The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-11
EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR

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c-All Chicago theaters closed. In conse:
quence Of IroGuois Theater holocaust Of
Dec 30 Death OF Gen. James Long,
.4-Coneress reassembles and hears spe.
cial message from President on Panama
question. -. Fire destroys north wing Of
8-rhirty killed In Rock Island wreck
near Topeka. Knns. -. Boiler explosion on
British cruiser wailaroo kills 4s persons.
death Of Gen. John B. Gordon. -.
Steamer :, GILLIAN sinks in Straits Of Juan de
ratifes treaty making Mukden and Antung
open ports. Death Of Hon. Chas. Foster
1a-Death of Col chas. DENLY Of Indi.
Of ohio.
l5-New government takes hold in Pan
ANA
1s-Death Of George Francis Train.
22-Tornado In Moundville. Ala. kills n
persons and injuries over 100. .... Floods
along Indiana and Ohio rivers.
23-Anlesund, Norway, destroyed by nre.
21-One hundred and ninety miners en-
tombcd In mine near Pittsburg. Yer.
dict In 1roquois 'rheater fire case returned
In Chicago. 80. Mrs. Florence Maybrick re-
leased from English prison.
26-Fifteen lives lost in mine accident IN
Victor. Colo %. Conviction aud suicide Of
Whitaker Wright, English promoter.
February.
Death Of ex-Secretary of Navy William
G. whitney.
G-Russia and japan break diplomatic re-
lations.
I--Great connagrntion in Baltimore.
s-Japan lands troops In Korea.
o-Japan wins naval victory over Russia
at Port Arthur.
1O--Japanese destroy two Russian ships at
Chemnlpo and capture 1000 Russian troops
near that city. Russia and Japan de
15-Slx 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-Pauama Canal treaty ratified by L.
s. Senate.
26-Grcat fire in Rochester. N. Y.
27-Bnrning Of Wisconsin Statehouse In
Madison.
Collapse Of steel frame for history
hotel iu New York; II people killed.
6--Japs bombard Port Arthur.
11-New York and Hudson River Tunnel
Co.'S tunnel under North River completed.
-. Tive.hour naval battle of Port Arthur;
Russians abandon the town.
i-unted 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-Dane j. Scully. cotton king. sus
ponds payment: panic on New York Cotton
Major-General by Senate.
Earthquake shocks felt in New Eng
land States. Tornado damages Higgins
vile. Mo
23-3O-- Destructive floods in States Of
Middle West.
24-Death Of Sir Edwin Arnold. 80. Five
negroes lynched by mob at st. Charles.
Ark.
26-Two more negroes lynched at st.
Charles. Ark, making 10 lynched In one
week. 800. Tornado Kills six persons near
'siMBis strike Of Iowa miners begins.
April.
Russians driven from Korea by Japa-
6-President OF Mormon Church issues or
der prohibiting polygamy.
12-Russian battleshp Petropavlovsk sunk
Oft Port Arthur; Admiral MnkaroT and 700
Others killed, famous painter, Verestchagin.
among them.
l3-Explosion on battleship Missouri kills
% men.
19-Great fire In wholesale district Of To-
ronto. Canada: loss, S10.OU,OO0. -. House
passes Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood
20 Death Of Grace Greenwood, once pop
ular writer
22-Carn-barn bandits. Neidermcyer, Marx
and Van Dine, executed In Chicago.
23-Japanese routed at mouth Of Yalu
NlNeT
27-Ownership OF Panama canal property
transferred to United States.
30--Opening Of Louisiana Purchase Expo
Sition In st. Louis.
Japanese rout Russians at end Of five
days fight on the Yalu. 80. Death Of An
tonin Dvorak; bohemian musician. -. 100
lives lost by hurricane In Cochin, China.
2-Death Of Edgar Fawcett. .... Japa-
nese capture NewChwang.
5--Death OF Marcus Jokai. Hungarian pa
Lenbach, Bavarian artist.
6-Japanese capture Dalny.
death OF Andrew McNally. Chicago
publisher.
IO-Death of Henry NJ Stanley. African
i2-Illinois Republican convention meets
and deadlock deyelopes:
l5-Japanese battleship IIatsuse 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.
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. -. Japa-
nese lose 1900 men In land attack on Port
Arthur; Russian loss 5000.
2J--Ten miners suffocated in tunnel at
Williamsburg, Pa. In coal mine. -. Yazoo
wy naSo.s uSotsoySu ~ NV With e-,OOO,VUu
loss.
28-Boilers Of towboat Fred Wilson blow
up near Louisville. Ky, killing 10 persons
-. Russians defeated by Japanese In Ia.
tung pass. 80. Japanese capture Kinchou
and drive Russians from Nanshan Till:
heavy loss Of life on both sides. -. Rus.
sla MS burn, loot and abandon Port Dalny
2S-Death Of Senator N. s. Quay Of Penn.
sylvania.
Jersey City. N. J.
June.
s-Illincis Republican convention ad1ourns
after 1lday session.
4-Fire In Corning distillery In Peoria,
Ill, destroys IA lives and $l.OOO.O0O worth
Of property.
5-Mob wrecks smphitheater In st. Louis,
when bullfght Is stopped.
Fifteen non-union miners killed by dy.
Mantle explosion at Independence. Col
9--Denth Of l.. z. Letter. Chicago multi
millionaire.
IO-Death Of Laurence Hutton, iitreray
man.
Short Personals.
James w. A. Macdonald. New York's