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THE STAYTON MAIL, STAYÎON, OREGON Record o f the Year from January to December. ItlS T O R Y DAY BY D AY Notüble Happenings Throughout the World. NAMES ON THE DEATH ROLL. Itlin u T ir y o f th e N orth P o le — Ite m * o f M iscella n eou s In te re s t— lle e tru c - Hon by A cc id e n ts , Nloriu « m l F lo o d d lilp n r r r k , S p o rtin g K venta. A C h ro n o lo g ic a l R e v ie w . T h e record breaking yea r 1DOU. which euw the discovery o f the north pole, waa com paratively free from great d l*u *t«r» 0» fa r aa the United B lairs la concerned. Outalde o f the Cher ry tnlue horror, the »Inking o f the atenmablp Republic and the usual Urea and Honda, nature dealt ' leniently w ith this conntry, bat In the world at large added the earthquake lu IVrala, the Hood at M onterey, Mexico, nod tonic minor catastrophes to her book o f death. Ily fa r the greatest event o f the last tw elve months waa the discovery o f the north pole. On Kept. 1 Ilr. F red er ick A. Cook cam e out o f the north and announced that lie had reached the goal "ii April UK'S Six days later Commiimler Robert E. I’ eary em erged with the news that he had made the ■•v.-ry on April il, limit P ta i/ 1! papers w ere npproved by the National Cei.graphic society, but doubt was ex- pre >»ed us to t'ook 's claims. Several uiontlia before the com ing o f Peury a.id Cook l.leutenant Sbucklctou re- liirued to tell o f n dash to within 111 miles o f the south | m >I o . u tlicr Important events o f the yeur were the Inauguration o f Prealdent T a ft. I he departure o f Theodore Roose velt ou s hunting trip In A frica, the pax ige o f the Payne Aldrich tnrlff hill, (lie 13.000 m ile tour o f Mr T n ft iivct the country, the most romantic fcuturo o f which was the m eeting with President IHnx on the borders o f M ex ico; the return to Hampton Roads o f tin* sixteen Am erican battleships a fte r their cruise around the world and the MH-lrdnu o f the United States circuit > ourt dissolvin g the Standard Oil trust. In foreign lands the occurrences o f i lil 'f historic Interest were the depos- In;: o f A I m I ii I lla m ld II., tile triumph o f progressive governm ent In Turkey and a new ruler lu Relgium. T ile year saw the Hying nge fa ir ly iritirrrd In, the notable aeronau tic teats having been the crossing o f the English channel, the triumphs o f t'otiut Zeppelin with his dirigible, In which he made various long flights and once carried tw enty-seven passen gers. and the Hlglits o f the W righ t brothers. Including the rounding o f the statue o f Liberty nnd C ru m 's tom b at N ew York ami the high ascension o f I. tkki feet in Germ any. As a memorial year 1001) eclipsed all others o w in g to the gnlnxy o f grent men horn 100 years before. Centena ries w idely observed Included Lincoln, lia rwiti, Tennyson, Poe. Gladstone, l-it/.gernld. Holmes. Chopin, .Mendels sohn. Samuel Johnson ttw o hundredth) uud Jolm C alvin (fou r hundredth). T h e one hundredth anniversary o f the death o f Thom as Paine was also ob served. In addition, several great cel ebrations w ere held. Including the Hudson-Fulton lu N ew York, the ter centenary o f the discovery o f Lake Champlain uud the Pnrtoln festival at Han Francisco. The year's deaths w ere notable, In cluding lu the world o f letters such names ns Algernon Charles Swinburne, Edw ard E verett H ale. G eorge M ere dith. F. Marlon C ra w ford nnd IUehnrd W atson U lhlcr; In public life, Klhnn Allen Hitchcock. D avid A. l>e Armond, G overnor John A. Johnson, Justice Peek ham o f the United Stntcs supremo court and Prince (to o f Japan: In nrmy and navy clrrles. Adm irals Rojestven- sky and Cervora nnd Generals H enry C. Corbin nnd O. O. H ow ard, U. S. A .; In llnance, Edward H. Harrltnnn nnd Henry II. Rogers; In Journalism, T h e odore Itnrth and Colonel A. K. Mc Clure; lu the drama, Coqucllu ami Mod- jesk n : In selentillc research, Cesnre Lomhroso nnd P rofessor Simon N e w comb. and In the ranks o f royalty Leo pold II. o f RelgUtm. JANUARY. 4 Flro: The Illinois club, with Its gal l e y of tine paintings, destroyed In i dingo; to»» 6325,081V I I ..I It leal: President Roosevelt's mes- ■ i ■ on the secret service rejected by t h o u s e of representatives. 10 Accident: 26 miners killed by gas ex- pi : Inn In Letter's colliery at Ziegler, III 1!. Ident: Explosion In the Lick Branch mil ... llluencld, W. Va.. caused the ih Mi o f 100 miners. II. At ident: Firedamp explosion In the Auka coal mine nt Veazprlm, Hun- r.'it y, caused the denth of 2(0 men. O t'iia r y : Admiral Hojestvensky, eom- i 1 1 1 .ter of the Russian Hattie fleet < l.cn annihilated by Togo's ships, ,v-iy, UN*. In the sea o f Japan, tn 8t. I i.irsburg; aged 60. l; it road Accident: 21 kilted nnd many I,i lured tn a collision on the Denver riel lllo Orande near Dotsero, Colo, t;. Fire: In Boston 34* autos tn storage destroyed. 