoll; great
street car strike at Cleveland and labor
riots at Pana and Carterville, Ill.
A brief chronological transcript Of the
years events Is given below:
January.
/ L.,
..4EIrain held up and robbed at Macomb,
MO-. Peace treaty with Spain introduced
| In the Senate.
| 9-tourteen persons killed and forty eight
Injured In collision near Dunellen, N. ].
| 1O-McCoy defeated by Sharkey In New
York. ;. Severe storm In California.
13-Ffre at Memphis, Tenn, destroys
wholesale dry goods house of J. 8. Menkln
y Co., and causes 100000 loss. =. Death Of
| Congressman Dingley of Maine.
14-Brltish bark Andelina sinks at Tacoma
| with her entire crew Of nineteen men.
| I1-Death of John Russell Young, librarian
Of Congress.
19-Dlsastrous food at Cleveland. German
consul at Apla, Samoa, elected from Su-
preme Court Building by American and
British consuls.
20-Bank at Arthur, ILL.,, robbed Of $3,000
N-Earthquake shakes Peloponnesan pen
lnsula OF Greece. :. Massacre of Spap!sh Of
hcers by natives at Balanac, In the Philip
pines.
23-One hun6red thousand dollars damage
done by ire at Johnstown, Pa. +. .Adelina
Hata 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. p. Eagan guilty under
| two charges.
2omcold wave over the West; 1a degrees
S0-Two hundred thousand dollar lumber
yard fire In Chicago.
February.
1-Seven persons perish In snowsllde in
Rogers Pass b. c.
2-$75O0OO fire in Columbus. ohlo in which
many are injured. Burning Of the Buck
ingham Theater Louisville, KY.
8--$SOO,00 fire at Philadelphia.
4-Battle between Fillpinos and Americans
at Manila. Mrs. Botkin receives life SEN
tence for murder. james A. Sexton, Com
mander-in-chief G. A. R., dies In Washing
ton.
6-Last detachment Of Spanish army leaves
CUBA. Death of Gen. Count Won Caprivl,
former Chancellor German Empire. Peace
treaty ratified by United States Senate.
S-Manitoba Hotel at Winnipeg burns; loss
$400, ,000. Eleven business houses burn In
Prairie du Chen, Wis.
9-Twenty-one degrees below zero at Chi
cago eoldest day In twenty-six years. -.
100000 fire In Front street, New York. -.
Five business houses at Herington, Kan,
burn.
10-Explosion In Baxter Stove Works,
Mansfield, Ohio, causes a 100000 fre,
Kelly Block in Cleveland burns; loss $780,
900. 100000 fire In Toronto, Ont. :. +.
American troops capture Caloocan.
n-Troops under Gen. Miller take Iloilo
-. Engagement outside Manila, In which
Fillpinos are driven back.
R-Twenty Italian miners and fami-
~,s perish In snowslide at Silver Plume,
Colo. McClurg's book store In Chicago
burns; loss S562, COO. Seventeen insane
hnp nod 10 dn0f ~ q ~
-: Report of War Investigating Board
made public In Washington. Great fires
In New York City and Albany, N. Y.
13-Digby, N. s., almost wiped out by fire |
80. Blizzard In the East and South.
14-$5O0,000 fire in manufacturing district |
of Cincinnati. :. Burning Of manufacturers |
warehouse In Chicago; loss $1,000, 900.
15-Machine shops In Brooklyn navy yard |
burned.
10-Dcath of NJ. Felix Faure, President of
France.
1S-Emlle Loubet chosen President of
France. Riots In Paris.
20-Fire causes $500,0O0 loss at Port Wash
22-city Of Manila fred by EilipInos.
March.
1-Death of Lord Herschell In washing
ton. ;. .Sagasta ministry resigns at Madrid
S-George Dewey made an Admiral by
President Mckinley.
@Congress adjourns.
b-StOrm destroys life and property In
East Tennessee. New ministry takes Of
fee at Madrid. Terrific powder explosion
at La Goubran, France, kills sixty persons.
e-Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmage resigns his
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.
Understanding reached on Samoan afrairs
=. Herbert Putnam, OF Boston, appointed
librarian.
1G-Mob shoots nine negroes at Palmetto
Ga. Death of Editor Joseph Medill. -.
Ark. Election riot In st. Louis results In
death of two men. :. B. p. Hutchinson. |
wheat operator, dies at Lake Geneva, Wis. |
17-Peace treaty signed by the Queen Re-
gent OF Spain. Windsor Hotel burns In
New York, with great loss OF life.
1S-Fatal riot In Havana.
20-Mrs. Martha Place electrocuted at
Sing Sing. |
21-24ERace war In Little River County
Ark, where many negroes are iynched.
23-Malietoa Tanus crowned King Of Sa-
noa. /.
26- Opening of ship canal at Port Arthur. t
Texas. r
27-Burnlng of Armours felt works in Chi. !
ago.
20-American and British warships bom- t
,ard native towns in Samoa. Sinking Of :,
he steamer Rowena Lee In the Mississippi L
|
Boone hundred and twenty lives lost by
hipwreck Of passenger steamer Stella In the
English channel.
S1-Fall of Malolos. :. $500, 600 fire In San
francisco. N
April.
Eleven lives lost In burnine of Wallace \
Andrews' residence In New York .
e-Death of Justice s. J. Field, retired,
eyenteen lives lost by breaking Of an Ice
orge on Yellowstone River at Glendive. :.
lontana.
lO-Seyen persons killed In riot at Pana. y
lnols. :
1l-Exchange of peace treaties with Spain
ads the state of war. Greek coaster Ma
a sunk Of Tripoli with loss Of forty-dve Il
YES. u
Grow Indians drowned Il
floods near Sheridan, Wyo.
,0O0,0O0 k
schooner Eliza lost of Nan ;r
cket, with eleven of her crew, a
24-Death Of oY-Gov u nolaehw - rus