Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-01-12
EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR
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| 14-End Of strike Of lake captains.
15-Burning OF steamer General Siocum
| in East River, New York; 1900 persons per
ism Vladivostok squadron sinks two
| Japanese transports. destroying 1000 lives
1S-American Derby in Chicago won by
| Highball.
| 2o-Five thousand Russians killed and
| wounded at IIaicheng.
| 21-Repub!ican national convention opens
in Chicago.
| 23-Roosevelt and Fairbanks nominated in
| Chicago.
26-27I;Iapanesc defeat Russians in two
2S.Den,h of Dan" Emett, composer OF
| Dixie Nine million acres Of land
thrown open to settlement in Nebraska.
2o-Steamer Norge lost in North Atlantic
Ocean; over 100 persons perish.
July.
3,Twenty persons killed in Wabash
wreck at Litchfeld, III.
orfeople,s party national convention
honinates Watson and Tibhles.
6..Democratic national convention meets
| foods in Kansas.
| Bureaucratic convention nominates Al
ton H. Parker for President.
~, ~. henry &. Davis named for Vice Pres-
| ideht by Democratic convention. Mar
blehcad, Ohio, wrecked by explosion. go. II
| killed and 90 injured In train wreck at Mid
| vale. n. j.
11-Thirty thousand japanese killed or
| "ouHueu III attack on Port Arthur.
l--Strikc of $4,000 packing house en-
| ployes begins in Western cities. -. Death
Of Mayor s. NJ Golden Rule Jones In To;
i aHa'; o. 200 lives lost in cloudburst and
&c. & L. |. excursion train wrecked
at Glenwood. H.; - killed and - injured.
liaDcath of Paul Kruger
S anrl., times at Eonesteel, s. a d;
| Two days battle 80. Russians sink British
steamship Knight Commander off LEU.
2I-Encland protests to Russia regarding
sinking of steamship Knight Commander.
2S-Drawing for Rosebud reservation land
| begun in Chamberiain, 5. d.
death of cx-Governor Robt. e. Patti
| son Of Pennsylvania
Illinois Central train robbed near IIar-
vey. III. .... Death of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles.
3-British expedition cutters Lhassa, the
forbidden city"
a-S.-,Iapanesc attack Port Arthur.
| Wreck on Rio Grande railway near
| l'inon, Col. causes 100 deaths.
..9-Death Of ex-senator Geo. G. Vest OF
Missouri.
10-Former Premier Waldeck Rousseau Of
| France dies. Naval battle off Port Ar
| thur.
13-Turkey yields to demands of United
states In regard to American schools.
1f-Russian Nladiy ostok squadron defeat
| ed by Japanese in Straits of Corca
| 16-MOb burns two negroes at stake in
Statesboro. Ga. 80. Death of Hon. Perry
19-Tornado in North st. Louis. Cen
| eral attack on Port Arthur.
| 2O-Tornado in st. Paul. Minneapolis and
vicinity kills 1G persons and causes $1,000
| 600 loss.
21-Russian cruiser Novk beached after
two days fight. Russians win battle ut
2s-Cable line to Alaska is completed.
September.
Japanese take Iaio-Yang.
| Big fire in Memphis. Tenn.
4-Tenement house fire In New York ends
IA lives.
| S-Stockyards strike in Chicago Is ended.
80. Death of Rev. Geo. c. Lorimer.
1l-Russian cruiser Lena arrives In port
| at San Francisco.
| 1S-Death of Prince Herbert Bismarck.
| 19-.Two million dollar wharf fire In Hal
flax. N. s.
21-Peter Karageorgevitch crowned King
| Of Servia
24-sixty-two persons killed in train
wreck near Knoxville, Tenn. Mt. Vesu-
| vius In eruption.
26-Death of Lafcadio IIearn, author.
| 2S-Japanese capture Ia Pass.
30-Death of Senator George Frisbie Iloar
| Of Massachusetts.
death of Sir William Vernon IIar-
4-Dcnth Of Frederic A. Bartholdi. IA
nous French sculptor. -. Fostmaster-Gen-
eral Henry C.. Payne dies.
1O-Robert J. Wypne appointed Postmas-
ter General 49,. Missouri Pacific wreck
near Warrcnsburg. Mo-. kills 90 people.
| 11-Steamer Call sinks off Prince Ed
wards Island: 10 lives lost.
liking George N Saxony dies. 49,.
| Famine in Swedish province Of Goteburg-
Rohus. 80. Russians lose great battle near
| Yentai.
13-17-Great battle south of Mukden-
22-Russian Baltic fleet fires upon English
fishing boats and sinks two Of them.
| 24-England demands repnration for Sink
| ing of fishing boats Dy RUSSIAN fleet,
2G-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. -. England and Russia agree
mine explosion in Teroio, Col.
November.
3-Trcnch steamer Girondc sunk In col
lison off Herbillon, Algiers, and 100 lives
| lost
| Unprecedented majoriies.
l3-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. -. Gas explosion In Chi
cago kills four men.
i9-Burning Of Missouri building at the
| Worlds Fair; one fireman killed. W. c.
p. Brecknridge dies.
2O-Twelve persons lose lives in burning
Of Brooklyn, n. Y. tenements. go. 100000
fire in business section of Cincinnati.
23-Steamer Elpis lost In Black Sea, with
II persons aboard.
m-Death of Madame Janauschek. famous
| actress.
December.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition IN St
Louis closes .... Seventh Inauguration Of
found guilty of manslaughter ut Newcastle,
Ind. 49,. Peter Nissen. inventor Of n roller
boat dies In contrivance on Lake Michigan.
| death Of Mis-. q. ii. Gilbert, veteran
actress.
5-Death Of ex-Postmastcr General James
~ Tyner. 80. Opening Of last session Of
18Th Congress.
s--Japanese wipe out Russian feet at
| Port Arthur.
13-Big fire in Minneapolis.
| 21-Denth Of ex-senator George l.. Shoup
OF Idaho. go. Congress adjOurns for holiday
recess