Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 18, 1911, Page 10

PAGE 81X EVENTS IN 15I0 Record of the Year From January to December. STORY DAY BY DAY. Notable Occurrences Throughout the World A REMARKABLE DEATH ROLL. Wonders of Aviationm—Items of Mis cellaneous Interest, Accidents, Wrecks and Floods—A Chrono- logical Keview. Value of all farm preducts in the United States for 1910 was $8,826,000,- 000, the largest record made and an dmcrease over 1909 of ,000.. Corn is king, with a production of 3,125,713,000 bushels; value $1,523,968,- 000. Cotton crop, $900,000,000. Hay beats wheat with 60,978,000 tons; val- ue, $747,769,000. Wheat crop, 695,443,- 6600 bushels; value, $621,443,000. The census of 1910 shows an in- crease in population over 1900 of 15.- 959,86 ' JANUARY. 2% Obituary: Agnes Booth, widow of Ju- nivs Brutus Booth and at one time a star actress, in Brookline, Mass.; aged a 8. Personal: Charles W. Morse, convicted New York banker, began a fifteen year sentence in the United States: peniten- tiary at Atlanta. 4 Aviation Accident: Leon Delagrange, pioneer aeroplane experimenter, killed by the fall of a Blerlot monoplane at Bordeaux, France. Obituary: Darius Ogden Mills, banker and capitalist, at San Francisco; aged -. ¥. Aviation: Hubert Latham, French avi- ator, beat the records for altitude of heavier than air machines by ascend- nearly 3,600 feet..at Mourmelon, Gifferd Pinchot, chief forester, by President Taft. iora Adams Darling, found- Obituary: er of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in New York sity; aged 70. & Obituary: Francesco di Paola Satolli, noted cardinal, in Rome, Gea, New- ton Martin Curtis, “hero of Fert Fish- er,” in New York city; aged 74. ™. Aviation: Aviation meet opened at Los Angeles 1% Sporting: Fred Hames won the three cushion billiard championship of the world from Alfredo De Oro, the Cuban champion, i» New York; final score 180 to 137 3. Shipwreck on Coos Steamer Czarina wrecked. Bay bar, Oregon coast; 30 drowned av. Conventions: United Mine Workers of North America met at Indianapolis. Conference on uniform iinet met in Wasnington. , 4, Financial: Lathrop, Hopkins, &! Co. and J. M. Fiske & Co., Stock Exchange broke ailed im New York as the re- suit the collapse . of the. Hocking, pool, total liabilities about $6,000,000. @i National Guard: ‘The organized volun- teer militia of the United States be- came a permanent adjunct of the reg- ular army establishment. by. the opera— tion of the Dick Jaw. Railroad Accident: 48 killed and 92 in- jured in the wrecking of a passenger on the Canadian Pacific at the jing of Spanish river, Ontario, ® Obituary: Wzra Kendall, well known comedian at Mactinsville, Ind.; aged 49. Personal: Jotun K Walsh, convicted Chi- cago banker, began serving a five year term in the federal prison at Leaven- worth, Kan. WA. Paris Flood: ‘The river Seine exceeded high water mark in Paris, endanger- ing the city and paralysing traffic. @. Panama Libel Case: Indictment of the New York World in the Panama libel case quashed in the United States cir- urt in New York city. Flood: Rising of the Seine 9 square miles inundated; loss dover $200,000,000. xplosion: 79 miners killed by .explo- sion in the Colorado Fuel and Iron company’s mine at Primero, Colo. FEBRUARY. A Mining Accident: 33 killed by explosion in the Browder mine near Drakesboro, Ky % Mining Accident: 88 killed at Las Es- peranzas, Mexico. Financial: #isk & Robinson, bankers and brokers in New York, Boston, Chicago and Worcester, failed with 96.347,968 liabilities. The Mexican Na- tional Packing Co., incorporated in New Jersey and operating in Mexico, failed with liabilities placed at $37,- 000,000. & Boycott Decision: The Connecticut hatters’ boycott case decided, in favor of the plaintiff with award of damages against the individuals who instituted tho boycott amounting to $222,000. & Shipwreck: The United States naval tug Nina lost on the voyage from Hampton Roads te Beston with a crew of 32 on board. %L Shipwreck: The French liner General Chanzy wrecked in a gale near the island of Minorca; . 156.persons__per- ished. %& Financial: The Central Foundry Co., a steel corporation operating foundries in several states, failed with abilities placed at over $4,000,000: Volcanic Disaster: Eruption of volcano Poasa, Costa Rica, destroyed 80 lives, Shipwreck: 88 lives lost on’ the Pacific Navigation Co.’s steamer Lima, strand- ed in the strait of Magellan. 