Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-31

h CDnuary; -...s -hanlow. noted NOT wcgian landscape painter at Volcp- dam. Holland,
 2. Fires: At Hamilton, O.. burning of . dry goods block caused loss of 11.00e.- 0o0 In Kansas City. Mo-. plant Of the Harvest King Distilling company burned: loss sAo00Oo.
 .. Personal: President Roosevelt sailed from Washington for Panama. g. Building Accident: Collapse of . now concrete structure at Long Beach. Cal. caused the death of IS workmen. Obituary: Samuel J. Kitson. noted American sculptor. in New York city; aged 6S. Uncle" Nathan Moore not ed bear hunter. at Moscow. Me: aged Se.
 Obituary: Esther Damon. last widow pensioner on the roll of tho war of tho Revolution. at Rutland; aged s2. F. Railroad Accident: 1T killed and 8 in. jured in q head-on collision between an immigrant train and freight on the B. and o. at Woodville, o. Convention: Twenty-sixth annual meet ing of the American Federation of Labor at Minneapolis.
 Obituary: Major Gen. William Rufus Shafter, U. s. A. retired. commander of the military expedition which cap tured Santiago in 1898, near Bakers field. Cal. aged Il.
 B. Conventions: National Baptist con- gress met at St. Louis
 14. Obituary: Margaret Macdonald Bot tome. founder of the Kings Daugh- ters, in New York city; aged 7s. Personal: President Roosevelt reached Colon Panama. on board the United States battleship Louisiana. IS. Bomb Explosion: Unknown person ex. y,ln led fy, hnv aA x1r{th nvyEa AT inside St. Peters. at Rome, at the close of mass. No damage resulted. l9. 6hipwreck: 42 deaths in collision be- tween the steamer Dix and Alaskan liner Jeanie off Aslkall Point. Wash. Obituary: Georgia Cayvan. once popu- lar actress, in Flushing, N. r.: aged 4S
 20. Convention: Transmississippi congress opened in Kansas City. P Storm and Shipwreck: During gale on the great lakes 62 lives were lost from five wrecked vessels. The steam- CT J. H. Jones went down in Georgian bay with 12 sailors and IS passengers 4 Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at football by score of to at New Haven.
 2. Explosion Accident: 30 workmen killed and PAP injured in . roburit factory at Dortr1und Germany.
 B. Fire: At Peoria. H., flames in the business district caused loss of sS4O,0o0 In Philadelphia lives werc lost by tho burning of a Salvation Army hotel.
 %. Railway Accident: In collision on the Southern railway near Lynchburs, Va. passengers were killed and s seriously injured. Samuel Spencer. president of the railway company and Gen. Philip Schuyler among the killed.
 DECEMBER.
 1. Sporting: Annapolis defeated West Point. 10 to O. in the annual army and navy football contest in Philadelphia. ?. Obituary: Black Patti' (Flora Bat son). colored concert singer, in Phila- delphia; aged B.
 & Political: Last session of the Fifty. ninth congress opened in Washington. President Roosevelt sent the senate the following nominations: Secretary of the treasury. George R. Cortelyou: attorney general. Charles J. Bona parte: postmaster general. George |. won Meyer; secretary of the navy. Vic- tor H. Metcalf; secretary of |the in- terior, James R. Garfield: secretary of commerce and labor. Oscar s. 6traus; associate justice of supreme court. William H. Moody.
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