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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.
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