44. Railroad Accident: 12 killed and 20 in- jured in a head-on collision near Ma- con, Ga., on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad. %5. Personal: Herbert Gt whose father, W. KE. Gladstone, “the great commoner,”” twice, declined a seat in the house of lords, elevated to the peerage. China: Anti-foreign riot in Canton; 600 ‘ mutinous soldiers killed. &. Obituary: George Holland, the actor; in Philadelphia; aged 64 Gen. St. Clair Mulholland, noted veteran of the civil war, in Philadelphia; aged 71. ¥. Obituary: Neil Burgess, the actor, in New York city; aged 64 @ Ad Wolgasi defeated Battling Netson for the lightweight championship at Richmond, Cal., in 40 rounds. Nicaraguan Revotution: Revolutionists defeated at Tasma, losing 300 in all, %. Obituary: Clay Clement, actor, in Kan- sas City, Mo.; aged 47. Fimancial: Searing & Co., private bank- ers in New. York, failed owing $350,000. 2% Snowslide: Two villages and a mining amp buried in the mountafrs of north- ern Idaho; over 50 deaths. MARCH. 1 Obituary; Don Jose Dumingo de Ubal- dia, president of the republic of Pan- ama, at Panama; aged ®. Avalanche: Upward of 100 deaths from snowslides in the: mountains: of Wash- ington. % Sporting: ‘Thure Johansen, Swede, set the.world’s Marothon record by. run- ning (26. miles $3 miners killed by explosion in the goid diggings on Doug~ Jas island, Alaska. & Avalanche: Snowslide in Rogers pass, British.Columbia, caused the loss. of upward of 60 lives. Strike: General walkout in Philadelphia to:aid the striking street car men. Obituary; Louis James, actor, at Hel- ena, Mont., aged 50. € Obituary: ‘Thomas Collier Platt, for- mer, United States senator and a noted . politica! leader, in ‘New York city; aged. 77. Dr.. Louis Klopsch, editor Christian Heraid and promoter of worldwide philanthropy, in New York city; aged 58. 1. Accident: 12 killed and 17 seriously in- jured. by an explosion in a starch fac- tory.at Roby, Ind. & Obituary: Jake. ®chaeffer, noted - bil- Mard player, at Denver. & Strike: State wide strike declared in Pennsylvania in sympathy with the Philadelphia car men’s strike. 33. Shipwrecks: Over 1,000: fishermen per- ished in wrecks caused by a storm on the coast ef Japan. 14 Fire: At Jamestown, N. Y., causing loss of $800,000. Obituary: Phil Daly, noted gambler, at Leng Branch, N. J. 18. Venezuela: George Cannon, cousin of Leroy Cannon, one of Americans exe- cuted by Zelaya, hanged at Corinio for conspiracy by order of President Madriz. | %& Sporting: Barney Oldfield, Irish-Amer- 2 Railroad Accident: ican autoist, broke the world’s auto record for 1 mile by driving a car over the course in 27.28 seconds at Daytona Beach, Fla. 4 deaths in a wreck of Rock Island railroad trains at Green Mountain, ‘Ta. 2% Sporting: Barney Oldfield won the 20 mile auto event at Daytona Beach, Fla., covering the course in 19 minutes. 2%. Sporting: Cambridge defeated Oxford in the annual cight oared rowing race at Putney, England. 2. Strike: State wide sympathy strike ‘to aid the Philadetphia car men declared off by the Pennsylvania labor unions. %8. Warship Disaster: 8 sailors killed by 2. Political: explosion on the United States cruiser Charleston during practice in Philip- pine waters. Obituary: David Josiah Brewer, associ- ate justice United States supreme court, in Washington; aged 73. State Senator Jotham P. Allds declared guilty of bribe taking by. a vote of his colleagues, 40 to § ‘at Albany, N. Y. Obituary: Alexander Agassiz, natural- ist, son of the celebrated Louis Agas- ais of Harvard university, at sea; aged 2 Dpitudsy King Menelik of Abyssinia; aged 66. Railroad Accident: 22 killed and 50 geri-' ously injured in a collision at Hulheim, 4 y. APRIL. 1 Obituary: Robert W. Patterson, pres- ident of the Chicago Tribune company, ». in. Philadelphia; aged 60..... 2% Airship Disaster: German balloon Pommern wrecked in flight near Stet- tin and lost with three passengers in the Baltic sea. 1% Obituary: Prof. William Graham Sum- ner, social scientist, of Yale, at En- glewood, N. J.; aged 70. 1% Personal: Col. Duncan B. Cooper, one of the convicted murderers of Senator E.. W. Carmack, pardoned by Gover- nor Patterson of Tennessee. 14, Earthquake: Costa Rica shaken; loss 16 Obituary: Ignacio Marsical, ¥. Airship Disaster: 21. Obituary: Samuel $1,000,000. Chinese Riot: Natives attacked foreign- ers and burned missions at Changebau, Hunan, China. Political: Premier Asquith’s resolutions limiting the veto power of the house of lords carried in the house of com- mons by 163 majority. Labor: The stee] trust increased the wages of about 225,000 employees over 5 per cent. 16 Convention: National Suffrage associ- ation met in Washington. Mexico's chief diplomat, at Mexico City. German balloon Deutsch struck by lightning during an ascension near Hisenach and wrecked, killing four passengers. 