The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-02
Brooklyn; aged Is. Samuel Coleridge-

London; aged 81.
Storms: killed and % hurt by cloud
burst which struck a Northwestern
passenger train near Green Bay, Wis.
death roll Of so and property loss
Of 5000 900 resulted from a storm and
cloudburst in the Panhandle district OF
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
g. Fire: Fire in Ocean Park, resort near
Los Angeles, Cal, caused damage OF
over $5.00O00O.
s. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Arthur MacAr-
thur, u. A., retired. at Milwaukee;
aged CT.
7. Sporting: Jerome Travers won the am
ateur golf championship of the United
States, defeating Charles Evans IT.,
at Wheaton. H., In final round
.. Political: Maine went Republican.
Conventions: The Spanisl-American war
veterans were in session at Atlantic
City. N. }.
10. Mexico: Mexican regular troops cross
ed United States soil in pursuit OF in
surgeDts by marching through Arizona
with the consent of the government
Convention: The American Bankers as
ISOLATION met in Detroit.
II. Convention: The national encampment
Of the G. A. r. met at Los Angeles.
Cal Eucharistic congress opened IN
Vienna
13. Personal: Judge Alfred B. Beers OF
Connecticut elected commander in chief
Of the G. A. r. at Los Angeles. Gen.
Count Marosuke Nogi, the Japanese
hero Of Port Arthur, and his wife kill
ed themselves at Tokyo because Of the
death Of the emperor
49, Obituary: Ex-senator fernando De
Soto Money, at Gulfport. Miss: aged 80.
Sporting: The Chicago Americans de-
feated Philadelphia at Chicago, in
surfing the league nennant to the Bos-
ton Red Sox for the worlds series
e Storm: A typhoon in Japan caused a
loss of SO. 100000.
g. Conventions: The international peace
congress opened at Geneva.
a. Obituary: Baron Marschall Won Bic
bernstein, noted German diplomat, at
Berlin; aged 20.
G5 Anniversary: The 50lh anniversary or
the meeting Of IA governors on the 18th
OF September, 1862, at Altoona, Pa, was
celebrated in that city.
e. Nicaragua: Gen. Mena, the Nicaragua
revolutionist, surrendered with all his
army to United States and Nicaraguan
troops.
n. Sporting: The New York club Of the
National Baseball league "cinched" the
pennant by defeating the Boston club
in New York by S to 3.
q. Naval: The French battleship Paris,
the most formidable in the navy.
launched at Toulon: she mounts l. inch
guns and 70 smaller pieces.
Obituary: Arthur Lunley, old time art
ist at Mount Vernon, n. Y: aged 70.
Aviation Disasters: Three aviators. in
Guiding two United States army air
men. killed in flight, making total
deaths in the air to date 1871.
29. Sporting: Matt McGrath made new
n
hammer record distance Of 191 feet
inches; former record $50 feet inch.
30. Personal: The Pulitzer school Of jour
nalism at Columbia university opened
in New York.
Obituary: The Rev. Augustus Orlebar.
an English vicar, who was the original
Tom Brown in TON Browns School
Days" at Wilmington. England
OCTOBER.
4. Dynamiters: Trial of the dynamite
plotters at Los Angeles Oct l. 1910. was
begun in indianapolis.
2. Obituary: Rear Admiral Lucien Young
U. S. n, in New York city; aged 60.
Sportng Ralph De Palma won the VAN
derbilt auto cup on the Wauwatosa
course, Wisconsin,; time, hours
minutes 81. IS seconds; distance about
300 miles. The Australian team won
the international cricket match by a
margin Of 1872 runs in New York
t. Marine Accident: The British b sub
marine cut in two by an ocean liner In
the English channel; 10 drowned.
Conventions The Army of the Tennessee
held its annual convention al Peoria
Balkan War: Hostilities between the
Balkan states and Turkey were begun
by a clash on the frontier north OF
Adrianope.
s. Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis OF Bos-
ton won the national woman's golf
championship at Manchester, Mass. by
score of up and to play.
Z. Obituary: Ex-senator w. A. PETER,
one of the Populist leaders in the SEN
ate. at Grenola Kan; aged 81.
s. Obituary: Frank Bostock, the show
animal trainer. in London; aged so.
Balkan War: Montenegro declared war
against Turkey.
Sporting: In the opening game OF the
worlds series at New York the Boston
Americans (Red Sox) defeated the New
York Nationals (Giants) by a score OF
to 3.
10. Personal: DR.. Alexis Carrel Of the
Rockefeller institute was awarded the
Nobel prize of $4,000 for achievement
In surgery,
bdlkdH war. l lie MOIlcIlesIti al NY
captured Detchitch mountain. on the
road to Scutari, with nearly all Of the
Turkish defenders.
II. Anniversary: The centenary Of Drury
Lane theater celebrated in London at
the close of play.
Is. Balkan War: Bulgaria presented to
Turkey the ultimatum of the Balkan
states.
H. The Courts: A verdict for the plain
tiffs in the celebrated Danbury hat
ters' boycott case was given in the
United States district court at Hart
ford, Conn.
Personal: Col. Theodore Roosevelt was
shot at Milwaukee by would be as
sassn named John Schrank.
rs. Tripoltan War: Peace protocol signed
by Italy and Turkey. bringing to a.,
end the war over Trpoli which began
September. 1911.
Is. Typhoon: Loss Of s25,00o,000 in a ty-
phoon in the Philippines.
Sporting: Boston Red SoX won the final
game in the worlds championship Sc
ries. defeating the New York Giants
to at Boston.
Mexico: The city of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
arose in rebellion against President
Madero; Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew of
ex-President Diaz, was at the head Of
the instruction.
H. Balkan War: Turkey declared war
nd prlu r;a