Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-01-13
HAPPENINGS OF 1899.
SUMMARY OF A YEARS I'M.
PORTANT EVENTS.
War in Philippine Islands and South
Africa, the Dreyfus Trial, Political
Difficulties in Samoa, Death and De-
structiOn by Fire, Wind and Flood.

struction by Fire, Wind and Flood.
Many causes have combined to make
the year 1899 a rather remarkable one.
Its opening was Signalized by Spain 5
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
tons 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
nave occupied public attention to 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 Dreyfus in France numer-
GUS large fires that have destroyed many
lives and much property; toruadoes 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, Carrot
A. Hobart, VicePresident of the United
States, and Robert G. Ingersoll; great
street car strike at Cleveland and labor
riots at Pana and Carterville, III,
A brief chronological transcript of the
years events is given below:
January.
4-Spaln resigns sovereignty over Cuba
Train held up and robbed at MacOmb
o. Peace Iut
IN the Senate.
e-Fourteen persons killed and forty eight
injured In a collision near Dunellen, \. J.
1O-McCoy defeated by Sbarkey In New
YORK. Severe STERN la California
I3-Fire at Memphis, Tenn. destroys
wholesale dry goods house of j. s. Menkin
o. Co., and causes $500. 600 loss . Death Of
congressman Dingley of Maine
14-British bark Andelina sinks at Tacoma
with her entire crew of nineteen men.
I1-Death Of John Russell Young, Librarian
of Congress.
lS-Disastrous food at Cleveland German
consul at Apia, Samoa. elected from SUI
preme Court Building by American and
British consuls
20-Bank at Arthur, ILL.,, robbed of Sc, 1000
I-IEarthquake shakes Peloponnesau pen
lnsula OF Greece. Massacre Of Spanish Of
ncers by natives at Balabac, In the Philip
pines.
Zone hundred thousand dollars damage
done by fire at Johnstown. Pa. .Adelna
Patti and Baron Cederstrom married at Bre-
con, Wales.
2G-Ex-Attorney General A. Fl. Garland
dies suddenly In Washington. Court mar
tai hnds Gen. Chas. L. Eagan guilty under
two charges.
29-COld wave over the West. II deprees
below zero at Chicago.
30-Two hundred thousand dollar lumber
yard fire in Chicago.
February.
:, Seven persons perish in snowsIde In
Rogers Pass, Il. G.
u T.. 4,
many are injured. e. Burning OF the Buck
lHBham Thcater, Louisville, Ky.
3-$SOOO00 fire at Philadelphia.
4-Battle between Filipinos and American ms
at Mania. Mrs. Botkin receives life sen
tence for murder. James A Sexton. Com
mander-in-chief q. A. H., dies In Washing
ton.
6-LNst 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
10000 Eleven business houses burn in
Prairie du Chen, Wis.
"-IWenty one degrees below zero at Chi
Cago coolest day in twenty-six years.
AOOO,OOV hre IN Front street. New York ...
Five business houses at Harrington, Kan,
burn.
10-Explosion In Baxter Stove Works.
H Mans: Ohio causes 100000 fire..
Kelly Block In Cleveland burns; loss $780,
900. 100000 fire in Toronto, Ont.
American troops capture Caloocan.
nIrroops under Gen. Miller take Iloi1o
49,. Engagement outside Manila, in which
FlipinOs are driven back.
=. 12-Twenty four Italian miners and faml-
Hes perish in snowslide at Silver Plume,
burns; loss $685.. 600. Seventeen insane
women burned to death at Yankton, s. u.
-. Report of War Investigating Board
made public In Washington. Great fires
~ New York City and Albany, n. Y.
l3-Digby, n. s., almost wiped out by fire
-. Blizzard in the East and South.
14-$5Oo,OO0 fire In manufacturing district
Of Cincinnati. 81. Burning of manufa cturers'
warehouse In Chicago; loss 81, 600 600.
1o-Machine shops In Brooklyn navy yard
burned.
16-Death of NJ. Felix Faure, President of
1S-Emile Loubet chosen President OF
France, Riots In Paris.
2o-F1re causes $500, 600 loss at Port Wash
22-city of Manila fired by Filpinos.
March,
death OF Lord Herschell In Washing.
ton. sagasta ministry resigns mt Madrid.
3-George Dewey made an Admiral by
President Mckinley.
4-Congress adjourns
b-StOrm destroys life and Droperty IN
East Tennessee. New ministry takes Of
hce at Madrid. Terrific powder explosion
at La Goubran, France. kills sixty persons.
Washington pastorate. Battle between
Americans and Canadians on Porcupine
River, b. c.
11-Gen. Maxine Gomez deposed from
command by Cuban Assembly.
13-Pasig captured by American troops.
Understanding reached on Samoan affairs
-. Herbert Putnam, of Boston. annointad
Congressional librarian.
16-Mob shoots nine negroes at Palmetto,
Ga. Death of Editor Joseph Medln
Five Killed In street riot at Hot Springs,
Ark. Election riot in St. Louis results In
death Of two men, b. L. 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.
Sing Sing.
2l-24-Race war In Little River County,
Ark, where many negroes are lynched.
I3-MalietOa Tanus crowned King NJ