Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-01-21
EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR
January.

| street.
| LCongress reassembles 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. -. Boiler explosion on
British cruiser Wallaroo kills 43 persons.
death Of Gen. John b. Gordon 80.
Steamer Clallsm sinks In Straits Of Juan de
ratihes treaty making Mukden and Antung
OF Ohio.
1s-Death of Col. Chas DENLY of Indi-
14-Death of ex- Governor Asa s. Bushnell
OF Ohio
15-New government takes hold In Pan.
ANA.
| 1s-Death OF George Francis Train.
22-Tornado in Moundville. Ala, kills 81
| persons and Injuries over 100. .... Floods
along Indiana and Ohio rivers.
| 23-Aalesund, Norway, destroyed by nre.
25-One hundred aud ninety miners en-
tombed In mine near Pittsburg. 80. Yer
dict In IroQuois Theater fire case returned
| In Chicago. 80. Mrs Florence Maybrick re-
leased from English prison.
26-Fifteen 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.
Great connagraticn in Baltimore.
S-Japan lands troops In Korea.
Japan wins naval victory over Russia
at Port Arthur.
1O-Japanese destroy two Russian ships at
Chemulpo, and capture 1000 Russian troops
near that city. 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
!
23-Panama Canal treaty ratified by U.
s. Senate.
26-Great Are in Rochester, N. 7.
27-Burning of Wisconsin Statehouss 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, Five-hour naval battle OF Port Arthur;
Russians abandon the town.
1+Un!ted 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. 80. Leonard Wood confirmed as
Major General by Senate
21-Earthquake shocks felt in New Eng
land States. .... Tornado damages Higgins
Vile, Mo.
23-30-Destructive floods In States OF
Middle West
24-Death of Sir Edwin Arnold. $50. Five
negroes lynched by mob at st. Charles,
Ark.
26-Two more negroes lynched at st.
Charles, Ark, making 10 lynched in one
week. Tornado kills six persons near
Charlottesville, Mo.
Bldg strike Of Iowa miners begins.
April.
ERussians driven from Korea by Japa-
nese advance
6-President of Mormon Church issues or
der prohibiting polygamy.
12-Russian battleshlp Petropavlovsk sunk
OF Port Arthur; Admiral Makaroff and 100
others killed, famous painter, Verestchagin,
among them.
1S-Explosion On battleship Missouri kills
% men.
19-Great IRE 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
1 uar writer.
22-Carn-barn bandits, Neidermeyer, Marx
and Van Dine, executed In Chicago.
23-Japaness routed at mouth Of Yalu
River.
27-Ownership OF Panama canal property
transferred to United States.
3o-Opening of Louisiana Purchase EXPO
sition in St. Louis
! 1-Japanese rout Russians at end Of ave
days hght on the Yalu. -. Death Of An
tonin Dvorak, Bohemian musician. =. 100
lives lost by hurricane In Cochin, China.
death Of Edgar Fawcett. -. Japa.
aese capture Newchwang.
death Of Marcus Jokai. Hungarian pa
Lenbach, Bavarian artist.
| 6-Japanese capture Dalny.
7-Death Of Andrew AcNaly, Chicago
publisher.
10-Death of Henry N. Stanley, African
f2-Illinois Republican convention meets
and deadlock developes.
15-Japanese battleship Hatsuse strikes
Russian mine on Port Arthur and sinks
with Al men; cruiser Yoshino rammed By
Kasaga and 21o of crew lost.
1S-Japanese army driven back to FenR-
wangcheng with heavy loss.
O-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 Is, 600 men In land attack on Port
Arthur; Russian loss 5000.
/ 25-Ten miners suffocated In tunnel at
Nilliamstown. Pa, In coal mine. -. Yazoo
City, Miss, destroyed by nrs with s.. 900. 900
2c-BOilers of towboat Fred Wilson blow
sD near Louisville, KY, killing 10 persons
-. Russians defeated by Japanese In TIA
and drive Russians from kanshsn Hi;
heavy loss Of life on both sides. -. Rus.
slams burn, loot and abandon Port Dalny.
2s-Death of Senator III. s. Quay of Penn
| Eylvania.
29-$5, 900, 900 FIRE In piers and shipping In
Jersey City, n. J.
| June.
| 3-Illinois Republican convention adjourns
after 1l-day session.
| +Fire In Corning distillery In Peoria.
ILL., destroys IA lives and 100000 worth
Of property.
5-Mob wrecks smphitheatsr In st. Louis,
when bullhght is stopped.
| 6-Fifteen non-union miners killed by dy-
| ma mite explosion at Independence, Col.
| e-Death Of L. z. Letter, Chicago multi
| millionaire.
| lO-Death Of Laurence Hutton, litreray
man.
Short Personals.
| James w. A. Macdonald, New York's
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