Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30


 States gunboat Bennington, lying at San Diego, Cal, exploded, causing the death, all told, of 68 of her crew. 22. Fire: A $100OO0 blaze in Auburn, N. Y. Attempted Assassination: A would be assassin's bomb narrowly missed the sultan of Turkey and killed 4S of his bodyguard.
 g. Fire: F deaths in an oil fire in the Humble fields, Tex.
 Obituary: Daniel Scott Lamont, secre- tary of war under Cleveland, at Pough- keepsie; aged 54. "A. Personal: Conference of Czar Nicholas and Emperor William near Bjorko, in the Baltic sea.
 9. Russo-Japanese War: Baron Jutaro Komura, chief Japanese plenipotenti- ary to the peace conference, arrived in New York.
 iS. Obituary: Gen. William Blackmar, commander in chief of the G. A. R., in Boise, Ida; aged 64.
 AUGUST. 2. Personal: M. Sergius Witte, Russias chief plenipotentiary, arrived in New York.
 5. Fire: The Delaware and Lackawanna railway terminal destroyed in Hobo ken, N. J.; loss about $1,000,O00 Peace Conference: Russian and Jap anese envoys met on board the yacht Mayflower at Oyster Bay, N. Y. G. Sporting: w. w. Coe of Boston put sixteen pound stone 49 feet inches at Portland, Ore, breaking the worlds record of AS feet inches. Obituary: Gen. Roy Stone. noted civil war veteran and a distinguished en- gineer on public works, at Mendham, N. J.; aged 69.
 g. Peace Conference: First session held at the United States navy yarS, Ports- mouth, N. H. Obituary: Archbishop Chapelle of the Roman Catholic diocese of New Or leans victim of yellow fever; aged 61. Convention: The National Catholic To- tai Abstinence association met at Wilkesbarre, Pa, and was addressed by President Roosevelt. il. Obituary: Rear Admiral F. K. Ben- ham, [. S. N, retired, at Lake Ma hopac, N. Y.; aged 73 i2. Political: New treaty of alliance con- cluded between England and Japan. B. Accident: F killed and many injured in an accident on the Nickel Plate at Kishman, o.
 E. Accident: 50 colored excursionsts kill ed and as many injured in an open drawbridge accident on the Atlantic Coast line at Bruce, Va. IS. Sporting: Fifth and concluding race for the Canada cup won by the Amer ican yacht Iroquois. is Russia: A national representative as- sembly summoned by the czar. a. Storm: 2 killed and many missing In storm which swept over southern Minnesota.
 Obituary: Mary Mapes Dodge. author. poet and editor of St. Nicholas, at Tannersville, N. Y.; aged 67. g. Earthquake: Severe shock felt in southern Illinois, Tennessee and Ken lucky.
 g. Cohvention: Twentieth annual meet ing of the American Bar association at Narragansett Pier, R. I. 6. Personal: President Roosevelt went down in the submarine boat Plunger in Long Island sound. 26. Peace Conference: The ultimatum of Czar Nicholas that Russia would not pay indemnity received by the peace enyoys at Portsmouth. Sporting Ormondale won the $53,6S0 Flu turity at Sheepshead Bay. N a. Peace Conference: President Roose- welt made final appeal to the mikado to modify Japan's peace terms. g. Shipwreck: 20 seamen drowned by the wrecking of the steamer Peconic off Florida.
 Conventions: Interparliamentary con- gress opened in Brussels.
 Peace Conference: The mikado ordered further concessions to Russia in order to insure peace.
 a. Peace Conference: Terms agreed upon by the envoys at Portsmouth, Russia retaining half of the island of Sak- halin and paying no indemnity to Japan for the cost of the war. Fire: At Johnstown. Pa; loss of s1, 250.- 900 by the burning of the Penn Traffic stores
 N. Earthquake: Shocks felt along the New Hampshire coast line. Financial: Ernest Cronier. French sugar king. failed for s21,00O.OO0.
 Eclipse: Total eclipse of the sun lasting from two and one-half to three min utes observable from northern Africa n. Obituary: Francesca Tamagno. noted tenor, at Varese, Italy; aged IS. Accident: John E. Baldwin and his air ship blown to atoms by dynamite while 1.50O feet in air at Greenville, o.
 SEPTEMBER. l. Accident: 10 people killed and D hurt in a wreck on the Great Eastern rail way at Witham. England
 Fire: At Portland. Ore; loss of over $900.OOO by the burning of docks along the Willamette.
 S Fire: 1000 houses burned in Adrian ople the second city of European Turkey; loss. S5.O0o.OOO ( Convention: The thirty-ninth encamp- ment Of the c. A. R. opened at Den yer.
 G. Obituary: Gen. Bjornsterna, distin- gulshed Swedish soldier. diplomat and legislator. at Stockholm: aged s6 Hezekiah Butterworth. noted Amer lean author and editor. at Warren. R. l.: aged 5s. G Japan: Rioting fin Tokyo because of dissatisfaction with the peace treaty. Earthquake: IS villages destroyed in the district of Calabria. Italy. 10.Ooo houses ruined and 250O people killed or injured
 Personal: Corporal James Tanner elect ed commander in chief of the c. A. R. Accident: l9 workmen killed by an ex- plosiou in the Rand powder mills at Fairchance, Pa. TO- Fire: At Chattanooga: loss of 5000 by flames in the freight yards. II. Accident: l7 people Killed or fatally injured by the fall Of a coach from the elevated tracks in New York city. | i2 Miscellaneous: Admiral Togos flag ship MIkasa destroyed by an explosion. following a fire. in Sasebo harbor. 600 officers and men lost The Zsmbezi bridge. the highest ii. the world, cross ing the gorge at Victoria falls. on the Cape to Cairo line. formally opened i5 Obituary: Comte de BrazEa, noted [ French explorer. at Dskar. Africa: | aged S
 Accident. Il deaths by fire and explo- sion in the Climax fuse works at Avon. Conn. ] Tornado. A violent wind and rain storm swept over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa causing many deaths and heavy loss in property TS Miscellaneous. Rain-in-the-Face. one Of the leading chiefs In the Custer massacre and who boasted that he killed Gen Custer died al the Stand