River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-24
GLEAN|NGS FROM
1874 PRESENTED
Political. Social and Miscel-
IaneOus Happenings OF
General interest Ne.
CrOlOgy o, the Year
JANUARY.

JANUARY.
Obituary: Dr S1Ias Weir Mitchell.
distinguished nerve specialist. also
novelist OF note. IN Philadelphia.
aged IS.
Obituary: Gen Simon Bolivar Buck
ner noted Confederate leader III the
civil war and Mexican war veteran.
at Munfordville, Ky aged so
10 Mexico. Gen Francisco Villas Mexi-
can insurgent forces captured Dim
aga, driving out the fedora garrison
by spirited attack
II Thaw Case. A commission of the
United States court reported that
Harry K Thaw is sane
IA Obituary Count Yukyo Ito. noted
Japanese feet admiral. at Tokyo
aged II
Is Obituary Gen Louis Wagner noted
Federal war veteran mead of the g
A r l880-81. in Philadelphia. aged 70
Conventions international waterways
congress met at San Francisco
l6 Shpwreck British submarine Al
sank at torpedo practice. carrying
down her crew OF II men
10 Obituary: Gen Marie Georges Pic
quart French officer. noted the
famous Dreyfus persecution case, in
Paris; aged 50
81 Obituary. Lord StrathcOna UonaId
Alexander Smith) Canadian capital
ISL anu STATESMAN, III IIltIuOlit kle5tNA il
Is Obituary Former United states Sen
ator Shelby Moore Cullon of Illinois
aged "a
80 Shpwreck old DOMINION nneI Mon
roe sunk by collision off the Virginia
capes with loss ut II lives.
81. Obituary: Gen James Adams BeaV-
err civil veteran and ex governor
of Pennsylvania. at Bellefonte. Pa;
aged n
FEBRUARY.
Sporting Willie Hoppe maintained
his title for the 1872 balk line billiard
championship by a score of 800 to 22t
in II innings. defeating George Sutton.
at Hotel AstOr, New York
Fire. Fire destroyed 81 100000 worth of
cotton at Clinton Tex
Mexico United States embargo on
shipment Of arms and munitions Of
war to Mexico lifted by executive
order
Peru Peruvian revolutIonists depos
ed President Gullermo Billinghurst
In an attack on the palace Prime Min
lister Varela was killed.
IL Obituary Elizabeth G Brien Brown
low. widow of PEARSON" Brownlow.
noted civil war character. at Knox
vile, Tenn; aged 50
IL Cold Wave: First extensive cold wave
of the season in the east; zero wealth
e1 in New York city: so below at Big
Moose. Y.
l3 Obituary: Alphonse Bertillon, origi-
natoI of system OF criminal ldentIflca-
ton. at Paris: aged 81
IA Obituary: Augustus Octavius Bacon.
United States senator from Georgia,
IN Washington. aged Is
Storm "A blizzard Of seet and snoW in
90 mile gale swept the eastern
states. blockading traffic generally
Is. Obituary: ViscOunt Aoki. noted Japa-
nese statesman formerly ambassador
to the United States. in Tokyo: aged
20
H. Obituary: Mrs. Robert Louis Steven
son widow of the noted author, in
Montecito Cal
g Flood: elimination OF floods In south
ern California, accompanied by sew
eral deaths and a property loss Of
$4,50O,OO0
Obituary. Former United States Sena-
tor Henry Nj Teller OF Colorado. at
Denver. aged 81
"a Judicial: New York court of appeals
granted a new trial to Becker. police
lieutenant convicted for the murder OF
gambler Herman ROsenthal
MARCH.
6 Obituary; George W Vanderbilt. mil
lionaire. in Washington; aged 81
O. Fire Disaster: In a fire which de-
stroyed the Missouri Athletic club
house, ST Louis, 80 persons persisted
Obituary: Edward H. Butler. noted ed
itor. proprietor Of the Buffalo News.
in Buffalo; aged Ga
II. Obituary: George Westinghouse, In
ventor of the railway air brake and
other devices. in New York city; aged
IL. Fire: Loss OF nearly S1,0O0.000 by the
burning OF the Columbia docks at
Portland, Ore
Sporting Willie Richie. world light
weight champion. defeated AID VOL
CAST in ten rounds at Milwaukee
It, Naval New dreadnought. compan-
ion ship of the mammoth battleship
Pennsylvania, launched at New York
49, Shipwreck: so persons drowned at
Venice. Italy. by the sinking of pas
senger steamer in collision with
torpedo boat
20 Sporting: Champion Willie Hoppe de-
feated George Sutton in an 1871 inch
billiard championship match in New
York
Obituary: Marie Jansen, formerly noted
comic opera singer, at Medford, Mass.
q. Mexico: Mexican rebels. led by Gen.
Francisco Villa, attacked the federals
at Torreon.
a. Fire: Loss of 100000 by the burn
ing of a tobacco plant at Durham.
N c.
Mexico: Rebel forces checked in attack
on Torreon by federal garrison.
Is Obituary: Frederic Mistral. French
Provencal poet, winner of a Nobel
prize. at Mailane France; aged "a.
70. Obituary: B. Keith, vaudeville pio-
neer, at Palm Beach, Fla.
q Anniversary: New York city began
a series of celebrations to eommemo-
rate the 300th anniversary of Its COM
merce.
81. Political: House of representatives
voted for the Panama canal tolls re-
peal 247 to 162
Obituary: Sir Hubert Won Herkomer,
famous German artist a resident OF
the United States in the ffties. In
London; aged g.
APRIL.
2 Fire: In ST. Augustine. Fla. court
nd hotels and resi-.