The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-02
North Adams Mass, caused loss Of

J. Obituary: Gen. Robert Frederick Hoke,
distinguished Confederate veteran, at
Raleigh, N. c.; aged 75
Political: Governor Thomas r. Marshall
nominated for vice president by the
Democratic convention at Baltimore
l. Railroad Accident Al killed and many
injured on the Delaware and Lacka-
wanna railroad in a rear end collision
at Gibsons Narrows N. Y.
Sporting: Ad Wolgast declared winner
in II round contest for the light
weight championship. defeating Joe
Rivers at Los Angeles. Cal. Jack
Johnson defeated Jim Flynn In the
ninth round for the heavyweight cham
pionship at East Las Vegas, N. M.
s. Anniversary: The memorial lighthouse
to commemorate the tercentenary Of
Champlains discovery Of the lake
which bears his name was unveiled at
Crown Point, N. Y.
Railroad Accident: q killed an, 30 in
jured in an accident on the Ligonier
Valley railroad at Wipen, Pa.
6. Sporting: Formal opening of the Olym-
pic games at Stockholm
Z. Sporting: Jim Thorpe Of Carlisle Pa,
won the pentathon in the Olympic
games at Stockholm.
.. Obituary: Robert Wiedemann Barrett
Browning. only son of the English
poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth
Barrett browning, at Asolo, Italy;
aged CO
Convention: seth annual convention OF
the National Education associa ton
met at Chicago.
3. Fire: Thousand Island park swept by
fire: loss s5O0.000.
Convention: The North American Es-
peranto congress met in Boston.
Mine Disa Ster 81 lives lost in mine ex-
p1ncinr iSt, &c
land.
10. Political: The IA tional Prohibition con-
ventlon met at Atlantic City, n. s.
IL Sporting: Ted Meredith (American)
won the 400 meter race in the OLYMPIC
games, making new worlds record:
time as seconds.
L. Obituary: Gen. H. NJ. Duffield. veteran
Of the civil and Spanish
wars. at Detroit
Political: BY vote Of IS to % the Unit
ed States senate declared that William
Lorimer of Illinois had not been duly
elected to that body.
II. Railroad Accident: l6 killed in a COLI
sion on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad at Western Springs.
Iii.
IA. Sporting. X. X. Macarthur Of South
Africa won the Olympic Marathon at
Stockholm.
10. sporting: America won the track anu
field meet at Stockholm with l2S points
to Swedens l04 and Englands G6.
Thorpe. the Indian. won the decathlon.
Is. Storm: A cloudburst at Denver caused
100000 damage.
II. Obituary: Henri Poincare, the world
famous ,nathema tician. in Paris: aged
So.
Is. Italian War: Italian torpedo boats
tried to run the Dardanelles and were
driven back by the fire of Turkish
forts.
Storm: The mining towns Of Mazuma
and Seventroughs. New, were nearly
wiped out by a cloudburst: many per-
sons killed
70. Fire: A s2,oeo,eeO fire in Vancouver,
B. &.
Obituary: Andrew Lang. English poet,
critic and novelist, at Banchory. Scot
land; aged 6S.
z Sporting: Olympic games ended. Swe-
den won with a total Of 1873 points;
United States. 129 England. Is. United
States led in firsts with Is; Sweden
second with %.
"a. Fire: A 100000 oil fire at Marcus Hook,
Pa,
Obituary: Fannie Denham Rouse, prob
ably the Oldest actress In America, at
Ohiovile. n. Y: aged 81.
Convention: The first international eu-
genics congress met in London.
Sporting: Arthur Chapple ran a motor
cycle mile "A 80 is seconds and 30
miles in 2 rilnutes 3S As seconds, both
records, at Brighton Beach, N. Y.
Is. Storm: cloudburst caused damage in
southwest Pennsylvania; mines food
ed and wide area inundated many
deaths.
a. Aerona utics: huge gas balloons start
ed from Kansas City in an elimination
race for the James Gordon Bennett
contest to be held in Germany.
q. Aeronautics: The balloon Uncle Sam,
which left Kansas City on the 9th.
landed at Manassas. Va. having trav-
eled 925 miles, beating competitors in
the Bennett elimination race
e. Sporting: Ernest Barry. the English
champion sculler. defeated Richard
Arnst Of Australia on the Thames
course for the sculing championship
Of the world.
80. Obituary: Mutsuhito, emperor Of ia
pan. at Tokyo; aged 60. Succeeded by
his son YoshihitoJ
AUGUST.
Z Political: The United States senate
warned foreign nations against acquir-
ing naval military sites near United
States possessions.
J. Storm: Snow fell in Pennsylvania.
4. Sporting: Arthur Chapple drove mo-
torcycle mile in 3s4-5 seconds at
Brighton Beach. beating his own rec
ord of July "a.
s. Political: National convention Of the
Progressive party met at Chicago.
{ Political: The sultan Of Turkey dis
solved parliament: Young Turks lead
ers removed.
T. Political: Theodore Roosevelt and HI
ram johnson nominated by the Pro-
gressive national convention at Chca-
go.
g. Accident: Explosion in the national
palace of Haiti at Port au Prince kill
ed President Leconte. and 400 others
were killed or wounded.
Earthquake: An earthquake In Turkey
destroyed 5000 lives: Adrianople and
Gallipol suffered severely.
10. Army: United States army maneuvers
began in Connecticut.
IL Political: Mulai Ha1d the sultan Of
Morocco. abdicated the throne; Mulai
Youssef was proclaimed sultan.
Convention: The Interna tional Typo
graphical union met at Cleveland. o.
IL. Obituary: Massenet, French composer
Of opera music, at Paris; aged TO- Dr.
Horace Howard Furness noted Shake
spearean scholar. at Wallingford, Pa:
aged 70.