The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-16

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Collection riots in Lisbon, Portugal.
death of Congressman A. L. Brick
of Indiana.
12-Chelsea, Mass, devastated by $1O.-
100000 fire. Death of Gen. B. NJ.
Cutcheon of Michigan.
15-Hauser Lake dam, north of Helena,
Mont, bursts and causes great havoc.
22-Death of Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman, ex-premier of England.
&-Death of Gen. Linevitch, Russian
commander. Due de Chaulnes dies sud-
denly in Paris.
2-Destructive tornado sweeps 13
States, from North Dakota to Georgia
25-American liner st. Paul sinks Brit
ish cruiser Gladiator.
26-Notre Dame de Salette buried by
landslide
29-Death of Rev. Morgan Dix.
3O-23S lives lost by sinking of Japan
csc cruiser, Matsushima.
3-Burning of Aveline hotel in Fort
Wayne, Ind. i. . Marriage of Prince Will
helm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Ma
RE Paulovna of Russia
412O persons drowned in River
Dneiper, Russia, by capsizing of ferry
boat.
5-6-Nine corpses unearthed on farm
of late Mrs. Belle Guinness, north of La
Porte, Ind.
6-Combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets
enter San Francisco harbor. Manuel
proclaimed King of Portugal.
8-Big fire in Atlanta, Ga.
States.
I-Destructive tornado in northern
Nebraska
13-Governors of all States meet in
convention in White House in Washing
ton.
21-Great railway disaster near Ant
werp. Belgium.
23-Death of Comedian Peter +. Dali
ley.
3O-Sixtieth Congress adjourns sine
die
death Of ex-senator James X. Jones
of Arkansas. Oregon votes against sim
gle tax and equal suffrage.
death of Sir Redvers Butler, Eng
lish general.
Paris assassin shoots Capt. Alfred
Dreyfus.
13-Caleb Powers and James Howard
pardoned by Governor of Kentucky.
H-Death of Blind Tom, negro plan
list.
16-Republican national convention in
Chicago.
1S-William H. Taft of Ohio nominat-
ed for President by Republican conven-
ton.
19-James S. Sherman of New York
nominated for Vice President by Repub-
licans.
2-Death of ex-President Grover
Cleveland.
26-$1, 100000 fire in Duluth.
JULY.
Death of Murat Halstead.
death of Joel Chandler Harris.
6Port au Prince, Hayti, swept by
fire.
6-Commander Peary starts for far
north.
democratic national convention
opens in Denver.
1O-Wm J. Bryan nominated for Pres
ident by Democrats.
21-Death of Bishop Henry G. Potter
of New York.
22-United States Court of Appeals re-
verses Judge Landis' decision fining
Standard Oil Company $29, 100000.
24-Sultan of Turkey grants constitu-
tional government.
28-Independence party dominates His
gen and Graves.
AUGUST.
2-Great fire destroys cities and many
lives in British Columbia.
3-$1, 10000 elevator fire in Chicago
death of Senator VIM. B. Allison of
Iowa. Death of Bronson Howard,
American playwright.
S-First general primary election in
Illinois.
1O-Death of Mrs. Louise Chandler
Moulton.
12-Death Of A. R. Spohord, librarian
Of Congress.
14-Fatal race riots in Springfield,
ILL.,. Death of Ira D. Sankey, gospel
singer.
23-Great FIRE in Constantinople.
$50 miners suffocated in coal mine
at Haileyville, Okla.
27-Death of Col. VIM. r. Villas Of
Madison, Wis.
3O-$2,OOOOOO fire in New Orleans.
SEPTEMBER.
Vermont election.
3-Death of Lord Lionel Sackville-
West, former British minister to Wash
ington.
death Of Frank p. Sargent, COM
missioner of immigration. Rawhide
New destroyed by fire.
6-16-Forest fires in northern Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Michigan and across
border in Canada
14-Republicans carry Maine election.
21-Death Of Pablo de Sarasate, Span
ish violinist.
28-International tuberculosis congress
meets in Washington.
OCTOBER.
b-Bulgaria declares itself independent
of Turkey.
6-Philadelphia celebrates 225th ami
versary.
7-Elevator explosion at Richford, vt,
kills Is persons.
16-Forest fires rage in Michigan and
L Roliof train hurna near