DATES OF RECENT HISTORICAL EVENTS. Aguinaldo captured, March 23, 1901. Alaska boundary award made, Oct. 17, 1903. Alfonso III. ascended throne of Spain, May 17, 1902; attempted assassination of in Paris, June 1, 1906. Anarchists pardoned by Altgeld, June 26, 1893. Andree began arctic balloon trip, July 11, 1897. Anglo-American arbitration treaty signed, Jan. 11, 1897. Anglo-Boer war began, Oct. 10, 1899; ended, May 31, 1902. Anglo-Japanese treaty signed, Jan. 30, 1902. Armenian massacres began in 1890; culminated in 1895, 1896 and 1897. Australian commonwealth inaugurated, Jan. 1. 1901. Baltimore fire, Feb. 7, 1904. Bennington gunboat disaster, July 21, 1905. Borda, president, assassinated, Aug. 25, 1897. Campanile in Venice fell, July 14, 1902. Oct. 1, 1899. Cholera epidemic in Hamburg, Germany, August, 1892. Christian IX., king of Denmark, died, Jan. 29, 1906. Coal (anthracite) strike began, May 12, 1902; ended, Oct. 21, 1902. Corinth ship canal open, Aug. 6, 1893. Cuba under sovereignty of United States, Jan. 1, 1899. Cuban constitution signed, Feb. 21, 1901. ratified March 19, 1903; bill to carry treaty into effect passed by congress Dec. 16, 1903. Cuban republic inaugurated, May 20, 1902; President Palma and cabinet resigned and American control established Sept. 29, 1906. Cuban revolt began, Feb. 24, 1895. Czolgosz, McKinley's assassin, tried and sentenced, Sept. 24, 1901; executed, Oct. 29, 1901. De Lesseps, Ferdinand, convicted of Panama fraud, Feb. 9, 1893. Delhi coronation durbar began, Dec. 29, 1902. Delvannis, Grecian premier, assassinated June 13, 1905. Dewey's victory at Manila, May 1, 1898. Dingley tariff bill signed, July 24, 1897. Dom Pedro exiled from Brazil, Nov. 16, 1889. Dreyfus, Capt., degraded and sent to Devil's island, Jan. 4, 1895; brought back to France, July 3, 1899; new trial begun, Aug. 7; found guilty, Sept. 9; pardoned, Sept. 19, 1899; restored to rank in army, July 12, 1906, by decision of Supreme court of France; decorated with cross of Legion of Honor, July 21, 1906. Earthquake in India, April 4, 1905; in Calabria, Italy, Sept. 8, 1905. (See also San Francisco and Valparaiso.) Edward VII. proclaimed king, Jan. 24, 1901; crowned, Aug. 9, 1902. Elizabeth, empress of Austria, assassinated, Sept. 10, 1898. Emmanuel III., king of Italy, crowned, Aug. 11, 1902. Fallieres, C. A., elected president of France, Jan. 17, 1906. Field, Marshall, died, Jan. 16, 1906. Galveston tornado, Sept. 8, 1900. General Slocum disaster, June 15, 1904. Gladstone resigned premiership, March 2, 1894; died, May 19, 1898. Goebel, Gov. William, shot, Jan. 30, 1900; died, Feb. 3. Greco-Turkish war began, April 16, 1897; ended, May 11, 1897; peace treaty signed, Sept. 18, 1897. Harrison, Benjamin, died, March 13, 1901. Harrison, Carter, Sr., assassinated, Oct. 28, 1893. Hawaii made a republic, July 4, 1894; annexed to United States, Aug. 12, 1896; made a territory, June 14, 1900. Hay-Pauncefote isthmian-canal treaty signed, Nov. 18, 1901. Homestead (Pa.) labor riot, July 6, 1892. Paris, Feb. 26, 1902. Irish land-purchase law in force, Nov. 1, 1903. Italian army routed in Abyssinia, March 1, 1896. Italian prisoners lynched in New Orleans, March 14, 1891. Jamaica earthquake and fire, Jan. 14, 1907. Jameson raiders in Transvaal routed, Jan. 2, 1896. Japan, battle of Sea of, May 27-28, 1905. Japan declared war on China, Aug. 1, 1894; war ended, April 17, 1895. Japan-Russia war began, Feb. 7, 1904; ended Sept. 5, 1905. Johnstown flood, May 31, 1889. Ketteler, Baron von, killed in Pekin, June 20, 1900. Koch's lymph cure announced, Nov. 17, 1890. Madagascar annexed to France, Jan. 23, 1896. Marconi signals letter "S" across Atlantic, Dec. 11, 1901. Meyerbeer centenary celebrated in Berlin, Sept. 5, 1891. Morocco conference began, Jan. 16, 1906. Nansen arctic expedition started, July 21, 1893; returned Aug. 13, 1896. Nicholas II. proclaimed czar of Russia, Nov. 2, 1894; crowned, May 26, 1896; attempted assassination of, Jan. 19, 1905. Norge disaster, June 28, 1904. Norway dissolved union with Sweden, June 7, 1905. Omdurman, battle of, Sept. 4, 1898. Panama canal property bought by the United States, Feb. 16, 1903. Panama fraud trials in Paris, Jan. 10 to March 21, 1893. Panama revolution, Nov. 3, 1903. Pan-American congress, first, began, Oct. 2, 1889; second, Oct. 23, 1902. Peace congress called by czar, Aug. 24, 1898, opened at The Hague, May 18, 1899; closed, July 29, 1899. Pekin captured by the allies. Aug. 15, 1900. Philippine-American war began, Feb. 4, 1899; ended, April 30, 1902. Philippines ceded to the United States, Dec. 10, 1898. Pope Leo XIII. died, July 20, 1903. Port Arthur captured by the Japanese from Chinese, Nov. 21, 1894; from Russians, Jan. 1, 1905. Porto