The Dickinson press., 1901-01-05
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10TH CENTURY:
The Year 1900 In the
Record of Time.
WARAND PEACE
The World Powers Un-
der Arms.
THE OBITUARY S
THE OBITUARY LIST.

A Summary Of the Years Notable
Events. From January to Decem.
b~er-Storms, Disasters, Fires and
shipwrecks Political, Sporting,
Miscellaneous and Personal Items.
The last year of the nineteenth cen.
fury has been one of unusual interest
In international affairs. Great Britain
began the year with a succession of
military disasters in South Africa. For
a time it seemed possible for the Beers
to maintain their independence IL.
spite Of the heavy odds against them.
but toward the close of February the
capture Of General Cronjc with his
army turned the tide. and from that
time on the British gained steadily
upon their clever foe until the union
jack was raised over johannesburg
aud Pretoria. President Kruger's flight
from point to point in the Transvaal
and his final departure for Europe
were taken as indicating that the Boer
resistance was at an end. But the
burghers of the Orange Free State and
the T%ransvaal Dutch continued to dis.
putc British supremacy by armed re-
%sistance. Before completing her con.
quests Great Britain announced the
annexation Of the territory Of the Boer
republics without eliciting a protest
from other nations, although the people
Of many countries, especially France,
had expressed strong sympathy with
the Boer cause. The progress of the
war in South Africa, owing to its Pc
culiar character. was closely studied
by military men.
The assassination Of King Humbert
of Italy gave ground for fear that that
country was on the eve of q social revo.
luton, but the event passed without
local disturbance.
In September the miners Of the an
thracite coal fields in Pennsylvania
struck for higher rates. and the modi-
ncation of certain rules imposed by the
operators. The struggle. promised to
become one Of the bitterest in the his
tory Of labor troubles in America, bat
ended after 80 days duration in a VIC
tory for the miners.
The destruction by fire Of the histor-
ic Theatre Francois was a loss to ORA
matte art felt by the whole world. a
marine disaster of an unusually dis
tressing character was the burning at
their docks Of the North German
Lloyd's ocean steamers Saale, Bremen
and Main and the loss Of 3O2 persons
by fire and drowning. In a mine ex-
plosion at Schofeld, Utah. 400 lives
were lost, and in an explosion Of chem
1cals, followed by fire, IN down town
New York 43 were killed and overi1OO
injured. The record Of fires and. great
calamities during the year was not
large. !. j.
Among the notable deaths Of the year
to be recounted are Count Mnravieff,
the foremost statesman of Russfa;John
Sherman, formerly a powerful party
leader; Professor. Max Muller, the dis.
tinguished English. philologist; r. D.
Blackmore, the English novelist;
Charles Dudley Warner..a noted Amer
lean author; John Clark Ridpath; the
historian; Frank sBicknell Carpenter,
an artist who won distinction as q
painter Of portraits. notably that Of
Lincoln. and Munkacsy, the Hungarian
painter.
The total eclipse Of the sun in May
was an unusual astronomical event
and attracted the attention Of scien-
lists the world over.
The year 1900 closed the twelfth Gen.
sus period. and the returns were made
to cover the date of June 1.
The population Of the 45 states Of the
Union, Alaska, Hawaii and the Indians
on reservations is 76,295,22O as against
$685. 56 in 1890. The total increase
in inhabitants In the last decade is 49,
225.4e4.
The census bulletin for cities gives
the population Of the 159 cities having
$4,000 Inhabitants or more in 1900.
The 150 cities combined have q popu-
htion in 1900 of 19,694,625 as compar.
ed with a population for the same, cit
les Of 1885, S9 in 1890 and Of $685.
927 In 1880.
The absolute increase in the popula-
ton Of these cities from 1890 to 1900
was 4.s39,136, or s2,42e less than the
absolute Increase from 1880 to 1890.