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The Fields of Sport. From the fields of sport we go to bed And get up full of pains and aches. The next night, by the use of St. Jacobs Oil, we are soothed to sleep and get up cured. When the French President Travels. The French president travels free on the railways during hia official tour in France, but when the return journey is concluded, his secretary calculates what it would have cost if peid for at regular rates, and this sum is handed over to be distributed among the poor est paid of the railway men. Tit-Bits. Good News It Comes From Many Homes Made Happy, "Dyspepsia Is Cured." For years Hood's Sarsaparilla has been curing dyspepsia. It is curing it today and it rill continue to cure it when given a fair opportunitv by those who suffer from this disease. If you have dyspepsia take Hood's Sarsaparilla. If you have a friend suffering from it, tell that iriend to take Hood's Sarsaparilla America's Greatest Medicine for Dyspepsia. Hood's Pills core all liver Ills. 25 cents. At last Speaker Beed has been over ruled. At a recent annual meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy, at Hot Springs, Ark., a lively debate arose as to whether the minutes of the previous meeting should be read before business could proceed or not. One daughter ventured to quote Speaker Beed on the subject, but she was promptly overruled and the reading was dispensed with on the motion of another daughter, who asserted ve hemently that "Tom Beed didn't known what he was talking about." TRY AILEiea FOOT-EASE, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, ner vous and uncomfortable. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts ; makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a cer tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou sand testimonials. Try it today. 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It is far in advance of all other laxatives, . as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels . without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FKANOISOO, Cal LOUISVILLE. Kt. MEW YORK, N.T. tUlHrS WHrHt- All 1-1 Sh rA LS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use I in time. roia dt arucffiMs. RECORD OF A YEAR. Important Events Crowded the Past Twelve Months. MUCH HISTORY MADE. The Year 1898 Will Be Remembered as a Most Notable One. A Chronoloelcal Review Shows It to Have Been Remarkable in Many Respects-War with Spain Takes Fore most Place in the Interesting Record Concise Story of That Victorions Conflict International anil Internal Dissensions Anions European Coun triesDisaster and Death at Home and Abroad. To him who is concerned with history In the making there very rarely conies a year more heavily laden with important events than the year 1S98. It has seen every state in Europe, except peaceful Scandinavia and the Dutch communities, face to face with either war or internal dissolution some of them within meas urable distance of both. Yet the greatest effects have not been in Europe; 1808 has seen the United States forced, not by any greed of power, but by its humanitarian ideals, to take its part in European rela tions. A brief but glorious armed conflict with Spain has been begun, prosecuted to its end and settled by a treaty of peace upon which the ink is scarcely dry. The inception of great political changes has been witnessed in China; two European rulers have come to their death; several men and women prominent in statecraft, military affairs, reform, literature and music, have passed away; the year has been marked by some terrible marine dis asters, causing great loss of life; and fire, flood and storm have numbered their vic time by scores and caused extensive loss of property. The chronological table that follows gives the most important happenings of 1S98, foremost among which are those of the war with Spain. CONFLICr WITH SPAIN. Events of the War Lately Won by the United States. January. 25 TJ. S. battleship Maine, Capt. C. D. Sigs bee, TJ. S. N., is ordered to Havana, Cuba. February. 8 The publication of a letter written by Seuor Dupuy de Lome, Spanish minister to the United States, speaking dispar agingly of President McKinley, leads to - the Minister's resignation of his post . and the appointment of Senur Luis Polo y Bernabe. 