Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1905 — EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR [ARTICLE]

EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR

January. 2 —All Chicago theaters closed. In consequence of Iroquois Theater holocaust or Dec. 30Death of Gen. James. Longstreet. 4 Congress reassembles and hears special message from President on x anama question Fire destroys north wing or lowa State capitol. , , 6—Thirty killed In Rock Island wreck near Topeka, Kans. .Boiler explosion on British cruiser Wallaroo kills 43 persons. 9 Death of Gen. John B, Gordon. . Steamer Clallam sinks In Straits of Juairde Fuca; 52 lives lost Chinese E nperor ratifies treaty making Mukden and Antung open ports. .... Death of Hon. Chas. I- oster of Ohio. , , .. 13— Death of Col.Chas.Denby of Indiana. ~ 14 — Death of ex-Governor Asa S. Bushnell of Ohio. „ 15— New government takes hold in 1 anama. 18—Death of George Francis Train. 22 Tornado in Moundville. Ala., kuls •>7 persons and injures over 100 Moods along Indiana and Ohio rivers. 23 Aalesund, Norway, destroyed by fire. 25 One hundred and ninety miners entombed in mine near Pittsburg ' Pr : diet in Iroquois Theater fire case returned In Chicago Mrs. Florence Maybrick released from English prison. 26 Fifteen lives lost in mine accident In Victor, Colo Conviction and Suicide of Whitaker Wright, English promoter. February. 2—Death of ex-Secretary of Navy William C. Whitney. 6 Russia and Japan break diplomatic relations. 7 Great conflagration In Baltimore. 8— Japan lands troops in Korea. " .9—Japan wins naval victory over Russia at Port Arthur. 10— Japanese destroy two Russian ships at Chemulpo, and capture 2,000 Russian troops near that cityßussia and Japan declare war. 15— Six hundred Russian 1 soldiers frozen to death on Lake Baikal Death of Senator M. A. Hanna. 22 -Japanese take four Russia# torpedo boats off Port Arthur. 23 — Panama Canal treaty ratified by U. S. Senate. 26 Great fire in Rochester. N. Y. 27 Burning of Wisconsin Statehouse in Madison. March. 2—Collapse of steel frame for 11 story hotel in New York; 14 people killed. 6—Japs bombard Tort Arthur. 11— New York and Hudson River Tunnel Co.’s tunnel under North River completed. .... Five-hour naval battle pg JP°*'t Arthur; Russians abandon the town. 14— I'nited States Supreme Court hands down decision adverse to great Northern Seeniltlcs Company merger. 16— Russian torpedo boat destroyer blown up in Port Arthur harbor. 18— Daniel .1. Scully, cotton king, suspends payment; panic on New- York Cotton Exchange Leonard Wood confirmed as Major-General by Semite. 21— Earthquake shocks felt in NOW England States Tornado damages Higginsville, Mo. 23- Destructive flooods in States of Middle West. 24 Death of Sir Edwin Arnold Five negroes lynched by mob at St. Charles, Ark. 26 — Two more negroes lynched at St. Charles, Ark., making 13 lynched in one week Tornado kills six persons near Caruthersville. Mo. 31—Big strike of lowa miners begins. April. 4 Russians driven from Korea by Japanese advance. 6 —President of Mormon Church issues order prohibiting polygamy. 12— Russian battleship Petropavlovsk sunk off Port Arthur; Admiral Maknroff and 700 others killed, famous painter, Verestchagin, among them. 13— Explosion on battleship Missouri kills 29 men. 19 — Great fire in wholesale district of To ronto, Canada; loss, slo,ooo,oooHouse passes Oklahoma and Arizona Statehood bill. 20— Death of Grace Greenwood, once popular writer. 22 —Carn-barn bandits, NAldermeyer, Marx and Van Dine, executed in Chicago. 23—Japanese routed at mouth of Yalu River. 27 — Ownership of Panama canal property transferred to I'nited States. 