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

JANUARY.
l. Political: Dr. Sun Vat Sen took the
oath as provisional president of China
at Marking.
2. Sporting: Kohlemainen of Finland
won Marathon and championship OF
the world at Edinburgh time, hours
80 minutes 561a seconds. Barney Reilly
broke the record of the Stoughton
slide (skD at Milwaukee with 1877 foot
jump.
Obituary. Alfred Tennyson Dickens son
of the novelist, in New York; aged g..
3. PERSONAL: Cavalieri, the opera star di-
vorced from r. w. Chanler.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Robley D. Ev-
ans, u. S. N, retired, in Washington;
aged 66.
L. Obituary: Capt. J. c. Jorgenson, rifle
inventor, in Washington; aged 60.
8. Fire: In the business section of Co.
lumbia, S. c.; loss about 100000
Storm: A blizzard ragged in the Missis-
sippi valley from Kansas to the lakes;
II persons frozen to death.
6. Political New Mexico proclaimed
state in the Union.
2. Obituary. L. G. Gottschalk, noted old
time opera singer in Chicago; aged &c.
9. Fire: The Equitable Life Assurance
building burned in New York; per-
sons killed. 10 injured.
battle with American cavalry on the
island of Joo.
Shipwreck: The Russian steamer Russ
foundered in the Black sea; l72 lives
lost.
13. Aviation: The French aviator Jules
Vedrines beat the worlds speed record
in flying SS1a miles in hour at Pau
IA. Fire: Loss Of 100000 in Birmingham,
Ala.
10
London Truth, in Florence. Italy; aged
81.
Cuba: The United States government
warned Cuba that political disturb
ance on the island must cease.
Convention: The United Mine Workers
of America met in annual convention
at Indianapolis.
1S. Shipwreck: The British steamship
Wston Hall wrecked off the coast of
Aberdeenshire; 5S seamen drowned
Storm: England blizzard bound, traffic
tied up and telegraph lines wrecked.
Personal: Charles W. Morse, the banker,
freed from Atlanta penitentiary on
pardon by the president
q. Mining Accident: 10 miners killed and
40 injured by dust explosion at Kem-
merer, Wyo
%. Aviation Disaster: Rutherford Page of
New York killed in Curtiss biplane
at Los Angeles, the first fatality in the
United States in 1912.
Railroad Accident: In a wreck on the
Illinois Central at Kinmundy, Ill, the
former president Of the road, j. 7.
Harahan, was killed. also F. o. Mel
cher. second vice president of the Rock
Island, and L. B. Pierce. general solic-
itor Of the same system.
IS Aviation: DR.. c. Ulch, with passen-
gers. stayed in the air l hour and 80
minutes at Johannisthal Germany,
worlds endurance record.
Sporting: George Bonhag ran 5000 me-
ters in 10 minutes As seconds in New
York. a worlds record Pat Macdon-
aid heaved an is pound shot A feet and
a half inch in New York, record
Jack Eller made a new record in 10
yard hurdle race in New York; time, 3
seconds.
r. Obituary: Judge William Lochren,
noted jurist, former commissioner of
pensions, in Minneapolis MINI; aged
So
2s. Fire: The Academy of Music and an
mex buildings destroyed in Pittsfield,
Mass; loss 100000
FEBRUARY.
Q. Warship Disaster: The British subma-
rine torpedo boat A-3 sunk in collision
with gunboat Hazard off the Isle of
Wight; crew of II drowned.
L. The Maine Wreck: The hulk of the
Fire: 81, 100000 factory blaze in Philadel-
phia
6. Obituary: General j. B. Weaver, who
was candidate for president in 1880 and
again in 1892, at Des Moines; aged 79.
Fire: Hotel Downey burned Lansing,
Mich. loss 100000
z. Sporting: Willie Hoppe retained his IT,
tie of worlds champion 1872 balk line
billiards by defeating George Sutton
500 to $50 in New York
o. Obituary: Able Charles Loyson IA
nous French preacher known as Pere
Hyacinthe. at Paris; aged IS.
10 Sporting: The worlds record of feet
31a inches for indoor high jump beaten
by S. c. Lawrence, who leaped feel
Az inches at Boston
~ Obituary: Louis Heilprin, encyclopedias
and writer in New York city; aged 81
China The Manchu dynasty abdicateC
the throne of China by an edict vest
ing the sovereignty in the people.
IA. Dynamiting Al officials and ex-official'
of the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
arrested in various parts Of the coun
try charged with completely in dyna
mite conspiracy.
Political: Arizona proclaimed a state o
the Union
Is. Railroad Accident The Chicago Lin
tied wrecked when running a mile
minute at Warriors Ridge Pa; kill
ed and Il injured.
China: Yuan Shih Kai elected presiden
Of the Chinese republic by the natiOna
assembly
Obituary: Mrs. Roger A Pryor, author
and one of the founders of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, ii
New York city; aged 81
A. Obituary: Count Won Aehrenthal pre-
mIer of Austro Hungary, at Vienna
aged IS.
Fire. In the business district OF Bloom
field, Mo-; loss s2250O0-
20. storm: 20 lives lost In a windstorr
which swept over Louisiana and Mis-
sissipp
n. Alpine Tunnel: Jungfrau railroad tun
mel In the Alps pierced at an altitud