Rico ceded to the United States, Dec. 10, 1898. Porto Rico hurricane, Aug 8, 1899. Pretoria captured by the British, June 4, 1900. Pullman strike began, May 11, 1894; boycott began, June 26; rioting in Chicago and vicinity, June and July; strike and boycott ended, August. Rhodes, Cecil, died, March 26, 1902. Roentgen ray discovery made public, Feb. 1, 1896. Russia-Japan war began, Feb. 7, 1904; ended, Sept. 5, 1905. Salisbury, Premier, resigned. July 13, 1902; died, Aug. 22, 1903. St. Louis cyclone, May 27, 1896. San Juan and El Caney, battles of, July 1, 1898. Santiago de Cuba, naval battle of, July 3, 1898. Santiago de Cuba surrendered, July 17, 1898. Schley inquiry ordered, July 26, 1901; began, Sept. 20; ended, Nov. 7; verdict announced, Dec. 13. Schurz, Carl, died, May 14. 1906. Sergius, Grand Duke, assassinated, Feb. 17, 1905. Servia, king and queen of, assassinated, June 11, 1903. Shah of Persia assassinated, May 1, 1896. Simplon tunnel completed, Feb. 25, 1905. Spanish-American war began, April 25, 1898; peace protocol signed, Aug. 12, 1898; Paris peace treaty signed, Dec. 12; peace treaty ratified, Feb. 6, 1899. Date-Jan. 14, 1907. Buildings destroyed-6,000. Steel workers' strike began, Aug. 10, 1901. Utah admitted as a state, Feb. 4, 1896. Vesuvius, great eruption of April 1-10, 1906. Windsor hotel, New York, burned, March 17, 1899. World's Fair in Chicago opened, May 1, 1893; ended, Oct. 30, 1893. Wyoming admitted as a state, July 10, 1890. THE KINGSTON EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE. Area of ruined district-50 acres. Area affected by earthquake-300 acres. Duration of fire after earthquake-40 hours. Kingston, Jamaica, was almost entirely destroyed by a heavy earthquake on the afternoon of Jan. 14, 1907, the ruin caused by the shock being completed by a fire which followed immediately and lasted nearly two days. The main facts of the disaster are as given in the above summary obtained from official sources two months after the earthquake. Most of those killed were natives, less than 100 white persons losing their lives. The most prominent of the victims was Sir James Fergusson of London, who was on a visit to Jamaica. Few tourists, of whom there were many in the city, were killed or injured, though the principal hotels were badly damaged. The lighthouse at Port Royal was thrown into the sea by the shock and the fine steamer Prinz Waldemar ran on the rocks near the harbor and was wrecked for lack of lights. Knowing that there was need of immediate assistance, President Roosevelt ordered the naval vessels at Guantanamo, Cuba, to proceed at once to Kingston with food and medical supplies. Con. gress also passed a bill authorizing the use of naval supplies for the relief of the victims of the earthquake. The battle ships Missouri and Indiana, the destroyer Whipple and the supply ship Celtic went at once to Kingston, with Rear-Ad miral C. H. Davis in command. On their arrival marines were landed, with the permission of the colonial secretary and the inspector of police, to protect property and prevent a threatened outbreak of prisoners in the penitentiary. The governor-general of Jamaica, Sir James Alexander Swettenham, took offense because a salute was fired by mistake in his honor after he had asked that it be omitted. Rear-Admiral Davis apologized and further explained that he had landed troops and supplies from purely humanitarian motives, but the governor-general refused to be placated and sent a letter beginning as follows: "Dear Admiral: Thanks very much for your letter, your kind call and all the assistance given or offered us. While I most heartily appreciate the generous offers of assistance, I feel it my duty to ask you to re-embark the working party and all parties which your kindness prompted you to land." The letter, which was sarcastic in tone, was practically an order for the American ships to leave. It was so accepted. The war vessels immediately took their departure and relief movements in the United States stopped. Gov. Swettenham's action caused much adverse comment both in Jamaica and England and a few weeks later led to his resignation. Outside of Jamaica little damage was done by the shock. In Port Antonio some of the buildings were damaged. but there were no casualties. After the first heavy shock many lighter ones occurred at intervals, more than 100 being recorded in the course of the following few weeks. The weather was good, and the thousands of homeless people who were encamped on the Kingston race course and other open places suffered less than they might otherwise have done. DEATHS OF NOTED MEN AND WOMEN (1890-1906). Alexander III., Nov. 1, 1894. Frederick, ex-Empress, Aug. 5, 1901. Froude, James A., Oct. 20, 1894. Gary, Joseph E., Oct. 31, 1906. George, Henry, Oct. 29, 1896. Gilmore, Patrick S., Sept. 24, 1892. Gladstone, Wm. E., May 19. 