15 The TJ. S. battleship Maine, lying In the harbor of Havana, is destroyed and sunk by an explosion between 0 and 10 o'clock p. m. 17 Rear Admiral Slcard, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, orders a court of inquiry Into the loss of the Maine. 19 The request of the Spanish officials in Havana for a Joint lnvest'gailon into the loss of the Maine Is declined. 21 The United States Senate orders an In vestigation into the Maine disaster. March. 8-9 Congress votes to place $50,000,000 at the unqualified disposal of President Mc- r "'"" t va isq"rfia"nv T"n" 16 Spain remoirewrates against the presence of the United States fleet at Key West ' and against other measures of defense by our Government. 17 Facts concerning Cuba stated In the Senate by Senator Proctor, of Vermont, as the result of personal observation. 28 Court of Inquiry's report on the Maine sent to Congress. April. 6 Consul General Lee recalled. 10 Consul General Lee leaves Cuba. 11 President McKinley sends a message to Congress recommending armed interven tion In Cuba. 15 Army ordered to mobilize. 16 Senate belligerency resolutions passed. 18 Congress votes against Cuban recogni tion. 19 Congress passes resolutions demanding the withdrawal of Spain from Cuba. 20 Queen opens Cortes with war speech. Government announces its opposition to privateering. President signs notifica tion to the nations of intention to block ade. 21-Mur minister at Madrid, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, informed by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs that diplo matic relations between Spain and the United States are terminated. .. .Presi dent McKinley cables our ultimatum to Spain, demanding a reply by April 23. ... Seaor Polo y Bernabe, Spanish minis ter, receives his passport and leaves . Washington. 22 Cruiser New York, Sampson's flagship, captures Pedro, 2,000 tons, fifteen miles east of Havana. .. .Cuban ports block aded by the American squadron. 23 The President Issues his proclamation calling for 125,000 volunteers. 24 (Sunday) A Spanish decree declaring war against the United' States was gazetted at Madrid. 25 Congress passes a resolution declaring that the state of war existed from April 21. 26 Recruiting volunteers began in New York City. 27 United States vessels bombard Matan zas Seventh New York Regiment de clines to enlist. 28 Commodore Dewey's fleet sails from Hongkong for Manila. .29 Spanish squadron sails from Cape Verde for the West Indies. .. .New York shells Cabanas forts.. ..U. S. cruiser Yale (Paris) arrives In New York. 80 Commodore Dewey's squadron arrives off Manila. .. .Flagship New York fires on - Spanish cavalry sharpshooters off Havana. 'May.. : 1 TJ. S. cru!ser Topeka arrives at New Yoik from Falmouth. .. .Commodore Dewey's squadron destroys the Spanish fleet at Manila. 2 Cable from Manila to Hongkong cut by Commodore Dewey. 4 Battleship Oregon and gunboat Marietta sail from Rio Janeiro. 7 Commodore Dewey Informs State De partment of the seizure of Cavite.. DCongress thanks Rear Admiral Dewey.. 10 The Gussle expedition sailed from Tampa. 11 Ensign Worth BHgley and four of the crew of the torpedo-boat Wlnslow killed by a shell from the Spanish forts at Car denas 12 Admiral Sampson's squadron bombards the forts at San Juan, l'orto Rico The Spanish Cape Verde fleet arrives at Port de France, Martinique. .. .Gussle expedition repulsed. 13 Commndore Schley's fleet sails south to meet the Spanish squadron. 14 Spanish Cape Verde fleet sighted off Curacoa. 15 Rear Admiral Dewey reports on fall of Manila. .. .S:ignsta's cabinet resigns.... Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Terror disabled at Port de France, Martinique. ....Spanish fleet leaves Curacoa. .. .Gen. Merritt ordered to the Philippines as mil itary governor Gov. Black authorizes Be Careful How Ton Sit. Recently an eminent physician gave utterance to the opinion that appendi citis is more common in this country than in oMiers because of the Yankee custom that men have and men are more frequently sufferers from the dis ease than women of habitually sitting with one leg thrown over the other. This habit, the physician was quoted is saying, restricts the action of the di gestive appartus, and especially of the lower intestine, and causes stagnation oi the contents and the stretching of reorganization of disbanded Thirteenth 1 Regiment. Madrid. 