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zuela.-The British evacuate Glen coe and Dundee, falling back upon Ladysmith. 24-The Orange Free State proclaims the annexation of a part of, Cape Colony.-Revolutionists take charge of the Venezuela government.-Sev en Colombian insurgent vessels de stroyed during a battle in Magdal ena river.-The Universalist con vention appoints a committee to confer with a similar committee of Unitarians to deliberate on church union. 25-Forty-three high government ofi cials of Southern Russia arrested for malfeasance in office.--. Ten nyson Neely. the New York pub lisher, files a petition in banhkruptcy. 27-Strikers at Decatur, Ill., get the worst of a riot with officers and non-union men. 28-The New River, W. V., mine strike declared off. 80-The bombardment of Ladysmith be gins; part of General White's Brit ish army ,lured into the hills and forced to surrender. NOVEM BER. --A three days' successful test of Marconi's wireless telegraphy con ducted personally by the, inventor on United States warships. 3--Pottery girls of East Liverpool, Ohio, win a strike for increased wages.-Twenty-eight people killed at Antwerp, Belgium, by the col lapse of a ferry approach. 4-The Anglo-American Rapid Vehicle company, capitalized at $75,000,000, incorporated. -Non-union miners of both colors raid Bevier, Mo., with guns and ter rorize citizens. --The cruiser Charleston runs aground near Vigan, Philippine 151 ands.-Republicans carry Now York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, New Jersey, Iowa, Kansas and the Dakctas; democrats victorious in Maryland, Mississippi and Virginia; fusionists win in Nebraska. 3-Germany and Great Britain reach an agreement for the partition of Samoa, subject to approval by the United States. B-The Telephone, Telegraph and Ca ble company of America chartered. -Inveqtion of a trolley kite bomb carrier for war purposes announced by Silas J. Coyne of Chicago. Jiminez elected president of San Domingo.-A Michlcdn Central train ditched by wreckers near Vienna, Mich.; four mortally wounded. I0--Five Washington men held for court in Philadelphia on a charge of bal lot box stuffing; others arrested . a::iater.-Becker, the Chicago wife inurderer, executed. 11--One safe cracker killed, one cap tured and two policemen mortally wounded in a fight at Titusville, Pa.-Six Indians and one white man killed in an attempt in New Mexico to arrest an Indian. 12-General Paredes. the Venezuela counter revolutionist, surrenders Portb Cabello. 15-Observations of Leonid meteors throughout the world generally fail ures.-Secretary Gage .announces his intention to buy for the nation al treasury $25,000,000 worth of gov ernment 5 per cent. bonds.-Pearl Hart, alleged stage robber, acquit ted at Phoenix, Ariz. 16-A joint conference of the W. C. T. U. and the Non-partisan W. C. T. U. resolve in favor of reunion of those bodies.-A government naval board decides in favor of accent ance of the Holland submarine torpedo boat. 17-A "municipal programme" of legis lation adopted by the National Mu nicipal League at Columbus, Ohio. -Colombian government tgoops de feat rebels in a: terrible battle at Bacaranauga.-Oornelits Corcoran, in Chicago, shoots four of his child ren, all but one mortally, poisons another to death and commits sui cide. 22-Four hundred Dervishes, including the Khalifa, slain in a battle with Anglo-Egyptian troops near the Nile.-The Marconi Wireless Tele graph company of America incor porated.-The National Non-Parti san W. C. T. U. executive commit tee ratifies reunion with the W. C. T. U. 3--The K. of L. general assembly pass es resolutions denouncing President McKinley.-Bodies of the victims of Peddler Hummel, his wife and three stepchildren, found at their home near Montgomery, Pa. 24-New York police raid the "Franklin Syndicate" headquarters; Louis Mil ler arrested; warrants issued for the arrest of W. F. Miller and Cecil Ieslie. 25-Great Britain officially announces to the powers a state of war in South Africa. 27-The United States amends the An glo-German agreement on Samoa. 28-The British general, Methuen, de feats the Boers at Modder river in a bloody battle.-An anonymous donor gives to the University of Pennsylvania $250,000' to erect a laboratory of physlcs.-A receiver appointed for Harper & Brothers, New York publishers.-The shoe factory trust completed. 24-Lippincott's publishing house and a block of Philadelphia business buildings burn: loss, $2,000,000. S3-The South Carolina Home for Ne gro Boys and Girls dedicated at Colombia. DECEMBER. 2-Republican representatives nomin ate Henderson for speaker of the house and declare for the Reed rules; democrats nominate Rich . rdson. 4-Congress organizes with David B. Henderson speaker; the, house re publican caucus currency bill in troduced.-The United States su preme court hands down an anti trust decision in the Addystone pire case. 5-The Pullman and Wagner zalace car companies consolidate. 68-The republican senate currency bill Introduced.-Brigadier General Leo nard A. Wood promoted to be maj or general.-Dick Coleman, negro murderer, tortured and burned at the stake at Maysvllle, Ky.-New England textile mills increase wases. 