1« lir e : At North Chelmford, Mass., loss of nearly 3700.000 by fire tn the woolen : lit* P>L»r Research Lieut. E. H. Shook!*- •on. It, N . reached )at!ttid*-K.2S, about Ul miles from the south polo. Mi Obituary: Algernon Che i t * Swin Americans drown id by th# swamping tng with an accident after traveling M dent Dies o f Mexico met al B burne. uuel and «ssaylst. el Putney, Of a rowboat on Lake Klllsrney mile* which Indefinitely post pon *1 ih* Tex. England, eged 7!. Mining Acc.iisnt Das tapioelon caused trip ■porting: Jack Johnson defeated Political The Payne tariff bill passed tli* death of 17 inlnara at Wshrum. 1 Culmination of a forest nr* w.ilch de lay Ketchel in U rounds for tb* the house of repi•ggMMMlVgg by e vote Pa. stroyed 61.OQO.UOO worth of nr and tam heavyweight championship at Son of a 7 to *1. I4x Oblli#r> Heiah nrne Jawed, writer | arack timber along Lek» Coeur Francisco U. Kir# Disaster' 6 death* In a fir* at of stories depleting Naw England Ilf*, d'Alene. Wash. Seattle Fair- Th* Alaska-Yukon PeclAo I.enoi, Mass ; loss nearly 6J00.QQ0 at South Berwick. Me.: agad «0 Aeronautics : Opening of Ihe aeroplane exposition closed with a record for at Financial Troubles: Ennis A Htopanl. ■porting Fltxtisrbarl won tha Suburban 1 racaa kt Rhalma. Franca. tendance of about 3.760.000 brokers In Naw York and Chicago, hand» jp al Hliaapahaad Hay. Naw L f i r * Lias of 61.000.000 by flams* In 17. Bporttng: Henri 8t Yves won th* failed for 11.boo «JO York III* business district of Decalur. III. Marathon Derby al Beattie In t hours. 11 Turkey Tuiklah gn r:enn In Conalin- F ir« Port William llenry hotek noted Accident. 6 killed end many Injured In 3 2 minutes and 9 second» tlnople mutinied and expelled ih* host*-i: v oi. lotKe George destroyed, a strikers rlol at tha Pressed steel Car I I Obituary: Cesar# l-ombroeo. noted Young Turks ministry lose i :>oul t.tJi.VJi j company's plant at Schoenvlll*. Pa criminologist and alienist, at Turin; 11 Fire: At Rochester, N t.. 4 enurenoa. XI Sporting Verdun. Rothschild owner, Obituary: Rav. Thomas Ducey. pastor aged 71 40 dwellings und u buslnara block da won the Grand P r!i over Ih* lo>ng- , of SC I « « Roman Catholic church. Portola Festival: Celebration of th*dis strayed, loss nearly 900.000 champ» course, near Paris In New York city, widely known for covery In 178* of Ihe bey of San Fran Obituary. Ex-United Hiatus Henatm M 9 Contention American Library associ his denunciations of municipal corrup cisco by Don Gasper d* Portola begun C. Butler of South Carol IDS al Colum ation -net at Bratton Woods. N. H I tion; aged W. In Han Francisco bia. 8 (.'.. aged .3 20 Obltuiry Carrie Burnham Kilgore. 1 Aeronautics: Glenn H Curtis*. Amer 4 Political. Cabinet crisis In Spain; re U. Polltlral 1'lttmaium of Young Turks pioneer woman lawyer, at Hwarth- ican aviator, mad* s speed record at sult of th* execution on Oct. 11 e f to parliament more. Pa.; aged 71 Rhalma by covering 61-6 miles In I Prof. Ferrer, the revolutionist. If. Convention National Kortsty D iligh minutes 9 2-6 seconds. Earthquaae: Catania. Hlclly, ehaken; JU L Y . ter» of the American Revolution met Shipwreck: Th* Nicolas easterns found Vesuvius again active. In Washington L Earthquake Sever* shocks at Reggio ered off the Isle of lines, carrying 61 Convention: Annuel convention of th* 21. Storm Disaster, i perron» Kil le d and end Messina, scene of the devastation down 2 passengers and 27 officers and National Women's Christian union lost December properly valued al l\.0Oj.0w r u i n e d by sailors. opened at Omaha. n windstorm at Cleveland Convention (let annual meeting of th* L Shipwreck. Ths North German Lloyd 21 J'ersonxl: Th* exar entered Italy aa 21 O bituary Ex-United Htates Renxtor National Woman Suffrage association steamer Sehleseln collided with th* guest of King Vlcter Emmanuel. opened al Seattle. William M Slewiirl of Nevada. In Argentin* excursion steamer Colombia 24 Obituary: Gen. Oliver Otis Howard. Washington, aged K2 Sporting llarvurd won Hie varsity race In Montevideo harbor and sunk h*r U. S. A., retired, distinguished veteran 11 Turkey: Young Turk* gained control over Yale al Naw lomdon with a loss of over 150 passengers. of the civil and Indian ware, at Bur In Constantinople, mailing Sultan Ab- 1 Sporting: Cornell won th# varsity L Aeronautics: Paulhan. French avi lington. V c; aged 76 Rear Admiral dul llamld prisoner in Ills palace eight oared race at Poughkeepsie ator, bi'ck* all records for length Henry Erben, U. 8 N „ retired, a na 3. Obituary: Charles Warren tiioddard. 