The Washington bee., 1901-06-29
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.

Cyclists viii make Buffalo theirMecs
ca this coming season. The /. A.W.
annual meet viii be held there in con.
nection with the professional races
given by the \. CA.
Havana is anxious to become a
racing center. The New Morales Park
association has applied for member.
ship in the American turf congress
and proposes to open its season No
vember IS.
The University Of Michigan is get.
ting even with the University Of Chi.
cago for a CALLING football defeat last
fall. The Wolverines have captured
two winter indoor meets from the
Maroons.
J.H. Taylor, British open golf cham
pion, has been challenged TO play s
match by Jack White, professionals
the Seaford links, for $3.50 a side. The
match is to be home-and-hOme, z
holes in all.
A remarkable fish yarn comes from
Metropolis, H., where q Lake Mich.
gan perch was caught in the Ohio
river. Chicagoans say the hsh de-
scended the drainage canal to the Ill
nois, thence to the Mississippi and
down to Cairo, where it turned up the
Ohio.
METEOROLOGICAL.
Jan. 1-Mississippi freezes over a. St
Louis....SiX inches OF snow al Mac.A
Ga, establishes new record.
Feb. 3--Tcrnado sweeps coast OF Ns"'
fOundland.
s-Temperature drops 30 degrees in !
hours in Chicago. COllinsF--s sT-A
Mar. Heaviest snow since lssS tn north
eTn New York and New England, u-s.'
ness at standstill.
l5-HeaYy snowstorms in Texas, AlsiiF
sippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
Apr. 4-Lighning strikes during sa'"
storm at Cheyenne. Wy0.
6-ClOudburst at Water Valley. lex
7-Dam at Austin, Tex, swept away
y, 100000 damage and over ~ NF5s "a
l5-TOrnadO sweeps over lAIea AN
Clearwater, Kan.
l6-TOrnadO at Hamburg. Ia.
May 6-TOrnado at WilsouyILe, Neor an
In central Kansas. IA.
7-Cyclone in Jerseyv.lle, Il....I 5Ii-;
hailstorm at Toledo, O....I7rnal' "
San Antonio, Tex.
A-Eclipse Of sun viewed, IN bell OF - s-1,
ity clear sky in strip running -'.
Norfolk 20 New Orleans. CyC.oA5 d
Sebawa township, Mich. -.f-.r,
Jun. Faulkner, Kan, almost eL--s}{
demolished by tornado .--.-'
ings wrecked by wind al Miami. l. 30
23-CyclOne in Beaver county, bh..-,4s.
Damaging windstorm near b-aA---'.
Vile, Wis.
2e-Mississippi at unparalleled l7T nag
....Streets Of Mobile, Ala. s----..5'
by clOudburSts. -y
14-Llano. Tex, destroyed in part F"
storm.
l6-Cloudburst at Coleman. Tex
2l-SnOw at Marshall, Mich .. 80.
Zs-F.orgerings, y. D, wiped a-- b.
nadO. -,-,
sl-Cloudburst foods canyons and T--.5''
in Arizona. r-.-r
Aug. I-Tindc mining region, -l--
shaken by earthquake. -.~,
6-Intense heat in Chicago causes ..'-
deaths r-sI
l5-Hailstorm destroys 1000 acres "-5-
near st Thomas, y. j. t-r.
l6--Storm in eastern Illinois --s--''7
2o-Tornado at shebOygan, WIS., Go"
H~t--sH% AuAAAaEE
/ 24-Hurricane OF coast Of CAPE I'm
Alaska. .HailstOrm does S...'7r MS
age 10 tOE IccO in Rock coLH.sr W. ,rss
/ Sept. 6-EarthQuaks al LJuya ga''
ka
/ 7-Tropical gale sweeps FLORIDA ives
! e-West Indian hurricane WTelHs -.--rs~i
ton, Tex; vessels driven m--g7 l1s
and rice crop destroyed, pi l-s-.--..- rs
estimated at from 1900 y'9 g. fr.I
] l2-StOTm does S501,0 900 damage -'r pan
around Buffalo. y. Y, and sew s----,r-islll
American exposition buildings
| wrecked. r----rson
25-waterspout and tornado Of fs'5 -7'
! Ia t,, cy
z-sharps. Ia. almost destroyed by :"
] clone. IF fron
Oct. HRed Wing, MINI, clt o'-
outside world by storm. o.. PlWa
7-Cyclone does 500, 900 damage
Hearth ip tremor 6 hours fron, from. = CO.
quake shocks at Kodiak, A4asa--r 7uak
S1-At Jacksonville, Fla, '-'
shocks. r.r-arl0n
Nov. Z0-TornadO lays waste Ll-.I L.rsr1 Us
| in western Tennessee and hol ''-''
sisissippi. c.rrfzgo d
| Cuba t .rrq ke...'
ls-Joplin, No, shaken by eaE,n5 e5a-E,-..-ec5. --e-.5
Gale upsets houses in san r i.--->y. ~ >y.irgBl
! N-EarthQuake in East IenLsS@'''
and North Carolina.