Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-28

4-British troops occupied Ahartoum. :. n.
Iavalgnae, French Ministar Of War, re-
5-Twenty eight people killed in collision
OF train with trolley car at Cohoes, n. Y
ter. Zurlinden appointed French
Minister of War.
Wilaelmina crowned 0;een of unlla nd
at Amsterdam. :. Thirty men killed by
Ialhng or bridge over st. Lawrence
hFeF. neas st. Regis Indian village.
Many ki ed In riots la Crete Opening
oi u. a H. national encampment at Gin
assassination of Elizabeth, Empress of
austrla, hy an Italian anarchist at
GENEVA, Switzerland. !. .S200, 900 Are at
Llyermore Falls Me.
iI-flre wiped out New Westminster, B. c.,
and Jerome, Arlz
12-Death of Judge Thos NJ Cooley at Ann
aroor, Mich. Hurricane on island of
81 vincent, West Indies, Killed 300 per-
:, sons and destroyed much property.
mon church.
lS-Death of Dr. John Hall Death of
Miss Winnie Davis
zo-Ien persons burned to death In an ele-
v0tor fire IN Toledo.
<--I hlrty-six men drowned by sinking of
French boat ViIe de Fecamp off Fecamp.
zo-flfty miners entombed In coal shaft at
Brownsville, Pa.
Z4-Several persons killed and much prop
oe erty destroyed by windstorm at Lima O.
26-Tornado destroys property at Tonawan.
da, n. Y, and kills Ave at Merriltop. Ont.
~ Death of Miss Fanny Davenport.
2a-Claremont, Mimi, destroyed by fire
zo-Death OF ex-Secretary Thomas Il. Bay
ard. Riot at pana, Ill.
29-Death of Queen Louis of Denmark
So-Hundreds Of lives lost by floods in
Japan.
October.
I-Great fire In Colorado Springs, Colo.
Fierce gale on South Atlantic coast.
o-ln attempting to quell the rebellion of
the Indians at Bear Lake, Mimi, several
soldiers were killed end wounded.
S-Great fire in Sidney, N. S. w.
5-S20OoO0 fire at Atlantic City, N. j.
16-Great fire at Dawson City, Alaska.
20-Seven men killed by boiler explosion on
torpedo boat Davis near Astoria, Ore
23-Ten men killed In q race war at Har-
persyille Miss.
4-Fire ON the Brooklyn, N. Y, water front; !;
loss, S475,000
25-French cabinet resigns
3l-New French cabinet formed. ;. Japan
ese cabinet resigns.
November.
5-Eleven men killed by collapse of new
Wonderland theater at Detroit. =. Seven
men crushed to death In q mine near
Wllkesbarre. Pa.
6-Capitol at Washington wrecked by gas
explosion. Death of David A. Wells,
economic writer.
7-Resignation Of the Greek ministry.
S-Genera election.
Reorganization of Japan's new ministry
completed.
10-New ministry formed in Greece. Pres
ident Masso and secretaries of Cuban re-
public resign.
11-Bank at Kirksyille, Mo-, robbed of
1000.
17-Britlsh ship Atalanta sinks off Oregon
coast; 26 lives lost.
1S-Death of John w. Keely, the inventor
....Twelye laborers killed by train at
Hackensack Meadows, n. j.
19-Death Of Gen. d. c. Buell.
23-Burning of the Baldwin hotel and the
ater In San Francisco.
2426-Great storm sweeps over the coun-
try; many lives lost at sea.
27-Death of Actor q. w. Couldock Six
persons killed by boiler explosion mar
For:;een Mile Slough. Cal.
2S-Dynamite explosion in Havana kills 15
persons ana ihtures % others.
December.
5-Opening of Congressional session.
10-Death of William Black, novelist
11-Death of Gen. Callxto Garcia at Wash
ington.
15-Death of ex-senator Calvin S. Brice.
Six persons killed in railway wreck at
Madison, Fla
16-Six persons killed by train at Allen
wood, N. j.. Department store of c.
Hartsteln's Sons burned at Milwaukee;
loss, 90000.
17-Death of Baron Ferdinand James de
Rothschild In London. Twenty lives
lost In steamship collision in the North
Sea-
10 81, 600, 900 fire at Terre Haute, Ind.