The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-12-31

Bridgeton, N. j.; aged IS.
Pacific Cruise: The battleship fleet reach
ed Melbourne
70. Convention: Annual encampment of
the United Spanish War Veterans in
Boston.
Fire: In New Orleans loss of 81. 500 900 bv
flames III the business district.
Sporting: Maskette won the Futurity at
Sheepshead Bay, New York
Il. Convention: AID annual enoampment of
the G. A. r. opened at Toledo.
SEPTEMBER.
/ ShipWreck: British bark Amazon lost
near Port Talbot; e sailors drowned.
T. Fires: Forest f1les wrought destruc-
ton to towns and villages in Mime
sofa and Wisconsin. The famous Gala
veras group of California giant trees
injured by flames.
8. Personal: Col Henry NJ Nevius elect
ed commander in chief OF the G. A. R.
at Toledo.
Obituary: Sir Lionel Sackville- West,
former British ambassador to the
United States, in London; aged 81.
L. Obituary: Frank P. Sargent United
States commissioner of immigration,
in Washington; aged 81
Fire: At Rawhide, New, business Sec
flames.
s. Sporting: Papke defeated Ketchel in
IL rounds for the middleweight cham
pionship at Los Angeles.
g. Convention: 18th international eucha-
ristic congress opened in London.
Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated Joe
Cans for the lightweight champion
ship in 4 rounds at San Francisco.
Aeronautics: Orville Wright made a rec
ord breaking aeroplane flight at Fort
Myer, remaining in the air l hour,
minutes and 10 seconds.
To- PERSONAL Count Tolstoys 80th birth
day honored in Russia.
Financial Troubles: A. Booth G. Co,
fish and oyster firm, placed in receiv-
er's hands in Chicago; liabilities S.
100000. ag e
r. Sporting: 2 Lozier cars broke the
worlds "A hour auto spin record by
running 1,107 and /, 092 miles respective-
ly at Brighton Beach, N. Y.
Aeronautics: Orville Wright flew his
aeroplane hour IA minutes at Fort
Myer, Va
Fire: Plant OF the Cosmodale Cement
Co. near Louisville, Ky, burned; loss
100000.
L. Fire: Flames in the library of the
John Hopkins university at Baltimore
and collections.
Airship Accident: orviHe Wright, the
airship inventor, injured and his com
panion, Lieut.. Thomas e. Selfridge,
U. S. A., killed by the fall OF Wright's
aeroplane at Fort Myer, Va.
TO- Fire: Paris telephone central burned
out and all telephone connections in
the city destroyed.
Shipwreclk: The salmon -cannery ship
Star Of Bengal dashed to pieces in a
storm off Coronation island; 10 per-
sons drowned.
Il. Aeronautics Wilbur Wright made
flight of l hour 81 minutes Is seconds
in his American aeroplane at LIE
Mans, France.
Conventions: International fishery con-
gTess opened in Washington.
e. Warship Disasters 10 French sailors
killed and many injured by the explo-
sion of a gun on the cruiser La Touche
at Toulon.
Conventions: Biennial session of the
United Irish League of America open
ed in Boston.
a. Convention: 18th annual meeting Of
the farmers national congress opened
at Madison, Wis.
Is. Railroad Accident: 20 killed and many
injured in hcad-on collision on the
Mont.
u. shipwrecli: 90 sailors of the British
ship Loeb Finias drowned by the
wrecking of that vessel off Foster
island
g. Anniversary: 150th anniversary of the
founding OF Pittsburg celebrated.
Conventions: Triennial international con-
gress on tuberculosis opened in Wash
ington. American. Bankers associa-
ton met in Denver.
49, Convention: 18th session Of the ma
tional irrigation congress opened in
Albuquerque, n NJ. #pf
g. AlfTcd Thompson Bricher, American
painter Of marine pietures,~ at New
Dorp, n. Y; aged Il.
OCTOBER.
l. Shipwrec3z TIE French schooner
Juniata wrecked on the Grand banks;
IS sailors lost.
q Pacific Cruise: The battleship feet en-
tered Manila bay
T. Philadelphia Anniversary: The 225th
anniversary of the founding Of Phila-
delpnia by William Penn celebrated in
that city.
Fire: In Pittsburg the Pittsbirg Plate
Glass CO. 3 plant burned loss $500 900.
s. Sporting: Martin J. Sheridan beat the
worlds record for discus by throwing
40 feet 51a inches from a 21a meter
circle il New York.
The Balkans: Bulgaria declared indie
pendent of Turkey by Prince Ferdi-
nand who proclaimed himself GEAR
OF the BUlgarE.
6. Convention: l3sh transmississippi COM
mercil congress met in San Fran
cisco.
The Balkans: Austria annexed the NOM
inally Turkish provinces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina to the territory of
the empire.
7. Convention: The national inland wa
terWays convention opened in Chicago.
Accident and Fire: Explosion and fire in
grain elevator at Richford, w.t. re-
suited in the death of 10 persons and
loss of 100000.
Sporting: Czarena made a new worlds
record for wo-year-olds and for two
year-old FLIES by trotting respectively
in 2:1212 and 2:1315 at Lexington, KY.
g. Political: Crete withdrew from Turk
ish rule and announced annexation to
Greece.
II. Obituary: Gen. Eppa Hunton, noted
Confederate veteran and long distin-
guished in Virginia public life, at
Richmond; aged S.
Aeronautics: 20 balloons started from
Berlin IN the international balloon
race the British Banshee winning.
IL. Obituary: DR.. Daniel Colt Gilman, en-
inent American educator, at Norwich,
Conn. aged II.
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