Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-02
Review of 1899 For History's
Page--War'S Sad Details.
VERY LONG DEATH ROLL
Destruction by Fire, Shipwrecks, Ac-
Clients and StOrmS-N0table
Obituary List.

The chronicles of 1899, although COM
paratively free from startling records,
nevertheless show the year to have been
one which will be remembered in history.
Our country's problems have been un-
usual. Cuba, under military rule, re-
manned quiet, and considerable progress
has been made in bringing social and COM
mercial order out of chaos. Samoan
troubles reached a crisis, and England
has displayed an inclination to Withdraw,
leaving the field to the United States and
Germany.
In the Philippines the policy Of the
F. United States to assert the rights ceded
by Spain was resisted by a large element
in the island of Luzon especially and a
state of active warfare between American
troops and the FNlipinos, under A%guinaldo
extended from February until tine early
fail. No decisive battles Were fought,
but the FilipinOS We're routed at many
important points. The United States
forces in the island at the close of the
year number IS 900 and the battle losses
aggregate about 2 500 killed n wounded.
1he treaty with Spain, ratified in 1899.
marks a new era in the history of the
United States republic. mat and the
outbreak of the South African war are the
chief occurrences Of the year in interna-
tional affairs.
A universal peace congress held sessions
at The Hague in May, June and July, but
the deliberations bore no immediate fruit
I, either in bringing about disarmament or
establishing the principle of arbitration.
The close of the year finds England at
war in the Sudan and South AFRICA n
on the defensive against continental ag-
gression.
), Tne Dreyfus trial was the sensation of
the year. SantO D~omingo's president,
t General Henreaux, was assassinated. CO.
lombia and Venezuela have ~een disturb
ed by armed revolutions The United
| States standing army was increased to
!, 100, GOO men.
Noted minor occurrences of the year
, were the failure of the old publishing firm
of Harper & Bros, the burning of the
Windsor hotel in New York, with a heavy
!, loss of life, and the deaths of many illus
. trious people.
I In the political world death chose as
, shining marks Caprivi. the successor OF
! Bismarck as chancellor OF the German
: empire; Faure, president OF France: Cas-
e telar, the foremost republican of Spain;
4 Vice-President Hobart, and Grand Duke
E George, heir to the Russian throne.
Literature mourns the loss of Erck-
mann, the great novelist; Mrs. South
boys stories; C%herbuliez, French ro-
mancer and critic, and Busch, biographel
of Bismarck. Art lost Rosa Bonheur, un-
: rivaled in her sphere. Among editors
who laid down the pen forever were Jo'
seph Medin. ounder of the Chicago Trt'
bune, and Robert Bonner
l From other walks of life the grin
reaper bore away Stephen j. Field. TIN
i noted jurist: Robert 1ngersoll. Genera
Guy v. Henry, hero of two wars; Kate
Chase Sprague, a wartime belle: w. II
Appleton, the old-time publisher; Emma
Waller and Augustin Daily of the stage
Judge Henry Hilton, heir to A. T.. Stew
arts millions. and Cornelius Vanderbilt
head of the family fortunes and power.
The aggregate of casualties on sea ant
land and the heavy losses by fire were no
exceptional.
JANUARY.
/. Political: End of Spanish sovereignt.
in Cuba; military command formal!
4. s sGsaifsrT War; TO Treaty 19e A% Of peace sd de1ivere,
Obituary: NJ. Edouard Herve, note
IN E'1 Paris ~i aged g. s. Minnie Alice French
well known actress. in New York city:
D. MIsi IND idenaid Mao With the Sef Keely mo mo
tor, died in London
6. Explosion: Nine men killed and forty in
HeWett's shipyards in London.
:. 9. Accident: Sixteen deaths in a. %collisio!
at Dunellen, N. j.. on the Lehigh Val
10. Obituary: DR.. Horace Burr, historic:
and linguist, at Wilmington. Del
-. At Memphis; loss $4,000 by the burnin,
Of the j. 8: Menken Co.'S dry goods es
Personal: commissary. Gen. Egan at
fore the Investigating committee.
Is. Obituary: Nelson Dingley, rePublica
aged 81.
IA. Nubar Pasha. noted Egyptian states
Shipwreck: British ship Adelina wen
down in port at Tacoma; II sailor
IL. Obituary: George Gemunder of world
Long Island City. N. j.; aged SO. Isaa
syivania, at Pittsburg; aged u, -
journalist and diplomat. ex,minister t
China, in Washington: aged SO. w. K
Sullivan; well known western journal
y. Obituary: Judge e. W.. woodbur,
Trainer of the first prohibitory liquo
law enacted in Maine, at Bethel. Me
25. Fire: At wilkesbarre, Pa; loss $4,000
by the burning of the Osterhout build
ing.
26: Obituary.: Augustus H: Garland. ex-ai
torney general of the United States, !
Washington; aged &c. p..., .,a ,omo,,
singer. married in London to Baron c.
q. Obituary: Mrs. Gen. Robert William
q. Obituary. Gen. George Scars Green,
noted in the civil war. at Morristowr
80. Rev. Myron w. Reed, noted pastor /
the west and q prominent dne5 50 Grand Arm
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria, in til
royal palace. Bulgaria.; aged g. -
l. Fire: In the business section Of Co
=. umbus. O.; loss $75O.0OO.