7-Peter A. B. Wedemer purchases a site near Philadelphia on which he purposes to build .and endow a school and hospital for crippled children. 9-Taylor, republican, given his cer tiflcate of election as governor of Kentucky. -10--The British defeated at Stormberg with terrihle loss. l--Osmer W. Roper of numerous bogus corporations arre-ted at Newark, N. J., charged with fraudulent use of the mails. 12-Republicans carry Boston. 13-Gereral Wood relieves Genera! Brooke as military governor of Cuba. 15--General Buller meets with a disas trous repulse at the hands of the Boers at Tugela river.-Philadel phia chosen as the place for hold ing the republican national con vention.-John P. Squire & Co., Boston pork packers, assign. 16-The Broadway National Bank of Boston closes its doors. 18-The house passes the republican caucus currency bill.-Fallures of the Preduce Exchange Trust com pany and Henry Allen & Co. pre 1 eilttate a New York stock exchange panic.-The Vogeler drug house of Baltimore fails. 19-A receiver appointed for the Co lumbia Iron works. Baltimore. 20-Call issued for the republican na tional convention of 1900. 21-Receiver appointed for Globe Na tional bank of Boupton. 22-Terrible disaster ht Amalfl, on the Gulf of Solferno.--Six children burned to death at St. Patrick's school, Quincy, Ill. 28-Burial of the Maine dead in Arling ton cemetery. SPORTING, JANUARY. 6-Chicago: Carter wins the rubber three-cushion carom billiard game against Schafer. 7 ?-New York: Gimm of Pittsburg wins the 24-hour bicycle race; 460 miles. -Daytone O.: A new world's record for running double high kick estab lished by Oliver Archer; 7 feet 3 inches. 10-New York: Sharkey defeats McCoy in 10 rounds. 13-Baltimore: Gans whips Young Smyrna in two rounds. 14-Chicago: Schafer wins an 18-inch balk line billiard game against Sut ton, 150 to 76. 17-New York: Dixon knocks out Young Pluto in the 10th round. 19-Galveston, Tex.: A contest between Choynaki and Hall stopped by the sheriff. 23-Chicago: Hall Adali, the Turk, un dertakes to throw twice both Far mer Burns and Jack Rooney; fails with Burns. 24-New York: -Mysterious Billy Smith knockts out Edwards in the 14th round. 26-Boston: Herbert Holm lowers the American 500-yard swimming rec ord to 8:12 1-5; 1,000-yard record lowered to 16:49 by John A. Leavitt. 28-Montreal: The mile skating reced broken by John S. Johnson; 2:35 2-5. -Des Moines, Ia.: The double-foot kick record broken by W. J. Mon ilaw; 7 feet 6% inches. 30--Philadelphia: Sharkey knocks out IMcCormick in two rounds. 31-Richard Blanchard formulates a re vised bode of boxing rules. FEBRUARY. --South Bend, Ind.: Halt Adall, the' Turk, defeats Delmar, the French man, in a wrestling match. 4-Boston: Three swimming records broken; American amateur i00 yards, by Robert Fuller, 4:56 1-5; 250 yards,' by John A. Leavitt, 3:40; 150 yards, by Robert Holm, 2:05 2-5. -Cincinnati: Wolcott whips Ryan in 14 rounds. 6-Chicago: Schafer defeats Carter at three-cushion carom billiards, 100 .to 80. 7-New York: Gardner defeats Solly Smith in six rounds. 9-Providence, R. I.: T. J. Keenan of Pittsburg elected president of the L. A. W. 11--Ban Francisco: Charles W. Miller lowers the indoor record, bicycle, for half mile, unpaced; :59 2-5. 13-Youngstown, O.: O'Brien gets tha decision over Gardner in a 20-round contest. 14-Pittsburg: John S. Johnson lowers the indoor skating record for half mile to 1:17 4-5; also the two-mile record to 6:03. 16-New York: The triple tie in the amateur billiard tournament, class A. brolten by Martin Mullen of Cleveland, defeating Wayman C. McCreary of St. Louis, 400 to 312. 17-Pittsburg: Johnson lowers the three-mile indoor skating record to 9:07; also skates half mile in 1:15., which is better than the record, but his correct time not officially re corded. 18-New York: Quincy A. Shaw of Boston A. A. wins the amateur rac quet championship of America. London: Bredin wins the half-mile running championship against Tmockler; :56 1-5.-San Francisco: Miller wins the six-day b:cycle race; 2,190 miles 3 laps.-New York: Mullen wins the Class A amateur billiard championship. 22-New York: The amateur shooti.l. championship won by G. S. McAl pin. 27-Rochester, N. Y.: Gardner wins against Hopkins in a 10-round bout. MARCH. 1-Hot Springs, Ark.: Tommy Ryan knocks out Charlie Johnson in the eighth round. 3-San Frapeisco: Erne whips Haw kins in heven rounds. 7-New York: Ruhlin knocks out God dard in four rounds.-Boston: Roe ber defeats the "Terrible Turk" in a Graeco-Roman wrestling match. -New York: Fred Gerner breaks the skating high jump record; 4 feet % inch. 8-Memphis, Tenn.: Hall knocks out Lawley in the 10th round. 10-Ithaca, N. Y.: Three university records broken: High hurdle, 30 yards 4 1-5 feet; Perkins and Lue der' each beat the shot-put record. -San Francisco: Mysterious Billy Smith awarded the decision over Iavigne. 11-London-New York: The cable chess match won by Americans, 6 to 0. 14-Chicago: Carter breaks the world's record for h:gh average at a three cushion billiard tournament match; new figure, 1 1-29: high run, 7. 10-Philadelphia: Maher knocks out Stephenson in the second round. 17-New York: The rope-climbing rec ord broken by Kunath; 25 feet In 6 3-5 seconds. 