16. Train derailed by mischievous boys, nine and thirteen years of age, Media, Pa., several passengers injured. Train derailed also at Springdale, Texas, supposed to be the result of malice, 1 killed, 3 hurt. 18. Disastrous storms in the Western States. 20. Shipwreck schooner Nahum Chapin, off Quogue, Long Island, 9 lives lost. 23. Train derailed at Shippensville, Pa., a trestle breaks down under a train going too fast, 4 killed, 6 hurt. Snowstorm of unusual severity in the British Islands. 25. Intensely cold weather throughout the Northern States. Train derailed on a broken bridge at Spartansburg, S. C., 2 tramps killed. 28. Trains in collision at Le Roy, N. Y., 2 killed, 5 hurt. 31. United States man-of-war Brooklyn strikes a rock in the Delaware river near Philadelphia and is considerably damaged. Fires in January: Nashville, Tenn., business houses burned, loss, $600,000; Danville, Va., tobacco warehouses, $175,000; Montreal, Canada, warehouses, $160,000; Chicago, four different fires involving factories, residences, stores, grain elevators, etc., $1,100,000; Sandusky, Ohio, business houses, $250,000; Philadelphia, factories, $750,000; Cincinnati, malt-house, etc., $200,000; and 248 others; total loss for the month, $12,049,700. Summary of train accidents in January: 51 collisions, 68 derailments, 7 others; total, 126. Killed: 26 employees, 2 passengers, 5 others; total, 33. February 2. Fire: Harrisburg, Pa., State Capitol burned. Trains in collision, Arlington, S. Dak., wreck catches fire, 4 killed, 2 hurt, cause fog. Train derailed between Matanzas and Havana, Cuba, several Spanish soldiers killed, also a number of the trainmen. Hurricane in South Australia, destruction of Fort Darwin. 6. Train derailed, Danville, W. Va., 2 killed. 9. A viaduct breaks down in Cornwall, England, 12 killed. 17. Train wrecked, Montana, Ala., 1 tramp killed. 21. Train derailed by a washout, Lavalatto, W. Va., 2 killed, 1 hurt. 22. Train derailed by a washout, Glen, Ky., 1 killed, 10 hurt. 23. Disastrous floods in western Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio, property loss amounting to many hundreds of thousands of dollars; 19 lives lost on the Ohio river alone. 24. Explosion: Nobel works, Scotland, 6 killed. 28. Train derailed, Zedikers, Pa., 20 cars wrecked, 2 men killed. Fires in February: Harrisburg, Pa.. State Capitol burned, loss, $750,000; Salt Lake City, business houses, $360,000; Ottawa, Ontario, Parliamentary buildings, $150,000; Toledo, Ohio, grain elevator, $300,000; Grand Forks, N. Dak., sundry buildings, $225,000; Fort Wayne, Ind., stores, $150,000; and 189 others; total loss for the month, $8,676,750. Summary of train accidents in February: 44 collisions, 71 derailments, 2 others; total, 117. Killed: 21 employees, 2 passengers, 1 other; total, 24. Hurt: 40 employees, 41 passengers; total, 81. March 1. Partial destruction of the monastery of St. Bernard by an avalanche. Destructive gale on the British Islands, disasters to vessels and harbor works, many lives lost. 3. Train wrecked, Cordele, Ga., 2 tramps hurt. 4. Train derailed, Zanesville, Ohio, 3 killed, 2 hurt. Explosion in Boston subway, 6 killed, 30 hurt. 5. Train wrecked, Northville, Mich., 5 tramps hurt. 7. Train wrecked, Birmingham, Ala., 1 tramp hurt. Mining shaft flooded, Dover, England, 8 lives lost. 9. Train derailed at Casa Grande, Arizona, with theatrical company on board, 1 tramp killed, several passengers slightly injured. 10. Train derailed at Hazelton, Ind., 4 killed, 2 hurt, cause a washout. 11. Boiler explosion, Denver, Col., 3 tramps killed. 12. The Mississippi river is dangerously high at Memphis and vicinity. 13. Train wrecked by a broken trestle at Rome, Ga., 2 killed, 3 hurt, cause high water in the Etowah river. Shipwreck: loss of the British steamer Normand and crew in the Bay of Biscay, many lives lost. 14. Trains in collision, Danville, Ill, 3 killed, and at Wolf Creek, Kan., 2 killed, 6 hurt. The river at Memphis higher than at any time for a quarter of a century. 