1898. Gladstone, Mrs. W. E., June 13, 1900. Goode, George B., Sept. 6, 1896. Gounod, Charles F., Oct. 18, 1893. 1893. Hearn, Lafcadio, Sept. 26, 1904. Henderson, David B., Feb. 25, 1906. Herne, James A., June 2, 1901. Li Hung Chang, Nov. 7, 1901. Palmer, John M., Sept. 25, 1900. Pingree, Hazen S., June 18, 1901. Ruskin, John, Jan. 20, 1900. Russell, Sir Chas.. Aug. 10, 1900. Sigel, Franz, Aug. 21, 1902. 1902. Stockton, Frank R., April 20, 1902. 1893. Talmage, T. DeWitt, April 12, 1902. Verdi, Giuseppe, Jan. 27, 1901. DEATH OF THE SHAH OF PERSIA. Muzaffereddin, shah of Persia, died in his palace at Teheran Jan. 8, 1907. He was born March 25, 1853, and succeeded to the throne on the assassination of his father, Nazreddin, in 1896. He was one of the wealthiest and most learned of oriental monarchs and was liberal in his views. Muzaffereddin was succeeded by Mohammed Ali Mirza. Foreign Governments. Rulers and cabinets of the leading countries, with the latest statistics of their area, population, exports and imports. GREAT BRITAIN. GOVERNMENT-King, Edward VII.; heir-apparent, George Frederick, Prince of Wales. Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury*Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman. Lord Chancellor-*Lord Loreburn. Lord President of the Council-*Earl of Crewe. Lord of Privy Seal-Marquis of Ripon. President of the Board of Education-Reginald McKenna. Chancellor of Exchequer-*H. H. Asquith. Foreign Secretary-*Sir Edward Grey. First Lord of Admiralty-*Lord Tweedmouth. President of the Board of Trade-*D. LloydGeorge. President of the Local Government Board-*John Burns. President of the Board of Agriculture-*Earl of Carrington. Postmaster-General-*Sydney C. Buxton. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland-Lord Aberdeen. The British parliament, in which the highest legislative authority is vested, consists of the house of lords and the house of commons. The former in 1906 had 613 members and the latter 670. The sessions usually last from February to August. AREA AND POPULATION-The total area of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel islands is 121,391 square miles; the total for the British empire is 11,391,036 square miles. The total population of the empire in 1901 was 383.165,494. The population of the united kingdom April 1, 1901, when the last census was taken, was: England and Wales, 32,527,843; Scotland, 4,472,103; Ireland, 4.458,775; Isle of Man, 54.752; Channel islands, 95,618. Total, 41,976,827. The cities of England and Wales having more than 100,000 population each were in 1906: .4,721,217 | Bolton 739,180 Cardiff The Dublin figures are for the metropolitan police district. Belfast and Londonderry have increased in population in the last ten years at the rate of 27.8 and 20.1 per cent respectively. Dublin city shows an increase of 7.6 per cent in the same period. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS-The total exports of the British empire in 1906 were $4,458,500,000; of the united kingdom (1907), $1,854,553,956; total imports of the empire, $5,075,149,000; of the united kingdom (1907), $3,094,138,414. The total exports of the united kingdom to the United States in 1907 were $246,112,047; imports, $607,783,255. London 180,502 Madras 509,346 Cawnpore 197.170 Liverpool 183,823 Agra 188,022 Manchester 637,126 Sunderland 154,385 Lucknow 264,019 Birmingham 548,022 Oldham 140,969 Leeds 463,495 Croydon 151,011 Benares 209,331 Allahabad 172,032 Sheffield 447.951 Blackburn 134,015 DOMINION OF CANADA. GOVERNMENT-The Canadian parliament consists of 87 life senators and a house of commons of 214 members, there being one representative for every 22,688 of population, based upon the census of 1901. The governor-general is Earl Albert Henry George Grey, appointed in 1904, and the council is made up of the following: Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier; secretary of state, R. W. Scott; minister of trade and commerce, R. J. Cartwright; minister of justice, A. B. Aylesworth; marine and fisheries, L. P. Brodeur; railways and canals, ; militia and defense, F. W. Borden; finance, W. S. Fielding; postmaster-general, Mr. Lemieux; agriculture, S. A. Fisher; interior, Frank Oliver; public works, Charles S. Hyman; customs, Wil liam Paterson; inland revenue, W. Templeman. The governor-general gets a salary of $50,000 a year, the premier $12,000 and the other ministers $7.000 each. AREA AND FOPULATION-The total area of Canada is 3,745,574 square miles, of which 3.619,818 is land area. According to the fourth census. taken March 31, 1901, the total population is |