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GENERAL CHRONOLOGY, 1898-Continued.

17. President Dwight resigns the Presidency of Yale University.

23. Baldwin Hotel. San Francisco, burns; four lives lost and $1,500,000 worth of property destroyed. 24. A riot between white and colored soldiers at Anniston, Ala., results in two deaths.

26. The battleship Wisconsin launched.-The Mad Mullah orosses the Swat River and resumes the war against the British.

27. A great storm on the New England coast wrecks many vessels, including the steamer Portland; over 200 lives lost.-Dr. Lyman Abbott resigns the pastorate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. 29. General Regalado usurps the Presidency of Salvador.

30. The U. S. of Central America dissolved.

December.

in the Bay of Biscay: 37 people drowned.-Governor Tanner of Illinois indicted for malfeasance in office.

2. The Consolidated Tinplate Company organized.

3. The Thingvalla line sold to the United States Steamship Company.

6. The United States mission to Mexico raised to an embassy.-Hawaiian Commissioners report. 7. The House passes the anti-scalping bill.-The United States survey steamer Pathfinder launched, 12. Cashier Steele, of the Keystone National Bank, Philadelphia, convicted of misapplication of funds.

13. Harcourt resigns the leadership of the British Liberal party in the House of Commons and is

1. The British steamer Clan Drummond wrecked succeeded by Morley.

GENERAL

January.

NECROLOGY OF 1898.

2. Judge Edmund H. Bennett, Dean of the Boston University Law School.-Count Teisener, Italian engineer.

4. William Carson, wealthy lumberman, Claire, Wis.-Chames H. Byrne, baseball nate, New York.

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5. Dr. Zacharin, physician to the Russian Czar. 7. Baron von Schoenfeld, Inspector-General of the Austrian Army.

8. Major Moses P. Handy, journalist and speclal commissioner to the Paris Exposition.

10. Count Delianeff, Russian Minister of Public Instruction.

23. Privy Councillor Schwabach, German statesman and financier.

26. Dr. John P. Maynard, discoverer of collodion as used in dentistry, Dedham, Mass.

27. William M. Singerly, financier and proprietor of the "Philadelphia Record."-Frederick Tennyson, poet and brothci of late Lord Tennyson.

March.

1. Dr. W. A. Rogers, physicist, Colby University, Me.-Hermann Liebes, German fur trader. 3. The Duchess de Dondeauville, Paris. 5. Edmund Tattersall, English horseman. G. James H. Carpenter, projectile inventor,

14. Rev. C. L. Dodgson, English writer for Reading, Pa.-Hugh J. Jewett, railroad financier,

children.-Senator Tabbarini, Italian Council of State.

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16. Benjamin F. Butterworth, Commissioner of Patents, Thomasville, Ga.-Logan Carlisle, son of ex-Secretary Carlisle, New York.

17. James E. Berry, the "milionaire tramp," Paducah, Ky. German entomolo

20. Professor Taschenberg, gist.

21. Ernest Bazin, inventor of the roller steamer, Paris.

25. Rev. Ibishal Schofield, abolitionist, Spencerport, N. Y.-John Laird. English ship-builder.Lieutenant-General Frederick E. Middleton, who commanded the British forces during the Riel rebellion, London.

26. Rev. Leroy Church, founder of the "Chicago Standard."-Paul F. Taillaide, French actor. 29. Dr. Theophilus Parvin, medical author, Phiadelphia.-Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil, English railroad official, and half brother of the Marquis of Salisbury.

30. Rear Admiral Daniel Braine, U. S. N., New York. General Sir Daniel Lyson, Constable of the Tower of London.

31. Morris M. Plaisted, ex-Governor, Bangor, Me.-Baron Carlingford, ex-President of the BritIsh Board of Trade.

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7. Dr. Lusio Pullide, Venezuela diplomat. 10. Baron Hardon-Hickey, self-styled "King James I. of Trindad," at El Paso, Tex. 11. Osman Pasha, uncle of the Khedive Egypt.-Ferdinand Fabre, French novelist. 13. Count Gustave S. Kalnoky, Austro-Hungarian ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs.

14. Conrad Behrens, opera singer, New York.William H. Stickney, editor, Chicago.

15. Bishop Quintard, Episcopal, Nashville.Baron Ludwig von Erlenger, German banker. 18. William J. Scanlan, comedian, New York.Frances E. Willard, President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, New York. 19. Prof. von Liesemayer, German painter. 20. L. O. Vincent, composer of cantatas amateur opera, Chicago.