15. Train derailed, La Grande, Ill., 2 killed, 3 hurt. Explosion of a gun on a Russian war ship off Crete, 15 killed, many wounded. Fire: Mandelay, Burmah, 1,500 houses burned, 7,000 persons homeless, estimated loss, $2,000,000. 18. Shipwreck: steamship San Nazaire, off Cape Hatteras, all hands supposed to be lost, but part of the crew subsequently rescued. Violent and disastrous storms in Germany, lives lost and property damaged. 20. Train wrecked, Oakland, Md., 1 killed, several hurt. Floods in Mississippi continue to increase and work destruction to life and property. Some 50,000 persons, it is estimated, have been driven from their homes and usual employments. 22. Tornado in the valley of the Chattahoochee: a partial report of deaths places the number at 13, with at least 200 hurt; very large loss in property; Earthquake shocks reported at Malone, N. Y., and throughout the Canadian provinces. Trains wrecked by a broken bridge at Aldridge, Ill., 2 drowned, and at Springfield, Ohio, 4 tramps hurt. 24. Severe snowstorm in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Explosion on board the British war ship Theseus, 30 men hurt. 28. Tornado in Texas, injuring the State University and other buildings at the capital, at least 2 lives lost. 30. Breaks in the Mississippi levees inundate some of the richest plantations on the lower Mississippi. Tornado in Oklahoma nearly every building in the town of Chandler destroyed, 25 persons reported killed, and nearly 200 more or less hurt. 31. Severe frosts injure the fruit crops in California. Summary of fires in March: Alexandria, Ind., glass works burned, loss, $200,000; Philadelphia, electric plant, $500,000; Worcester, Mass., business houses, $400,000; Peoria, Ill., grain elevator, $350,000; Chicago, Ill., storehouses, $350,000; St. Louis. Mo., stores, $1,300,000; Ottumwa, Iowa, business houses, $225,000: San Francisco, residences, $400.000; New London, Conn., residences, $200,000, and 183 others; total loss for the month, $10,502,950. Summary of train accidents in March: 49 collisions. 71 derailments, 3 others; total, 123. Killed: 32 employees, 4 passengers, 4 others; total, 40. Hurt: 47 employees, 29 passengers, 10 others; total, 86. April 1. A destructive snowstorm in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, and South Dakota. Much suffering and probable destruction of early crops. 4. Extensive forest fires in the mountains of Pennsylvania. 5. Crevasses reported at various points along the Mississippi. About 16,000 square miles of territory under water below the mouth of the Ohio. 7. Train derailed, Pilot Mountain, N. C., 2 killed. 8. Cars burned, Indianapolis, Ind., 1 tramp killed. Fire, Knoxville, Tenn., estimated loss, $1,500,000, several lives lost. 9. The river at New Orleans reaches a higher point than ever before recorded. 11. Trains in collision, Harrisburg, N. C., 3 killed, 9 hurt, 2 of them tramps. 19. Destructive floods in New Zealand. 21. Train derailed, Garland, Ala., 2 killed, 5 hurt, 4 of them tramps, malice the supposed cause. Levee gives way at Shipland, Miss., and 3 of the neighboring counties are inundated. 23. Earthquakes in the Leeward Islands, West Indies, houses thrown down and some lives lost. 25. Heavy and destructive rains throughout Nebraska and Iowa, disastrous floods in many of the streams. 27. Train derailed, Fairbanks, Texas, 1 killed, 12 hurt, supposed result of malice. Additional breaks in Mississippi levees near Keokuk, Iowa, and Gregory, Mo. A bomb explodes in a London Underground Railway carriage, 1 passenger killed, many injured. 28. Bridge breaks under a train near Blacksburg, S. C., no reason assigned. A sudden and overwhelming flood on the Cottonwood river nearly destroys the town of Guthrie, Oklahoma; the river, already swollen by heavy rains, suddenly increased in volume and swept everything before it, involving the loss of many lives and the destruction of houses; about 50 lives are supposed to have been lost. 29. Railway bridge breaks at Carpenter, Ohio, 22 cars fall into the water, 2 men killed, 1 hurt. The bridge had been recently inspected, and no reason for the accident is given. Earthquake in the island of Montserrat, West Indies, many houses destroyed, several lives lost. 30. Explosion: 4 wagon loads of dynamite in the city of San Salvador, many persons killed, two blocks of houses nearly destroyed. 