Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-29
I'EVENTS IN 1906
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20. Fire: Loss of 81. 100000 by the burning
of New Yorks chief refuse destroying
plant on Barren island.
Obituary: Diana F-earny widow of Gen
Phil Kearny. noted New Jersey sol
der who met with a tragic death In
1862, at Cape Nav, n. J.; aged 81.
%. Fire: Ogden. Utah; loss of 100000 by
flames in the business district.
Sporting: Tokalon won the Brooklyn
handicap at Gravesend.
g. Obituary: Henrik Ibsen. Norway's
greatest poet and dramatist, at Chris
tiania. aged rs.
Sporting: Edward PaysOn Weston. the
long distance walker walked from
Philadelphia to New York-96 miles
in % hours q minutes. beating the
record he made on the same course in
1863 by p minutes
Fire: Fairbanks. Alaska: loss of $1,000
900 by flames in the business section.
IS. Tornado: 10 lives lost in Nebraska and
Iowa.
%. Accident: killed and % injured in
wreck on the Louisville and Nashville
road at Louisville
%. Shipwreck: % lives lost by the sink
ing of the British ship Iismore at
Santa Maria, Chile.
Sporting: Spearmint won the English
Derby. Burgomaster won the $4,000
Belmont stakes at Belmont park.
merce, navigation and industry rati-
fed by the Cuban senate.
81. Personal: Marriage OF King Alfonso
and Princess Ena in Madrid. Bomb
thrown at the king and bride while
receiving an ovation in the streets
narrowly missed the royal couple and
killed SO attendants and bystanders.
JUNE.
g. Spain: Morales the Madrid bomb
thrower. committed suicide after dis
patching a guard sent to arrest him.
8. Accident: IL killed and 40 hurt in
trolley smashup in East Providence.
RI
T. Obituary: United States Senator Ar
thur Pue German in Washington;
aged 81.
6. Obituary: Karl Won Hartmann, noted
German philosopher in Berlin; aged S..
z. Obituary: Oliver Sumner Teal, once
New York social sensation, at Lib
erty, n. Y; aged 81
s. Mining Accident: s miners killed by
white damp" at Rocky Fork, Mont.
9. Accident: u workmen killed by explo-
sion at McAbee's dynamite factory.
Lancaster, Pa.
10. Sporting: Spearmint won the Grand
Prix de Paris.
Storm: people killed and many injured
in storm which swept the lower
Hudson valley.
Obituary: Mary Putnam jacob noted
woman physician. in New York city;
aged GA.
II. Panama Canal: Tho house voted for
lock canal, 10 to &c.
Russia: Jewish nassacres at Bialystok.
Ship Disaster: 10 killed and 40 injured
by an explosion on the British steam
ship Haverford at Liverpool.
Ia. Obituary: r. B. Roosevelt, uncle OF
the president and a we'll known law
yer. author and politician. In New
York city; aged 76.
Russia: Continued attacks the Jews
at Bialystok.
16. Obituary: Henry o. Houghton, the
publisher, at Cambridge, Mass; aged
Political: Bill admitting Oklahoma to
statehood became a law.
Is. Obituary: Gov. John NJ. Pattison OF
Ohio. at Promont: aged So.
%. Coronation: King Haakon VII of
Norway crowned at Trondhjem.
Sporting: Go Between won the $4,000
Suburban handicap.
%. Obituary: The Duke of Almodovar,
who presided over the Moroccan con-
ference at Algeciras, at Madrid; aged
81
Congress: The pure food bill passed the
house. 240 TO III.
Sporting: Cornell won the four mile
eight Dared varsity race at Pough-
keepSie.
q. Sporting: Szisz won the Grand Prix
automobile race at lie Mans. France.
%. Sporting: Harvard won the varsity
Dared boat race at New London.
%. Congress: Railway rate bill signed by
the president.
JULY.
1. Obituary: Sir Wilfrid Lawson noted
Liberal Nj. P. and temperance reform
er, in London: aged n.
Accident: q lives lost in the wreck of an
American line special train at Sails
bury England; % Americans among
the Victims -
4. Obituary: II. A. Ward noted Amer
lean scientist killed by an automobile
in Buffalo, n. Y.
Personal: A son born to Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany at
Potsdam.
6. Storm: so people killed and serious
damage done to crops by hailStorm
in the Valencia district of Spain.
10. Russia: Vice Admiral Choukin, COM
mander of the Russian Black sea feet,
fatally shot by sailor in league with
revolutionists.
II. The Dreyfus Case: The supreme court
of France annulled the condemnation
of Capt. Dreyfus.
Sporting: C. NJ Daniels. American, won
for the championship of the world at
Nottingham, England.
South America: Gen. Regaldo COM
mander of the Salvadoran army kill
ed in battle with Guatemalan forces.
IL. The Dreyfus Case: Capt. Dreyfus re-
stored to the army of France by
special act of the legislature.
IA. South America: Honduras declared
war against Guatemala, thus becom-
ing the ally of Salvador
Is. South America: The Salvadoran army
won victory over the GuatemalanS
at Platenar.
IL. Obituary: Alfred Belt. the noted South
African f1nancier IN London; aged a..
Is. South America: Armistice declared be-
tween Salvador and Honduras and
Guatemala
Obituary: Lady Curzon, American vito
of the ex-viceroy of India, in London.
20. Russia: 4 radical newspapers sup
pressed in st. Petersburg.
Fire: In Syrian. Russia; loss $5.OO0.0O0.
South America; Treaty of peace be-
tween Guatemala and the Salvador
Honduras alliance signed by commits
sioners OF the belligerent powers on
board the United States cruiser Mar