Gleason, Patrick J. (57), politician, New York, Gregory, William (52), Governor of Rhode Island, Greenough, James B. (68), educator and author, Harrison, Henry B. (80), ex-Governor of Connecticut, New Haven, Oct. 29. Hart, Henry (90), financier, street railway president, New York, debility, Nov. 7. Hart, James McD. (73), painter, Brooklyn, N. Y., pneumonia, Oct. 24. Haverley, John (68), minstrel and theatrical manager, Salt Lake City, heart disease, Sept. 28. Haweis, Hugh R. (63), author, London, England, Jan, 29. Hay, Adelbert S. (25), ex-Consul to Pretoria, New Haven, Ct., accident, June 23. Heald, Daniel A. (82), President of the Home Insurance Company of New York, West Orange, N. J., heart disease, Dec. 28, 1900. Henderson, John (55), shipbuilder, Glasgow, Scotland, July 22. Henri, Prince d'Orleans (34), explorer, Saigon, French Cochin-China, Aug. 9. Hermite, Charles (79), mathematician, Paris, France, Jan, 14. Herne, James A. (61), actor and playwright. New Hubbard, Richard B. (69), ex-Governor of Texas, Jasper, John (90), eccentric Negro minister, Richmond, Va., grip and old age Johnson, Albert L. (40), promoter and financier, June 27. Laird, Sir William (71), ironmaster, Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 14. Le Brun, Napoleon (80), architect, New York, July 9. Le Conte, Joseph (76), geologist, Yosemite Valley, Cal., July 6. Leland, Warren, Jr. (46), hotel proprietor, New York, Bright's disease, Jan. 21. Lewis, John Travers (76), Archbishop of Ontario, at sea, pnenmonia, May 13. Lewis, Samuel, money lender, London, England, Jan. 13. Li Hung Chang (79), Chinese statesman, Peking, China, stomach disease, Nov. 7. Littlejohn, Abram N. (77), P. E. Bishop of Long Lorillard, Pierre (68), millionaire tobacconist and Macfeely, Robert (74), Brigadier-General U. S. A. Massey, John E. (84), politician and orator, Albemarle, Va., April 24. MacCormack, Sir William (65), President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Bath, England, Dec.4. Macrae, Douglas G. (40), editor of the Financial Times, Switzerland, April 3. Margall, Francisco Pi. y (81), Spanish statesman, Madrid, Nov. 29. Marvin, James M. (92), banker, Saratoga, N. Y., April 25. Magee, Christopher L. (53), politician and capitalist, Harrisburg, Pa., complication of diseases, March 8. McAlpin, David H. (85), manufacturer, New York, apoplexy, Feb. 8. McClurg, Alexander C. (67), soldier, publisher, St. Augustine, Fla., April 15. McCormick, Richard C. (69), ex-Governor of Arizona, Jamaica, N. Y., June 2. McKeever, Chauncey (73), Brigadier-General U. S. A. (retired), Emden, Germany, Sept. 4. McKinley, William (58), President of the United States, Buffalo, N. Y., assassinated, Sept. 14. Milan, ex-King of Servia (47), Vienna, Austria, Moore, Rt. Rev. John (67), R. C. Bishop of St. fatty degeneration of the heart, Feb 11, Augustine, St. Augustine, Fla., July 30. Moran, Edward (74), painter, New York, Bright's disease, June 9. Morelli, Domenico (75), painter, Naples, Italy, Aug. 13, Moss, Theodore (80), theatrical manager, Seabright, N. J., heart failure, July 13. Mount, James A. (58), ex-Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind., heart disease, Jan, 16, Muhlenberg, Frederick A. (82), Lutheran clergyman, Reading Pa., March 21. Murat, Joachim Napoleon, Prince (67), Chambly, France, Oct. 24. Murphy, Thomas (80), ex-Collector of the Port of Newell, Robert H, (65), (Orpheus C. Kerr), humor- Nicholson, William R. (79), Bishop of Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa., June 7. Nicolay, John G. (69), author, Secretary to President Lincoln, Washington, D. C., Sept. 26. Nordenskjold, Baron Adolf Erick (69), Arctic explorer, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 13. Nordhoff, Charles (71), journalist, San Francisco, Cai., July 14, Pallavincini, Emilio (76), Italian General, Rome, Parsons, Cornelius R. (58), Member New York Patterson, Mrs. Martha (63), daughter of President Johnson, Greenville, Tenn., July 10. Peakes, James G. (55), operatic singer, New York, cirrhosis of the liver, Nov. 7. Perrine, Henry E. (74), business man, Buffalo, N. Y., May 31. Phelps, Thomas S. (76), Rear-Admiral U, S. N., Pillsbury, John S. (73), flour manufacturer, ex-Governor of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., Bright's disease, Oct. 18. Pingree, Hazen S. (61), ex-Governor