38 Convention: Annual congress Dauzh- ters of the American Revolution met in Washington. Labor: Philadeiphia car men’‘s strike ended with some advantage to the strikers. Langhorne -Clem- ens (Mark Twain), the author, at Red- ding, Conn.; aged 76. 2% Fire: Lake St. Charles, La., 20 blocks burned; loss about $8,000,000. Storm: Violent snow and wind storm, with freezing temperature, caused de- struction of budding fruits in the cen- tral lake region, extending south to Tennessee. %. Personal: Governor Charies ©. Hughes of New York appointed justice of the United States supreme court to suc- ceed the late Justice Brewer. Obituary: Bjornstjerne Bjornson, fa- mous Norwegian novelist, poet, play- wright and patriot, in Paris; aged 78. 2%. Political: Dedication of the Hall of American Republics in Washington. 27. Aviation: Louis Pauthan, French avi- ator, won the London Daily Mail %0,- 900 prize by flying from London to Manchester, 185 miles, in %2 minutes actual time. 2% Political: The British house of lords Strike:. Philadelphia street carmen went |» out after long deliberation. #8. Obituary: Count von Stollberg-Werni- gerode, president of the German reichs- tag, in Berlin; aged 70. -. Strike Riot: 5 people kiNled and 100 in- jured in Philadelphia during a riot re sulting from the strike. DEFECTIVE PAGE — the notorious Liberal budget bill. Obituary: Gen. BE. .P. Alexander, noted Confederate veteran and writer on the civil war, at Savannah, Ga.; aged %. Convention: Annual meeting of the Unit- < Confederate Veterans at Mobile, MAY. L Obituary: Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, civil war veteran and national guard com- meander, at Lebanon, Pa; aged 72. Nord Alexis, deposed president of Haiti, at Kingston, Jamaica; aged about 90. Rear Admiral Philip Hich- born, U. 8. N., retired, noted naval constructor, at Washington; aged 71. 2 Convention: Joint conference of farm- ers at St. Louis. : Loss of $1,250,000 by. the burning of a glass factory at Ford, Pa. & Earthquake in Costa Rica; province of Cartago nearly destroyed; estimated Boe of life over 2,500. Accident: Explosion at Palos, marine entombed 180 miners. & Obituary: Edward Vil. of England, at Buckingham... palace;..aged _69._.Rear. Admiral B, HB. McCalla, U. 8. N., re- tired, veteran of the civil war, Span-" ish-. San. n ing Accident: 18, Earthquake: 4) Obituary: Chief Justice Melville Weston the ™ Convention: General Federation of | Railroad ‘Women’s Clubs met at 3. Shipwreck: 12 deaths by the wrec king ef the packet City of Saltillo ‘on the Mississippi river near Gien Park, Mo. Explosion in_ the ington mine at Whitehaven, Eng: caused the death of 135 miners. Several shocks fn San Francisco. 4b. Convention: National gathering of cialists at Chicago. Earthquake: Shocks at Los Angeles, Cal. and vicinity. %& Convention: Pan-American congress i ees at Buenos Aires, Argentina. . Convention: National Association of Manufacturers met in New York. Explosion: 7 boilers of the American Tin Plate company at Cantoh, 0., explod- ed, killing 20 men an@ or upward of 60. Obituary: Pauline Viardot-Garcia, sis- ter of the late Manuel Garcia and like him a noted opera singer, in Paris. 8. Halley’s Comet: The earth pez agh ‘the\ tail of Halley's comet at 10:17 p. m., New York time. Explosion: Dynamite exploded at the barracks of the guard at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, destroying 100 lives. Conventions: The United Typothetae of America, otherwise the employing printers, met ini their 24th annual con- vention at Washington. Nationat com- mandery of; the “Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War met at New, York city. The Mohonk Lake conference on international ar- bitration met at Mohonk Lake, N. Y. Obituary: John A. Kasson, former Unit- ed States minister to Austria, in Wash- ington; aged 88. ¥®. Convention: World’s Sunday School association met at Washington. Earthquake: Violent shock at Salt Lake City. %. Shipwreck: 18 deaths by the sinking of the steamer Frank H. Goodyear near Port Aux Barquais, Lake Huren, %. Fire: The Hotel Champlain, a iarge summer resort on Bluff Point, totally destroyed; loss about $300,000. %. Submarine Disaster: Thé Frénch sub-" marine Pluyoise rammed by a ferry- boat in Dever strait and sunk with her crew of 27. 