27. Train derailed, Fairbanks, Texas, 1 killed, 12 hurt, malice the probable cause. 28. Train wrecked by a broken bridge at Blacksburg, S. C., no reason assigned. 29. Bridge breaks at Carpenter, Ohio, 22 cars fall into the river, 2 killed, 1 hurt, reason unknown. Summary of fires in April: Cambridge Springs, Pa., sundry buildings, $225,000; Cincinnati, Ohio, stores, $400,000; Chattanooga, Tenn., business houses, $400,000; Knoxville, Tenn., sundry buildings, $1,000,000; New Orleans, La., business houses, $500,000; Whitney's Point, N. Y., sundry buildings. $200,000; Peoria, Ill., grain elevators, $200,000; Newport News, Va., piers and ships, $1,500,000 and 184 others; total loss for the month, $10,833.000. Summary of train accidents in April: 36 collisions. 63 derailments, 6 others; total, 9. Killed: 16 employees, 2 passengers, 3 others: total, 21. Hurt: 54 employees, 28 passengers, 8 others; total, 90. May 1. Earthquake in Peru, causing great alarm, but no serious damage. 4. Fire: destruction of Charity Bazaar in Paris, about 150 lives lost, many persons badly burned. 5. Train wrecked, Gilmour, Mo., 4 tramps hurt. 6. Shipwrecks: 500 fishermen drowned in a storm off the coast of China. 8. Train wrecked, Lamar, Col., 2 tramps hurt. 9. Fire at sea ship Francis totally destroyed off Little Egg Harbor, N. J. The steamship Leona arrived in New York on fire, 11 passengers and 2 stewards having already died from exposure and exhaustion. Rosse Hall burned, at Kenyon College, Ohio. 13. Train wrecked, Plainfield, Ind., 1 tramp hurt. Freezing weather in southern France destroys vines and fruits to the amount of several million dollars. 14. Wreck of a military train in Russia, 102 killed, 60 hurt. 19. Fire in Hoboken, N. J., 60 families driven out of their homes. 23. Fire in Savannah, Ga., destruction of Christ Church. 25. Flood in Texas: levee of the Rio Grande breaks, flooding the town of El Paso and sweeping away about 120 houses. 27. Train wrecked, American Falls, Idaho, 5 tramps killed, 4 hurt, 3 trainmen hurt; the tramps were suspected of having tampered with the air brakes. 28. Train wrecked by a misplaced switch, at Cabaze, Col., 2 killed, 6 hurt; 2 more killed in a railway wreck near Philadelphia. 29. A panic, caused by the falling of a candle, occurred in the cathedral at Pisa, 7 killed, 17 hurt. Earthquake shocks in Italy and Greece. 30. Fire destroys Namsos, a Norwegian town. 31. Earthquake shocks noticed from Washington to Georgia and in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. At Valley Stream, Long Island, a tallyho coach with a party of 21 excursionists was struck by a train, 5 killed, 15 hurt. Summary of fires in May: Pittsburg, Pa., sundry buildings burned, loss, $2,300,000; New York city, cold-storage warehouse, $270,000; San Francisco, tannery, etc.. $400,000; Toronto, Ontario, department stores, $275,000; Hoboken, N. J., dwellings, $700,000; and 163 others; total loss for the month, $10,193,600. Summary of train accidents for May: 33 collisions, 46 derailments, 8 others; total, 87. Killed; 11 employees, no passengers, 5 others; total, 16. Hurt: 17 employees, 33 passengers, 15 others; total, 65. June 5. Earthquake of some severity in the vicinity of Helena, Mont. Shipwreck: loss of a French fishing vessel, 23 drowned. 6. Fire San Francisco, 2 killed; loss, $100,000. A cloudburst in the province of Isère, France, causes much loss of life and destruction of property to the amount of 10,000,000 francs. 7. Trains in collision, Hudson, Wis., 6 killed, 2 hurt. Boiler explodes at Puebla, Mexico, 20 killed. 