The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-01-03

May %. Rosa Bonheur, artist, Franfk: May
-. Elise Poke. musical author Germany;
June l. John Smart. artist. England; June
3, Johann Strauss, composer, Vienna; June
5 Frank Thomson, president of the Penn
sylVania railroad corporation; June z, Au-
gustln DAILY. theatrical manager: June 80.
Yrs. Il. ID. n. n. Southworth, novelist,
: Tnited States; July 2. Charles Victor Cher
buiiiez. novelist France; July n, Robert G.
Ingersoil. the great agnostic; July 26. Gen.
Ulysses Heureux, president OF San Domin-
90: Aug. rs. Prof. Robert Wilhelm Eber-
hard Bunsen. the German scientist Sept.
70, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the American
hnancler; Sept. II. CHARTS A. Pillsbury,
The Minneapolis mill owner: Oct. 10, w. III.
Appleton, publisher. New York: Oct. 20,
Grant Allen, the English novelist; Oct. 20,
Gen. Sir William Penn Symonds, of the
British army; Oct. 27, Florence Maryatt,
he English novelist; Oct 2S. Ottmar Mer-
genthaler, inventor OF the linotype ma
chine. Nov q. Carrot A. Hobart, vice pres
dent OF the United States; Dec. 10, Maj.
cen. Henry w. Lawton. L. S. A: Dec q.
Charles Lamohreux. conductor, Paris;
Dec %. Dwight l.. Moody, evangelist Dec.
3. Dorman b. Eaton, father of civil service
reform; Dec. 26. Prof. Eliot Coues. sci
enlist.
Disasters.
The following is a record Of the prominent
disasters of 1899. both In this and other
countries:
In January 10 persons were killed by
boiler explosion In London, England; 1000
by a flood in China, 20 by fire near San
Sebastian, SPAIN 500 by hurricane in the
Solomon islands, IL by mine explosion at
" ozarron, Spain; 20 by drowning at Ko-
nigsberg, Prussia.
In February were killed by snow
slide at Rogers pass, Il. c.; IA by fire at
Bodungh, Hungary; by mine explosion at
COlfaX, Cal: "A by a snowside al Silver
Plume. Col II by fire at the South Dakota
insane asylum: 106 by drowning at Tient-
Tsin, China; 80 by railroad accident at
Foret France: by a mine explosion at
Blocklin, Ala: 20 by storm in the Cay
man islands. and by cyclone at Yazoo
City Miss.
In March 2S persisted in a storm in Alas
ka: 6 by a snowslide a White Pine, Col.
by an explosion al Dwinsk. Russia; 60 by
a powder explosion a La Goubran. France;
| : by a cyclone in Tennessee and Alabama !;
| 1000 by tidal wave on the coast of Corea;
| II by a landslide at Racuerga, Spain; 400 by
| a hurricane on the coast of Queensland: 5
by railroad accident in New Zealand; Al
by fire in the Windsor hotel, New York
IA by a cyclone In Alabama; by fire In
| Chicago.
In April 20 were killed by a fire in Ma
drone, Japan; 30 by earthquake at Nara,
Japan; 13)by fire in New York: Is by flood
at Glendive, Mont; 13 by bridge disaster
on the Harlem river n. Y. $50 by drowning
on the Japan coast; 81 by fire at Guada-
| loupe; - by hurricane on the Australian
t1oaST: 7 by Ia fire at Gutu, Hungary; 6S by
| cyclone in Missouri and Iowa; Go by mine
explosion at Troisk. Russia.
| In May were killed by cyclone In Kan
| sas; % by cyclone at Hondo, Mexico; by
fire at Brunswick, Germany; 3S5 by hurri-
cane at Samoa; IL by falling building at
Crepelat, Prussia: ~ by fire at Porosov
II, a Ixro Iii Of far hos in IN
varia; by an explosion at Copenhagen;
by cyclone in South Dakota; by fire In
| Hardeeville. n. G.
| In June 80 persons persisted by drowning
| in the Lake Of the Clouds: 20 by cloud
burst at Manardville, Tex; 2S by land
| slide at Ross Hollow Ark: II by tornado
at Nalladolid, SPAIN II by a mine accident
at Kimberley, South Africa; 1872 by cyclone
IN Wisconsin: 10 by cyclone al Herman
Neb: II by fire at Rybnsk. Russia; 2O0 b.
powder explosion in Picking, China; II by
mine explosion at Cape Breton. u. s.; L
by drowning at Brest, France: q by mine
-xplosion at Santa Eulalia, Mexico; 80 by
lfood in Texas
In July Is persisted by drowning at Car
narvonshre, England; 80 by flood in Texas
"A by a mine disaster in Odessa; by fioo'
IN North Dakota; is by mine explosion
Cape Town: by powder explosion in Pre-
;oria: 200 by hurricane in Japan; 10 b.
|
Japan: 200 by a tornado In Pensa. Russia
j Ia August were killed by cyclone Il
! Maryland: IL by railroad accident in Paris
| 20 by drowning at Bar Harbor, Me-; % b
a trolley car accident at Bridgeport. Conn.
! 5000 by hurricane in the West Indies: 16 b
IRE in Yokohama by drowning a Wash
ington, Ind; coo by hurricane at Nassau
~ by storm on coast of Carolinas; 16 b.
nine explosion at Hauti Cruix, France
10 by fall of Coliseum, Chicago; 800 by min
explosion AT Sluko Ku, Japan: by fire /
! Yuma, A T.
/ In September 10 persisted by flood at Fay
erbach, Austria: 80 by fall of a church /
! Ka.isch, Poland: 10 by storm on the New
foundland coast; 1,SS2 by storm in Japan
1880 by earthquake at Adm, Asia Minor
100 by earthquake in India; 10 by collapse c
D a building at Cologne; 1000 by earthquake
5 at Smyrna by railroad accident at Tan
j plco.
e In October 40 persisted by food a Salem,
] Italy: 50 by a typhoon in Japan; 5000
: earthquake in the island of Ceram: 100 b
hurricane in Norway: 10 by tornado in CT
t ba: % in a blizzard in Teton county, Mont
e 100 by tidal wave in Japan; IA by fire
n FARES, Ala.
: In November 30 were killed by collap!
S of a pier al Antwerp: 80 by a theater iii
: in Canton, China: 100 by storm in Norwa
f In December 80 were killed by mine e,
: plosion a Carbonaro. Wash. is by railros
8 accident at Savona. Italy: IL by fire
y quincy, H.; 40 by drowning in river Ly
It Belgium: 80 by mine accident at Brown
n Vile, Pa. 10 by landslide al Amalf Ital,
e 8 by earthquake in southern California.
J. The following table gives the loss of II
resulting from various disasters in III
r. country as reported by mail and TELEGRAPH
flreS
drowning .sss.'''. -
e | Explosions ..........................
- Mines
,r Falling buildings, tc......................
q | Cyclones, storms .........................
| lightning
d The loss of life by railroad accidents I
20 ported by mail and telegraph. for 1899 W
le S552, as compared with $3.50 in 1888 al
p 2764 In 1897. The number of seriously
l. jured was 1886. as compared with 2,6l6
AZ 1898 and 2,42S in 1897
re The list of marine disasters shows L.
le lives were lost upon the ocean and 469
NJ inland waters, a total OF 2,2l9, as compar
as with 1856 in 1898, 2,426 in 1897. 3,012 in is
m 4 $50 in 1895 and 6,SS1 in 1894.
ly Wars.
Of The three prominent wars Of the We
~ have been the quelling Of the Filipino
D. volt the Anglo-deryish and Anglo Bo