The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03

ing of the steamer Taish off the Japanese
coast. On the 10th storm caused the
loss of a score of lives and $30OO,0O0 OF
property at Cape Town. On the 18th the
steamship Sardinia burned up within
sight of Malta and 100 lives were lost.
Three days later an explosion in model
mine at Mariana, Pa, resulted In the
death of $50 miners.
The most disastrous railroad accident
of the year occurred at ContIca, Belgium,
on May 81 the dead numbering 60 and the
injured 100
Cholera in ST. Petersburg ragged
throughout the month or September,
causing the death of as many as $50 in
a day. In Manila the same disease killed
20 and more a day during the same
month. Bubonic plaugue at Caracas
caused an embargo on the shipping from
that port by Venezuela.
On March 4 a schooI mouse suddenly
took fire in Collingwood. suburb OF
Cleveland, which resulted in the death OF
1856 children. The fearful loss of life was
due to the fact that the building had
only two fire escapes. Most of the little
ones were killed by being crushed in
wild stampede. The disaster caused the
reconstruction of many school houses in
nearly all the large cities OF the Uniteo
States.
In addition to the Dowager Empress
and the Emperor of China and KING
Carlos and the crown prince of Portugal
death claimed many notable victim In
1908 Among them were Grover Cleveland
whose simple funeral at Princeton wa
attended by President Roosevelt; former
Senator Edward w. Carmack of Tennes
see. who was shot down in Nashville
Tenn, in November by Robin j. Coope'
as the result of a political quarrel; Sen
ator Stephen R. Mallory of Florida, John
Chandler Bancroft Davis, formerly min
lister to Germany; Bishop Edward G. An
drews of the Methodist Episcopal church;
James Rider Randall, writer of MARY
land My Maryland; Edmund Clarence
stedman, the banker-poet; Charles En-
DRY Smith. editor of the Philadelphia
Press; Morris K. Jesup. New York bank
err and philanthropist; Edward Mcdowell,
the composer; "Ouida'' U4ouise del
Ramee). the novelist; Cardinal Richard
of Paris Col. r. G. Lawler. formerly
COMMUNICATIVE chief of the G. A. r.: Cen
eral Tung Fuh Slang, leader of the Boxer
insurrection Senator Redfeld Proctor of
Vermont. Senator William Pinkney Whyte
of Maryland, Senator William James
Bryan of Florida, Senator w. r. Allison
of Iowa, the Duke of Devonshire the
Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall OF New
York. Durham White Stevens, the
Yankee adviser to Japan on Corean mat
tiers. VINO was murdered by n COrean IN
California: the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix,
rector of Trinity church, New York. Sir
Henry Campbell Zimmerman. premier OF
England: General Linevitch. commander
in-chief Of the Russian forces in the lat
ter part of the war with Japan; Peter F.
Daley. the comedian: Rear Admiral A.
s. Crowninshield, Oliver Hazard Perry
Belmont William Davis Ely oldest Yale
aumnus: Bishop Henry G. Potter of New
York. Murat Falstead journalist: the
Rev. Erastus BlalSesee, founder of the
system of SUNDAY school instruction:
Baron Speck Sternhurp German am-
bassador to the United States: former
Senator William F. Villa. of Wisconsin
Giovanni r Morosin'. n New York bank
err who rebuilt the campanilc III Venice
and DR.. Daniel C. Gilman founder and
first president of John Hopkins universe
w the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia.
Victorien Sardou, the great French dram
atist. after n long ilness Charles Eliot
Norton, at 81: Mrs William Aston n.
long the leader of New York society:
Estrada Palma. 70. the first president of
Cuba: Donald G. Mitchell. known widely
as like Marvel and the author OF THE
Reveries OF Bachelor" died on Decem-
Der 10. age So years.