Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-28

over southern illinois, Indiana and
Kentucky.
novelist, at Richmond, Va; aged So.
%. Financial Troubles: Milliken Bros,
steel manufacturers and constructors,
at Mariners Harbor, N. Y, failed,
with liabilities of $6,5C0000.
IL. Marine Disaster: IL men of the bat
tleship Minnesota lost in a launch
which went down off Norfolk Va.
1S. Earthquake Shocks: An earthquake
shock felt at Kingston, Jamaica, at
1:20 a. M, and one on the coast OF
Chile, 500 miles south of Valparaiso,
at ABS a m.
Ia. Russia: The imperial government de-
manded the expulsion by the dourla OF
30 of it's members on a charge of high
treason.
Obituary: Gen. Bartoleme Maso, one of
the Old Guard of Cuban revolutionists,
former official of the provisional gov
eminent, at Manzanillo, Cuba; aged 20.
Is. Convention: The second international
peace congress opened at The Hague.
16. Russia: The douma dissolved by edict
of the crown; 700 political arrests in
st. Petersburg.
Sporting: Sans Souci II. won the Grand
PriX de Paris
IS. Obituary: Alexander Stewart Her
schel, noted astronomer, in London,
aged Y.
10. Financial Troubles Milburne Flour
Mills Co., In Philadelphia, failed for
t.51, OOO
q. Sporting: Nealon won the Suburban
handicap at Sheepshead Bay.
Political: During a riot over political
questions in Lisbon, Portugal. s citi
zens We're killed and over 100 people
injured.
g. Sporting: Michael j. Sheridan estab-
lished a new worlds record for throw
ing the discus, in New York city; dis
tance 136 feet 10 inches.
"a. Shipwreck: British steamship Santi
ago foundered off Corral, Chile; out Of
80 souls on board SO were lost.
26. Sporting: Cornell won the four mile
race for varsity Fights at Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y; time 20 minutes 2 2-5 Sec
onds. Richard Cookers Orby won the
Irish Derby at Dublin.
n. Obituary: Elizabeth Cary Agassiz,
widow of the great scientist and one
of the founders of Radcliffe college,
at Boston; aged a.
Sporting: Harvard won in the annual
four Dared contest at New London,
Conn.
80. Obituary: Francis Murphy, noted
temperance lecturer, at Los Angeles;
aged II.
JULY.
2. Sporting: NaZzaro, an Italian, won
the automobile grand prix at Dieppe,
France, breaking the worlds record
by an average speed of u miles an
hour.
8. Storm: A tornado in central Wiscon-
sin destroyed &c lives.
L. Obituary: Francis B. Thurber mer-
chant, lawyer and economist, in New
York city; aged Co.
8. Convention: 18th annual convention
of the National Educational assOcia-
ton at Los Angeles.
Is. Sporting: Peter Pan won the Brigh-
n ~ "
May Sutton, the California wonder, re-
captured the all England tennis cham
pionship at Newport, Wales.
Is. Accident 10 killed and IL injured by
an explosion in the turret of the bat
tleship Georgia during target practice
at Boston.
IT, Accident persons killed and many
injured by the collapse of building
in London, Ont.
Financial: Thebaud Bros, one of New
Yorl1's Oldest shipping concerns, failed
for nearly $1,0OO0OO.
Obituary: Prof. Angelo Heilprin noted
geologist, who made the ascent OF
Mont Pelee during the eruption of
1902, In New York city; aged 81.
10. Obituary: Gen. George w. Mindil, civil
war veteran, who became colonel at
the age of 10. in New York city; aged
Ga. Hector Henri Malot. noted French
Journalist and novelist, in Paris; aged
n.
Korea: The emperor of Korea abdicat-
ed in favor of the crown prince.
20. Accident: 81 killed and many injured
in a wreck on the Pere Marquette
road near Salem, Mich.
q. Korea: Riot in Seoul, the capital, on
account of the change of ruler.
D. Shipwreck: SO passengers lost from
the steamer Columbia, which sank in
a collision with a schooner off the
Mendocino coast.
Is. Korea: BY convention between
Japan and Korea Japan assumed en-
tire control of the internal administra-
ton of Korea.
o. Obituary: United States Senator Ed
mund w. Pettus of Alabama at Hot
Springs, N. c.; aged sc.
Ship Disaster: lives lost by the burn
ing of the steamer Frontenac on Ca
yuga lake.
49, Fire In Memphis; loss $500 900 by
flames in the business section. A
large section of Coney Island amuse-
ment resorts burned. with loss of ST.,
100000.
20. Fires: In New York city a tenement
house blaze destroyed 10 lives. Long
Beach hotel, high class summer re-
sort on the Long Island coast, accom-
modating 800 guests, burned to the
ground.
81. Obituary: Francis Miles Finch, law
yer and jurist, author of the war
elegy 1.-THE Blue and the Gray" at
Ithaca; aged go
Morocco: An inland tribe Of Moors at
tackled the French port of Casablan-
ca, killing II foreign residents, includ-
ing Frenchmen.
AUGUST.
l. Obituary: David Christie Murray
British playwright and novelist, in
London; aged 81.
g. Standard Oil Trials: Standard Oil
Company of Indiana fined $29, FAC, 900 by
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands Of
the United States district court at
Chicago for accepting rebates from
railways in violation of law.
Obituary: Augustus st. Gaudens, the
sculptor in Cornish, N. H.; aged SO.
4. Railroad Accident: 40 passengers
killed by the wreck Of railway coach
near Anglers, France.
6. Morocco: French and Spanish troops
landed at Casablanca, and, being fired
upon by the Moors, the French cruiser
Galilee shelled the town.
g. Morocco: Moors attacked Casablanca
and were driven off by gun fire from
the allied warships.
Telegraph Strike: Operators went out
offiaS Of fba co1ltb and west