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WORLD NOT YET : NORMAL IN 1920 European Nations, Especially, Are Bei;ct With Troubles Dur? ing Period of Readjustment PRINCIPAL EVENTS REVIEWED Failure of Senat? to Ratify Peace Treaty Leaves United States Tech? nically at War?Presidential Election Holds Interest. By DONALD F. BIGG9. The world throughout the year 10-0 Was passing through the troublesome period of readjustment nml reaction r I begun with the close of the World war. or ?II the (real powers that had been* invdwd la the conflict the Unit? ed States alone remained technically n a state of war with (Jermany h the failure of the senate to mtlfy the peace treaty. For all prac tN :?l purp?. s??s, however, the United s .es was at pence and conditions In this COOntry were more nearly normal than in must of the nations of Kurope which had accepted the settlements agreed upon hy the peace conference ?t Paris. Although the great war had ended, the world was not at peace In 1920. Territorial disputes and Jealousies Cowing: out of the war resulted In a rge mind ?er of minor conflicts. The In !i prohlem remained un? solved and Hie situation In the Emer afd Ivfe mi u ! serious as the year progressed. In the United States, de Spite minor radical activities and the it, mpanylng the read? justment of bnslness and Industrial conditions there was continued pros? perity and optimism. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS "l !>e World war wns formally ended January ft> when Germany and four? teen of tlu.' powers allied against her In the war exchanged ratitlcutlons of the Treotyeof Versailles at Paris. The UnHed Htatea, however, was cot among the n us participating in this ceremony. ,?s the treaty had not bctn fat Mod hv the Mate. The Longa Nations came Into actual being;at Paris January 10 when the eiectltue COtlUCtl held Its tlist meeting with representatives ^rom Bel? gium, Brazil, England. Italy, France, Japan, Greece and Spain participat? ing. i i p Ilussjan government made a atep tonfard securing peace with Its warring | neighbors by concluding treaties with Ukraine und Ksthoniu. The Tfrklsh peacr terms were com? pleted on March and a week later I Allied feclded to use force to lin - the terms upon Turkey, sending troops to occupy Constantinople. The filled for<-? 4 occupied the Turkish capital without opposition, Polish troops began a spring offen? sive ^gainst the Russian Bolabevlkl In I tglon oi Man h Warsaw reported heavy fighting nt many points on the 400-mile front. Three days" lat? er Poland offered peace terms to Itus ala, providing for restoration of the gfegdom of 177J. return of Off and r treasures, r.tsl an Indemnity for Invasion* since 1P1 I. Polish troops ad? ministered a .severe defeat to the F?ol ?m-vikl |1 Podolll April 13. I'ohs and Ukrainians negotiat? ed a treaty on April 27, lecognlzing retrain Ian Independence from Uussls. \ aaabluet] army of Poles and Ukrain? ians then bunched an offensive against the Ilussian "Hed" forces capturing Kiev on May 8 and the great port of < I h***u on May II. r.olshevlk troops Invaded Persia at As'am May Is*. forcing the withdrawn! of Hrltlsli troops, r.olshevlk troop? on the Polish front wore re-enforced and branched an at'nek on a ninety sails front, >M?ekinu' to Open oommunl cution with Fast Prussia. <>n .lane 3 tb??> succeeded In flanking and driving pa. \ General 1*11 ndakPa Pollah troops. The supreme council continued Its eff'Hfs to complete * the pence settle sjenta, The treaty with 111lti^nry was signed June 4 at Versailles, Amhiissa dor Wallace signing for the United cs t> rkey was greeted fifteen days ndd tlonnl time to present Its *-*s rt'-?*an,mk tne treaty with that (try. ills these peace negotiations were I tin.; continued at many i Dvet MX) Italian prisoners were dj hy Albanians it Tirana an Jone In retaliation f,,r the BSSJiaOlnatlOSj IsjDaaad Pasha in Paris on Jane 18. tuppor' ? 1 I I P.i II Mi trOOpS and hat ihlpa nt Malta and Constantinople, 0reeks began o rntupalgii to o i^t (he Turk I-h Nationalist* from parts of m\n Min* r. <m J:d> 7 the Bolshevik troops cap PJgared atovono, throwing the Pete, into ?tro.it on the entlro front. Poland opened negotiations for nn armistice snid these on tinned f<r a week when It wns pep or ted that Run la had or? dered the postponement of the negO itlons r ml the capture of Warsaw, lolsuevls troops captured I.omr.a ami |Jga>st l und he^an a drive on pnberg August 1. Inning the next week* the) contlnueil to advance fD August 1" were within twelve War u .v. 