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meteorological

Jan. zs-Savannah. Ga. and Columbus. s.
c.; earthquake.
Feb. @Southern H., southeastern Mo-. and
northern KY; earthquakes
Mar lSIMiss river ieyee breaks Y I'm, m
Ark, cut off by flood.
NIGreenville, Miss, levee breaks; lives
lost
Apr. 12-Near Lincoln. Ill. tornado.
13-Portland. Ind, cloudburst floods town.
14-Monroe county Ala, 10 persons killed
T S ad hearty destroys White sprngs
May 7-Earthquake at Grand Junction. Col.
sheep worth IS. OCO 900.
N-Cyclone in Kan. at Ashland. Blaine and
Assaria. Tornado at Lebanon Eiwood
and Charlottesville. Ind. Tornado near
ives LOST eas .saliha' Kan. hooded. ''s'
so-Flood ana Are at Topeka. Kan. cause
property loss SEE sst R at sa.SoS 800 a IN
sKansas city. Kan; and Ka 5,s City. Mo.
Jun. 1-Gainesville. Ga. ITO killed and $780,
FLOOD In Pacolet valley. s. G. causes So
cIouabu rsa fiood vsn nifty Of SisHaDSria
and Crestes. Ind.
1o-Two-thirds of East St Louis under wa
ter: IL drowned.
o2er zoo sk
f. oIsh Kits sMpt t at Wide wilder MINI
Jul. 1-Snow at Butte, Mont. Tornado in
Faux county, s. D.
2-Cloudburst in S. w. Texas; 20 drowned.
Aug 7-Hailstorm in northern Col causes
$500. 600 damage to crops.
12-IsIand of Jamaica hurricane; 800 lives
lost; damage, SIC. .000
Sep. 9-Cycione at Quincy. Ill. Earth
quake at Bowlder. Loveland, Longmont
and Fort Collins, Col.
16-Atlantic coast swept by terrific storms,
nearly 100 persons being reported
drowned; damage on Manhattan island
81 900. GOO. Pres. and Mrs. Roosevelt and
party in imminent danger on yacht Sylph.
Oct tCycloneS in Mimi, Wis. and Ill kill
9-Paterson, N J.. flooded, g. 000 600 loss
Nov 1-Cyclone at Hydro, Okla
11-Tornado at White River, Ind.
Dec 13-Northwest has coolest weather of
season. thermometer going low "a
below in some places.
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tural Iron Workers seated Sam Parks and
other delegates of Local union No. 2. of
New York.
Oct. Crank Buchanan reelected pres. OF
iron workers. convention.
Nov s-Sam J. Parks, n. Y. walking dele
gate. sentenced to yrs. 3 mos. at Sing
Sing for extortion. Over 5000 employees
of Chicago City Railway Co strike for
higher wages and employment of only
Ss-Samuel Gompers chosen pres. Am: Fed
25-Chicago street railway strike settled.
Grafton of Labor in Boston....In New
England cotton mills 5000 employees sub
init to, 10 Per cent. cut in wages.
W.. 3. supreme court amrmS conStftu-
tionality OF Kansas law prescribing S-hr.
day on all state or municipal work.
Dec. z-Work on buildings costing SCI. G00, 900
In 10 cities stopped by strike Of iron
structural workers
12-Judge Holdom fines Franklin Union Of
Press Feeders in Chicago 81, 900 for viola
ton of injunction.
14-Steel trust officials announce cut in
wages OF 80 per cent. of employees after
Jan. 1.
1S-Drivers of hearses and carriages in Chi
cago quit work and funerals suffer.
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BuSiness EG1zxref

Jan. SRoekwen. Tex. E. w. Hardin &
H-Toronto. Kan. State bank.
E-Verdigree, Neb., State bank.