8. A destructive hailstorm in Texas ruins crops in the vicinity of Roger and Granger. Cholera is epidemic in certain districts of Siam. 10. Trains in collision at Bradford, Tenn., 2 killed, 3 hurt also at Exeter, N. II., 3 killed, 1 hurt. Destructive rains fall throughout New England. A mining accident in Gaith colliery, Wales, causes the death of 10 men. 12. Trains wrecked at Welshampton, near Oswestry, England, 9 killed, 25 hurt. 13. Floods continue in New England, causing the loss of 12 lives and much damage to railroad and mill property. Train wrecked at Oliver, Mo., 4 killed, 3 of them tramps. Tornado in the Wind ward Islands, 3 lives lost at St. Vincent. 15. Fire burning of the immigrant station on Ellis island, New York harbor, loss, about $650.000. 17. Severe earthquake shocks throughout southern Mexico. 18. Destructive storms in Kentucky and several Western States, numbers of lives reported lost. Earthquakes in British India devastate wide provinces and destroy, as is estimated, some 6,000 lives. 20. Earthquake shocks occur in California, but little damage is done. 21. Trains in collision at Conroe, Texas, 6 tramps killed, 3 of them white and 3 black, 6 others hurt. A sudden flood drowns 19 Russian dragoons in the river Kur. Fire at sea: destruction of a coasting steamer in the Baltic, 6 lives lost. 24. Tornado in the vicinity of Salina, Kan., 3 lives lost. 25. Shipwreck the Russian ironclad Gangoot runs upon a reef near Transund and sinks almost immediately, many of the crew perish. 26. Train wrecked near Hurts, Va., 4 tramps injured, another at Missouri city caused by a broken trestle, 11 hurt. Floods in Galicia cause great destruction in the town of Kaolina, on the river Preuth; a bridge was swept away with a railway train upon it, and many persons perished. 28. A volcanic eruption takes place in the Philip pine Islands and works great destruction of life and property. Summary of fires in June: Alexandria, Va., sundry buildings, $243,000; Ellis island, N. Y., immigrant station, $650,000; Auburn, Cal., business houses, loss, $125,000; New York, factories, $160,000; New Orleans, rice mills, $160,000; and 139 others; total loss for the month, $5,684,450. Summary of train accidents in June: 40 collisions, 52 derailments, 3 others; total, 95. Killed: 32 employees, 4 passengers. 9 others; total, 45. Hurt: 47 employees, 72 passengers, 8 others; total, 127. July 2. A submarine earthquake off the coast of Spain causes the sea to rise, and at Barcelona in a very alarming manner. The sea rose and fell a yard every ten minutes for several hours. 3. Excessive heat causes much suffering and numerous deaths throughout the Western United States. A heavy rainfall does damage to the amount of some $200,000 in Duluth and vicinity, 2 miles of pavement destroyed and 20 bridges washed away. Disastrous floods also reported in the south of France, where 300 deaths from drowning are reported. 5. Train wrecked at Kalispell, Mont., 1 tramp hurt. 6. Explosion: a thrashing machine bursts its boiler near Hartzville, Tenn., 9 killed, 5 hurt. A tornado kills 10 persons in Minnesota. 10. Many fatal sunstrokes reported all over the Northern States. 13. Trains in collision near Boone, Iowa, 1 tramp killed. 14. Reservoirs burst near Fishkill Landing and Matteawan, N. Y., village at Dutchess Junction, nearly destroyed by the rush of water, 8 persons drowned. 15. Train wrecked by a boiler explosion at Cammal, Pa., 2 fatally scalded. 16. Trains in collision, Edgartown, Kan., 5 trainmen hurt, 1 tramp killed, 1 hurt. 17. Fire destruction of 5 oil refineries in Baku, Russia, several lives lost. 18. Earthquake in the island of Stromboli. 21. Hail destroys crops and fruit trees and damages buildings in Switzerland near the Lake of Zurich. 23. Explosion of naphtha on the steamer Nutmeg State at Bridgeport, Conn., 4 killed, 6 hurt. 28. Train derailed at Verei, Nev., 3 Indians killed, several passengers hurt. 30. Train derailed by malice at Thorntown, Ind., 4 killed, 2 of them tramps. Floods in Silesia destroy hundreds of lives and large amounts of prop erty; also in Bohemia and the Crimea. Summary of fires in July: Packerton, Pa., storehouse burned, loss, $250,000; East Angus, Canada, mills, $150,000; Peoria, Ill., sugar refinery, $600, 000; Richfield Springs, hotel, etc., $150,000; Kankanna, Wis., mills, $250,000; Yonkers, N. Y., factories, $450,000: Montgomery, Ala., railroad property, $160,000; and 132 others; total for the month, $6,626,300. 