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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

urated 90, Illinois legislature ]convenes.
5-Dougias, Massachusetts, inaugurateo
governor.
S-Adams declared governor Of Colorado by
Legislature.
9-Deneen, Illinois; Hanly, Indiana; Folk,
Missouri, and Hoch, Kansas, iGaugurated
governors.
Up. G.. Knox elected to United states SEN
atorship to succeed quay ..,.E {. Stokes
~tnaugurated governor Of New Jersey.
2i-G0V La Toilette, Wis. elected u. S. SEN
atOr.
Feb, 7-statehood bill. admitting Oklahoma
and New Mexico. passes national senate.
S-ReprescntatiVe Comerford expelled from
illinois legislature. Failed TO prove cor
ruption charges.
Mar. Especial session Of national senate
opens.
7-Cortelyou becomes postmaster general;
Apr. TT =. Shonts. Chicago, appointed
head of Panama canal commission.
S-Judge Moore reelected Michigan su-
prerne court Judge.
4-Iowa supreme court calls biennial cleo
ton amendment to state constitution
valid.
80-Bowan, L, S, minister, ordered to Wash
May Illinois legislature adjourns.
Jun, 20-U, 5. invited to Moroccan confer
ence.. u. Minister Bowen dismissed.
29-Nallace, Panama canal englnoer.
ousted from office.
SO-,J. F. stevens, Chicago, appointed to
succeed Wallace,
Jul, 1%--F'iye packing corporations indicted
by federal jury at Chicago.
G-E!ihu Root appointed secretary Of state.
2-NeW York legislature orders an iESur-
ance investigation.
Sep. I'D. E. Sherrick. Indiana auditor,
ousted from office by GOV, Hanly, because
Of alleged graft.
2S-ShcrriCk indicted for embezzlement.
oct. S-Missouri threatens to Gust New
York Life Insurance company.
ILL. S. Judge Baker, of Indiana, charged
with leyying campaign contributions on
post office employees,
17-President Roosevelt issues order that
civil service employees may be summary
dismissed without trial when superior so
decides.
Mo-. Prince Louis Of Battenberg, with
special message from Edward to Presi-
dent Roosevelt arrives In America.
T-MCClelian wins in New York mayoralty
election. -. Republicans sweep country.
Pattison, democrat. elected governor
of Ohio.
SWIM. r. Hearst protests McClellan's
election, charging fraud.
1c-New York grand jury Indicts u for
election frauds.
l2-GoY. ~Pennypacker CPa) calls special
legislative session to discuss reform
2l-Gov. La Toilette (VVis.) calls special
session Of legislature.
2G-Sen, Burton Kan) indicted for vioiat-
ing federal statute.
ag-H. G. Squiers. minister TO Cuba, re-
signs, u. J. Morgan given post.
Dec. 3-Midshipman MeriwethcT acquitted
on charge of killing marine in boxing
bout.
5-President Roosevelt delivers message to
congress. ... Gov. La Toilette CWis) de-
livers message to legislature and accepts
United States senatorship.
13-John NJ. Cearin selected to succeed
Senate Mitchell, deceased to United
States "senatorship from OREGON.
1Q-E4v In Ept1pItp WIG rIEIrDg to
accept U. S. senatOrship,
22-Herbert Peircc. Sd asst. sec. of
state, selected by president as list
American minister to Norway.
Chas DENLY. chief clerk, as success
sOr to PIERCE.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

Jan. 3-Entire Noweski family of 10 per-
home...;;ln Ohio river towboat ex-
plosion, 20.
4--In New York blizzard, Z by freezing.
l6-In Decatur, H., mine. s by fire.
25-At Terre Haute. Ind, 4 In boiler explo-
2G-At Calumet, Mich, 4 miners in explo-
a-Near Tullahana, Tenn. in railroad
l5.4lsiOn.
Feb. lin crash of sleigh and train, 10 WON
Ell. at Airport, N. Y.
Sat Calumet, Mich, Z In dynamite explo-
house, in Cleveland, O., asphyxiation
lq-At P~ottsville, Pa. > in mine accident.
20-At st. Ciairsvilie, O., 4 In boiler explo-
a"Jn virginia. Ala, mine. 16O, in explosion.
gs-In Brooklyn, N. Y, church, IL in floor
collapse. lin Evitts Creek, Md, acct
Mar, S-Near Plttsburg I in rear-end col
lis!on between trains :. g skilled near Pike
vile, Ky, by dynamite explosion.