1 Champlain Celebration J'sr-rmmles In of unbroken flight. Including Wilbur val hero of the civil war. In New Tork author and educator. In Slonterey, honor of the discovery of l-ak# Cham FEBRUARY. Wright's, by remaining tn tha air 3 city; aged 77. Prince Herobu.nl Jto. plain In 1 6 0 6 began on the Vermont Cal.. aged ih. hours, 63 minutes and 24 seconds at t. Personal: President Elect William H. Japanese «talesman, formerly resident shore i of th* lake Rhelm*. Taft formally opened the Pacific end 26 Convention 6tli congress of ins inter general of Korea, at Harbin. Manchu national Womun's Suffrage alliance 4 Convention: Th# American Institute I. Obituary: Georgs Manvllle Fenn, Eng of the Panama canal. ria. victim of a Korean assassin: aged opened In London. of Instruction met at Costlne. Me lish novelist of th* old school. In Lon Hhlpwreck: British steamer Clan Ranald TL Sporting: The champion polo cup. which don; xged 71 lost off the coast of Australia, the 37. Abdul llamld II of Turkey formally Shipwreck: 20 deaths in th* wrecking deposed by tha Constitutional party has been held In England ¿3 years, Aeronautics: Henry Farman. English captain and «6 ashore drowned. of th* steamer Hestla. from Glasgow, (Young Turks) and hi* brother. 6!o- won back by th* Mtadowbrook (N. Y.) aviator, set new record for heavier 1 Obituary: John (Ulmer H|>ee0. Journal off the Maine coast. teem. hammed Rescued, chosen successor. than air machine* by covering 111.76 9. Greece: Battle at Athena between gov ist end author, at Mendhem , N. J.; Obituary: llalnrlch Conrled. Impresario, T. Flood: High water swept down the miles In 3 hours, 4 minutes and it 2-6 aged 66 ernment Ironclads and a flotilla of de formtr director of tha Metropolitan Missouri valley, causing the loss of II seconds, at Rhelms. 6. The Cruising Fleet: The battleship* stroyers manned by mutineers. Opera House. Naw York. In Maral, lives and great damage to property L Aeronautics: Glenn H. Curtiss won Salieri from Gibraltar. homeward Sporting: James J. Jeffries signed with Austria: aged 64. Conventions. Antl-vlvlsectlori congress bound. the International aviator cup at Jack Johnson to box for th* heavy opened In London. International con Khelma by traveling al tha rate of I Obituary: Catullus Mendea, noted 21 Obituary; Ex-Governor Frederick Hol weight championship, "45 rounds or brook of Vermont, at Brattleboro; vention of the Christian Endeavor so 48 65 miles an hour and covering 1142 French poet. In I'arla. more." aged 36. Olive Logan, former actrese. ciety met In 8t Paul. The Epworth miles In 15 minutes 60 6-5 second». Personal: King Edward VII. received In Personal: Lillian M. N. Stevens elected league met at Beattie author and lecturer, near Sutton, Sur Morocco: The Spaniards at Mellila de Berlin. Ilia first visit of a British king president of the national W. C. T. (J. rey, England, aged 70 1 Political: The senate passed Its amend stroyed 100 Moors by exploding a mine ! Id Sporting: H. F. Grant won th# Van to th* German capital In 136 year*. 3 6 . Convention: Annual meeting of the ed tariff bill by a vote of 4 6 to 64 under their camp. Political: Franc* and Germany signed a derbilt cup race, driving a 80 horse Sporting. The Belgian crew won the National Society of the Bone of the Morocco pact. Flood. High water at Monterey. Mexico, power Alco car an average o f 811 miles Grand Challenge cup at Henley. Eng American Revolution opened In Balti caused the loss of upward o f 10.000 Uvea I I Lincoln Centenary: The 1001 h anni for 27408 miles. Pennsylvania beat land. defeating th* Cambridge crew. more. and destroyed property valued at 630.- versary of the birth of Abraham Lin Carlisle Indians at football. 9 to 4 on Turkey: 30 leaders of tha mutiny Of 6. Political: Riotous Bolivians attacked 0Q0.OJ0 coln celebrated Franklin field. April 13 In Constantinople executed for the Argentine legation at (.a Pax In U. Fire Disaster: Between 200 and 3U0 per l Holmes Centenary: Th* 100th anniver conspiracy NOVEMBER. protest against Argentina s decision In sary of the birth of Oliver Wendell sons burned to death and scores In- the Peruvian boundary dispute. Fir*. In Chicago 61.000.000 loss by Ih* 4 Political: Judge William J. Gaynor Holme* celebrated |irtd In * lira which daatToyed th* burning of Elevator B o f the Illinois Obituary: Gen. Qalllfet. distinguished elected mayor of New York on th* i Convention. Sixth International trades Klorr* theater In Acapulco. Mexico. Central. French soldier. In Paris, aged ¡6 Democratic ticket; tb* election a gen union congress opened in Parts. 