'I he Poii-h capital jflooosed, but on the |7th the Hau ?. io d a gn al founter-of? ? 1 it?*\ IW hack |? Heartened hy the crush jplven the l!us-;:in forces, (pKted hevlk peace ajL i i Augur 11. the, French for*Ign office surprised the oth? er bowori by Bating recognition to General Wrnngel> de facto govern? ment In South Rueajg, The Turkish peace treaty was llgQfd en August 10 by all nut Ion? concerned except Serbin and the Hedjaz. Soviet Rm.sia continued Its effort to make peace with its neighbors by glgnlng ft treaty with Latvia and agreeing to armistice terms with Finland. On October 12 the Coles signed an armistice and preliminary pence treaty with Russia to become effective Oc? tober 18. The relation of hostilities on the Polish fronts enabled the Rolsheviki to strengthen their other fronts. Di? rected by Trotzky, the war minister, the Bolshevlkl launched a violent of tensive on October 31 against the Sou^h Russian armies commanded by General Wrangel. They succeeded in smashing General Wi-angel's forces and drove on throng!. Crimea. The Bolshevlkl forces captured So bnstopol November 14. General Wrangel and the remmmts of his army were on board American, French and British warships which steamed out of the harbor as the Bolshevikl en? tered the city. An agreement on the Adriatic ques? tion was reached November 10 at a conference between the Jugo-Slavs and the Italians and a treaty embody? ing the agreement was signed at Ra pallo two days later. The Assembly of the League of Na? tions opened its first session at Ge? neva Novenber 13, Paul Hymans of Belgium being elected president. On November 29 President Wilson accepted an Invitation extended by the Council of the Leagueof Nations to act as mediator between Armenia and Turkey. Two days later the Russia Bolshevik took Krlvan and announced the establishment of a soviet Armenian republic. On December 3 Armenia and the Turkish Nationalists signed a treaty of peace. Several attempts to secure action on amendments to the covenant of the League of Nations were voted down by the league assembly. Because of this action the Argent ne delegates to the assembly withdrew on December I!. On December 1 Austria was 'admit? ted to the league, the first of the allies of Germany to be grunted member? ship. FOREIGN AFFAIRS With continual strife, amounting vir? tually to civil war, In Ireland, with spasmodic revolutionary outbreaks In Germany, v 1th counter-revolutionary movements developing at Intervals In Russia, with cjvil war In China and with political upheavals In Franco, Italy, Greece and other countries, the unrest and changing conditions growing out of the World war were reflected In the disturbed Internal con? ditions of many countries of the old world in 1020. <>:ie of the unexpected political de? velopments of the early days of the year was the failure of Premier Cle menceau to obtain election as presi? dent of France upon the expiration of the term of President Poincare. Paul Pesehanel was elected on January 17 and the following day Clemenceau'* cabinet resigned. Alexandre Miller and formed a new cabinet at the re? quest of President Poincare. The AH Russian government in Si? beria, headed by Admiral Alexander B. Kolchak, was Anally desiroved with the killing of Admiral Kol? hak by So? cial Revolutionists at Irkutsk on Feb? ruary 7. In Great Britain the government t took Its first definite step toward a settlement Oi the Irish question on February 23 by presenting to tthe house of commons Its Irish home rule hill, providing for autonomous rule under a dual par"ument, repre? senting boll Hie north and the south. On March !0 Ulster voted to accept the bill. A new counter-revolution, directed by militarists, broke out in Berlin March l.'i. The revolutionists gained control of Berlin end Or. Wolfgang Kapp proclaimed himself chancellor, The revolution was short-lived, how? ever, ending In failure on the Kith when I>f. Kapp resigned. The Irish situation continued to at? tract the attention of the world. On March 10 the mayor of Cork was kill? ed by nssasslns. In the House of Commons the Irish Home Rule bill passed Its second reeding on March :t1. 