Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JANUARY
3. Conviction Of Mayor Schmitz set aside
in San Francisco.
II. Henry Kenny, president of the Della
ware railway, who attended TO the se-
cret journey Of President Elect Abra-
ham Lincoln on his way to Washing
ton in 1861, died at Ridley Park Pa.
FEBRUARY.
20. Gen. Stoessel Russian commander In
the defense Of Port Arthur, sentenced
to, death by a military court at ST.
Petersburg. with a recommendation of
mercy
Hoboken, n. j., to New York opened.
MARCH.
Z. Germany launched her biggest battle
ship. the Nassau, at Wilhelmshaven.
Is. The death sentence of Gen. Stoessel
for the surrender of Port Arthur COM
muted to imprisonment for ten years.
APRIL.
q. Beginning of the Roman Catholic cen
tennial celebration in New York city.
MAY
s. The Atlantic battIeship feet entered
the Golden Gate, San Francisco
1S. Successful flight Of the Wright broth
ers' aeroplane at Manteo, N. C.
Is. Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff, sociologist
student and author, died at Princeton,
N J..
United States battleship Michigan
launched at Camden, n. ].
JUNE.
3. DR.. Williamson Boyakin. a protege OF
Andrew Jackson and at one time on
the staff of Gen. U. S. Grant in the
civil war, died at Marysville. Tenn: !:
aged 10a.
13. Thomas Virgins iBlind Tom). noted
negro piano player, died in Hoboken,
n. j.; aged about 60.
l. Count Zeppelin made new world rec
ord by 20 mile airship flight over
Switzerland.
Z. The battleship fleet sailed from san
Francisco bound for the orient
Is. Opening of the celebration of the Booth
anniversary of the founding of the
city OF Quebec.
q. Decision Of the United States court OF
appeals overruled the s2s, 24e0 900 Stand
ard Oil tine imposed by Judge Landis..
AUGUST.
4 Count Zeppelin travelled 26l miles over
southern Germany in dirigible bal
loon, which was afterward destroyed
by fire.
10. The battleship feet arrived at sgd
ney, N. S. W.
"a. EIfTleth anniversary of the opening
of the great debate between Abraham
Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas cele-
brated at Ottawa, ILL.,
%. The battleship feet reached Mel
bourne.
SEPTEMBER
IL. Orville Wright made an aeroplane
fight of l hour IA minutes at Fort
Myer, Va.
q. Wilbur Wright made a flight of /
hour 81 minutes 2 seconds in his
American aeroplane at LIE Mans.
France
Is. 150th anniversary of the founding OF
Pittsburg celebrated.
OCTOBER.
2 The battleship fleets entered Manila
bay.
4 Philadelphia celebrated the 225th an
niversary of the founding of the city
by William Penn.
s. $4,000 acres of government land open
ed for settlement on the Rosebud In
dian reservation, South Dakota.
IL. . balloons started in the interna-
tipnal balloon race at Berlin, the Brit
ish Banshee winning
Is. The American battleship feet wei
coined with salutes by the Japanese
feet at Yokohama
zs. The battleship fleet welcomed by the
Chinese at Annoy.
NOVEMBER.
l. Julia A. F. Carney, author OF the
schoolhouse classic Little Drops OF
Water" and other poems, died at
Galesburg, ILL.,; aged S5
2. United States battleship North Daho-
ia, the largest warship in the world
to date, launched at Quincy, Mass
10. Governments appeal for a rehearing
in the Standard Oil fine case denied by
fasl<a ,s~
Former United States Senator Edward
w. Carmack of Tennessee shot and
killed in Nashville by Robin Cooper
i2. Special Prosecutor Francis J Heney