4. Train derailed at Irving, N. Y., 3 tramps killed, 1 hurt, cause broken axle. Train wrecked at Reno, Nev., 6 Indians killed who were stealing a ride, 2 trainmen and 9 tramps hurt. 7. Explosion of gunpowder in a cartridge factory at Rustchuk, Bulgaria, 56 killed, 25 fatally injured, 30 hurt. Landslides and storms devastate eastern Germany. 12. Fire Grand Hotel burned near Zurich, Switzerland. 15. Train derailed at Roseburg, Ore., by a burning stump which fell from the mountain side, 1 tramp killed, 3 tramps hurt. Fire resulting from a flash of lightning burns property to the value of $600, 000 in Baltimore. 16. Fire town of Ostrow, in southern Russia, burned, 4,000 people homeless. 27. Trains in collision, Hershey, Neb., 1 tramp hurt. Summary of fires in August: Louisburg, W. Va., loss, $157,000; Chicago, grain elevators, $175,000; Barnum, Texas, lumber, $250,000; Baltimore, Md., lumber, $260,000; Eagle River, Wis., lumber, $150,000; Chapachet, R. I., woolen mills, $260,000; Paulsboro, N. J., fertilizer works, $250,000; Chicago, trunk factory, $150,000; Virginia, Ill., sundry buildings, $200,000; and 142 others; total for the month, $6,454,950. Summary of train accidents in August: 64 collisions, 61 derailments, 3 others; total, 128. Killed: 17 employees, 2 passengers, 13 others; total, 32. Hurt: 55 employees, 67 passengers, 18 others; to tal, 140. September 2. Trains in collision, Cairo, W. Va., 1 killed, 1 hurt, both tramps. Train derailed at Blodgett's Mills, N. Y., 1 killed, 12 hurt. A storm in England causes wide damage to trees, crops, and shipping. A mountaineering party of 4 ascending Mount Pleurer in the Alps are swept into a crevasse by an avalanche. 3. Train derailed, Valley Park, Mo., 3 tramps hurt, cause a defective switch. 4. Explosion of natural gas, Indianapolis, 5 killed, 25 hurt. Trains wrecked: Buffalo Gap, S. Dak., 1 killed, 1 tramp hurt: Ravenna, Ohio, 1 killed, several tramps hurt; Etna, Me., excursion train, 1 killed, 32 hurt; Foristill, Mo., 2 killed, 1 of them a tramp, 1 hurt. 6. Yellow fever appears at Ocean Springs, Miss. Several hundred persons perished during the volcanic eruption in Philippine Islands. 8. Trains in collision, Emporia, Kan., 13 killed, 2 of them tramps, 15 hurt, 11 of them trainmen. 9. Train derailed at Albany, Ind., 2 tramps killed. 10. Train wrecked, New Castle, Col., 18 killed, 16 hurt, cause disregard of orders. 11. Shipwreck: British steamship Polyphemus sunk by collision in the Red Sea, 27 drowned. 12. Yellow fever makes its appearance at New Orleans and at other points near the Gulf coast. Train wrecked at Hanson, Indian Territory, 7 tramps killed, 6 tramps hurt, cause a broken brake. 13. A hurricane destroys several towns in Texas. 15. Trains wrecked, Wesley Hill, Pa., 1 tramp killed; also at Keytesville, Mo., 1 killed, 6 hurt, 2 of them tramps. 17. Trains in collision, Chippewa Falls, Wis., 5 killed. 18. Train wrecked, Helper Switch, Ohio, 1 killed, 1 tramp hurt. A destructive fire is reported in Cabul, capital of Afghanistan. 19. Severe earthquakes are reported from Asia, Russia, and Europe. 20. Yellow fever continues to spread in the Gulf States. 22. Shipwreck torpedo boat No. 26 capsized off Cuxhaven, 8 of her crew drowned, including her commander, the Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Hurricane in Italy: reported loss of 40 lives and 70 more or less injured, many houses destroyed. 