Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
s1 injured from storms which swept
 over southern Illinois, Indiana and


 over southern Illinois, Indiana and
 Kentucky. Q. Obituary: Julia Magruder, American
 novelist, at Richmond, Va; aged 5S. !, 10. Financial Troubles: Milliken Bros,
 steel manufacturers and constructors.
 at Mariners Harbor, N. T., failed,
 with liabilities of $650O.0O0. t~. Il. Marine Disaster: Il men of the bat
 tleship Minnesota lost in launch which went down off Norfolk. Va. IS. Earthquake Shocks: An earthquake
 shock felt at Kingston, Jamaica. at
 1:2O a. n., and one on the coast of
 Chile. 800 miles south of Valparaiso.
 at 4:G5 a. m. .. A. Russia: The imperial government de-
 manded the expulsion by the douma of
 55 of its members on a charge of high
 treason
 Obituary. Gen. Bartoleme Maso. one of
 the Old Guard of Cuban revolutionists.
 former official of the provisional gov
 ernment, at Manzanillo. Cuba; aged 73. l5 Convention: The second international
 peace congress opened at The Hague. l6 Russia: The douma dissolved by edict
 of the crown: 700 political arrests in St. Petersburg. 2 Sporting: Sans Souci II! won the Grand .Prix de Paris. ,e' IS. Obituary: Alexander Stewart Her schel, noted astronomer in London; aged 72. i9. Financial Troubles: Milburne Flour Mills Co., In Philadelphia, failed for $751, ,0Oo.
 21. Sporting: Nealon won the Suburban handicap at Sheepshead Bay. Political: During a riot over political
 questions in Lisbon. Portugal, citi- zens were killed and over 100 people injured.
 g. Sporting: Michael J. Sheridan estab-
 lished a new worlds record for throw ing the discus, in New York city; dis tance 136 feet 10 inches. 24. shipwreck: British steamship Santi- ago foundered off CGcfal, Chile; out Of
 90 souls on board S9SSere lost. 26. Sporting: Cornell won the four mile race for varsity eights at Poughkeep- sic, N. Y.; time 20 minutes ? 2-5 sec
 onds. Richard Crokers Orby won the Irish Derby at Dublin. q. Obituary: Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. widow of the great scientist and one of the founders of Radcliffe college,
 at Boston; aged S4. | Sporting: Harvard won in the annual
 four cared contest at New London,
 Conn.
 3O Obituary: Francis Murphy. noted 1 temperance lecturer, at Los Angeles; | aged Il.
 JULY.
 g. Sporting: Nazzaro. an Italian. won
 the automobile grand prix at Dieppe, France, breaking the worlds record by an average speed of 7a miles an hour
 B. Storm: A tornado in central Wiscon-
 sin destroyed 2S lives. f. Obituary: Francis 5. Thurber, mer- chant lawyer and economist, in New l York city; aged 65. i s. Convention: 18th annual convention
 of the National Educational associa- 1 ton at Los Angeles.
 l3. Sporting: Peter Pan won the Brigh- { ton handicap at Brighton Beach, N. '.
 May Sutton. the California wonder re- l captured the all England tennis cham | pionship at Newport, Wales. { 15. Accident: 10 killed and Il injured by ] an explosion In the turrct of the bat
 tlcship Georgia during target practice at Boston.
 F. Accident: s persons killed and many
 injured by the collapse of a building
 in London, Ont.
 Financial: Thebaud Bros.. one of New
 Yorl;s oldest shipping concerns. failed
 for nearly $l, 600 coo.
 Obituary: Prof. Angelo Heilprin noted
 geologist who made the ascent of
 Mont Pelee during the eruption of
 1902. in New York city; aged 54. 19. Obituary: Gen. George w. Mindil, civil
 var veteran. who became colonel at
 the age of 19, in New York city; aged
 6i. Hector Henri Malot. noted French
 journalist and novelist, in Paris; aged
 77.
 Korea: The emperor of Korea abdicat- ed in favor of the crown prince. 20. Accident: 9 killed and many injured
 in a wreck on the Pere Marquette 1 road near Salem. Mich.
 q. Korea: Riot in Seoul. the capital, on
 account of the change of ruler. @. Sh!pwreck: q passengers lost from the steamer Columbia. which sank in a collision with a schooner off the
 Mendocino coast. I 9. Korea: By convention between
 Japan and Korea Japan assumed en-
 tire control of the internal administra-
 ton of Korea.
 q. Obituary: United States Senator Ed ! mund W. Pettus of Alabama at Hot Springs. N. C.; aged St.
 Ship Disaster: lives lost by the burn ing of the steamer Frontcnac on Ca 1 yuga lake.
 2s Fire: Tn Memphis: loss s6poOO0 by flames in the business section. 4 l large section or Coney Island amuse- ! rlant resorts burned. with loss of sl, i 5c00C0.
 | @. Fires: Tn New Eor!: city a tenement ] house blaze destroyed 19 lives. Long 1 Beach hotel. high class summer re- ! sort ,n the Long Island coast. accom-
 rnoaaiinE S0l guests. burned to the ! ground.
 a. Obituary: Francis Niles Finch, law 1 yer and juriN, author of the war elegy "The Mre and the Gray" at
 Ithaca: aged So.
 Moroccn: An inland tribe Of MOors at tackled tho French port Of Casablan- 1 ca. killing l2 foreign residents. includ-
 ing Frenchnen.
 AUGUST.
 1. Obituary: David Christie Murray.
 British playwright and novelist in London: aged 6i.
 3. Standard Oil Trials: Standard oil Company of Indiana fined .Oo0 b.
 Judge Keresaw Mountcin Landis of the United States district court at ! Chicago for accepting rebates from 1 railways in violation of law. l Obituary: ACgustua g.. Gaudens. the ! sculptor. iE Cornish. \. H.: aged g. ! g Rcilroad Accident; q passengers [ killed by the wreck Of railway coach rear An=crs. Frame. ! (. lIcrOcca: French and Spanish troops
 landed at Ca a-,blanca. and. being fired
 upon by the 1.po-s. the French cruiser ] Calico siellcd tlle town
 2. sfo-cceo: MOors attacked Casablaaea
 and were driver Cfs by gun fire from z the sIIicd vaTsiips- Telegraph Strike: Operators went out ! iu I5 cities us The soz.th and vest Iz CsaventF07: Ezi auntaI ression of the ! TyrrgrzyhicaI union oPened at Hot l Springs
 ' Te1eSTaph Strike: Operators of New Tors city Jliaesl ;lle strike Morocco: 490s MOOrs zttscked Casa
 bIznca and were repu5sed by French