9-At w. Pitson, Pa, Tin fall of car in mine.
i4-In New York. 10, In burning tenement.
19-Near Thurmond, ". Va, "a In mine ex-
plosions.
coat Brockton, Mass, % in FIRE panic.
AT Princeton, Ind, s In mine explosion.
Apr, 2-Near Badham, N. c., 4 in railway
eollision....In snowslide near ouray,
iEBodies of 40 who lost lives in Zlegler, Ill.
mine explosion, recovered.
9-Henry Monroe, Chicago, and family of
four asphyxiated.
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Ie-Holy war proclaimed In Caucasia... -.
Cossacks Stay % rioters In THIS. -
Oct. S-Troops slaughter many in Moscow
rioting. 49,. Another massacre at THIS;
Gall Russia tied up with railroad strike,
26-Czar, influenced by Wltte. promises
Russia a constitution st petersburg
panic-stricken; strike spreads through
out empire.
97-Goyernment employees cease work..
Trepoff allows students TO hold monster
meeting.
2s-Moscow parties decide on new govern
ment, Independent of czar.. Hundreds
killed in fighting throughout emplre.'''
Panic at Warsaw.
30-Czar issues manifesto, giving people
civic liberty, i~nvioisbiiity OF person'f free
dom of conscience, speech and assem-
bly,, extended suffrage, and - law-rnak-
Ing body. WHITE named as minister
president.
sl-Russian people go wild with joy over
manifesto. However. bloody revolution
still continues. 80. Arbitrary Finnish rule
ends. -. Pobiednostsetf, head of RUSSIAN
church, resigns.
nov, I-ilundTeus slain at Odessa during
lays lighting 80. Twenty killed in War
saw riots. -. Political prisoners set free
Martial law proclaimed in O~dessa....St
Petersburg strike of.
5-Massacres and pillage in Odessa. kish-
inetf and Kieff. 90. Odessa riots fatal TO
$3.50; 200 wounded.
$500 peasants burned to death at JedozVo-
grad,
S--Russ marines revolt at Cronstadt, kill
ing So. ..rrepoT removed from office.
l0-Cronstadt mutiny called off.
l5-Czar gives crown lands to peasants.
abollsheS taxes of $40, 900, COO.
19-Scores of Jews slain in kishineff riot
ing.
22-Zemstvo agrees to uphold Witte, but
demands constitution.
Go Gen. OF Poland orders rioters shot
down.
26-Mutlnous scvastopol sailors shoot ad-
mtral, city In panic.
29-Rebels at Sevastopol defeated in ter
rife three-hour battle;s4 warships sunk;
half a city destroyed and 5000 lives
ost.... Photographic communication be-
tween Russia and rest of world cut.
Dee. Martial law in Poland abolished.
3-kief riots result in 30 deaths.
Father Gapon condemned to death for
deserving revolutionists' cause.
S-Troops at Hardin rebel. Staying officers.
l3-Livonia peasants set up new provision
government independent of car.
17-Russia's Baltic provinces revolt;
large towns menaCed.
1S-Street fight at Mitau, capital of
C%ourland; 200 killed.
$1,000 Russians slain in Courland;
Moscow tied up; st. Petersburg pre-
pared for siege.
21-General strike in st. Petersburg;
kharkoff in hands Of 10000 insur-
gents; car refuses minister's plea
for universal suffrage.
23-RevDlt over Russia; Poland under
martial law.
24-Fighting between strikers and
troops N Moscow; great slaughter.
10000 killed, $4,000 wounded in
Moscow riots.
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12-Ex-Gov. Silas CARRIER, Of Nebraska, at
Red Cloud.
Feb, brig. Gen. Smith at Fairmont, w.
Va. Banker Beckwith, Of Oberlin, o.,
prominent in Chadwick case.
9-AGmiraI Crosby. U. S. N, retired, at
Washington.
1o-C. H. Hackley. Muskegon, Mich, bene.
factor.
l2-Ex-Cong. Meyers, Pa, at Philadelphia.
14-F. A. Falkenburg, head word Wood
men consul, Denver, Col, at Los Angeles
15-Gen. Lew Wallace at Charlottesville,
Ind.