%EBurton. o, Boughton, Ford & Co.,
Feb. ls-Nashvilie. Ark. Howard County
MAJ -Ns ; York Daniel Leroy ss6 y, Dresser
wrecked City savings bank: $500
and and No 81 b Fischer Gasnssisn. tan:
Apr. 4-Cleveland. O.. Aultman-Miller Co.
manss: St of i sfafe
s-Chicago. Lord Owen & Co. wholesale
1f..Fort Payne. Ala. Peoples Bank &
May Is Proy.dense. r.. /, Mossserg g &
bankers and brokers; $1,000 oa
SSt, Thomas. Ont, Atlas Loan Co.: $4.-
1s-SaTo, Mich. Exchange bank; ~
Bangor. Wis. Farmers & Merchants
bank
tractors and builders;; $50, GOO,
sewDoylestowR lPa2 Nat bsnk ..,
A bFok @N s.o 600 snArp q 0sah' STOCK
Duluth, Mimi, Commercial Banking
1s~Angola. Ind. Kinney & Co.'S private
ls~Boston. Mason 8 Haml.n Co. piano and
Citizens Nat & Savings bank
Sep lo-cWilloughby, O.: bank
s-Baltimore. City Trust & Banking Co.;
1c~Besseme tAIa) savings bank.
1I-Bessemer. Ala. Bank of Commerce:
faeturers; sso0.ooo & oS'e S''s man u
2 81 Z Ind. citizens, bank 70 s,o.
m
17-New York; Talbot J. Taylor & Co..
2sNConsoiidated Lake Superior Co. at
American and Canadian -Soos:" $780,
aSspringheld. Mass. Packard Nat. bank:
OCT: 5GBoii.xe5, Pa. Reese-HammOnd
EBrookIyn. :. Y. Morse Iron Works &
1a0Foxhome. Minn. Standing Bros pri-
i2-.City. Of Mckee International Bank of
ls--Baltimore Md.l Trust Co; So. 81: -
@ssk ETP lhss 6 s5a on of i
2 2l-teehg0Fs M state R RsPK CO.
Merchants bank: .:AIIeg hsny. Pa. First
5o-Mo d11soA Airy. Nd. Albert Jones & Co.
Nov. Nsheldon da-) State bank Victor
(Col-) First Nat. bank
SCrippie Creek (Col.) Mimetallic bank.
Pueblo (Col.) Title & Trust Co.
SChicago. Suffer Bros tobacco house:
$3.50, coo.
1O-Columbia. s. C.. Olympia cotton mills.
14-St. Louis. D. Crawford & Co. -mer-
chants; S900. 600.
I7-Ireton DAD private bank. -Egan Is
ID state bank
19-EIkhart, Indiana Nat bank; 1851. G10--..
Henrietta, Tex, Farmers Nat bank
21-Dundee. Ill. First Nat bank
Dec. 7-Ravia q. I'd bank
Linn Grove Qa-) Merchants bank.
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Aug. e-Naval war game begins on Maine
s-Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles retires from
active service. and is succeeded by Gen.
aLPres. Roosevelt defines attitude toward
ent pr i9 the eee af
no rules Or resolutions Of that union N can ian
United States, which it is my sworn duty
to enforce" -. State Senator VIM Sul.
Of soliciting bribe for votes. .BattIeship
Missouri launched at Baltimore. Mo
Sep. +U. 8. cruisers Brooklyn and San
Francisco arrive at Beirut
Oct. 17-American Alaskan claims
granted I'm all particulars save the
by naked cOmmissiOn to Canada
Jury in postal fraud scandal at Gin
5nnati S dfnaFr snd NJ T. 5ons
n-Senford B. Dole. gov. of Hawaii, APP
ads OF to
governorship.
Nov. GEO. B. Mcclellan elected mayor
ss at MsS fsEs 5S Mron
Gsg e. ss12 y Edwin ox Ms5
&s@ d lsS5 sohn i aa!ss ESP
i .bout fGx varamsn deem fs9 ky
eessful in minor elections in Pa. N. J..
scongress lSsth5 assemblies in extraor:
binary session; Joseph G. Cannon Qll.)
elected speaker of house.
