The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-03
THE YEAR REVIEWED
SUMMARY OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS OF 1901.


EVENTS OF 1901.
Year Witnesses the Deaths of Queen
Victoria and President Mckinley
Many other Notables Pass Away Dis
asters, Fires, Accidents, Strikes, Etc.
The year 1901, frstborn of the new
century, Is made memorable by the deaths
Of two Of the best loved rulers the world
has ever known. In its first month Vic
toria, England's good queen, breathed her
last quietly and peacefully at one of her
royal abodes. The forcible taking off Of
President William Mckinley by the bull
let of the misguided anarchist youth,
Czolgosz, in September, is in harsh con-
trast with her serene passing, and is a
sad commentary upon the laxity Of our
democracy, which favors the intimate
contact Of the chief executive with the
general public and fails to provide ade-
quate means Tor his physical protection.
Many others of the great ones Of earth
statesmen, authors, churchmen, musi-
clans and business men-have also heard
the last summons and responded thereto.
The Boer-Brtish war in South Africa
has continued through the year, rather
to the advantage of the latter and the
armed resistance Of the Filipinos against
the rule of the United States has been
ftfully in evidence.
There have been several mine and rail-
way accidents, in which many lives have
been destroyed. The number of destruc-
tive fires has also been quite large.
The most important happenings of the
year may be briefly summarized thus:
January.
/. Lord HOpetoun installed as first Gov
ernor General Of Federated Australian col
onles.
2. Death Of Ignatius Donnelly.
8, Death Of Bishop w. X. Ninde at De-
troit, Mich.
9. Death Of Philip D. Armour. I. Eight
lives lost In small hotel fire In Minneapolis.
!, 8. Fire horror at Rochester, n. Y, orphan
asylum, 20 lives lost.
TO- Chinese sign joint note Of the powers
15 Fred Alexander, colored, burned at
stake by Leavenworth, Kan. mob.
16 Death Of ex-Goy. James A. Mount, OF
Indiana.
%. Death OF Queen Victoria of England
and accession Of King Edward VII. Bui n
Ing Of Grand Opera House In Cincinnati.
23 Board Of Trade building in Montreal
burns; loss $3000,000.
25 Death Of Giuseppe Verdi, italian com
poser.
90 Disastrous fire in Des Molnes, Iowa
-. .Twenty-one patients burned to death In
Tokyo hospital, Japan.
Februarv.
O. Funeral of Queen Victoria at Windsor.
g. Great snowstorla IN Middle West.
T. Marriage Of Queen Wilhelmina Of HOl
land and Duke Henry Of Mecklenburg
Schwerin.. Mine explosion In Durango,
Mexico, kills 81 persons.
10. Sudden death Of Col. Albert d, Shaw.
IA. Marriage OF Princess Of Asturlas and
Prince Charles Of Bourbon.
10. Death Of ex-senator Gilbert A. Pierce,
of North Dakota. Death Of Maurice
Thompson, author. Sixty miners entombed
In mine at Cumberland, b. G.
21. Nine persons killed In collision near
~. Pacific n Steiner RIO de- Janiero sinks
outside Golden Gate, California; several lives
lost.
Is. Fifty miners imprisoned in burning
mine at Kemmerer Wyo
20. Geo. Ward, negro, hanged and burned
at Terre Haute, Ind, for assault and mur-
Is. Death of VIM. NJ. Evarts,
March.
l. State psnltentiary near Lincoln Neb,
is burned.
a. Inauguration OF President Mckinley
and Vice President Roosevelt.
5. Thirty men crushed to death on rail-
road at WOlOvO, Russia.
IL. Twelve persons killed and many more
Injured by boiler explosion in Doremus laun-
dry, Chicago. Hay -Pauncefote treaty re-
jected by Great Britain.
13. Death Of ex-Presldent Benz. Harrison
Destructive fire at CloyerpOrt. Ky.
%. Chief Aguinaldo captured by Gen.
Fred Funston.
Death Of Charlotte NJ. Yonge, author
30 Death of Comedian Roland Reed.
April.
8. China refuses to sign Manchur.an con
venton.
5. Japan ISSUES ultimatum to Russia.
0. Logan statue unveiled in Wash ngton.
H. Cuban Constitutional convention re-
jects Platt amendment" Death of Geo. 2.
Cannon.
1a British war loan voted by House Of
Commons. Aguinaldos peace manifesto
Issued.
90 Unprecedented snowstorm and foods
In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the
Vlrginias,
25. Fifty persons killed by explosion near
Frankfort, Germany.
20 President Mckinley starts on long trip
through the country.
May.
1. Opening Of Pan-Amerlcan Exposition.
-. Gov Dietrich, of Nebraska, res gns and
Is made United States Senator by his sue
cessor Gov Savage.
8. Burning of Jacksonville, Fla. :. Civil
government established at Manila.
G,,tnt ..f n nntfooE N
president of Cleveland, at Seattle, WASH
0. First Australian Federal Parliament
opened In Melbourne by Duke Of Cornwall
and York. Panic In Wall street
49, Steamer Paducah goes down In Missis-
slppl six miles north Of Grand Tower, Ill.,
49, Presidents tour broken of by Mrs.
McKinley's serious illness.
10. Riot in Albany. n. Y.
IL. Death Of Mrs. Lyman J. Gage.
Death Of Edwin F. uhl, Of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
IS. Launching of battleshp Ohio at San
Francisco.
20. Pan-Amercan Exposition formally ded-
lcated. Fifty thousand machinlsts 90 out
n. Death Of Gen. FltziOhn Porter.
Death Of ex-Congressman Chas. A. Boutellp.
%. Wreck of Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht
Shamrock H.. Suicide Of Brescl, assassin
Of King Humbert, Of Italy.
%. Death OF ex-Gov. John r, Tanner, of
Illinois. . Norwegian bark Elise lost of
Sable Island, with crew OF Il men.
"a. Gale on great lakes; steamer Baltl-
killed by explosion in English colilery.
g. Cuban convention adopts Plat reso-
luton.