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

was commemorated by an information
al exposition, and a phenomenal fine
for receiving railway rebates was laid
against the Standard Oil companies.
The mortality list of 1907 includes
many distinguished authors, artists,
scientists, soldiers and celebrities in
various walks of life Among the
Americans who died during the year
were Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet;
Mary j. Holmes and A. c. Gunter,
novelistS: Generals Russell A. Alger,
o. Il. Wilcox, NJ. H. Blunt and I. H.
Ruger, veterans of the civil war; John
T. Morgan and Edmund w. PettuS,
United States senators from Alabama;
Galusha 4. Grow. formerly noted con-
United States minister at Picking dur
ing the Boxer war; Mrs. William Nc
Kinley, widow OF the martyred presi,
dent; Mrs AgassiZ widow of the great
scientist, and Isabella Beecher Hooker,
last of the children of Rev. Lyman
Beecher John Alexander Dowie, the
Zionist leader, died during the year;
also Theodore Tilton, formerly prOmi-
nent in America, who had lived In
Paris for generation.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, and
Saint Gaudens, the sculptor, Americans
by adoption and long association, died
during the year. Notable deaths abroad
include Alexander Herschel, English
astronomer; Maurice Loewy, director
of the Paris observatory and called the
dean of astronomers; Joachim, Hun
garian violinist; Edward Grieg, Norwe-
gian composer; the shah of Persia,
and Princess Clementine, daughter Of
King Louis Philippe of France, relic
of past glories, who attained the age
Of ninety; also Oscar III. of Sweden.
JANUARY.
Z Accident: IS deaths in a wreck on the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific at
Volland, Kan.
g. Obituary: Ernest Howard Crosby, So
cial reformer, in Baltimore; aged so.
Russia: Gen. Won der LaunitZ, project
of the police at ST. Petersburg, assas-
sinated.
8. Obituary: The shah of Persia at Te-
heran; aged So.
g. Persia: Ali Mira recognized as shah.
H. Fire: Moss & Co.'S tobacco warehouse
burned in Lancaster, Pa; loss $1,000, 600.
Tidal Wave: Island of Simalu, Dutch
East Indies, engulfed and other ada
cent islands devastated.
12 Shipwreck: British ship Pengwern
grounded off Cuxhaven, Germany;
crew of "a drowned.
IA. Earthquake: Business part Of Kings
.1A%1
records show nearly 1000 deaths;
United States naval vessels carried
first relief to the stricken city; prop
erty loss over $13,000,000.
Convention: National foreign commerce
convention opened in Washington.
16. Storm: 100 deaths in a typhoon, which
swept the islands Of Leyte and Samar,
in the Philippines.
IT. Obituary: Margaret Young, widow Of
President Brigham Young, at Deseret.
Utah; aged "a.
49, Accidents: 16 deaths in train col
lision on the Big Four at Fowler, Ind.
"a dead and q injured in a wreck
caused by powder explosion on the Big
Four system at Sanford. Ind.
20. Storm: Loss of $10OO,00O from hurri-
cane at Buffalo.
Fire: At Youngstown, o.; loss of ST.
100000.
n. Obituary: Josiah Flynt Willard. So
Josiah Flynt,'' in Chicago; aged SO.
23. Explosion: 20 coal miners killed near
Primero, Colo.
Mexico: Tehuantepec National railroad,
a Mexican enterprise making a short
cut between the oceans, inaugurated
by President DiaZ.
"a. Obituary: Gen. Russell A. Alger,
United States senator from Michigan.
prominent Federal veteran and former
secretary of war in Washington;
aged II.
Is. Obituary: Isabella Beecher Hooker,
last of the children OF the Rev. Lyman
Beecher, at Hartford, Conn; aged SO.
&C. Obituary: Rev. Henry Martyr Field,
clergyman and author, former editor
of the New York Evangelist, at Stock
bridge, Mass; aged IS.
Fatal Fire: 4 deaths and property loss
of $500, 600 in a factory fire at Dover,
N. H.
Co. at Springfield, Mass; loss $1,000, 900.
Explosion: 14S miners killed by firedamp
at Johann-on-Saar, Prussia.
g. Fire: Flames in the plant OF the
Baldwin works at Philadelphia caused
a loss of $1,OOO,OOO.
Explosion: rs miners killed in the Stew
art mine, Fayette county, w. Va.
81 Shipwreck: 20 deaths in the wrecking
of the British steamship Clavering of
Scotland.
FEBRUARY.
/. Fire: 8 business buildings burned in
Harrisburg; loss $1,O00,0O0.
2 Obituary: Hugh o. Pentecost, min
lister lawyer. lecturer and all round
freethinker, in New York city; aged
60. Prof. Mendeleef, celebrated Rus
sian chemist of worldwide fame, in
ST. Petersburg; aged 73
l. Mine explosion: IL killed in the
Thomas mine at Elkins, Va.
6. Obituary: Rear Admiral Albert Kautz
u. S. N. retired, veteran of the civil
war, at Florence, Italy; aged g.
s. Fire: Lindenhurst. the country home
of John Wanamaker at Jenkintown,
Pa, destroyed; loss nearly 100000.
Ship Accident: killed by explosion on
the French torpedo boat Spod at
LOrient, France.
10. Obituary: Sir William Howard C'Bull
RUM Russell, famous English war
correspondent, in London; aged Sc.
IL. Obituary: Frank w. Higgins, ex-gov-
ernor of New York, at clean; aged 81.
Political: King Edward opened the
British parliament.
Is. Fire: At Pine Bluff, Ark: 50 build
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