21. Railroad Accident: 10 killed and 40 in- jured in a wreck on the Lehigh, Val- ley near Wiikesbarre, Pa. % Obituary: Dr. Robert Koch, eminent bacteriologist, discoverer of a con- sumption cure, at Baden-Baden; aged 29. Aviation: Glenn H. Curtiss flew from Albany to New. York, following the course of the Hudson river, winning the New York Worild’s prize of $10,000. Nicaregua: Government forces repulsed | in an attack upon Estrada’s revolu- tionists at Bluefields. @1. South Africa: Union of South African states proclaimed. JUNE. 1. Obituary: Edward Jenkins, English editor and writer, author of the sen- sationa)* polittéal pamphlet “Ginx’s Baby,” in London; aged 72 Sir Fran- cis Seymour Haden, noted English art- ist, in London; aged 92. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer woman physician im England and the United States, in London; aged 89. Sporting: Lemberg won the English Der- by. Polar Research: Captain Scott’s antarc- tic expedition sailed from London. + & Obituary: William Sydney Porter, nov- elist ‘known as “O. Henry,” in pew York city; aged 43. 6 Cloudburst: Several villages in east Hungary wiped out; 300 deaths.. 1. Barthquake: Southerft Italy shaken; upward of 100 deaths. Obituary: Prof. Goldwin Smith, Angio- American ‘author and edutvator, at Toronto; aged 87: %. Obituary: Sir George Newnes, noted British publisher, in London; aged 59. ii. Fire: 20 acres of warehouses and dwellings burned in Seattle; loss near- Jy $1,000,000. 12. Obitwary: Herman Vezin, American actor distinguished on the London stage; aged 81 Storm Disaster: Cloudburst im the Abr valley, Prussia, destroyed 150 lives. 18. Aviation: C. K. Hamilton drove a Cur- tiss bipiane from New York to Phil- adelphia and return, winning $10,000 prize;| time, New York to Philadel- phia, 86 miles, 1 hour 51 minutes; Phi adelphia to New York, 1 hour 36 min- utes. Walter S. Brookins established new world’s altitude record by as- cending 4,384 feet in a Wright aero- plane at Indianapolis. Fire Disaster: Flames followed collapse of roof of the Montreal Herald build- ing and caused loss of 40 lives. 44 Convention: World’s missionary con- gress opened in Edinburgh. 16. Obituary: John Austin Stevens, found- er of the Sons of the Revolution, at Newport, R. I.; aged 83. Vi. Aviation: Walter 8S. Brookins made new world’s aititude record by ascend- ing 4,200 feet at Indianapolis. 18. Storm Disaster: 18 deaths in New York city by. electric rainstorm. Railroad Accident: 19 killed and nearly 100 injured in a collision near Ver- sailles, France. Personal: Ex-President Theodore Roose- velt welcomed in New York on his re- turn from his African and European trip. Political: The railroad bill, creating a court of commerce and amending the interstate commerce act of 1887, be- came a law. 19. Obituary: Henry Neville, noted actor and dramatist, in London. Convention: World's Sunday school con- vention met in Washington. 2. Aviation: Count Zeppelin’s dirigibie Deutschiand sailed from Friederichs- haven to Dusseldorf, 300 miles, carry- ing 11 passengers. 24. German airship Deutschland made an excursion trip carrying 32 passengers. 26. Political: Congress adjourned. Sporting: Cornell won the varsity eight, four oared race and freshman’s eight at Poughkeepsie. 2%. Sporting: Nuage, owned by Mme. Cheremeteff, won the French Grand Prix, beating W. K. Vanderbiit’s Rein- hart by a neck. Political: Gen. Porfiro Diaz re-elected president of Mexico. 28. Obituary: United States Senator Sam- uel Douglas McEnery of Louisiana, in New Orleans; aged 74. Dr. John Hen- ry Haynes, noted archaeological. ex- Plorer, at North Adams, Mass. Fire: Paterson, N. J., suffered $600.000 loss by flames-in the business district. 29. Obituary: United States Senator John ‘W. Daniel of Virginia, at Lynchburg: aged §8. 90. Sporting:' Harvard won the ‘varsity races over Yale at New London. JULY. 2 Obituary: Dr. Frederick James Furni- vall, noted English scholar and critic, in London; aged 68... Ove Gude, Nor- wegian minister to.the United States, at White Sulphur Springs, Va. Aeronautics: Clifford B. Harmon broke the American amateur record (his own) by remaining in the air 2 hours -a1% minutes,at Mineola- B& Aviation: Second international avia- tion meet at Rheims, France. Aviator Wachter killed on the fall of his ma- chine. ¥ 4. Convention: Society of Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration met in Philadelphia. pili a Poa tae Mel ews bate Aceajoth Ws bss8 Guitars Emanuel | Fremiet, French 3 aged i ‘Aotident: of the Twentieth Century Limited or: ed in collision at Middletown, 0.; 22 killed and many inj Fire: At Benton, “yA © buildings burn- ed in a Fourth July blaze; loss $300,000. Sporting: Jack Johnson defeated Jeffries im 15 rounds at Reno, for the world’s heavyweight cham; Race les: Numerous rigts.in.° and negroes were killed followed the news of the ring event at Reno. & Fire: At Annprior, Ont., flames in a lumber yard caused. a loss of over $3,000,000. Convention: National Educational asso- ciation met in Boston. 