Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-28
EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR


January.
2-Al Chicago theaters closed. in conse-
quence of IrOquois Theater holocaust Of
Dec. 30. Death of Gen. james Long
street
4-Congress rcassembles and hears spe-
cial message from President ON Panama
question .... Fire destroys north wing OF
Iowa State capitol
6-Thlrty killed in Rock Island wreck
near Topeka. kans. 49,. Boiler explosion Oh
British cruiser Walaroo kills 43 persons.
Death of Gen. John b.. Gordon
Steamer Cialiam sinks in Straits Of Juan de
ratiaes treaty making Mukden ana Antung
open ports. Death Of Hon. Chas Foster
OF Ohio
15-Death of Col. Chas DENLY of Indl-
ana
14Death of ex Governor Asa S. Bushnell
Of Ohio
13-Ncw government takes hold in Pan
anna.
1S-Death OF George Francis Train.
22-TOrnado in Moundyille. Ala kills 81
persons and Injuries over 100. Floods
along Indiana aud Ohio rivers,
23-Aalesund. Norway. destroyed by hre.
25-0ne hundred and ninety miners en-
tombed In mine near Pirtsburg. go. YER
dict in Iroquois Theater fire case returned
in Chicago. 49, Mrs. Florence Maybrick re-
leased from English prison
2G-Ffteen lives lost in mine accident IN
Victor. Colo. 80. 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.
7-Great connagration in Baltlmore.
S-Japan lands troops in Korea.
9-Japan wins naval victory over Russia
at PORT Arthur.
10-Jipanese destroy two Russian ships nc
Chemulpo. and capture 1000 Russian troops
near that city. Russia and Japan de-
i5-Six hundred Russian soldiers frozen
to death on Lake Baikal. ... Death Of
Senator NJ. \. Hanna.
22-Japanese take four Russian torpedo
boats Off Port Arthur.
23-Pauama Canal treaty ratified by U,
(. senate.
26-Great fire in Rochester, y Y
2T-Burning Of Wisconsin Statehouse In
Madison
March.
Collapse Of steel frame for history
hotel in New York; IA people killed.
flaps lombard Port Arthur.
11-New Y Jrk and Hudson River Tunnel
Co.'S tunnel under North River completed.
80. 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.
10 Russian torpedo boat destroyer blown
up In Port Arthur harbor.
1S-Daniel ], Scully, cotton king, sus-
ponds payment; panic on New York Cotton
Exchange. go. Leonard Wood confirmed rs
Ma 1Or-ttpueFIi by Senate.
21-Earthquake shocks felt in New Eng
land States Tornado damages Higgins
Vile. Mo.
23,30-Destructive floods in States of
24-Death Of Sir Edwin Arnold. .... Five
negroes lynched by mob at st. Charles,
Ark.
70 Two more negroes lynched at St
Charles Ark, making - lynched in one
week. .... Tornado Kills six persons near
Caruthersyille. Mo
31-Big strike of Iowa miners begins.
April.
Russians driven from Korea by Japa
Eese advance
6-Presldent Of Mormon Church issues or
der prohibiting polygamy.
12-Russian battleship PetropavlovsE sunk
of Port Arthur; Admiral Makaroff and 700
others killed, famous painter, Nerestchagin,
among them.
1S-Explosion on battleship Missouri kills
% men.
19-Great fire In wholesale district of To-
rOnto. Canada; loss, 100000. 49,. House
passes Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood
bill
2o-Dcath 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 Yalu
River.
27-Ownership Of Panama canal property
transferred to United States
30-Opening of Louisiana Purchase Expo
| sitiOn In st. Louis.
May.
Japanese rout Russians at end Of FIVE
| days fight on the Halu ..., Death Of An
tonin Dv0rak. Bohemian musician. 800. 100
| lives lost by hurricane in Cochin, China.
Death OF Edgar Fawcett. go. Japa-
uese capture Newchwang.
Death of Marcus Jokai, Hungarian pa
triot and novelist. Death OF Franz van
Lenbach. BaYarian artist.
6-Japanese capture Dalny.
death of Andrew McNally, Chicago
publisher
1O-Death Of Henry NJ Stanley. African
explorer
l. Illinois Republican convention meets
and deadlock deyelopes.
1j-Japanese battleship Hatsuse strikes
Russian mine off Port Arthur and sinks
with III men; cruiser Yoshino rammed by
Kasaga and 210 Of crew lost
1S-Japanese army driven back to Feng-
wangchpng with heavy loss.
Illinois Republican convention ad-
journs until May 81 with deadlock IN
23-Explosion of fireworks factory in Find
| lay. o.. kills several employees. -. Japa-
nese lose 1J.OoO men in land attack ON Port
| Arthur; Russian loss 5000.
25-Teu miners suff0cated In tunnel at
| WiHlamstOwn. Pa. in coal mine. 49,. Yazoo
/ city, Miss, destroyed by fire with S2,00J0O0
| loss.
26-Boilers of towboat Fred Wilson blow
| up near Louisville. KY. killing IL 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. . Rvs
/ slams burn. loot and abandon Port Dalny.
| 2S-Death OF Senator NJ 5. Quay of Penn
| sylvania.
| - 100000 fire in piers and shipping in
! Jersey city, y. j,
June.
| 3 -Ilnnois Republican convention adjourns
/ after day session,
| 4-Fire i'm Corning distllery In Peoria.
| H. destroys il lives and $1,O0OOOO wort h
| Of property.
| Mob wrecks amphtheater in st. Louis,
| VAeu bultght is stopped
| G-Fifteeu non-uuion miners killed by dy-
Mantle explosion at Independence, Col.
! 9-Death Of l.. T. Letter, Chicago multi
! millionaire.
l0-Death of Laurence Hutton. ll,reray
/ man.
| Growth of Secret Societies.
Every fifth man with whom You shake