16-U. 8. Senator Deidrich (Neb.) indicted
by federal grand jury in Omaha on charge
Of accepting bride for appointment Of
1S-House of representatives votes (3s5 to
~ to give effect to Cuban reciprocity
3D.. V. Miller and Joseph NJ. Johns ac-
quilted at Cincinnati of bribing in con-
nection with post office scandals.
N-Crover Cleveland announces uncondi-
tionally and irrevocably that he will not
be presidential candidate.
30-Lant K. Salisbury makes sensational
bribery charges against various public
and private individuals.
Dec Irregular session of 5Sth congress
opens In Washington; presidents mes
sage read. Gen. Leonard Wood NOM
mated to be mai. gen.
S-Gov; j. c. w. Beckham (Ky.) inaugu-
rated.
I2-Rep. nat committee decides next con-
vention will be held In Chicago on June
q, 1904.
16-.U. S. senate passes Cuban reciprocity
bill. 81 to Is.
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8-kx-O- s. Senator
John B: Allen. at Seattle. Wash.
In Chicago; aged 81
Feb. ECU. S. Senator Henry L Dawes
Moody. at WaynesviIIe. &. G.
SEdna Lyan, novelist, at Eastbourne.
England: .Ex-Gov. VIM. Fishback. in
Fort Smith. Ark; aged 20
S-Dr. Richard ]. Calling, inventor of
Calling gun. in New York; aged s.
Mar. S-Ex-Congressman Jas H Blount
al Macon. Ga
E-Naihaniei K. Fairbanks. phiianthro-
p;st, in Chicago: aged %.
E9Gustayius F. Swift. multi-miIlionaire
meat packer of Chicago: aged q,
Apr. Rear Admiral Geo. z. BeIknap
(Mass@, at Key West, Fla; aged 81
Io-Rey. VIM H Mi.burn, blind chaplain
of u S. senate, in Santa Barbara, Cal
in Salt Lake City.
sEx-Gov- and ex-U. 8. Senator Alexan-
der Ramsay. IN ST Paul: aged IS.
1@Gov Deforest Richards at Cheyenne
Wyo-; aged S--.-1Tving NJ Scott, builder
OF the Oregon. in San Francisco
20Stuart Robson. comedian, in New York;
so-PauI Du ChaiIlu, American author and
explorer, in ST. Petersburg; aged Ga
May 2+Paui Blouet Max O'RslD, In Paris
tired). at Dayton. D.
Jul. l5-Harriet Stanwood Blaine (widow
Jas. CD. In Augusta. DE.
1s-P- M Arthur. grand chief engineer Of
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers. At
y7-Jas. NcNsai WHISTLER. artist. in London
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Cdsuohies

Jan, s-Port Townsend. Wash. news re
ceived of drowning of Is in wreck OF bark
Prince Arthur.
i' bra island IS 6 killed By expIosion during
zeNear Westffeld. N. J.. Is in railway
2sNNear Tucson. Ariz.. 50 In railway col
lision.
grant car leaving track and plunging into
tOn U. g. Receiving ship Franklin, g.
WauKe es 5 ffremen. including CHIEF Foley icy
from inhaIing nitric acid fumes
,s-Eostor sss o. 6y explosion 1s drosa ;,
cyclone striking steamer Olive.
2oGCedar Rapids. Ia. in burning hotel
7Mspier Falls. n. Y. IL by ferry boat cap
sizing
Apr SNWhite and Cleburn counties. ARR,
in cyclone. .Hopewel. Ala. II in tor
aoMRed House. N Y, in railway wreck.
2S-Minneapons, by explosion in oil plant
New Buffalo Kan. II in railway wreck
S0-Ganistock. Pa. in explosion of pow
May s--Detroit. 9 by train plunging into
crowd on track
SEsgiesIon Springs. Va. by sliding rock
Nsr Ns6 IN 70 9y xos1aaoes
Jun Near Saltwater. Kan. in railway
collision.
Madison. Ill. Is while protecting prop
cry from flood.
u-Aberdeen. Ark. by houssboat capsiz-
ssMHanna. Wye. rs by gas explosion in
Union Pacific mines.