4. Obituary: Dr. William’ James Rolfe, noted Shakespearean scholar, in Tis- bury, Mass.; ayed 3: %& Aviation: Walter R. Brookins flew 6275'feet upiin the aif at Atiantic City. Obituary: George Berger, famous French art critic, in Paris; aged 72. 1. Obituary: Joha Gottfried Gale, noted astronomer, at Potsdam; aged 9. 12 Aviation Accident: Capt. C. S. Rolis, English aviator, killed in a Wright aeroplane at Bournemouth. Obituary: Hehry Dexter, founder of the American News company, in New York city; aged $8 Kate Tannatt Woods, author, in Boston; aged 70. Fire: ‘Campbelltown, N. B., stroyed; loss $2,500,000. 18. Obituary: Daniel Foiger Bigelow, noted American artist and art ieader, in Chi- cago; aged $7. 14 Aloys Wirsching, inventor of the stock ticker and New York’s fire alarm eys- tem, in Brooktyn; aged 78. 16. Obituary: Z B. Knight, who is said to have named the Republican party im 1854, in Omaha; aged 89. “1. Army Accident: Premature explosion of a gun during mimic war at Fort Monroe caused the death of 13 soldiers: %. Nicaragua: Estrada’s revolutionists defeated the government forces at nearly de 60 persons kiNed and hundreds injured by a tornado near Milan, Italy. 2%. Obituary: Prof. Samuel Ross Winans, dean of Princeton university, at Prince- ton; aged 65. 21. Obituary: Sir Henry Tichborne, infant defendant in the notorious Arthur Or- ton claim to the Tichborne title and estates in 1871 and a noted big game hunter, in London; aged 44. 31. Obituary: John G. Carlisle, Kentucky statesman and a member of Grover Cleveland’s cabinet, in New York city; aged 7%. Rear Admiral Thomas H. Looker, U. 8. N., retired, veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, in Wash- ington; aged 81. AUGUST. . Convention: The international peace congress met in Stockholm. 3. Obituary: E. L, Sambourne, noted car- toonist of London Punch, in London; aged ©. 4 Obituary: Louis Schriber, long known asa great cornetist, in Los Angelos; | aged $3. 6 Obituary: Rear Admiral Schofield, U. 8. N., retired, at Stamford, Conn; aged ‘71. 7. Obituary: J. B. Studley, once noted actor, in New York city. Col Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Portland Ore- gonian, in Baltimore; aged 72. $. Assault on Mayor Gaynor: Mayor Wil- Mam J. Gaynor shot.on board the ocean liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by James J, Gallagher, a discharged city employee. Railroad Accident: 14 killed and # in- jured in a head-on collision on the Northern Pacific near Ignacio, Cal. Fire:'In Boston’s: lumber istrict; cages ‘$1,000,000. 16. Convention: Apple growers’ congress opened in St. Louis. Special conven- tion of the United Mine Workers of America met in Indianapolis. li. Obituary: Judith Elien Foster, noted woman lawyer, in Washington; aged n. 12. Flood Disaster: 3,006 houses and shops destroyed and over a thousand lives lost in Tokyo. Sporting: Uhlan set a new trotting rec- ord by going a mile in 1:58% at Cleve- land. 1% Obituary: Florence Nightingale, fa- mous nurse in the Crimean war, in London; aged 9. Edmund D. Lewis, noted artist and art collector, in Phil- adelphia; aged 73. Aviation: Radley, an English aviator, broke the world’s speed record by fly- ing a mile in 472-5 seconds at Black- pool. 14. Fire: The “White City” of the world’s fair at Brusseis destroyed; loss esti- Tated at $20,000,000. Railroad Accident: 32 killed, and 100 in- jured ‘in a collision at Saujon, France. Aviation: C. F. Willard carried three passengers on a quarter mile biplane trip at Garden City, beating the world’s record on the number of pas- sengers. 15. Convention: The international Espe- ranto congress met in Washington. Obituary: Rev. E. P. Hammond, once famous traveling evangelist, at Hart- ford, Conn. 16. Obituary: President Montt of Chile, in Bremen. Shipwreck: 32 passengers and 7 sailors drowned by the foundering of the Spanish steamer Tarifa in the strait of Gibraltar. ¥%7. Convention: Annual convention of the National Firemen’s association met at Rochester, N. Y. 18. Nicaragua: Estrada’s revolutionists defeated the Madriz forces in front of Managua. Fire: In Jersey City joss of $1,000,000 by the burning of a business block. 2%. Nicaragua: Managua, the capital, oc- cupied by the victorious revolutionists under Estrada. Madriz, the president, fled. 4%. Fire: 13 lives lost and property valued at $1,000,000 destroyed at Wallace, Ida., by flames started by forest fires in the vicinity of the city. %4. Sporting: Harvester lowered the worid’s record for stallions by trotting a mile in 2X3 at the Empire City track, Yon- kers. %. Sporting: William A. Larned, national lawn tennis champion, defended his title at Newport, defeating Thomas C. Bundy of California. %. Sporting: Novelty won the Futurity and a purse of $2,360 at Saratoga, with Bashti second. Aviation: Glenn H! Curtiss made an over water record by flying 60 miles over Lake Erie in 1 hour 18 minutes, am average of 46.1 miles an hour. SEPTEMBER. 