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9. The Earl of Bradford, England. 10. George Miller, English philanthropist.-Sir George Lawson, English Under Secretary of State for War.

11. General William S. Rosecrans, Los Angeles, Cal.-P. H. Bell, ex-Governor of Texas, Littleton, N. C.

12. Mrs. Mary Westerfield, "mother of Western Spiritualism," Anderson, Ind.

13. Sir Richard Quain, English physician. 15. Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor of the Bessemer steel process.

16. Aubrey Beardsley, English draughtsman.Thomas McKane, multi-millionaire, Philadelphia. 17. Blanche K. Bruce, colored politician and Registrar of the Treasury, Washington. 18. Matilda J. Gage, woman suffragist, WashIngton.

19. W. M. Taggart, editor of "Taggart's Times," Philadelphia.-Admiral Popoff, Russia.

21. Granville W. Smith, founder of the order of Catholic Knights and Ladies of America, Louisville.-Karl Tavastierna, Swedish poet.

23. Hans Wachenhusen, German novelist.

24. Wheelock G. Veazy, ex-Interstate Commerce Commissioner, Vermont.-Chas. B. Wright, ex-President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Philadelphia.

25. James Payn, English novelist and journalist. 27. Mrs. Delia Tudor Parnell, mother of the late Irish parliamentary leader, Ireland.-Abner C. Goodell, builder of the first perfecting printing press, Salem, Mass.

28. Anton Seidl, musical conductor, New York. -The Earl of Strafford, England.

29. James Goggin, United States Judge, Chicago.-William H. Edmonds, editor of the "Southern States Magazine," Baltimore.

April.

1. Arthur Orton, Tichborne claimant, London.Robert Reitzel. Anarchist German editor, Detroit. 7. Margaret Mather, actress, Charleston, W. Va. 8. Privy Councillor Bansch, German canal engineer. 11. Rev. Frederick W. Conrad, editor of Lutheran Observer, Philadelphia.

12. Cardinal Taschereau, Quebec.

14. Prof. Bernard C. Courlander, violinist and composer, Baltimore.

15. William J. Barry, comedian, New York. 16. Robert M. McLane, ex-United States Minister to France, Paris.

19. Hector D. Lane, President of the American Cotton Growers' Association, Athens, Ala.

21. Edward C. Walthall, United States Senator, Mississippi.

GENERAL NECROLOGY OF 1898-Continued. 22. Charlotte Thompson, actress, Alabama. 25. William Sexton, billiardist, New York.

May.

4. William H. Trescott, diplomat, Pendleton. 10. Aaron H. Cragin, ex-United States Senator from New Hampshire.

13. Bishop William S. Perry, Episcopal, Dubuque, Ia.-James W. Collier, actor-manager, New York

15. Edouard Remenyi, violinist, San Francisco. 19. William Ewart Gladstone, English statesman.-Maria Louisa Pool, novelist.

20. B. J. Franklin, ex-Governor, Phoenix, Ariz. 22. Edward Bellamy, author of "Looking Backward, Springfield, Mass.

23. General Henry R. Jackson, ex-Minister to Austria, Savannah.-Sir John T. Gilbert, British Historian of Ireland.

24. Benedetto Brien, Italian Minister of Marine. 27. Prof. John Keynton, author and composer, Arlington, N. J.

29. Baron Lyon Playfair, English chemist and political economist.

June.

1. Thomas W. Keene, tragedian, New York. 2. Samuel Plimsoll, "sailors' friend," London.Eric Mackay, English author.

4. Captain Charles V. Gridley of the U. Olympia.

S. S. 8. Benjamin T. Henry, inventor of the Winchester rifle, New Haven.-Judge Julius F. Grinnell, Chicago.

14. De Witt C. Senter, ex-Governor, Morristown, Tenn.

17. Sir Edward C. Burne-Jones, English painter. 18. Dr. A. Everett, "father of street railways," Cleveland.

19. William A. Coombs, President of the National Millers' Association, Coldwater, Mich.

21. Luther Benson, temperance lecturer, Rushville, Ind.

July.

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7. John J. Burke, comedian, New York.-Parker Pillsbury, abolitionist, Concord, N. H.

11. Rear Admiral David Ammen, designer of naval ram, Washington.-Omar D. Conger, United States Senator, Michigan.

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14. Bishop Louis Francois la Fleche, Three Rivers, Que.

