Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-12-27

tornado. $50 persons besns siiiSl..-. Dupuy
ministry resigns at Paris
18-Hermtn, Neb, destroyed By storm.
16-Ihiyfeen persons drowned In steam
boat accident near stettin. Germany -.
Twelve miners killed by mine explosion at
Glace Bay, c. B.
2S-Death os II, b. iisef.
2e-ssIne lives lost in wreck of steamer
Nargaret 0lwill In Lake Efss.
30-Dreyfus lands in France. Walkout
al Homestead mills, Plttsburg.
~ Disastrous foods In Texas.
July.
6-Death OF Bishop J.. II. Newman.
d-Death of Robert Bonner. Order Is
sued for enlistment OF ten regiments for the
Death b' Of George W. Julian. Indiana
anti slavery leeaer. Lindeli Hotel. Lin
coin. Neb.. burns.
lo.street car strike inaugurated in Brook
10 Resignation OF r. A. Alger. Secretary
Of War.
21-Death of Robert G. insersoil.
22-Eiihu Root named as Secretary OF War
nati. N's s'''~s
2s 81 ,ooo, 900 loss BY burning q q. Il. &
p elevator At East Toledo. Ohio.
2e-Assassinati0n of President Ulysses
HeCreaux OF San Domingo.
27-Death of A. L. Luetgert in Joliet. Ill.
prison.
30-Tupper Lake. ~ Y, wiped out by IRE.
August.
1-Elihu Root, OF New York, sworn In as
e,-Thifty-fve killed and twelve injured In
trolley car accident near Bridgeport, Conn.
!. Collapse OF ferry slip at Bar Harbor,
Me. kills twenty persons and Injuries forty
others.
Z Dreyfus trial begins at Renncs. France.
I3-Ms Labori, counsel for Capt. Dreyfus,
shot at Rennes.
20-Great riot In Paris,
I-Busipess portion OF Victor, Colo. de-
stroyed b IRE,
killing nine men and injuring as many more.
September.
5--ExtremeIy hot weather In Chicago;
thermometer registers 9S degrees
FIFTY persons injured In collision on tbs
b, & o. Railway at Conneilsville. Pa.
9-Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted at Rem
I5-Death Of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
13-Trust conference begins In Chicago.
17--Seyen negroes killed ia coal mine riot
at Carteryille, I'll. ), Death of Chas. A. Pills
bury of Minneapolis.
19--Capt. Dreyfus pArdoned.
M-Fire in Chicago stockyards; loss
26-AdmIraI Dewey,s flagship, the olym-
pia, arrives In New York.
29-Dewey naval parade in New York.
30 100000 fire In Big -Four depot and
warehouse at Cincinnati.
October.
7-FalI festival In Chicago.
11--War Is begun In South Africa. J. For
NAL declaration of war, made by Beers.
12-Four thousand persons killed by earth
quake in Ceram, Molucca Islands.
16-ColumDia wins first race for Americas
cup.
iT-columbia wins second race. Shamrock
being disabled by breaking of topmast.
20-ColuInbia wins third race. -. Beers de-
feated at Glencoe.
21-EngIsh defeat Beers at Elandslaagte.
23-Battle at Glencoe, South Africa.
A. Qf Ta
2B-Death of Gen. Guy v. Henry.
27-Death Of Florence Marryat, English
novelist.
80 British badly defeated in desperate
battle at Lauysmith. Ferryboat sunk In
North Riyer, New York, and ten lives lost
November.
3-Jeffries defeats Sharkey in New York.
4-American Steel and Wire Company'F
plant at ,Yaukegan ILL.,, burns.
7-Cruiser Charleston goes ashore OF
northwest coast Of LuZon.
oAdmiral Dewey and Mrs; Mildred Hazen
welded in Washington .Joubert begins
bonlbardment of Ladysmith.
l. Major John A. Logan killed In battle
In Philippines.
21-Death Of Vice President Garret A.
Hobart
23~British defeat Beers in hard battle at
Belmont.
25-Death of George r. Davis. Of Chicago
Director-General of Worlds Fair of 1893.
2T-Death of Charles Coghlan. the actor.
2S- Beers defeated In severe engagement
on banks of Modder River.
29-Biock of Philadelphia business houses
burned: loss $3.o00. 600.
December.
EFifty- Congress opens.
5-Death of Senator Haywali If ebraska.
G-Dick Coleman, negro mu1aerer, burned
at the stake at Maysville, Ky.
9-British meet decisive defeat at Storm
berg. Thirty-two miners killed by gas ex-
ploslon In mine at Carbonado. Wash.
11-British suffer great losses In engage
ment with Beers at Magersfontein.
14-Gen. Butler badly defeated by Beers
In attempting to cross Tugela River.
17-Deatn Of Thos. NJ. Brp1nby, flag lieu
tenant OF u. S. warship Olympia.
1S-Curreney bill passed by lower house
of Congress. Excitement ON Wall street
causes two big failures.
19-Gen. Henry w. Lawton killed before
San Mafao p