The following note was addressed to the Prime Minister of Servia by the Crown Prince, George, on the 25th of March, 1909: "Driven by unjustified insinuations based on an unfortunate occurrence, I beg in defence of my honour, as well as of my conscience, to declare that I renounce all claims to the Throne, as well as any other privileges to which I am entitled. I beg you to take note of this, and to take the necessary steps that this action may receive the necessary sanction. I place my services as a soldier and citizen at the disposal of my King and Fatherland, ready to give my life for them. —George." The "unfortunate occurrence" alluded to was the death of one of the Prince’s servants from injuries which the Prince was believed by the public to have inflicted, as he was reputed to have a brutal temper. BALKAN AND DANUBIAN STATES: Servia and Bulgaria: A.D. 1905. Customs Union Convention. See above: BULGARIA AND SERVIA. ----------BALKAN AND DANUBIAN STATES: End-------- BALLINGER, Richard A.: Secretary of the Interior, United States. See (in this Volume) UNITED STATES: A. D. 1909 (MARCH). BALLINGER, Richard A.: Action against Water Power Monopoly. See (in this Volume) COMBINATIONS, INDUSTRIAL, &c.: UNITED STATES: A. D. 1909. BALLOONS, Dirigible. See (in this Volume) SCIENCE AND INVENTION, RECENT. BALTIC FLEET, The Russian: Its voyage and destruction. See (in this Volume) JAPAN: A. D. 1904-1905 (OCTOBER-MAY). BALTIC PROVINCES: Peasant insurrection. See (in this Volume) RUSSIA: A. D. 1905 (FEBRUARY-NOVEMBER). BALTIMORE: A. D. 1904. Destructive fire. Next to that at Chicago in 1871, the most destructive fire among the many that have devastated the cities of the United States occurred at Baltimore on February 7th and 8th, 1904. It burned for thirty hours, in the heart of the city, the center of its business, destroying some 2600 buildings and consuming property to the estimated value of $75,000,000. BAMBAATA. See (in this Volume) SOUTH AFRICA: NATAL: A. D. 1906-1907. BANNARD, Otto T.: See (in this Volume) NEW YORK CITY: A. D. 1909. BARCELONA: A. D. 1902. General strike and battle with soldiery. See (in this Volume) LABOR ORGANIZATION: SPAIN. BARCELONA: A. D. 1909. Revolutionary outbreak. Trial and execution of Professor Ferrer. See (in this Volume) SPAIN: A. D. 1907-1909. BARCELONA: A. D. 1909. Riotous hostility to war in Morocco. See MOROCCO: A. D. 1909. BARGE (ERIE) CANAL, The. See (in this Volume) NEW YORK STATE: A. D. 1898-1909. BARNATO, Harry. Bequest for cancer research. See (in this Volume) PUBLIC HEALTH. BARRETT, Charles Simon: President of the National Farmers’ Union. See (in this Volume) LABOR ORGANIZATION: UNITED STATES: A. D. 1902-1909.