17. obituary: Ueronlmo, noted Apacha Lord Ilfpon. noted English statesman. eral reverse for Tammany Hall. Mu chief and raider, died a prisoner of 60. Personal: Daughter born to Quaen S E P T E M B E R . In London: aged XI Wllhelmlna of Holland. nicipal reform defeated In San Fran war at Fort Hill. . Personal Dr Frederick A. Cook an Storm Disaster: Over 300 dead and mil lL Obituary: Prof. Htmon Newcomb, noted cisco. Tom Johnson beaten by Her It. Obituary: Grand Duka Vladimir, uncle nounced ;;■* discovery by him of th* lions In property destroyed by torna astronomer, mathematician and trav man Baehr In Cleveland mayoralty of the rear of Ilussla. In 81. Peters north pole on April 21. 1906 does which swept the south. Including eler. In Washington; aged 7 4 . election. burg; uged 62. Bear Admiral Charles L Personal Rear Admiral C. 8. Sperry, Tennessee. Alabama. Mississippi and Convention: Grand lodge of th* Order 4 Personal: Peary awarded a gold med 8. Cotton, U. 8. N., retired, at Nice, commander of th* Atlantic fleet on th* Georgia. o f Elks met In Lo* Angelas al by th* National Geographic society France; eged 68. Pacific cruise end homeward voyage, 12. Shipwreck In Lake Superior, off for having reached the north pole. M A Y. Convention: National congress of moth placed on the retired list o f th# navy. Whiteflah Point light, steamers J. B. Obituary: William Torrey Harris, noted ers opened In New Orleana. 2. Convention: National peace congress L Obituary: Clyde Fitch, th# playwright. Cowle and I. M Scott collided, caus philosopher end former United States 30. Disaster at Hoa: The llamburg-Routh opened In Chicago. at Chalons-eur-Marne. France ing the death of 14 sailors on the commissioner of education, at Provi America liner Presidents Roca burned 1 Judicial: The "commodity clause" of Railroad Accident: Tb* Baltimore and Cowle. which sank. dence. R. L ; aged 76 off renlnaola Valdes, loss (owners' re the Hepburn art declared constitution 11 Obituary: Frederick Phlsterer. civil Ohio's Royal Blue limited wrecked by 4 Storm: Beginning of a rainstorm or port) 30 lives. (Press report, 266 o f tha al by the United States supreme court. train robbers near Chewton. Pa.; 2 war veteran and rMad military writer the Island of Jamaica which caused paeeengeis and crew ) 1 Sporting: 8t. Yves won tha Interna- 1 killed and 30 Injured. and statistician, at Albany. N. Y.; many deaths and th* destruction by 21. Obituary: Carroll l>. Wright, soldier, tlonal derby In New York, covering V Personal: Dr. Frederick A. Cook, tb* aged 73 Louis Loeb. American artist landslide*, ahtpwreck and Inundation of statistician and educator, at Worces miles and 265 yards In 2 boura. 41 min- ; arctic explorer, who left civilization and Illustrator, at Canterbury. N. H.. property estimated at 67.000.000. ter. Maas : aged 60. utes and 6 seconds for the farthest north In 1307. landed aged 41 4 Aeronautic*: Paulhan. French aviator, 22. The Cruising Fleet: Tha battleship* 6. Obituary: Augusta Evans Wilson, au 14. Personal: Prince von Uulow. chancel at Copenhagen. made a new record In flight, reaching reached llamplon lloada. thor of "Beulah." "8t. Elmo." "Vaah- | 1 Convention: International Esperanto an altitude of 977 feet at Sandown lor of the German empire, retired from 23. 8torm: 13 killed and many Injured by t!" and other popular novels of south congress opened at Barcelona. park. London. office, succeeded by Dr. von Beth- a tornado which swept over eastern ern life, at Mobile, Ala.; aged 74. 7. The Taft cup trophy In th* German- mann-Hollweg. 4 Obituary: Lionel Brough, once noted Arkanaaa. 10. Political: Mohammed V. of Turkey Amencan sonderklasse races won by Marine Disaster: British submarine C 11 comedian. In London. 31 Obituary: Rav. Theodor* Cuyler, noted Invested with the »word of sovereignty the American yacht Joyett* off Mar Fatal Fire: 9 deaths tn th* burning o f sunk In collision with the steamship minister and author, In Brooklyn; at Constantinople. blehead. Maas. a celluloid factory In Brooklyn. Edd> none off Haisborough lightship; aged X7. 11. Boat Disaster: 21 deaths by the sink Obituary: Henry B. Blackwell, anti- 13 of the crew drowned. Convention: The American Federation 27. Hportlng: American bowling congress ing of a ferry launch on the Ohio river slaverlst and pioneer woman suffra of Labor met In Toronto Political: Royal troops of Persia defeat opened In litlaburg. near Pittsburg. gist. In Boston; aged 64. 10. Personal: Prealdent Taft reached ed by th* Nationalists at Teheran. 11 Quarry Accident: 1.000 pounds of dyna MARCH. Personal: Peary cabled from Indian Washington at the end of his tour. Sporting: Weston arrived In San Fran mite exploded at South Bethlehem, Harbor. Labrador, that he reached th* 11 Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton, IT L Obituary: K. J. ("L u c k y ") Baldwin, cisco. having accomplished a total dis near Albany. N. Y.. causing tha loss north pole April 6. 