of Michigan, Platt, Mrs. Eilen B. (66), wife of Senator Thomas Porter, Wilbur F. (69), Democratic candidate for Potter, Eliphalet N. (65), educator, Mexico, Mex., Pretorius, Marthinus Wessels, first President of the Dutch African Republic, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, May 19. Purves, George T., D. D., LL.D. (49), clergyman, New York, Sept, 24. Ramsay, John (63), Major-General of Volunteers, U. S. A.. in Civil War, Jersey City, N. J., heart disease, Feb. 11. Reed, Roland (45), comedian, New York, cancer, March 30. Revels, Hiram R. (79), ex-U. S. Senator from Mississippi, Aberdeen, Miss., paralysis, Jan. 16. Reid, James D. (82), "The Father of the Telegraph," New York, cancer, April 29. Rogers, Jacob S. (79), builder of locomotives, New York, July 1. Rothwell, Richard P. (64), mining engineer and writer, New York, cancer of the stomach, April 17 Rothschild, Baron Wilhelm (73), banker, Frankfort, Germany, Jan. 25. Rowland, Henry A. (53), scientist, educator, and Schott, Charles A. (75), scientist, Washington, Shanks, John P. (75), Brigadier-General in Civil Smith, George M. (77), English publisher, London, Sneed, John L. T. (81), jurist, soldier, Memphis, Tenn., July 29. Snow, Lorenzo (87), President of the Mormon Church, Salt Lake, Utah, hypostetic congestion, Oct. 10. Stafford, Anna (32), New York journalist, Brooklyn, N, Y., pleuro-pneumonia, Sept. 24. Stainer, John T. (61), organist and composer, London, England, April 1. Stanton, Edmund C. (47), operatic manager, Bournemouth, England, Jan, 20. Stephens, James (78), Fenian leader, Dublin, Ireland, March 29. Sterrett, James P. (78), Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., carbuncle, Jan. 22. Stern Simon (62), political economist, lawyer, New York, apoplexy, Sept. 22. Stillman, William J. (78), writer, Surrey, England, July 5, Stokes, Edward S. (60), speculator, New York. Bright's disease, Nov. 2. Stokes, James W. (48), Representative in Congress from South Carolina, Orangeburg, S. C., July 6. Swinton, John (72), writer and economist, Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15. Sunderland, Byron (82), clergyman, Catskill, N. Y., cerebral embolism, June 30. Sweet, Alexander (60), humorist, editor of Texas Tanner, Charles K. D. (51), Irish Member of Parliament, Reading, England, consumption, April 21. Tanner, John R. (57), ex-Governor of Illinois. Springfield, Ill, rheumatism of the heart, May 23. Thayer, Joseph H. (73), Harvard professor, Cambridge, Mass., Nov, 26 Thompson, Maurice (57), novelist, Crawfordsville, Uhl, Edwin F. (60), statesman, ex-Ambassador to Van Vliet, Stewart (86), Brigadier-General U. S. Victoria, Queen of Great Bri ain and Ireland, and Empress of India, Osborne, England, Jan 22. Vicuna, Don Carlos Morla (57), Chilean diplomat, Buffalo, N Y., pneumonia, Aug. 20. Von Hohenlohe, Prince, Imperial Chancellor of Germany, Ragatz, Switzerland, July 5, Von Miquel, Johannes (72), ex-Minister of Finance, Prussia, Frankfort, Germany, heart disease, Sept. 8, Waite, Davis H. (76), ex-Governor of Colorado, Aspen, Col., Nov. 27. Walker, Aldace F. (59), railroad manager, New York, heart disease, April 12, Walker, James A. (69), ex-Confederate General, Wytheville, Va., Oct. 20, Wambold, James F., minstrel, Newark, N. J., June 15, Ward, William Greene (69) banker, President of the Cincinnati in New York, New York, heart disease, Jan, 16. Watkins, Sir Edward W. (82), British railroad magnate, London, England, April 15. Wayne, William (73), ninth President-General of the Society of the Cincinnati, Paoli, Pa., Nov, 20. Weber, Albert F. (76), Orientalist, Germany, Dec. 1. Wennerberg, Gunnar (84), Swedish poet and composer, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug, 24. Westcott, Brooke Foss (76). Bishop of Durham, England, London, England, July 28. Whipple, Henry B. (79), P. E. Bishop of Minnesota, Faribault, Minn., Sept. 16. White, Stephen M. (47), ex-U. S. Senator from California, Los Angeles, Cal., stomach trouble, Feb. 22. Wigger, Rt. Rev. Winand M. (60), R. C. Bishop Willson, Thomas E. (56), journalist, New York, cerebral hemorrhage, March 24. Wilson, Jeremiah (73), lawyer, Washington, D. C., heart failure, Sept. 24. Wilson, Thomas (75), Brigadier-General U, S. A. (retired), New York, general debility. Woods, William A. (64), jurist, Indianapolis, Ind., June 29. Yonge, Charlotte M. (78), author, Winchester, England, March 24, Youmans, William J. (63), editor, scientist, Mt. Vernon, N, Y., typhoid fever, April 11. Yznaga, Fernando, clubman, New York, diphtheria, March 16. Age. The Famous Old People of 1902. (Age at the last birthday is given. The list was made up for January 1, 1902.) 