The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-01-04

company OF Philadelphia. whose pres
ident. Frank w. Nipple. committed
suicide on tho Gath. closed Its doors
with liabilities placed at si0ooO.ooo.
o. Conventions: First Esperantist inter
national congress opened at Geneva.
The American Bar association opened
its annual convention at st. Paul.
Obituary: W. Z. Marshall. noted artist,
whose engraving % Lincoln mads
him famous. In New York city: aged
n.
%. Obituary: Edward Rosewater. editor
Of the Omaha Bee. suddenly in oma-
ha: aged GO.
SEPTEMBER.
L Sporting: Electionssr won the Fu-
turity stakes. worth $4,000. at Sleeps
head Bay.
Convention: International Alliance of
Woman Suffrage Associations met In
Copenhagen.
3 Sporting: Joe Cans won by foul In
the forty-second round in a contest
with Battling Nelson at Goldfeld.
New.
1 Obituary: Hermann oelrichs. Ameri-
can capitalist and ship owner. sud-
denly at sea on board the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse.
2. Cuba: The insurgent Pine Guerra re-
fused an armistice.
g. Sporting: Cambridge defeated Har-
ward In a rowing contest on the
Thames. Dan Patch broke the world 4
pacing record. going the mile in i:5s
at ST. Paul
IL Cuba: American force landed from the
United States cruiser Denver. but i'm
medlately returned TO the vessel after
leaving a guard at the American le.
cation.
IL Obituary: Mrs. Elizabeth Blair Lee
only survivor OF the famous Blair
family Of Missouri. at Silver Spring
Nd.
Cuba: President Roosevelt urged Gu,
bans TO cease hostilities and ordered
Secretary Taft to proceed to Havana.
Sporting: c. NJ Daniels lowered tbs
worlds swimming record for 90 yards
TO minutes ~ rs seconds al 81. Louis
IS. Russia: Gen. Trspon. the terror.
commandant Of the imperial palac,
and formerly head Of the police. diec
at Peterhof
Convention: Fifteenth universal peac.
congress inaugurated at Milan.
Storm: In Iowa and Nebraska: damages
estimated at s2o0oOoO.
Is Typhoon: Hongkong visited deathi
estimated at 1000. with property los
OF 100000
Accident: Heavy loss Of life in a wreeI
on the Rock Island. near Dover. Okla
10. Russia: Gen. Eicolaih Of the Russian
artillery assassinnted at Warsaw.
%. Accident: 10 killed and IS injured in {
wreck on the Scotch express on tn
Great Northern railway.
Obituary: Robert Hit. former congress
man. who was associated with Abra
ham Lincoln. at Sarraganse;t Pier
aged -.
n. Accident: u persons killed and % in
jured by an explosion Of dynamite a
JeIllco Tenn.
q Sporting: Martin Sheridan OF IN
Irish.American Athletic club thre~
/ the discus is feet inches at NJ
treal. breaking the worlds record.
2. Race Troubles: Riots In Atlants
many negroes killed.
| a. Celebration: Centennial o. the dis
! coyery Of Pixies Peak honored witt
i ceremonies at Colorado Springs.
/ 2. Obituary: DR.. Felix l.. oswald. note'
! author. naturalist and physician. KIN
ell by accident at Syracuse. ~.
Bloodgood Cutter. Mark Twain
''poet lariat," otherwise known a
"the farmer poet at Prospect Hill
NY.
Earthquake: Shocks IN Porto Rico.
! Cyclone: Havoc by gulf storm at Pen
sacoIa and Mobile: heavy death Iisi
with property loss estimated at 90
/ 01a6J0
~. Ballooning: 10 balloons sailed fror
Paris on a race
OCTOBER.
Z Miscellaneous: Lieut.. Frank p. I.ahn
T.. g. A.. won In the balloon rae
-
torIous Al Adams. policy king and 81
convict. took his own life In Me-
York city.
g. Mining Accident: deaths by explc
sion In the pocah0ntas coilieries q
Blueheid. W. Va.
( Railroad Accident: 5 killed and . II
tured In a collision On the Boston an
Maine at Isanslngburg. ~. Y.
s. Explosion: 3 Killed and 10 injured b
gas explosion In the Philadelphia sui
way.
Obituary: George Clarke. an origini
member Of Auguatln Days thea trici
company, at South Eorwalk Conn
aged VI
l. Sporting: Wagner driving the Dal
racq car, won tho Vanderbilt cup
The auto race on Long Island.
T. Obituary; Adelaide RIstorl ttie Ma
I NMbUHGS8 uSt &&F&tDBs g1E@bEhteu ANMald
nctrnss. In Somc: aged g.
Storm and Flood The great lakes visi
ed. b. the worst storm experience
there since 1890: many lives lost
Financial: the banking house % J.
Cebaflos & Co u New York and HI
vana failed as a result Of defalcatioi
b. the agent in Cuba. Manuel SILVER
who absconded
4, Cyclone. A hurricane accompanied
a tidal wave wrecked hUusN and shiI
ping on the Honduras coast, doIF
damage estimated at tI,y000J0.
a. Sporting: The American team Of Oh
cago won the worlds baseball char
J pIonship In Chicago.
Is, Mining AcsIdent. g miners killed
I an explosion IN the wingats collerIe
! England.
Obituary: sigurd. sweden's great h
. norist. sometimes called the DIcksi
Or Twain 81 the NUrthlahd. % HtUC
holm. The Rev Sam Jones. the ava
z.s8faa .H~a At aUaH "a