Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-01-01


ants Of $500
H. Obituary: Joaquin Miller, the poet of
the Sierras," in the Piedmont hills.
California;; aged a.
IL Obituary: Gen George Washington
Gusts Lee eldest son of the late Gen.
Robert f. Lee, at Ravensworth. Va:
aged 80
Mexico: President Madero resigned his
Office after arrest by Gen banquet,
one or his officers Gen Victoriano
Huerta, commander of the national
army. assumed the presidency
Political: Raymond Poincare was in
~gurated president of France
10 Mexico: Gustavo Madero, brother of
the deposed Mexican president. was
killed by the revolutionists
Fire: Over 5000 buildings were burned in
Tokyo: loss $2,5oO000
e. Obituary: Ye Ho Ma La. titular en-
press dowager of China. at Peking;
aged 49,
Mexico: The deposed presiden, and vice
president OF Mexico Madero and Sua-
reZ, We're killed in mysterious man
ner while under guard by revolution
lists.
a. Sporting: Alfredo De Orc, the poo,
champion, defeated Thomas Hueston
challenger for the worlds champion
snip, py score or zoo to Isl.
q Fire: The burning Of the Dewey hotel,
Omaha. caused heavy loss OF life.
MARCH.
l. Shpwreck: British steamer Calvados
foundered in the sea of Marmora: 200
lives lost
Fire: Loss of 100000 at Argenta. Kan.
by the burning Of the Gulf Compress
company's plant
L Disaster at Sea: German torpedo boat
destroyer SITS sunk in collision off
Helgoland and Il of the crew persisted.
Political: Woodrow Wilson inaugurated
as the 18th president of the United
States.
& Historical: The ship Niagara, which
Commodore Perry used In his vcto-
rious battle on Lake Erie In 1873. was
raised from the bottom of the lake
near Erie, Pa
Balkan War: The Greeks captured ia
nina from the Turks. securing $1,000
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. Lindley
Murray Garrison of New Jersey; al
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 Redheld Of New York: labor,
William Bauchop Wilson Of Pennsyl-
vania.
Sporting: Mcdonald scored now worlds
record by hurting the u pound shot 70
feet and 81 inches In New York
Kiviat made new worlds record by
running 1000 yards in minutes l5 ~
seconds In New York
I. Explosion: About 80 men killed and 60
injured by explosion Of dynamite in
transit on the steamship Alum Chine
in Baltimore harbor
8. Fire: At Yokohama; loss Of S7.500,OO0.
u. Obituary: DR.. J. g. Billings. Federal
war veteran, author and librarian, in
New York city; aged u
b. Storm: Electrical tornado swept over
the lower southern and southwestern
states: 100 deaths.
IL Fire: Plant OF the Elmira Telegram de-
stroyed: loss $4,000
H. Storm: A blizzard ragged from Illinois
to the Dakotas.
10 Greece: King George assassinated at
Saloniki.
n. Storm: Blizzard and cyclonic storm
ravaged the central and southwestern
states, destroying over LOO lives and
property valued at several million dol.
lara
Greece: King Constantine assembled the
throne.
a Obituary: Frank g. Black. ex-governor
Of New York and noted lawyer. in
Troy: aged 90.
n Storm: Cyclone killed Is outright at
Terre Hauts and injured over &C., many
MORALLY. Over 900 killed in Omaha.
where l,2O0 houses were burned or
wrecked. Many Nebraska towns smit-
ten.
d. Obituary: Field Marshal viscount Gar
net Joseph Wolseley. famous British
soldier at Mentone. France; aged SO.
q. Flood: Waters reached their height In
Ohio; @G0 lives lost. and estimated prop
erty loss above 3sOo.000.000.
81. Balkan War: Turks surrendered Adri-
anople to the Bulgarians and Servians
with $1,000 prisonerA Allied troops at
tackled the Turkish lines at the Chatal-
ia defenses of Constantinopls.
81. Obituary: John Pierpont Morgan. CAP
italist, in Rome: aged IT,
APRIL.
l. Personal: EX-rresdent w. H. Taft
:, up his duties az professor at Yale
H. ,ersity.
g. Conventions: International congress OF
historical studies convened In London
tragettes: Emmeline Pankhurst SEN
fenced to years imprisonment IN
London for suffragette outrages
& Political: President Wilson read mes
sage before congress In joint session.
revfving custom abandoned in 1901.
10 Sporting: Major baseball leagues OPEN
cd the season Of 1914
II Obituary: Jok. B. Henderson. former
United States senator and author OF
the 18th amendment to the constitution.
n Washingon: aged s.
Il RaHs. l Accident: I killed In COLL
sion on the Vermont Central near st.
Lambert, Canada.
Il Strike: 10000 Belgian workmen went
on q strike for equal suffrage.
Personal: Illness Of Pope Plus changed
for the worse.
Obituary: Carl Hagenbeck. noted animal
collector and Snowman. near Hamburg.
Germany: aged 49,
Convention: Congress Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution opened IN
Washington
l6 Personal: Funeral Of John Plerpont
Morgan held in New York city.
Convention. National Council Of W. len