Jul. FIN various cities 80 deaths are trace
able to accidents in celebrating the day:
lib deaths from iockjaw later reported
Near Charlottesville. Va. "a In railway
2sCsouth Lowell. Mass. Is by dynamite
explosion
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Fire.

Jan 2-Woodruff Ill. DESTROYED
Feb u-Rock Island OLD arsenal; g Geo o.
26-Cincinnati, business block; sz.0o.s0a
Mar ie-Portland, Ore; Victoria dock: Ia
Apr 1-Sibiey, Ill, business block
15-NeaE Beaumont. Tex. in oil fields; 81
coo. eco
LILA Crosse. Wis. Park dept store: ssoa..
8-South Chicago. Ill, International ssls
Co.'S plant; S1.500. 900. Melbourne Ia
business section
so-Near Bradford. Pa, forest fires; town
of jacksonville destroyed: property less
8, eec. co.
May lin Adirondacks, north of Utica. n
Y 81. 00o. 900 OF timber.
Jun. 4-ForeSt fires spread ruin from Con.
necticut 10 Maine; town Of Patten, Ia,
26-Mi.waukee. American mailing plant;
S1.0oo.o0o-
Jul. I-Whitehouse. o.. nearly wiped out
st Joseph. Mo. Hammond Packing Co.'S
building; 81. 5Oe.9oo.
Aug 2-Halsey Ore, nearly Destroyed
Oct 16-ADerdeen, Wash, -f6 business
blocks: lives lost. and 8. eoo. 90 in prop
Nov i-Coney Island, n. Y, bswsry sveps
by flames: S1.6oo. CO.,. Fire in vatican at
&Troy. n. 7. s.ooo.ooo blaze On Ci,i-ea.,
steamboat pier---.Bssin. Mont. d.
sIroyed-
zl-LE.iy. Pa. lodging house; = Italian Ii.
borers burned to death.
A-Cotton belt region west Of Aisz a.
Ark enveloped In dense smoke reslsls
of serious foresr fires.
Dec z-Ottawa Cont university; s5ea.osa
4-SaMna. kan-. wholese1e Esreanf1zs
house Of H D. Lee: sd. eoa
OAecott Tex. almost wiped 0c6
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disputes as requested by allies.
get 81 500 in monthly instaiments. Ct
Britain and Italy. $2 500 each.
Mar. Pear issues decree granting free
subjects, and self-government to vii
layers and communes.
tsh military commander at Ceylon and
Boer war hero. commits suicide in Paris
immoral conduct.
Apr. 6-General strike ordered on all land
and water transportation systems of
Holland: troops guard property.
liking Alexander of Servia suspends con-
stitution of 1901. restores laws in fctce
before its enactment and removes cOun-
cilors of state and senators from office.
eo.Over 800 persons killed during anti
Semitic riots at Kishineff. capital of Bes-
sarabia.
sNay 1S-Gen. de Raaben. gov. of Bessara-
bia, dismissed by car for not ending Jew
a-Paris- Madrid automobile race results in
deaths and contest declared off
Drasa shot to death at belgrade;
brothers and four officers are also
killed. Prince Peter karaGeOrSe-
witch proclaimed ruler.
warded by Pres. Rooseve. t FROM Amer
lean Jews regarding Russia's treatment
te~Aby ssinians surprise Mad Mullah's
1orces in Somaliiand, killing 10000 spear
Of Corea by by 80 Russian troops. A'''"
Sul; &Baron Speck Won Sternburg appoint
co German am DdSSauOr TO u. ..
Aug s-Village of Djwarek. near Monastir,
burned by Macedonian and Bulgarian in
surgents
ie-In Paris fire and panic on underground
electric railway caused death of ia per-
sons. =. .Bulgarians burn Is Turkish vii
lagos in Okheia vilayet
ON. and Nine Humbert convicted OF
fraud In Paris and sentenced to yrs
solitary confine ment.
