The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-02
81 ISo0o feet, where station IL 10

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 $G500,000
and 1000 people homeless.
e. 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 q
20 round contest for the worlds feath-
erweight championship at Los Angeles
e. 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.
T. Storm: A tornado swept over Texas
| Kansas. Mississippi and Missouri
| causing heavy loss Of life and prop
erty.
r. Mexico: Juarez, Mexico. captured by
; insurgents against Maderos govern
! nent.
! MARCH.
! l. War In Tripol: Italian war depart
I ment announced that the loss from
| Italian troops in the war with Turkey
. was $50
| English Coal Strike: Strike Of 100000
! British miners in displ1G over wages.
8. OBITUARY. ANNE 1edUldHS. wen hIIo"II
; actress. in New York city: aged g..
| PERSONAL: Marconl. pioneer Of wireless
| telegraphy. made a life member of the
Italian senate
! z. South Pole Search Amundsen. the ex-
, plorer, announced that he reached tho
| south pole on Dec. II. 1911
! TO- China: Yuan Shin Kai inaugurated pro-
visional president of China.
10. Lawrence Strike: End of the strike OF
mill operatives at Lawrence. Mass.
! which began Jan. H. 1912.
IA. Obituary: Henry Bacon. noted Ameri-
! can artist. at Cairo. Egypt: aged 70
IL. Shipwreck: American fishing schooner
Patrician wrecked off Cape Sable: cap
tain and 8 of the crew drowned
Storm: The South Atlantic coast states
| swept by a hurricane; many deaths:
traffic paralyzed
lG. 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
,leship Maine was sunk with imposing
ceremonies off the coast of Cuba.
Il. Obituary: Rear Admiral G. w. Mel
vle noted naval veteran Of the civil!
war and later an arctic explorer. at
Philadelphia: aged r.
Sporting: Arthur Postle, fanaa'ls profess
sional runner, made $50 yard dash in
| l4l-5 seconds and a 200 yard dash in Is
seconds at Auckland, New Zealand;
both are worlds records.
Is. 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: mysterious explosion killed
81 men at San Antonio. Tex.
49, Celebration: The Philadelphia Acade-
my of Natural Sciences celebrated its
centenary.
TO- Mining Accidents: 9 miners killed by
explosion at Dunmore, near Scranton
! Pa. Explosion wrecked the San Bots
| mines at McCurtain. Okla. burying
over 100 miners.
T. Battle near Jiminez, Mexico. between
government troops and 1880 insurgents.
who were routed.
e. Obituary: Gen. II. H. Bingham, MEM
Der Of congress- known as the father
OF the house." at Philadelphia: aged II.
&C. Mexico: Insurgents repulsed an at
tack by regular troops at Jiminez.
Judicial: Chicago meat packers declared
| not guilty OF Eiolating the antitrust
law.
Mining Accident: 81 miners killed by an
explosion at Jed, W. Va.
Riot: During political riot at Rock
Island the police fired on the crowd.
killing citizens and wounding g.
o. Conventions: The American Academy
Of Political Social Science met in thil-
adelphia.
Fire: Young's pier, noted resort at At
lantic City, burned; loss 100000.
h. Obituary: Senator Robert Love Taylor
of Tennessee, a veteran in national
politics known as "Fiddling Bob" in
Washington: aged 81.
APRIL.
/. Sporting: Oxford won the annual race
with Cambridge on the Thames; time
for AZ miles. % minutes seconds
Z Political: Milwaukee elected fusion
mayor over Socialist by 1900 ma
lority.
| 5. Aviation Disaster: Calbraith Rodgers.
aviator, who few from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in 1911. killed In flight at
Long Beach, Cal.
! T. Obituary: DR.. !. X. Funk author and
publisher at Montclair. N. j.: aged 70.
6. Strike: English miners confederation
abandoned their coal strike.
8. Flood: 1000 square miles inundated by
a food in the Mississippi; damage es-
innate 100000: 10000 homeless
! Obituary: Emily Soldene. vocalist. &C
tress, journalist and novelist. who in
| PRODUCED Gilbert and Sullivan operas
in America, in London.
| III. Inc Iltan1c: L ne w Nlte StaT liner IL
tanic. largest passenger steamer afioat.
sailed from Southampton on her maid
en- voyage for New York.
| II. Sporting: Major league baseball season
| opened.
| IL Obituary: Miss Clara Barton, founder
| OF the American Red Cross society. at
| Glen Echo. Nd; aged 80 Gen. Fred
| erick Dent Grant. son Of the late Gen
u. S. Grant, in New York city: aged 62.
| H. Political: The state department warm
| ed the Mexicans that their country
| will be held responsible for the protec-
ton of Americans
Is. 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 e.. lsldor
| Straus merchant and philanthropist,
at sea; aged g. Francis D. Millet. art
list, at sea: aged 65. Col. }. j. Astor.
| soldier and capitalist, at sea: aged a.
| Jacques Futrelle. author. at sea; aged
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