20--New York: Showalter wins a se ries of chess games against Jan owsky. 4 to 2. 24-San Francisco: McCoy wins the de cision against Choynski in a 20 round bout. APRIL 6--Dubuque, Iowa: Tommy Rys.n given the decision ofrer Dutch Neal in the sixth round. 7-New York: Showalter wins anoth er chess series over Janowski. 8-New York: Wolcott knocks out Judge in eight rounds. 12-Chicago: De Oro wins the world's billiard champ~nnshlp over Keogh. -Memphis. Tenn.: Eveghardt wins the decision over Charlie Burns on a foul. 14-New York: The grand American shooting handicap won by Tom A. Marshall of Keithsburg, Ill.--Nw. York: McFadden whips Gans in 23 rounds. 15-The national league baseball season opens. 22-The arst cable chess match between American and British university men won by the Britishers, 3% to 24-Turin, Italy: Banker of Pittsburg wins the grand bicycle prize. 25-New York: Wolcott knocks out Creedon in one round.-New H-Ia ven: McCute gets the decision ot r Needham in a 10-round bout. MAY. --Lincoln, Neb.: No, 1 squad at a shooting tournament makes a clean score of 20 targets. - Louisville: Gardner wins the decision over IHo gan in a 20-round bout. 5-New York: McPattland knocks out Bennett in the fifth round. 9-New York: Erne awarded the de cision over McFadden after 20 rounds. 13-New York: The six-day pedestrian race won by Hegelman. 15-Buffalo: Dixon awarded the decis iou over Broad in 20 rounds. 19-New York: Wolcott knocks out O'Brien in the 14th round. 22-Philadelphia: Joe 'Butler defeats Ed Dunkhorst in six rounds. 23-New York: McPartland wins the decision over Spike Sullivan in a 26-round bout. 24-Washington: Henry Fournier, on his "infernal machine," covers a mile in 1:31 3-5, the fastest ever made by a two wheel vehicle. 27-New York: The University of Pennsylvania captures nine of the 13 intercollegiate athletic events; A. Z. Kraenzlein makes the longest running broad jump on record, 24 feet 4% inches.-New York: Banas ter wins the Brooklyn handicap 'n 2:06%. 28-Paris: The Grand Prix won by Perth. 0--Chicago wins a telegraphic chess match with Boston. 8% to 8%. Louisville: Wolcott knocks out Watts in the eighth round. 31-Epsom: The English Derby won by Flying Fox, 2:42 4-5.-San Fran cisco: Al Neil wins the decision over George Green. JUNE. 2-New York: Dixon given the decis ion over Bernstein in a 25-round bout. 3-New York: John Flanagan, N. Y. A. C., breaks the hammer-throwing record; 164 feet 10 inches. 9-New York: Jeffries knocks out Fitzsimmons in the 11th round, thereby winning the heavyweight championship of the world.-Fargo, N. D.: Hall Adali, the Turkish champion Wrestler of the world, wins two falls from Duncan A. Mc Millan, the Scotchman, but loses the match under the condition that he must win four falls in an hour. 10-Bristol, R. I.: The America cup defender Columbiadaunched. 13-Baltimore: Henri Fournier and S. A. Glemshaw, mounted on a gaso line motor bicycle, reduce the tan dem record for five miles to 8:13 "1-5. 14-London: Marshall, the American, wins first prize in the minor chess tournament. 16-St. Louis: Scanlon knocks out Es ter in one round. 17-New York: The Suburban handi cap won by Imp In 2:05 4-5.-Wal tham, Mass.: Everett E. Ryan breaks the world's 10-mile bicycle record in 28:32. 18-Berlin: The German Derby won by Galiferd. 19-Denver: Hall Adali throws Kid McChristy, Tom Quinn, Casper Gun kle, Doc Payne and Farmer Burns in 45 minutes. 20-Newport: The Defender beats the Navahoe in their first competitive trial.-New York: Maher knocks out Morrissey in 85 seconds. 23-San Francisco: Joe Kennedy given the decision over Ruhlin in a 20 round fight.-New York: Wolcott defeats Creedon in a 20-round bout. 24-Chicago: Henry J. Avery, amateur, equals the world's best record at three-cushion carem billiards, knocking out 14 without a miss. San Francisco: J.E.Morgan ties the world's 50-yard pistol record; total ten-shot scores, 465.-New Bedford, Mass.: Eddie McDuffle breaks two world's bicycle records: Quarter mile in :22; half-mie in :45.-Fall River, Mass: Henry Elkes rides five miles, motor paced, in 8:55j, breaking the bicycle record. 26-Lipton's cup challenge yacht Sham rock launched.-Poughkeepsle, N. Y.: The intercollegiate four-oared boat race won by Pennsylvania. The freshmen's race won by Cor nell. 27-Poughkeepsie: Pennsylvania wins the regular intercollegiate boat race. 29-New Bedford, Mass.: Eddle Mc Duffle makes a new mile bicycle rec ord, 1:31 2-5, paced by a motor ma chine.-New London, Conn.: Har vard wins all three boat races against Yale. 30-New York: Paced by a locomotive. Charles M. Murphy rides a mile in :57 4-5 on his bicycle. JULY. 1-Patchogue, N. Y.: Michael J. Don ovan breaks the world's record for walking 320 yards; :58 3-5.-Lexing ton, Ky.: The Bondman lowers the 2-year-old trotting record; 2:17 1-4. 3-Buffalo: Erne wrests the light weight championship from Lavigne; decision after 20 rounds.-New York: Young Mahony awarded the decision over Jack Everhardt after a 25-round bout.-Loulsville: Dixon defeats Sani Bolen in three rounds. -Waltham, Mass.: The American one-mile amateur bicycle record, paced, flying start, broken by E. S. Ryan: 1:40.