Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-01-21
January.

2-All Chicago theaters closed. in conse
quence of Iroquois Theater holocaust OF
Dec. 80. 49,. Death of Gen. James Long
street.
4-Congress reassembles and hears spe
cial 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. 80.
Steamer Clallam sinks in Straits Of Juan de
Fuca; 50 lives lost Chinese Emperor
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 Moundville. Ala, kills 81
persons and Injuries over 100. rloous
23-Aalesund, Norway, destroyed by nre
25-One hundred and ninety miners en-
tombed in mine near Pittsburg -. Yer
dict In Iroquos Theater fire case EerFn rs
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 coniagraton in Baltimore.
S-Japan lands troops in Korea.
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. 80. 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
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. Fivehour naval battle of 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 ]. Scully, 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
Vile, Mo.
destructive floods in States of
24-Death Of Sir Edwin Arnold. go. Five
negroes lynched by mob at st. Charles,
2e-Two more negroes lynched at st.
Charles, Ark, making is lynched in one
week. 80. Tornado kills six persons near
Charlottesville, Mo.
31-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 Makaron and 700
others killed, famous painter, Verestchagin.
among them.
13OExplosion on battleship Missouri kills
% men.
19-Great fire in wholesale district of To
ronto, Canada; loss, $4,000, 900. 80. House
passes Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood
2O-Death of Grace Greenwood, once pop
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.
days fight on tho Hnlu. .... Death of An
tonin Dvorak, Bohemian musician. .... 100
lives lost by hurricane in Cochin, China.
death Of Ede"r 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.
f2-Iliinois Republican convention meets
and deadlock developers
| 15+Japanese battleship Hatsuse strikes
Russian mine Off Port Arthur and sinks
with AL men; cruiser Yoshino rammed by
Kasaga and 210 of crew lost.
1S-Japanese army driven back to Feng-
wangcheng with heavy loss.
| 20-Illinois Republican convention ad-
journs until May 81 with deadlock I'M
broken.
| 22-Explosion of fireworks factory In Find
lay, O., kills several employees. 80. Japa-
nese lose 1900 men in land attack on Port
Arthur; Russian loss 5000.
25-Ten miners suffocated In tunnel at
Williamstown, Pa, In coal mine. -. Yazoo
city, Miss, destroyed by fire with 81, OOO, OOC
28-Boilers Of towboat Fred Wilson blow
up near Louisville, KY, killing 10 persons
-. Russians defeated by Japanese in Ia
9s from
heavy loss of life on both sides. -. Rus
slams burn loot and abandon Port Dalny.
2S-Death Of Senator Nj. s. Quay of Penn
sylvania.
29-s5, 100000 fire in piers and shipping II
Jersey City, N. ].
June.
3-Illinois Republican convention adjourn.
after 11-day session.
4-Fire In Corning distlllery in Peoria
Ill, destroys IA lives and $1,0O0,0O0 wortl
of property.
| 5-Mob wrecks amphitheater In st. Louis
when bullhght Is stopped.
6-Fifteen non-union miners killed by dy
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