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


Paris; aged CO.
T. Obituary: George e Baker not ed teies-
rapher In the field and at the White
House under Gen. Grant. In Philadel-
phia; aged g.
Japan: A mob of 5000 Japanese stormed
the offices Of the government ministers
as a protest against their foreign poll
icy, notably toward China
Q. Convention: The Army and Navy un-
ion, composed of veterans of the Mex
ican civil and Spanish American wars,
met in Philadelphia.
Airship Disaster: Zeppelin airship l.
No wrecked by hurricane over the
North sea; is drowned.
Political: The senate passed the Under
wood Simmons tariff bill, T-37.
Fire: Flames destroyed 150 cottages.
hotels and a church at Salisbury Beach,
Mass; loss 100000
TO- Memorial: Monument commemorating
Commodore oliver Hazard Perry's ma
val victory over the British feet Sept
10, 1913, unveiled on Put-in-Bay island,
Lake Erie
Obituary: William ]. Gaynor, mayor of
New York. died on board the Baltic at
sea; aged e.
Personal: Harry X. Thaw deported from
Canada across the Vermont border
near Norton Mills.
Ii. Convention: 47th annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic
opened at Chattanooga. Tenn.
Ii Personal: Sons of Veterans In session
at Chattanooga, Tenn, elected John e.
Sautter of Pittsburgh commander In
chief.
Political: Court of impeachment to try
Governor William Sulzer organized at
Albany.
10. Personal: Washington Gardner of AL
bion, Mich, elected commander in chief
of the G. A. r. at Chattanooga.
20. Convention: Congress to test the mer-
its of the divining rod for discovering
buried water. minerals. etc. met at
Halle. Germany.
Sporting Francis Ouimet, American
amateur. won the open golf cham
pionship of the United States defeat
ing the British golfers Harry Vardon
and Edward Ray at Brookline. Mass.
2. Sporting: Philadelphia Athletics clinch-
ed the American league pennant at
Philadelphia, defeating the Detroit IT.
gers to and to O.
a. Mexico: FREDERICK Gamboa, minister of
foreign affairs. nominated for president
of Mexico
Is. Obituary: Patrick Ford, editor of the
Irish World, in Brooklyn; aged 76
Panama Canal: Water was let into the
Gatun locks of the Panama canal
Sporting: Peter Volo made a new mark
for 2-year-olds. trotting mile in 2:06k
at Columbus
q. Sporting New York Giants cinched the
National league pennant, Philadelphia
losing to Boston by 8 to 8.
&. Lynching Riot: 10 killed, 20 injured in
race riot and lynching at Harriston.
Miss.
30. Fire: Loss of $1,000. 900 by fire in Barker
Bros furniture warehouse Los An
geles, Cal.
Political: The Underwood tariff bill pass
ed the house of representatives 254 to
109
OCTOBER.
L Panama Canal. Water was let into
Culebra cut.
Political: United States senate passed
the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill. 81
to II.
L Political: The Underwood Simmons tar
III act became law.
& Panama Canal: Alarming earthquake
shocks in the Panama canal zone
8. Storm: Coast storm destroyed 900
houses at Nome, Alaska; loss s., 500, ,O00
China: Provisional President Yuan Shih
Kai elected president of the Chinese
republic.
Z. Sporting: In the opening game of the
worlds baseball series Philadelphia
Athletics (American league) defeated
the New York Giants (National league)
to 4 at New York.
g. Convention: General convention of the
lea opened in New York.
0. Ocean Disaster: Ocean steamer Vol
turno. Uranium line, from Rotterdam,
Holland, to New York. burned in mid
ocean; deaths 131: over 500 persons res
cued by ships summoned by wireless.
10. China: Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated first
president of China.
Mexico: Provisional President Huerta of
Mexico arrested the chamber of depu-
! ties and assumed the powers of die
tator, dissolvng congress
IL Obituary: Stanley Waterloo. Journalist.
In Chicago; aged 81.
Sporting: The worlds baseball series be-
tween the American and National
( leagues won by Philadelphia Athletics
American league In New York; score
8 to 9th game).
IL Aeronautics: IS balloons. including the
Uncle Sam and the Goodyear from the
| United States. started from Paris in a
race for the Gordon Bennett cup: 8
countries represented.
Obituary: Timothy l. Woodruff, noted
| Republican leader. In New York; aged
L. Convention: American prison congress
opened at Indianapolis.
a. Panama Canal: The first vessels lifted
into the Pacific entrance of the canal.
{ Aeronautics: The American balloon Good
year landed at Bridlington. England
| tance travelled from the starting point
(Paris) $50 miles; time A hours.
1b Memorial: Monument to Gen. Brad
dock erected on the battle-ground of his
defeat in 1755, near Uniontown, Pa.
| Mexico: Foreign envoys in Mexico asked
their governments to send warships to
guard the legations
l6 Political: Governor William Sulzer con-
victed on Of the articles Of impeach-
ment against him.
II. Political: Governor Sulzer removed
from office by the court of impeach-
ment
Airship Disaster: A Zeppelin dirigtble
balloon exploded when 5000 feet In the
air at Johannisthal. Prussia, killing 8
passengers. including members OF the
admiralty commission.
Personal: Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst,
English militant suffragist. arrived at
New York.
Is. Aviation: Roland Garros, French avi-
ator. made nonstop flight of 65 miles.
from Marseilles to Paris.