River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-01-07

Lisbon, while re-
turning from fete, by reVolutiOniSt.
manuel II. proclaimed king Of Portu-
gal.
3ePremier Franco resigned and fled from
Portugal, being succeeded by Admiral
Funeral neral Of King Carlos and Crown
Prince LUZ held in Lisbon.
20-Leut-Gen. Stoessel condemned to die
in st. Petersburg, for surrender OF Port
Arthur to Japanese.
2S-Attempt to asSaSsinate shah or Per-
STA at Teheran failed, three persons be-
ing killed AT mine near San Juan de
Sabinas, Mexico, 70 killed by explosion.
Mar. 7-Japan's ultimatum in Tatsu Ma
ru seizure by Chinese presented to lat
ter's government at Pekin.
15-Fire in business section Bahia, Bra
zil, caused $1,OOO,O0O loss and killed
seven.
1S~Lieut.- Gen. Smirnoff wounded in ST.
Petersburg duel with Lieut.-Gen. Fock,
whose bravery in Port Arthur defense
had been questioned.
lision near Hadakode, Japan, cost 800
lives.
27-chilapa Mexico, DESTROYED 5ee by earth
Apr. 4-Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
resigned as prime minister of Great
Britain and his resignation was accept
1sMFloods at Hankow, China, killed 1000
persons.
1sEItalian squadron prepared for demon
stration in Turkish waters.
22-Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman for
mer British premier, died in London.
23-Lieut. Gen: Linevitch, a1de-de-camp
to Emperor Nicholas, died in ST. Peters
2EThe duke de Chaulnes, who married
Miss Theodore Shonts, died suddenly in
Paris.
26-British cruiser Gladiator collided with
American liner, ST. Paul, off Isle of
Wight, % ,perishing, Half of Notre
Dame de Salette, Ontario, buried I'M
der landslide, 80 being killed.
29-Three thousand Christian Armenians
massacred by Kurds in Persia. Jap
anese cruiser Matsushima sunk off Pes
cadores islands by explosion which
killed $50
May EFerry boat capsized near Bykhoff
in the. government of Mohileff, drown
6-Young Manuel formally swore allie
glance as king of Portugal.
21-Near Antwerp 60 persons killed in
railway collision.
24~Francois Coppee, noted French poet
and dramatist, died.
28-Fire in Kiang-Li coal mines in China
suffocated 1000.
Jun. 2-Gen. Sir Redevers Butler, Boer
war general, died in London.
4Cloudburst at Guanajuato, Mex, killed
20 persons. :. Forty ships wrecked and
270 pearl fishers drowned in typhoon off
lefty Japanese boats wrecked in
storm, $50 men being drowned.
Jul. 2-Explosion of gas in mine at Wuso-
vo, Russia, killed 200 miners.
5-Four hundred buildings at Port au
Prince, Hayti destroyed by fire.
Aug. 5-Said Pasha, grand vizier of Tur-
key, resigned and sultan formed new
cabinet.
Sep. 20-Central Telephone building and
postoffice at Paris, France, destroyed
by fire; loss Sc. 000.0 0O
oct. 5-Independence of Bulgaria pro-
claimed severing bonds of Turkey;
Prince Ferdinand proclaimed czar.
7-Island of Crete proclaimed union with
Greece.
2O0Typhoon on Chinese coast cost lives
of 1900 persons.
Nov. 6-Japanese steamer, Taish Maru,
sank in storm, $50 drowning.
S-Victorien Sardou, Frances most IA
nous playwright, died.
13-Emperor of China died after long ILL
ness in Picking, Prince Chun made re-
gent of the empire and Pu Wui, heir
presumptive.
fETsze Hsi An. dowager empress of
China, died suddenly in Peking and
Prince Pu-Wi, three years old, was
placed on the throne.
25-British steamer Sardinia burned near
Valetta, Malta, 125 persons peTishing.
30-Japanese steamers collided off Chefoo.
China, and 700 persons, including Ameri-
cans and Europeans, drowned.
Dec. 2-Nord Alexis, president of Hayh
deposed by people and fed Port au
Prince his departure being followed by
a night of wild looting in which II per-
sons were killed. Gen. Legitime pro-
claimed president. :. .Pu-Yi, three-year-