1s-Rt. Rev. McLaren, of Chicago, in New
York.
g-congressman n. P. Otis IN. " at
Yonkers.
2s-M. Kelly. millionaire coal operator, at
Danville, H.. .SewaI, Boutwell,, Mass,
ex-governor, at Groton; aged 81.
Mar. Mrs. j. l.. Stanford dies by poison
in Honolulu. wife Of Senator Stanford,
founder Of Stanford university. =. Geo.
Rice, oil operator, at AsbuTy PIX, n. j.
2-Ex-sen. Wolcott (Col) dies at Monte
fudge Reagan, sole survivor of confed-
crate cabinet, at Palestine, Tex.
Judge Cate, at Stevens Point, wis.
9-John Cavins, 5 times mayor. Of Indianap-
oils, aged Stu. S. Sen. Bate (MinnD,
at Washington.
lS-Brig Gen. Barber, first Hawaii military
governor, in New York. .EX-Sen. Haw-
ley Comm, at Wa%shington.
1e-Ex-Gov. Luce 'MIch.), at C~oldwater;
aged 50.
2s-T, II. Watts, head of United States Red
Men, at Montgomery, Ala. Ed. Booth,
Anamosa, Ia, Oldest editor in u. S.
Apr. 2-Judge Garnsey, at Joliet. III.
12-Gen. ]. Il. Grant, grand secretary of
United States. odd fellows. at Baltimore.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

Jan. l9-Czar and family narrowly escape
death when grape shell Is fred ut mon
arch from his own guns in st. Peters
burg, as resu t of deep-laId plot.
2l-All newspapers suspend, 10000 men on
strike.
22-"BIoody Sunday IN st. Petersburg
marks outbreak of revolution. Working.
men petition ear for rights and in an
swer to plea 2,I0U are slain and near
ly 5000 wounded.
23-Czar fees to Peterhoff. Bombs thrown
in st. Petersburg. many soldiers killed.
24-Strikers and soldiers battle al Random.
$50 killed. Polish frontier in revolt;
26-Soldiers fire on strikers at Riga, killing
q, wounding 90. Quiet all over country re-
ported.
~T-S.aughter in Random; 200 die.
29-Warsawi in mobs hands; scores die fight
ing; shops piliaged and wrecked.
Feb. Gear signs magma charta; NJ. Witte
in charge of movement.
i0-Tweiye killed, $50 wounded In Lod2 and
Cheibler factory riots. IA strikers killed
In collision between strikers and military,
16-Lodz mills close, throwing 10000 out Of
work.
I7-Grand Duke Sergius, uncle of czar, as
sassinated by bomb-thrower.
23-Sergius' funeral held -. 500 killed in
street fighting in Baku.
2S-Nearly 80 killed. 200 wounded in Crimea
massacre.
Mar. Acknowledgements demands refused in
st. Petersburg, general strike following.
GEAR promises people a voice in laws.
Apr. 2-Many killed in riots at Warsaw and
Kunto. Massacre In Baku costs 1000
lives. .Lodz police commissioner as
saulted by bomb-thrower, both feet blown
off.
1S-sergius' assassin sentenced to death.
May l-Soldiers kill nearly 100 In May day
demonstrations in Poland SO die In
Warsaw.
$1,000 strike at Tifls, Caucasla.
q-MoSCarrpG net ia deaths in MnlitpnpI. 10 L.
Zhitomir.
17-Ivan Kallef. slayer of Grand Duke Ser
gius, executed.
Ex-Governor of Baku slain by bomb, 2 9TH
ers killed.
June 4-Gov Gen. Trepoff given dlctatorial
powers by cZar.
5-Nicholas forhids zemstov congress.
R-Troops XIII "a. wound IS in Warsaw anti
Jewish riots.
22-Transcaucasia insurgents burn A viii
ages: 100 killed by Cossacks.
13-Troops stone Lodz barricades, $50 killed,
nearly 1000 wounded.
26-Troops and strikers battle In Warsaw
treets....Op war breaks out in prov
inces. 80. 5000 persons killed In Odessa.
damages. 5000, 90.
HS-Crew of Russian battleship Kn,az Po-
temkine mutinies. murders officers, trains
guns on Odessa, burns quays and build
ings and incites town to riot.
29-Nzar pfoclaims Odessa in state Of war.