1909 well known turfman, at Arcadia. Cal.; tance of 3.MX miles In about 106 days, to 0. at New Haven. Michigan defeat o f 2 6 lives. 4 Aeronautics: Capt. F. 8. Cody, an aged 61. ed Pennsylvania. 13 to 6. at Philadel beginning at New York March 16 11 Sporting. King James won the Metro American In the British service, made X Hportlng Ora Mornlngatar won Ilia phia. Game between Cornell and Chi 14 Earthquake: In southern Greece 300 politan handicap at Belmont park. a cross country aeroplane flight of 4 0 cago at Ithaca resulted In a score of championship of the world at U.2 balk lives lost. New York. miles, covered In 1 hour and * min lln* billiards, defeating Georgs F. Bio*- 6 to 6 11 Political: Don Carlos, pretender to the utes. son, the IS.I champion. In New York 17. Personal: Gen. Stoeaael and Admiral Mine Disaster: Explosion in the 8L Paul throne of Spain, died at Varese, Lom NebogatolY, Russian officers, who were Obituary: Joel B. Erhardt. noted law city; final erore. 600 to >14. Coal company's mine near Cherry. III., bardy. aged e'L serving sentences for neglect of duty yer and political leader. In New York resulted In the death of noarly 200 1 Political, inauguration of William Storm: In New- York city 16 persons In the late war. pardoned by the czar. city: aged 70. Lieut. Gen. Henry C. Howard Taft as ::th president of the miners. killed and over 7<) Injured by sudden 1*. Financial Tracy A Co, New York Corbin. U. 8. A., retired. In New York 14 8hlpwreck: 100 deaths by th* sinking United Stales The 60th congress ended windstorms. brokers and bankers, went Into bank city; aged 6 5 . i of the Pacific liner La Seyne after col Btorm: Fierce windstorm and rain In 20. Obituary: Rosa Nouchette Cary, popu t ruptcy owing $1.000.000. 4 Obituary*: Gen. Edward M. McCook, a lision near Singapore. thn Atlantic slates. lar English novelist. In London. Obituary: George Meredith, tha English 3L Hurricane: 21 persons killed In a gulf civil war veteran of the Ohio family Financial: The American Telephone and Panama Scandal: Tha publliher* and novelist. In Eondon. aged 61. of "fighting McCook*." In Chicago; Telegraph company secured control of one editor of th* New York World In storm which struck the Texas coast Personal: Dr. Charles William Eliot re aged (4. tli* Western Union Telegraph com dicted by tha federal grand Jury In at Galveston snd vicinity. tired from the presidency of Harvard pany. New York city. Political: Diplomatic relations severed 11 Obituary: William LJoyd Garrison, after 4 0 years In that office. son and namesake of the great anti- 14 Obituary: Richard Watson Glider, au 1 Political: President Taft nominated between Bolivia and the Argentine Re Fire: Ixisa of 61.600.000 by the destruc slavery leader and himself a widely thor and editor of the Century Maga- hit cabinet aa follows: Philander C. public upon the Initiation of Argen tion of a manufacturing block at Ak known reformer and publicist, at Lex xlne. tn New York city; aged 64 Knox, secretary of stale; Franklin tina. ron, O. ington, Mass. : aged 7L 14 Obituary: William M. Lallan, editor MacVeagh. tha treasury; Jacob M. & Obituary: Elisabeth Taylor Dnndrldge, Convention: National good roads con 16 Convention: The American Bankers' of th* New York Sun. at Lawrence, Dickinson, war, George von L. Meyer, daughter of President Zachary Taylor gress met tn Baltimore. association met In Chicago. N. Y.; aged 61. navy; Richard A. Ballinger. Interior; and mistress of the White House dur 1 6 . Obituary: ltenry H. Rogers, financier Obituary: Mayo Williamson Haseitlns, 30. 8portlng: Yale beat Harvard at foot Janies Wilson, agriculture; Charles ing his term, at Winchester. Va_; aged and director of the Standard Oil com noted book reviewer and author, at ball. 8 to 0. In Cambridge Brown de Nagel, cfimmetce and labor: Frank II. 15. pany, In New York: aged 6 9 . Atlantic c ity ; aged 68. feated Carlisle Indians at football. 21 Hitchcock, postmaster general; George Aeronautics: Louis Blériot. French aero Personal: Abbott Lawrence Lowell as to S, In New York. W, Wtckersham, attorney general. naut. crossed over the English channel 16. Personal: President Taft started from sumed the presidency of Harvard uni Boston on his 12.000 mile tour. Mar Standard Oil Case. The eighth United Obituary: John II. Starln. pioneer In from Calais to Dover In an aeroplane, versity. riage at Dingwall. Scotland, of Prince 8tates circuit court, sitting as a court rivet and harbor transportation. In covering the distance of a miles In 26 MaJ. Israel C. Greene, captor o f John of appeals, ordered ths Standard Oil Miguel of Brsganxa. a claimant to th* New York city; aged 64. about 40 minutes Brown at Harpers Kerry In 1X56, at 28 Political: Anll-Dias riot at Guadala trust to dissolve throne of Portugal, and the American 1 Btorm Disaster: 29 killed and 74 In Mitchell. 