H-Attempted assassination OF q. 8. Vice
Consul W. G. Mageissen. at Beirut. Syria.
causes American squadron to sail for
Turkish waters.
Sep 7--San Miguel, where Cortez landed. is
destroyed by hurricane with great loss of
life.
,r--Joseph Chamberlain. secretary of state
for the colonies. Chas. T. Richie. chan
cellor of exchequer, and Lord Geo. Ham
flton. secretary for India. resign from
British cabinet. Emperor Francis Jo-
seph Issues order against of Hunga-
rian language in army.
Oct; 5rNew British cabinet announced with
Alfred Lyttleton as colonial secretary and
Austen Chamberlain chancellor of ex-
cheQuer.
k9-In consequence OF understanding be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria latter dis
bands 5000 troops occupying frontier and
Turkey agrees to disband 10000 troops.
Dec Seen. Reyes elected pres. of Colon
bia-
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1-Centennial ami
veIrsary Of admission of Ohio into union
A.Gen. Gordon reelected commander in
chlet at confederate reunion in New Or
Jun. u--Lady Henry Somerset reelected
pres. Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
Jul; Joint committee of Congregation
al1sts, Methodist Protestants and United
, nasrnTeH OF Flttsourg agree on plan for
SNat. Educational assn. in convention at
eRey. Francis E. Clark, D. D.. of Up S.
c. E. in Denver
Aug. 4Catholic Total Abstinence union in
nat convention in Pittsburg. Nat. Assn
OF photographers in convention at In
dianapolis.
INV. S. Stone Oa.) elected grand chief Of
BIOS. Pulitzer donates 81. 0Oo. 900 to found
school Of Journalism in connection with
eCGena John 1ns e. BIassk oo elected COM
mander-in-chief by G. A r. encamp-
ment at San Francisco.
tertained by Ancient and Honora bic Ar
tillery. of Boston
i5-Former Lieut.. Gov. ! H. Tillman &C
N: Dodge N. y reelected pres. Society aia
f-Dr August Greth sails airship two hrs.
at San Francisco. directing machine at
5-Pan-American conference of bishops
urges union of Episcopal. Presbyterian
and Methodist churches.
ton at Cincinnati
Dee: 1.Reeeivers for property Of John Al
exander Dowie at Zion City Ill, appoint
ed on petition of creditors.
Dec; s-Receivership at Zion City, Ill, dis
1s~FIvine mschine bniit bn ' 0Tyf;,a snd
Wilbur Wright. of Dayton. O., travels
m; AGAINST 4-m- wind:
l VI. in house of correction for election
frauds.
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Jan. Gov. Dole sends to Pres Roose-
welt 1st message over direct cable be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco.
aPost Office at Indianola, Miss. from
which coIorec postmistress was driven
by force, ordered closed.
16-Lieut. Gov. Tillman Is. Co shoots and
fatally wounds Editor Narcisso G. Con-
tales in Columbia
Feb e-Arnold & Co.'S ST. Louis coopera-
tive investment concern suspends pay
ment.. Over 400 persons afflicted with ty-
phoid at Ithaca, n. Y; many sctudents
leave Cornell university.
Mar. 3Aadrew Carnegie gives Princeton
university s, 10000
10-Arthur r. Pennell, q chief figure in
mysterious murder case of E. L. Burdick.
killed in automobile accident in Buffalo.
Mrs. Pennell dies 18th of injuries re-
ceived at same time
@Carrie c. Gait elected pres Am. Won
ans Suffrage assn In New Orleans.
Apr. 2-Pres. Roosevelt receives LII. D. de-
gree from University Of Chicago.
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The Ponon,o Rex,o5xxfion

Mar. I7-Panama canal treaty ratified by
u. 8. senate by vote of 70 to 5.
Aug. U-Colombian senate rejects canal
treaty.
Nov. s.-Panama declares its independence
Of Colombia
%U. 8. marines landed at Colon. Colon
bian gunboat bombards Panama.
~. s. recognizes republic of Panama
%Colombia protests against attitude of
; U. s. and protests against American in
depreciation Of treaty of 1916.