Hundreds Of lives lCst III ODESSA riots go,
Mutiny breaks out at Libau.
S0-Martial law proclaimed IN Sebastopol,
NickoIaieff and Erivan. 80. Revolt at Cron-
stadt and Libau ends.
Jul, 9--Kniaz Potemkine, mutinous Russian
battleship, surrenGers.
11-C0unt Shouva off. Moscow police pre-
feet, assassinated ...Clash between troops
and Warsaw strikers; 20 killed.
1874 mutineer leaders hanged at Odessa.
Offensive ongres passes plan for con-
stitEtion.
23-Black sea feet revolts.
Aug. l3-Forty persons killed by bomb In
Bilistok, Russia
SEP. s-Scores killed in Kisheneff riots 80.
Entire Caucasian villages massacred.
7-Oil Industry at Baku wiped out by riot
ers.
u-Rioting at Baku brings death 10 II.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

Io.Gcn. II A. Payne, lawyer or rationa!
repute. In Washington
2Q-Msi stewart. at TT Thomas. o; aged
22~R, Rev. A. A. Watson, bishop Eas.
Carolina diocese Of Episcopal church,
ss-Joscph Jefferson noted actor, at Palm
Beach, Fla aged 20.
2i--u. S. Circuit Judge Amos Thaycr, in ST.
27-Ex-Gov. Hawkins. at Huntington.
Tenn, aged S3.
May Com, Nicholson, at Washington;
aged IS.
I'LL. S Crouk. sole survivor Of war Of
1872. at Ava, n, Y. aged l05.."JcsSle
Davis, famous singer, in Chlcago,
* La Sale, playwright, at Bel! fotl'
2l-Judge TowIgee, American consul, at
Bordeaux.
Jun +Gen, Boynton, at Atlantic city, \ j.
2S-Peter kiolbassa, Chicago treasurer.
30-secr tary of State Hay, at Lake suna-
pee, n. Y.
Jul. l6-Gen. w. W. Blackmar, c.. 4. r.
Commander-in-chief, at Boise, ldaho.
Aug, IA. NJ. Bell, father OF a, G. Ben, al
Washington. Rev. Albright, at Dele
ware, O..
o-Areh6ishop chopelle. at New Orleans. of
25-s, A. Mclean. Jr. noted packer, at
Chicago.
Sep. 5-Hezekiah Butterworth, at Warren,
II. IL .hseQ 40.
l4-Patfick Collins, mayor Of Boston, and
cX-congressmun, at Hot Springs, va, -.
22-EN-Cong. and eN-Gov. OferralI, OF
Virginia.
Oct. los. F. Nixon, New York assembly
speaker, at Wesitield, n. J.
l2-Gen W. T. Clark, OF Gen. Grant
staff, at Washington
les: f. Gale, Oldest Chicago RESIDENT az
Chicago.
2S-Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson, most
unique character In American politics, al
Wichita, Kan.
Sl-Chas, ]. Dcvlin. ~well-known coal oper-
ator, at Chicago hospital.
NOV. l3-Bishop S. NJ. Merrill. at keyport,
N. J.
27-Marshall Field, Jr., at Chicago, from
seif-infiicted gunshOt wound.
30-Henry Arson, founder of Marshall
town, Ia, at M"arshalltown.
Dec, S,-united States Senator Mitchell
(Ore.), at Portland,
ll-Edward Atkinson. ~well-knoWn So
cIal and political economist, at Boston,
aged Is.
25-Judgc Murray Tuley. Chicago,
nervous exhaustion caused by over
work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

strike.
2S-Chicago strikers enJolEed from lnterlef-
ence.
SO-GTand jury indlctS l. LABOR Ieaders on
conspiracy charge.
May 2-Fierce Chicago strike riots; l killed,
several fatally injured. Many negroes
imported.
S-World's railway appliance exhibit opens
at Washington.
4-Seventh session, International railway
congress opens In Washington Chicago
employers ask militia to quell strikers;
Deneen refuses. -. Strike causes business
loss of 81, 100000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

Jan, First national bank OF Faribault,
MINI, closed; receiver appointed.
9-Brott cotton mills, Massachusetts, cap!-
tai s., 200, 900.
27-standard Rope & Irvine Co, N, Y, for
$l2,0 G0, GOO.
29-Pan-A American hank, Chicago; assets
$i7 200, liabilities 1880.
