The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-07
1907 N BRIEF
The Chief Events Of a
Notable Year.
SHORT DAILY RECORD.
Contemporary History Of the
| World In Paragraphs.
| THE YEARS OBITUARY ROLL
THE YEARS OBITUARY ROLL.

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Political Affairs, Miscellaneous,
Sporting and Personal Items-Loss
of Life and Property by Accidents,
ShipwrcclSs, storms and Confa-
| grations--A Chronological Review.
1t was predicted that the year 1907
would be one of widespread disaster
In America. Early In the year the Is.
| land of Jamaica was visited by an
1 earthquake which nearly destroyed the
business portion of Kingston. ysec-
4 ond quake visited the island IN June.
Chile was also visited in June by &C.
we're shocks. Calabria province. Italy,
scene OF frequent quakes. was again
shaken In October. disturbance near
| Iy simultaneous with one in Russian
Turkestan. where 1900 lives We're lost
by shocks which destroyed the town
OF Karatagh. 49,
Notable fires or the year were the
confiagration at San Francisco In
April. the Cincinnati fire of Aug. %
and, one the same day In Plttsburg.
The losses In these fires aggregated
81. 0OO.OU0 Springfield, Mass; Amstcr.
dam. n. T.: Lancaster. Pa; Youngs-
town. o.. and Harrisburg. Pa. also
suffered heavily from flames. The
collapse OF the cantaieyer bridge at
Quebec. resulting In the death of
eighty-fouy workInen. was among the
calamlties of the year. Many distress
Ing mining accidents occurred In Amer
leu and Europe. The chief strike Of
the year. was that OF the telegraphers,
which began In August, but did not
seriously affect business.
The second peace conference at The
Hague was one OF the events Of 1907.
The final act OF the congress before
adjournment In October was q re-
capitulation OF the thirteen cOnren-
lions actually agreed upon by that
body. none Of which Is binding except
upon such powers as sign them before
the last day of June. 1908. of these
,conyentIons nine refer exclusively TO
warfare. three deal with the immedi-
ate, circumstances Of war. and emily one
: las 70, do with the direct prevention or
lprohibItion or var. The list appears as
. follows:
First.-The peaceful regulation Of I'm
n ternatlonal conflicts
Second.-Providing Tor an interna-
tional prize court
ThIrd.-Reguiating the rights and du-
ties n neutraiS On land.
Fourth. Regulating the rights and
duties Of reutrals at sen.
Fifth.-Covering the laying OF sub
marine mines
SIxth.-The bombardment OF towns
II 'from the sen.
Seyeuth.-The matter Of the coIlec-
II ton. Of contractuni debts.
EIghth.-The transformation or mer.
n chantmen into warshlps.
Ninth.-The treatment Of captured
/ crews.
Tenth.-The inviolabIllty OF ashing
H boats.
II Eleyenth.-The inviolabilItE OF the
H postal service.
II Twclfth.-The application Of the &c.
neva convention and the led Cross ~
4 sea warfare
NJ ThIrteenth.-Thc laws and customs
regulating land warfare.
4 Two wars disturbed the peace OF na-
/ tsons. hut were OF brief duration. TTou.
y ] Ia. t,.s.,. Il. Ntn,.rs.,. a.. Nf.r.t .,.ha5
the French troops occupied tho Moroc.
can town OF 0udJa. CasabIaEca was
attacked by Moors In July. aud after
several CONFLICTS br:ween French and
: Spanish ships anl native land troops,
In which cavalry figured largely. the
Nnors acccnfri tprfus of peace offered
4 by France In September. In February
: Honduras declared war on Nicaragua.
! and 10 April the 'Nlcaraguans ended
= the strife as victnIS. no severe battle
v taking place.
Z In July the emperor Of Korea abii.
' ruted In favor Of the crown prince, aud
Japan assumed full control Of Korean
Y affairs. Russia was disturbed by uu.
merads assassinations of prominent OF.
\ ticials among them chief Of police at
Z ~. Petersburg. The car dissolved the
\ second donna In June for insubordi.
Z nation. aud third douma elected to
\ cooperate With the ministry convened
= IN November. Considerable war talk
y resulted from the authorization Of the
2 ,lIspatchlng % a fleet Of United States
' waShips from the Atlantic 10 the IN.
2 ciiic. especially IN view Of the anti.
\ japanese feeling shown In san Fran
cisco early In the year. In spite OF
: the rumorcd hostility Of the mlkados
2 subjects toward this country. our secre-
: tary Of war was hospitality received by
: japanese ofiiciaidom ON his visit to To.
: kyo. While In the far east Secretary
Z Taft inaugurated the drst Philippine
: assembly.
Several notable balloon flights were
y :..adc during the year. the Maconi sys.
: TEN Or wireless service across the 40
\ lantic opened for commercial traffic,
' the steam turbine was demonstrated a
y success for ocenn travel. the three hun.
Z tlfedth anniversary W thu landing Of