348 to 04. On April 4 Irish tax ottlces and records were burned at many points and wire communication from Belfast was cut. In Mexico the preshientla campaign developed | revolution which resulted eventually In the overthrow of the Carranag government. <>n April 10 the -t?te of Sonora w ill drew from the republic and lighting between the Honors troops and fe loral forces be? gan. By April 21 nlnr Mexican itatM had joined the secc^lon movement. The revolutionary movement gained rapidly and on May V President Car ranag led from Mexico CHty toward the taeteru coast. On May 29 Car* ran/a. the fugitive presldeat, was shot and killed by troops in his eacort while asleep. A cabinet crisis in Italy on Jane 0 resulted in the realgnnllon "t* Premier Mtti and his cabinet. Si;:, or Orlando also resigned as president of the cham? ber, a new cabinet was formed June 17 under former Premier Giovanni Ol? Ollttl. th? .Inno 27 Italian troopl mu? tinied at AnCOni and "Red" upris? ing broke out all gver Italy in what appeared to be a COt carted anarchist plot. on auguul 19 Mayor Terence M?c? Swincy Of <'?>rk v. a . n t ?? '!??! b> Brit" i-ii troopl for sedition in holding a Sum COUli ut the City Hall Me was coii\h tetl by n court martial on |>e 17th sud taken to au English pi t* I en, whTe he Immedlntely entered tip on r hunger strike. Riots and in? cendiarism continued to assume more serious proportions at many points. In the constitutional election held In Mexico September B General Al vara obrogon was elected president. President Descbehcl of France re? signed September 21 because of hi health and on the 28rd Preipler, Alex? andre MUerand was eiecte<i to succeed hltn. Georgia Leyguos, minister of marine tinder Clcmcnceau, become pre? mier. Further disturbances were reported In Italy during October. On the 18th leaden of the Socialist party and the General Confederation of Labor or? dered demonstrations In every town In Italy In an effort to force the Italian | government to recognise soviet KUS- i sla, and on the following day many persons were killed ami wounded In j the course of a two-hour strike called as a protest against the arrest of polit? ical offenders opposing the allied pol? icy toward Russia. The government began a drive on the 17th to round up . all advocates of violence In the coun? try. After a hunger strike of 74 days, whlah had drawn the attention of the world, Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, died in Rrixton prison, Lon? don, October 25. Great pressure had . been brought to hear to secure Mayor MacSwiney's release, but the govern? ment stood Arm In Its Stand against the hunger strikers. King Alexander of Greece died on I October 25 as a result of a bite by a I pet monkey, and It was announced that the throne would he offered to Prince Paul, third son of former King Constantlne. . Peace in China seemed to he finally assured hy a proclamation Issued by the government November 1, declaring j that there had been a reunion of North nnd South China and calling for the election of a new parliament. Fierce rioting between Unionists and Sinn Felners broke out in North Relfast, Ireland, November 7. Seri? ous disorders were reported also at Londonderry, where five policemen were shot and many ships burned or wrecked. The Irish home rule hill passed the house of commons on Its third reading November 11. At Dublin on November 21, following the murder of 14 British officers, a force of troops raided a football game and flred upon the crowd, killing and wounding a large number of persons. A political upheaval came In Greece with the defeat In the general election fon November 14 of the party headed hy Premier Venlzelos. Premier Yenl zelos resigned on November 17 and George Rhallis, former premier and leader among the followers of ex-King Constantlne, formed a new cabinet. On December 4 the Greek people, in a plebiscite voted for the return of King Constantino. On December 11? Constantlne returned to Athens In triumph. The Irish situation neared a crisis during the closing weeks of the year. 1 Wholesale arrests were made by the British authorities during the last weeks of November, among those taken being Arthur Grlflith. acting president of the "Irish republic" ami many other Irish leaders. On No? vember 28 Irish plotters set fire to several large warehouses on the'Llver pool water front and killed two men. Mnrtlal law was proclaimed in south Ireland on December 10 ami two days later a large part of the business dis? trict of Cork was burned In reprisal, It was claimed, for Sinn Fein raids. DOMESTIC The year 1920 being a presidential election year, politics held the atten? tion of the people of the United States during the greater part of the year. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio was nominated for President by the Republicans at Chicago .Tune 12. The Democratic nnxlonal convention at San Francisco nominated Governor James M. Cox of Ohio on July fj on the forty-fourth ballot. In the election on November 2, the Republican national ticket was elected hy an overwhelming majority, receiv? ing 414 electoral votes while the Demo? cratic candidate! received 117. The Republicans also won an overwhelm? ing majority in congress. By winning their long light for equal suffrage, the women of the coun? try gained the right to vote for all offices In the November election. The United Stales Supremo court ! on January 5 upheld the constitution? ality of wartime prohibition and the Volstead enforcement act. On Janu? ary 10 nationwide prohibition! under the eighteenth amendment to the Con? stitution, went Into effect m January 10 the New York as? sembly, with hut two dissenting voices, voted to exclude the five Socialist members of that body, pending trial on charges that the platform of their party is revolutionary. The anti-radical campaign resulted In the Indictment of 88 loaders of the Communist Labor party In Chicago on January 21. The railroads of the country were returned to private operation on March 1, under the terms of the Cnni mlns-Esch railroad reorganisation act. Senator Truman 11. New berry of Michigan was convicted in the federal court itt Grand Rapids on March 20 on charges involving the use of exces? sive campaign funds. n?. und 10 co defendants were given prison sen? tences, but remained at liberty pending an appeal to the higher courts. The trial of the the Socialist mem? bers Of the New York assembly ended with their expulsion from the legists* tare April 1. Several suits had been Instituted .luring the early month** of the rear attacking Ihe validity ^f the eight? eenth (prohibition) amendment All theae Cases were taken to the United States owvicaic court aud ou Juua ? If I (Tint tribunal decided Ihst the Amend? ment und the Volstead enforcement set wn?> constitution.0. Rig in res801 in rn'es wore granted ihe raJltoada <f 'he country hy the Interstate commerce commission July !I1 lo enable the roads to meet in crossed wages. Passenger rates were Increased 2<* per cent, with n Pullman surcharge nf 60 i>er cent for the rail? roads. Freight rates were Increased 1'rom 'J? (a 40 per cent in different sec lions of the country. The trial of Hie Communist Labor party loaders in Chicago, hi progress for several months, ended August 2 with the conviction of 20, who were given jai| sentences. The five Socialist assemblymen ex "pelled from the New York legislature In the spring, having been re-elected, were again unseated when the legis? lature met In special session Septem? ber 21. Sharp drops In the prices of cotton, wheat and other farm products brought appeals for assistance from the farmers of the country during the latter part of the year. Night riders appeared in southern states in an ef? fort to force the growers to hold their cotton for a higher price ami a move? ment was started to secure the holding of wheat from the market. NATIONAL LEGISLATION The continued light over the ratifica? tion of the treaty of Versailles, with the League of Nations covenant, re? sulting in rejection of the treaty for the second time, occupied the atten? tion of the United States senate during the early months of 1020 and monop? olized the attention of the public, so far as congressional action was con? cerned. The Oummins-Eseh bill, tin- I der which the railroads of the country ' operated after their return to private control, ami the army reorganization hill were the principal pieces of legis? lation enacted before the first regular session nf the Sixty-sixth congress ended June 5? On January 10. the house, by ft vote of 'A'2H (o (\, for the second time* re? fused lo seat Victor Borger, Socialist, who had been re-elected to congress from a Milwaukee district after he had been once barred hy the house because of his alleged disloyalty dur? ing the war. The Water Power Development bill, which had long been pending in con irress, was passed hy the senate Janu? ary 1.r>. A similar hill had been adopt? ed hy the house In July, 1010. Another long congressional fight, for the adoption of the Oil Land Leas? ing hill, was ended when the confer? ence report was adopted hy the house on February 10 and the senaie two days later. The senate then turned its attention to the peace treaty. The original Lodge