W-France recognizes Panama govern
ment.
0tMr. Bunau-Varilla formally received by
Pres: Roosevelt as minister of Panama
republic.
n-New isthmian canal treaty signed by
Secretary Hay and Mr.. Bunau-Varilla.
So-Panama rejects all overtureS to return
to Colombian sovereignty.
SS-Germany recognizes Panama republic.
f6-Panama junta ratifies canal treaty.
-N-Gen. Reyes, special Colombian envoy
to u. s.. offers to grant all canal conces-
stons absolutely free of cost
anna.
IGen: Reyes received by Pres. Roosevelt
at white house.
1sweden and Norway recognize new re-
public.
HW l. Buchanan On " chosen special
minister to Panama
G-U. s. marines ordered to San Miguel to
prevent invasion of Colombian troops.
n-Peru recognizes Panama.
&-Gen. Reyes (from Washington informs
Colombia that war on Panama means
war with the United States
N-Great Britain recognizes Panama.
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Grimes

Jan. 9-Emil Johnson kills Miss Benna
Benson and self at Virginia. MINI. she
Toledo. Kills wife and self; domestic tToU u:
asass h Amss e ssis4es Of .ps ss wis.,
31John J., Fiddler kills wife and self at
Fsb John Stark kills WIFE HS's and Self. a.
found dead In his home with head
Mar. 12-Adolph Krauss kills wife and 6
children with siedge hammer, then at
along Yaqui river in Sonora numbering
Springs: Va. Skilled IN tight between rival
17--Mrss. Jas strowbridge kills mother.
so daughter rs and d self at Suyayega
ment at Frankfort. KY. for murder OF
MG Gov; Goebel;
Jackson. KY. as result of Hargis-Cockrill
so III s. Biges. Ed Bell and Deputy Sheriff
2. C. McMahon killed In street fight ia
Sanderson, Tex
Jg KIN n Berry and
so.R. M. Love-. Tex. state comptroller,
killed at Austin by discharged employe
with J. w. Stephens.
Jul, 1s-Alfred A Knapp sentenced to be
Aug. Three deputies killed by escaped
convicts from Folsom (Cal) prison. in
Eidorado county.
| 13-Gilbert Twigg Qnsane) shoots into
crowd at Winfield. Kan. killing and then
kills himself.
14-Curtis Jet and Thos. White found
guilty of assassinating Jas: B. Marcum
and punishment fixed at life imprison-
r7..IDesperate negro in Randolph county.
watermelons.
2s-Two men killed and two wounded at
Chicago City Railway Co.'S barns by 3
masked men who escaped with So. 00O...
Caleb Powers sentenced to death for COM
plfcity in assassination of VIM. Goebel.
Sep. 7-Three men killed In battle at camp
meeting at Victory, KY.
22-Curtis Jet found guilty by jury at
Cynthiana. Ky. of murder OF Town Mar
posed.
Oct 12-seven Indians killed in quarrel
after drinking bout on Blackfoot reserva-
ton in Montana
Nov 13-Insane negro kills Andrew g.
Green father of Greater New York"
N-Henry Van Dine. Peter Niedermeier and
Emil Roeski charged with being accom-
pitces of Gus Marx in Chicago car barn
robbery and murder. captured by police
stealing locomotive. killing brakeman
Dec. 6--Deil Thompson kills Addie Hacker,
his fancee. then commits suicide at
wedding feast In Camden, N. J.
20-Roscoe w. Derby. at Cleveland. O..
kills wife. his 8 children and self.
2+Jos. Phillips. at Hollowville, N. Y.
killed his children and self; poverty.
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Industrial

Jan. s-Board OF trade corners establishing
fictitious prices for grain declared illegal
E-John Mitchell reelected pres. United
Mine Workers at Indianapolis.
