Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-10


ron sent away from Kingston, Jamaica,
by Gov. Swettenham
20-Death of Josiah Flynt Willard,
tramp and author. :. England apologies
for Swettenham incident.
23-Twenty miners killed by explosion
near Primero, Colo. .Thaw trial begins
in New York
24-Death of Senator r. A. Alger of
Michigan.
2S-Explosions in mine near Saar-
brueck, Prussia, kill 800 persons. 100
lives lost by typhoon in Hongkong har-
Dor.
29-Ninety miners killed by mine explo-
sion near Thurmond, W. Va
FEBRUARY.
John ID. Rockefeller makes $32, 000,-
COO gift to educational work.
12-200 lives lost by sinking of Joy
line steamer Larchmont off Block Island,
X H.. Death of ex-Gov. Frank w. Hig-
gins of New York.
1876 persons killed and 100 injured
in train wreck on New York Central in
New York City.
2O-$173,O0O stolen from U. s. sub
treasury in Chicago.
21--English steamer Berlin goes down
off coast of Holland; 1870 lives lost.
Cornelius j. Shea and associates acquit-
tod of conspiracy in Chicago. Mrs
Dora Mcdonald shoots and kills Webster
S. Guerin in Chicago.
22 Pennsylvania railroads 1S-houl
flyer wrecked near Johnstown, Pa.
Missouri Legislature adjourned by small
pox scare.
MARCH.
4-Fifty-ninth Congress adjourns SIM
die. Three changes in Presidents cab
met take effect.
7-Strother brothers in Culpepper, Va.
acquitted of murder under "unwrittei
, law"
death of John Alexander Dowie.
Will ]. Davis freed of responsibility TO
Iroquois theater disaster by Judge Kim
: brough of Danville, Ill.
12-Death of NJ. Casimir Perier, fol
+ mer president of France. Magazines o
: French battleshp Jena explode at TouloI
n killing so and injuring 800 persons.
J. 14-Death of Maurice Grau, impre'
5. sario.
\ 16-Burning of IIeicon Hall, Upto
Sinclair tOlOHN, utdi iIbSitNOVNf -.
1S-Greater Louisville exposition opel
= ed
/ 19-Death of Thomas Bailey Aldric
S 22-Many persons killed in riots
Moldavia.
n 25-Death OF Alexander Beaubien, fir
N white male born in Chicago.
rs 31-Death of Galusha A. Grow, form
m Congreerman from Pennsylvania.
rs APRIL.
ne Chicago elects Fret A. Bus'
g Republican. Mayor and approves n'
90 traction ordinance by majority of 1871.
In 4-Hotel fire in San Francisco kills
persons. Lunacy commission declaI
- Harry X. Thaw sane.
Us 9-Howard Nicholas and Leonard Ia
e pold convicted of murder OF Mrs. MI
es garet Leslie in Chicago.
es- )11-Lord Cromer. British ruler
re, Egypt. resigns.
or 13-Standard Oil Company convict
Is in Illinois court Of rebating.
To- 14-Death of James II. Eckels OF {
caeo. EARTHQUAKES at Chiapa
- Chilpancingo, Mexico.
ol' 15-Great Northern's Oriental Linn
ey derailed by wreckers at Bartlett, n. ID
ac- 16-19-Volcanic eruptions in Chile
]. 2O-Great fire in native quarter
RS. Manila.
in 26-Opening of jamestown CVa)
lso position
''0 30-Hurricane in Caroline Islands k
nd 200 people.
ing oAGreat loss of life from explosion
Canton. China.
ion 3-Sir Alexander Swettenham ret
ad- as Governor of Jamaica.
6-Dr. John Watson Clan Maclar
led dies in Mt Pleasant, Iowa. Torn
90 wines out towns of Birthright and Rio
ard way. Texas.
40 1O-Son born to King Alfonso
~ Spain
ID. 11-Mystic Shrner special wrecked
81 Honda. Cal, and 81 lives lost
12-Mine fire at Velardena, MeN
cen kills 90 men. Earthquake in VI
not kills 1000 persons.
is 17-Isaac Stephenson elected I'm
har States Senator from Wisconsin.
o5-Death Of Theodore Tilton in n
o6-Death of Mrs. William Mckir
Jew JUNE.
,,o Oscar H. resumes reign as Kin
luct Sweden.
~ 6-Sudden death of Mrs. Helen
,n,v Cougar.
'piy Fatal and destructive tornado
Kentucky and southern Illinois and
olA diana.
hers e-Death of Julia Magruder, now
uch 1O-Great strike against governmer
con wine growing regions of France.