The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
IT'S RECORD is MADE.
Some of the Untoward Occurrences
of the Old Year.
Story Of-Its Disnsters-Loss of Life
by War and Observation-Disclosures,
HanginEs, Lynchings
and Suicides.

been ore of extraordinary prosperity and
the birth of great industrial combinations
and the expansion of the national com
merce. There was but one serious strike
and it did not long interfere with industry.
Cuban affairs have been satisfactorily ad-
justeG and that island this year will at
tempt the task of self-government: Porto
Rico is progressing well. The Philippines
hostilities, since the capture of Aguinaldo,
have been confined to struggling bands.
The ratification of the HayPouncefote
treaty has ended an old and veXatious con-
troversy and has opened the way, for the
construction of an isthmian canal.
The Sorrowful event of the year was the
assassination of President Mckinley. This
nation mourned him deeply and unusual
parts of the civilized world. The cruel
: deed of the anarchist, however, was fruit
less. The administration of the govern
ment was not interrupted for an hour, and
Mr.. Roosevelt assumed the duties and re-
sponsbilities of the presidency with the
good wishes of the whole country and the
southern portions of the American CONT
nent have been disturbed more or less all
/. the year with revolutions and war, and the
new year opens with unsettled conditions
prevailing in Colombia, Venezuela, Argen-
tina and Chilli.
The Old Year Abroad
In the old world also important events
have taken place. Great Britain was
plunged into grief by the death of its
after his long years of waiting, has been
proclaimed king and will be crowned
this year. The calamity of the Boer war
serious reverses to the British arms, and
no one can foresee the end of the strug-
gle waged by the persistent Beers.
The remaining important events of the
year pertain to Asia. The death of the
ameer of Afghanistan may yet entail
trouble for, the great. powers. Russia
road. which will give it at least, com
mercial control of Manchuria, and may
open up new questions of administration
ments with Japan. The Chinese diff
Guilty has been settled for the present at
least, and that government will pay
mitted by the Boxers: The future of
China, however. is still a sealed book.
Peace may be disturbed at any time by
that obstinately conservative people.
Record of Disasters.
The following is list of the most promi-
killed by an explosion at Lei Tung, China ;
8 by a fire at Minneapolis: 6 by railroad
; accident ga at Mikala Austria; 81 by the
ester. N. Y; 20 by panic at Tokyo. Japan;
100 by blizzard in south Russia; so by the
capsizing 90 Of a barge off the coast of Madas
Japan; 20 by an explosion at Hang Chow,
China; 10 by boiler explosion at Denton,
England 10 by mine explosion at Reck-
1inghauser, Bohemia; and 50 by hurricane
at Trondjhem, Norway.
In February ~ persons persisted by fire
at Baku, Russia; 81 by mine accident at
Durango, Mexico; 1872 by a storm on the
coast of China; by an explosion at Gull
ford, England; by railroad accident in
New South Wales; 60 by a mine accident
Mexico; q by fire at Tokyo, Japan; 40 by a
storm at Odessa, Russia; by fire at Biz
mingham, England, and 81 by mine acct
n ant a. X g
In March so persons were killed by an ex-
plosion in China; by explosion in Spain;
STA; II by mine accident at Yabori, Japan;
10 by mine accident at Gilsenkirche, Prus-
STA; by cyclone in Texas; 16 by a
cyclone in Arkansas; 10 by boiler ex-
plosion in Chicago; by an avalanche, at
Lake Como; 20 by flood in Bolivia; Is by
bursting of dam at Bologna, Italy; by
a railroad accident in New South Wales;
Is by cyclone at Birmingham, Ala, and s
by mine accident in Fayette county,
Alabama.
In April 26 lost their lives by mine
accident in the Transvaal; by a hotel
fire at St Mary's, w. Va; II by cyclone
in the Canary islands; % by an explo-
sion at Greisheim, Germany; Is by a
a snow slide in Alaska; II by a railroad
accident in Picking; by fire at ST. Jean,
France; by railroad accident at Gale
a church in Albania.
In May So persisted by fire at Amreeli,
India; 100 by ferryboat disaster on the
Dnieper river; Z by, fire in Chicago; 6 by
an avalanche in Alaska; 100 by a boiler
explosion in China: by an avalanche in
Switzerland; by mine accident in Fair
Avacenza, Italy; % by fire at Sohendorf,
Bohemia; IA by floods in Tennessee; 80 by
an explosion at Cape Town; 70 by mine
mine accident at Wolsenburg, Prussia;
ISL by volcanic eruption in Java; by a
trolley car accident in Albany, N. Y;
q by a mine accident at Dayton, Tenn. ;
20 by drowning. at Manana island; and
by drowning in Schuylkill river.
In June 70 lives were lost by fire on the
Tehuantepec isthmus; 8 by "a mine acct
railroad accident in Pretoria; by dyna-
mite explosion at Binghamton, N. Y;
z by a cyclone in Oklahoma; Is by a
mine accident at Jacobs Creek, Pa; Il
by fire at ST. Petersburg; Is by explosion
in cartridge factory, Paris; 9 by cy-
clone at Naper, Neb.; % by explosion at
Paterson, N. j.; and 100 by flood in Elk
In i July ii We're killed by a lightning
stroke in Chicago; 1900 by flood at
Kiang 81, China; 300 by earthquake at
dent in Baden; IA by storm at Hayti;
8 by collapse of bridge at Springfield,
700 by volcanic eruption in Java; 16 by
oil explosion at Stockholm; 26 by flood
in the Danube river; 40 by oil explosion
at Batoum; and by fire at Louisville,
KY.
In August II persisted by collapse of a.
wharf at Tampico MeXico; by a gaso-
line explosion in philadelphia; 10000 by
flood in China; 100 by fire at Witebsk,
Russia; 10 by fire at Cleveland, o.. 6 by
floods in Louisiana; by explosion at
steel works, Youngstown, O.; by fire
in philadelphia, Pa; by a dynamite
explosion in Herkimer, N. Y; by a
hurricane at Villarego-Jilota, Spain; and
by fire in Brooklyn, N. Y
IN September 10 were killed by a mine ex-
plosion at Caerphilly, Wales; by boiler
explosion at Oakland N: j.. II by drowning
off coast of Brittany; by mine accident
at Newcastle, Col; % by drowning in the
Kulpa river, Croatia; II by powder explo-
sion at Ripault, France; 80 by railroad
accident near Bucharest; z by fire at
Naples; by gas explosion at Newark, N.
j.; 13 by a cloudburst in Preside county,
Texas; so by powder explosion in CoZenza,
Italy, and 10 by mine accident at Nanaimo,
3. c.
In October IA were lost in a gale on the
Japan coast; 20 by typhoon at Manila; so
by a tidal wave in the Sea of Marmora; 20
by fire at Philadelphia, Pa, and II by flood
in Sicily.
In November 40 persisted by storm at
Lake Baikal Siberia; 9 by fire at Hurley,
Wis; by an explosion a Athens, Greece !;
by a mine accident at Pocahontas, W.
Va; % by earthquake at Erzeromi; % by
mine accident at Telluride, Col; by
mine accident at Bluefields, w. Va; by
a mine accident at Wilkesbarre, Pa. 80 by