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MARCH.
l. Fire: At Tampa. Fla. 55 acres burned
over, causing loss of S60o.ooo
l. Obituary: Senator Redfeld Proctor OF
Vermont. in Washington; aged II.
Fire Catastrophe: l74 school children
killed in a schoolhouse fire In North
Collinwood, on the outskirts of Clevs-
land
g. Obituary. DR.. B. St. John Roosa, one
of the leading eye and ear experts OF
the country, In New York city; aged 70.
Fire: Burning OF a machine shop at
Lowell, Mass caused a loss OF ZOO
900.
o. Convention: International Congress of
Mothers met In Washington.
L Fire. 1000 native houses burned At Ma
Mia
L. Accident: deaths caused by explo-
sions OF chemicals at Natchez, Miss,
Sporting: Meellck won the $4,000 Cres-
cent Derby at New Orleans
Obituary: Rear Admiral Theodore r.
Kane. Z. S. N, retired. in New York
city; aged 6s.
g. Haiti: Several Haitian rsyolutionists
shot by order of President Alexis.
7. Obituary: Senator william Pinkney
whyte of Maryland. at Baltimore
aged 81
Haiti: At the demand of the powers
haitian reVOlutlonlSt suspects were Al
lowed to leave the country.
g. Obituary: Cardinal Casall del Drago.
one OF the Roman nobility. In Rome:
aged TO-
Russia Duel at st. Petersburg between
Gen Fock and Gen. Smrnon. who par
ticipated In the defense OF Port Ar
thur Death sentence OF Gen. Stoessel
for the surrender Of Port Arthur com
muted to Imprisonment for ten years.
o. German Africa: German troops In At
rlca lost IA killed and IT wounded In
skirmish with Hottentots.
z. Sporting: Angelus won the $4,000 city
Park Derby at New Orleans.
g. Political: Durham White Stevens. dip
lomatic adviser to the Korean council
of state, mortally wounded al sAn
Francisco by a Korean patriot"
A. Obituary: Spencer Compton Cavsn=
dish. duke of Deyonshire. noted for
great wealth and accomplishments at
Cannes. France: aged Is
s. Fire: The famous Drury Lane theater
burned in London
H. Financial: The Knickerbocker Trust
Co. In New York. opened its doors
after a suspension OF five months
Earthquake: Chnapa, Mexico. partly de-
stroyed by shocks. followed by FIRE
Q. Mine Accident: q livss lost BY eKpios
sions in a coal mine at Hanna. We
,o Obituary: Joseph Howard. Jr noted
newspaper man In New York city
aged 70.
APRIL.
Warship Disaster: British torpedo boat
destroyer Tiger cut In two By collision
with the cruiser Berwick or the Isle
of Wight: SO men drowned
O. Fires At Lynchburg. Va. loss of
S225 900 In the tobacco district Over
$3.50. 900 loss by the burning of Corning
n Il
Sporting: Gotch defeated Hacken-
schmidt for the worlds heavyweight
wrestling championship at Chicago.
Political: Thomas e. Watson of Georgia
nominated for president by the Peo-
ples party at st. Louis
Obituary: James jeffrey Roche noted
American poet at Berne Switzerland:
aged 81
L Political: Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man. prime minister OF England, re-
signed.
G. Political Riot: over 100 people killed
and wounded during an election dis
turbance In Lisbon. Portugal
G. Political: Herbert s. AsQuith appoint
ed prime minister OF England by King
Edward,
T. Obituary: Lieut.. Charles A. L. Totten.
US. A. retired noted for his prophe-
ces OF the coming end OF the world. at
M Cutcheon. noted veteran of the civil
war, at Ypsilanti, Mich; aged 72.
Fire: In Chelsea, Mass; 20 blocks de-
stroyed causing a loss Of nearly i10-
0OO,000 13 deaths
b. Sporting Jack Atkin won the $4,000
Carter handicap at the Aqueduct track,
New York
49, Obituary; Rear Admiral George Beal
Bach H. S N retired at Raleigh.
N c.: aged 81.
%. Convention: The national society.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, met in Washington.
Il. Convention: The general society,
Daughters of the Revolution met in
New York city.
r. Obituary: Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman, who had recently resigned the
premiership of England In London;
aged r. Bishop Ellison Capers. noted
veteran OF the civil war at Columbia.
s. c.. aged 20.
a. Obituary: Gen. Nikolai Linevitch. sue
cessor to Kuropatlin In command of
the Russian army In Manchuria In
1906 at st. Petersburg; aged SO.
Storm: Beginning of two days tor
nado which swept the southern states
from Texas to Georgia; nearly 400 peo-
pie killed and many thousands injured.
a. Convention: The American Society of
International Law met In Washington.
Auto Race: Louis Strang won the tro-
ply In the Briarcllff contest. near New
York. speeding 256 miles In hours IA
minutes 13 2-5 seconds In an italian
car
Is. Personal: Cardinal Logue head of the
Roman Catholic church in Ireland. ar
rived in New York to participate In
the centennial Of the New York arch
diocese.
Boat Disaster: Is people drowned by the
capsizng OF the Mississippi river
steamer Marion near the mouth of
the ST. Francis river, Arkansas.
warship Disaster; 28 sailors killed or
missing in collision between the
British cruiser Gladiator and the
American liner st. Paul Off the Isle Of
Wight,
n. Catholic Centennial: Beginning of the
Roman Catholic celebration I'm New
York city.
g. Financial Troubles The New York
Stock Exchange firm OF Coster. Knapp
& Co, failed for nearly 100000.
Accident killed and 80 injured in q
trolley collision near Ypslanti Mich.
o. Obituary: Rev. DR. Morgan Dix, son
noted In the civil war. and rector Of
Trinity parish. New York. over S
years In that city; aged 81
so Convention: The national congress-
Sons of the American Revolution
opened In Buffalo.
Warship Disaster: Japans protected
cruiser Matsushima destroyed by ex-
poslon off Pescadores islands: over
100 deaths reported.
MAY
l. Financial Troubles; W. A Stetson
leather dealer. failed In Boston: liza
bilitles about 81 100000,
India: British territory invaded by DO,
900 Afghans.
3 Fatal Fire: Is killed and 30 seriously
injured by the burning OF the Avelne
hotel Fort Wayne, Ind