Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-01
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| June.
e. Death Of James A. Herne.. :. Jasper,
Texas, burned By robbers.
4. Eight men killed By mine explosion at
g. Great nre in Antwerp does $4,000, oos
damage.
Q. Death Of Sir Walter Besant. English
| novelist.
10. Explosions in mine at Port Royal, Pa,
| cause deaths OF IL men.
II. Platt amendment accepted by Cuban
1 Constitutional convention.
! IA. Several lives lost by collision Of ferry
| boats IN East River, New York
/ IS. Fourth daughter born to Gar Of Rus
STA. Death Of ex-G0y. II. 5. PIngree, Of
81 Fireworks explosion at Paterson. N.
| j., Kills II persons. Seven persons Killed
! by tornado pear Naper. Neb.
I "a American Derby won by Robert Wad.
2s. Destructive foods wipe out West vir.
ginia towns; Death Of Adelbert s. Hay.
-. Gen. Cables surrenders.
Is. Death Of Rev. Joseph Cook.
Jolly.
l. Death of senator James Fl. Kyle. Of
| South Dakota. Eleven boys and men killed
! by lightning in Chicago.
D. Death Of ex-chancellor. Prince Won
/ HOheDlOhe.
g. Versailles. Ohio swept by fls.
10. Collision On Chicago and Alton Rail
road near Norton. Mo-, Kills II persons and
! Injuries 40. Corbin. Mont. wiped 6dt By
F, cloudburst.. Minnesota pardon board votes
/ freedom TO Younger brothers.
-. Strike OF steel workers begins.
! %. Death Of Mrs. Paul Kruger.
| 81 Hottest day on record in Chicago;
| thermometer marks l03 degrees.
- President procsaims free trade with
4 Porto Rico.
Indian lands begins at Ell Reno, ok'1
~. b. 4 o. train held up at Edsemoor,
/ Ind
August.
]. Geo. II. Phillips company. Of Chicago,
suspends temporarily.
/ s. Death Of Dowager Empress Of Ger.
many; Many killed by explosion In Phil
| adephla.
TO strike. :. .S2s0,000 stolen from Shelby
! smelter at Vallejo. Cal.
| IL. Death of francesca Crspl, Italy's
l3.iG Great tidal wave along shore 81
/ Gulf of Mexico.
IS. Death Of Edmond Audran. Freuch
composer.
! 10. Seventeen passengers drowned by sink
! ing of Ohio River packet City Of Goleonda at
/ Crowelrs Landing
u. Tornado wrecks town Of Anadarko,
/ 20. France sewers diplomatic relations
1 with Turkey.
! rs. Boiler explosion on steamer City of
/ Trenton, near Philadelphia, kills eleven per-
/ sons knights Templar's conelave opens
in Louisville.
81 Thirty-six persons killed in Great
Northern wreck near kaiispell. Mont.
Septem Der.
| l. Flood In Cleveland causes S1,0co.oo0
damage.
). Miss Ellen Stone. American mission
airy, abducted by Bulgarian brgands.
q. President Mckinley shot at Buffalo
Exposition by Leon Czolgosz.
I. Peace pact signed at Pekln.
= Opening OF sGhiey inquiry n Wash
| inGton.
IA Death of President Mckinley. -.
Great steel strike settled. Theodore
Roosevelt takes oath as President.
~. Steamer Hudson lost in Lake Superior
/ with crew OF %
IL Foreign troops cvacuate Pekin to Chi
| ley at Washington.
/ IS British torpedo boat destroyer Cobra
| sinks In North Sea, 60 lives lost.
49, President Mckinley's body buried at
| Canton, Ohio.
% czolgosA trial begins at Buffalo.
"a Czolgosz found guilty.
26 CzOlgos- sentenced to death.
2S Columbia defeats Shamrock.
October.
g. Columbia wins second race with sham
| rock, Death Of the Amer OF Afghanistan
4. Third yacht race won by Columbia,
winning the series and keeping Americas
| cup In this country.
10. Death Of Lorenzo Snow, head Of Nor
mon church.
IS. Reservoir at East Liverpool, Ohio.
breaks. causing S150.o damage.
II. Joseph F. Smith chosen president of
Mormon church.
| is. Death Of ex-Gov. John S. Pillsbury, Of
/ Minneapolis, MINI.
| 81 Burglars tunnel under building and
rob Chieago postotice of sT4,6lo in stamps
%. Burning of great packing plant at
/ Hammond, Ind.
| "a. Nineteen lives lost In ire that de.
| stroyed Philadelphia furniture house Of
| Hunt, Wilkinson & Co.
IS. Fourteen persons killed In race war In
| Washington Parish, La:
30. Electronutlon OF Leon f. Czolgosz,
murderer Of President Mckinley.
November.
1. Beers slcal 5000 horses from British
remOup; station, near Cape Town.
?. Close of Paa-American Exposition at
Buffalo.
). French forces seize three Turkish ports
on island Of Mltylene.
9. Elections in sey eral States.
Z. Death Of Ii Hung Chang. =. Death Of
Kate Greenaway, English artist.
S. Turkey accedes to demands Of France.
-, Death of Mother BickerdJke.
H. Fire at Thomas, W. Va, destroys 62
buildings.
Is Jefries whips Rubin in San Fran
cisco.
rs Hay,Pauneefote treaty signed in
| Washington.
20 Mine FIRE at Telluride Colo, causes
death Of 100 miners.
%. United States buys battlefield of San
%. President Roosevelt warns Central
| American nations against interference at
Nicaragua canal
20 Boiler explosion In Detroit kills q
persons and Injuries many more.
| ~. Horrible wreck on Wabash near Sen
eca. Mich: 50 killed.
IS. Terry McGoyern knocked out by
Young COrbett
80 Several lives lost in ferryboat collision
| in san Francisco Bay.
Dece mber.
2. Fifty-seventh Congress assemblies.
Opening OF the Charleston Exposition.
10. Democrats carry Boston city elections.
r. Marconi signals from Cornwall En-
gland, to st. Johns. n. f., without wires.
13. Schley court of inquiry makes its re-
port, censuring Sehley. Mrs Lola Ida
BONNIE acquitted of killing james $. Ayres.
II. Floods cause loss Of life and great
damage In New York. Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. Fatal wreck on Illinois
Central Railway near Rockford Ill
10. Death of John Swinton, New York
economist.
10. Hay -Pauncefote treaty ratified by
Senate. Death of Gov. Gregory, of Rhode
| Island.
H. Postmaster General Charles Emery
! Smith resigns from Cabinet and Henry c.
| Payne, of Wisconsin, appointed TO succeed
| him.
10. Congress adjourns for holiday recess.
Told in a Few Lfuca.