River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-24

King CnarieSs aScen1ed throne or
Roumania.
game in worlds series. Score. to 4,
in Boston.
L. Sporting: Boston Nationals defeated
American Athletics in fourth and de-
Gliding game Of the worlds series
Score. to
Is Storm: Rain broke drought OF
weeks duration.
Panama Canal: Earth slides in Culebra
cut closed the Panama canal to traffic
l6 Mexico: Mexican convention of dele
gates proclaimed itself sovereign rul-
er of Mexico.
60 Convention: American Bar associa-
ton met in Washington.
q. Panama Canal Culebra cut reopen
ed to traffic by dredging
q Political War tax bill became law
q Storm: Phenomenal rainstorm follow
ed by food in the San Antonio river;
L. drowned in San Antonio
Obituary: Rev Edward Judson. son of
Rev Adoniram Judson. the Indian
missionary. and pastor of the Judson
Memorial church in New York city:
aged Il.
"A Political 63d congress adjourned.
Is Obituary: Gen Sir Charles Douglas.
chief Of staff of the British army.
in London; aged "a.
q Mining Disaster: Explosion in the
Mitchell mine. Royalton. Ill. caused
the loss of SO lives
% Balkan Conspiracy: PrinZip, who as
sassinated Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand OF Austria sentenced to 20
years Imprisonment for the crime:
of his fellow conspirators were sem
fenced to death and others from 3
years to life.
30 Sporting: Alfredo De Gro defeated
George Moore for the three cushioned
billiard championship by so to 50 in
New York
81 Anniversary: Historical pageant in
New York city to mark the tercenten-
nary of the beginning of commerce
in that port
Sporting: Harvard beat Michigan at In
tersectional football. to 0. at Cam
bridge Chicago and Wisconsin played
to in football at Madison, Wis fill
nois defeated Minnesota at football.
q to g. at Minneapolis. Mimi
NOVEMBER.
1. Obituary. Gen A. r. Chaffee. L s. A.,
retired veteran of the civil and Span
ish-American wars, at Los Angeles.
Cal; aged r.
z Mexico: Gen. Eulalie Gutierrez was
elected provisional president Of Mex
leo by the national convention
g. Obituary: prof" A S King, vetera n
aeronaut. in Philadelphia. aged 40
T. Obituary: F A. Henze, the copper
king" at Saratoga Springs, N.
6 Obituary: Prof August Weissman. eel
ebrated zoologist, at Freiburg. Ger
many; aged 80
Cattle Disease: United States govern
ment quarantined Iowa and Massachu-
sets against cattle diseases, making
ten states in all under quarantine
Z. Sporting: Harvard defeated Princeton
l-,sxl oil
beat Brown, IA to 6, at New Haven.
Michigan scored "a to PENIS at Ann
Arbor
8 Convention American road congress
met at Atlanta, Ga. American Fedora
ton of Labor met in Philadelphia.
Mexico: Carranza chief of the Mexican
Nationals. defied the national cOnven-
ton
10. Convention: United Daughters of the
Confederacy met at Savannah. Ca
Ii. Fire: Plant of the American Window
Glass company at Jeanette. Pa. burn
ed: loss 100000.
L. Conventions w. C. T. q convention
met at Atlanta. Ga. National Ameri~
can Woman Suffrage association met
at Nashville, Tenn
H. Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at
football. 10 to IA. at Princeton, N
Illinois beat Chicago. q to Z. at foot
ball at Urbana, LII
16 Financial: Federal reserve banks open
ed releasing $3.50 100000 for loans
Personal: Dr. Anna Shaw elected presi
dent of National w oman Suffrage as
ISOLATION
Convention: National Apple show open
ed at Spokane, Wash.
H. Personal: Miss Anna A. Gordon elect
ed president W. C. T. y
Is Convention: National Municipal league
met in Baltimore
Mexico: Villa seized Provisional Presl
dent Gutierrez and several members OF
the national convention
49, Mexico: Villas troops occupied Quere
taro. a strong fortified city
Obituary: Rev Robert j Burdette. for
mer newspaper humorist. lecturer and
author, at Los Angeles; aged n
Shipwreck: "a lives lost on Lake Su-
perior by the wreck of steamship c.
Curtis and two schooners during a
storm.
n PERSONAL. Samuel Gompers elected
president American Federation of La
Dor
Sporting: Goullet and Grenda, Austria
liam team won the six day bicycle
race in New York: distance for i4z
hours 2758 miles l lap-7 miles | lap
ahead Of record. Harvard beat Yale
at football. Sc to O. at New Haven
Hannes Kolehmainen ran six miles
across country in Sc min. II Sec in
Brooklyn. N Y Illinois defeated Wis
consin in conference football contest
at Madison, Wis. "a to g
e. Mexico: y. s army evacuated Vera
Cruz
"a Shipwreck: Is deaths in the wreck
ing of the schooner Hanalei on Dux
bury reef Cal
IS Mexico: Zapata's troops took posses
sion Of the Mexican capital
Obituary: Col. r. B. Beath, noted vet
eran in G. A. R. circles. in Philadel-
phia; aged "a
R Sporting: Cornell beat Pennsylvania
"a to IL at football in Philadelphia.
g. Sporting: Army defeated the Navy at
football on Franklin field. Philadel-
phia, 20 to o.
Financial: New York Stock Exchange.
which closed at the beginning Of the
European war. reopened
DECEMBER.
|. Fire: On board the steamship Mis-
sissippi destroyed art objects in trans
it from Europe valued at $1.0OO.000
Obituary: Rear Admiral A T Mahan.
u S N. strateg1st and writer. in
Washington; aged IA.
T. American Civic association met In
Wa ShinQTOn