The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-02-06

keaehing Natural Disasters over
4 Shadow Its Showing OF the Fruits
OF Induatry ana Peace.
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The year 1903 has been marked by
massacre, murder, disaster aud violence
tnat are In sharp contrast with the I'M
DERIVING spirit Of progress that Is stead.
~ making for fdendlIness and better
mutual understanding between indiyidu-
ais and nations. Religious intolerance.
political intrigue, class hatred and con-
WILSON'S Of nature are the causes upon
"iich the dread responsibility rests
In May occurred the great massacre Of
jews III kishinev, Russia. A month later
King Alexander and Queen Draga of
servsa were murdered In their palace in
Belgrade by their own soldiery and ON
GERS. Strikes and other labor disputes
have been responsible for good deal Of
violence and several deaths in the Unit
ed States; and natural phenomena, un-
der which classification are numbered the
disastrous foods and storms of last
spring and early summer in Kansas, Ne
braska, Iowa, Missouri and other parts
OF tho nation, hurricanes In the South
Sea Islands and an earthquake In Ash
attic Turkey, have caused the loss of
thousands Of lives and much valuable
property.
The unfaltering course Of commercial
achievement has been evidenced by the
opening Of two new cables beneath the
Pacific ocean, successful practical tests
OF wireless telegraphy, and the establish
ment Of Department Of Commerce in
connection with the government In Wash
lngton.
The years roll Of deaths includes &C.
clesiastic authorities like Pope Leo and
Canon r. M. Farrar, statesmen like
Lord Salisbury of England and EXPIRE
mier Sagasta Of Spain, thinkers like Her
bert Spencer and Prof. Theodor Momm-
sen, public men like former Postmaster
General W. 8. Bissell, religious workers
like Mrs. Emma Booth Tucker, and
inventors like R. J. Calling.
The events of the year 1903 are briefly
summarized below.
January. .
1. Opening Of Pacific cable between San
SFancisco ana Honolulu. -. .Asiatic plague
8: Death Of ex-Premier sagasta Of Spain
9; Death Of ]. /. Case. Of Racine, Wis.
inent railroad man.
Il. Congress votes tariff OF coal
IT. German gunboat attacks Fort Carlos,
and is repulsed by VeneEuelanB.
1s. Death of ex-Mayor A. .. Hewitt of
New York. ~-'
10. President Roosevelt and King Edward
VII. exchange greetings by wireless teleG-
Esss Iy - ;Forty;four Chicago coal men in
20 Death Of Julian Ralph, war CORE
q Germans recommencs bOmbardmsnt
d. Canal treaty with Colombia signed.
"a. Treaty for arbitration Of Alaskan
boundary dispute signed in Washington.
Senator Teller reelected In colorado after
United States supreme p; bench 1
u. Fifty perish in burning Of COlney
Hatch insane asylum in England. .... IA
1lled and many injured by collision on New
Jersey Central railway near Crawford.
o. Train wreck at VALID, Aris., kills and
burns 20 persons, injuring many others.
20. Army Of Sultan of Morocco routS that
Of Pretender in battle near FEES.
February.
Q. Earthquake shakes felt between st.
than 1000 lives destroyed By hurricane In
to murder in New York and gets LIE sen
II. One million i've. hundred thousand
dollar fire at Rock Island, III, arsenal
10. Allied powers sign protocols for rails
ing Of Venezuelan blockade.
j.. Venezuelan blockade raised.
1913. Extreme cold and storm over
II. Eighteen lives lost BY sinking Of
river steamer near Edenton, N. G,
10. Eight children killed By train In New
%. Many injured in Ore that destroys
Clifton House at Cedar Rapids, Iowa..
Popes silver jubilee.
in battle with United States officers at
Stamford city. ". Va.
2e. Pike Opera House In Cincinnati burns
with half square Of other buildings; losS
3, confesses ave murders. 49,. Death Of r.
). Calling In New York
March.
2. President Roosevelt issues message
calling Senate in special session March g..
i:r. T w. Senators elected In Delaware after
s. Pope Leo celebrates 26th anniversary
Of his pontihcate.
7. Nineteenth lives lost BY cRpsi4lng Of
ferry boat at spier Falls on Hudson River.
8. Six burn to death In hotel at Lsiten,
W. Va: .... Death of Hawaiian Commits
Bioner Blount at Macon, Ga.
explosions at oiean, n. 7.
Il. Cuban reciprocity convention ratified
by Senate In Havana.
u. Gear proclaimS religious freedom
1e. Tax fiots at coimba, Portugal.
II. Strike Arbitration Committee files re-
port. ..... Senate ratines Panama canal
1870 Floods along Ohio and Mississippi
il: Senate ratlaes Cuban reciprocity
treaty and extra session 10 adjourned sine
Ii. Finding Of Coal Arbitration Commit.
20. Death Of Very Rev. D. W. Farrar In
London.
aS. Irish land bill introduced In Parlla-
81. Death of N. Z. Fairbank,
2e. Reciprocity treaty with United States
ratified by Cuban Senate.
20. Death Of dustavus B. Swift, Chicago
packer.
81. young Corbett" defeats Terry Nc
novarN AZ San HFancianA