Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-03
June.

IeXas, burned Oy robbers.
4. Eight men killed by mine explosion at
Iron Mountain, Mich.
.. Great fire in Antwerp does SIC, ,o0o, 900
damage.
novelist.
10. Explosions in mine at Port Royal, Pa,
cause deaths of II men.
Il. Platt amendment accepted by Cuban
Constitutional convention.
IA. Several lives lost by collision Of ferry
boats In East River, New York.
Is. Fourth daughter born to Czar Of Rus
sia.. Death Of ex-GoV. q. s. Pingree, of
q. Fireworks explosion at Paterson, N.
j., kills II persons. -. Seven persons killed
%. American Derby won by Robert Wad-
dell.
%. Destructive foods wipe out West vir-
ginia towns. =. Death of Adelbert S. Hay.
-. Gen. Cailles surrenders.
25. Death of Rev. Joseph Cook.
1. Death of Senator James b. Kyle, of
South Dakota. =. Eleven boys and men killed
by lightning in Chicago.
3. Death Of ex-Chancellor, Prince Won
HoheDlohe.
s. Versailles, Ohio, swept by fire.
10; Collision on Chicago and Alton Rail.
Injuries 40. .Corbin, Mont. wiped out by
cloudburst. Minnesota pardon board vo:e
freedom to Younger brothers.
10. Strike of steel workers begins.
20. Death of Mrs. Paul Kruger.
p. Hottest day on record in Chicago;
thermometer marks 103 degrees.
%. President proc aims free trade with
Porto Rico.
20. Allotment Of Kiowa and Comanche
Indian lands begins at Ell Reno, Okla.
81. B. & o. train held up at Edgemoor,
Ind.
August.
suspends temporarily.
5. Death of Dowager Empress of Ger
many, Many killed by explosion in Phil
6. President Shaffer orders steel workers
to strike. :. .S2s0,OO0 stolen from Shelby
smelter at Vallejo. Cal
1915; Great tidal wave along shore of
1872 Death Of Edmond Audran, French
composer.
49, Seventeen passengers drowned by sink
Ing of Ohio River packet City Of Golconda at
CrOwelPs Landing.
Okla. H' "fe'AS '0"n oi AHAuAfA''
26. France sewers diplomatic relations
with Turkey.
Trenton, near Philadelphia, kills eleven per-
In Louisville.
81. Thirty-six persons killed in Great
Northern wreck near Kalispell, Mont.
September.
ioou III NleFeidnu causes 91,ooo,ooV
5. Miss Ellen Stone, American mission
airy, abducted by Bulgarian brgands.
6. President Mckinley shot at Buffalo
Exposition by Leon CZolgosZ.
z. Peace pact signed at Pekin.
12. Opening of schley inquiry in Wash
Il. Death of President Mckinley. ....
Great steel strike settled. :. Theodore
Roosevelt takes oath as President.
16. Steamer Hudson lost in Lake Superior
II. Foreign troops evacuate Pekin to Chi
nese.: -: State funeral of President McKin-
ley at Washington.
IS. British torpedo boat destroyer Cobra
sinks in North Sea; 67 lives lost.
10. President McKinley's body buried at
Canton, Ohio.
%. CzoIgosH trial begins at Buffalo.
"a. CzolgosZ found guilty.
26. CZolgosr sentenced to death.
%. Columbia defeats Shamrock.
3. Columbia wins second race with Sham
rock. Death of the Ameer of Afghanistan.
4. Third yacht race won by Columbia,
winning the series and keeping Americas
cup in this country.
10. Death Of Lorenzo Snow, head of Nor
mon church.
13. Reservoir at East Liverpool, Ohio,
breaks, causing $150,000 damage.
II. Joseph F. Smith chosen president of
Mormon church.
IS. Death of ex-Gov. John s. Pillsbury, Of
81. Burglars tunnel under building and
rob Chicago postoffice of s74,61o in stamps.
%. Burning of great packing plant at
Hammond, Ind.
"a. Nineteen lives lost in fire that de-
stroyed Philadelphia furniture house of
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co.
%. Fourteen persons killed in race war in
Washington Parish, La.
20. Electrocution of Leon f. Czolgosz,
murderer Of President Mckinley.
November.
l. Beers steal 5000 horses from British
remount station, near Cape Town.
2. Close of Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo.
5. French forces seize three Turkish ports
on island of Mitylene.
6. Elections in several States.
Z. Death of Ii Hung Chang. -. Death of
Kate Greenaway. English artist.
death Of Mother Bickerdyke.
y. Fire at Thomas. w. Va, destroys 62
buildings.
Is. Jenries whips Rubin in San Fran
cisco.
IS, Pauncefote treaty signed in
20. Mine fire at Telluride. Colo. causes
death of 100 miners.
%. United States buys battlefield of San
Juan, Cuba.
%. President Roosevelt warns Central
American nations against interference at
Nicaragua canal.
26. Boiler explosion in Detroit kills q
persons and Injuries many more.
81. Horrible wreck on Wabash near Sen
eca, Mich; so killed.
2s. Terry McGovern knocked out by
Young" Corbett.
80. Several lives lost in ferryboat collision
in San Francisco Bay.
December.
.. Flfty-seventh Congress assemblies.
Opening of the Charleston Exposition.
10. Democrats carry Boston city elections
-. Marconi signals from Cornwall, En-
gland, to st. Johns, n. f.. without wires.
13. Schley court of inquiry makes its re-
port censuring Schley.... Mrs. Lola Ida
Bonine acquitted of killing James S. Ayres
Il. Floods cause loss of life and great
damage in New York. Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. Fatal wreck on Illinois
Central Railway near Rockford, ILL.,
15. Death of John Swinton, New York
economist.
16. Hay y-Pauncefote treaty ratified by
Senate. Death of Gov. Gregory, of Rhode
Island.
II. Postmaster General Charles Emery
Smith resigns from Cabinet and Henry c.
Payne, of Wisconsin, appointed to succeed
him.
10. Congress adjourns for holiday recess.
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