reservations were again adopt? ed, with some amendments. The treaty, with the reservations, came to a vote on March 10, and for the second time failed to secure the requisite two thirds majority, the vote being 40 to 80. The following day the rejected treaty was sent back to the President. With no prospect of the early adop? tion of the treaty, resolutions declar? ing the war at an end were Introduced In both the house and the senate. Both houses adopted the Knoz senate res? olution. President Wilson vetoed this resolution, however, on May 27. A few days earlier, on May L'4. Pres? ident Wilson asked the senate for au? thority to accept the mandate for Armenia that had been offered by the supreme council, (hi June 1 the sen? ate "respectfully declined" to gi"C the President the authority requested. Ott June 8 the house voted. ."?4a* to 8, the repeal of all war laws except the Lever net and the enemy trading act. the measure already having passed the senate, but President Wilson withheld his signature front the act and It died, with several 'other Important meas? ures, with the adjournment of con? gress. On the day before adjourn? ment. President Wilson vetoed ihe budget bill which had been passed hy both houses. Congress reconvened on December 6 for the short session. President Wll son In Ills message, which was read tno following day, recommended that the Philippine! he given their Inde? pendence. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL Industrial unrest which manifested itself during the period of reaction Im? mediately following the war, became even more marked during the year 1080, Radical activities were Involved in some of the labor disputes in this country, but this was true to a much larger extent In the labor troubles that beset most of the countries of F.urope during the greater part of the year. The first month of the year was marked, in the United Stales, by the abandonment of the steel workers' strike which had been begun on Sep? tember L"J. ltullrond traffic was tied tip in France, February *J7, hy a general strike of rail workers. The premier calhd all the strikers into the army, and two days later the strike was set UihJ by a compromise. Fence was declared between the bituminous coal operators and miners Marth 31, when tliey signed a two year agreement based ?n an award made by Ihe coal commission named b\ President Wilson. An ?outlaw" strikt nf railroad switchmen began in Chicago April 10. i and spread rapidly lo other parts of die country. Federal onlcers arrested :>? lendcri of the strike in Chicago, April lo, on charges nf Interforliw with the mails and violation of the Lexer act. On Anvil Hi the Joint railroad wage board created hy the Cummins Kscli hill, ncnouheed that it would not hoar i >es of i len who were on Strike. A new coal strike was Inaugurated Lu Ulli oik uud ivuiibaa Apul o Are thousand men going nut because of dissatisfaction with 111?? wage awards made hy the coal commission. The first of a long series of slrikes Involving Bolshevik activities tonic place in Italy March 25, when work- i men stud peasants in Naples and the provinces of N'ovra, Alexandra. Itter- : <la and Xrevlso, attempted to estsbllsb Soviets. Troops restored order and the strike ende?] within two days. n'i May 1 there were rleta In Paris, and railway workers struck for na? tionalization of the railroads. French nock workers and coal miners joined the strike on May 5. The French gov? ernment took vigorous steps to end the Strike, moving to dissolve the Gen? eral Federation of Labor snd eher? acterlslng the strike leaders s*^ Bolshe? vists. The strikes were called off by ihe General Federation of lather on May 2J. The Railway Lahor hoard announced its decision on wage Increases on July 20, awarding increases of from 20 to 27 per cent to nearly 2,000,000 employ? ees, the total increase amounting in about 1000,000,000 a year, about half the raise that employees had asked. The award was accepted hy the rail? road unions. 