103. Hiram Cronk, last surviving pensioner of the War of 1812. 98. Thomas Sidney Cooper, R. A.; Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Sawyer, oldest minister of Universalist Church 97. Hon. David Wark, Father of the Canadian Senate;" R. A. Gorell, J. P., oldest active insurance director in the world; Rear-Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, Sr. 94. Ernest W. G. B. Legouve, oldest French Academician. 92. Cassius M. Clay, Admiral Keppel, R. N. 91. Pope Leo XIII., Lord Armstrong. 89. Samuel Smiles, biographer; Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island; Charles L. Tiffany, jeweller; exSenator John H. Reagan, of Texas; William Ely Starr, actuary. 87. Baroness Burdett-Coutts. 86. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Adolf Menzel, German painter. 85. Ex-Senator Dawes, Rev. Newman Hall, Daniel Huntington, painter; Philip James Bailey, poet; Parke Godwin, Russell Sage, Josiah Crosby, of Maine. 84. Professor Mommsen, historian; King Christian of Denmark, Sir Joseph Hooker, botanist; Erastus Dow Palmer, sculptor, of Albany, N. Y.; George F. Watts, R. A. 83. Ex-Senator Hampton, Professor Bain, ex-Secretary Boutwell, Bishop Watson, of East Carolina. 82. General Longstreet, Duke of Cambridge, Julia Ward Howe, Bishop Huntington, Dr. Thomas Dunn English. 81. Herbert Spencer, John Tenniel, cartoonist; Florence Nightingale, Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, Susan B. Anthony. 80. Professor Virchow, Sir William H. Russell, journalist; Sir Charles Tupper, Ristori, tragic actress; Mrs. G. H. Gilbert, actress. 79. Edward Everett Hale, Professor Alfred R. Wallace, Abram S. Hewitt, Rev. Henry M. Field, Donald G. Mitchell, Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler. 78. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Professor Goldwin Smith, ex-Speaker Grow, Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer. 77. Professor Huggins, astronomer; Eastman Johnson, painter; ex-Vice-President Levi P. Morton, George Macdonald, novelist; Senator Morgan, General Franz Sigel. 76. Sir William Aitken, pathologist; Richard H. Stoddard, poet; Professor March, philologist. 75. Karl Blind, Marquis of Dufferin, ex-Empress Eugenie, Senator Hoar, Russell Sage. 74. Sir William Harcourt, statesman; Pere Hyacinthe, General Lew Wallace, Sagasta, Spanish statesman; J. H. Stoddart, comedian; Marquis of Ripon. 73. Sir Henry James, lawyer; De Freycinet, French statesman; ex-Senator Edmunds,General Gourko, Russian commander; Ibsen, dramatist; ex-President Dwight, of Yale; Jules Verne, Count Tolstoi, Justice Gray, of the Supreme Court; King Albert of Saxony, Berthelot, French statesman; Lord Pauncefote, Clara Barton, Edward Atkinson. 72. General Booth, Salvation Army leader; Joseph Jefferson,Carl Schurz, Senator Allison, Senator Cullom, King Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Viscount Peel, Murat Halstead. 71. President Diaz, of Mexico; Emperor Francis Joseph, ex-Queen Isabella, J. Q. A. Ward, sculptor; Rev. Joseph Parker, English pulpit orator; Marquis of Salisbury, Albert Bierstadt, Louise Michel, French agitator; Salvini, tragedian; ex-Secretary Tracy, Mme. Janauschek, actress; General Oliver O. Howard, Bishop Doane, Senators Vest, Teller, and Jones, of Nevada. 70. Archdeacon Farrar, General Galliffet, French soldier; President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins; George J. Goschen, Frederick Harrison, positivist; Henry Labouchère, journalist; Henri Rochefort, Victorien Sardou, General Schofield, Senator Frye, Joachim, violinist, Sir George Nares, Arctic explorer; Ambassador Choate, Senator Proctor. 69. Field Marshal Lord Roberts, British Army; Rev. Dr. Talmage, Maggie Mitchell, actress; Sir Edwin Arnold, poet; Professor Vambery, Andrew D. White, Justice Shiras, Professor William Crookes, General Gordon, of Georgia; Senator Quay, General Ignatieff, George H. Boughton, R. A.; G. W. Custis Lee, Count von Waldersee. 