The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-29
| EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR
14-End Of strike of lake captains.


14-End OF strike Of lake captains.
15-Brrning of steamer General Slocum
IN East River, New York; 1000 persons per-
ism. -. Vladivostok squadron sinks two
japanese transports, destroying 1000 lives.
lS.American Derby in Chicago won by
2O.Five thousand Russians killed and
wounded at Haicheng.
2l-Republican national convention opens
In Chicago.
23-Roosevelt and Fairbanks nominated in
Chicago.
2627-Japanese defeat Russians In two
days fight e. Dalin Hill.
2SEDeath OF Dan" Emett, composer Of
Dixie 49,. Nine million acres of land
thrown open to settlement In Nebraska.
@-Steamer Norge lost in North Atlantic
Ocean; over 700 persons perish.
July.
Twenty persons killed In Wabash
wreck at Litchfeld, III.
o.People's party national convention
nomlnates Watson and Tibbles.
&Democratic national convention meets
IN ~. Louis. -. Heavy rains cause great
9-Dem0cratic convention dominates AL.
ton Il. Parker for President.
,ic-henry u. Davis named for Vice Pres
ident 6y Democratic convention. -. Mar.
killed and 80 injured in train wreck at Md
| vale, n. j.
11-Thirty thousand japanese killed or
wounded In attack on Port Arthur.
.12-Strike Of $4,000 packing house en-
ployes begins In Western cities. 80. Death
OF Mayor s. n. Golden Rule) Jones' In To-
ledo, o. 49,. 200 lives lost in c~loudburst and
food near Manila.
13-C. & e. /. excursion train wrecked
at Glenwood, IN; "a killed and q injured.
death Of Paul Kruger.
Zz-24-Ritous times at Bonesteel, s. D.
24-Russians evacuate Newchwapg after
steamship knight Commander of Izu.
.N-England protests to Russia regarding
sinking Of steamship Knight Commander.
2SEDrawing for Rosebud reservation land
begun In Chamberlain, s. d.
August.
death of Ex-Governor Robt d. Patti
Illinois Central train robbed near Har
vey, H.. Death Of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles
british expedition enters Lhassa, the
forbidden city"
4s-Japanese attack Port Arthur.
Wreck on Rio Grande railway neal
Pinon, Col, causes 100 deaths.
death Of ex-senator Geo. G. Vest OF
Missouri.
1O-Former Premier waldeck Rousseau Of
France dies. -. Naval battle of Port Ar.
thur.
13-Turkey yields to demands Of United
States IN regard to american schools;
ed by japanese in Straits Of Corea.
16-Mob burns two negroes at stake IL
Statesboro, Ga. 49,. Death of Hon. Perry
Hannah at Traverse City, Mich.
19-Tornado in North st. Louis. 49,. Gen.
eral attack on Port Arthur.
2O-Tornado In st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Vicinity kills 16 persons and causes $780,.
21-Russian cruiser Novik beached after
two days fight. -. Russians win battle at
Port Arthur.
2s-Cable line to Alaska is completed.
September.
Japanese take Laio-Yang.
Big fire in Memphis, Tenn.
4-Tenement house fire in New York ends
IA lives.
s-stockyards strike in Chicago is ended.
-. Death Of Rev. Geo. c. Lorimer.
11-Russian cruiser Lena arrives In port
at San Francisco.
1S-Death of Prince Herbert Bismarck.
19-.Two million dollar wharf fire In Hal
fax, n. 8.
21-Peter Karageorgevitch crowned King
of Servia.
2ESixty-two persons killed in train
wreck near Knoxville, Tenn. 49,. Mt. Vesu.
vius In eruption.
26-Death Of LafcadIo Hearn, author.
2~S-Japanese capture Ia Pass.
3O-Death Of Senator George Frisbie Hoai
Of Massachusetts,.
death of Sir William Vernon Har
court.
death of Frederic A. Bartholdi, ia.
\ iOu rTtuCu SCULPTOR. .. OSlm6SItI-1eu
eral Henry c. Payne dies.
10-Robert j. Wynne appointed Postmas-
ter General. -. Missouri Pacific wreck
near Warrensburg, No. kills % people.
wards Island; 10 lives lost.
liking George Of Saxony dies. -.
Famine In Swedish province OF Goteburg.
Bohus. -. Russians lose great battle near
Yensai.
13-17-Great battle south of Mukden.
22-Russian Baltic feet fires upon English
fishing boats and sinks two Of them.
24-England demands reparation for sink.
ing of fishing boats by Russian feet.
26-Russia sends note of apology to Eng
land.
27-Mrs. Rae Krauss confesses murder Of
stepdaughter In Hartford City, Ind.
2S-Ex-Governor Geo. X. Nash Of Ohio
drops dead. 49,. England and Russia agree
to refer North Sea affair to arbitration
court. -. Twenty-one miners killed by
mine explosion in Teroio, Col.
November.
3-French steamer Gironde sunk In col.
lision OF Herbillon, Algiers, and 100 lives
lost. $780,.
s-Roosevelt and Fairbanks elected by
unprecedented majorities.
13-Gale sweeps Atlantic Coast States.
16-Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ras.
toropny blown up In harbor Of Che-Foo.
1S-Explosion in mine at Morrissey, Man.,
kills IA miners. 49,. Gas explosion In Chi.
1S-Burning Of Missouri building at the
Worlds Fair; one fireman killed. -. W. c.
p. Breckenridge dies.
2OITwelve persons lose lives In burning
of Brooklyn, n. Y, tenements. 80. $7O0,0O 0
fire i'm business section of Cincinnati.
23-Steamer Elpis lost In Black Sea, with
II persons aboard.
L'aNDeath of Madame Janaoschek, famous
actress
December.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition In st
Louis closes. -. Seventh Inauguration Of
PRESIDENT Diaz Of Mexico. 49,. Haley Gipe
found guilty of manslaughter at Newcastle
Ind. -. Peter Nissen, inventor Of q roller
boat. dies In continuance on Lake Michigan
2EDeath Of Mrs. G. 81. Gilbert, veteran
D. of ex-Postmaster General James
N. Tyner. -. Opening Of last session OF
5Sth Congress.
S-Japanese wipe out Russian fleet al
Port Arthur.
13-Big fire In Minneapolis.
21-Death of ex-senator George L. ShouI
Of Idaho. -. Congress adjourns for holiday
recess.
Short News Notes.