1 hiring the lstter part of July coal miners again struck in Illinois, Indi? ana ami Kansas, hut on July 111 they were ordered hack to work, after an appeal had been made by President Wilson. Serious riots occurred at Denver Au? gust 5 in connection with a street car strike, many being killed and Injured. Federal troops were ordered to Denver to stop the disorders. The Railway Labor board made an i oilier award August 10, granting an Increase amounting to $.'io,ooo,ouo s year to 75,000 railway express workers. On August 80 President Wilson ap? proved the majority report of the an? thracite wage commission, swarding wage increases of from 17 to 20 per cent. <>n September 1 anthracite op? erators and miners signed a two-year Contract based on the award, but thou? sands of men remained on what they termed "vacation" in protest against the award. Industrial conditions grew more se? rious In Italy during the late summer and fall. An obstructionist campaign was started by 500,000 workmen on August 22. On August 31, in Lorn- ! hardy, BOO metal-working planis were seized by employees and workmen's councils took charge of the plants. On September 14 the workmen's council voted for co-operative management and profit-sharing hy the work? men. At the same time the workmen took over 200 chemical work* snd sev? eral textile mills. Premier Gl?Uttl in? tervened, and on September 10 the em? ployers agreed to his terms of jsettle mettt, granting Increases of pay ret? roactive to July 15. The workmen ac? cepted the settlement snd ordered the factories returned to the owners. An industrial crisis was precipitated In England on October 16 by a strike of I.immuxhi coal miners. On the 28th an agreement was reached for an in? crease in wages in consideration of a pledge on the part ?>f the miners to help increase production. The strike was called off November S, A severe business depression was felt throughout the Fnlted States dur? ing the closing weeks of the year. The trend toward lower wages was marked by the announcement of the textile mills of New England in December of a reduction in wages amounting to 22% per cent "sports The revival of interest in sporting events of all kinds which was appar? ent in 1010, following almost a com? plete suspension of athletic activities during the war, was even more marked in 1020. The first of five races between Sir Thomas Upton's Shamrock IV, chal? lenger for the America's dtp, and the defender, Resolute, was held off New York July 15. The Shamrock won the first and second race??, but the Resolute took the next three, winning the cup on July 27. Charles Kvans, Jr. of Chicago, won the western amateur golf championship July 17, and Jock Hutchinson won the western open golf championship Au? gust 5. Edward Ray Of England won the American open golf championship, j August Fi. iTiarles Evans, Jr., won i the national amateur golf champion? ship, September 11. The United Stales, for the seventh consecutive time, made the biggest s?ore In the Olympic games at Ant? werp, Belgium, with 212 points. Fin? land was second with 105 and Sweden third with 05. Jack Dempsey retained the heavy? weight championship of the world by knocking out Rill Miske In the third round at Benton Harbor, Mich., Sep? tember 0. Georges Carpentler of France, knocked out Rattling Levlnsky, October 12, and became light heavy? weight champion of the world. A sensation was caused in the base? ball world just before the close of the season by the exposure of s con spirscy by which the world's series of 1010 was "thrown" by the Chicago American league team to the Clncln* natl National league team. S#\on members of the Chicago team, Includ? ing several Stars, and one former mem? ber were sccuscd of accepting bribes, and they later Were indicted by u ? "1*1 < ago grand jury. Cleveland w??n the American league pennant <<n IV lol.er ! 2 snd met the Brooklyn club. National league pennant winner, in the world series on October 5. CU*veland won the series by taking tie' seventh game from Brooklyn, October l". A baseball war ^;e*> threatened by a eoufticl be'u eon clubs of the Amcrl?*an lengtf'j cv??r plans for a reorganisation of the game. Peace was declared, uowevty, uu November IS, and u usw hoard of control was estr.bljshed with Judge rtenesaw M. Leadls of Chicago as chairman wiih an innual salary of $42.500 a year. Roscoe Saries won the 290-mile au? tomobile rare at Log Angeles Koveja bet 25. In !lits mee Gatt? Chevro Ict was killed in a collisloa. DISASTERS****^* The world was camparativelyjfree fr??m disasters causing great lem of life during 1020. Tornadoes in the. United Siafes and earthquake* in fIsly ainl Mexico, caused the greatest de structlon. ^ Several thousand pcoplo were report ed killed by w rieten! earth ?heck la central Mexico January .'i, the jdam sge being particularly heavy is the western part sf Vera Crux, - More* than 100 parsons were silledfj many were injured and heavy prapeVy damage was caused by Tornadoes whiuft swept