Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-29

by his own automobile in Munich.
80. Obituary: John Iawrorce Toole. noted
English comedian. at Brighton Eng
land: AGED as. $500
l. Russia Fortress a. Sveabors. Fin
land Known as the Gibraltar Of the
North seized b rcutinecrs as part
Of a general conspiracy against the
car.
,. Labor: Strike Of lthogra piers involv-
ing $1,000 worl-~ren in the United
States ard Canada. begun.
g. Obituary: Rear Admiral Charles ].
Train, commander OF the United
States Asiatic fleet. at Chefu China;
aged 81.
4. Shipwrec!i: 800 lives lost by the wreck
in- OF the Italian steamship Sirio off
the coast of Spain.
Obituary: John Games Roberts Man
ners, seventh Duke of Rutland. dis
tingushed author. traveller and cab
met minister. in London: aged IS. u.
B. Wesson noted revolver manlfac-
turer. at Springfield, Mass; aged 81.
Russia Strike involving nearly 10000
worl:ren beGl'n at st. Petersburg In
the interests Of revolution.
s. Financial: Milwaukee State bank of
Ch,ca~O closed it's doors, showing q
deficit OF 81. 100000.
lS. Convention: Fortieth annual encamp-
apolis.
Obituary: Mrs. Mary Pearl Teresa Graf.
gle (John Oliver Hobbes). author and
dramatist, in London; aged SO.
Sporting: New worlds record for long
distance auto racing established by
Duray. driving De Dietrich car, on
the Ardenrcs course. belgium, aver
aSe speed ~, miles IN roCr.
Is. Russia: General ala k Oh the cars
police by the terrC"sIs Of Poland.
Il. Earthquakes II Cnile1D cities affected
Valparaiso beiEF c.,1ost destroyed
Estimated deaths I'D aa1 property
loss about $-0.OJ0go1 in Valparaiso
alone.
20. Cuban Rev olution Rising Of the Gu
ban Liberals against the Palma adj
ministration; Cen. Bandera took the
field with a band Of revolutionists.
p. Cuba: Pevolutionists led BY Gen Pine
Guerra. an eX-congressman. captured
the town Of San Luis. province of
Pinar del Rio
%. Cuba: Cen. Guerra's revolutionists
captured San Juan de Martinez, il
Pinar del Rio. but were driven out
after a sharp engagement
"A. Financial Troubles Frank J. Nipple
president OF the insovent Real Estate
Trust company of Philadelphia, took
his own life a. Bryn Mawr.
Obituary: Alfred Stevens. celebrated
painter of Belgian genre in Paris;
aged 7S.
%. Russia: In an attempt to assassinate
the Russian premier Stolypin at ST.
Petersburg by a bomb % peopAe were
killed and many injured. Stolypin es
capped injury.
%. Russia: Gen. Min. an officer of the
personal suit of the car. killed by a
young woman, who fired 5 shots into
him from n revolver
p. Russia: BY ukase of the car 4500,000
acres OF the crown appanage lands
were transferred to the peasants. Gen.
Won Lisriarskl. military governor OF
Warsaw. ASA ssinated.
2S. Financial: The Real Estate Trust
company of Philadelphia. whose pres
ident. Frank w. Nipple, committed
suicide on the oath. closed it's doors
with liabilities placed al $1OO0O.OO0.
%. Conventions: First ESperantist inter-
national congress opened at Geneva
The American Bar association opened
It's annual convention at st. Paul
Obituary: w. E. Marshall, noted artist,
whose engraving of Lincoln made
him famous. in New York city; aged
30. Obituary: Edward Rosewater, editor
of the Omaha Bee suddenly in Oma-
ha: aged IS.
SEPTEMBER.
1. Sporting: Electioneer won the Fu-
turity stakes. worth $43,OO0 at Sleeps
head Bay.
Convention: international Alliance Of
Woman Suffrage Associations met in
Copenhagen.
8. Sporting: Joe Cans won by a foul in
the forty-Secon1 round in a contest
with Battling Nelson at Goldield.
New.
nhit,,or1,. TIorr,ao,, Oolr;ob. A,,or;
can capitalist and ship owner, sud-
denly at sea on board the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse.
z. Cuba: The insurgent Pine Guerra re-
fused an armistice.
8, Sporting: Cambridge defeated Har-
ward in a rowing contest on the
Thames Dan Patch broke the world 5
pacing record, going the mile In $50
at st. Paul.
Is. Cuba: American force landed from the
United States cruiser Denver but i'm
mediately returned to the vessel after
leaving a guard at the American le-
cation.
IA. Obituary: Mrs Elizabeth Blair Lee
only survivor OF the famous BHir
family OF Missouri, at Silver Spring
Md.
Cuba: President Roosevelt urged Gu
bans to cease hostilities and ordered
Secretary Taft to proceed to Havana.
Sporting: G: M. Daniels lowered the
worlds swimming record for 200 yards
to minutes AZ 20 seconds at st. Louis
Is. Russia: Gen. Trepoff, 'the terror"
commandant OF the imperial palace
and formerly head OF the police, died
at Peterhof.
Convention: Fifteenth universal peace
congress inaugurated at Milan.
Storm: In Iowa and Nebraska; damages
estimated at 100000.
IS. Typhoon: Hongkong visited; deaths
estimated at 10000, with property loss
of $2O.OoOOO0.
Accident: Heavy loss OF life in q wreck
on the Rock Island, near Dover, okla
10. Russia: Gen. Nicolaiff of the Russian
artillery assassinated at Warsaw.
20. Accident: 10 killed and 10 injured in a
wreck on the Scotch express on the
Great Northern railway.
Obituary: Robert Hit. former congress-
81. man, who was associated with AbraS
ham Lincoln, at Narragansett Pier:
aged u.
q. Accident: IL persons killed and so in
Jured by an explosion OF dynamite at
JellicO, Tenn.
%. Sporting: Martin Sheridan of the