Mar SSdga Adas of 81 hoIs n'o ans
Locomotive Firemen from ordering v "a
bash r; r. strike. and on Apr dissolved
eI-RepSrt of coal strike arbitration
made public I'm Washington. Work.
wage. amounting to about 10 per
cent, some decrease i'm hours, "a
force until Mar. 81. 1905. Recog-
Apr. S-Generai strike OF International
Harvester CO. employees at Irondale. near
1T. S. Court of appeals at st. Paul decides
Northern Securities Co an Illegal cor
poraten in violation q ant ,ot law
May Ito secure more pay and shorter
hours. 75,eM workmen. mostly in building
trades strike.
~ Fedora! salt Co. convicted in I. S. court
at San Francisco oil maintaining a mo-
su-Freight traffic of railroads entering ST
handlers joining strike Of the warehouse
men.
cage tied up by strike of walters and
cooks.
sumo work after IS months strike
Aug~S-C NJ Schwab is succeeded by w
E Corey as pres. United States Steel cor
HESam. J. Parks, of New YORK. walking
delegate found guilty of extorting money
for settling strike, is sentenced to prison
Tor not less than 30 years. All employees
In government printing office in Wash
ington ordered to swear allegiance to
u s. before notary.
Sl-Sam J. Parks released on certificate of
reasonable doubt
Sep. ls-Commerce of port OF New Orleans
tied up by strike of longshoremen.
es-In Kansas City Mo-. Convention of In
ssFnattonal Assn. Of Bridge and Struc-
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LyncbfnGF

Shom kilied sheriT Re efG near 0 BTie Of
field, Ala. John Hollins {negro) near
sau.t.
2SJoe Thomas (negro) burned at stake
near New Orleans; murder OF Sher-n
sc. A sobrilofski. Russian miner who
had worked during strike. kicked to death
Feb. Lee Hall (colored). at wrightsviIle.
Ga; for shooting Sherif Crawford.
Parish. Fla: for attacking i0-yr-old girl
Apr 6-John Turner (coiored) at Warren,
16Tom Giiyard (colored). at Joplin, MO. !;
May bob Bryant and WIZ Morris. at
Haynes BLUM, Miss: assassination Of W
seMoses Hart negro desperately. at
Corinth, Miss; for shooting at chief of
Kennedy and Henry Golden ,inegroes1.
jun. aGOhn Dennis tneErej. at Gre eta Vie
Miss: attempted criminal assault
for Shooting Mss saP Of sesoas Msrts H.
s-"Banjo" Peavy (colored). near Fort Val
ley: Ga: murder of ": G Winslow;::
shooting Mr.. Craft
zSGeo; White !negEol, at Wilmington.
Tenn: for ; assault tag i2-yF-old gil
rev nandng esa1 MGn Me-
Coy, Geo. Mckinney and Wiley (negroes),
at Newtown. Ca for murder of F. s.
Billiard.
Jul. 1-Reuben Elrod (negro). at Piedmont,
S c.. Chas. Evans (colored), at NORWAY
s. c.; suspected of murder OF J. l. Phil.
lips.
bEvansville. Ind. terrorized by mob that
| broke into jail to lynch negro. Gov
orders out militia
seven persons killed and q injured in
battle between militia and mob when
| latter made desperate assault on jail.
E-Mooney Alien (negro). at Beaumont
Tex: for shooting policeman.
~. d. Mayfieid tcoloredl. at Danviile
| ME Steers tnegress)- near Shreveport
"a: charged with poisoning girl
| Arg +Jobn MiIIikfn NEGRO preacher) and
| John Hunter his son-in-law, killed by
| Whitecappers at Lewisburg. Tenn.
VIM. Garrett (negro) drowned while be-
ing pursued by armed men Of Bart holo-
| NEW county, md
Sen 6-Twelve more convicted Of compile
1 ity in Danviile Gil } race riots.
l Oct I-Walter Davis (coioredl. at Marshall,
| Tex; murder of Constable Hayes
led McCoiium (coiored). at Sheridan,
Ark; for Wounding officer.
ie-Thos f1G<i 9aegrol, at Wickltne. KY;
1 ehaEeed with shooting Ahits boy.