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battieships CesarevitCh and Retvizan
and the cruiser Pallada disabled In a
night attack by the Japanese fleet at
Port Arthur. Secretary Hay address,
ed an Identical note to the powers sug-
costing that the neutrality and lnteg-
rity of China be maintained by Rus
sia and Japan
%. Fire: At Oswego, N. Y; loss OF 81 900,
900 by the burning of the Corn Prod
ucts starch factory.
Russo-Japanese War: President Roose-
welt declared the neutrality OF the
United States.
u. South American Troubles Spirited ac-
ton at Santo Domingo between United
States warships and marines and Do
minlcan insurgents who fired upon an
American vessel
Russo-Japanese War: The mikado Of
Japan issued a formal declaration of
war against Russia.
10. Fire: In Topeka. Kan; properties in
the business district valued at $4,000
destroyed.
IA. The Philippines A detachment OF
Gen Leonard Woods command under
Maj. II. l. Scott, attacked a band Of
Moros, killing and capturing COO with
loss of men.
Fire: At Meriden. Conn. the town and
city hall burned; loss, 500 900.
Is Russo-J Japanese War: The Russian
cruiser Boyarin blown up in the har-
Dor of Port Arthur by accidental col
llsion with a Russian torpedo; 1877 men
lost
Obituary: Senator Mark Hanna. in
Washington; aged 81
49, Russo-Japanese War: Admiral Maka-
rolf appointed to succeed Admiral
Stark in command Of the Russian
fleet at Port Arthur.
II. Turkey: The Turkish general Shems
Pasha. with a force numbering $500
Oh ppo A -. -tn,v, rI,, 10,
sleging BabaJhosi, inficting a loss Of
800 killed and wounded.
49, Accident 20 people killed and 80
wounded by dynamite explosion at
Jackson, Utah.
%. Russo Japanese War: Secretary Hays
plan to limit the field of hostilltles be-
tween Japan and Russia acceded to by
Russia.
q. Obituary: Owen Fawcett. the veteran
comedian, at Flat Rock, Mich; aged
&C.
Russo-Japanese War: Kuropatkin APP
pointed to command the Russian army
in the east.
q Obituary: Sir Leslie Stephen, noted
man of letters and son-in-law OF
Thackeray, the novelist. in London;
aged 70. William c. Whitney. noted
capitalist and former secretary of the
navy, In New York city; aged Go
Flood: Gaia wissa. Pa. swept by rise
of the Susquehanna; loss. over $1,000
900.
q Panama Canal: The canal treaty with
the republic Of Panama ratified by the
United States senate
"a. Russo-Japanese War: The Russian
fleet repulsed the Japanese in an at
tempt to block the channel at Port
Arthur and sunk some Japanese
transports by shells.
2 Fire At Rochester. N. Y: flames In
the business center caused loss Of
81 900 600
q. Disaster at Sea: During a fire on the
Pacific coast steamer Queen. off the
Washington coast, IA lives were lost.
Fire: The state capitol destroyed at
Madison. loss, 100000.
MARCH.
O. Accident: q deaths in the collapse Of
Hotel Darlington. under construction
In New York city.
8. Obituary: W. II. II, Murray, famous
preacher. lecturer, sportsman and
writer at Guiford. Conn; aged GA.
Fire: Loss of 500 600 by the burning of
the prairie around Oklahoma City.
g. Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese
bombarded Vladivostok.
Accident: killed and rs injured by
dynamite explosion at Brandenburg,
Pa
Obituary: Field Marshal Count Won
Waldersee, noted Prussian soldier, at
Hanover aged u.
Q. Shipwreck: The American schooner
Herald of the Morning lost near Da-
kar Africa; IS drowned.
10. Flood Loss of $500 900 by the rising
of the Susquehanna river In Wyoming
valley, Pennsylvania.
Russo-Japanese War: The Russian tor
pedo boats made a sortie at Port Ar
thur. sinking Japanese ship and los
Ing n DESTROYER sunk in action
H. Sporting: The Crescent City Derby
won by Ostrich at New Orleans.
49, Japanese War: The Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Skorri sunk by
a floating mine at Port Arthur.
II. Obituary: The Duke of Cambridge
grandson of George Ill, in London
aged So.
1s. Sea Disaster: The British submarine
boat Al sunk in collision with liner
off the Isle of Wight.
Personal: Leonard Wood confirmed as
major general United States army.
Financial Troubles: D. j. Sully, the sem
sational cotton broker. failed In New
York city.
n. Earthquake: Several shocks in New
England.
%. cyclone: Reunion islands Indian
ocean. devastated by windstorm;
loss. 5000 900.
"a. Obituary: Sir Edwin Arnold. noted
aged r.
Is South America: Gen. Nicholas Aras,
insurgent Dominican leader, executed
under sentence by court martial for
killing a United States naval machln-
list
26 Sporting: Cambridge won the sixty
first annual boat race al Putney, lead
ing the oxford crew by four and one
half lengths.
Financial Troubles: Pettingill & Co.
newspaper advertising agency, failed
in Boston with 81 600 900 liabilities
r. Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese
failed In an attempt to block the
channel at Port Arthur
Flood A rise in Grand river caused
loss of 1000 900 at Grand Rapids,
Mich
Fire: In New York city; loss OF 81 600 900
by a blaze in the Wells Fargo and
American Express buildings.
E8 Russo-Japanese War. Spirited action
at ChongJu between Russians and
japanese numbering 1900 men.
70 Obituary: Burton n. Harrison who
was private secretary to Jefferson Da-
Wis and captured with him. In Wash
ington; aged IS.
D.. Obituary: Gen. ". II. Payne. who led
the famous BLACK Horse cavalry in
the First Bull Run in Washington;
aged "a
shipwreck. The English bark Lady
Cairns sunk in collision with the Ger
man bark Mona on Dublin. losing her
crew OF %
APRIL.
4. Fire: At West Tampa. Fla IS busl-
ness blocks. chiefly cigar factories and
200 tenement houses. destroyed, loss,
$4,000
g. Earthquake. 500 houses destroyed in
Kissovo Salonika, Macedonia. % lives
lost.
Obituary. Francis Power Gahbc. noted