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al exposition, aud phenomenal fin.
for receiving railway rebates was lais
against the Standard Oil companies.
The mortality list of 1907 includes
many distinguished authors. artists,
scientists. soldiers and celebrities In
various walks of life. Among the
Americans who died during the year
were Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet;
Hary j. Holmes and A. @. Gunter,
novelists: Generals Russell A. Alger,
o. B. Wilcox, NJ. II. Blunt and T. II.
Ruger, veterans of the civil war; John
7. Morgan and Edmund w. Pettus,
United States senators from Alabama;
Gausha A. Grow, formerly noted con-
gresham; E. II. Conger who was
United States minister at Picking dur
Ing the Boxer war; Mrs. William Nc
Kinley, widow OF the martyred presi-
dent; Mrs. Agassiz. widow of the great
scientist. and Isabella Beecher Hooker,
last of the children of Rev Lyman
Beecher. John Alexander Dowie, the
Zionist leader, died during the year;
also Theodore Titon. formerly promi-
nent In America. who had lived In
Paris for generation.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, and
Saint Gaudens. the sculptor. Americans
by adoption and long association, died
during the year Notable deaths abroad
include Alexander Herschel, English
astronomer; Maurice Loewy, director
of the Paris observatory and called the
dean of astronomers; Joachim, Hun
garian violinist Edward Grieg. Norwe
gian composer; the shah Of Persia,
and Princess Clementine. daughter of
King Louis Philippe Of France, relic
of past gories, who attained the age
of ninety; also Oscar IL. of Sweden.
JANUARY.
Z. Accident: 81 deaths in a wreck on the
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific at
Volland, Kan.
o Obituary: Ernest Howard Crosby,
cial reformer. In Baltimore; aged 30.
Russia Gen. Won der Launitz, project
of the police at st. Petersburg. assas-
sinated.
g. Obituary: The shah of Persia at Te-
herau; aged 81.
O. Persia: Ali Mira recognized as shah.
IL. Fire: Moss &; Co.'S toba eco warehouse
burned in Lancaster. Pa; loss 81, 900 ocO.
Tidal Wave; Island of Simalu. Dutch
East Indies engulfed and other ada
cent islands devastated.
Is. Shipwreck British ship Pengwern
grounded off CuxhaYen. Germany:
crew of "a drowned.
a. Earthquake: Business part of Kings
ton, Jamaica. destroyed: incomplete
records show nearly 1900 deaths;
United States naval vessels carried
first relief to the stricken city: prop
erty loss over $13000.000.
Conventions National foreign commerce
convention opened In Washington
Is. Storm: 100 deaths In a typhoon, which
swept the islands of Leyte and Samar,
in the Philippines.
H. Obituary: Margaret Young. widow of
President Brigham Young. at Deseret,
Utah; aged 81
10 Accidents: 16 deaths in a train col
lsion on the Big Four al Fowler, Ind.
q dead and 81 injured In a wreck
caused by powder explosion on the Big
Four system at Sanford Ind.
90 Storm: Loss OF 900 from hurri-
cane at Buffalo.
Fire: At Youngstown. o.; loss OF 81
100000.
q. Obituary: Josiah Flynt Willard. So
biologist. who wrote over the name
Josiah Flynt," in Chicago; aged 3s.
e. Explosion 20 coal miners killed near
Prmero. Colo.
Mexico: Tehuantepec National railroad,
Mexican enterprise. making a short
cut between the oceans. inaugurated
by President DiaZ.
a. Obituary: Gen. Russell A. Alger,
United States senator from Michigan.
prominent Federal veteran and former
secretary of war. in Washington;
aged II.
Is Obituary: Isabella Beecher Hooker.
last Of the children of the Rev. Lyman
rd rod
20. Obituary: Rev. Henry Martyr Field,
4 clergyman and author former editor
OF the New York Evangelist. at Stock
bridge. Mass; aged 85
Fatal Fire: deaths and property loss
OF 100000 In a factory fire at Dover,
N. II.
g. Fire: Plant of the Phelps Publishing
Co. at Springfield. Mass: loss 81 900, 900.
Explosion: 14S miners killed by firedamp
at Johann-on- Saar. Prussia.
q. Fire: Flames in the plant of the
Baldwin works at Philadelphia caused
loss OF 81. 000,O 900.
Explosion: 70 miners killed In the Stew
art mine. Fayette county. W Va.
81. Shipwreck: % deaths In the wrecking
of the British steamship Clavering OF
Scotland.
FEBRUARY.
/. Fire: s business buildings burned in
/ Harrisburg loss $1.00O000.
& Obituary. Hugh o. Pentecost. min
lister, lawyer, lecturer and all round
freethinker. In New York city: aged
60. Prof. Mendeleef. celebrated Rus
sian chemist of worldwide fame. in
st. Petersburg: aged 49,
& Mine explosion: II killed In the
Thomas mine at Elkins. Va.
/ 6, Obituary: Rear Admiral Albert Kautz,
U. S. N. retired. veteran of the civil
war. at Florence. Italy; aged g.
8. Fire: Lndenhurst, the country home
/ of John Wanamaker at Jenkintown.
Pa. destroyed loss nearly s2.0Go.000.
/ Ship Accident: killed by explosion on
the French torpedo boat Spod at
LOrient. France.
10. Obituary: Sir William Howard C"Bull
RUM Russell. famous English war
correspondent. in London: aged &c.
/ II. Obituary: Frank w. Higgins. ex-gov-
ernor OF New York. at clean: aged 81,
! Political: King Edward opened the
British parliament
/ 10. Fire: At Pine Bluff Ark: so build
ings burned. with a loss OF se50,000
4 IA. Convention; 18th annual assembly of
the National Suffrage association met
in Chicago.
i6 Shipwreck. British steamer Orlando
/ sunk in collision Off the coast OF
Wales; IA drowned.
! Obituary: Princess Clementine of Sake
Coburg- Gotha. daughter Of King Louis
! Philippe of France, In Vienna; aged 80.
i Railway accident: "a killed and over
100 injured In an electric express train
wreck on the New York Central at
New York city.
! h. Personal: Right Hon. James Bryce.
British ambe ssador to the United
States. arrived in New York city.
q. Shipwreck: 10 drowned by the loss of