Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-01
THE YEARS HAPPENINGS.

Continued from Page Fifteen.) ish fleet in the war with the United States: Heinrich Conried. the noted theatrical manager who had been con- spicuous in his later years for his man agement of the Metropolitan opera house in New York; Israel w. Dur ham, the political organization leader of Philadelphia; Ethan Allen Hitch cock. former secretary of the interior and one of the originators of the land fraud prosecutions; Dr. Sheldon Jack son. pioneer missionary in Alaska; George L. Lilley governor of Connecti- cut; Frederick de Martens, the Rus sian international law authority, who had been an important figure in the der K Mcclure. the veteran journalist of Philadelphia: Helena Modjeska the Polish-American actress; Lieutenant General Henry c. Corbin, who was the adjutant general of the army throu gll- out the war with Spain; Francis w. Cushman, congressman from Washing ton state, who had risen to an import ant position on the ways and means committee of tte house; Don Carlos, the pretender to the throne of Spain; Clyde Fitch. the American playwright; Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota; Charles F. McKim, the architect of New York; Simon Newcomb, the as tronomeri Consuelo. dowager Duchess of Manchester (nee Yzagna).
 In addition to this impressive list were some who were taken away by violence. including Sir William Wyl- lie of England who was assasSinated in London on July by an Indian stu dent. Madarial Dhinagri. who claimed that he committed the deed in expia- tion of England's wrongs toward In- dia, while. throughout the year. was stirred by seditionary propaganda against British rule.
 Great Disasters.
 There were many catastrophes of a tragic nature during the year, but no persons of great distinction were overwhelmed in them. On January 23. the steamer Republic was rammed in fog, off Nantucket, Mass The lives of several hundred persons were endangered, but the use of wireless telegraphy by the Republic operator, Jack Binns, summoned aid from ocean liners and government vessels and only six persons met death. This was the first signal use in history of wire less teiegra phy for the relief of dis tress at sea. Naturally. it was fol- lowed by general efforts to extend the use of the wireless system. Mes sages were received during the year from distance of nearly $500 miles out at sea
 Other notable casualties of the wear were the theater fire at Acapulco in Mexico, which occurred on February 16 and in which more than 300 per- sons were burned to death the earth quakes in southern France. Portugal
 
 age and destroyed 50 Persian villages and 200 lives in Portugal; the earth quakes in Mexico, the cities of Chil- pacingo Mexico and Acapulco being damaged to a very great and costly extent; and the earthquake and fire at Osaka, Japan, wherein more than 1000 houses were destroyed and 15,00O people rendered homeless.
 There were violent storms, particu- larly around the gulf and southern states. and in these the property loss ran into the millions and the death roll into hundreds. One of the heaviest of the storms in the south occurred in July and another in September. Cuba also was visited by devastating cy- clone: the West Indies. and particu- larly Jamaica were devastated early in November: Hongkong suffered from a typhoon. and in Russia, and Sicily blizzards and cyclones destroyed vil- lages and crops
 The second week of November an explosion in a coal mine at Cherry HiH. Ill, imprisoned 800 miners. 20 of whom were rescued after being en- tombed for seven days. One hundred and eighty coal miners were also en- tombed by an explosion near Newcas- tie. England; 100 at Lick Branch, w. Va. and 24e at Veszprin. Hungary
 The biggest loss of life at sea oc- cured. at Montevideo harbor. when