4 Obituary: Julian Edwards, composer of comic operas, at Yonkers, N. t 3 7. £4. . Couvention: National conservation con- gress met at St. Paul, Obituary: William Holman- '-Hunt, dis- tinguished artist, in London; aged 83. 8. Convention: International Socialist con- gress met in Copenhagen. Obituary: Dr. Emily Blackwell, noted wonian’ physician, ‘at York Cliffs, Me. ry Obivers: eee W. Bowers, solicitor gel Inited Stat in - ton; aged 51. sal i Boat Accident: 30 drowned in the sink- ing ofvear ferry: No. 18, Pere Marquette sane during a storm on Lake Mich- noted p race. Balloon néar Warrentor, Va., after'a’ fight of #4 hours. 18 Aviation: Weymann, an American, and George Chavez, a Peruvian, at- tempted ‘to fiy over the Alps. Both failed, and Chavez was mortaly hurt im landing. Convention: 44th national encampment of the Grand eed of the Republic +f sMmeteat-Atiantie’ Cit: Personal: Emperor Williaa of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria met at Vienna. @. Trolley Disaster: Collision on the Wa- bash Traction line near Kingsland, Ind., eaused the death of 46 passen- gers. Sporting: Harvester lowere. the trot- ting record for stallions to 2:01 at Co- lumbus. Convention: National irrigation con- gress opened in Pueblo, Colo. Convention: ‘The United Irish league met at Buffalo. poet te ne National good roads con- gress met in St Louis. Obituary: ‘Winslow Homer, famous’ 2 poten. at. Scarboro, . Me.; aged irs. becca Hardi vis, ‘the author, at the howe at hel ee son, Richard Hardhig’ Davis, stent Kisco, N..¥.; aged 79. Aviation: Walter. S, Brookins broke the cross country distance record by i from Chicégo to Springfield, 188 miles, winning a $10,000 prize. OCTOBER. 1 Sporting: The Vanderbit cup auto race won by Harry F. Grant; time, 4 hours 15 minutes 58 Seconds. Ship Disaster: 23 of the crew of the bat- tleship New Hampshire drowned by the swamping of a launch in the Hud- son river at New York. Explosion: A mysterious explosion, fol- lowed by fire, destroyed the Los An- geles Times building and caused ty. death of 2i employees of the paper. Aviation: Aviator’ Wynmalen made a world’s record for height by ascending 9,186 feet at Mourmelon, France. Shipwreck: The Pacific Navigation com- pany’s steamer Chirlqui wrecked off Panama by the explosion of her boil- ers; 50 lives lost. Obituary: Ex-Governor Napoleon Bona- parte Broward of Fiorida, a former Cuban filibuster, at Jacksonville; aged 53. 2 Convention: International prison con- gress opened in Washington. Obituary: Former Governor and United States Senator David Bennett Hill, at Albany; aged 67. Joseph Abner Har- per, member of the old firm of Harper & Bros., the New York publishers, at Newburg, N. Y.; aged 77. Fire: In New York city loss of $1,600,000 by flames in the lumber and factory district on the TWudson river front. 3% Convention: Dry farming congress opened at Spokane. 4& Collision: Two electric cars collided at Springfield, Il., causing the death of 37 peopte, chiefly passengers. Personal: Justice W. “. Moody of the United States supreme court resigned. & Portugal: Republican uprising in Lis- bon. King Manuel captured. The army and navy sided with the revolution- ists, who proclaimed a republic. & Mine Disaster: 50 miners trapped by an explosion in’ the Colorace Fuel and PRE. Iron company’s mine at Starkville, Cole. 0. Personal: x-Governor Charlies FE. Hughes took the oath of office as jus- tice of the United States. supreme court at Washington. 13. Storm: A fierce storm swept over Eu- rope, causing heavy loss of life on the English coast and on the'Baitic. 14 Shipwreck: The French steamship ‘Vine de Rochefort was ramm-d by tho British steamer Peyeril in the bay of Biseay and sank with 23 of ber crew. Financial: The Charing Crosa bank’ of London, with 49 country ‘ranches, went into the hands of a receiver, ow- ing depositors $5,000,000. Mi Obituary: Larkin G. Mead, noted Amer- ican sculptor, in Florence, Italy; aged %. United States Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of lowa, at Wort Dodge; aged 52) Aviation: Weliman’s balicon America started on its oversea flight at Atlan- tic City. 16. Fire: ‘At Alabaster, Mich., joss of $400,- 000 by fiames in the plant of the Unit. ed States Gypsum company. The 20th anniversary of the settlement of Bergen county, N. J., by the Dutch was celebrated, 7. Ayiation: 10 Bailoons representing the United States, France, Germany and Switzeriand started from St. Louis in the international race for the Bennett cup and $,750.in prizes. ‘The dirigible, baltoon Ciement-Payard sailed from Paris to London in 6 bours, carrying 7 péople. Obituary: Julia Ward Flowe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” at Middietown, R. 1.; aged 91. 