24. Landslide at the sulphur mines near Girgenti, Italy, nearly 40 lives lost. 25. Landslide on the White Pass trail, upper Yukon region, a mining camp destroyed and the trail rendered impassable. Train wrecked in India near Maddur, 150 lives reported lost. 28. Train wrecked, Hinsdale, N. Y., 1 tramp killed. Forest fires in Wyoming destroy some 3,000,000 feet of lumber. Fire near Manila, the capital of the Philippine Islands, many lives reported lost. Summary of fires in September: New York city, warehouses burned, loss, $200,000; Reading, Cal., mining property, $200,000; Pendleton, Ore., flour mills, $200,000; La Crosse, Wis., brewery, $300,000; Big Horn County, South Dakota, forest and prairie fires, $500,000; Ironton, Ohio, mills, $350,000; Washington, D. C., power house, $750,000; Santa Cruz, Cal., power house, $250,000; and 176 others; total loss for the month, $9,392,000. Summary of train accidents in September: 77 collisions, 70 derailments; total, 147. Killed: 39 employees, 16 passengers, 17 others; total, 72. Hurt: 68 employees, 78 passengers, 19 others; total, 165. October 2. Prairie fire in the vicinity of Winnipeg, Manitoba, many farms destroyed and several lives lost. France again devastated by floods in some of her southern provinces. 7. Prairie and forest fires cause great distress in many of the Western States. 10. Yellow fever appears at Galveston, Texas. 17. Fire in Nova Scotia: the town of Windsor, Hants County, nearly destroyed, some 3,000 people homeless, loss, estimated at $3,000,000. 18. Cholera appears among the British troops in India. Shipwreck of the steamer Triton, supposed loss, 150 lives. 21. Cyclone in the Philippine Islands, several towns and villages destroyed and several thousand lives lost. 22. A disastrous typhoon swept over CochinChina. 24. Train wrecked near Garrisons, N. Y., 20 killed; for some unexplained reason the roadbed gave way, hurling the engine and several sleeping cars into the Hudson river. Shipwreck: schooner Casper at Point Arena, Cal., 13 drowned. Overflowing of the river Tronto in central Italy, many persons drowned. 25. Eleven deaths from yellow fever in New Orleans. 26. A blizzard rages in Colorado and adjoining States, much damage to property, several persons frozen to death. 30. Mining disaster at Scranton, Pa., where 7 are suffocated by smoke from a fire in the Van Storch mine. Fires in October: Ontario, Canada, brush fires, loss, $500,000; Detroit, Mich., opera house, etc., $750.000; Gilsonburg, Ohio, various buildings, $200,000; Durham, N. C., tobacco factories, etc., $250,000; Windsor, Nova Scotia, sundry buildings, $1.250,000: New York city, stained-glass factory, $300,000: Nelson Run, Pa.. forest fires, $200,000; Hudson, N. Y., knitting mills, $200,000; St. Louis, Mo., business block, $200,000; Buffalo, N. Y., grain elevator, $206,000; Morris, Ill., tannery, $225,000; and 173 others; aggregate loss, $11,387,500. Summary of train accidents in October: 91 collisions, 68 derailments, 6 others; total, 165. Killed: 25 employees, 24 passengers, 5 others; total, 54. Hurt: 65 employees, 41 passengers, 10 others; total, 116. November 4. Train derailed near Old Shadwell, Va., 4 killed, 17 hurt. 6. Shipwreck: The steamer Idaho sank in a heavy storm near Long Point, Lake Erie, and 19 persons were drowned. 7. Collision near Brockville, Ontario, 1 killed, 2 hurt. 12. Mining disaster near Antonienhuetta, Silesia, 7 killed. Disastrous floods, with loss of life, reported in provinces of Saragossa, Valencia, and Malaga, Spain. 13. Two seamen lost from the station pilot boat New York, off Sandy Hook, New York harbor. Snow slide near Sannon, British Columbia, overwhelms mining property, 1 killed, 1 hurt. 17. Vault of Maximilian cellar at Munich collapses, 6 killed. 18. Train derailed, Williford, Arkansas, 1 killed, 30 hurt. 19. Great London fire in Cripplegate district, loss, $5,000,000. Destructive storms and floods in the far West. 20. Train wrecked at Coal Bluff, Ind., 3 killed, 18 hurt. 21. Trolley-car collision in Baltimore, Md., 2 killed, 6 hurt. Destructive fire at Melbourne, Australia, loss, $4,000,000. 24. Trains in collision, Tournay, France, 12 killed. Floods and earthquake reported in Thuringia, Germany. 26. Austrian steamer sank in collision off Dungeness, England, 4 drowned. 27. Fire, Jamestown, N. Y., 3 persons suffocated. 