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one hundred and

drown. 625 rescued.
Fifty girls die in factory fire at Bing-
hamecn- y. Y. July %.
Storm at Nome. Alaska, kills II,
destroys 500 houses, $1,500,000 loss.
The Death Roll.
Enver Bey. chief OF stan Turkish
army, assassinated February II.
Henry n. F1agler. one Of founders
of Standard OH company, and financial
magnate, dies.
George L, king of Greece, assassinat-
ed by mad anarchist at Salonika,
March is.
James R. Keene, fnancier. dies Jan
uary 2
Deaths of Cardinals oreglia. dean
of tire Sacred college, and Rampollo,
within few days of each other at ths
Vatican.
Luther Mccarthy. pugilist, died t.,
Alberta May "a.
Death of emperor of Japan.
Nazim Pacha, Turkish premier, as
sassinated
King Menelik Of Abbyssinia report
ed dead. His oeatS confirmed on De
cember- %.
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassa-
dor to Great Britain. buried at Sleepy
Hollow cemetery. n. Y.
Adolphus Busch, millionaire brewer
of ST. Louis. died October 10,
Charles G. Gates, son of the late
John W. Gates. died October %.
Ralph Rose. famous athlete and
champion shot putter, died October l6.
Timothy Woodruff, New York poll
tician, died October -.
Anthony n. Brady, died in London,
July %.
Col. S. F. Cody, American aviator,
killed in England by fall from aero
August Z.
Mayor Gaynor of New York died on
way TO England.
Timothy ID. Sullivan, New York poll
tician, found dead on railroad track
after escaping from an asylum.
Alfred Austin, poet laureate of Eng
land, died June 3
Crimes and Executions.
Mrs Fannie May Eaton, wife OF
Rear Admiral Eaton, acquitted octo-
Der 81 of numbering her husband.
Rev. Hans Schmidt, discredited
Catholic priest. arrested in New York
for the murder of Anna Aumuller. his
sweetheart
Floyd and Claude S. Allen executed
at Richmond, Va. March % for par
ticipation in the famous Allen court
house shooting ARRAY.
Henry Spencer, confessed murderer
of many persons, is convicted of kill
ing Mildred Allison Rexroat, a dancing
teacher in Chicago. Appeal pending
Mrs. Bessie Wakefield is convicted
of numbering her husband and sen
fenced to hang in Connecticut on
March T.
Leo Frank, wealthy manufacturer
convicted in Atlanta, Ca. of murder
ing girl in his Office Appeal pending
Dr. Frank Craig acquitted in Indian.
apolis of murder of DR.. Helen Knabe
Political Development at Home.
Inauguration of President Woodrow
Wilson on March 4.
United States Judge Robert w
Archibald removed from office by
United States senate after impeaeh
ment trial.
John Purroy Mitchell elected mayor
of New York on the fusion ticket
destroying Tammany's power.
David l. Walsh. Democrat, elected
governor of Massachusetts, victory
for the Wilson administration.
Acting-Governor Fielder elected
governor of New Jersey. Fielder il
a Democrat and was the Wilson ad
ministration candidate.
Minnesota legislature adopted equal
suffrage measure February II.
Passage of Wilson tariff bill.
Passage of the currency bill.
Inauguration of Vice President Mar
shall. his address to the senate and
administration of oaths to the new
senators, March 4.
California legislature adopts equaI
suffrage measure.
Illinois passes equal suffrage bill.
Japanese land law in California ap
proved by Governor Johnson, Febru
airy 8.
William Sulzer OF New York i'm
peached and removed from office and
succeeded by Lieut.. Gov Martin II
Glynn.
Political Developments Abroad
King Otto, known as the Mad King
Of Bavaria" removed from throne and
succeeded by his son.
Sir Rufus Isaacs made lord chief
justice of Great Britain, being the first
Jew to hold that office.
Election OF President Poincare in
France, January II; inauguration Feb
ruary IS
Election and installation Of Sir Van
sittart Bowater as lord mayor of Lon
don
Victoriano Huerta proclaimed pro-
visional president of Mexico Febru-
airy 49,
Yuan Shi-Kai elected president of
China October 6; inaugurated Octo-
Der 10.
Sir Edward Carson gathers together
an army" of orangemen in Ulster
to resist enforcement OF the home
rule bill should it pass parliament
Japanese mobs in Tokyo demand
war on the United States over the
California land question.
United States forces Great Britain
to give UP attempt to gain oil mon
opoly IN Colombia.