-Milwaukee: William T. Rottolfson rides on his bicycle to Racine and return, 52 miles, with out handlebars, In 3:57. 6-St. Louis: Taylor wins the national one-mile bicycle championship in 1:33 4-5. 7-Henley, England: Howell, the American oarsman, . beats Black staffe for the diamond sculls. 10-London: Lascar wins the interna tional chess championship.-Chica go: The Atlantic Auxiliary asso ciation wins the Brooklyn whist trophy. 11-Denver: Dixon wins the decision over Tommy White in a 20-round bout. 13-Salt Lake, Utah: The indoor mile bicycle record broken by John Law son, paced by tandems; 1:57 3-5. Clem Turville wins the five-mile professional indoor bicycle cham pionship; 11:20. 14-Chicago: Dixon awarded the decis ion over Eddy, Santry in the sixth round. 15-Philadelphia: Archie McEachern wrests the unpaced bicycle cham pionship from Titus; three miles in 6:52 3-5. 17-Chicago: Hackett and Allen win the western tennis championship. 18-Southampton. England-The Amer icas cup challenger Shamrock out sails the. Britannia. 19-Chicago: Carl B. Neel regains the western tennis championship. 20-Waterbury, Conn.: The American handicap record, bicycle, for two thirds of a mile broken by Frank Kramer, 1:22.-The American mile handicap competition record low ered by George Collett and W. R. Wahrenberger to 1:55.-San Fran cisco: George Green knocks out Charlie Goff in 19 rounds. 21--Chicago: Choynski gets the decis ion over McCormick in a six-round contest. 22-Ottawa, Oct.: The Canadian 100 yard swimming championship won by Schefler of Chicago. 6 --Waltham, Mass.: Everett E. Ryan breaks the world's amateur record for half a mile on a bicycle, :48 4-5. 27-Denver-Ruhlin knocks out Lawler in the ninth round.-London: B. H. Howell, the American oarsman, wino the Wingfleld silver scullse and the amateur Thames championship. --alt Lake: J. M. Chapman of At lanta lowers the five-mile bicycle to 10:45; also the half-mile handi cap professional record to :59 3-5. 29-London: A. A. Chase breaks the bicycle record for two, three and four miles; 3:25%, 5:09 and 6:25 4-5.-Arboretum Lake, Walsall: J. A Jarvis, English amateur cham pion swimmer, breaks the 1,000 yard open water record. AUGUST. 1-Worcester, Mass.: Ten Eyck breaks the sculling record for one and one half miles; 9:46 2-5. 3-Montreal: The Seawanhaka-Corin thian cup won by the Canadian yacht Valkyrie 1. over the Ameri can Constance.-Minneapolls: A. A. Hansen wheels 1,000 miles in 92:44, lowering the record.-Chicago: August Taylor, paced by a steam motor, breaks the mile bicycle rec ord; 1:22 4-5. 4-DenverChoynskl wlns his fight with Mexican Pete Everett on a foul. 8-Leicester, PEngland: The world's mile swimming record broken by W. A. Jarvis in 25:13.2-5. 10-Vineyard Haven. Mass.: Consid erable time allowance, the Defend er beats the Columbia in a yacht race. 11-New York: Dixon and Santry fight a 20-round draw. 12-C. S. Porter, paced by a motor, lowers the three-mile bicycle rec ord to 6:03. 14-Joplin, Mo.: McCoy knocks out Carter in 10 rounds. 15-Kensington, England: The Eng lish cricket team, in a match with Australians, raises the run record to 570.-Waltham. MasP.: Tom Linton lowers the 25-mile motor paced record to 42:11 1-5; also the hour record to 34 miles 1,633 yards, on his bicycle.-Chicago: Schafer ties the world's record of 85 at cushion carom billiards. 16-Rochester, N. Y.: John R. Gentry wins a pacing race against Joe Patchen and Searchlight in 2:03%. 18-Chicago: McCormick knocks out McCoy in one round.-New York: Bernstein whips Solly Smith in three rounds.--Bradford, Pa.: The First Ward Hose company of But ler, Pa., breaks the world's hose record, running 200 yards and mak ing couplings in 27 2-5. 20-New York: Charles Mock breaks the 10-mile bicycle road record; 4:44.-Milwaukee: The American homing pigeon record for 150 miles broken by one of Henry J. Baum gaertner's birds; oar 50 miles an hour. 21-New York: O'Brien whips Downey in 19 rounds. 23-Vancouver. B. C.: Jim Jeffords knocks out Peter Jackson in four rounds.-Brockton, Mass.: The world's professional two-mile paced bicycle record broken by Harry Gibson of Cincinnati; 3:09 4-5. Goshen, N. Y.: Patchen defeats Gentry in a pacing race; best time, 2:09. 24-Montreal: The American yacht Genesee wins the Canada cup from the Canadian yacht Beaver. 25-Peoria, Ill.: The world's horse run ning record for five-eighths of a mile on a half-mile track lowered by Encino to 1:02%.--New York: Frank Kramer breaks the one-third mile bicycle record; :39 4-5.-New York: Cyclone Morris defeated by Creedon in six rounds. 28-Lynn, Mass.: Wefers, the runner, equals his own and the world's rec ord for 75 .yards; :07 3-5.-New Orleans: Everhardt wins his fight with Dunfee on a foul. 29-Dubuque. Iowa: Choynski wins the decision over Jimmie Ryan in a 20 round bout. 30-Portland, Ore.: Jeffords knocks out Nick Burley in two minutes. 31-Hartford, Conn.: Star Pointer paces a mile in 2 minutes. SErTEMBER. 1-Chicago: Tom Bullers lowers the American 15-mile motor-paced bi cycle record to 26:15.-Jimmy Bow ler lowers the American five-mile motor-paced bicycle record to 8:50 2-5. 4-Hollyrood Park. N. J.: Fred Gerner beats the world's standing high jump record, 5 feet 4 inches.