8. !>.; aged 65. heiress Miss Anita Stewart o f New Obituary: Consuelo. dowager duchess of jured In u tornado at Brinkley, Ark. jara. Mexico, resulting In wrecking the Sporting: King Edward's Minoru won Tork. Manchester, called the most Influential 10 obituary: Mnj K. L. G. Zallnskl. U. town. Anti .Moroccan war riot In Bar- i tho English Derby. woman in England. In l^mdon; aged 51. Obituary: Baron Tweedmouth. 1st* first celona. 8. A., retired, noted Inventor and en 2 6 . Storm Disasters: 2 2 persons killed and lord of the British admiralty, in Lon 24 Obituary David A. De Armond. on* gineer, In New York city: aged OV Aeronautics: Orville Wright made a new 4 0 Injured In Oklahoma by tornadoes. don ; aged 6 0 . of the oldest and beat known Demo Standard Oil: Hallway rebate case de aeroplane record by remaining In flight Many lives lost In a cyclone which cratic member* of congress, at Butler, n ied In favor of Standard Oil In 1 hour. 12 mtnutex and 36 seconds with 14 Storm: Beginning o f a West India swept over western Minnesota and Mo.; aged 65. hurricane which raged for two days Chicago one tiamenger at Fort Myer. North Dakota. along the northern gulf coast; heavy 30- Political: The British house of lords Storm: 100 houses wrecked by a cyclone 21 Convention: World conference of the 30. Tornado: Over 30 persons killed and rejected the Liberal budget by a vote loss of life and great damage to prop at Cuthbert. Oa.; 6 deatha. Y. M. C. A. at Barmcn-Elberfeld, Ger upward of 100 Injured In a windstorm erty. of 360 to 75. I t Black Hand: Lieutenant Petroslnl, man) at Zephyr. Tex. Switchmen's Strike: Switchmen’s strike homeward bound, reached noted Italian detective In New York 3o Earthquake: Acapulco and Chllpan- 21. Peary, U. Fire: At Porta Costa, Cal., loss of |1.- begun on railroads In the northwest. Sydney, N. S. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, city, essnsslnated at Palermo. Italy. clngo, Mexico, badly shaken and dam 000,000 by the burning of the Nevada the explorer, arrived In New York 16. Political. Special session of the Cist aged. DECEMBER. grain docks. from Copenhagen. congress opened. Joseph U. Cannon Aeronautics: Orville Wright made the I. Political: The United States severed Obituary: Governor John A. Johnson of elected speaker of the house. speed required by the government for JUNE. diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, Minnesota at Rochester. Minn.; aged Weston's Walk: Edward I'ayson W'os- army aeroplanes at Fort Myer. flying 1. World's Fair: The Alaska-Tukon-Pa- virtually demanding the organization 49. ton started from New York on a walk an average of 425 miles an hour tn a ettte exposition opened at Seattle. of a new government to replace Zo- 21 Obituary: Robert Hoe 3d. head o f the to San Francisco. 10 mile flight. 1 Obituary: Theodore Barth, noted Ger laya’s. noted firm of printing press manufac 11 Obituary: Elinor Mar Cartney Lane, man editor, publicist and authority on 81. Fire: 20.1X10 houses destroyed In Osaka, 1 Fire: Fire in the business district o f turers of New York and London. In author of "Nancy Stair" and other Japan. American affairs, at Baden-Baden; Baltimore caused a loss of nearly 3L- London; aged 70. Henrietta Chanfrau. novels, at Lynchburg. Vn. Earthquake: Mexico City badly shaken. aged 00. 000.000. an old time actress, who supported 17. Tariff: Bill framed by the Republican Miscellaneous: The Chinese vice consul. 1 Sporting: King James won the Brook 4 Sporting: Calvin Demarest of Chicago Forrest and the Booths, at Burlington. mombera of the ways nnd means com Lock Wing, shot dead In New York by lyn handicap at Gravesend. won the 142 balk line billiard tltla N. J.; aged 79. "M ajor" Rodina Nutt, mittee Introduced In the house by Se- a Chinaman. 200 rioters summarily 6. Balloon race start at Indianapolis for from George Sutton In New York. last male survivor of Barn urn's cele rrno E. I ’eyne, chairman of the com tried, convicted and shot at Barcelona. distance and endurance contests. 4 Shipwreck: Steamer Ellen Vannln lost brated midget troupe, at Dorchester. mute«. Spain 6 Obituary: Col. Alexander Kelly Mc In the Mersey; 12 passengers and 21 Mass.; agtd 69 20. The Cooper Trial: Col. Duncan B. A U G U S T . Clure. noted Journalist, long promi sailors drowned. Steamer Thtstlemor 26. Balloon Accident; French military Cooper ami his son Robin found guilty nent In Pennsylvania politics. In Phil & Personal: The Russian Emperor Nich wrecked In Barnstable bay; 30 of th* dirigible République wrecked near of the murder of ex-Senntor Carmack adelphia; aged XI. olas received as a guest by King Ed crew lost. Moulins during ascension, and 4 offi In Naahvllle and sentenced to 20 years. ward of England at Cones. 