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

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serious riots in the capital.
9. Shipwreck: "a deaths by the founder
ing of the German steamers Wettern
and Jorgensen in the North sea.
Obituary: John Alexander Dowie, found
er of the world famous Zion COM
munity. in Chicago aged so. M. Cast
mir-Perier eX-president of France, in
Paris; aged GO.
II. Warship Disaster: Explosion on the
French battleship Lena at Toulon
caused the death of 103 seamen.
Is. Flood: Rivers at Pittsburg reached q
gauge of 1856 feet, the highest in a
century; 81 deaths from flood and pc
cuniary loss estimated at $25000,O00.
16. Fire: Helicon Hall, the home of Up
ton Sinclair's cooperative colony at
Englewood, N. j., burned to the ground.
Mine Disasters: A cage cable accident
at the Saarlouis mines, Rhenish Prus-
STA, killed % miners. Firedamp ex-
plosion in the coal mines near For
bach, Germany, killed 20 miners.
Obituary: John O'Leary, Fenian leader
and we'll known writer and editor, in
Dublin; aged n.
10. Obituary: Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
poet, author and playwright, in Bos-
ton; aged 50.
g. Sporting: Montgomery won the Cres-
cent Derby in New Orleans.
"a. Fire: A. G. Spalding & Bros sport
cago; loss $350,000.
rs. Morocco: French troops advanced to
occupy Oudja as a step to enforce
reparation for the murder of DR..
Mauchamp, a French subject, at Mo-
rocco city last January.
Obituary: Prof. Ernst Won Bergman,
noted German army surgeon, In Wies-
baden; aged 20.
Fire: The Morton salt block destroyed
at Hutchinson, Kan; loss nearly $780,
600.
Honduras Nicaragua: Nicaraguan forces
captured Tegucigalpa, capital of Hon.
duras.
Is. Fire: Flames in the tobacco district
Of South Boston, Va. caused a loss OF
$1,OO0,O00.
Railroad Accident: rs killed and 100
injured in a wreck on the Southern
Pacific near Cotton, Cal.
2s Fires: At Lacrosse, Wis. loss $780,
600. Flames caused q loss of 5000, 900 at
Laurens, S. c.
81. Obituary: Galusha A. Grow, noted
speaker of congress in the sixties and
a striking figure in the political his
tory OF the country, at Glenwood, Pa:
aged SO.
APRIL.
2 Fire: San Franciscos lighting plant
destroyed; loss $2,5O0,000.
g. Storm Disaster: Tornado sweeping
over Louisiana and Alabama destroyed
property valued at $2,000,O 900; rs per-
sons killed and 100 injured.
Fire: The Mcdonald engineering build
ing at McGill university, Montreal, de-
stroyed by fire. loss $750.000.
g. Obituary: DIR. William Henry Drum
mond Canadian poet, at Cobalt, Ont;
aged 50.
g. Fire: Plant of the Columbus Dispatch
and other business properties burned
at Columbus, 0.
Obituary: Rev. DR.. John Johnson, rec
tor emeritus of st. Philips church,
Charleston survivor and principal his
torian of the Confederate defense of
Fort Sumter, in Charleston; aged Is.
Isle of Pines: The United States SUI
preme court decided that the island Is
Cuban territory.
9. Fire: Loss of $1,OOo,OoO at Amsterdam.
N. Y, by the burning of the Amster-
dam Broom Co.'s plant.
II. Personal: Lord Cromer, British agent
and consul general in Egypt, resigned
his post.
IL Central America: The Honduran forces
surrendered Amapala to the Nicara-
guans.
49, Judicial: Standard Oil found guilty in
the rebate cases at Chicago.
Obituary: Daniel II. Chamberlain. re-
construction governor of South Caro-
lima, at Charlottesville, Va; aged ~.
a. Earthquake Disaster: Chilpancingo and
Chilapa and contiguous towns in Mex
leo RACED; 500 deaths reported.
Is. Sporting: Glorifier won the Carter
handicap at Aqueduct track, New
York.
Japan: The largest battleship in the
world, the Alxi, launched at Tokyo.
H. EARTHQUAKES: Shocks in Spain and
Constantinople.
IS. Convention: 10th annual congress Of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton met in Washington.
g. Fire: The Indianapolis Frog and
Switch Co.'s plant at Springfield o.
(owned by Vice President Fairbanks),
burned; loss $35O,OO0
g. Worlds Fair: The jamestown expo
sition opened by President Roosevelt.
g. Obituary: Prof Thomas s. Noble,
noted painter and art teacher in New
York city; aged "A.
g. Political: Revolt in Montenegro.
MAY.
l. Explosion: IA killed by gas explosion
in the Simple mine at Scarboro,
w. Va.
2. Convention: National meeting of the
General Society of the Daughters OF
the Revolution at Wheeling, w. Va.
L. Exhibitions: The Irish International
exhibition opened in Dublin.
g. Obituary.: Gen. John Watts de Pey-
ster noted New York soldier and au-
thor, in New York city; aged Sc.
g. Obituaries: Gen. Henry Ronald Doug
las McIver, veteran of the Confeder-
ate army, who had fought under many
flags, in New York city. DR.. John
Watson Gan Maclaren), the Scotch au-
thor, at Mount Pleasant, Ia; aged 81.
g. Shipwreck: BY the loss of the French
steamer Potion, off San Jose Ignacio,
Uruguay, 100 lives were lost.
Obituary: Edmund G. Ross, former
United States senator for Kansas, at
Albuquerque, N. NJ; aged 81.
O. Sporting: Glorifier won the Metropoli-
tan handicap at Belmont park.
10 Obituary: Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox,
u 6. A, retired veteran of the Mex
lean and civil wars, at Coburg Ont;
aged 50.
Personal: A male heir born to the
throne of Spain, taking the title Of
Prince of Asturias.
IL. Accident: sc killed in a wreck on the
Southern Pacific at Honda, Cal.
a. Obituary: Gen. Matthew M. Blunt, u.
s. A.. retired, veteran of the Federal
army in the civil war, in Brooklyn;
aged n.
16 Convention: 10th general assembly
of the Presbyterian church opened at
Columbus, o.