-Bay onne. N. J.: John Flannagan makes a new world's record for hammer throwing from a. nine-foot circle; 164 feet 6.inches. 5-New York.l. McCoy knocks out Geoffrey Thorne . of England in three rounds. 6-New York: Patchen defeats Gentry and Star Pointer in a pacing race; fastest time, 2:02%. 7-Wheeling: McClelland knocks out Joe Hopkins in 15 rounds. 11-New York: Louden Campbell whips Larry Burns in the 20th round. Denver: Scanlan throws up the sponge in the fifth round of his fight with Jack LaFontiee. 12-New York: McGovern defeats Pel lar Palmer in one round, winning the bantam championship of the world. 13-Philadelphia: Harry Elkes breaks the hour bicycle record; 36 miles 747 yards. 14-Terre Haute, Ind.: Bumps lowers the wagon mile record to 2:08'.4. 15-Baltimore: The open golf cham pionship of the United States won by Willie Smith of Chicago.-Chica go: Mrs. W. B. Mullvaine wins the woman's golf championship.-New York: Kid McPartland awarded .the decision over Otto Seiloff in a 25-round fight. 16-Cleveland: Sunland Belle beats the wagon pacing record; 2:07%. Brockton, Mass.: The world's 15 mile unpaced amateur bicycle rec ord broken by J. F. Ingraham; 42:06. 17-Chicago: The American Associa tion of Baseball clubs organized. Atlantic City: Everett Andrews lowers the national standard bicy cle record for 100 miles to 4:41:00. 18-Denver: Gus Ruhlin whips Jack Stelaner in the seventh round. New York: Tommy Ryan defeats Craig in 10 rounds. 19-New York: McCoy knocks out Steve O'Donnell in six rounds. 20-Halifax, N. S.: The single-scull race with John Brennen of Halifax won by J. A. Ten Eyck; 23:17. 22-Spokane, Wash.: C. C. Holzell low ers the mile amateur bicycle record to 1:35%. 23-Cincinnati: Miss McAteer of Pitts burg wrests the woman's tennis championship from Miss Atkinson of Brooklyn.-Philadelphia: Elkes wins the 50-mile motor-paced championship, smashing all records from 5 to 19 miles inclusive. 4.4-Prov:dence. R. I.: iElkes rides five miles in 8:40. lowering the record. 25-Louisville: Choynski whips Hall in three rounds.-Denver: Mysterious Billy Smith knocks out Bob Doug lass in the fourth round. 26-New York: Maher whips Kennedy in the second round.-Spokane, Wash.: C. C. Holzell, on his bicy cle, covers a th:rd of a mile in :29 2-5. and claims the amateur li cycle record for that distance. 27-Louisville: Bumps lowers the mile wagon pacing record to 2:031.;. New York: McCoy d' feats McCor m!ek in the eighth round. 29-Louisvill.: The Abbot trots a quarter of a mile in :29, breaking the record. OCT BE R. 2-Pittsburg: McClelland gets the de cislon over Solly Smith on a foul. New York: Spike Sullivan whips Jerome Qu:gley in six rounds. 3--Philadelphia: William H. Stubhs of the Baltimore Sun ofllce breaks the world's record for linotype com position; sets 66.617 ems at the rate of 11.940 ems an hour.-Brockton, Mass.: Ben Munroe of Memphis and Charles McCarty of St. Louis break the national professional pared bicycle tandem record for a mile: 1:37 3-5.-Chicago: Jack Root given the decision , over Frank Craig in six rounds. 4-Brockton, MaEs.: Eddie McDuffle wheels 10 miles in 15:18 4-5, break ing the record. 5-Lexington, Ky.: Transylvanla stakes won by Lord Vincent. 6-Chicago: McCoy and Choyrski fight a six-round draw.-New York: Mc Fadden knocks out Lavigne in 19 rounds. 9-Pike's Peak, Colo.: Capt. G. M. Boyton lowers the world's record for ascent of the mountain on foot to 5 hours 5 minutes.-Chicago: Terry McGovern, bantam champion, puts out Billy Rotchford in one minute. 10-Lexington, Ky.: Tommy Britton and Peter the Great trot head and head the fastest half mile on rec ord; 1:01%.-Brockton, Mass.: Mc Duffle breaks all bicycle records from one to five miles incltisive; first two miles in less than three minutes. 11--Brockton, Mass.: McDutle breaks the two-mile record; 2:54.-The Anmerican Baseball league organ ized to succeed the Western league. -Baltimore: Joe Gans awarded the decision over Martin Judge In 20 rounds. 13-Brockton, Mass.: McPartland low ers the National Cycle association records from 8 to 13 miles iLclusive, riding 13 miles in 21:11.-Philadel phia: Dixon and Callahan fight a six-round draw. 14-Philadelphia: Miss Ruth ,Under hill defeats Mrs. Caleb F. Fox at golf and becomes women's cham pion of the United States. 15-The National Baseball league sea son closes, Brooklyn winning the pennant. 17-New York: Creedon knocks out Ready in eight rounds. 18-Mrs. Jane Lindsay finishes an 800 mile ride in 91:48, sleeping six hours in that time. 19-Chicago: Major Taylor awarded the L. A. W. championship for the year. 20-New York: The Columbia success fully defends the America's yacht ing cup, hating defeated the Sham rock in three races.-Baltimorc: Kilraln put to sleep in the fifth round by Steve O'Donnell.-New York: Choynski knocks out Jimmy Ryan in the seventh round. 22-New York: William H. Brown eas ily beats the 1,000-mile bicycle road record :n about 84 hours. 23-Syracuse, N. Y.; Maher wins his fight with Dunkhorst on a foul. St. Louis: Choynski knocks out Dick Moore in three rounds. 24-New York: Ruhlin knocks out Jet fords in the fifth round. 25-New York: Harvard wins the in ter-collegiate championship against Princeton. 