18 Ninety thousand troops ordered to mobil ize in Cbickamauga. 20 Spanish fleet arrives at Santiago de Cuba. 22 Cruiser Charleston sails for Manila. ' 23 Troops A and C arrive at Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va. 24 The Spanish fleet Is bottled up at San tiago. 25 Three transports with 2,588 men start for Manila. .. .President issues a call for 75,000 more volunteers. v 26 Oregon arrives In Key West.. ..One of Spain's cabinet ministers said the coun try was willing to accept "an honorable peace.". .. .Commodore Schley Is In touch with the Insurgent leaders. .. .Florida expedition landed without opposition near Guantanamo, Cuba. 27 Spanish scout ships chased by American warships near Key West, 29 Commodore Schley reports the trapping of Cervera In the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. Cruiser Columbia arrives at New Ycrk, having been in collision with the British steamship Foscolia, which sank. 80 Troops embark at Tampa for Havana. 31 Rear. Admiral Sampson's fleet bombards forts of Santiago de Cuba. Jnns. 1 Transports for Manila arrive at Hono lulu, Hawaii, and the Boys In Blue be come the guests of the city. .. .Monitor Monadnock ordered to Manila from San Francisco. 2 Spain again appeals to the Powers to Intervene. 8 American squadron bombarded Santiago de Cuba. 4 Lieut. Hobson sinks cruiser Merrlmac In the mouth of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. 6 Fortifications of Santiago de Cuba re duced. 7 American squadron bombards and si lences batteries at Santiago. .. .Monitor Monterey and collier Brutus sail for Manila. - 8 Assault on fortifications of Guantanamo Bay. 9 House agrees on war revenue conference report. 10-Admiral Sampson reports he has held Guantanamo harbor since the 7th.... Senate agrees on conference report on war revenue bill. 11 Four Americans at Calmanera are killed In a fight with the Spaniards. 13 Thirty-two transports with Shafter's troops sail for Santiago.... President McKinley signs the war tax bill. 14 Two Americans and several hundred Spaniards killed In a battle at Cal manera. 15 Second expedition sailed from San Francisco- for Manila Great, destruction results to Santiago forts through .the use of the dynamite guns on the Vesuvius. 17 Spanish squadron sailed from Cadiz and passed Gibraltar. 20 Transports with Gen. Shafter's troops arrive off Santiago. 22 Part of Shafter's troops landed. 23 Balance of troops landed without acci dent. .. .Admiral Camera's Cadiz fleet arrives at Island of Pantellarla. 24 Sixteen American soldiers killed and forty wounded in driving back Spanish soldiers at Santiago. 27 Commodore Watson to command fleet to attack Spanish home territory. .. .Presi dent McKinley recommends thanks of Coi ,ress for Lieut. Hobson, and that he be transferred to the line. 28 President proclaims blockade of South ern Cuba from Cape Frances to Cape Cruz. 29 Gen. Shafter reports he can take San tiago in forty-eight hours.. ..The Senate thanks Lieut. Hobson and his men, nam ing each one personally. 30 Egyptian Government refused to let Camara coal his fleet at Port Said. July. 1 Shafter's army began the assault upon Santiago de Cuba, capturing the enemy's outer works. 2 Shafler renewed the attack upon San tiago, losing about 1,000 In killed and wounded, and making 2.000 Spanish prisoners. The Spanish casualties prob ably exceeded those of the Americans. 3 Cervera's fleet destroyed at Santiago, with great loss of life. 6 Spanish transport Alfonso XII. blown up off Muriel by American gunboats.... Hobson, the hero of the Merrlmac, and his comrades exchanged for Spanish prisoners outside Santiago. 7 President signs Hawaiian annexation resolution. .. .Admiral Dewey took Subig and 1,300 prisoners. 11 Cruiser St. Louis brings Admiral Cer vera and 746 prisoners to Poets: N. -a..., Art'iVral Sampson s barded Suniiago. 13 Announced that yellow fever has broken out In Gen. Shafter's army. 14 Gen. Toral and the Spanish army Bur rendered Santiago at 3 p. m. . 17 "Old Glory" raised over Santiago at noon. 18 President issues a proclamation provid ing for the government of Santiago.... Seven American vessels bombard Man zauillo and destroy seven Spanish ships. 