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negro poet, at Dayton, o.; aged "a.
II. Fire: At Duluth, Mimi; loss of 81, 000.-
600 by the burning of an elevator
plant.
Personal: Alice Roosevelt married to
Congressman Nicholas Longworth at
the White House.
49, Political: Clement Armand Fallieres
inaugurated president of France.
49, Political: The Hungarian parliament
dissolved by show of force, at Buda-
pest.
p. Earthquake: Seismic disturbance fol-
lowed by tidal wave resulted in
loss of life estimated at 1000 on the
coast of Colombia.
%. Fire: Loss of 100000 by the burning
of the San Francisco lighting plant.
70. Fire: The plant of the Intercolonlai
railway burned at Moncton, n. B.;
loss 81. 100000.
Obituary: Hon. David B. Henderson,
former speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives, at Dubuque. Ia: aged 10.
q. Obituary: Prof. Samuel p. Langley,
secretary of the Smithsonian insti-
tute and a scientist of worldwide rep
utation, at Aiken. S. c.
Personal: Prince Eitel Frederick, second
son of Emperor William Of Germany,
married to the Duchesse Sophie Char
lotte of Oidenburg in the imperial pal
ace at Berlin.
MARCH.
2 Tornado: "a killed by a storm which
swept over Meridian, Miss; property
loss 81, 100000
4. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. John NJ. Scho-
field. L. S. A. retired, at st. Angus
tine. Fla; aged 75
6. Obituary: Gen. Sir William Forbes
Gatacre, British leader in the Sudan
and in the Boer war, in London; aged
6-S. Philippines: Fight between Gen.
Leonard Woods force and the Moros
on Mount Dajo; 600 Moros killed. and
the troops suffered a loss of 10 killed
and SO wounded.
Z. Political: The French ministry, head
ed by Premier Rouvier, resigned after
a defeat on the church question.
10. Obituary: Eugene Richter, Radical
leader of the reichstag. long an oppo-
nent of Bismarck and one of Ger
manys most noted political editors, in
Berlin; aged 6S.
II. Disaster: Mine explosion at Pas de
Calias, France, caused the death Of
over LOO miners.
Shipwreck: q sailors persisted by the
sinking of the Phenix liner British
King off Sable island.
Obituary: DR.. Manuel Quintana. presi-
dent of the Argentine Republic, at
Buenos Ayres; aged II.
Y. JudiciaE Decision by the United
States supreme court that corporations
must produce their books and papers
and answer questions in actions
brought by the government.
49, Shipwreck: British steamer Colne
foundered off the Dutch coast: -
sailors drowned.
Obituary: Susan Brownell Anthony, pio-
neer woman suffragist, at Rochester,
n. Y: aged So.
IA. Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated
Terry McGovern iTsn, -.~ix round con-
test in PHILADELPHIA
IT, Convention: NaGi,nal assembly of the
United Mine Workers of America
opened in Indianapolis
l6. Accident: 80 killed and 20 injured in
head-on collision on the Denver and
Rio Grande, near Adobe. Colo.
1920. Earthquake: Several prosperous
towns in Formosa destroyed, causing
the loss Of several thousand lives les
timateO and a property damage Of
$45,O00,O00
10. Accident: II miners killed by a snow
slide at SSverton, Colo.
20. Obituary: Mrs. A. D. Il. Whitney au-
thoress. best known by her stories for
young people, at Milton, Mass. aged
81
Political: Charles S. Francis of Troy,
N. Y, appointed to succeed Belamy
Storer as American ambassador to
Austria.
Il. Judicial: Judge Otis J. Humphrey of
the United States district court grant
ed the immunity pleas of the officers
of five packing firms under indictment
for conspiracy in restraint of~trade, in
Chicago.
p. Obituary: DR.. Robert Ogden Doremus,
We'll known chemist, in New York city;
aged So.
Accident: Heavy loss of life by explo-
sion in the Century mines, West Vir-
ginia.
%. Obituary: Ras Makonnen, the most
noted man in Abyssinia, who com
manded the army which defeated the
Italians in 1885, at Jibuti.
&C. Philippines: 16 American soldiers and
30 Pulajanes killed in a fight at Ma
gaton, Samar.
Obituary: Col. H. X. Shackelford. au-
thor Of popular detective stories, at
cambridge, Ga. aged 65
Fire: Wrangel, Alaska, nearly wiped
out
Accident: 10 trainmen killed and II in
jured in a wreck on the Chicago and
Northwestern, near Casper, Wyo.
r. Obituary: Norval E. Foard, we'll
known Baltimore Journalist. in that
city; aged SO. w. H. Mcdonald, well
known actor. one of the original
'Bostonians." at Springfield, Mass. !:
aged &C.
Fire: Steamer Plymouth, Fall River
line, with other properties, burned at
Newport, r. l.: loss $1,000.OO0.
IS. Fire: At Johnstown. Pa; loss $500, 900.
b. Political: The international conference
on Morocco affairs at AlgeciraS came
to agreement upon all points in dis
pute between Germany and France.
Coal Strike: About 100000 miners stop
ped work.
APRIL.
4. Obituary: Gen. Blanco last captain
general of Cuba, in Madrid; aged "a
s. Obituary: Eastman Johnson, noted
American genre painter, in New York
city; aged 81.
Mount Vesuvius: Violent explosions
took place in the crater, accompanied
by streams of lava and showers Of
cinders over the surrounding country
as far as Naples.
& Obituary: Alexander Kielland. the
foremost Russian author called the
''Daudet of Norway" at Bergen;
aged 81
Poltical: Parliamentary crisis in Hun
gary ended by a compromise between
the crown and the Hungarian indie
pendents.
z. Convention: International postal con-
gress opened by King Victor EN-
manuel and Queen Helena at Rome
Political: Moroccan convention signed
at Algeciras by the delegates to the
international conference.
Russia: Sleptzoff, Russian governor Of
Tver. assassinated in the street by a