The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-01-01


Fire: over 5000 buildings were burned in
Tokyo; loss s2,5O0,0Oo
e. Obituary: Ye Ho Ma La, titular en-
press dowager of China, at Peking:
aged rs.
Mexico: The deposed president and vice
president Of Mexico. MHdero and Sua-
rez were killed in a mysterious man
ner while under guard by revolution
lists.
"a Sporting: Alfredo De Oro the pool
champion defeated Thomas Hueston,
challenger for the worlds champion
ship by score of 200 to l57
2S Fire: The burning of the Dewey hotel.
Omaha, caused a heavy loss of life.
MARCH.
l. Shipwreck: British steamer Calvados
foundered i'm the sea of Marmora. zoo
lives lost
Fire: Loss of 100000 at Argenta. Kan,
by the burning of the Gulf Compress
companys plant
1 Disaster at Sea: German torpedo boat
destroyer S-l7S sunk in collision off
Helgoland and Il of the crew perished
Political woodrow Wilson inaugurated
as the 2Sth president of the United
States
6 Historical; The ship Niagara, which
Commodore Perry used in his victo
rious battle on Lake Erie in 1913, was
raised from the bottom of the lake
near Erie, Pa.
Balkan War. The Greeks captured Ja-
nina from the Turks. securing 5000
prisoners.
Political. The senate confirmed Presi-
dent Wilson's cabinet nominations as
follows: State, William Bryan OF
Nebraska treasury. William Gibbs
McAdoo of New York war. Lindey
Murray Garrison of New Jersey; at
torney general, James Clark McReyn-
olds of Tennessee postmaster general,
Albert Sidney Burleson Of Texas; navy,
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina;
interior, Franklin Knight Lane of Cal
ifornia; agriculture, David Franklin
Houston of Missouri; commerce, Will
liam Cox Redfield of New York labor.
william Bauchop Wilson of Pennsyl-
vania.
Sporting Mcdonald scored new worlds
record by hurting the "A pound shot 80
feet and 3st inches in New York
kiviat made a new worlds record by
running LOCO yards in 2 minutes l5 4-5
seconds in New York.
Z. Explosion: About 80 men killed and 10
injured by explosion of dynamite i'll
transit on the steamship Alum Chine
in Baltimore harbor
s. Fire: At Yokohama; loss of 81 500. 900.
II. Obituary: Dr. Billings, Federal
war veteran, author and librarian. in
New York city; aged "A.
l3. storm: Electrical tornado swept over
the lower southern and southwestern
states no deaths
IA. Fire: Plant of the Elmira Telegram de-
stroyed; loss $350,0OO
10. Storm: blizzard ragged from Illinois
to the Dakotas
Is. Greece: King George assassinated at
Salonki
u. Storm: Blizzard and cyclonic storm
ravaged the central and southwestern
states, destroying over 100 lives and
property valued a several million dol
lars.
Greece: King Constantine ascended the
throne.
q Obituary: Frank S. Black. ex-governor
of New York and noted lawyer, in
Troy; aged 90.
23. Storm: Cyclone killed Is outright at
Terre Haute and injured over 200 many
mortally. over 200 killed in Omaha.
where 1000 houses We're burned or
wrecked. Many Nebraska towns smit-
ten.
e. Obituary: Field Marshal Viscount Gar
net Joseph Wolseley famous British
soldier. at Mentone. France; aged So
e. Flood: Waters reached their height In
Ohio; AGO lives lost, and estimated prop
erty loss above S3O)OOo.OcJ
a. Balkan War: Turks surrendered Adri-
anopie TO the BugarIans and Servians
with 6lOO0 prisoners Allied troops at
tacked the IufkIsh lines at the Chatal-
ia defenses of Constantnople.
81. Obituary. John Pierpont Morgan cap
italist, in Rome; aged 20.
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