21 Gen. Miles, with 3,415 men on trans ports, convoyed by warships, starts to take Porto Rico. .. .American gunboats capture Nipe and sink the Spanish cruis er Jorge Juan.. ..Gen. Calixto Garcia, commander of the Cuban army of East ern Cnba, owing to discontent because the American Government has Ignored - him and his troops in the surrender of Santiago, withdrew. .. .News reached this . country that the second expedition to re enforce Admiral Dewey had arrived at Cavite. 22 Aguinaldo declared himself dictator of the Philippines. 23 Another expedition for the Philippine Islands sailed from San Francisco. 25 Gen .Miles and 3,500 men reach Gnan lco, Porto Rico, and effect a landing. 26 Secretary Day, M. Cambon, French am bassador, and his first secretary, M. Thlebaut, confer with President McKin ley In regard to terms of peace. 27 The port of Ponce, Porto Rico, surrend ers to Capt. Davis, of gunboat Dixie. 30 News of Gen. Merritt's arrival at Cavite received at Washington Dewey In forms the President that Aguinaldo, the Philippine insurgent chief, assumed a defiant attitude. 31 The Spanish forces at Cavite made a sortie during a fierce storm on the Amer ican troops in the Malate trenches. They were repulsed with heavy loss. Ten of Gen. Merritt's men were killed and forty-eight wounded. Auzust. 2 President McKinley makes public the terms of peace offered to Spain by the United States. 4 The monitor Monterey and its consort Brutus, arrive at Manila Gen. Shaf ter and his subordinates ask that the fever-stricken army at Santiago de Cuba be removed north. 5 Formal orders issued for the removal of Gen. Shafter's army to this country. 6 Spain accepts the terms of peace offered by the United Spates. . . .Guayamo, Porto Rico, captured by Gen. Haines' forces. Three Americans cornered. 8 Spain accepts President McKInley's peace terms. Certain representations were made regarding Cnba which were not accepted, however. .. .Spaniards at Guantanamo lay down their arms and surrender to Brig. Gen. Ewers. . 9 Gen. Ernst's brigade captured Coamo, Porto Rico, after a lively fight, in which seven Pennsylvania volunteers were wounded. Two hundred Spaniards were taken prisoners. .. .Spaniards attempt to retake the lighthouse at Cape San Juan, but are repulsed with heavy loss. 10 A protocol covering the peace terms of the United States has been agreed upon by M. Cambon, representing Spain, and President McKinley. .. .Gen. Schwan's forces defeat Spanish troops at Maya guez. Porto Rico. Loss on our side two killed and one wounded. 11 Spain's cabinet formally approved Pres ident McKInley's peace protocol and a cablegram was sent to M. Cambon au thorizing him to sign In behalf of Spain. 12 M. Cambon, French ambassador to the United States, signs the protocol and a cessation of hostilities is ordered. 13 Surrender of the city of Manila, after stiff bombardment by Dewey. 30 Gen. Merritt leaves Manila for Paris to aid the Feace Commission. feptember. 5 Spanish Cortes convenes to consider peace proposals. 9 Gen. Otis. United States commander at the opening of the vermiform appendix, making it possible for obstructions to reach the latter, and thus giving rise to appendicitis. There is no other dis ease, if we may judge from the atten tion given u it by current publica tions, in which the general public takes so much interest as in this one, which ft comparatively new to medi cal practice.' Probably much of the popular interest is due to the fact that only within a few years what may be called the literature of appendicitis has I reached the reading community. Les , lie's Weekly. i Manila, demanded the removal of the insurgents from that city. 10 Spanish Senate adopts the peace proto col. 12 The situation at Manila reported crit ical. 13 Spanish Chambersof Deputies adopts the peace protocol. 16 Spanish Peace Commission appointed, with Senor RIos, President of the Sen ate, as President. 17 The Peace Commission of the United States sails for Paris. 19 Spanish Government issues an order for all troops In the West Indies to return home. 20 The evacuation of the outlying positions in Porto Rico begun by the Spanish. 29 American and Spanish Commissioners meet In Paris. October. 1 American and Spanish Peace Commis sioners hold their first session. 