6 Conventions: United Confederate Vet Obituary: Princess Waldemar. noted cers on board killed. 21. Aeronautics: Count Zeppelin's dirigi erans met at Memphis. Meeting of 4 Political: Congress adjourned. The member of the royal family of Den Hudson Tercentenary: Opening of th* ble airship created a world's record the American Medical association at P a yM tariff bill finally paased by the mark, In Copenhagen. Hudson-Fulton celebration by a naval by currying 27 persons 150 miles. senate. Atlantic City. 4 Obituary. George Crocker, capitalist. parade In New York harbor. 23. Personal: Theodore Roosevelt, ex- 6. Convention: National conference of 6 Aeronautics: Paulhan, French aviator, 30. Polar Exploration: Peary's arctic ship In New York city; aged »3 president, sailed from New York for charities and correction met at Buf made new height record for aero 4 Personal: William J. Calhoun o f Chi Roosevelt arrived at New York. Naples on the Hamburg - American falo. planes. varying from 200 to 450 feet, at cago appointed United States minister liner Hamburg. O C T O B E R . Doual. France. 10. Obituary: Rev. Dr. Edward Everett to Chin*. Obituary: Col. William Lamb, soldier, Hale, distinguished clergyman, author Tennyson Centenary: The tooth anniver L Commander Robert E. Peary reached 4 Fire: Kalamazoo. Mich.: loss of $754- editor nnd lawyer, hero of the Confed and journalist, chaplain of the United New York. sary of Ihe birth of Alfred Tennyson 000 by flames In the business district. erate defense of Fort Fisher In 1466, at States senate. In ltoxbury. Mass.; celebrated. Aeronautics: International balloon race 10. Obituary: Red Cloud, noted fighting Norfolk, Vn.; aged 73. aged XT. 7. Aeronautics: Roger 8ommer of France from Zurich. chief of the Sioux, al Iflne Ridge res 24. Personal: Admiral Lord Charles Ileres- 1 Storm Disaster: It persons killed and beat Wilbur Wright's duration record I Aeronautics: Orville Wright broke th# ervation: aged 86. ford of the British navy retired after scores Injured lu a series of tornadoes high flying record by soaring 1.600 feet of 2 hours. 9) minutes and 57 seconds Shipwreck: 38 lives lost by the founder 60 years' service. at Potsdam. The Mars won the In- by » minute» and IX seconds at Mour- which swept over Texas. ing of car ferry Marquette and Besse 26. Convention: Southern child labor con 11. Earthquake Disaster: Towns e f St. tnelon. Le Grand, France .ernatlonal goal race from Zurich, mer No. 2 on Lake Erie. gress met In New Orleans. landing within 0>1 yards o f goal Cannat and Rognes, In France, ruined; | 1 Convention: National irrigation con : U. Fire: Herne Oaks, home of th# lato Political: Agreement reached between 6 Obituary: Albert INilltzer. founder of 100 deaths. gress met nt Spokane. Wash. Annual James A. Herne, actor and playwright. Austria and Servla, effecting peace In 12. Marine Disaster: Russian submarine ! tho New York Journal and brother of | G. A. it. encampment at Salt Lake burned at Southampton. N. Y. the Balkans Joseph Pulitzer o f the New York I 11 Fire: Racine. W is., the Racine Man C lt) boat Kambata sunk In the Black sea, I 31. Convention; The 125th annual confer- World. In Vienna, uged carrying down 20 o f the crew. 10. Fire. Monticetlo. N. Y.. a popular ufacturing company and other plants m e s o f the Methodist Episcopal church 13. Sporting: \Y K. Vanderbilt's Negofol j summer resort, nearly destroyed by 6 Mining Accident: 20 deaths by an ex destroyed, loss 6t-".000. met In Baltimore. plosion at Nanaimo, li. C. WOn the French Derby at Chantilly. fire; loss about 31,000,000. 11 Personal: Judge H. H. I.urlon appoint APRIL. 14 Obituary: Dr Alphonso Penna. presl- j 11. Morocco A captive Spanish balloon ! Aeronautics: Edcar W. Mix. American ed Justice of the United States su dent o f Brazil, nt Rio Janeiro. used with fatnt effect to direct Are aeronaut, won the Gordon Bennett 1. Cuba: The Inst troops of the United preme court. 1 5 Obituary: l.uclen Bonaparte Wyse, j cup in the race from Zurich, landing upon a Moorish camp at Meltlln. Slates army left the Island. 