Mar. 5-ArnOld Brewing Co, Saulte st.
Marie, Mich; liabilities $50, 900; assets $685.
600.
7--Coe Co, Minneapolis; liabilities, $500, 900.
Apr. ~3-Ladoga, Ind, bank; assets $4,000.
liabilities $lO9 060.
~24-Canton, O.. state bank closes. ct. .LeXing-
ton, Okla, First national bank fails.
Jun. 2-LaGysmith, Wis, First nationa!
bank closed.
19-Fyfe &c Munson, Chicago, placed in re-
ceivcr's hands,
23-Vicksburg, Mich. exchange bank.
2G-Kright. DOnnelly & Co, Chicago.
2S-Terre Haute, Ind, national bank closed
doors.
Jul, 5-spring Valley. H.. and Toluca, IL.
national banks close.
6-Haserstown, Ind. Commercial bank la
bilit!es, $125,00O.
19-Spring Valley. O., bank closes.
2O-City national bank, Kansas City, Mo,
Aug S-West Liberty, Ky, bank closes.
21-Western bank, Louisville, Ky, due to
overlOans.
Sep. l9-Minot, S. D., national bank closes
doors.
Oct. G-Peoria GlI.) national bank closes be-
cause Of Dougherty Indictments.
Nov, l-Kingtisher (Okla) national bank
closed by comptroller of currency.
Dec. IS-John Il. Waish's three banks In
Oh cago. Chicago National. Home Saw
inGs and Equitable company in liquida-
ton. Local clearing house guarantees
payment of $4,000, 900. Public and
private accounts involved.
27-Merchants Trust company, Ameri-
can Savings bank and Mechanics
Savings bank, Memphis, Tenn, close
doors; first named in liquidation.
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Fires

Ian lin Chicago, three buildings de-
giroycG Y injured loss. 500, 600.
lin Arispc, Ia, business section de-
1G SlfGS section Leland, H., wiped out;
o,.NoE II r'ookRe,d. Wis, wiped out by fire.
2I--CmaEa wholesale district swept; JOBS,
FSsb' 'S|iIfaIf business district, Burr oak.
Mich. destroyed.
All" Indianapolis wholesale district; loss.
qHSt CFarIestown, Mass, piers and ships
degtyoyrd. loss, SL,OVy,ly,
o- u'Si' I iiot s5rings' ARR. Q lives lost, ZOO
homeless; loss, 81, 900. 600. AT New or
leans. railroad terminals and residences
destroyed; loss. 5000 900.
Mar. TAT Cedar Rapids, Ia, two killed:
HNDBusincss portion Faunsda!c. Ala, wiped
ABR. ls-Flrc destroyed half Of cicHdennln'
May fire practically destroys Home
sEJBiuIslness district Of Flora. H., wiped out.
Jun. Effort Francis, Ont, practically de-
III, g-Busiress and residence blocks of
Go.dfe,d New, burn.
l0-Entire Gridiey, Cal, business section ds'
Ain Humble, Tex. oil fields fire, Il perish.
2,OOO,0 90 barrels Of oil destroyed,
Aug "7-lIUDDEtU n. d. ADIhht Ltpyhf " hHh
sheds, two ferry boats ana buildings
burned; loss. 100000,
~2t-Business section, S~ieycnYi.le, Mont.
swept by fire.
15-BGgincss section Lofts, Ia, DESTROYED.
Gen Almost entire business section FEM
/ ptCn Ky, destroyed.
u-Business section. Graugcyilie. Idaho, DE-
strDy ed.
l9@himost entire business section La Porte.
Cal. destroyed.
2i-ht Butte, Mont, hercCst fire In Its his
tory, loss. 100000.
1-Roff, / r, business block destroyed.
Oct. 4-Lumbor yards and Il dwellings de-
stroycd at RhiEeianGcr Wis; ,0ss, $780,
w.
g-Cariton. MINI. 10 buildings destroyed.
iS-EnllTe business section AIturas, Cal.
destroyed.
2~Pinc Grove. W. va, wiped out, causing
.gss Of $i2j,p00.
nov. i2-NiBe business houses, Johnston
CI.y. H., destroyed.
U-RIrke, W. Va. wiped out, 81. Half block
business structures destroyed, Grantbcrg.
