The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-12-29
EVENTS OF THE:PAST YEAR
January.

2-All Chicago thcaters closed. in conse
| 1uence OF Iroquois Theater holocaust O
Dec. 80. Death of Gen. James Long
| street.
congress reassembles and hears spe
cial message from President on Panam;
question. Fire destroys north wing o
Iowa State capitol.
6-Thirty killed In Rock Island wrecl
near Topeka, kans. Boiler explosion OF
British cruiser Wallaroo kills 43 persons.
9-Death Of Gen. John i. Gordon. 80.
Steamer Clallam sinks In Straits OF Juan dc
Fuca; % lives lost. Chinese Emperor
Of Ohio.
13-Death of Col Chas. DENLY Of Indi
ADeath of Ex-Governor Asa S. Bushnell
15-New government takes hold in Pan
ANA.
1s-Death of George Francis Train: -
22-Tornado In Moundville. Ala, kills 81
persons and Injuries over 100. Floods
along Indiana and Ohio rivers.
23-Aalesund, Norway, destroyed by hre.
25-0ne hundred and ninety miners en-
dict in IroQuOis Theater fire case returned
in Chicago. .... Mrs. Florence Maybrick re-
leased from English prison.
26-Fifteen lives lost in mine accident In
whitaker Wright, English promoter.
February.
death Of ex-Secretary Of Navy William
c. Whitney.
6-Russia and Japan break diplomatic re-
lations.
7-Great conflagration In Baltimore.
S-Japan lands troops in 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-
15-Si1 hundred Russian soldiers frozen
to death on Lake Baikal. .... Death Of
Senator NJ. A. Hanna.
22-Japanese take four Russian torpedo
boats Off Port Arthur.
23-Panama Canal treaty ratified by q.
s. Senate.
28-Great fire in Rochester, n Y.
2I-Burning Of Wisconsin Statehouse In
Madison.
March.
,ofe 70 S r Of steel fran. frame , for History
6-Japs lombard Port Arthur
11-New York and Hudson River Tunnel
Co.'S tunnel under North River completed.
-. Five-hour naval battle of Port Arthur;
Russians abandon the town.
14-United States Supreme Court hands
down decision adverse to great Northern
Securities Company merger.
lS-Russian torpedo boat destroyer blown
pends payment; panic on New York Cotton
Exchange. ..;., Leonard Wood confirmed as
2isEarthquake shocks felt In New Eng
willie, Mo-
23.aO-Destructive floods in States of
Middle West.
24-Death Of Sir Edwin Arnold. go. Five
negroes lynched by mob at st. Charles,
Ark.
28-Two more negroes lynched at St.
Charles, Ark, making 13 lynched in one
week. .... Tornado kills six persons near
81-Big strike Of Iowa miners begins.
April.
4-Russians driven from Korea by Japa.
6-President Of Mormon Church issues or
der prohibiting polygamy.
12-Russian battleship Petropavlovsk sunk
of Port Arthur; Admiral Makaroff and 700
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, S10.OOO.OOO. -. House
bill
a0-Death of Grace Greenwood. once pop
ular writer.
2eCarn-barn bandits. Neidermeyer, Marx
and Van Dine, executed In Chicago.
23-Japanese routed at mouth Of Yalu
River.
2I-Ownership Of Panama canal property
transferred to United States.
30-Opening Of Louisiana Purchase Expo
sitlon In st. Louis.
May.
days fight on the Yalu. 80. Death Of An.
tonin Dvorak, Bohemian musician. go. 100
lives lost by hurricane In Cochin, China.
death Of Edgar Fawcett. 80. Japa-
~ ntttv@. -,t,x
5-Death of Marcus Jokai. Hungarian pa
Bavarian artist.
8-Japanese capture Dalny.
death OF Andrew McNally, Chicago
10-Death Of Henry NJ. Stanley. African
explorer.
i2-IllinoIs Republican convention meets
15-Japanese battleship Hatsuse strikes
Russian mine OF Port Arthur and sinks
With AL men: cruiser Yoshino rammed by
kasaga and 30 Of crew lost.
1S-Japanese army driven back to Fenc-
with heavy loss.
O-Illinois Republican convention ad-
|ourns until May 81 with deadlock un-
broken.
ay. o., kills several employees. -. Japa-
lese lose 1900 men In land attack on Port
Arthur; Russian loss 1900.
25-Ten miners suffocated In tunnel Mt
" lNlulamstOWn, IA, III coal mine. 1nZoO
rity, Miss, destroyed by fire with s., 600. 900
oss.
26-Boilers Of towboat Fred Wilson blow
ip near Louisville, KY, killing 13 persons
%. Russians defeated by japanese In Ia
ung pass. -. Japanese capture Kinchou
md drive Russians from Nanshan Hill:
,eavy loss Of life on both sides. 80. Rus.
ians burn, loot and abandon Port Dalny.
2S-Death Of Senator NJ. S. Quay Of Penn
ylvania.
Jersey City, n. ].
June.
3Illinois Republican convention adjourns
fter 11-day session.
4-Fire In Corning distillery in Peoria,
H., destroys IA lives and $1,OO0,OOO worth |
4 property.
5-Mob wrecks amphitheater In St. Louis,
when bullfight is stopped.
6-Fifteen non-union miners killed by dy.
lamitc explosion ut Independence, Col.
9-Death Of L. z. Letter, Chicago multi |
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IO-Death Of Laurence Hutton. litreray
nan.