Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-01-05
HAPPENINGS OF 1899.
SUMMARY OF. A WEARS I'M.
PoRTANT EVENTS.

SUMMARY OF. A YEARS IN.
PORTANT EVENTS.
HVar In Philippine Islands and seuth
Africa, h Dreyfus Trial, Political
kDifRcultics in Samoa, Death and BE-
,.struction by Fire, Wind and Flood.
Many causes have combined to make
ets opening was signalized by Spain's
surrender OF the last, vestige Of her SOW
sereignty in the western hemisphere; Its
progress brought forth the declaration Of
war between England and the Transvaal
Republic, and its close leaves these ma
Hons still engaged in q bloody contest,
That may result in important political
changes in South Africa. During the
Eear the fighting between the natives
.hNd 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 q great
pr or less extent have been: Signing OF
the treaty Of peace with Spain; settle
ment Of difficulties in the Samoan ISL
stnds: trial, conviction and pardon Of Cap
tain Alfred Dreyfus in France; numer-
BUS urge fires that have destroyed many
lives and much property; tornadoes that
caused disaster and death ut Kirksville,
Mo-. in April, and at New Richmond,
Wis. in June: several fatal ~shipwrecks;
sHeaths OF prominent men, among them
President Felix Faure of France, Carrot
u. Hobart, Fice-President Of the United
States. and Robert G. lngersoll; great
street cur strike at Cleveland and labor
sstots ut Pana and Carterville, Ill.
/, A brief chronological transcript Of the
years events is given below:
January.
1-Srain resigns sovereignty over Cuba.
- rain held up and robbed at Macomb,
(; .ieace treaty with Spain introduced
'an|1rca II a collision near Dunellen.. NJ.
xo oHEAes seye defeated sfdsa b y ssh n;,eey in New
Wholesale dry goods sssdIp house t q ). g. o MenfiIn
4 Co. and causes 100000 loss. Death Of
''G asssisisS bark nlns Asde Il M sinfs at r.com.
1.sn her entire crew of nineteen men.
S7,Death Of John Russell Young. librarian
p8 Congress.
1s-lisastrous food at Cleveland. German
consul ut Apia, Samoa. elected from Su.
prem. Court Building by American and
0EIItSIl CO0SulS.
21.Earthquuke shakes Peioponnesan pen.
Ensult OF Greece. Massacre Of spanish Of
bines.
- hundred thousand dollars damage
lone bl fire Mt Johnstown, Pn....Adelina
katti aiid Baron Cederstrom married at Bre-
26-E%-Attorney General A. a. Garland
Hies suddenly In Washington. 100. Court mar
pal i'i,as Gen. Chas. p. Eagan guilty under
two c;,;lrges.
20-Cold wave over the West; Is degrees
below zero ut Chicago.
e0.rwo hundred thousand dollar lumber
gard lire in Chicago.
February.
1-scven persons perish In snowslide in
rogers Pass, b. c..
4-$Tso,00O fire in Columbus, Ohio, In which
many are Injured. (. Burning Of the Buck
$seoo,oOO fre al Philadelphia.
et Manila. MRS. Botkin receives life SEN
nander-in-chlef q. 4. r.. dies In washing.
6,Last detachment of Spanish army leaves
Former Chancellor German Empire. Peace
treaty ratified by United States Senate.
snMaaitoba Hotel at Winnipeg burns; loss
Prair.- du CHEN, Wis.
9El wenty-one degrees below zero at Chi
EaGo; oldest day IN twenty:six years....
kOOV.Vrp IRE IN front street, New IOrk....
Five business houses at Herington, Kan,
burn.
Hans:ieid, Ohio, causes a 100000 hre.::.
Kelly i:lcck in Cleveland burns; loss $780,
200. 100000 fire in Toronto. Ont....
American troops capture Caloocan.
dI,Troops under Gen. Miller take Iloilo
..12-i'wenty-four Italian miners and fami.
YES Perish in snowsllde at Silver Plume.
-NnIn .TCfls,rU'o 1rooL C<nan ln ChSAn-n
burns: loss $3.50. 600. Seventeen insase
Homsn turned to death at Yankton. .. D:
.S: ;di1sr I"5I,c Of f War ,in,es,isata Ss.t Beard gard
IN New York City and Albany, N. Y.
13-i,.sby, N. g., almost wiped out by ire
e..:E!:axard in the East and South.
ef Cincinnati. %. Burning Of manufacturers
Marel:9i.se in Chicago; loss 100000.
1o-,tachine shops in Brooklyn navy yard
le-Death Of NJ. Felix Faure, President Of
-1s-IIr mile. Loubet chosen President of
France. Riots in Paris.
20-l'!re causes 100000 loss at Port Wash
3@ci;y Of Manila fred by F4l,plnos.
March.
1-Dcath of Lord Herschell In Washing
'eon. s:ssasta ministry resigns e Madrid.
President Mckinley.
k-Coiigress ndjourns.
East Tennessee. New ministry takes Of.
dee at Madrid. Terrific powder explosion
at La Goubran, France, kills sixty persons.
LeERev. r. Dewitt Talmage resfgns his
Washington pastorate. Battle between
Americans and Canadians on Porcupine
Rlver, b. c..
I1-Gen. Mnximo Gomez deposed from
command by Cuban Assembly.
-B-Pasig captured by American troops....
Understanding reached on Samoan affairs
A...Hcrbert Putnam, of Boston, appointed
Congressional librarian.
-16-Aob shoots nine negroes at Palmetto,
Ga; Death Of Editor Joseph Medill...
Five L:iied In street riot at Hot Springs,
Ark. Election riot In st. Louis results IN
death Of two men....B. r. Hutchinson.
wheat operator, dies at LAX Geneva, Wis.
17-Pcace treaty signed by the Queen Re
gent OF Spain. -. Windsor Hotel burns in
New York. with great loss Of life.
1g-Fatal riot in Havana.
2o-Mrs. Martha Place electrocuted at
.2i-2z-liace war In Little River County.
AK, where many negroes are lynched.
&8-Mniieton Tanus crowned King Of Ea-
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