Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-29
EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR
January.

All Chicago theaters closed In conse-
| quence Of Iroquois Theater holocaust OF
| Dec. 80. 80. Death of Gen. james Long
street
4ECongress reassembles and hears spe
| cal message from President on Panama
| question. Fire destroys north wing OF
| Iowa State capitol.
6-Thirty killed In Rock Island wreck
near Topeka. Kans. go. Boiler explosion on
British cruiser Wallaroo kills 43 persons.
9-Death Of Gen. John B. Gordon. -.
Steamer Clallam sinks in Straits OF Juan de
Fuca; 80 lives lost. -. Chinese Emperor
| ratifes treaty making Mukden and Antung
| open ports. 49,. Death Of Hon. Chas. Foster
of Ohio
13-Death Of Col Chas DENLY of Indi-
14-Death of Ex-Governor Asa S. Bushnell
of Ohio.
15-New government takes hold in Pan
anna.
1S-Death Of George Francis Train.
22-Tornado in Moundvile. Ala. kills q
persons and Injuries over 100. Floods
along Indiana and Ohio rivers.
23-AAlesund, Norway, destroyed by hre
25-One hundred and ninety miners en-
tombed in mine near Pittsburg. Yer
dict in IroQuois Theater fire case returned
in Chicago. 80. Mrs Florence Maybrick re-
leased from English prison.
26-Fifteen lives lost in mine accident IN
Victor Colo. -. Conviction and suicide of
Whitaker Wright, English promoter.
February.
death of ex-Secretary OF Navy William
c. Whitney
6-Russia and Japan break diplomatic re-
lations.
Great confagration in Baltimore.
S-Japan lands troops i'll Korea
9-Japan wins naval victory over Russia
at Port Arthur.
1O-Japanese destroy two Russian ships at
Chemulpo, and capture 1000 Russian troops
near that city. -. Russia and Japan de-
clare war.
15-Six hundred Russian soldiers frozen
to death on Lake Ba1kal. Death or
Senator NJ. A. Hanna.
22-Japanese take four Russian torpedo
boats eff Port Arthur.
23-Panama Canal treaty ratified by Z.
S. Senate.
26-Great fire In Rochester. n. Y.
27-Burning Of Wisconsin Statehouse IN
Madison.
March.
COLLAPSE of steel frame for History
hotel in New York; IA people killed.
6-Japs lombard Port Arthur.
11-New York and Hudson River Tunnel
Co.'S tunnel under North River completed.
80. Five-hour naval battle off Port Arthur;
Russians abandon the town.
14-United States Supreme Court hands
down decision adverse to great Northern
Securities Company merger.
16-Russian torpedo boat destroyer blown
up In Port Arthur harbor.
1s-Daniel J. Scully, cotton king. sus
ponds payment; panic on New York Cotton
Exchange. 80. Leonard Wood confirmed as
Major General by Senate.
21-EarthQuake shocks felt In New Eng
land States. 80. Tornado damages Higgins
Vile. Mo.
23-3O-Destructive floods in States Of
Middle West.
24-Death Of Sir Edwin Arnold 80. Five
negroes lynched by mob at ST. Charles,
Ark.
26--Two more negroes lynchedl at St.
Charles, Ark. making 10 lynched in one
Charlottesville, Mo.
31-Blg strike of Iowa miners begins.
April.
4-Russians driven from Korea by Japa
neSe advance.
6-Presidsnt Of Mormon Church issues or
der prohibiting polygamy.
12-Russian battleship Petropavlovsk sunk
off Port Arthur; Admiral Makarof and 100
others killed. famous painter, Verestchagin,
among them.
13-Explosion on battleship Missouri Kills
% men.
19-Great fire In wholesale district Of To
ronto Canada; loss, S1OOOO.OOO. House
passes Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood
bill.
2O-Death Of Grace Greenwood once pop
ular writer.
22-Carn-barn bandits. Neidermeyer, Marx
and Van Dine, executed In Chicago.
23-Japanese routed at mouth OF 1alu
River.
27-Ownership Of Panama canal property
transferred to United States.
30-Opening of Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition in st. Louis.
Japanese rout Russians at end of five
DAVIS fight on the Yalu ~ Death of An
tonin Dvorak, Bohemian musician. -. 100
lives lost by hurricane in Cochin, China.
death of Edgar Fawcett. Japa-
nese capture Newchwang:
5--Death Of Marcus Jokai. Hungarian pa
frfpt and novelist. Death OF Franz van
Lenbach, Bavarian artist
.6-Japanese capture Dalny
death Of Andrew McNally, Chicago
publisher
1O-Death Of Henry NJ. Stanley, African
explorer
12-Illinois Republican convention meets
and deadlock developes.
15-Japanese battleship Hatsuse strikes
Russian mine Off Port Arthur and sinks
with All men: cruiser Yoshino rammed by
Kasaga and 21O Of crew lost
1S-JapaneSe army driven back to Feng-
wangcheng with heavy loss.
% Illinois Republican convention adj
journs until May 81 with deadlock IN
broken.
lay, O., kills several employees. Japa-
nese lose l., 600 men in land attack on Port
Arthur; Russian loss 5000.
25-Ten miners suffocated In tunnel at
WilliamStown, Pa, in coal mine. 80. IaZoO
City, Miss, destroyed by fire with $4,000
loss.
26-Boilers Of towboat Fred Wilson blow
up near Louisville, KY. killing 13 persons
-. Russians defeated by japanese in Ia
tung pass. -. Japanese capture Kinchou
and drive Russians from Nanshan Hill;
heavy loss of life on both sides. 80. Rus
slams burn. loot and abandon Port Dalny.
2S-Death of Senator NJ S. Quay of Penn
syvania.
Jersey City, n. j.
June.
3-Illinois Republican convention adjourns
after 11-day session.
4-Fire in Corning distilery In PEORIA
Ill, destroys ii lives and $1.0OO,OOO worth
5-Mob wrecks amphitheater In st. Louis,
when bullfight is stopped.
6-Fifteen nGn-unon miners killed by dy-
Mantle explosion at Independence, Col
9-Death Of L. z. Letter, Chicago multi
1O-Death Of Laurence Hutton, litreray
man.
Short News Notes.