Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-30
January.


4-Congress reassembles and hears spe-
clal message from President on Panama
question. Fire destroys north wing Of
Iowa State capitol.
6-Thirty killed in Rock Island wreck
near Topeka, Kans. -. Boiler explosion on
British cruiser Wallaroo kills 43 persons.
death of Gen. John B. Gordon. -.
steamer Steam r Clallam sinks in Straits of Juan de
ratifes treaty making Mukden and Antung
open ports. Death of Hon. Chas. Foster
Of Ohio.
Of Ohio
15-New government takes hold in Pan
anna.
18-Death Of George Francis Train.
22-Tornado in Moundvile, Ala, kills 81
persons and Injuries over 100. Floods
along Indiana and Ohio rivers.
23-Aalesund, Norway, destroyed by fire.
2o-One hundred and ninety miners en-
tombed in mine near Pittsburg 80. Yer
dict in Iroquois Theater fire case returned
In Chicago. -. Mrs. Florence Maybrick re-
leased from English prison.
26-Ftfteen lives lost in mine accident in
W Victor, Cole Conviction and suicide of
February.
death Of ex-Secretary of Navy William
c. Whitney.
6-Russia and Japan break diplomatic re-
lations.
Great conf1agration in Baltimore.
S-Japan lands troops in Korea.
9-Japan wins naval victory over Russia
at Port Arthur.
10-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 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.
26-Great fire in Rochester, N. Y.
27-Burning of Wisconsin Statehouse in
2-Collapse of steel frame for History
hotel in New York; IA people killed.
6-Japs lombard Port Arthur:
Co.'S tunnel under North River completed.
-. 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. Scufly, cotton king, sus
ponds payment; panic on New York Cotton
Exchange. -. Leonard Wood confirmed as
Major-General by Senate.
21-Earthquake shocks felt in New Eng
land States. -. Tornado damages Higgins
ville Mo.
23-3O-Destructive floods in States Of
Middle West
negroes lynched by mob at st. Charles,
Ark
26-Two more negroes lynched at st.
Charles Ark making 13 lynched in one
week. -. Tornado kills six persons near
Charlottesville, Mo.
31-Big strike of Iowa miners begins.
April.
4-Russians driven from Korea by Japa-
nese advance.
6-President of Mormon Church issues or
der prohibiting polygamy.
12-Russian battleship Petropavlovsk sunk
off Port Arthur; Admiral Makaroff and zoe
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, $1O,OOO,OOO. House
passes Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood
bill
20-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
transferred to United States.
30-Opening of Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition in ST. Louis.
Japanese rout Russians at end Of five
days fight the Yalu. Death of An
tonin Dvorak, Bohemian musician. 80. 100
lives lost by hurricane in Cochin, China.
death of Edgar FaWcett. Japa-
nese capture NewchWang
5-Death of Marcus Jokai, Hungarian pa
triot and novelist. Death of Franz van
Lenbach, Bavarian artist.
6-JapaneSe capture Dalny.
death of Andrew McNally, Chicago
publisher,
explorer.
i2-Illinois Republican convention meets
and deadlock developes.
15-Japanese battleship Hatsuse strikes
Russian mine off Port Arthur and sinks
with AL men; cruiser Yoshino rammed by
Kasaga and 21O of crew lost.
1s-Japanese army driven back to Feng-
wangcheng with heavy loss.
2O-Illinois Republican convention adj
iourns until May 81 with deadlock I'M
broken.
22-Explosion of fireworks factory in Find
Law, O., kills several employees Japa-
nese lose Il, OG0 men in land attack on Port
Arthur; Russian loss 5000
25-Ten miners suffocated in tunnel at
Williamstown, Pa, in coal mine 1aZoo
CITY. Miss, destroyed by fire with s., Co., 600
loss.
26-Boilers of towboat Fred Wilson blow
up near Louisville, KY. killing IL persons
-. Russians defeated by japanese in Ia
tunp PASS -. Japanese capture Kinchou
and drive Russians from Nanshan Hill;
heavy loss of life on both sides Rus
Sims burn. loGt and abandon Fort Danny.
2S-Death of Senator M. S. Quay Of Penn
29-S5, o0O, 900 fire in piers and shipping in
Jersey City, n. j.
June.
3-Illinois Republican convention adjourns
after 11-day session.
4-Fire in Corning distillery in Peoria,
ILL.,. destroys IA lives and $1,0OO,0O0 worth
5FMob wrecks amphitheater in st. Louis,
when bullfight is stopped.
6-Fifteen non-union miners killed by dy
Mantle explosion at Independence, Col.
9-Death Of L. q. Letter. chicago multi
1OWDeath of Laurence Hutton, litreray
man.
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