68. Chief Justice Fuller, Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, Denman Thompson, actor; Justice Harlan, Duke of Devonshire, Edmund Clarence Stedman, poet; John L. Toole, comedian; Lewis Morris. poet; Frank Stockton, novelist ex-Secretary Bliss, Senator Platt, of New York. 67. Senator Depew, President Eliot, of Harvard University; Augustus J. C. Hare, author; Sir John Lubbock, Cardinal Gibbons, Whistler, painter. 66. Leopold II., King of the Belgians; Rev. Lyman Abbott, President Charles K. Adams, Bouguereau, French painter; ex-Secretary Carlisle, Andrew Carnegie, Bishop Potter, Theodore Thomas, Paul Du Chaillu, "Mark Twain," Charles Francis Adams, Alfred Austin, poet; General Shafter, General Fitzhugh Lee, Richard Olney, ex-Vice-President Stevenson, General Stewart L. Woodford. 65. Edward John Poynter, President of the Royal Academy; Professor C. F. Chandler, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Alma-Tadema, painter: W. S. Gilbert, dramatist; General Joseph Wheeler, General Merritt, Joseph Chamberlain, ex-Secretary Alger, William Winter, dramatic critic. 64. Ex-President Cleveland, Whitelaw Reid, General Horace Porter, W. D. Howells, novelist; William L. Alden, author; Dr. Angell, ex-Minister to Turkey; Edward Eggleston, novelist; Justices Brewer and Peckham, Miss Braddon, Swinburne, poet; Admiral Dewey. 63. Professor James Bryce, ex-Queen Liliuokalani, John Hay, Secretary of State; Sir Henry Irving, Lecky, historian; John Morley, John Wanamaker, President Loubet, Bret Harte, Generals Brooke and E. S Otis. 62. Rear-Admiral Schley, General Sir Redvers Buller, General Miles, ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed, Archbishop Corrigan, ex-Senator Gorman, Bishop Keane, John D. Rockefeller. 61. Captain A. T. Mahan, Rear-Admiral Sampson. Henry Watterson, Labor Commissioner Wright, Clemenceau, Palmer Cox, Hirams S. Maxim, Austin Dobson, poet; Emile Zola, Ouida, Thomas Hardy, novelist; Speaker Henderson, 60. King Edward VII., Stanley, African explorer; Senator Aldrich, Minot J. Savage, William C. Whitney, Rear-Admiral Melville. At what age does one become "old"? Five centuries ago a man was old at fifty. But the hale and hearty gentleman of to-day who has just turned sixty would probably protest against being classed among old people, even if famous. That his susceptibilities may not be wounded, therefore, a separating dash has been discreetly introduced after age sixty-five. China. EVENTS IN 1901. AT the close of 1900 the Chinese authorities had accepted the demands of the Allies in China, which were as follows: 1. China shall erect a monument to Baron von Ketteler on the site where he was murdered and send an Imperial Prince to Germany to convey an apology. She shall inflict the death penalty upon eleven princes and officials already named, and suspend provincial examinations for five years where the outrages occurred, 2. In future all officials failing to prevent anti-foreign outrages within their jurisdiction shall be dismissed and punished, 3. Indemnity shall be paid to States, corporations, and individuals. The Tsung-li-Yamen shall be abolished and its functions vested in a Foreign Minister. Rational intercourse shall be permitted with the Emperor, as in civilized countries, 4. The forts at Taku and the other forts on the coast of Chi-Li shall be razed, and the importation of arms and war material prohibited. 5. Permanent legation guards shall be maintained, and also guards of communication between Peking and the sea, 6. Imperial proclamations shall be posted for two years throughout the Empire suppressing Boxers. 7. Indemnity is to include compensation for Chinese who suffered through being employed by foreigners, but not compensation for native Christians, 8. China shall erect expiatory monuments in every foreign or international burial ground where the graves have been profaned, 9. The Chinese Government shall undertake to enter upon negotiations for such changes in existing treaties regarding trade and navigation as the foreign governments eem advisable, and with reference to other matters having in view the facilitation of commercial relations. The following were the principal occurences during 1901: Jan. 12-Preliminary note of demand of the powers was signed by Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching. Jan. 15-The Allied commanders in Peking organized a judicial system. Jan. 22-The