16. Railroad Accident: 14 killed and many noted engineer connected with th# 1 12. Personal: Samuel R. Van Zandt elect at Warsaw. Poland, after covering 691 1 Fire: At Fort Worth. Tex., 10 blocks hurt In a wreck on the Southern near miles. French I'annmn canal enterprise, nt ed commander In chief of the G. A. It. j destroyed, entailing a loss of fi.000.000; Reidsvtlle. N. C. Toulon, aged 61 Louis Prang, known at Silt l-tke City. 4 Personal: Dr. Lowell Inaugurated pres 16. Political: President Zelaya placed his 6 deaths. as the "father of lithographing,*' In 14. Accident. 6 killed and 50 hurt In a ident of Harvard. Sporting: Oxford won the 66th annual resignation In the hands of the Ntca- Los Angeles: aged 65. head on collision on the Denver and , 6 Storm: A West India hurricane dev i varsity race on the Themes, heating raguan congress. Rio Grande rear Colorado Springs, i astated the yest coast o f Cuba, nearly 17. Obituary: King Leopold 11. of Bel Cambridge 3 lengths llenrl St. Yves 16. Convention: International Council of Colo Woman met Ol Toronto wrecked Key West and swept up tb* of France won the International Mara gium, at Brussels; aged 74. Florida and Carolina coast Obituary: Darn Estes, noted author nnd Earthquake: Over 300 buildings destroy l thon for professionals In New York. | 14 Obituary: Grand Duke Michael Ntcho- boon publisher, at Brookline, Mass.: 11 Personal: American minister to China, ed and many lives lost In central Obituary: Vice Admiral Cervero. who lalevltch of Russia, at Cannes. France: Charles R. Crane, recalled from hi* aged 6U. Japan. commanded the Spanish fleet at San aged 77. Gen. Green B. Raum. con mission by th* secretary or state. tiago In IXDH. nt Puerto Ileal, Spain; 20. Obituary: Frederick do Martens, noted 11 Convention: The t r v v gressman and former commissioner of Russian scholar and diplomat, dele 13 Aeronautics: A. Holland Forbes won merct&l congress opened In Denver. aged 70. pens'ons. In Chicago, aged 30. gate to the Portsmouth peace confer 17. Obituary Lawrence Bacher. an artist the 1-a.hm cup In the balloon race from 24 Prince Albert formally succeeded to 1 Polar Research: Commander R. E ence In IMi, al St Petersburg: aged 64. St. Louis, landing near Richmond. Vn , known for hi» etchings, at Ikiwrence Peary. U. 8. N.. reached the north pole. the throne of Belgium. after covering 731V, miles In 16 hours 3 Convention: The » t h anniversary o f Railroad Accident. Hi persons killed In Park. N. Y.; aged 51 7. Storm Disaster: IX deaths In a hurrl- and 1 5 minutes. a head-on collision of electric cars al Convention: (2d annual congress of ths cnnl which swept the middle west the American Historical and the Amer chcMertnn. Ind. Universal Peace union. Political: Meeting of the provincial as from Mississippi to Pennsylvania. ican Economic associations celebrated semblies o f China under the new con 21 Financial Troubles: Leeds A ratlin, 11 Obituary: Sir Theodore Marlin. Eng 1 Obituary: Helena Mndjeskn. Polish In New York dealers In phonographs, failed for 61.- stitutional program. Prof Francisco 24 Gladstone Centenary: Th* 100th anni lish author and poet. In London: aged tragedienne, at Bay City. Cal., aged *3. 000.000 In New York. Ferrer. Spanish revolutionary teacher, 61 6. Obituary: F. Marlon Crawford, nov versary of th* birth o f Right Hon. executed at Barcelona by I he Spanish Personal Daughter born to Queen Vic U. Polar Research: Walter Wellman as elist. at Boreno, Italy: aged 65. Ethan William Ewart Gladstone. British government toria of Spam cended In hie dirigible balloon at Rpltx- A(len Hitchcock, ex-eecr«t*ry of the statesman, known a* tb* “ Grand Old bergen. hound for the north pole, m eat-114 Personal: Prealdent Taft and Preed a. Boot Accident; 7 tour late. Including 6 In teiW , tfl Washing ton, aged 74 M iir M r ‘ Foe Centenary: The 100th annlversery o f the birth e f ledger Allen I'oe cele brated 60. Cube; Uen Jus# Miguel domes pro- olalined president of the republic. Political Hectetary of Hints Klinu Root elected United Htntrs senator by the New York legislature . Accident: Explosion, followed by lire, In temporary crib of a tunnel under (dike Michigan off Chicago, about 70 workmen loet their lives L Fire: At (ialveslon flames on the i wharfs caused loss of 1000,000 L Hlilpwreek: Off Nantucket White Star liner Republic rammed and sunk by Italian liner Florida; • deatha and re markable rrecue of over 2.UUU Imperiled paaeengere. Earthquake; 60 vlllagea destroyed and 6.000 to 0.000 lives lost In I he province of l.urlatan, Persia r. Obituary; Benoit-Constant Coquelln, noted French actor. In Parts; uged 67. * . Cuba: Tho reins of government turned over to President domes by the Amer ican governor general, Mugo<>n 9. Fire: HI Paul, lose of tOOO.'WO by Are In a department store. Personal: Prealdent lie c t T » fl arrived at Colon, Panama 38. Earthquake. Hevere shocks m Hpeln. 31. Obituary; Mice Martha Finley, author of the "Elsie Books, at Elkloa. Md.. aged XI. .