26-Bethlehem, Pa.: The world's mile pacing record for a half-mile track twice broken by Prince Albert; third heat in 2:06. 27-St. Louis: McCoy knocks out Stift in 13 rounds. 28-Paris: Charlemont, French cham pion, defeats Jerry Driscoll, former champion of the British navy, by a kick in the groin.-Chicago: Fitz simmons knocks out Jeff Thorne o. England in one minute. NOVEM BER. 1-New York: Blosson wins the cush ion carom billiard championship against Shaefer. 2-New York: Dixon gets the decision over Curley in a 25-round bout. 8-Jeffries retains the heavyweight championship by getting the decis ion over Sharkey after 25 rounds. 4-New York: Choynski knocks out Carey in the second round. 8-Chicago: Eddie McDuffle, paced by a motor, reduces the world's bicycle record for one-third of a mile and one-quarter of a mile; :27 2-5 and :21 2-5 respectlvely.-New York: Mysterious Billy Smith awarded the decision over Keever in a 20 round bout. 9-Buffalo: McCoy knocks out McDon ough in the fourth round. 10-Chicago: Major Taylor lowers the half-mile motorcycle record to :41. 12-Denver: In shooting practice C. C. Ford of Denver scores 199 out of a possible 200 or a 500-yard range, in cluding 31 consecutive bullseyes. Jacksonville, Fla.: Bobby Walthour of Atlanta breaks the world's pro fessional paced bicycle record for five, 10 and 15 miles; 8:07 3-5, 17:13 3-5 and 26:49 3-5. 13-Chicago: McDuffle, motor paced, wheels a half mile In :40 2-5, low ering the record.-New York: Char lie Burns knocks Ziegler out in the fifth round. 15-Chicago: The mile bicycle record, motor paced, reduced to 1:19 by Major Taylor. 16-Chicago: Major Taylor, motor pac ed, lowers the half and third-mile records; :40 1-5 and :27 1-5. 17-New York: McConnell whips .Han dler in 15 rounds. 20-New York: C. P. Cartwright es tablishes a new basket ball record, shooting the ball into the basket 31's feet in a 63-foot court. 21-New York: Dixon gets the decis ion over Lenny after 25 rounds. 24-New York: Tommy West whips Craig in 14 rounds. 25-New Haven: Princeton wins the football game against Yale, 11 to 10.-Chicago: Walcott wins the de cislon against Creedon in six rounds. 27-New York: Bob Armstrong defeats Jeffords in three rounds. 29-Utica, N. Y.: Wal-ott awarded the decision against Creedon after 20 rounds. 30-Philadelphia: University of Penn sylvania defeats Cornell at football, 29 to 0.-N--w York: Arthur S. Duf fey runs 60 yards in 6 2-5 seconds, record time. DECEMBER: 2-New York: De Oro successfully de fends his pool championship in a three-night tournament.-J. A. El lilott of Kansas City defeats Aaron T. Doty of Paterson, N. J., in a shooting match, winning the "Re public" cup.-Chicago: Ruhlin wins the decision against McCormick In a six-round bout. 4-Liverpool, England: Tom Cannon of England defeates Jack Carkeek of the United States for the wrest ling championship. 9-New York: The six-day tandem bi cycle race won by Miller and Wal ler" 2,733.4 milee. 16-Chicago: Schafer beats Sutton and Carter at billiards separately, after conceding points. 18-Cincinnati: Terry McGovern knocks out both Charley Mason and Freck les O'Brlen. 19-New York: Rublin knocks out Stockings Conroy in nine rounds. NECROLOGY, JANUARY. 1-A Vorath, chess player, Hoboken, N. J. 2-Marquis de Cubas, Spanish capital ist.-Algernon C. Percy, Duke of Northumberland. Eng. 4--Aimee tEdouard Herve, editor of the Paris Soliel. 5-Professor F. Otis Kendall, astron omer, Philadelph:a.-Mrs. Bloom field Moore, magazlne writer and friend of Inventor Keely. London. 12-Richard Cowing. Enalish Cobden club Journalist.--Count Julius von Folkenhayn. Austrian statesman. hiram Walker, distiller, Detroit. 13-Nelson Dingley, chairman of the congressional ways and means com mittee, Lewiston, Me.-Arthur H. Dundon. normal, school educator, New York.-Commodore Lewis C. Bartori, U. S. N., retired, Philadel phia. 14-Nubar Pasha, ex-president of the Egyptian -council of ministers. 15-Dr. Edwin M. Hale. medical author, Chicago.-Dan McCarthy, comedian, New York. 16--Rev. Henry G. Perry, grand chap lain of Elks, Chicago.--Father F. Charles C!hlniquy. "apostie of tem perance," Montreal. 17-John Russell Foune. librarian of Congress. 20--Job A. Cooper, cx-gove. nor, Denver. 21-General S. S. Bamberger, confeder ate, San Francisco. 22-General Michael Annakoif, Russian military engineer. 2--Rev. Matthew B. Grier, editor of the Philadelphia Presbyterian. 26-Augustus H. Carland, ex-attorney general, Washington. 28-M. Hohne, director' of the Interna tional postal bureau, Berne, Switz erland.-Ivan Jones, former popu list nominee for vice president, Fort Worth, Tex.-James H. Slater, ex United States senator, La Grande, Col. 30-Rev. Myron W. Reed, preacher and politician, Denver. 31-Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria.-Sir Francis C. Ford, British ambassador to Rome. FEBRUARY. 1-Rev. Charles S. Robinson, hymn writer, New York. 3-Bishop William O'Hara, Catholic, Scranton, Pa. 4-Alice Athertdn, burlesque actress, New York. 5-Henry Viaden, landscape painter. Milwaukee. -James A. Sextoni, com mander-in-chief of the G. A. R., Washington. 6-Count George Leo von Caprivi, ex chancellor of Germany.-Prnece Al bert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 7--Rt. Rev. John Williams, ranking Episcopal bishop of the T'nitedl States. Middletown, Conn.