18 Aviation: Weliman abandoned his air- ship 360 miles off Hatteras after sall- ing about 760 miles in 72 hours; far- thest point north was 140 miles north- east of Nantucket. Storm: A West India hurricane struck the Florida and South Carolina coasts. 19. Aviation: Balloon America I1., Post and Hawley aeronauts, landed in the province of Quebec, 1,35 miles from St. Louis, the starting point, winning the. Bennett cup for distance. 2%. Obituary: Gen, Thomas T. Eckert, manager of the Federal military tele- graph in the civil war and later pres- ident of the Western Union. at Long Branch, N. J.; aged 85. Shipwreck: The’ steamship Regulus, ply- ing between New York and Newfound- land ports, wrecked by a storm on Shoal bay; 19 sailors drowned. Persona!. Wdgar Allan Poe elected te the American Hali of Fame by a vote of 69; necessary to choice, 51. 2% Criminal: Dr. Hawley H. Crippen found guilty of murdering hie wife. Belle Elmore, in the Old Bailey court, London. Shipwreck: British wrecked off Brazil; sailors drowned. Aviation: International meet opened at Belmont park, New York. 2%. Sporting: The Athietics of Phitadel- phia beat the Nationais of Chicago for the ‘world’s baseball championship, 7 to 2, at Chicago. Obituary: Chulalongkorn, king of Siam. at Bangkok, after reigning 4 years; aged 57. Personal: Crown Prince Chowfa Maha Vajireavudh, who visited this country in 1902, proclaimed king of Siam. Storm: Ischia, an island in the Mediter- ranean, and Naples swept by a hurri- cane; 200 dead in Ischia. ri Obituary: Rear Admiral John J. Read, U. 8. N., retired, a civil war veteran, at Mount Holly, N. J.; aged 68. %, Aviation: Ralph Johnstone broke the American record for flight by. ascend- steamship Wally 60 passengers and ing ‘7,303 feet at Belmont park. Shipwreck: Liberte was wrecked. by an explosion persons, including 10 generals. business district caused a loss of $2,- 000,000. 2. Conyention: The International Aero- nautic federation met in Paris. Aviation: Ralph Johnstone ascended » 9,000. feet at Belmont park, intent on beating the world’s record of 9,186. 2 Obituary: @Essting, grandson of Marshal Mas- *sena of France and himself a noted @ Aviation: ®. Political: 12 Personai: The Haitian gunboat La | 4 Personal: off Port aux Paix and sank with 7.| 36. Convention: epened in ‘Toronto. % A¥iation: Claude Srabame-White won the speed race at Relmont park; time for 62.1 miles §1 minutes 14 seconds, viation: J. B. Moisant won the race mm Belmont park to the statue of ang return, covering 34 miles in 34 minutes 34.84 seconds. Raiph Johnstone ascended 9,714 feet at Belmont park, the world’s record. 4 ‘ NOVEMBER. 1 Personal: John Morley (Viscount of Blackburn), best known as a man of lewers, resigned his place in the Brit- ish cabinet as secretary of state for India. & Fire: In Philadelphia toss of over $600,- @O in the businéss district. 4 Obituary: William St. John Harper, noted artist and illustrator, in New York; aged 59. & Mexico: Anti-American demonstrations im, the City of Mexico and elsewhere. , 6 Mine Disaster: 12 miners killed by ex- plozion in the Lawson mine at Black Diamond, Wash. & Elections: Democratic landslide in sev- era? state elections and a Democratic house of representatives returned to congress. Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York ‘an Now Jerscy elected tic. governors to succeed Re- Darperte, serene emer eda Democratic governor. Mine Disaster: Explosion ‘in mine No. 3 Of, the Victor American Fuel company, Colorado, entombed 49 miners, President Taft sailed on the cruisér Tennéssee' from Charleston on anoofficial visit te the republic of Pan- and the canal zone. nm Sporting: arvara beat Dartmouth, 18 to 6, ‘in the annual football game at Cambridge. Yale ‘defeated Prince- ton, 5. to 8, at. Princeton. Michigan and Pennsylvania played a tie game at Franklin field; score 0 to 0. 