The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-01-03
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
BRIEF SUMMARY or EVENTS &C.
CURING IN 1900.

BRIEF SUMMARY or EVENTS oC-
CURING IN 1900.
Concluding Year of the Century Made
Memorable by Many important Hap.
penings, Ware, Internl Disturb.
ances, Great Casualties, Etc.
Many and important are. the events
that make up the chronological record OF
the closing year of the nineteenth CEN
fury. The manifestation Of anti-foreign
feeling in China, which led to the siege
of the legations in Pekin and the RELIEF
expedition Of the world-powers, was I'M
doubtedly but the beginning of changes
in the governmental affairs Of that an
cient kingdom that will shake the dy-
nasty to its foundations and seriously
threaten the integrity of the country. The
wars in the Philippines and in the Trans
vaal, legacies from the preceding year,
have been continued through 1910 and
are passed on to 1901, without having
been brought to decisive official concur
sions. Organized anarchy was RESPONSE
BILE for the assassination of King Hum
bert of Italy. To the heat Of political
warfare must be attributed the killing OF
Gov. William e. GOebel Of Kentucky,
and the race feeling between whites and
blacks was the cause of serious riots In
New Orleans and New York. Two oc-
casions upon which many human lives
were destroyed by the elements were the
great fire at Hoboken, n. j., in June
and the destruction of Galveston, Texas,
by that memorable September storm. The
opening Of the Chicago drainage canal,
the discovery of the south magnetic pole,
and the Paris exposition were three i'm
portant events in the realms Of science
and industry. The roll Of prominent per-
sons who have made their exit from
earthly surroundings since January first
last embraces the names of those famed
in statecraft, industry, literature and mu-
sic.
The most important events Of the year
are summarized thus:
January.
l. British victory at Sunnyside lager. -.
Earthquake at Acha.kalek, Russia, de-
stroys 600 lives.
d.
6. Battle at Ladysm.In, South Africa.
Z. Death of DIR. Edward McGlynn.
8. George X. Nash inaugurated Governor
Of Ohio.
Iowa. Wreck of unknown steamer at
Peters River, ST. Mary's Bay, N. #.
Ii. Death of Felix Morris, character actor.
It. Three men killed and four wounded In
shooting ARRAY In lobby Of Capitol Hotel
at Frankfort, KY. Buffers forces cross
Tt gela River.
IL. Chicago drainage canal fully opeend.
20. Death Of John Ruskin, English writer
and art critic. Fighting begins near
Spearman's camp On the Trgela.
q. Death Of Richard d. Blackmore, English
novelist.
"a. Emperor Kwang-Su, of China, adbicates.
%. .Warren's forces take Spt1n Kop and
abandon same within few hours.
q. British forces retreat across Tugeia
River.
80. Senator VIM. e. Goebel shot in street
81 a. senator ' Goebei i sworn in as Governor
Of Kentucky.
February.
/. Big fires at Dayton, Ohio, and Indian
2. $4OO, 600 fire at Youngstown, Ohio. -.
Sprague Warner Co.'S spice mill in Chi
cago burned.
g. Death Of william E. Goebel, at Frank
fort. KY. :. Death Of ex Postmaster Gen.
4. Great fire in st. Louis.
s. Tornado at Coliinsyile, Ill. Twelve
killed in train wreck near Escanaba, Mich.
o. Death Of Col. Richard w. Thompson, OF
Indiana.
L. Heavy foods In New England. Con-
gressman Chickering. of New York. COM
mits suicide.
IA. Floods along Hudson Rivers New York
-. French reaches Kimberley with Brit
Is. Gold Bill passes the Senate.
II. Death Of DR.. Leslie e. Kee.ey, OF
Dwight, Ill.
81 Surrender Of General Cronje. =. Million
dollar fire In Newark, N. J.
%. Porto Rico bill passed by the House.
March.
l. Relief Of Ladysmith by Buffers army,
g. Death Of Congressman A. Z. Harmer, OF
Pennsy lvania. :. Fatal mine di. aster at
Montgomery, w. Va.
Z. $SOO.COO fire In Philadelphia dry goods
district
g. Theater Francois In Paris burned. !.
Lead, s. d., has a $1,OC0,000 fire.
9. Beers make, first overtures for peace.
r. Fifteen lives lost In tenement house IRE
ish) occupies Bloemfontein. :. President
Kruger, OF Transvaal, asks United States
to mediate between his governments and
England.
bill. /. General Roberts takes possession
of Bloemfontein. :. !. Marriage of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett and Stephen
Townsend.
49, Gasoline explosion causes six deaths at
Columbus. Ohio.
IL One below zero at Chicago.
49, Death Of John Arende Bingham.
o. Failure of D. Appleton & Co., book pub
fishers.
2S Death of Gen. Piet Joubert.
go Columbia Theater, In Chicago, burned.
-. Miss Viola Horlocker found not guilty
at Hastings, Neb.... Death of Archibald
Forbes, famous war correspondent.
81 Colonel BroadwOod's convoy ambushed
by Beers near Bloemfontein.
April.
2. Discovery Of south magnetic pole an
nounccd.
4. Burning of Kansas City Coliseum.
6. State Court of Appeals decides that Beck
ham Is Governor Of Kentucky.
Z. Dam carried away by food at Austin,
Texas.
| IL. Oxnard bill passes Horse.
! II. President signs Oxnard bill.
IA. Paris exposition formally opened.
| 49, Opening baseball season. Floods In
| Mississippi.
81. Extensive forest fires in Manitoba and
the Northwest.