-Colonel Thomas Moonlight, ex-minister to Bolivia. Leavenworth, Ran.-Wil liam Laird, British shipbuilder. 11-Mark W. Dunham, horse breeder, Wayne, Ill. 12-Prince Napoleon G. J. P. Bonaparte, Rome. 13-A. W. Campbell, journalist and one of the founders of West Virginia, Wheeling. 15-Sir George W. Chitty, English jur ist.-John A. McMurtie, million aire contractor, Denver. 16--Fellix Faure, president of France. Rev. John Gillesple, secretary of the Presbyterian board of foreign mis sions, Elizabeth. N. J.-Henry Jones (Canen Cavendish), English whist author. 17-Lewis Miller, president of Chautau qua assembly, Akron, O. 18-Sir R. Lambert Playfair, English author of books of travel. 19-Luther Chapin, founder of the sen ior O. U. A. M., Philadelphia. 24-Sir John Struthers, Scottish sur geon.-Daniel O'Connell, literateur and playwright. Sausalito, Cal. General Oaeton de Rouchebouet, for mer French premier. 25-Baron Paul Julius de Reuter, head of a British news agency.-Colonel A. L. Conger, former republican na tional committeeman, Des Moin s, Iowa. 28-General J. V. Reynolds, Washing ton.-Dennis M. Hurley. congreas man, New York.-Count Jean T. Rochberg Rothenlowen, Austrian ex-minister of foreign affairs. Bishop John B. Vertin, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. MARCH. 1-Baron Farrer Herschell, lord chan cellor of England and high joint commissioner to the United States. 2-John W. Cranford, congressman, Washington.-Rev. Andrew K. H. Boyd, English author. 4-J. H. Cook, head of the tourist agency, London. 6-Princess Kalulant of Hawaii. 8-Mrs. Louisa A. Quackenbos, school book author, New York. 10-Sir Douglas Galton, English author on sanitation. 12-Mrs. Robert Keeley, English act ress. 14-Ludwig Bamberger, German histo rian.-Heymann Steynthal. German philologist. 15-John Collett, geologist, Indianap olis. 16-Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune.--Benjamin F. Hdtchineon ("Old Hutch"), grain speculator, Chicago.-Rev. M. E. Strelby, sec retary of the American Home Mis sion association, New York. 17-Professor Othniel C. Marsh, geolo gist, Yale university. 18-Dr. Philip J. J. Valentini, Spanish American historian, New York. 19-Patrick Walsh, ex-Ulnited States senator, Augusta, Ga.-John L. Breck. landscape painter, Boston. Dr. Oliver Marcy, naturalist, Chi cago. 24-Francis H. Pierpont, ex-governor of Virginia,-Frank C. Skinner, ex governor, Boston.-John Mackenzie. South African missionary.--. It. Leitner, German lingulst.-Professor Gustav Wiedermann, German chem ist. 25-Thomas C. Fletcher, ex-governor of Missouri. 26-Dr. James O. Murray, dean of Princeton university. 27-Bishop Peter Dugan., St. Louis. 28-Birket PFoster, English artist 29-Brigadier General Ftagler, Old Point Comfort. Va,-S. D. Armour, meat packer, Kansas City. APRIL 1-Rear Admiral Charles C. Carpenter, U. S. N., Boston (by suicide.-Bar oness Hirsch, Hebrew philanthro pist. 4-Warren F. Leland, hotel proprietor. New York.-Lily Post, opera singer, San Francisco. 5-Rose Leclercq, English actress. 9-Stephen J. Field, ex-asociate justice of the United States supreme court, Washington.-Thomas J. Have meyer, sugar refiner, New York. 10---IIenry A. Tabor, ex-United States senator, Denver.--Moses W. Dodd. publisher, New York.-Thomas Hardio, educator, Dubuque, Iowa. 11--Lascar Ctagri, ex-premier of Rou mania. 13-F. Sargeant, American artist in London. 15-Eli Thayer, organizer of "le "Kan sas crusade," W'nrcsrer, Hla s. 16-Sir Rose L. Price, English author and soldier. 17-Rt. Rev. John A. Watterson, Cath olto Bishop of Columbus. 19-Samuel G. Hilborn, congressman. California. 20-Captain lHenry A. Dourne, president of the Old Dominion Steamship company. Now York.-John I. l.ay. torpedo inventor, New York.-Alex ander Velll, French novelist. 22-Sir John R. Mowbray, senior srm ber of the British house of com mons.-S. T. Baird. congressman, Louisiana.-Frederick Smith, ex governor New Hampshire. 24-l1ichard J. Oglesby, ex-governor, Lincoln. Ill. 26- Ex-Prettier Gerlachstein of Aus tria. 27-Sam 'T. Jack, theatrlal! manager. Nesw York. 39-Thb eighth duke of iBeaufort, Eng Isnd.-Lewis Bakcr. j, urnalist anI diplomat. Waphington.-Power H. L. Trench, English diplomat. MAY. 1-Professor Frederich K. C. L. Buch ner, German phyrl'ist. 2-Henry B. Hyde, ipreident of the Equitable Life Insurance Snelety, New York.--liartin F. von Simson. German jurist.-Rev. Samuel 1i. Kellogg, American missionary to India. 3-Louis T. Retisso, sculptor, Cin einnati. 4-Mrs. Marshall, English novelist. 5-Cardinal Philip Krementl, arch bishop of Cologne. 6-I1ev. Charles 1H. Payne. secretary of the board of education of the :M. E. church, New York. --Judge William Lawrence, ex-comp trs,:er of the currency, Bellefon tainn, Ohio. 9--Mile. Hortinse-Barbe Loret (Rhea), French actress. 12--Roswell P. Flower, ex-governor, New York.-Henri Bocque, French dramatist. 15-Francisque Sarcey, French dramat Ic critlc.- H-oward P. Sprague, ma rine painter, New York.-Thilman Ploutz. sculptor, Chicago. 16-The Earl of Strafford, England, run o\er Iby a railroad train.-Rev. Will lam Nast, founder of German Methodism in America, Cincinnati. 