Georgia. Alsbsma, IndisnaA)hla and Illinois. March 28. Three hundred persons were killed by an explosion of s munition* dump at llotheostela, Last Prussia, April It, Another ternade caused heavy dam? age In Alahama, Tennessee snd Mis? sissippi. April 20. More than 180 per? sons were killed and property valued at ti^ooojooo was des: roved. Fi fM-nine persona were killed by a tornado in Cherokee CSSSJlJ, Vkls., May 2. Great floods were reported In Japan ! August 10, with heavy los* of life. A severe earthquake In the district north of Florence, in Italy, en Septem? ber 7, destroyed 100 town* sad tilled1 about 4?s> persons. Disastrous earthquakes occurred la Chile and Central America Deceia her D, and later in the month. NECROLOGY Death took many persons pm mi neat in national and world sffsir? lu 10'J<>.! among those who were best knewu or most active in their particular riejns of labor, were the following: January I, Nicholas Sicard, fsroeut Franco painter; Jsneary 8, Maud Pow? ell, world s foremost woman vioiialst; January id, Reginald Denare?, Amer lean composer and music critic; Jsa-1 gary 23, Richard U Garner, suthor snd explorer; January 24, Rev. Cyrua Towusend Brady, widely-known outlier. February 4. Edward Paysen Jtipley, far 24 years president of Santa Fe railroad; (this C. Barber, organiser of the match Industry { February 11, Gaby Deslys, noted French dancer; February 1-, Julius Chambers, New Torfc author snd explorer; February is, Gea. William R. Mkkla, for roasV years adjutant general ef the Unfieol Confederate veterans; February' 2t>, Hear Admiral Robert K. Tesry, fj. Sd N.. retired, discoverer of the Nerta pole. ? j March 1, John H. Bankhesd, stub* United States senator from Alahaisv; March 8, John J. O'Shes, CathelicVu IhOT and editor; March 24, Mrs. Humphry Ward, famous F.nglish nov? elist; March 20, FJtner Appersou, pi? oneer automobile manufacturer. April 1, Dr. William Martin, ?. ST. N.. retired, yellow f>rer expert; April 0, Laurent Honore Marqueste, Frearh) seulptor; April 7. Rdward Harold Mett, humorist; April It, Ferdinand Royfeef, French ?rii?t; April 19, Theodore fv. Vail, pioneer in teb graph a ml tele? phone Industries. May I, William Barrett Rblgely, for? mer controller of the treasury; Msy 9, BiShop .lohn IL Vincent sf the Meth? odist Kpisoopal eh-uvh. fsunder ef the Chaulauqua assembly; May 11, Wik? Ham Dean Howells, famous America's novelist; May 1H. Levi P. Mortos, ger^ mer vice president. A .Line I, Rev. Charles Aagaotxej Stett dard of New York, author and thes* loglsn; .lune 13, Mme. Cahrieiie <*har lolte ReJane, famous French aotress; June IX. Georgs W. Perkins. New VorX financier; June 2b\ Rev. Dr. WiJUaiu Henry Roberts, for more than flirty yean stated clerk ef the Prcseyterlsa general assembly. July 4, Major Qewai d William at (Jorgas, former sargeoa gaasral af 4he United States army; July 10, cfefca Arbuthrot Fisher, former first lord of the British admiralty; July 11. fanner Rmpreas Begeale, widow ef Nspoieea III; July 22, William K. Vsnderellt, (losncler and former railroad presi? dent. \ August 1, I. Frank Hanly, ex-gov? ernor of Indiana and Prohibition csa dldate for president in IUI?; August 3, lsh.im Randolph ef Chicago, nwi?d saglneer; August 10, James 0*Neil.,t1a mous Irish actsr; August Irt, ??ir ISor man Issckyar, eminent Kngliah Siles 11st ; August 2e\ .1 sines Wllsea, fersier secretary of agriculture; September 15, Raimunde de Madrazo, famous Spaa ish portrait painter; September 115, Jacob H. Behls?, American financier snd philanthropist. October 2, Winthrop Murray Crane, former United States senator Iroia Massachusetts; October 5, Charles Norrie Williamson, mued l.uglish su? thor: October 12, Mrs Ogdaa Mills, so. oial leader in New York and Fori?; October 13, Charles M. Alexander, fa mous sittgins evangelist. KovemlH r 2, Louise Imogen Guinea/, American poet and essayist ; NoVaSX* her l\ Ludwig 111. former king of1 Ba? varia i November 10, Henry Thode, noted Gennsn historian; Nevetehtr 1?, Franklin Fori, former goveftMMT of New Jersey; NovemlH?r 22, < Ue Theo baldl, Norwegian violinist; N?%-eiube i 23, Margaret Brewstec, American writer. Novcinlier '><?. Ragesm W. Cits flu, prohlhlllon candidate for pres? ident in US*! Hiel HM2. De? end?<v .'t. Francis Lynna Btetsea. elhincnt nltometr nf Now York; l?o ccmbcr hi. Horace K, Dodge, aetexau bile uiaaafacturer; Marquis Ltella Cliie sa. brother of th< pope; Decsmher 12. Olin Se ii einer, novelist. iSi ISSS. NiwtMar > - - - >