Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-31
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h. business section of Cincinnati. B. Obituary: The Earl of Dunmore, most prominent Christian Scientist in Eng land, at Canterbury aged 6o. %. Convention 24th annual conference of the International Law association met at Portland Me. Accident: A section of the great canta- lever bridge under construction on the St. Lawrence, at Quebec, collapsed, killing S4 workmen. e. 30. Accident: 27 persons killed and 50 in jured in head-on collision on the In- terurban Electric line near Mattoon, H.. Obituary: Richard Mansfield, the actor, at New London, Conn.,; aged 50. q. Sporting: Colin won the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay.
 SEPTEMBER. 8. Obituary: General" Pleasant Porter, chief of the Creek Indian nation, at Vinita, I. T.; aged 67. Railroad Accident: killed and 20 in jured in a wreck on the Canadian Pa cifc near Caledon. Ont. 4. Obituary: Dr. Edward Grieg, famous Norwegian musical composer, at Der gen, Norway.
 5. Financial Troubles: Watson & Co.,.
 
 and Chicago. failed for 5000 900. :. Obituary: w. H. Merrill well known journalist at'Hingham, Mass: aged 67. Railroad Accident: F killed and many injured in a collision on the Rock Is- land and Pacific at Norris Ia. T. Fire: The famous Cliff House, on the beach at San Francisco, totally de- stroyed by fire.
 Sporting: The United States rife team won the Palma trophy at Ottawa over Canada, Australia and Great Britain; record breaking score 1,712 out of possible 1900.
 g. Conventions: The 18th international peace congress opened at Munich, Ba- varia. fist annual national encamp- ment of the G. A. R. opened at Sara toga.
 Russia: Anti-Jewish outbreak at Kishe- nev.
 F. Personal: Charles G. Burton of Mis- souri elected commander In chief of the G. A. R.
 Is. Obituary: Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker, U. s. N, retired at High Pasture, N. H.: aged 72. Railroad Accident: l5 killed and as many injured in head-on collision on naan. N. H.
 +. Sea Disaster: Explosion on the Japa- nese battles',ip Kashima caused the death of 32 of the crew. %. Railroad Accident: g persons killed and as many injured in q collision on the Mexican Central at Encarnacion. g. Obituary: Samuel Sloan, finaacier and railroad builder, at Garrison, N. r.; aged s.
 g. Morocco: French terms of peace ac- cepted by the Moors at Casablanca. 2S. Railroad Accident: killed and 20 in- jured in wreci: on the Baltimore and Ohio at Belaire, O. 90. Personal: Monument to the late Presi- dent William Mckinley dedicated at Canton. o.
 OCTOBER. 2 Convention: 18th triennia general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church opened at Richmond. Va. 5. Shipwreck: The arctic steamer Frith- jof accompanying the Wellman polar exposition. lost off the coast of Ice land; the captain and 15 sailors drowned.
 6. Obituary: Mary J. Holmes, popular American novelist of the romantic school, in Brockport. N. Y: aged 79. :. Obituary: Prof. David Mason. noted Scotch scholar and historian. at Edin- burgh: aged S5. 10. Sporting: Trampfast won the worlds racing record for a two-year-old by trotting a mile In 2:12is at Lexington, Ky.
 il Shipwreck: 23 lives lost by the sink ing of the steamship Cyprus during a gale on Lake Superior. 12. Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis won the. national golf championship with a score of up and 6 to play at Chicago. al. record for 6ia furlongs around q turn by running the distance fin 1:l7 l-5 at Belmont park. The Chicago National league baseball team won the world s championship. defeating the Detroit American league by the score of to 0. at Detroit.
 IA Cloudburst: 50 houses destroyed and Is people drowned at San Jose. Del Cabo, Lower California. Naval: The nrmored cruisers Tennessee and Washington sailed from Hampton Roads for the Pacific around the coast of South America. lb. Maurice Loewy. director of the Paris observatory and the dean of astrono- mers. in Paris: aged "A. Railroad Accident: 10 persons kille-l and Q injured by the derailment of passenger train on the London and Northwestern at Shrewsbury, England. Explosion: 3s persons killed and over 50I Injured by a series of explosions fin the Du Pont blasting powder mills at Fontanet. Ind. l6. Political: The first national Philip pine assembly opened at Manila by Secretary Taft. Sporting: Sweet Marie made a new worlds record for half mile track. trotting in POS at Allentown. Pc. ,1 nS T-,fs Copper stock in Wall street. H. liarconi Wireless: Commercial teicS- raphy by wireless insuyurated be- tween stations fin Nova Scotia and Ireland.
 IS. Financial Troubles: As a result of the collapse of copper stocl; in Wall street the New York clearing house compelled the Mercantile National bank of New York to reorganize. Peace Conference: The international prace conference closed at The Hague. Balloon Racing: Mccoy and Chandler in the United Stctes signal corps bal loon No. 10 won the Lahm cup for ballooning by q flight of l75 miles from Si Louis to West Virginia. Shipwreck: Danish steamer Alfred Er- laadsea wrecked off Scotland: aO saii- ors drowned.
 T. Earthquake: Town Of Karatagh. Rus- sian Turkestan. destroyed by an earth cuake: l4,95 deaths reported in Kara ta-h and vicinity r. Ffra1cisl Troubles: The Knicker- booker Trus5 Co. of New York closed its dOOrs: liabilities S70OooOon Meyer G Co. of New York, stockholders. failed for ss60eoo.
 EaIlooninE: Flight from St- Louis of balloons In g race for the James Cor don Bennett cup. sz- Financial Troubles: The secretary of treasury deposited ss.eJo.go0 in New Ycrk city Co relieve the money market Three Westinghouse companies put into receivprs' hands In Pittsburg: Iia- biIigies tl7 7eo3 co