Shan-hai-Rivan Railway was given over to the Germans by the Russians. Feb. 2-Russia refused to consent to the execution of Prince Tuan. Feb. 6-Public demand was made by the foreign ministers in Peking for the heads of twelve Chinese officials. Feb. 19-The United States protested against further mili tary expeditions in China. Feb. 20-The Germans were attacked at Paoting-fu. Feb. 21-The powers agreed to acquire no Chinese territory without international consent. Feb. 27-Chi Hsin and Hsu Ching Yu were executed at Peking. March 8-The Chung-Shun Pass was captured by the April 23-Germans in an engagement forced the Chinese over the great Wall, but with considerable loss. May 5-Peking was evacuated by the American cavalry and artillery. Gen. Chaffee embarked for the Philippines May 18. May 9-A formal indemnity of 450,000,000 taels was demanded of China by the powers. July 26--Formal acceptance was made by the powers at Peking of the Chinese offer to pay 450,000,000 taels indemnity on time at 4 per cent interest. Sept. 4-Prince Chun at Berlin officially apologized to Emperor William for the insult to German honor in the murder of Baron von Ketteler. Sept. 17-The American and Japanese troops in Peking handed over the Forbidden City to the Chinese. Nov. 7--Li Hung Chang died. Nov. 18-The new Manchuria agreement between China and Russia was made public, and reported to give the latter exclusive mining and railway privileges in Manchuria and the command of all Chinese troops there by the Russian authorities, the Russian occupation to end in three years. The Chinese Court was reported to be returning to Peking in December. THE SITUATION IN CHINA DESCRIBED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. President Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress, December 2, 1901, summed up the events of the year in China in its relations with the foreign powers, and the situation at the close of the year, as follows: Owing to the rapid growth of our power and our interests on the Pacific, whatever happens in China must be of the keenest national concern to us. The general terms of the settlement of the questions growing out of the anti-foreign uprisings in China of 1900 having been formulated in a joint note addressed to China by the representatives of the injured powers in December last, were promptly accepted by the Chinese Government. After protracted conferences the plenipotentiaries of the several powers were able to sign a final protocol with the Chinese plenipotentiaries on the 7th of last September, setting forth the measures taken by China in compliance with the demands of the joint note and expressing their satisfaction therewith. It will be laid before the Congress, with a report of the plenipotentiary on behalf of the United States, Mr. William Woodville Rockhill, to whom high praise is due for the tact, good judgment, and energy he has displayed in performing an exceptionally difficult and delicate task. The agreement reached disposes in a manner satisfactory to the powers of the various grounds of complaint, and will contribute materially to the better future relations between China and the powers. Reparation has been made by China for the murder of foreigners during the uprising, and punishment has been inflicted on the officials, however high in rank, recognized as responsible for or having participated in the outbreak. Official examinations have been forbidden for a period of five years in all cities in which foreigners have been murdered or cruelly treated, and edicts have been issued making all officials directly responsible for the future safety of foreigners and for the suppression of violence against them. Provisions have been made for insuring the future safety of the foreign representatives in Peking by setting aside for their exclusive use a quarter of the city which the powers can make defensible, and in which they can, if necessary, maintain permanent military guards; by dismantling the military works between the capital and the sea, and by allowing the tempor..ry maintenance of foreign military posts along this line. An edict has been issued by the Emperor of China prohibiting for two years the importation of arms and ammunition into China. China has agreed to pay adequate indemnities to the States, societies, and individuals for the losses sustained