28. Train derailed on trestle, Winchester, Ky., 2 killed. Severe gales on English coast, with many wrecks and great loss of life. Fires in November: St. Augustine, Fla., Hotel San Marco, loss, $250,000; Middlesborough, Ky., machinery works, $500,000; Chicago, Ill., department store, $165,000; Williamsport, Pa., tannery, $150,000; Streator, Ill., department store, $207,000; Escanaba, Mich., ore docks and steamer, $225,000; and 160 others; aggregate loss, $7,189,900. Summary of train accidents in November: 92 collisions, 111 derailments, 8 others; total, 211. Killed: 23 employees, 8 passengers, 0 others: total, 31. Hurt: 85 employees, 103 passengers, 3 others; total, 191. December 1. Anti-German riots in Prague, Austria, instigated by young Czech party, result in injuries to many people, and martial law is proclaimed in the city. Thirty miners killed and 40 injured by an explosion of fire damp in a mine in Rhenish Bavaria. 5. Fierce storms over large parts of Italy, and 25 merchantmen are wrecked in the Bay of Naples. 14. A destructive blizzard rages over the cattle district in western Kansas. 15. Wreck of the steamer Cleveland on the coast of Vancouver island reported. 16. William Terriss, a popular English actor, assassinated at the door of the Adelphi Theater, in London, by an actor known as "mad Archer." 18. Earthquake shocks in the province of Perugia, Italy, cause much damage. Pardee Hall, at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., nearly destroyed by fire. 19. Several men killed or wounded by an explosion on the British steamer Southern Cross at Madeira. 20. Bad railway wreck caused by a runaway freight engine at Altoona, Pa. 22. Explosion of fire damp in a mine at Dortmund, Prussia, 8 killed, 7 wounded. A succession of earthquakes in the vicinity of Smyrna, Asia Minor, causes several deaths. 24. Explosion at acetylene gas works, in Jersey City, N. J., 2 deaths. 25. A number of persons, including French naval and military officers, killed in a railway collision in France. Fire destroys the Coliseum at Chicago, 1 death. Explosion during a Christmas salute at Asheville, N. C., injures 30 or 40 people. Sleighing party struck by a train near Little Falls, N. Y., 1 killed, 5 injured. 26. A woman and her 9 children perish in a fire at London. 27. The massacre of 800 residents of a Christian town in Persia by Kurdish raiders reported. 29. A fire destroyed 800 buildings in Port au Prince, Hayti; it was followed, a few hours later, by an earthquake. A further outbreak of the plague reported in the Mandvie district, India. Hurricane on the British coast. Summary of fires in December: Philadelphia, Pa., carpet store and other business houses burned, loss, $800,000; Grand Forks, N. D., various buildings, loss, $750,000; St. Louis, Mo., jewelry and other stores, loss, $335,000; Kansas City, Mo., Auditorium Hotel, loss, $225,000; Cleveland, Ohio, several business blocks, loss, $675,000; Chicago, Ill., Coliseum Building, loss, $772,000; and 186 others; total loss for the month, $11,328,650. The aggregate loss by fire in the year 1897 was $110,319,650. Summary of train accidents in December: 107 collisions, 95 derailments, 6 others; total, 208. Killed: 18 employees, 2 passengers, 8 others; total, 28. Hurt: 135 employees, 50 passengers, 10 others; total, 195. self-support. In the process of the unification of the mission work through bringing the State and general bodies into closer co-operation the majority of the State conventions had made themselves auxiliary to the American Christian Missionary Society, and had this year filed their reports for the first time. The State and district missionary societies had employed 304 missionaries, who returned 169 churches organized, 18,548 additions of members, and $268,641 of money raised. A new plan had been adopted by the acting board of interesting special congregations or groups of congregations to make particular mission points their special fields, assisting them through the home board. With the Foreign Christian Missionary Society the year had been the most successful in its history. Its receipts had been $106,222, or $12,354 more than in the previous year, and its expenditures had been $99,195. The Sunday schools had contributed $30,027, and the