Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-29
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Suffrage association met in Baltimore.
Cyclone The Socie.y and Tahiti groups
of islands damaged to the extent OF
$1,00OO0O.
8. Accident: An explosion in the Stewart
collieries at Oak Hill. w Va. caused
the death of % miners.
10. Obituary: Paul Laurence Dunbar. the
negro poet. at Dayton. o.; aged 81.
II. Fire: AT Duluth, Mimi; loss of $1,000
900 by the burning of an elevator
plant
PERSONAL: Alice Roosevelt married to
Congressman Nicholas Longworth at
the White House.
IS. Political Clement Armand Fallieres
inaugurated president of France
19. Political The Hungarian parliament
dissolved by a show of force, at Buda-
pest.
p. Earthquake: Seismic disturbance fol-
lowed by q tidal wave resulted in a
loss of life estimated at 1000 on the
coast of Colombia.
%. Fire: Loss of 81, 100000 by the burning
of the San Francisco lighting plant.
3. Fire: The plant of the IntercoloniaI
railway burned at Moncton, ". B.:
loss 81. 100000.
Obituary: Hon David B. Henderson
former speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives. at Dubuque, Ia; aged s..
q. Obituary: Prof. Samuel F. Langley,
secretary Of the Smithsonian insti-
tute and scientist of worldwide rep
utation, at Aiken, S. G.
Personal: Prince Eitel Frederick. second
son of Emperor William of Germany,
married to the Duchesse Sophie Char
lotte of Oidenburg in the imperial pail
ace at Berlin.
MARCH
2. Tornado: "A killed by storm which
swept over Meridian. Miss: property
loss $1000.O00
4. Obituary: Lieut. Gen. John M. Scho-
field, l. S. A. retired, at ST. Angus
tine, Fla; aged Is.
6. Obituary. Gen. Sir William Forbes
Gatacre. a British leader in the Sudan
and In the Boer war, in London; aged
SO.
6-S Philippines: Fight between Cen
Leonard Woods force and the Moros
on Mount Dajo: 600 Moros killed. and
the troops suffered loss of l. killed
and 60 wounded.
Z. Political The French ministry. head
ed by Premier ROuvier resigned after
a defeat on the church question.
10. Obituary: Eugene Richter, Radical
leader or the roichstag, long an oppo-
nent of Bismarck and one e Ger
many's most noted political editors. in
Berlin; aged 6S.
IL. Disaster: Mine explosion at Pas de
Calias, France, caused the death of
over LOO miners.
Shipwreck: p sailors persisted by the
sinking of the Phenix liner British
King off Sable island
Obituary: DR.. Manuel Quintana. presi-
dent of the Argentine Republic, at
Buenos Ayres; aged II.
II. Judicial: Decision by the United
States supreme court that corporations
must produce their books and papers
and answer questions in actions
brought by the government
Is. Shipwreclk: British steamer Colne
foundered off the Dutch coast IL
sailors drowned.
Obituary: Susan Brownell Anthony, pio-
neer woman suffragist at Rochester.
n. Y. aged So
IA. Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated
Terry McGovern in a six round con
test in Philadelphia
Is. Convention: National assembly of the
United Mine Workers OF America
opened in Indianapolis.
l6. Accident: 81 killed and 20 injured in
a head-on collision on the Denver and
Rio Grande, near Adobe. Colo.
1920 Earthquake: Several prosperous
towns in F'ormosa destroyed, causing
the loss of several thousand lives les
timateO and property damage of
$45 100000
Is. Accident: u miners killed by a snow
slide at Silverton, Colo.
20. Obituary: Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. au-
thoress, best known by her stories for
young people, at Milton, Mass; aged
50.
Political Charles S. Francis of Troy.
N. Y, appointed to succeed Bellamy
Storer as American ambassador to
Austria
Il. Judicial: Judge Otis J. Humphrey of
the United States district court grant
ed the immunity pleas of the officers
of five packing firms under indictment
for conspiracy in restraint of trade. in
Chicago.
%. Obituary: Dr. Robert Ogden Doremus.
well known chemist. in New York city:
aged 81.
Accident: Heavy loss of life by explo-
sion in the Century mines. West Vir-
ginia.
%. Obituary: Ras Makonnen, the most
noted man in Abyssinia, who com
manded the army which defeated the
Italians in 1896, at Jibuti
26. Philippines: 16 American soldiers and
30 Pulajanes killed in a fight at Ma
gaton. Samar.
Obituary: Col. H. K. Shackelford, au-
thor of popular detective stories, at
cambridge, Ga: aged 65.
Fire: Wrangel, Alaska, nearly wiped
out.
Accident: 10 trainmen killed and II in
jured in a wreck on the Chicago and
Northwestern, near Casper, Wyo.
Y. Obituary: Norval E. FOard, we'll
known Baltimore journalist, in that
city; aged SO. w. H. Mcdonald well
known actor, one OF the original
"Bostonians," at Springfield, Mass:
aged Sc.
Fire: Steamer Plymouth Fall River
line with other properties, burned at
Newport r. l.: loss 81, 600 900.
Is. Fire: At Johnstown, Pa; loss $500. 600
81. Political: The international conference
on Morocco affairs at Algeciras came
to agreement upon all points in dis
pute between Germany and France.
Coal Strike: About $4,000 miners stop
ped work
APRIL.
4 Obituary: Gen. Blsnco. last captain
general OF Cuba. In Madrid; aged a.
s. Obituary: Eastman Johnson, noted
American genre painter. in New York
city; aged 81.
Mount Vesuvius: Violent explosions
took place III the crater, accompanied
by streams of lava and showers of
cinders over the surrounding country
as far as Naples.