by them and for the expenses of the military expeditions sent by the various powers to protect life and restore order. Under the provisions of the joint note of December, 1900, China h s agreed to revise the treaties of commerce and navigation, and to take such other steps for the purpose of f cilitating foreign trade as the foreign powers may decide to be needed. The Chinese Government has agreed to participate financially in the work of bettering the water approaches to Shanghai and to Tientsin, the centres of foreign trade in Central and Northern China, and an international conservancy board, in which the Chinese Government is largely represented, has been provided for the improvement of the Shanghai River, and the control of its navigation. In the same line of commercial advantages a revision of the present tariff on imports has b en assented to for the purpose of substituting specific for ad valorem duties, and an expert has been sent abroad on the part of the United States to assist in this work. A list of articles to remain free of duty, including flour, cereals, and rice, gold and silver coin and bullion, has also been agreed upon in the settlement. CHINA-Continued. During these troubles our Government has unswervingly advocated moderation, and has materially aided in bringing about an adjustment which tends to enhance the welfare of China and to lead to a more beneficial intercourse between the empire and the modern world; while in the critical period of revolt and massacre we did our full share in safeguarding life and property, restoring order, and vindicating the national interest and honor. It behooves us to continue in these paths, doing what lies in our power to foster feelings of good will, and leaving no effort untried to work out the great policy of full and fair intercourse between China and the nations, on a footing of equal rights and advantages to all. We advocate the "open door" with all that it implies, not merely the procurement of enlarged commercial opportunities on the coasts, but access to the interior by the waterways with which Chini has been so extraordinarily favored. Only by bringing the people of Chin into e..ceful and friendly community of trade with all the peoples of the earth can the work now auspiciously begun be curried to fruition. In the attainment of this purpose we neces arily claim parity of treatment, under the conventions, throughout the empire for our trade and our citizens with those of all other powers. The South African War. THE record of the war in South Africa in THE WORLD ALMANAC for 1901 closed with the return of Lord Roberts to England in December, 1900; the appointment of Sir Alfred Milner as Administrator of the Orange River and Transvaal Colonies and the transformation of the war into a series of guerilla encounters. The following is a continuation of the events of the war in 1901: Jan. 6-Forty British officers and men were killed or wounded at Lindley, Orange River Colony. Jan. 7-The British position along Delagoa Bay Railway was unsuccessfully attacked by the Boers. Jan. 17-The Boers attacked a British column under General Colville north of Standerton and were driven back. Jan. 18-Eight hundred Boers were routed by New Zealand troops and Bushmen under Colonel Gray near Ventersburg. Jan. 21-Boer raiders damaged the electric light works at Brock pan and seized horses at Aberdeen, Cape Colony. Jan. 30-Bloemfontein - Ladybrand line De Wet near Israel's Poort. was crossed by Feb. 3-The British post at Modderfontein (in the Transvaai) was captured by the Boers. Feb. 6-The British War Office decided to reinforce Kitchener with 30,000 additional mounted troops. Feb. 6-General Smith-Dorrien was attacked by Louis Botha with 2,000 men at Orange Camp, but repulsed him. Feb. 6-The Delagoa Bay Railroad was cut by the Boers near Lorenzo Marques. Feb. 16-De Wet crossed the railway at Bartman's Siding and was engaged by Crabbe and an armored train. Feb. 19-The Boers blew up a supply train at Klip River. Feb. 22-The Boers, 5,000 strong, were defeated by General French at Piet Retief. Feb. 23-De Wet's force was scattered by Colonel Plummer at Disselfontein, Orange River. Feb. 26-General French captured 300 Boers, ammunition, cattle, and supplies at Middleburg. March 1-Lord Kitchener drove De Wet north of the Orange River with a loss of 280 