4 American Peace Commission receives the report of Gen. Merritt in Paris. 18 Formal ceremony of raising the United States flag over San Juan takes place. . . . American Commissioners refuse to as sume any portion of Cuban debt. 24 Gen. Ortega,-with the last of the Span ish soldiers, sails from Porto Rico for Spain. 26 Spanish soldiers captured at Manila during the war are released by United States. 27 Spanish Peace Commissioners accept condition of the non-assumption of Cu ban debt by United States. November. 28 Terms of peace accepted by Spain. December. 10 Treaty of peace with Spain signed at Paris. . GENERAL CHRONOLOGY. Record of Events that Have Occurred During the Fast Tear. January. 1 Officers of the Cuban provisional gov ernment sworn in. 2 Six persons burned to death at Jersey City, N. J. 8 Thirty persons killed by collapse- of floor in city hall at London, Ont. 7 Theodore Durrant hanged for murder at St. (juentin prison, California. 8 Six nun killed by explosion of an Ohio River towboat near Glenfield, Pa.... Fifteen men drowned off Bauduc by foundering of a French steamer Six lives lost in a mine explosion near Pitts burg, Kan.. ..Death of Jlaj. Moses P. Handy. 12 Forty lives and $1,000,000 worth of prop erty destroyed by a tornado at Fort Smith, Ark. 16 Death of Hon. BenJ. Butterworth, Uni ted States Commissioner of Patents, at Thomasville, Ga. 19 Bread riots at Ancona, Italy. 20 Fire loss of $600,000 at East Grand Forks, Minn. ' 22 Marriage of Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage and Mrs.. Col. Collier. .. .Destructive storm over the West and South. 25 Many persons burned to death in a con flagration at Spokane, Wash. .. .$1,500, 000 worth of property at East St. Louis, 111., including Union elevator and Bur lington freight depot, destroyed by Are. 27 January wheat sells for $1.05 In Chi cago Steamer City of Duluth lost off St. Joseph, Mich. 29 Several persons killed In a smash-up on the Maine Central Railway at Orono.... Ten men killed by caving in of North west land tunnel in Chicago., February. 1 Six lives lost by burning of the Alvord House, Gloversvllle, N. Y. .. .Schooner Brlggs wrecked off Little Nahant and eight lives lost. 2 $500,000 fire loss in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 3 Six persons killed in railway collision near Boston Fire destroys $225,000 worth of property at Sera ri ton, Pa. 4 Seven killed in railroad wreck at Glas gow, Scotland. 6 $50,000 fire at Albany, Ind. .. .Holland American steamer Veendam wrecked In mid-ocean. 9 Adolph L. Leutgert sentenced to life Im prisonment for wife murder in, Chi cago. .. .Assassination of President Bar rios of Guatemala $250,000 fire loss at Fort Worth, Texas. 10 Thirty-eight lives crushed ont by fall lug walls at Pittsburg. 11 Nassau Chambers In New York burned; loss, SoCO.OOO French ship Flachat goes down off Canary Islands; 87 lives lost. lii-Fire damp explosion In a colliery at inrly. Prussia, kills 50 persons. . . . Legislator burned fit sea. 18 Death of Miss Frances E. Wlllard In 5ew York City Large fire at Pitts burg. , 20 New wharf and custom house at Tam pico, Mexico, burned: loss, $2,000,000. - 25 National Tobacco Company's works at Louisville, Ky., burned; loss. $2,000,000. 26 Nine lives lost in a tenement house fire at Charleston, S. " C Seven persons killed at Blue Island, 111., by the collis ion of a train and an omnibus. .. .Ten persons killed and five Injured by an explosion and fire in Hail Bros.' labora tory at Kalamazoo, Mich. 27 Death of Win. M. Slngerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia Record. March. 2 Six men killed by boiler explosion near Brewton, Ala. 8 Nine drowned by the foundering of the schooner Speedwell off the Florida coast. 7 Fire causes $150,000 loss in Brownell & . Field' Co.'s building at Providence, R. I. $5,000,000 fire loss at Manila, Phil ippine Islands. 11 Death of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans. 13 Eleven men' burned to death in Bowery Mission, New York. 16 Death of Aubrey Beardsley, the artist. ....Many persons Killed m a nre St zio Wabash avenue, Chicago. 17 Death of Blanche K. Bruce, Register of the Treasury. 19 Six -convicts killed In a mine at Pratt City, Ala. . 21 Several persons killed in a hotel fire at Butte, Mont.. 22 Forty lives lost by sinking of bark Helen Almy off San Francisco. 