38% Obituary: United States Senator Alex- ander Stephens Clay of Georgia, at At~ lanta; aged 57, M4. Personal: Prince Victor Napoleon Bonaparte, pretender to the throne of France, marrie@ Princess Clementine of Beigium at Moncalieri, Italy. Count Tolstoy, who mysteriously disap- peared in October, discovered in a rafl- way station about 80 miles from his home in an enfeebled condition. Obituary: John La Farge, distinguished mural painter and stained glass art- ist, in Providence, R. I.; aged 67. Aviation: Wugene B. Ely in the Curtiss biplane Hudsen Plier flew from the deck of the United States scout cruiser Birmingham in Hampton Roads to Willoughby veach, 7 miles distant. Personal: Presideut Taft reached Pan- ama and had a conference with Col. Goethais and other members of the canal commission. 16. Political: President Taft addressed the Panamans at a state banquet and de- clared that there would. be no annexa- tion of the républic of Panama to the United States. NM. Aviation: Ralph Jotnstone, the avi- ator, killed »y the fall of his biplane at Derrver; aged 20. 19. Sporting! Yale and Harvard's football match at New Haven resulted in a no score game. %. Obituary: Count Leo Tolstoy, the fa-~ mous Russian novelist, at Astapova. Russia; aged 82 22. Personal: President Taft reached Fort Monroe on his return from Panama. % Aviation: J. Armstrong Drexel ascend- ed''9,897 feet in a monoplane at Phila- deiphia. %. Sporting: The Navy defeated the Army at football on Franklin field, Phiadel- Phia, 3 to 0. Fatal Fire: 23 operatives killed and % injured at a factory fire in Newark, N, J. %. Mexico: Government troops’ defeated #0 révolutionists in battle at Chihua- fa. 28. Political: The British parliament dis- solved by royal proclamation. % Political: The government asked the dissolution of the sugar trust “as a combination in restraint of trade.” The conference of governors met at Frankfort, Ky. %. Obituary: Jem Mace, noted English prizefighter in the sixties, in England; aged 79. DECEMBER. 1. Political: Gen. Porfirio Diaz was in- augurated president of Mexico for the eighth timo. 2 Obituary: Gen. B. A. Carr, U. 8. A. retired, distinguished in border trou- bles before the civil war as well as in that conflict, died in Washington; aged 50 & Obituary: Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, in Boston; aged %. Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. 8. A., retired, noted in the civil and Spanish-Ameri- can wars, at Natural Bridge, Va.; “4, & Politica: The iast séssion of the Gist congress opened. & Storm: Heavy snow or rain in the northern and eastern states. Obituary: The Duke of Chartres, one of the Orleans princes who served in America in 1862, in Paris; aged 70. Fire: At Evansville, Ind.; loss of $7%9,- 000. Convention: The American Red Cross society met in Washington Political: President Tafl’s message rec- ommended the fortifying of the Pan ama canal, a ship subsidy, a halt in legislating on corporations and a par cels post. @ Obituary: Ludwig Knaus, famous genre painter, in Berlin; aged 81. Sporting: George Moore made a world’s record run of 15 at 3 cushion carex billiards in New York. 9%. Aviation: Legagneux, French aviator established a. new world’s record for altitude at Pau by soaring 10,498 feet. ¥%. Brazil: Mutiny of Brazillan marines at Rio de Janciro resulted in a battle causing 400 casualtics. Sporting: Root and Moran, the Irisi: American team, won the 6 day bicycle race in New York; score 2,545 miles 3 laps. 18th Census: Official figures published; population, exclusive of Alaska, $1,972,- 266; including all possessions, 101,100,~ 000; Zain since 1900, 15,959,860. Aviation: Capt. Bellanger, French army aviator, made a new world’s speed record by flying 100 miles, from Vin- cennes to Mourmelon, in 7 minutes, an average of 8§ miles an hour. The previous record of about 61 miles an hour was held by Grahame-White. iL Obituary: Dr. Emil Reich, author and lecturer, noted for his criticisms on American women, in London; aged 66. Shipwreck: German steamer Palermo bldg: ‘ked on the Spanish coast; 24 lives lost. Associate Justice Edward Douglass White of the United States supreme court appointed chief justice as successor to the late M. W. Fuller. Judge Willis Van Devanter of Wyo- ming and Judge J. R. Lamar of Geor- gia nominated associate justices. Andrew Carnegie gave $10,- 000,000 to the cause of peace. Conference on interna- tional disputes met in Washington. 2%. Fire: In Victoria, B. C., flames in the | %& Obituary: Melville D. Landon, humor- ous writer and lecturer, known as Eli Perkins, at Yonkers, N. Y.; aged 71. 19. Explosion: Explosion in a power house at Grand Central station, New York, caused extensive damage in the vicin- ity and the loss of many lives. ®. Aviation: Meet at Los Angeles. Victor Massena, _Prince.|.8%. Conventfons: American Histuvical as- sociation at Indianapolis. Association For the Advancement of Science at |