Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-03
1907 IN BRIEF.
Continued from Last Week. |
NOVEMB

NOVEMBER.
l. Fire: At Brocton. N. Y; loss of $3.50. 900
by the burning of Ryclmans' wine eel
lars.
.. Sporting: Princeton defeated the Car
Isle Indians at football. 16 to 0. in
New York
.. Accidents: 10 killed and 30 injured by
boiler explosion on board the Ger
man schoolship Butcher at Kiel. s
killed and injured by a boiler ex-
ploson at Steubenville, o.
Obituaries Don Diego Barros Arana.
eminent Chilean historian and edu-
Gator, known as South America 8
grand old man." at Santiago: aged
n. Gen. 7. E. Ross. U. s. A., retired.
who led the famous tunnel escape of
Federal prisoners from Libby prison,
Richmond. in 1864. in Washington;
aged r.
Financial Troubles: The Arnold Print
works at North Adams. Mass, placed
In a receivers hands.
T. Miscellaneous: The British battle
ship Superb, an improved Dreadnought,
launched at Newcastle England 10
persons killed by powder car expo-
sion near Naco. Ariz.
D. Fire: AT Superior Wis. loss of 81 250-
900 by the burning of Elevator and
other business properties
3. Sporting: The Carlisle Indians de-
feated Harvard at football, % to 49, at
Boston.
II. Obituary: Mrs. Augustin DAILY. widow
of the founder of Days theater, in
New York city.
Conventions; The American Federation
of Labor met in it's 9th annual session
at the jamestown exposition. Amer
lean mining congress met at Joplin,
Mo.
Personal: Emperor William of Germany
arrived in London on a friendly visit
to King Edward VII.
L. Fires: lives lost by the burning Of
the Hotel Garde at New Haven, Conn.,
The Hotel Castleton, on New Brighton
hill overlooking New York bay, de-
stroyed by fire; loss s2500OO.
Obituary: Sir Lewis Morris, English
poet. in London; aged a.
Miscellaneous: Isaac Dexter Marshall,
well known newspaper man. died In
New York city; aged SO. Queen Helena
OF Italy gave birth to a daughter. w
F. Shiebler. a White House teleg-
rapher in 1865 who witnessed the as
sassination of Lincoln and who received
the first Atlantic cable message. died
In Brooklyn
H. Political: The third Russian douma
opened in St. Petersburg
l6. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Moncure D. Con-
way, noted American author. in Paris
aged rs
the proclamation admitting the terri
tories of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory Jointly as one of the American
states.
Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at
football, Il to TO- at New Haven: Dart
mouth scored % to Harvard's 0 at
Cambridge.
II. Obituary: Admiral Sir Francis Nc
Clinton, noted arctic explorer, who
discovered the fate of Sir John Frank
lin. in London; aged 49,
l9. Conventions: The National Municipal
league convened at Providence. The
American Civic association met in
Providence. Annual meeting of the
transmississippi commercial congress
at Muskogee. Okla.
Fire: At Peoria, H.; loss of 1890, 900 in
the business district.
%. Conventions: Both international ccr.
vention of the Y. NJ. C. A. of North
America at Washington.
q. Obituary: Prof. Asaph Hall, we'll
known American astronomer, former
ly in the government service. at An
napolis; aged 49,
Sporting: Yale scored IL to Harvard's in
the annual football contest at Cam
bridge.
"A. Obituary: Gen Sir Henry Edward
Colville. an English officer prominent
In the Boer war killed in an auto ac-
cidert In London.
Is. Obituary: Richard Castro. Mexicos
most noted musical composer. in the
City of Mexico: aged %.
Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cor
nell, y to 4. at football in Philadelphia.
o. Obituary: DR.. George F. Shrady. noted
surgeon and medical author who at
tended Gen. Grant in his last Illness
In New York city: aged 20.
Sporting: The navy beat the army to
0, at football in Philadelphia.
jamestown Exposition: The exposition
officially closed.