Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-12-27

the French torpedo boat Spod at
LOrient France.
10. Obituary: Sir william Howard C''Bull
Rum RUSSELL famous English war
correspondent. in London; aged Sc.
IL. Obituary: Frank w. Higgins, ex-gov-
ernor Of New York. at 0lo,n: aged 81.
Political: King Edward opened the
British parliament
10. Fire: At Pine Bluff, Ark; so build
ings burned. with a loss OF s25O,O0O
IA. Convention: 18th annual assembly of
the National Suffrage association met
in Chicago.
1e. shipwreck: British steamer Orlando
sunk in collision of the coast OF
Wales: IA drowned.
Obituary: Princess Clementine of Sake
Coburg Gotha, daughter OF King Louis
Philippe Of France in Vienna: aged 80.
Railway accident: "a killed and over
100 injured in an electric express train
wreck on the New York Central at
New York city.
q. Personal: Right Hon. James Bryce.
British ambassador to the United
States. arrived in New York city.
%. Shipwreck: 40 drowned by the loss of
the Austrian steamer Imperatrix on
the coast of Crete.
rs. Obituary: A. c. Gunter novelist and
playwright, in New York city; aged SO.
Fire: Loss of 100000 by the burning OF
the Acker plant at Niagara Falls.
fed the treaty with Santo Domingo.
B. Honduras Nicaragua: War declared
by Honduras; battle at San Marcos
de Colon favorable to the Ncaraguans
Fire: II lives lost by the burning of q
school at Montreal.
MARCH.
1. Obituary: Wendell Phillips Garrison
son of William Lloyd Garrison, the
abolition leader and one OF the editors
of the New York Nation, in New York
city aged Sc.
4. Political: End Of the seth congress.
:. Russia: Opening of the second douma
at St. Petersburg. accompanied by
serious riots In the capital.
o. Shipwreck: "a deaths by the founder
ing of the German steamers Wettern
and Jorgensen in the North sea.
Obituary: John Alexander Dowie, found
er OF the world famous Zion COM
munity. In Chicago; aged 60. M. CAST
mir-Perier. ex-president of France. in
Paris; aged CO.
r. Warship Disaster: Explosion on the
French battleshp Lena at Toulon
caused the death of 103 seamen.
ID. Flood: Rivers at Pittsburg reached
gauge of 36.6 feet. the highest in
century; "a deaths from flood and pc
cuniary loss estimated at S25,0000O0.
is. Fire: Helicon Hall. the home of Up
ton Sinclair's cooperative colony at
Englewood, n. j.. burned to the ground.
Mine Disasters: a cage cable accident
at the Saarlouis mines Rhenish Prus-
STA, killed % miners Firedamp ex-
plosion in the coal mines near For
bach. Germany. killed IS miners.
Obituary: John O'Leary. Fenian leader
and we'll known writer and editor. in
Dublin aged II.
10. Obituary: Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
.Iar .f,,It In, I1oe
ton; aged So
%. Sporting: Montgomery won the Cres-
cent Derby in New Orleans.
"a. Fire: A. G. Spalding 81 Bros sport
ing goods esta blishment burned in Chi
cago; loss s350.O0o.
Is. Morocco: French troops advanced to
occupy Oudja as a step to enforce
reparation for the murder OF Dr.
Mauchamp. a French subject. at Mo-
rocco city last January.
Obituary: Prof. Ernst Won Bergman
noted German army surgeon, in Wies
baden; aged 10.
Fire: The Morton salt block destroyed
at Hutchinson. Kan: loss nearly $780,
Honduras Nicaragua: Nicaraguan forces
captured Tegucigalpa. capital of Hon
duras
Is. Fire: Flames in the tobacco district
of South Boston. Va caused a loss OF
81 100000
Railroad Accident: 26 killed and 100
injured in wreck on the Southern
Pacific near Cotton Cal
20. Fires; At Lacrosse. Wis; loss $780,
900. Flames caused a loss of 500. 900 at
Laurens S. c.
81. Obituary: Galusha A. Grow noted
speaker of congress in the sixties and
a striking figure in the political his
tory of the country. at Glenwood Pa /:
aged So.
APRIL.
Q Fire: San Francscos lighting plant
destroyed loss s250O.0OO.
g. Storm Disaster: Tornado sweeping
over Louisiana and Alabama destroyed
property valued at s2.0OO,0oO; . per-
sons killed and 100 injured.
Fire: The Mcdonald engineering build
ing at McGill university. Montreal de-
stroyed by fire. loss $4,000.
g. Obituary. DR., William Henry Drum
mond Canadian poet. at Cobalt, Ont
aged 30.
g. Fire: Plant OF the Columbus Dispatch
and other business properties burned
at Columbus. q.
Obituary: Rev. DR.. John johnson, rec
tor emeritus of ST. Philips church.
Charleston. survivor and principal his
torian of the Confederate defense of
Fort Sumter. in Charleston; aged IS.
Isle of Pines: The United States SUI
preme court decided that the island is
Cuban territory.
g. Fire: Loss OF 100000 at Amsterdam.
n. Y. by the burning of the Amster-
dam Broom Co. S plant.
IL. Personals Lord Cromer, British agent
and consul general in Egypt. resigned
his post
IL. Central America: The Honduran forces
surrendered Amapala 10 the Nicara-