The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-03


16. Obituary Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow
Of the president of the Confederate
States Of America, in New York city:
aged So
Convention: The Americ Bankers as
ISOLATION met in ST. ouis.
Accident at Sea: French submarine
Iutin lost with her crew of Is of
Bisertu, Tunis
Is. Storm Disaster: A West India hurri-
cane accompanied by a tidal wave
caused great destruction OF property
and heavy loss of life In Cuba and
on the Florida coast
Convention: Triennial worlds congress
OF the w. G. T. U. met in Boston
u. obituary: Capt. George e. Tyson. an
arctic explorer who passed so years Of
his life in the polar regions, in Wash
ington; aged n.
hlre: Several public buildings burned in
Altoona, Pa; loss $5O00OO
Political: The French cabinet resigned.
%. FINANCIAL Troubles: The London bank
ing house OF Mac Fadyen & Co. closed
its doors owing over Sc. 200 in Eng
land and India. P. Mac Fadyen. the
head of the firm, killed himself after
giving notice of failure
Il. Accident at Sea: Russian coasting
steamer Wariagin sunk off vladivos-
tok by a floating mine; 200 passen-
gers and sailors drowned
Is. Accident: II killed by the collapse Of
business building in Kansas City.
Kan.
26. Convention: Annual meeting cf the
National w. G. T. U. in Hartford
Conn
2S. Railway Accident: 10 lives lost in a
wreck on the Pennsylvania electric
line at Atlantic City, N J.
30. shipwreck: % drowned by the sinking
oe the German steamship Hermann in
the EngliSh channel
IL. Obituary; Judge Joseph E. Gary of
the Cook county superior court pre-
siding justice in the famous "anar-
chist'' trials, in Chicago; aged IS.
NOVEMBER.
/. Storm: The French coast devastated
distance Of so miles; damage $780,
800, sustained chiefly by coast resorts.
5. Lieut. Peary: News of the explorers
trip to farthest north" received in
the United States.
3. Obituary: Fritz Thaulow, noted Nor
wegian landscape painter, at Volen-
dam, Holland.
2. Fires: At Hamilton, o., burning of a
dry goods block caused loss of A,00O-
600. In Kansas City, Mo, plant Of
the Harvest King Distilling company
burned: loss 100000
8. Personal: President Roosevelt sailed
from Washington for Panama
9. Building Accidents Collapse Of a new
concrete structure at Long Beach,
Cal, caused the death of Is workmen.
Obituary: Samuel j. Kitson, noted
American sculptor, in New York city:
aged S. ''Uncle'' Nathan Moore. not
ed bear hunter, at Moscow, Me-; aged
II. Obituary: Esther Damon last widow
pensioner on the roll of the war Of the
Revolution at Rutlands aged 80.
IL Railroad Accident: Al killed and SO in
Jured in head-on collision between
an immigrant train and freight on
the B. and o. at Woodville, o.
Convention Twenty-sixth annual meet
ing of the American Federation oe
Labor at Minneapolis
Obituary: Major Gen. William Rufus
Shafter, u S. A.. retired, commander
OF the military expedition which cap
tured Santiago in 1893, near Bakers
field, Cal; aged Il.
u. Convention: National Baptist con-
gross met at st. Louis
Il Obituary.: Margaret Macdonald Bot
tome, founder of the Kings Daugh-
ters, in New York city; aged 49,
Personal: President Roosevelt reached
Colon, Panama, on board the United
States battleship Louisiana.
g. Bomb Explosion: Unknown person ex.
ploded tin box filed with powder
inside st. Peters, at Rome, at the
IA.
Is. ShipWreck: AZ deaths in a collision be-
tween the steamer Dix and Alaskan
liner Jeanne off Askali Point, Wash.
Obituary. Georgia Cayvan, once popu-
lar actress, in Flushing, N. Y; aged
48
20 Convention: Transmississippi congress
opened in Kansas City.
a. Storm and Shipwreclz: During a gale
On the great lakes 81 lives were lost
from five wrecked vessels 40
er j. H Jones went down in Georgian
bay with II sailors and Is passengers
~ Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at
football by score Of to 0 at New
Haven.
q. Explosion Accident: 80 workmen killed
and 242 injured in roburit factory at
DortHlund. Germany.
q. Fire: At Peoria, ILL.,, flames in the
business district caused a loss Of
$4,000. In Philadelphia lives were
lost by the burning Of a Salvation
Array hotel
g. Railway Accident: In collision on
the Southern railway near Lynchburg,
Va, s passengers were killed and 8
seriously injured Samuel Spencer,
president of the railway company, and
Cen Philip Schuyler among the killed
DECEMBER.
L Sporting: Annapolis defeated West
FOfnL, IL TO q, IN the annuaI army and
navy football contest in Philadelphia.
2. Obituary: BLACK Pattf' (Flora Bat
SOM, eolored concert singer, in Phila-
delphia: aged SO.
8. Political: Last session of the Fifty
ninth congress opened in Washington.
President Roosevelt sent the senate
the following nominations: Secretary
of the treasury. George B. Cortelyou;
attorney general Charles j, Bona
parte; postmaster general George L.
Won Meyer; secretary of the navy, Vie
tor H. Metca1f secretary of the in
terror, James r. Garfield: secretary of
commerce and labor, Oscar S. Straus;
associate justice Of supreme court,
William H. Moody.
Flood Disaster: At Clifton, Ariz., a food
from a bursting dam caused 60 deaths
and property loss of $250,00O.
Obituary: Prof. Ferdinand F. Lee Boyle,
eminent artist, who painted Dickens.
Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman
and other celebrities in New York
city; aged ST.
1 Political: New Liberal ministry took
the reins Of government in Spain;
Ger. Weyler again minister Of war.
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