Crbana. Ia, u business blocks De-
strgy ed,
wiped out
I-i,inois Steel warehouse, Chicago, de-
strOyed. loss. 81, D0,0gl.
5-BuEiness section. Manassas, Va, de-
stroyed,
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NAV Britt knocks
ont White at San Francisco.
%-NmcrIcan schooner Atlanta wins rnca
across ocean for KaisCr's cup, setting new
Inn p Eddie uanlon whlps Young Corbctt
in 20-round bout in Frisco.
2S-CorncG wins four-oarcd' varsity race at
p~ouFhkrepsie N. Y.
2g-YaIc wins four-mIic race from Harvard
I'M 8WNtaryiu Hart whips Root for cham
"|Ii % sin of vnria Nix conceded By Jot.
fTica ~
nv 7 C1oper 1r. ana G. u. Graham.
gpnccSefuIrv' ovim lower Niagara rapids;
,roc on nj
o, 'iS , . msing "Eld" Sullivan at San
Er"rcieco -
rl"'ee' 'tyrrid,a c,,orior.mue swimming
Nuh, ~1 WAX hy r. Il Kicran nt South
ro,t NM, Now mark 5.2g.2.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-12

negie gives sloce for 0ecd co,csc pro-
MAY 81 y Perry Chicago. acquitted OF
gigantic arson charge.
i9-Nun Patterson freed Of ch1rre ufkG.tng
Caesar Young 90. Negro iNnrhtd Tor
kidnapping at Belmont, Mo.
Jun t-NisCoUsiE storms Cause tpN""' .osS.
9-Puul Morton. cNsSgy Of Navy, elected
chairman Of Equitable society
l6=Samucl GTeasuh, acquitted Of EDWARDS
mUrdcr ut Rcadius, Pa.
Jul Normandy, Ky, negro iyrchcd for
assault.
Aus. DIR. Koch acquitted Of charge cf
killing DR. Gebbardt at New Tim, MINI
iO-FIala ziegier, Poi"-scchinG expedition.
lost for over two years, rescued.
IS Yellow fever reported in brownsville.
Ill, and Ottawa county, Mich.
2J-frCSident Roosevelt submerged 70 MIN
utcs in submarine torpedo boat f'unSer
in Long Island sound,
80-Nellow fever breaks out in Florida.
Sep. 3-Two Silver CITY, Miss, negroes
lynched for assault.
adclphiR
oct. S-Mob Of co'orcd citizens near Baln-
bridge, Ga, lynch negro for assault.
ll-Amcrican bankers hold session ia
Washington John l.. Hamilton. Hopes
ton, H., elected president.
l}-tapt. TagEart granted absolute o.
yorCC from wife at Wooster, q.
N-Sorcuto, H., hit by tornado killed, 50
injured.
19-Terrido gale on great lakes kills "a
wrcCking 30 vessels
@-PrcsIieut Roosevelt ends southern tour
by New Orleans visit,
T-PrcSiiCnt narrowly escapes CeAth IN
Mississippi river collision,
@HBaiUhridEo Ga, mob lyEClC9 negro
who Killed woman and shot shCrtn.
30-Rcar Admiral Train and son aliackHd
by Chinese natives latter hold ma hostage.
President Roosevelt reaches NNSk-
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17-As result Of NoesGaI, Norway, ava
lanCtC, 50 persisted; caused big tidaI wave.
Feb. 6-Procurator General of Finland as
s]assinated at ~IIc!singfors.
Mar. 5-StcamCT IN Osaka, Japan harbor,
sinks. lO7 drowning,
1f-H, G. Pasel, marquis Of Angclscy, dies
at Monte Carlo.
2i-Julcs Verne, novelist, dies at Amicns,
France, aged T....AzpirOZ, Mexican am.
bassadoT. dies IN Washington.
Apr. 7-Ncarly 100000 are dead in India
earthquakes,
May S-Portugal and Norway sign arbltra-
ton treaty.
Jun. C-Crown Prince VIM. and Duchess Co
celia wed at Bfrlin....M DeIcassC resigns
as foreign minister of France.
T-NOrway sewers relations WI h Sweden,
deposinG king O1car.
Jul. 4-Swcdish army ordered TO mobilize.
g1-BOmb thrown at sultan Of Turkey at
C~onstantlnople. Attempt fails, but a per
sons are killed.