30—Opening of Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. May. 1— Japanese rout Russians nt end of flvedays' tight on the Yalu. .... Death of Antonin Dvorak, Bohemian musicianloo lives lost by hurricane In Cochin, China. 2 Death of. Edgar FawcettJapanese capture Newehwang. 5 Death of Marcus Jokal. Hungarian patriot and novelist. .... Death of Franz van Lenbach, Bavarian artist. 6 Japanese capture Dalny. » 7 Death of Andrew McNally, Chicago publisher. 10 —Death of Henry M. Stanley, African explorer. 12 —Illinois Republican convention meets and deadlock developes. 15 — Japanese battleship Hntsnse strikes Russian mine off Port Arthur and sinks with 441 men; cruiser Yoshino rammed by Kasaga and 210 of crew lost. 18—Japanese army driven back to Fengwangebeng with heavy loss. 20—Illinois Republican convention adjourns until May 31 with deadlock unbroken. 22- of fireworks factory in Findlay. 0., kills several employesJapanese lose 15,009 men in land attack, on Fort Arthur: Russian loss 3,000. 25- miners suffocated in tunnel at Williamstown. Pa.. In coal mine??.... Yazoo City, Miss., destroyed by fire with $2,000,000 loss. 26 Boilers of towboat Fred Wilson blow up near Louisville, Ky.. killing 13 persons. .... Russians defeated by Japanese In Tatung pass Japanese capture Kluchou and drive Russians from Nanslian Hill; heavy loss of life on both sidesßussians burn, loot and abandon Port Dalny. 28 — Death of Senator M. S. Quay of Pennsylvania. 29 $5,000,000 fire in piers and shipping In Jersey City, N. J. J line. 3 Illinois Republican convention adjourns after 11-day session. 4 Fire in Corning distillery in Peoria, 111., destroys 14 lives and $1,000,000 worth of property. 5 Mob wrecks amphitheater In St. Louis, when bullfight is stopped. 6 Fifteen non-union miners killed by dynamite explosion at Independence, Col. 9 Death of L. Z. Leiter, Chicago multimillionaire. 10 — Death of Laurence Hutton, lltreray man.

14— End of strike of lake captains. 15— Burning of steamer General Slocum in East River, New York; 1,000 persons perish Vladivostok squadron sinks two Japanese transports, destroying 1,000 lives. 18— American Derby in Chicago won by Highball. SO—Five thousand Russians killed and wounded at Halcheng. 21— Republican national convention opens In Chicago. 23 Roosevelt and Fairbanks nominated in Chicago. 26 —Japanese defeat Russians in twodays’ fight at-Dalin Hill. 28— Death of ’'Dan’’ Emett, composer of “Dixie.” .... Nine million acre# of laud thrown open to settlement in Nebraska. 29 Steamer Norge lost in North Atlantic Ocean; over 700 persons perish. July. 3 —Twenty persons killed in Wabash wreck at Litchfield, 111. 5 People’s party national convention nominates Watson and Tibbles. 6 Democratic national convention meets in St. Louis. .•... Heavy rains cause great floods in Kansas. 9 Democratic convention nominates Alton B. Parker for President. 10— Henry G. Davis named for Vice President by Democratic conventionMarblehead, Ohio, wrecked by explosionl7 killed and 50 injured In train wreck at Midvale, N. .1. 11— Thirty thousand Japanese killed or wounded in attack on Port Arthur. 12— Strike of 50,000 packing house employes begins in Western cities Death of Mayor S. M. (Golden Rule) Jones In Toledo, 0 200 lives lost in cloudburst and flood near Manila. 13— C. & E. I. excursion train wrecked at Glenwood, Ill.; 24 killed and 72 Injured. 14 — Death of Paul Kruger. 22- Ritous times at Bonesteel, S. D. 24 Russians evacuate Newehwang after two-days’ battleßussians sink British steamship Knight Commander off Izu. 27 England protests to Russia regarding sinking of steamship Knight Commander. 28 — Drawing for Rosebud reservation land begun in Chamberlain, 8. D. August. 1— Deatli of ex-Governor Robt. E. Pattison of Pennsylvania. 