The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1903-01-09
REVIEW OF YEAR
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JANUARY.


JANUARY.
FIRST election day in Cuba
3-Steamer Walla Walla lost; IL. lives
died
-Emperor returned to Pe<in
new York tunnel collision: Is killed
S-Nicaraguan bill passed. house
- elNon' Tammany hall leader died
14-British warship Condor lost; 100 lives
InI9 quake Chilpancinjo, Mexico; SOt
o. - unrey de We're died, London.
o. Treaty signed ceding Danish W. l.
2aAGI p,osion IN N. y subway: six killed.
a % st. fire. nine dead Boston
S az at Norfolk, Va; $500, 600 loss
oI. Williams, Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, died.
FEBRUARY.
$1,000, 900 fire, Waterbury Conn
S-flre Paterson, N J. S6 100000 loss
iV-flre Springfield, Ohio; 100000 loss
n-Anglo-Japanese alliance
I2-Marquis of Dufferfn died
Io-Flre South Mills, N C.: $500 900 loss
l5-William West minstrel, died
t.-Senate ratified Danish treaty
20 ar revenue reduction passed
i 20 Newman Hall died. London
1o-hellogg sanitarium Battle Creal,
burned; $4S5, 600 loss
40 ~IiooPs shot rioters Barcelona
=, New York city; $3.50, 900 loss.
2 90 Ave. hotel burned, New York
90 Billy Emerson died, Boston
90 T MISS stone freed by brigands.
49-Prlhce Henry reached New York
Sf-BoefS captured CONVOY
Z4-Prince Henry at White House
22-halsers yacht launched
90 -Snlp Jules Jean Baptiste lost; so lives.
2o-N 1ctor Hugo centenary Paris
%'-McAinley memorial service Wash
MARCH.
2-Francis w. Parker died Miss
EPhilippine tariff passed. house
4-ConSressman Polk Penn died
sen. j. j. Estey died, Vermont.
,-Boers captured Gen. Methuen.
Il-Prlnce Henry left United States
l2-John P. AltgeId died. Illinois
iS-Gen a. P. Martin died. Bosto1
iS-Gen Methuen freed by Beers.
''-W ages advanced 10 per cent, Fail
Life savers drowned Monomoy: ?
lives.
Ship 4 subsidy passed, senate
,o-Judge i1 %ooh H. N j.; $1O0ooo0 loss.
fudge Taft<of Vermont died
4-Maj Gen. Otis retired .
O-Cec1l Rhodes died, South Africa
APRIL.
l-Thos Dunn English died. N
IL od hotels tells burned, Atlantic City; $1,000.
l-Boer war 21a years old :
Sen. Wade Hampton died. s. G. 1C
REV. L. Dewitt Talmage died Wosh n
ington. WASH &c
Cuban reciprocity passed, house IS
Guatemala earthquake; 2 600 dead 1S
Morgan steamship trust Launched
-Frank H. Stockton died, Washinpto, 90
steamer City of Pittsburg lost; 20
Fire Dallas, Texas. 100000 loss 20.
Archbishop Williams died, aged IN 81
j. Sterling Morton died, Chicago %
Fire Glens Falls, N Y: $500 600 lose 90
Sol Smith Russell died, Washington 30
MAY.
w. II. Moody, secretary of navy l.
Amos j. Cummings of New York dis1
Potter Palmer died, Chicago .
Archbishop Corrigon died New yorl. a.
Bret Harte died, London e
Admiral Sampson died, Washington a
Fire New Milford, Conn; $500 900 loss g.
Paul Ford, author, killed, New York 2
ST Pierre destroyed by volcano; 40 s.
900 lives w. -
Volcanic eruption. St. Vincent; 1000
lives. .. 10
Coal strike began 10
Explosion naphtha, Pittsburg; %
killed. !,
Steamer Camarta lost, Bay of Bengal. Ia.
$50 lives 1s
Alfonso XIII crowned, Spain. 49,
400, 900 fire, Houlton, Me ~
Tornado in Texas; 100 dead.
Bishop Taylor died, California 1SE
Nine explosion Fraterville, Tenn; 200 20-F
killed. 81 G
Natal day. republic of Cuba.
alma, president of Cuba. o. IT