The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-01-03
Is. Obituary: Mrs. Jefferson Davis. widow
of the president OF the Confederate
States OF America, in New York city;

Accident at Sea: French submarine
Lutin lost with her crew Of 10 off
Bisertu. Tunis
Is. Storm Disaster: A West India hurri-
cane accompanied by tidal wave
caused great destruction Of property
and heavy loss OF life In cuba and
on the Florida coast.
Convention: Trlennlal worlds congress-
of the w. G. r L. met In Boston
70. Obituary: Capt. George +. Tyson. an
arctic explorer who passed 30 years Of
his life in the polar regions. in Wash
ington. aged Il
Fire: Several public buildings burned in
Altoona, Pa. loss 10000.
Political: The French cabinet resigned.
20. Financial Troubles: The London bank
ing house Of Mac Fadyen & Co. closed
its doors owing over *G.0oo 900 In Eng
land and India. p Mac Fadyen. the
head OF the firm. killed himself after
giving notice OF failure.
q. Accident at Sea: Russian coastlng
steamer Warjagln sunk of NladiyaA-
tok by a floating mine. 200 passen-
gers and sailors drowned.
Is. Accident: Z killed by the collapse Of
business building In Kansas City.
Kan.
% Convention. Annual meeting OF the
National ". e. T. l. in Hartford
Conn
o. 6dHNdN AGGl1tnl. ~ lives lOBt IN a
wreck on the Pennsylvania electric
line at Atlantic City. y J.
80 Shipwreck: % drowned by the sinking
of the German steamship Hermann in
the English channel
81. Obituary: Judge Joseph F. Gary of
the Cook county superior court pre-
siding justice in the famous "anar-
chist' trials, in Chicago, aged IS.
NOVEMBER.
l. Storm The French coast devastated
a distance of 90 miles. damage $1,000.
600. sustained chiefly by coast resorts.
g. Lieut.. Peary: News OF the explorers
trip to "farthest north" received in
the United States.
s. Obituary; Fritz Thaulow. noted Nor
wegian landscape painter at Volen-
dam, Holland.
T. Fires: At Hamilton. O. burning OF
dry goods block caused loss Of 81 900. :
600. In Kansas City. Mo. plant Of
the Harvest King Distilllng company
burned; loss $4,000
8. PERSONAL President Roosevelt sailed
from Washington for Panama.
9. Building Accident: Collapse OF new
concrete structure at Long Beach,
Cal, caused the death OF Is workmen.
Obituary Samuel ]. Kitson. noted
American sculptor. in New York city;
aged SIS. Uncle" Nathan Moore, not
ed pear hunter, at MOSCOW, Me; aged
So.
II. Obituary: Esther Damon, last widow
pensloner on the roll of the war of the
Revolution. at Rutland; aged 90
IL. Railroad Accident: AZ killed and IS In
Jured in n head-on collision between
an immigrant train and a 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 L. S. A., retired commander
of the military expedition which cap
tured Santiago in 1893, near Bakers
field. Cal; aged Il.
10. Convention: National Baptist con-
gress met at st. Louis.
IA. Obituary: Margaret Macdonald Bot
tome. founder OF the Kings Daugh-
ters. in New York city: aged 49,
Personal: President Roosevelt reached
Colon. Panama. on board the United
States battleship Louisiana.
Is. Bomb Explosion: Unknown person ex-
ploded n tin box filled with powder
inside ST. Peters, at Rome, at the
close Of mass. No damage resulted.
10. Shipwreck: ~ deaths in n collision be-
tween the steamer Dix and All m
liner Jeanne off Askali Point, Wash
Obituary Georgia CaYvan, once pool
lar actress In Flushing, n. Y: aged
As
20. Convention: Transmissssippi congress
opened in Kansas City.
p. Storm and ShipwreCk: During a gale
on the great lakes 60 lives were lost
from five wrecked vessels The steam
er J. II. Jones went down in Georgian
bay with IL sailors and is passengers.
"a. Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at
football by n score of 6 to at New
Haven
p. Explosion Accident: 30 workmen killed
and 242 injured in Il roburlt factory at
Dortmund Germany
Is. Fire: At Peoria, Ill. flames in the
business district caused a loss of
$4,000 In Philadelphia lives we're
lost by the burning of Salvation
Army hotel.
20. Railway Accident: In a collision on
the Southern railway near Lynchburg.
Va. passengers were killed and 8
seriously injured. Samuel Spencer
president of the railway company. and
Gen. Philip Schuyler among the killed
DECEMBER.
l. Sporting: Annapolis defeated West
Point 10 to 0. In the annual army and
navy football contest In Philadelphia
Z. Obituary: BLACK PATTI tFlora Bat
SOM, coored concert singer in Phila-
delpha; aged SO.
s. Political; Last session of the Fifty
ninth congress opened in Washington.
President Roosevelt sent the senate
the following nominations: Secretary
of the treasury. George B. Cortelyou:
attorney general. Charles ]. Bona
parte postmaster general George L.
Won Meyer; secretary of the navy, Vic
tor II. Metcalf; secretary Of the In
terror. James r. Garfield; secretary of
commerce and labor, Oscar s. Straus;
associate justice OF supreme court.
William H. Moody.
Flood Disaster: At Clifton. Arlz,. flood
from bursting dam caused 60 deaths
and a property loss of $250,00o
Obituary: Prof. Ferdinand F. Lee Boyle.
eminent artist, who painted Dickens.
Edwin Forrest. Charlotte Cushman
and other celebrities in New York
city; aged 81
4. Political New Liberal ministry took
the reins of government in Spain;
Gen. Weyler again minister of war.
g.. Philippines In a skirmish on the is
land of Leyte 80 Pulajanes were killed
and United States soldiers killed and
wounded
8. Fire At Lynn Mass; loss OF $500 600
by the burning of shoe factory.
7. Obituary: Dir. Lapponi, physician to
Plus Y. and also at the deathbed of
the late Leo XIII, in Rome
Fire: AT Ithaca, the Chi Psi fraternity
house of the Cornell students, the
finest and most elaborate chapter
house in the world formerly the
Fiske-Magraw mansion), burned to
the ground. students and firemen
killed and students injured. Loss
100000
10. Personal: Nobel peace prize awarded
pra ont oil