The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-01-02

Storm: The middle west struck by
blizzard, which in some places was the
worst In many years.
Fire: In the business and residence Sec
ton of Houston. Tex; loss S6500,00O
and 1000 people homeless.
2 Windstorm: The Atlantic coast struck
by wind travelling at the rate of over
80 miles an hour and often over 100
miles.
Sporting: Kilbane defeated Attell in a
20 round contest for the worlds feath-
erweight championship at Los Angeles.
Q. Italian War: The Italian parliament
voted to annex Tripoli.
"A. Political: Roosevelt formally an
nounced that he would accept the Re-
publican nomination If offered him
Is. Storm: A tornado swept over Texas.
Kansas, Mississippi and Missouri,
causing heavy loss of life and prop
erty.
"a. Mexico Juarez Mexico, captured by
insurgents against Madero's govern
nlent.
MARCH.
1. War in Tripoli Italian war depart
ment announced that the loss from
Italian troops in the war with Turkey
was $50.
English Coal Strike. Strike of 100000
bIlllSu HllIGIS III ii ulSpule ONti NdStS'
8 Obituary: Annie Yeamans, well known
actress. in New York city; aged 76
4. PERSONAL: Marconi pioneer of wireless
telegraphy, made life member of the
Italian senate.
Z. South Pole Search: Amundsen, the ex
plorer, announced that he reached the
south pole on Dec. II, 1911
10. China: Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated pro-
visional president of China.
13. Lawrence Strike End of the strike of
mill operatives at Lawrence, Mass,
which began Jan. IL. 1912.
IA. Obituary: Henry Bacon, noted Ameri
can artist, at Cairo, Egypt; aged 7S
Is. Shipwreck: American fishing schooner
Patrcian wrecked off Cape Sable; cap
tain and of the crew drowned.
Storm: The South Atlantic coast states
swept by a hurricane: many deaths;
traffic paralyzed
16. Shipwreck: 10 lives lost by the sinking
of the Oriental liner Oceana after col
lsion in the English channel.
The Maine Wreck: The hulk of the bat
tleship Maine was sunk with imposing
ceremonies off the coast of Cuba.
H. Obituary: Rear Admiral G. w. Mel
vile, noted naval veteran of the civil
war and later an arctic explorer, at
Philadelphia; aged 72
Sporting: Arthur Postle. famous profess
SlOndl runner, flldue u lou ydTu udSn III
141-5 seconds and a 200 yard dash in Is
seconds at Auckland, New Zealand;
both are worlds records.
lS, Personal: Judge Mahlon Pitney of
New Jersey was installed as associate
Justice of the United States supreme
court.
Aerial Warfare: An Italian army aero
plane dropped bombs into a Turkish
camp in Tripoli killing 10 Arabs.
Explosion: A mysterious explosion killed
so men at San Antonio, Tex.
19 Celebration: The Philadelphia Acade-
my of Natural Sciences celebrated it's
centenary
20 Mining Accidents: 9 miners killed by
explosion at Dunmore, near Scranton,
Pa. Explosion wrecked the San Bois
mines at McCurtain, Okla, burying
over 100 miners.
90 Battle near Jiminez, Mexico, between
government troops and 1880 insurgents,
who were routed.
g. Obituary: Gen H. H. Bingham, men,
ber of congress, known as the father
Of the house." at Philadelphia; aged Il.
26. Mexico: Insurgents repulsed an at
tack by regular troops at Jiminez.
Judicial: Chicago meat packers declared
not guilty of violating the antitrust
law.
Mining Accidents so miners killed by an
explosion at Jed, w. Va.
Riot: During a political riot at Rock
Island the police fired on the crowd.
killing citizens and wounding 8.
%. Convention: The American Academy
of Political Social Science met in Phil
adelphia.
Fire: Young's pier, noted resort at At
lantic City. burned; loss $5OO,OOO.
81. Obituary: Senator Robert Love Taylor
of Tennessee, a veteran in national
Doh, - L.,
Washington; aged 81.
APRIL.
/. Sporting: oxford won the annual race
with Cambridge on the Thames; time
for Az miles, % minutes seconds.
2 Political Milwaukee elected a fusion
mayor over a Socialist by 1900 ma
jority.
g. Aviation Disaster: Calbraith Rodgers
aviator, who flew from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in 1911, killed in flight at
Long Beach, Cal.
4. Obituary: DIR. /. K. Funk, author and
publisher, at Montclair. N. j.; aged 73
G. Strike: English miners confederation
abandoned their coal strike.
g. Flood: 1000 square miles inundated by
a flood in the Mississippi; damage es-
innate $10,0O00O0; 10000 homeless
Obituary. Emily Soldene. vocalist, ac-
troduced Gilbert and Sullivan operas
in America, in London.
10. The Titanic: The White Star liner Tt
tanic, largest passenger steamer afloat,
sailed from Southampton on her maid
en- voyage for New York.
IL. Sporting: Major league baseball season
opened.
IL. Obituary: Miss Clara Barton, founder
of the American Red Cross society at
Glen Echo. Md. aged go Gen. Fred
erick Dent Grant son of the late Gen,
u. S. Grant in New York city; aged 62.
IA Political: The state department warn
ed the Mexicans that their country
will be held responsible for the protec-
ton of Americans.
lb. Titanic Wreck: The White Star liner
Titanic sunk by collision with an ice
berg in longitude 50.l4 west latitude
l.46 north. at 2:2O a. m; out of 2,2OS
passengers and crew only 707 were
saved.
Obituary: w. T. Stead, journalist and
reformer, at sea; aged g. IsidoI
Straus, merchant and philanthropist
at sea; aged 81. Francis d. Millet, art
list, at sea; aged 65. Col. ]. ]. Astor
soldier and capitalist. at sea; aged AZ
jacques Futrelle. author. at sea; ageC
81.
l6 Aviation: Miss Harriet Quimby, the
American al woman dau aorooa ths