19-Charles R. Buckalew, ex-United States senator, Bloomsburg, Pa. Klllam C. Stone, inventor, Wash inlg n.-The Earl of Malmesbury, England. 22-Carlotta Grisi, Italian dancer. 24-Colonel E. W. Cole, Iron and rail road capitalist. Nashville, Tenn. 25-Don Emilio Castelar, Spanish re publican statesman. 26-Rosa Ionheur, French painter of animals. 27-Marcus A. de Coudres, philanthrop ist, Evanston, Ill. 31-Dr. Norman Kerr, English special Ist on inebrity. JUNE. 1-Joehn Smart, landscape painter, T gland. 2-William H. Ellerbe, governor, Co lumbia, S. C.--Mrs. Dora T. Voor his, magazine writer, Washington. 3-Johann Strauss, Austrian musical composer. 5-Frank Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, Philadel phia. 7-August Daly, American dramatist and manager, in Paris.-Sister Mar garet Anna Cusack, "the nun of Kenmore." Leamington, England. 10-Captain Henry Nichols of the moni tor Monndnock at Manila.-John J. Lalor, political economist, Wash ington. 11--Rev. William J,. Blaikle, Scotch Presbyterian theologian. 13-Dr. Lawson Talt, English.ploneell of abdominal surgery. 15-Richard P. Bland, ex-congress man, Lebanon, Mo.-Rear Admlrnl Pierce Crosby, U. S. N., retired."` Professor Locke Richardson, elocu tionist, Berlin. 16-Archbishop Sourrieu, France. 18-Benjamin F. Harding, ex-United States senator. Cottage Grove, Ore. 19-Simon Fry. grand commander of Scottish Rite Masons, New York.-. Dr. Thomas A. Summers, army sur geon and yellow fever expert, St. Louis (by suicide.) 21-Commodore Oscar C. Badger, U. S. N., retired, Concord, Mass. 23-Henry B. Plant, railroad owner, New York. 24-Kapiolani, queen dowager of Ha waii.-Cardinal Count Franz de Paula, primate of Hungary. 28-Admiral Windham, retired. Lon don. 29-Getneral Harry J. .Madill, Towanda, Pa. 30--Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, nov elist, Washington. JULY. 1-Charles V. Cherbullez, French nov elist and critic. 5-Bishop John P. Newman, M. E., Saratoga, N. Y.-John P. Richard son, ex-governor, Columbia, S. C. 6-Robert Bonner,'. horseman and pub lisher of the New York Ledger. Mrs. Captain Dickins, magazine writer, Washington (by accident.) 7-Very Rev. Eugene Pesuelle, super ior general of the Order of the Fathers of Mercy, Paris, 10-Charles Graham, ballard writer. New York.-Grand Duke George Or. RIussia, brother of the czar. 11-Cardinal Teodolfo Mertel, vicechnn, celor of the Holy Roman church, Rome. 13-W. B. Ives, president of the Can adian privy council. 16-C. V. Foote, grand exalted leading knight of the Order of Elks, Min neapolls.-William P. Johnston. president of Tulane university. 17-Rt, Rev. Charles Graves, bishop .. Limerick and ex-president of the Rioyal academy. 1S-Horatic Alger, writer of boys' stor les, Natick, Mass. 19-Professor Geiger, founder of Witte cnhurg college, Springfield. Ohio. 21-Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, lawyer and agnostic lecturer. Dobbs' Ferry; N. Y. 24--Hev. Thomas J. Sawyer, Universal. ist writer and educator, Boston. -5-Thomas A. Becker, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Savannah. Oscar Gerard, American comedian. in Austratlia.-Nicholas Ruggen.' bach, Swiss railroad builder. 29-Guzman Blanco, ex-dictator of Venezuela. 81-Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, Wash ington.-Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, eth- ' nologist, Philadelphla.-Sir James Edgar, speaker of the Canadian H..- of co mmons. AUGUST. 1-Tayo Morimura, Japanese exporter. 2-Mrs. J. Albert Pew (Georgia Pal mer), elocutionist, Warren, O. 3--George Averoff, Greek reviver of the Olympian games. 6-Colonel Azor S. Marvin, safe manus facturer, New York. 8-W. Y. Atkinson, ex-governor, New man. GaOs. l0-Card;nal Bishop Verga, Rome.-Rev. James J. Marks, preacher, authdr and lecturer, Ladona, Cal.-Mushir Ed Dowleh, Persian minister of for eign affairs. 11-Bishop James H. Cook, A. M. E.f Wilmington, Del. 12-Horatio N. Slater, manufacturer., Iloston.-Lizzle McNichol, opera sin ger, Chocorua, N. H. 16-Prof. Robert W'. E. Bunsen, Gler man chemist 18-- West Martin, capitalist and ex mayor, Oakland, Cal. 22-Caspar Puturi, sculptor, New York. 24-Ex-Judge llenry Hilton, Saratoga, N. Y. 25-Henry de Vilmorein, French seeds 271--r Max Thor ner, eye and ear Spe cialist, Cincinnati. 30O--Baron Albert Grant, British com pany prcmotcr. 31-Frank :ves. thaplaon American '.l liatlRis. at Plrogresso, Mex.--Samuel Merrill, ex-governor of Iowa, LoA Angeles, Cal. SEPTEMBER. 1--1ev. \W\. K. Pendleton, president cmeritus of Bethany college, W. Va. 3-Ssephroniusi orthodox Greek patri arch of Egypt.-Dr. W. M. Greer, president of Erskine college, Due west, S. C. 4-Jean Itistics. ex-regent of Servia. :i--lishop Pierce. Epis-copal, of Arkan sas.---John Y. MeKane, former "boss" of oneopshead Bay, N.' Y. ,Dr. Peter lPeterson, Sanskrit sch'l ar. Btombay, Ind'a. 8--tlar Aildmiral Henry F. Picking, U. S..N.. t.eton. 9--Jalnes I' I:oustis. ex-senator from l,.uisiana and first ambassalor to France, Newport I R. I. 12--C. rnelius Vanderbilt, railroad cap italist. New York. 13--Judge Melanolothon W. Oliver, demo crlat' calltpaigin auth!ll. Cincinnati. --Pr'ofssor von Stoerk, Austrian laryt ;oulogist. ('ontlnued on Page Twenty-two.)