The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-25


the deposed Mexican president. was
killed by the revolutionists.
Fire: Over 5000 buildings were burned In
Tokyo: loss $2.5Oo.00O
e. Obituary: Ye Ho Ma La. titular en-
press dowager of China. at Picking:
aged u.
Mexico: The deposed president and vice
president of Mexico. Madero and Sua-
req. were killed In a mysterious man
ner while under guard by revolution
lists.
q. Sporting: Alfredo De Orc. the pool
champion, defeated Thomas Hueston.
challenger for the worlds champion
ship, by a score Of 200 to 167.
q. Fire: The burning of the Dewey hotel.
Omaha, caused heavy loss Of life.
MARCH.
L shlpwreck: British steamer calvados
foundered In the sea of Marmora: 2oo
lives lost
Fire: Loss of $4,000 at Argenta. Kan.
by the burning Of the Gulf Compress
companys plant.
Disaster at Sea: German torpedo boat
destroyer Sits sunk in collision OF
Helgoland and Il of the crew perished.
Political: Woodrow Wilson inaugurated
as the 18th president of the United
States
& Historical: The ship Niagara. which
Commodore Perry used In his victo-
rious battle on Lake Erie In 1918. was
raised from the bottom Of the lake
near Erie, Pa.
Balkan War: The Greeks captured ia
nina from the Turks. securing $1,000
prisoners.
Political: The senate confirmed Presi-
dent Wilson's cabinet nomin atoms as
follows: State, William j. Bryan OF
Nebraska: treasury. William Gibbs
McAdoo of New York; war. Lindley
Murray Garrison Of New jersey at
torney general. James Clark McReyn-
olds of Tennessee: postmaster general.
Albert Sidney Burleson Of Texas: navy.
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina;
Interior Franklin Knight Lane Of Cal
ifornia: agriculture. David Franklin
Houston OF Missouri; commerce. Will
liam Cox Redf1eld Of New York: labor,
William Bauchop Wilson Of Pennsyl-
vania.
Sporting: Mcdonald scored a new worlds
record by hurting the "a pound shot 80
feet and 81 inches In New York.
Kiviat made new worlds record by
running 1000 yards in minutes 5 -
seconds in New York.
Z. Explosion: About 30 men killed and go
injured by explosion Of dynamite in
In Baltimore harbor.
8. Fire: At Yokohama; loss of $780, 900.
II. Obituary: Dr.. ]. 8. Billings, Federal
war veteran, author and librarian. In
New York city: aged "A.
l3. Storm: Electrical tornado swept over
the lower southern and southwestern
states: 100 deaths.
H. Fire: Plant Of the Elmira Telegram de-
stroyed; loss $35O.0O0.
Is. Storm: A blizzard ragged from Illinois
to the Dakotas.
Ii. Greece: King George assassinated at
Saloniki
a. Storm: Blizzard and cyclonlc storm
ravaged the central and southwestern
states, destroying over 100 lives and
property valued at several million dol
lars.
Greece: King Constantine assembled the
throne.
q Obituary: Frank 8. Black. ex-governor
of New York and noted lawyer. in
Troy: aged 60.
q. Storm: Cyclone killed Is outright at
Terre Haute and injured over 200. many
MORALLY. Over 200 killed in Omaha,
where 1900 houses were burned or
wrecked. Many Nebraska towns smit-
ten. e.,
Is. Obituary: Field Marshal Viscount Gar
net Joseph Wolseley, famous British
soldier. at Mentone France; aged so.
rs Flood: Waters reached their height in
Ohio; 400 lives lost. and estimated prop
erty loss above OO,00O,0O0.
q. Balkan War: Turks surrendered Adrt-
anople to the Bulgarians and Servians
with $1,000 prisoners. Allied troops at
tackled the Turkish lines at the Chatal-
ia defenses of Constantinople
q. Obituary: John Pierpont Morgan. cap
italist, in Rome: aged IS.
APRIL.
l. Personal: Ex-President w. H. Taft
took up his duties as professor at Yale
university
/ Convention: International congress of
historical studies convened in London.
Suffragettes: Emmeline Pankhurst SEN
fenced to 3 years Imprisonment In
London for suffragette outrages.
& Political: President Wilson read a mes
sage before congress In joint session.
reviving q custom abandoned In 1901.
TO- Sporting: Major baseball leagues open-
ed the season Of 1913
L. Obituary: John B. Henderson,. former
United States senator and author Of
the 18th amendment to the constitution.
in Washington; aged 86.
Is Railroad Accident: killed In a COLI
sion on the Vermont Central near st.
Lambert, Canada.
IL Strike: 10000 Belgian workmen went
on a strike for equal suffrage
Personals: Illness of Pope Plus changed
for the worse.
Obituary: Carl Hagenbeck, noted animal
collector and Snowman. near Hamburg.
Germany; aged 50.
Convention: Congress Of the Daughters
of the American Revolution opened In
Washington.
l6 PERSONAL: Funeral Of John Pierpont
Morgan held in New York city.
Conventions: National Council Of Women
met In Washington.
II. Aviation Disaster: The French mill
tary balloon Zodiac burst at a height
Of ESQ feet at Noisy-le-Grand. France:
officers and pilot killed.
Personal: Crisis In tho illness Of Pope
Plus; death seemed imminent
Is. Personal: Mrs William Cumming Sto.
ry elected president general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
g. Balkan War: The Turkish fortress Of
Scutari captured by Montenegrins
e. Mining Disaster: 40 coal miners killed
G BY explosion p, in the c4c'n"as' mine at
Dickens Reminder: Mrs. Mary Ann Coop
er. original Of Dickens Little Dor
rit," died in London in her Tooth year
q. Strike: The industrial strike in Bel
pfum for equal suffrage ended; loss