Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-01
THE YEAR REVIEWED
SUMMARY OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS OF 1901.

EVEN = OF 1871.
Year Witnesses the Deaths of Queen
Victoria and President Nick inley-
Many Other Notables Pass Away-Dis-
asters, Fires, Accidents, Strikes, Etc.
The year 1904. fFstborn Of the new
century, is made memorable by the deaths
of two of the best loved rulers the world
has ever known. In its first month Vic
toria, Englands good queen, breathed her
| last quietly and pcaceiuhy at one Of her
royal abodes. The forcible taking off OF
| President William Mckinley by the bull
let OF the misguided anarchist youth.
Czolgosz, in September. is in harsh con
trast with her serene passing, and is a
sad commentary upon the laxity Of our
democracy, which fayOrs the intimate
contact Of the chief executive with the
general public and fails 10 provide ade-
quate means for his physical protection.
Many others OF the great ones IF earth
statesmen, authors, churchmcn. rnusi-
clans and business meD-haye also heard
the last summons and responded thereCo.
The Boer-British war in South Africa
has continued through the year, rnther
to the advantage Of the latter, and the
armed resistance OF the Filipinos against
the rule of the United States has been
ftfully in evidence.
There have been several mine and rail-
Wy accidents, q which many lives have
been destroyed. The number of destruc-
tive fires has also been quite large.
Fphn meet t,,unPsart bruust,fr,tr, ths
year may be briefly summarized thus:
Jeluary.
L. Lord Hopetoun installed as first Gov
ernor General Of Federated Australian col
onies.
2 Death of Ignatus DouncHy
3; Death of Bishop w. y. Ninde at De
6. Death Of Philip D. Armour Eight
lives lost in small hotel fire In Minneapolis
s. Fire horror 1T Rochester, n. u, orphan
asylum, 70 lives lost
10. Chinese sign jeint note Of the powers.
ID. Fred alexander. colored, burned at
stake By Lea -enworth. Kan. mob
10. Death of ex-tioy. James a. Mount, Of
Indiana
p. Death OF Queen Victoria Of England
and accession Of King Edward VIZ. Burn
ing of Grand Opera House in Cincinnati.
%. Board Of Trade building IN Montreal
Is. Death Of Giuseppe Verdi, Italian com
poser.
20. Disastrous fire In Des Moines, Iowa.
-. Twenty one patients burned to death in
Tokyo hospital, Japan.
Februarv.
2. Funeral Of Queen Victoria at Windsor
3. Great snows;0rm in Middle West.
Z. Marriage Of Qneeh Wilhelmiua OF Hoi-
land aud Duke Henry of Meekienburg
Schwerin. Mine explosion in Durango.
Mexico. kills 81 persons.
To- Sudden death of Col. Albert D shaw.
=. Marriage OF Princess Of Asturias and
Prince Charles Of Bourbon.
10. Death of ex-senator Gilbert A. Pierce.
OF North Dakota. Death of Maurice
Thompson, aufhor. Sixty r1iners entOmbed
in mine at c. Gberland, b. c.
81 Nine persons killed in collision near
Boz dentOwn, n. j.
outside Golden Gate, California; several lives
lost.
%. Fifty miners Imprisoned in burning
mine at KemmereF. Wye.
90 Geo. Ward, negro, hanged and burned
at Terre Haute, Ind. for assault aud muir
der.
Is Death Of VIM. N. Evarts.
March.
1. State penltentlsry near Lincoln, Neb.,
Is burned.
4. Inauguration Of President Mckinley
and Vice President Roosevelt.
.. Thirty men crushed to death on rail
road at Wolovo, Russia.
IL. Twelve persons killed and many more
injured 5y boiler explosion in Doremus laun-
dry, Chicago. Hay Pauncef0te treaty re-
1ected by Great Britain.
49, Death Of ex President BENZ Harrison.
-. Destructive fire at CiOverport, Ky.
20. Chief Agulnaldo captured by Gen.
Fred Funston
Is. Tornado at Birmingham. Ala.....
Death Of Charlotte NJ. Youge, author
80 Death Of Comedian Roland Reed.
ApriI.
3. China refuses to sign Manchurian con
VPHftOu.
5. Japan Issues ultimatum to Russia.
"a. 3. Logan statue unveiled Ia Washington.
H. Cuban Constitutional convention re-
1eets Platt amendment. Death OF Geo. q.
Cannon.
10 British war loan voted by House of
Commons. e. .Aguinaldo's peace manifesto
issued.
20 Unprecedented snowstorm and floods
10 Ohio. Pennsylvania. Kentucky and the
Yirginlas.
*. Fifty persons killed by explosion near
20. President Mckinley starts on long trip
through the country.
May.
/. Opening OF Pan-Amerlean Exposition.
-. Gov. Dietrich. of Nebraska, resigns and
Is made United States Senator by his sue
cessor, Gov. Savage.
3. Burning Of Jacksonville, Fla. Civil
government established at Manila.
8. Suicide Of II. y. Pollock. fugitive bank
president of Cleveland, ut Seattle, Wash.
opened In Melbourne by Duke OF Cornwall
and York. :. Panic in Wall street.
10. Steamer Paducab goes down in Missis-
sippl six miles north Of Grand Tower, Ill
IL. Presidents tour broken of by Mrs
N cKinley's serious Illness
10. Riot in Albany, y. Y.
II. Death Of Mrs Lyman ]. GagA 80.
Death Of Edwin f. Uhl, Of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
IS. Launching Of battleshIp Ohio at san
Francisco.
%. Pan-American Exposition formally ded-
lcated., Fifty thousand maehinists go out
On strike
21 Death Of Gen. FitzJohn Porter
Death of ex-Congressman Chas. A. Boutelle.
D. Wreck Of Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht
Shamrock H.. Suicide OF Bresc, assassin
Of King Humbert of Italy.
%. Death OF ex-GOv. John r. Tanner, OF
Illinois. NOrN egian bark Elise lost or
Sable Island, wisa crew OF IA men.
"a. Gale on great lakes; steamer Balti-
more sinks: ~ lives lost. Seventy miners
killed by explosion in English coniery.
-. Cuban convention adopts Piatt reso-
luton.
AS HOSTESS TO ROYALTY.