The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-01-02

business section OF Cincinnati.
D. Obituary The Earl OF Dunmore, most
prominent Christian Scientist In Eng
land at Canterbury; aged 66.
@. Convention: oath annual conference
of the International Law associati ton
met at Portland, Me.
Accident: A section of the great canta-
lever bridg. under construction on the
St Lawrence at Quebec. collapsed.
killing 81 workmen.
o. Accident: y persons killed and so In
jured In a head-on collision on the In
terurban Electric line near Nation.
III.
Obituary: Richard Mansfield. the actor.
AT New London, Conn: aged SO.
d. Sporting: Colin won the Futurity at
Sheepshead Bay
SEPTEMBER.
g. Obituary: General, Pleasant Porter.
chief of the Creek Indian nation. at
Vinita, l. T.. aged 67
Railroad Accident: 6 killed and 20 in
jured in a wreck on the Canadian Pa
cife near Caledon Ont.
L Obituary: DIR. Edward Grieg. famous
Norwegian musical composer. at Ber-
gen. Norway
g. Financial Troubles: Watson & Co.
stock exchange brokers In New York
and Chicago. failed for 100000.
s. Obituary: w. II. Merrill. well known
Railroad Accident IL killed and many
injured In a collision on the Rock Is
land and Pacific at Norris la.
7. Fire: The famous Clin 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 I.712 out OF
possible 1900.
o. Conventions: The 10Th International
peace congress opened at Munich, Ba-
Yaria. 4lst annual national encamp-
ment of the G. A. r. opened at Sara
toga.
Russia: Antl-Jewish outbreak at Kishe-
L. Personal; Charles G. Burton of Mis-
souri, elected commander In chief of
the G.. A. X.
l6 Obituary: Rear Admiral John Grimes
Walker. y. s. N. retired. at High
Pasture. N. H.; aged 72.
Railroad Accident rs killed and as
many injured In a head-on collision on
the Boston and Maine at West Ca
man, N III.
H. Sea Disaster: Explosion on the Japa-
nese battleship Kashima caused the
death OF 80 Of the crew.
90 Railroad Accident: 81 persons killed
and as many injured in a collision on
the Mexican Central at Encarnacion.
e. Obituary: Samuel Sloan. financier and
railroad builder. at Garrison N. Y;
aged SO.
q. Morocco: French terms OF peace ac-
ceptcd by the Moors at Casablanca.
g. Railroad Accident: killed and 20 in
jured In a wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio at Belaire. o.
90 Personal. Monument to the late Presi-
dent william Mckinley dedicated at
Canton. o.
OCTOBER.
Z Convention: 18th triennial general
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church opened at Richmond. Va.
g. Shipwreck: The arctic steamer FIRTH
jof accompanying the Wellman polar
exposition lost of the coast Of Ice
land: the captain and 10 sailors
drowned
g. Obituary: Mary J. Holmes. popular
American novelist of the romantic
school in Brockport. N. Y. aged 49,
T. Obituary: Prof. David Mason. noted
Scotch scholar and historian. at Edin-
burgh; aged Sc.
TO- Sporting: Trampfast won the worlds
racing record for a two-year-old by
trotting a mile In 2:12A at Lexington,
Ky.
H. Shipwreck: 70 lives lost by the sink
ing Of the steamship Cyprus during a
gale on Lake Superior.
L. sporting: MISS margaret GURUS won
the national golf championship with
score OF up and TO play at Chicago.
Brookdae Nymph lowered the WORLDS
record for 6is furlongs around turn
by running the distance In III 1-5 at
Belmont park. The Chicago National
league baseball team won the worlds
cham iorship, defeating the Detroit
American league by the score of to O.
at Detroit.
a. Coudburst. 80 houses destroyed and
16 people drowned al 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 killed
ard 80 injured by the derailment OF a
passenger train on the London and
Northwestern at Shrewsbury. England
Explosion 3S persons killed and over
800 injured by series of explosions
in the Du Pont blasting powder mills
at Fontanet. Ind.
s Politica: The first national Philip
pine assembly opened at Manila by
Secretary Taft.
Sporting: Sweet Marie made new
worlds record for half mile track
trotting In pos at Allentown. Pa
Financial Sensational collapse of United
Copper stock in Wall street.
II. Marconi Wireless; Commercial teleg-
raphy by wireless inaugurated be-
tween stations In Nova Scotia and
Ireland.
the collapse OF copper stock In Wall
street the New York clearing house
compelled the Mercantile National
bank Of New York to reorganixe.
Peace Conference: The international
peace conference closed at The Hague.
Balloon Racing: Mccoy and Chandler
In the United States signal corps bal
loon No. 10 won the Lahm cup for
ballooning by a flight of Ats miles
from st. Louis to West Virginia.
Shipwreck: Danish steamer Alfred Err
landsen wrecked of Scotland; 90 sail
ors drowned.
n. Earthquake: Town of Karatagh. Rus
sian Turkestan. destroyed by an earth
quake: 1900 deaths reported In Kara
tagh and vicinity.
u. Financial Troubles: The Knicker-
booker Trust Co of New York closed
its doors: liabilities s7o.OoOooO. Meyer
& Co. of New York. stockholders.
failed for 5000 900.
Ballooning: Flight from st. Louis OF
balloons In a race for the James Cor
don Bennett cup.
g. Financial Troubles: The secretary of
treasury deposited SIS, 1000 in New
York city to relieve the money market.
Three Westinghouse companies put
into receivers hands In Pittsburg: liza
bilities s47. O00. 900
Ballooning: The German balloon Pom
mern won the second international
balloon race and the James Gordon
Bennett cup by a flight of 87S miles
air line from 81. Louis to Asbury Park
N j.. in 40 hours
Earthquake: Shocks in the province OF
Calabria. Italy; villages destroyed in
ah.lEa Ia