2 Illinois Central train robbed near Harvey, 11l Death of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles. 3 British expedition enters Lhassa, the “forbidden city.” 4 Japanese nttaeS Port Arthur. 7 Wreck on Rio Grande railway near Pinon, Col., causes 100 deaths. 9 Death of ex-Senator Geo. G. Vest of Missouri. 10— Former Premier Waldeck-Rousseau of France dies Naval battle oft Port Arthur. 13— Turkey yields to demands of United States in regard to American schools. 14— Russian Vladivostok squadron defeated by Japanese in Straits of Corea. 16— Mol> burns two negroes at stake in Statesboro, Ga' Death of Hou. Perry Hannah at Traverse City, Mich. 19— Tornado in North St. Louis General attack on Port Arthur. 20— Tornado in St. Paul, Minneapolis and vicinity kills 16 persons and causes $3,000,IXJO loss. 21— Russian cruiser Novik beached after two days' fightßussians win battle at Port Arthur. 28—Callie line to Alaska is completed. September. I—Japanese take Lalo-Yang. 3 Big fire in Memphis, Tenn. 4 Tenement house fire in New York ends 14 lives. 8— Stockyards strike in Chicago is ended. .... Death of Rev. Geo. C. Lorimer. 11 — Russian cruiser Lena arrives in port at San Francisco. 18— Death of Prince Herbert Bismarck. 19- Two million dollar wharf fire in Halifax, N. S. 21—Peter Karageorgevitch crowned Klug of Servin. 24—Sixty-two persons killed in train wreck near Knoxville, Tenn Mt. Vesuvius in eruption. 26 —Death of Lafcadlo Hearn, author. 28—Japanese capture Ta Pass. 30—Death of Senator George Friable Hoar of Massachusetts. October. 1 Death of Sir William Vernon Harcourt. 4 Death of Frederic A. Bartholdi, famous French sculptorPostmaster-Gen-eral Henry C. Payne dies. 10— Robert J. Wynne appointed Postmaster General Missouri Pacific wreck near Warrensburg, Mo., kills 29 people. 11— Steamer Call sinks off Prince Edward's island; 19 lives lost. 14 -King George of Snxony dies Famine in Swedish province of GoteburgBoliusßussians lose great battle near Yentat. 13-17 —Great battle south of Mukden. 22 Russian Baltic tleet tires upon English fishing boats and sinks two of them. 24 -England demands reparation for sinking of fishing boats by Russian fleet. 26 Russia sends note of apology to England. 27 — Mrs. Rae Krauss confesses murder of stepdaughter in Hartford City, Ind. 28— Ex-Governor Geo. K. Nash of Ohio drops dead England and Russia agree to refer North Sea affair to arbitration court Twenty-one miners killed by mine explosion in Teroio, Col. November. 3—French steamer Gironde sunk In collision off Herbillon, Algiers, and 100 Ilves lost. B—Roosevelt and Fairbanks elected by unprecedented majorities. 13—Gale sweeps Atlantic Const States. 16—ItiiKslan torpedo boat destroyer Hastoropny blown up in harbor of Che-Foo. 18— Explosion in mine nt Morrissey. Man., kills 14 miners Gus explosion in Chicago kills four men. 19— Bi ruing of Missouri building at the World's Fair; one fireman killedW. C. P. Breckinridge dies. > 29—Twelve persons lose lives in burning of Brooklyn, N. Y., tenementss7oo,99o fire in business section of Cincinnati. 2a-*Btrnn>er Elpls lest in Black Sea, with 77 persons aboard. 29 — Death of Madnme Jauauschck, famous actress. December. 1— Louisiana Purchase- Exposition In St. Louis closes Seventh inauguration of President Diaz of Mexico Haley Glpe found guilty of manslaughter at Newcastle, Ind Peter Nissen, inventor of a roller boat, dies in contrivance on Lake Michigan. 2 Dentil of Mts. G. 11. Gilbert, veteran actress. 5 Dentil of ex-Postmaster General James N. TynerOpening of last session of 58th Congress. B—Japanese wipe out Russian fleet at Port Arthur. 13—Big tire in Minneapolis. 21— Death of ex-Senntor George L. Shoup of Idaho Congress adjourns for holiday recess.