The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-01-04


Obituary: Rear Admiral J. c. Fremont
U. 8. N, son OF the late Gen, ]. c.
Fremont. u s. A.. tThe PathfinderI. at
Boston: aged &C.
IL. Mexico 30 federals and municipal
guards killed in battle with rebels near
Artega
49, Judicial: United States supreme court
affirmed constitutionality OF the corpo-
ration tax.
Is. Disaster: 10 killed under falling walls
in Nashville Tenn.
Obituary: w. d. Bloxham. ex-governor
of Florida. at Tallahassee; aged 76
Frank Work. capitalist famous lover
OF horses. who never entered an auto
q mobile. in New York city; aged 49,
z Aviation: First aero war message deiiv-
cred at San Antonio. Tex, by Lieut..
Ben ID. Foulois, U. s. A., who few s.
miles in As minutes.
II. Mexico: Insurrectos' Decree No. 10"
guaranteed protection to lives and In
tcrests Of foreigners then in Mexico
and rcimburscncnts for losses tas
soon as the triumph OF the provisional
government will have become recog-
nized by the capture OF Mexico CITY,"
is. Personal: Col Roosevelt opened great
Arizona dam bearing his name.
10. Obituary: Ernest Crofts r. A., noted
painter and keeper of Royal academy
London; aged GA
Sporting: Teddy Tet2laff In Lozier car
established four worlds records at
Los Angeles, beating Ralph de Palma
driving a Fiat. 100 mile race finished In
hour IA minutes % 1-5 seconds.
q. Battleship Texas. Of Santiago bay
fame. sunk by high explosive projec-
tiles in test.
Fire: At Benton, Pa, loss 81 OO0,0 900 by
hn httrnfnD Of n dfsti y,lo ~
o. Obituary: Col. Charles Pereg Lincolp
cousin of Abraham Lincoln and long
connected with federal diplomatic and
departmental services. at El Reno.
Okla. s
Fire: Lcavenworth county tKan.) court
house; loss 100000.
70. Aviation: Louis Breguet carried Ii pas
sengers two miles in monoplane in
France, breaking record to date,
"a. Aviation: Roger Sommer. French BIZ
pianist. broke Breguet's ''aerobus" rec
ord: carried II passengers.
Shipwreck: British Columbia steamer
sunk in gale on Vancouver island; %
lost. aE a"
IS. Fire Horror: lac lost lives In fire at
1913 Washington place, New York.
Railroad Accident: Atlantic Coast line
Dixie Filler wrecked near DELLA, Ca. ;
9 killed.
Fire: Nearly 100000 loss in Minneapo.
lis. EG,
2S. Obituary: Brig. Gen. Ira ]. Bloomfield
civil war hero, at Montevista, Colo. !;
aged &c. Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins,
veteran of the civil and Spanish-Amer-
lean wars, at Glen Springs. N. y;
aged Is.
q. Cyclone: Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey swept by devastating windstorm
extending to North Carolina; ST. Law
renee, Pa. practically destroyed.
g. Aviation: Lieut.. Erler, with passenger
flew in biplane from near Berlin to
Hamburg, 40 miles, in 3 hours 80 min
Sporting: c. NJ. Daniels set new worlds
swimming record, 2.26 for 200 meters
in tank at Pittsburg. r.a
20. Fire: 100000 loss at capitol building,
Albany, n. Y.
Obituary: Sir Casper Purdon Clarke,
former director of Metropolitan Mt
scum of Art. New York, in London:
aged 6.
80 Sporting: Bob Burman drove autocar
20 miles in Is minutes 1193 seconds
(s1.06 miles an hour, recor0 at Pablo
Beach, Fla.
81 Political: James Aloysius o'Gorman,
supreme court Justice, elected senator
from New York.
Sporting: Louis Disbrow at Pablo Beach,
Fla, made world auto marks: 80 miles.
81 minutes 1890 seconds; 200 miles. 2
hours "a minutes II seconds; go miles
(po previous time for this straight
away recorded. hours Il minutes 90
seconds.
Obituary: Otto Ringing. circus man, in
New York city; aged 81. E
APRIL.
l. Obituary: Martin Grief. lyric poet OF
an1a a. A,.,1, ut ENHfcf Aust 81
Hungary; aged z -. r
Sporting: oxford won 6Sth annual boat
race from Cambridge, breaking Oxford
Cambridge regatta records.
4 Personal: Carter II. Ha rIison elected
mayor of Chicago for fifth time.
Political: ed congress convened; Champ
Clark speaker. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
commercial treaty ratified.
T. Mine Disaster: g. men and boys per-
ished in the Pancoast mine at Throop,
Pa: 12S lives lost In the Banner mines,
Alabama.
10. Shipwreck: Steamer 1roquois founder
ed off Coal island. British Columbia: 20
lives lost.
Obituary: Tom L. Johnson. former may
or of Cleveland o.. noted for his fight
for cent railroad fares. in Cleveland;
aged Sc.
II Sporting: National and American
league baseball season opened,
10. Cyclone: Missouri Kansas, Arkansas
and Oklahoma stormswept; 20 killed,
over 800 injured; loss in st. Louis over
5000, 600.
Obituary: William Keith. landscape
painter. at Berkeley. CAL: aged 70.
a. Obituary: Denman Thompson. the ac-
tor. at West Swanzey. n. H.; aged rs.
George Cary Eggleston. author, In New
York city; aged II.
Personal: President accepted resignation
OF DIR. David Jayne Hill. ambassador
TO Germany.
i5. Mexico: The 9th United States cavalry
ordered by president TO protect Amer
leans along Mexican border.
Sporting: p. Krimmel won national gyhl-
nastic championship. 1910 points, in
New York. William Queal ran 10 miles
in 81 minutes So 2-5 seconds in New
York: new worlds indoor record.
l6. Mexico: Rebels repulsed federals striv-
ing TO recapture Aqua PTieta. Bullets
wounded Americans in Douglas. Aiiz.
II. Conventions: National Society of
Daughters of the American Revolution
in Washington. e
Shipwieck; Spanish steamer San Fer
nand sank off Finnisterrc. Spain; q
drowned. n.
q. Personal: Mrs. Matthew 7. Scott of
Illinois. elected president general of
National ID. a. r.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Richard Inch,
U. s. N. retired. at Washington; aged
81 Harry Fem. artist who made first
gift book illustrations produced in this,
country. at Montclair. ". j.: aged H.
z Sporting: Americans lost deciding In