The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-02
1907 IN BRIEF I.
The Chief Events of a
Notable Year.
SHORT DAILY RECORD.
contemporary History of the
World In Paragraphs.
TVr YEARS OBITUARY ROLL.

Political Affairs, Miscellaneous,
Sporting and Personal Items-Loss
of Life and Property by Accidents,
shipwrecks, Storms and Confia-
grations-A Chronological Review.
1T was predicted that the year 1907
would be one of widespread disaster
An America. Early in the year the is
land of Jamaica was visited by an
earthquake which nearly destroyed the
business portion of Kingston. A sec
end quake visited the island in June.
Chile was also visited in June by Sc
were shocks. Calabria province, Italy,
Scene Of frequent quakes, was again
shaken in October, disturbance near
Ay simultaneous with one in Russian
Turkestan, where 10000 lives were lost
by shocks which destroyed the town
of Karatagh.
Notable fires Of the year were the
fgoRfagratioD at San Francisco in
April, the Cincinnati fire Of Aug. p
and one the same day in Pittsburg
FThe losses in these fires aggregated
B5,000O00. Springfield, Mass; Amster-
dam, N Y; Lancaster, Pa; Youngs-
eSown, O., and Harrisburg Pa, also
suffered heavily from flames. The
collapse of the cantalever bridge at
Quebec, resulting in the death Of
sighty-four workmen, was among the
ealamities of the year Many distress
Sng mining accidents occurred in Amer
Aca and Europe. The chief strike Of
8he 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 a re-
equalization of the thirteen conven-
t1Ons 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
conventions nine refer exclusively to
warfare, three deal with the immedi-
ate circumstances Of war, and only one
has to do with the direct prevention or
prohibition of war. The list appears as
follows:
First-The peaceful regulation of in
Sensational conflicts.
Second.-PrOviding for an interna-
giOnal prize court.
Third.-Regulating the rights and du-
ties of neutrals on land.
Fourth.-Regulating the rights and
duties of neutrals at sea.
Fifth.-Covering the laying of sub
marine mines
Sixth.-The bombardment Of towns
from the sea.
Seventh.--The matter OF the collec-
tion of coItractual debts.
Eighth.-The transformation of mer-
ehantmen into warships.
Ntnth.-The treatment of captured
crews.
Tenth.-The inviolability OF fishing
boats.
Eleventh.-The inviolability OF the
postal service.
Twelfth.-The application of the Ge-
neva convention and the Red Cross to
sea warfare.
Thirteenth.-The laws and customs
regulating land warfare.
Two wars disturbed the peace of ma
hons, but were OF brief duration. Trou-
Die began in Morocco In March. when
the French troops occupied the Moroc-
San town Of Oudja. Casablanca was
attacked by Moors in July, and after
several conflicts between French and
Spanish ships and native land troops.
in which cavalry figured largely, the
Moors accepted terms Of peace offered
by France in September. In February
Honduras declared war on Nicaragua
and in April the Nicaraguans ended
the strife as victors, no severe battle
taking place.
In July the emperor Of Korea abdi-
Gated In favor Of the crown prince, and
Japan assumed full control of Korean
affairs. Russia was disturbed by nu-
merous assassinations of prominent Of
&cials, among them a chief of police at
st. Petersburg. The czar dissolved the
second douma In June for insubordi-
nation, and third douma elected to
cooperate with the ministry convened
IN November. Considerable war talk
resulted from the authorization of the
dispatching of fleet OF United States
warships from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc especially in view Of the anti
Japanese feeling shown in San Fran
cisco early in the year In spite Of
the rumored hostility of the mikado's
subjects toward this country, our secre-
tary Of war was Hospitality received by
Japanese oficialdom on his visit to To-
kyo. While in the far east Secretary
Taft inauguRated the first Philippine
assembly.
Several notable balloon flights were
made during the year, the Marconi sys-
tenn Of wireless service across the At
Rantic opened fol commercial traffic,
The steam turbine was demonstrated a
success for ocean travel the three hun
Aredth anniversary of the landing OF
English settlers at Jamestown, Va,