The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-03

from the Atiantic 10 the Pacific In 1871,
killed in flight at Long Beach, Cal.
G. English. Miners, Confederation aban-
doned their cosl strike.
10. The Waite Star liner Titanic. largest
passenger steamer afoat, sailed from
southampton on her maiden voyage
for, New York.
air woman, few across the English
chaHrel The first woman to accom-.
plish the Feat.
%. Cable ship Mackay Bennett with her
cargo OF 100 of the Titanic dead re-
covered from the sea reached Halifax.
\, 5. Is
Is. Coal miners convention at Wilkes
barre adopted an agreement with mine
owners and ended the strike; I7o, 900
miners resumed work.
JUNE.
1. Philip o. FarmaIee Killed in aviation
fight at North Yakima. Wash.
.. President Taft welcomed the visiting
division of the German navy to Amer.
lean waters at Fort Monroe, Va.
TO- The squadron OF three German war
ships visiting the United States steanl-
ed into The Hudson. escorted by four
American battleships.
49, Capt. Dubois and Lieut.. Albert Pei
Enan officers in the French army,
killed when their bplanes coliided in
nidair al Douai, France.
>e JULY.
/. Miss Harriet Quimby, the first woman
to cross the English channel in an
aeroplane, killed in flight at Boston
Z The great dirigible balloon Akron ex~
ploded in fight at Atlantic City, N. J..
killing s. aeronauts, including Melvin
Naniman, her pilot.
8. The memorial lighthouse to commem-
crate the tercentenary of Champtains
discovery Of the lake which bears his
name, was unveiled at Crown Point,
n. 7. s.
ls. Herman Rosenthal. New York gam
bier and accuser Of the police, shot
dead In the street. .s.
%. The balloon Uncle Sam, which left
Kansas City on the 9th. landed at
Manassas. Va, having travelled 925
miles. beating 6 competitors in the
Bennett elimination race.
AUGUST.
10. United States army maneuvers began
in Connecticut.
IL. Mulai Hafd. the sultan Of Morocco,
abdicated the throne; Mulai Youssef
was proclaimed sultan
II. The war game ended at Newtown,
Conn. e
e. President Taft signed the Panama ca
nal bill regulating the canal tolls.
N.. SEPTEMBER r.
H. Gen. Count Msrosuke Nogi, the Japa-
nese hero of Port Arthur, and his wife
killed themselves at Tokyo because Of
the death Of the emperor.
8. The SNth anniversary Of the meeting
Of Il governors ON the 25th OF Septem-
Der, 1852. at Altoona, Pa, was cele-
brated in that city.
%. The Pulitzer school of Journalism at
Columbia university opened IN New
York
ocToBEH.
I. Trial Of the Dynamite plctters at Los
Angeles Oct. l.. 1910. was begun in In
disnapofis. 4'.'
l. Col. Theodore Roosevelt was shot at
Milwaukee bv would be ASSASSIN,
named John Schraux.
s. The city, of Vera Cruz, Mexico, arose
in rebellion against President Madero
Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew Of ex-Presi-
dent Diaz. was at the head Of the in
surrection. 81 f.i
s. Vera Cruz, Mexico, recaptured from
the insurg $ts by federal forces
s. Lieut.. Charles Becker Of the New
York police found guilty of the MUIR
der of Herman Rosenthal on July is
in New York city.
O. The French balloon PIcardie won the
James Gordon Bennett cup by flight
OF 1851 miles "a worlds record from
Stuttgart, Germany, nearly to Moscow,
Russia.