men captured. March 8-Lord Kitchener granted General Botha a seven days' armistice to make communication with other Beer leaders. March 22-A British supply train was captured by the Boers near Vlaklaagte. March 25-The Boers were defeated near Vryheid by General French. March 27-Fourie's commando and Bruce Hamilton's command held a running fight for twenty miles. March 30-Commandants Prinsloo and Engelbrecht surrendered to the British. April 9-The British reoccupied Pietersburg. April 9-The Boers captured seventy-five men of the Fifth Infantry and Imperial Yeomanry. April 10-Negotiations for peace were renewed by General Botha. May 24-Sir Alfred Milner, returning home from South Africa, was received by the King and created a pcer. May 25-The convoy of General Plummer's column was attacked and partially destroyed by Boers. May 27-The Boers captured a British post of forty-one men near Maraisburg. May 29--General Dixon's brigade of the Seventh Yeomanry were attacked by Delarey near Vlakfontein and lost heavily. June 3-An attack by 700 Boers under Scheeper upon Willowmore, Cape Colony, was repulsed after a nine hours' fight. June 6-The British and Boers lost heavily in an engagement between Elliot and De Wet near Reitz. June 6-Colonel Wilson with 240 men routed 400 Boers under Beyer near Warm Baths. June 12-Two hundred members of the Victorian Mounted Rifles were captured by Boers at Steenkoolspruit. June 20-Commandant Malan overpowered the Midland Mounted Rifles at Waterkloof. June 20-Presidents Schalk-Burger of the South African Republic and Steyn of Orange Free State issued a proclamation for "no peace without independence." July 26-General Bensou repulsed the Boers at a mountain pass near Dullstroom. Aug. 7-Lord Kitchener issued a proclamation of banishment against all Boers in South Africa not surrendering by Sep tember 15. Aug. 16-Fifty of General French's scouts were captured in Cape Colony. Aug. 21-Treason trials of Boer-British subjects were held at Burgersdorp. Aug. 21-The Boers captured three officers and sixty-five men north of Lady brand. Aug. 24 The Boers attacked a convoy near Kooipopje and killed nine men of the Seventy-fourth Imperial Yeomanry, wounding 23. Aug. 31-Colonel Vandeleur and nine men were killed by the blowing up of a train in the Transvaal; seventeen men were wounded. Sept. 8-Von Tonder and Delarey engaged General Methuen in the Great Maries Valley. Sept. 16-The British troops captured Lotter's entire commando south of Pietersburg. Sept. 17-Three companies of British mounted infantry under Major Gough were ambushed and captured near Scheepers Nek. Sept. 20-The Boers captured a company of mounted British infantry and two guns at Vlakfontein. Sept. 21-Two Boer commaudos were captured near Adenburg and Colonel the Hon. A. Murray and Captain Murray, his adjutant, were killed in a fight with Krintzinger, who crossed the Orange River. Sept. 29-Commandant Delarey attacked Colonel Kekewich's camp at Moe iwili with loss on both sides. Oct. 9-Martial law was declared throughout Cape Colony. Oct. 10-General Sir Redvers Buller admitted in a speech that he advised the surrender of Ladysmith and was severely criticised for his utterance. Oct. 12-Commandant Scheepers was captured. Oct. 16-Captain Bellew and four others were killed in a fight at Twenty four Stre..ms. Nov. 1-In a heavy Boer attack on Colonel Benson's column near Brakenlaagte the British lost twenty-five officers and 214 men in killed and wounded. In December numerous small skirmishes were reported. THE United States sixteen inch breech-loading rifle gun of the army is the most powerful ever constructed. It was made at the Army Arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y. It weighs 130 tons, is 49 feet 2.9 inches long, and has a breech diameter of 60 inches. The length of the bore is 37 feet 4 inches, and the diameter of the bore is 16 inches. When fired with 1,000 pounds of brown prismatic powder, it will throw a solid steel projectile weighing 2,370 pounds a distance of twenty-four miles when the gun is given an elevation of 45 degrees, and the muzzle velocity of the shot is 2,600 feet seconds. Should the gun have a carriage constructed so as to withstand the terrific recoil, it is proposed to construct some forty more similar for defensive purposes in the largest harbors of the United States. |