Christian Endeavor Societies $3,358. Of the receipts, $6,800 belonged to the Annuity fund, no part of which was available for current expenses, and would be spent on buildings. The Permanent fund had been increased by $3,950. The sum of $8,570 had been received from bequests. One hundred and sixty-two missionaries had been employed in the various fields. Two new missionaries had been sent to the Congo, in Africa, where the agents of the American Baptist Missionary Union gave them all the assistance in their power. The Scandinavian missions had been extended into Sweden. Ten other missionaries had been sent to China, India, Japan, and Turkey. DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, The General Missionary Conventions of the Disciples of Christ were held in Indianapolis, Ind., beginning with the meeting of the Woman's Board, Oct. 15. The receipts of this organization, $62,601, showed a substantial increase over those of any previous year. The board had 26 missionaries in India, Japan, and Mexico, and 36 in the United States. It had undertaken to establish Bible chairs in secular colleges and universities. One such chair at the University of Michigan was in successful operation, and others were contemplated at the Universities of Virginia and Georgia. One of the means of raising money that were adopted by the board was through a regular assessment of 10 cents a month on each member. The receipts of the home board (American Christian Missionary Society) had been $30.548, showing a gain of $8,000, aside from a special debt collection of $6,000. The board was out of debt, and had a balance of $2,514. Seventy-one missionaries had been employed in 21 States; and under their labors 294 churches had been helped, 34 churches organized, and 3,174 members added by baptism. The missions had raised $44,365 for EAST AFRICA. The coast of Africa between Cape Guardafui and Cape Delgado, over which the Sultan of Zanzibar formerly exercised sovereign rights, has been divided, by agreement between Germany, Great Britain, and Italy, among those three powers. German East Africa is divided from the Portuguese possessions on the south by the river Rovuma; from british East Africa on the All the missions showed increase in their respective totals of church membership: India of 43, Japan of 33, China of 72, Turkey of 72, Scandinavia of 80, and England of 31. The number of children in the schools exceeded the membership of the churches. In China 18,125 patients had been treated by the physicians; in India 5,000 patients had been treated, hundreds of starving children had been gathered into orphanages, 45 lepers had been cared for, and 1,992 persons had been treated at the dispensary of a native physician. A steadily growing interest was manifested in the work of colored evangelization, which had been begun seven years before. The contributions to this cause had amounted to $8,100. Evangelists were aided or wholly sustained in the States of Mississippi, Kansas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Alabama, and other States; and three schools were maintained-a Bible school in Louisville, Ky., for the education of preachers and teachers; a collegiate institute at Edwards, Miss.; and a graded school at Lum, Ala.; while a school had been begun at Martinsville, Va., and other schools were in preparation in Texas and South Carolina. The receipts for church extension had been $32,580, and the receipts for ministerial relief $11,068. A table was presented at the meetings showing that the total amount of the year's contributions of the Disciples for missionary and benevolent work had been $454,337. E DOMINION OF CANADA. See CANADA. north by a conventional boundary running northwest from the Umbe river to the shore of Victoria Nyanza, deflected so as to include the Kilimanjaro district in the German territory; and continued west of the Victoria lake along 1 of south latitude to the boundary of the Congo Free State, which forms the western limit of the German sphere. British East Africa, according to the agreement |