25-Swedish cabinet resigns.
Aug, New Swedish cabinet selected.
Sep. 7-Tokio mobs attacked + II. Harrl.
manand Marquis Ito, Martha law declared.
9-Italy earthquakes fatal to 1900,
12-T0go's flagship Mikasa blown up at
SascbO. killing 256.
l5-MOnte RCssO. Italy, destroyed by earth
quake; hundreds Of lives lost.
l9-Czar invites powers to peace conference
at The Hague,
2-SWCCeH ara Norway sign dissolution ar
ticlCs, agreeing to sever union.
oct. Fire at Hiroshima, Japan, destroys
q buildings; loss 5000 600,
l2-Princc TroubetskOy. Russian liberal.
dies in st. Petersburg.
i3-Sir Henry Irving, famous actor. dies
suddenly at Bradford, Eng
G-PriHCe Charles Of Denmark selected for
throne Of Norway.
Nov. G-Sir Geo. Williams, founder Of y.
NJ. {. A.. dies In London.
l7-COunt Of Flanders dies in Belgium,
leaving Prince Albert heir to throne.
is-Gldsg0w tSCOtand) lodging house
burns, 80 dying German torpedo boat
and cruiser collide at k.ei; 30 drowned.
4-Steamer Hilda wrecked off French
coast; 12S drowned ... Throne Of Norway
rendered TO Prince Charles Of DcnmaTk
ard accepted.
H.-King Haakon VII. takes oath to Nor
wegian constitution,
Dec, IA. ]. Ba,fOur. English premier, re-
signs; Sir Campbeli-Bannerman takes
office.
18--Anti-foreign riot at Shanghai;
American vice consul attacked and
fired upon by marines; 20 coolies
killed.
2s-san Domingo swept by revolution:
president fees from capital; new
official selected.
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Int. 4 -
gresham f~llekhey aha Z uttS.s MY" ~
May l-Jotn lteNlli, No't ia. NILS WIN
her sister and set ~ "a,
"a, EaEed bS CFAhh san it'e'' '"' ma"
hiaN . persons aHu ser
io-Johann iio'h round suhlS OF wiz
murder at Chicago.
~22-Lawytr Berry shot down nj Savannah.
H., by Bothwell PuifOri.
94-lHsanc Ross Valley, Cal mar Kills wire,
3 children and self. Butte, Mont miner
kills Wife, son and self,
25-Bothwe. Pulford. slayer Of Lawyer
Berry commits suicide.
Jun. S-Bigelow and Col, Mi~aukee, m
dlcted.
li-Bige!ow pleads guilty Of Endorsement
given ten year sentence
li-insaue Tucumcart n. Mex, woman
hiss . SGi."Irh ana sen .,,s Golf ana vtrs
" yiainr W. W. m"mnn s}ays 4 rhl,drcn
ana sslF = 'N'
| 9S-At WnkiuSylle Ga. Sprisoucrs lynchci
for murders.
S0-Graft indictments returned against -
Miiwaukeeans,
Ju, ~S-Stanford, Ina, FARMER Kills WIZ
cllid ana sell.
2i-Iln DoolnE, chicago, NILS s!s''i anu
sen -,
Es-Johahh Hoch, ,thleaso' tepfl'Nt" o'
governor on NaN ne was TO hanE,
Aug S-Doela, Ark. negro Kills persona
ana Is sam by posse
~ f. liiStor, leaNlhE MilWauhCV'"' III
,dicted on charge Of big steal, ,,,..,o
llmAug keseeE' ROCK island l''' h'''S WIZ
ana ser,
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nicsHansout

Jan Louis Ailwhlte, alleged murderer
lynched at Newport. Ark.
Feb. 2l-TwO more indictments against
Mrs Chadwick. makirgI
Mar. S-RGnce Gwynu, negro, iyHchcd 81
Tuliahoma, Tenn.
22-I.oss in pittsDurg, Pa, Mood over $780,
900.
Adj 9-Jaques Faure sails over English
channel in ba Don.
14-Body of John Paul Jones found In
Paris cemetery.
2O-Mrs. Mclean, ~ z, elected head Of
u. a K.
81. w. Gates, Chicago. loses 100000 In
May wheat deal
29--Dr. ID. Z. Pearsons. Chicago. gives $685.
GOV to 81 lthern collsges.. Andrew Car