25 Death of James Payn, English novel ist Death of Truman P. Handy, of Cleveland, Ohio, oldest banker in United States.... Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha damaged $100,000 by fire. 23 Forty-eight sealers of steamer Green land perished on ice floes. 26 Seven persons burned to death at Kent, Minn. 27 Death of Congressman Simpkins, of Massachusetts. April. 3 Fifty lives lost in flood at Shawnee town, 111. 4 Fifteen men killed by explosion of pow der near San Vicente, Mexico. 7 Sudden death of Margaret Mather, the tragedienne. 11 Oxford Junction, Iowa, visited by $100, 000 fire. - 12 Penn glass works at North Irwin, Pa., burned; .oss, $750,000. 15 Anaconda Copper Mining Co. at Belt, Mont., suffers $250,000 fire loss. 17 Fire, following a dust explosion, de stroys "grain elevator at Bus. on; loss, $600,000. 19 Death of George Parsons Lathrop. 21 Postmaster General Gary resigns and Is succeeded by Charles Emory Smith.... Death of Senator Walthall, of Missis sippi. 23 Secretary of State John Sherman re signs. 26 Wm. R. Day appointed to fill the va cancy. .. .Glasgow, Scotland, visited by a $750,000 fire.... Powder mill at Santa Cruz, Cal., blown up, causing loss of eleven lives. 28 Atlantic Powder Co.'s works at Dover, N. J., wrecked by an explosion. 30 Heavy damage done by tornadoes "In Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and South Da kota. May. r 2 Thirteen persons killed by tbrnado at Jerlco, Mo. 8 Schooner Crown wrecked off St. Johns, N. F., and 11 men drowned. 6 $125,000 fire loss at Cleveland. 7 Three hnndred persons killed In a riot at Milan, Italy. 8 Duluth, Minn., suffers a $100,000 fire. 11 Wool warehouse burns at Ballardvllle, Mass.; loss. $T.00.000. DON'T DELAY.... In seenrlng the COtTJlWBIA A GBNCY for 1899; one day's delay may result in your competitor getting It. We are the only bicycle house having a delivery point in the North west. Prompt delivery of all orders assured. Dealers who handle the COLUMBIA and HARTFORD line will have a double advant age over others who do not. We have im proved the quality of our products, while our increased output enables ua to reduce our prices, as follows: Columbia Chalnless .. $75 00 Columbia Models 57-68 60 00 Columbia Models 45-19, '98 pattern, '99 im provements 40 00 POPE MANUFACTURING CO.. tatrlllnOregM.Waihlntoii,aonUnaMiltea, 12 Burning of Armour's elevator D an! several lumber yards causes $1,000,010 Iobs in Chicago. 14 Thousands killed by cyclone on Suni bawa Island, Malay Archipelago. .. .Ed ward Remenyl, violinist, falls dead In a San Francisco theater. .. .Ball Bros.' glass works burned at Muncie, Ind.; loss, $285,000. 16 Flint mill of Mining & Mill Co., at East Liverpool, Ohio, burned: loss, $100,000. 17 Great damage done and many people hurt by cyclone In Nebraska. 18 Business section of Attleboro, Mass., destroyed by fire. .. .Destructive cyclone sweeps through Iowa, Kansas, Illinois and Wisconsin. 19 Death of William E. Gladstone. 22 Death of Edward Bellamy. .. .Mine firs at Zollern, Prussia; 45 miners perish. 28 Italian cabinet resigns. 31 New cabinet formed In Italy. Ju-e. . 1 Death of tragedian Thos. W. Keene.... Transmissippl exposition opens at Omaha. 4 Death of Capt. Chas. V. Gridley, of the cruiser Olympla at Manila. 7 Plant of Burgess Steel Co., Portsmouth, Ohio, burned: loss, $400,000. 11 Case Power Building In Detroit burned. 13 Collapse of Joseph Letter's wheat deal. 15 Resignation of the French mfiiistry. 28 First party cabinet formed in Japan. 20 Formation of the Pelloux cabinet In Italy. July. 2 Strike of stereotypers causes Chicago papers to suspend for four days. 4 French liner La Bourgogne goes down off Sable Island with 553 passengers. 6 Hawaiian resolutions adopted by the Senate. ' 8 Steelville. Mo., almost obliterated by a waterspout.. ..Congress adjourns sine die. 11 Sacrasta mlnls'ry In Spain resigns.... Eleven men killed in water tunnel at Cleveland, Ohio. 19 Powder mill at Oakland, Cal., blown up by a Chinaman and seven lives lost. 30 Death of Prince Bismarck. August. 1 Martin Thorn executed at Sing Sing, N. Y. 8 Bismarck, N. D., destroyed by Are Death of Georg M. Ebers, Egyptologist and novelist. 12 United States flag officially hoisted over Hawaii. 