Connecticut western news., 1900-01-04
EVENTS 0F , TIE PAST YEAR. A Review of 1899 For
 History's Page.
 WARS SAD DETAILS.
Battles In the Philip
 pines and In Africa.
A LONG DEATH ROLL.

Destruction by Fire, shipwreck,
 Accidents and Storms-A Notable
 Obituary ist-Miscellaneous, Per-
 sonal, Sporting and Political Items.
 A Summary of Important Occur
 rences Arranged Consecutively
 From January to December.
 The chronicles of 1899, although con- 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 unusual. Cuba, under military rule, remained quiet. and considerable progress has been made in bringing social and commercial 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 Ger many.
 In the Philippines the policy of the United States to assert the rights ced-
  element in the island of Luzon espe- cially, and a state of active warfare between American troops and the Fill pinos, under Aguinaldo, extended from February until the early fall No de- cisive battles were fought, but the Fili- pinos were routed at many important points. The United States forces in the island at the close of the year number 65 900 and the battle losses aggregate about 2,300 killed and wounded.
 The treaty with Spain, ratified In 1899, marks new era in the history of the United States republic. That and the outbreak of the South African war are the chief occurrences of the year in International affairs.
 A universal peace congress held ses- sions at The Hague In May, June and July, but the deliberations bore no im- mediate fruit either In bringing about disarmament or establishing the prin- ciple of arbitration. The close of the year finds England at war in the Su- dan and South Africa and on the de- fensive against continental aggression.
 The Dreyfus trial was the sensation of the year. Santo Domingo's presi- dent, General Heureaux, was assassi- mated. Colombia and Venezuela have been disturbed by armed revolutions. The United States standing army was increased to 100000 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 illustrious people. In the political world death chose as shining marks Caprivi, the successor of Bismarck as chancellor of the Ger man empire; Faure, president of France; Castelar,, the foremost Repub- ncan of Spain; Vice President Hobart, and Grand Duke George, heir to the Russian throne. Literature mourns the loss of Erck- mann, the great novelist; Mrs. South worth, Horatio G. Alger, the writer of boys stories; Cherbuliez, French TO- mancer and critic, and Busch, biog- rapher of Bismarck. Art lost Rosa Bonheur, unrivaled in her sphere. Among editors who laid down the pen | forever were Joseph Medill, founder of the Chicago Tribune, and Robert l Bonner.
 From other walks of life the grim | reaper bore away Stephen J. Field, the | noted jurist; Robert Ingersol, General Guy V. Henry, hero of two wars; Kate Chase Sprague. a wartime belle; W. H | Appleton. the old time publisher; Elm ma Waller and Augustin Daly of the stage. Judge Henry Hilton, heir to A | T. Stewards millions, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, head of the family fortunes and power.
 The aggregate of casualties on ses and land and the losses by fire were not exceptional.
 JANUARY. ! 1. Political: End of Spanish sovereignty fl
 Cuba; military command formally transferre' | to the American governor
 {. Spanish War: Treaty of peace delivered to tn U. s. senate.
 Obituary: M. Edouard Nerve. noted French writ | CT and one of the immortals, in Paris; age
 e5. Minnie Alice French, well known actress | in New York city.
 5. Mrs Bloomfield Moore, a wealthy Philadel | phian identified with the Keely motor, died fl ! London.
 | | bursting of boiler at Hewett's shipyards | | London.
 9. Accident: 1e deaths in collision at Dunellen | N. J., on the Lehigh Valley road. ! 10. Obituary: Dr. Horace Burr. historian an | inguist, at Wilmington, Del; aged s2. | IF. Fire: At Memphis; loss, $460. 900, by tn | burning of the J. s. Menken Co.'S dry good | establishment
 | Personal: Commissary Gen. Egan attacked Ger Miles in his testimony before the inyestigatin | committee.
 la Obituary: Nelson Dingley. Republican leade
 in the house, In Washington; aged 67.
 IA Nubar Pasha, noted Egyptian statesman, die | in Paris
 | port at Tacoma; IT sailors drowned
 N Obituary: George Gemunder of worldwid
 fame as maker of violina. at Long Isan | City, N. F.; aged ss. Isaac Craig, local hi
 torian in western Pennsylvania, at PittsburI | aged 77.
 l IT, Obituary; Hon. John Russell Young, journs
 ist and diplomat, ex-minister to China, | Washington aged 58. w. K. Sullivan, VI
 known western journalist, In Chicago; aged :
 a. Obituary: Judge E. W. Woodbury, framer | the first prohibitory liquor law enacted
 Maine, at Bethel, Me-; aged sl.
 | 26. Fire At Wikesbarre, Pa; loss, $260,OOO,
 the burning of the osterhout building.
 Obituary: Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery, not
 playwright, in Paris; aged ss.
 26. Obituary: Augustus II. Garland, ex-attorn
 general of the United States in Washingto agzd 65.
 Plrsoua: A4elina Patti, the famous Eng n8rrisd in London to RarQn. .Esdsrstrsts.