New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-30

by Accidents, Wrecks and Fires.
Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
The World of Sports-A Chronolog.
ical Review.
The year 1908 has been memorable
for prolonged drought during the
ripening season of some soil products
yet a bumper crop in point of value
was garnered Stirring political events
fixed the attention Of the world from
the opening to the close of the year
notably in Portugal, the king and
crown prince being assassinated il
February; in Persia and Turkey, re-
sulting in changes in the form of gov
eminent; in Morocco, where pretend
er was placed on the throne, and in
the Balkan states of Bulgaria, Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
The years mortuary record bears
the names of Grover Cleveland, Sena
tor Allison, Senator Proctor and Sen
ator Whyte, E. G. Stedman, Joel Chan
dler Harris, AIurat Halstead, Louise
Chandler Moulton, Harriet Hosmer.
Professor Norton, Dr. Gilman, Bishop
H. G. Potter, Bronson Howard, Rear
Admiral Coghlan, Donald G. Mitchell
ok MarveD, Louise de la Rance
(Ouida), pbell-Bannerman, Gener-
al Nodzu and General Lineyitch lin
Russia), Ludovic Halevy and Francois
Coppee Gn France).
JANUARY.
!. Storm: Is deaths in a tornado near
| Wesson, Miss.
e. Obituary: DR.. Nicholas Sem, surgeon,
u S. A, prominent in the Spanish
American war, in Chicago; aged 63.
L. Obituary: Charles Augustus Young
! noted American astronomer, at Han
over, N. H; aged "a.
Political: Mulai Haf1d proclaimed sui
tan of Morocco.
g. Business Troubles: Receivers appoint.
ed for the Chicago and Great Western
railway.
IL. Political: Appointment of Baron Taxa.
hira as ambassador to the United
States officially announced at Tokyo.
Accident: 16 children killed in theater
crush at Barnsley, England.
Fire: 5000, 600 loss by the burning OF the
Obituary: Henry Kenny. president OF
the Delaware railway. who attended to
the secret journey Of President Elect
Abraham Lincoln on his way to Wash
ington in 1861, at Ridley Park, Pa;
aged go.
| 13. Fire Catastrophe: 173 deaths by the
! burning of the Rhoads Opera House at
Boyerstown, Pa
| IA. Obituary: James Ryder Randall, au-
thor of the famous war song, my
Maryland" at Augusta, Ca; aged 60.
| Is. Obituary: Holger Drachmann, Den
| marks greatest modern poet, at Co.
| penhagen; aged 81.
| Is. Obituary: Edmund Clarence Stedman,
American author and critic, known as
the "banker-poet," in New York city:
| aged "a.
| 20. Personal: Lord Curzon former vice
roy Of India, elected to the Irish peer
| age in the face of great opposition.
| %. Obituary: Charles Emile Cameron,
| noted French landscape painter in
| Paris; aged 60. Morris X. Jesup.
noted banker and philanthropist, in
| New York city; aged 7S.
%. Obituary: DR.. Edward A. Mcdowell
| noted American composer and pianist,
in New York city; aged 4S.
| o. Obituary: August Wilhelmj, noted vio-
linist in London; aged e.. Mrs. An
| tonic Yznaga, noted for her beauty,
wealth and noble connections, in
Natchez, Miss
Fire: City hall and police building at
| Portland, Me, destroyed; loss $1,000
600.
rs. Obituary: Louise de la Rance (Ouida),
| the novelist, at Florence Italy.
| n. Fire: In Portland Me-; loss of over
| 100000 in the wholesale district
! g. Fire: In Chicago; loss of s1,00O,000 in
the business district.
| Obituary: Cardinal Richard archbishop
of Paris, in that city; aged SO.
PERSONAL Gladys Vanderbilt married to
| Count Laszlo Szechenyi Of Hungary In
| New York city.
| 30 Obituary: David Johnson, American
| landscape painter, at Walden, N. Y:
| aged 81.
| 81. Political: Special presidential message
to congress upon the corporations.
Obituary: Bishop E. G. Andrews gf the
M. e. church. in New York CITY aged
FEBRUARY.
| l. Political: King Carlos of Portugal and
the Crown Prince LUZ F'ilippe assas-
! sinated at Lisbon.
O. Political: Manuel, second son Of the
assassinated monarch, proclaimed king
as Manuel II. of Portugal.
Ship Disaster: Phoenix line steamship
st. Cuthbert destroyed by an explosion
off Nova Scotia Is deaths.
| s. Fires: Loss of 100000 in Rochester, n.
Y. Loss of 100000 at Berlin, N H
| IL. Obituary: Valerian Gribayedoff, jour
| nalist and illustra tor, In Paris; aged SO.
| H. Shipwrecl: American ship Emily Reed
wrecked off the Oregon coast; 10 sail
ors lost.
| 15 Flood: Highest water of the flood at
Pittsburg; loss S2,50oO00.
I! H. ShipWreck: British steamer Aslak
| wrecked on the Norway coast; ID sail
| ors lost.
| 20 Explosion: % killed at the Hercules
| powder works at Pinole Cal.
Personal: Gen. Stoessel, Russian COM
| mander in the defense Of Port Arthur,
sentenced to death by a military court
at ST. Petersburg, with a reconmenda-
| ton to mercy.
| q. Obituary: Crosby S. Noyes, editor OF
| the Washington Star, at Los Angeles
Cal; aged 49, Harriet Hosmer, noted
| American sculptor. at Watertown.
| Mass; aged n.
q. Obituary: Pauline Lucca baroness
| Wallhofen). famous opera singer. in
| Wanna; aged g.