13 Twenty lives lost by cloudburst In Haw kins County, Ky. 15 Resignation of ministry at Lisbon. 20 French steamer La Coquette sunk off Newfoundland by the Norge; 16 lives lost. 21 Seven persons killed In railway collision at Sharon, Mass. 22 Eight laborers killed by collapse of a wall In Carnegie tunnel. Pa Carter- vllle. 111., visited by a $250,000 fire 300 miners drowned at Nience, Silesia.... Death of King Malletoa of Samoa. 23 Destructive fire at Logansport, La. 25 Ex-Gov. Claude Matthews stricken by nnralvsis at Meharry's Grove, Ind. 28 Death of ex-Gov. Claude Matthews of Indiana. 30 Small pox breaks out at Put-In-Bay Isl and, Lake Erie. 31 Wllbelmlna becomes Queen of Holland. ....Confession and suicide of Col. Henry, principal witness against Capt. Dreyfus, at Paris. Feptember. 2 President Wllford Woodruff, of the Mor mon church, died at San Francisco.... The British captured Omdurman oppo site Knartonm, in tne souuan. 4 British troops occupied Khartoum. .. .M. . Cavalguac, French Minister of War, re signs. 5 Twenty-eight people killed In collision ,-of train with trolley car at Cohoes. N. Y. ....Gen. Zurllnden appointed French Minister of War. 6 Wilhelmlna crowned Queen of Holland at Amsterdam. .. .Thirty men killed by falling of a bridge over St. Lawrence ' River, near St, Regis Indian village.... Many killed In riots in Crete. .. .Opening of G. A. R. national encampment at Cin cinnati. 10 Assassination of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, by an Italian anarchist at Geneva, Switzerland $200,000 fire at Livermore Falls, Me. 11 i'lre wiped out New Westminster, B. C, and Jerome, Ariz. 12 Death of Judge Thos. M. Cooley at Ann Arbor, Mich. .. .Hurricane on Island of St. Vincent, West Indies, killed 300 per sons and destroyed much property. 14 Lorenzo Snow choaeu head of the Mor mon church. 18 Death of Dr. John Hall. .Death of Miss Winnie Davis. 20 Tei, persons burned to death in an ele-- vator-fire-fa-Toledes r 22 Thirty-six men Jilt-owned by sinking of French boat Ville de Fecamp off Fecamp. 23 Fifty miners entombed in coal shaft at Brownsville, Pa. 24 Several persons killed and much prop erty destroyed by windstorm at Lima, O. 26 Tornado destroys property at Tonawan da, N. Y., and kills five at Merrilton, Ont. Death of Miss Fanny Davenport. 27 Claremont, Minn., destroyed by fire. 28 Death of ex-Secretary Thomas F. Bay ard.. '.. Riot at Pana, 111. . 29 Death of Queen Louise of Denmark. 30 Hundreds of lives" lost by floodar In Japan. October. 1 Great fire In Colorado Springs, Colo. 2 Fierce gale on South Atlantic coast. 5 In attempting to quell the rebellion of the Indians at Bear Lake, Minn., several soldiers were killed and wounded. 8 Great Are in Sidney, N. S. W. 9- $200,000 fire at Atlantic City, N. J. 16 Great fire at Dawson City, Alaska. 20 Seven men killed by boiler explosion on torpedo boat Davis near Astoria, Ore. 23 Ten men killed In a race war at Har persvllle, Miss. 24 Fire on the Brooklyn, N. Y., water front; loss, $475,000. 25 French cabinet resigns. 81 New French cabinet formed. .. .Japan ese cabinet resigns. November. 6 Eleven men killed by collapse of new Wonderland theater at Detroit. .. .Seven men crushed to death In a mine near Wilkesbarre, Pa. 6 Capitol at Washington wrecked by gas explosion. .. .Death of David A. Wells, economic writer. 7 Resignation of the Greek ministry. 8 General election. 9 Organization of Japan's new ministry completed. 10 New ministry formed In Greece. .. .Pres ident Masso and secretaries of Cnban re public resign. - 11 Bank at Kirksville, Mo., robbed of $32,000. 17 British ship Atalanta sinks off Oregon coast; 26 lives lost. 18 Death of John W. Keely, the inventor. ....Twelve laborers killed by train at Hackensack Meadows, N. J. 19 Death of Gen. D. C. Buell. 23 Burning of the Baldwin hotel and the ater in San Francisco. 24- 26 Great storm sweeps over the coun try; many lives lost at sea. 27 Death of Actor C. W. Couldock....Slx persons killed by boiler explosion near Fourteen Mile Slough, Cal. 28 Dynamite explosion in Havana kills 15 persons and Injures 25 others. December. 5 Opening of Congressional session. 10 Death of William Black, novelist. 11 Death of Gen. Calixto Garcia at Wash ington. 15 Death of ex-Senator Calvin S. Brice.... 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