15. Elizabeth Lynn Linton, English novelist. 17. George A. Pillsbury, banker and flour mill owner, Minneapolis.-General John S. Williams, ex-United States Senator, Mt. Sterling, Ky.

20. Admiral Thomas Leeke Massey, "father of the British navy.'

25. Prof. George E. Seymore, American author of mathematical text books.-Bishop Thomas McGovern, Catholic, Harrisburg, Pa.-Evan McCall, Scottish-Canadian poet.

30. Prince Otto von Bismarck, ex-Chancellor of the German Empire.

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September.

2. Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon Church, Salt Lake.

7. Professor Dietrich, chief constructor of the German Navy.

10. Marchesa di Alligri (Blanche Roosevelt), singer and poet, London.-Stephaine Mallarme, French poet and essayist.

11. Rev. Albert S. Hunt, Secretary of the American Bible Society, New York.

15. Dr. Samuel Eliot, historian, Beverly, Mass. 16. George W. Lindhelm, surgeon of the Red Cross, New York.

17. Rev. John Hall. Presbyterian, New York. 18. Miss Winnie Davis, "Daughter of the Confederacy,' at Narragansett Pier, R. L.-Captain Allyn Capron, U. S. A., of battery fame, New York.

21. William Hartford,

poet.

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Eaton. ex-United States Senator, Conn.-Theodore Fontaino, German

Major I. P. Girardey, fuse inventor, Paducah, Ky. 23. Richard Malcolm Johnson, novelist and lecturer, Baltimore.-Robert Roberts, English religious writer.

26. Mrs. Melbourne McDowell (Fanny Davenport), tragedienne. Duxbury, Mass.

28. Thomas F. Bayard, ex-Senator from Delaware and ex-Secretary of State, Dedham, Mass. 29. Queen Louise of Denmark.

October.

2. Mrs. Caroline Miskel Hoyt, actress. New York. 3. James L. High, legal author, Chicago. 7. A. Oakey Hall, ex-Mayor, New York.-SherCan Hoar, ex-Congressman, Concord, Mass.Blanche Willis Howard, American novelist, at Munich.-W. H. Cline, Chief Engineer, U. S. N., retired, New York.-Charles M. Du Puy, President Huguenot Society, New York.

10. Rear Admiral John C. Febiger, U. S. N.. retired, Londonderry, Md.-Mrs. Rachel McAuley, actress, New York.

19. Harold Frederic, novelist, London. 24. Lieutenant General Sir William

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25. Pierre Puvius de Chavannes, French painter. James W. Osgood, publisher, New York.

27. Silas Packard, business educator, New York. 29. David Harpster, "wool king," Harpster, O.Colonel George E. Waring, New York, Special Commissioner to Cuba, of yellow fever. November.

1. Rev. David W. Collins, editor of the Christian Institute, Philadelphia,

2. J. S. Goldschmidt, U. S. Consul at Berlin. 3. Rev. T. D. Witherspoon, President of Louisville Theological Seminary.

5. David A. Wells, economist, Norwich, Conn. 6. David Kohnweiler, inventor of the cork jacket life-preserver, Bavaria.-Dr. von Budhart, ex-Minister of Bavaria to Berlin.

7. T. B. Potter, founder of the Cobden Club, London.

8. Max Alvary, German opera tenor.

9. De Witt C. Creiger, ex-Mayor of Chicago. 11. Andreas Pettersson, Scandinavian violinist. 14. Archbishop William H. Gross of Oregon.Senator Albert Dauphin, French ex-Minister Finance.

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16. Edith Marlowe, actress, New York. 17. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, President of the American Chamber of Commerce, Paris.

18. John E. W. Keely, inventor of alleged motor, Philadelphia.

19. General Carlos Buell, Rockport, Ky.

20. Sir George S. B. Powell, English economist. 21. Sir John Fowler, English engineer.

24. Theodore S. Fay, American diplomat and author, in Berlin.

27. Charles W. Couldock, actor, New York. 28. Mrs. William Hawels, English philanthropist and artist.

December.

5. Ex-Senator Gueges M. H. Fournier, French diplomat.

6. Princess Frederick of Wurtemburg.

8. Heromard Hoyte (Mc Donald), actor, San Francisco.-Sarah Stoke Thorne, actress, San Francisco, 10. William Black, English novelist.

11. Captain Samuel Mokee, ex-Congressman, Louisville.

12. General Calixto Garcia, of Cuba, in Washington. Sir William Jennor, English physician.

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