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8. Obituary: The Earl of Dunmore, most
prominent Christian Scientist in Eng
land, at Canterbury: aged 66.
". Conventions: Path annual conference
OF the International Law association
met at Portland. Me.
Accident: A section of the cSsat canta-
lever bridge under constru 3 IN on the
st. Lawrence. at Quebec. collapsed.
killing 84 workmen.
%. Accident: q persons killed and so In
1ured In a head-on collision on the In 4
terurban Electric line near Mattoon.
Ill.
Obituary: Richard Mansfield. the actor.
at New London. Conn; aged so.
l. sporting: Colin won the Futurity at
Eheepshead Bay. -,
SEPTEMBER.
3. Obituary: General Pleasant Porter,
chief Of the Creek Indian nation. at
Vinita. I. T.; aged 81. & 80
Railroad Accident: s killed and 20 in
5ured in wreck on the Canadian Pa
cifc near Caledon, Ont.
T. Obituary: DR.. Edward Grieg. famous
Norwegian musical composer. at Ber-
gen, Norway.
8. Financial Troubles: Watson & Co.,
stock exchange brokers in New York
and Chicago, failed for 81, 900, ,000 e
q. Obituary: w. II. Merrin. well known
journalist, at bingham, Mass: aged 81.
Railroad Accident: IL killed and many
injured in collision on the Rock Is
land and Pacific at Norris. Ia
7. Fire: The famous Cliff House, ON the
beach at San Francisco, totally de-
stroyed by fire. Ks
Sporting: The United States rife team
won the Palma trophy at Ottawa over
Canada. Australia and Great Britain;
record breaking score 1.7l2 out Of
3. Conventions: The 18th international
peace congress opened at Munich, Ba-
varia. 41st annual national encamp-
ment of the g. A. r. opened at Sara
toga.
Russia: Anti-Jewish outbreak at Kishe-
nev. t
u. PERSONAL: Charles q. Burton OF Mis-
souri, elected commander in chief Of
the G. A. r.
Is. Obituary: Rear Admiral John Grimes
Walker, U. s. NJ. retired, at High
Pasture. N. H.: aged u.
Railroad Accident: Is killed ana AZ
many injured in a head-on collision ON
the Boston and Maine at West Ca
naan, N. H.
H. Sea Disaster: Explosion on the Japa-
nese battleship Kashima caused the
death Of 80 of the crew.
10 Railroad Accident: 80 persons killed
and as many injured in 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-
cepted by the Moors at Casablanca.
%. Railroad Accident: 8 killed and 20 in
jured in a wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio at Bellaire, O..
30. Personal: Monument to the late Presi-
dent William Mckinley dedicated at
Canton, o.
OCTOBER.
2. Convention: 45th triennial general
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church opened at Richmond. Va.
s. Shipwreck: The arctic steamer FIRTH
jof. accompanying the Wellman polar
exposition, lost off the coast Of Ice
land; the captain and Is sailors
drowned.
6. Obituary: Mary J. Holmes, popular
American novelist of the romantic
| school, in Brockport, N. Y; aged 79.
z. Obituary: Prof. David Mason noted
Scotch scholar and historian, at Edin-
burgh; aged IS.
10. Sporting: Trampfast won the worlds 5
racing record for a two-year-old by
tretting a mile in 2121a at Lexington,
KY.
| II. Shipwreck: % lives lost by the sink
| ing Of the steamship Cyprus during a
gale on Lake Superior.
| IL. Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis won
the national golf championship with a
score of up and to play at Chicago.
Brookdale Nymph lowered the world s
record for 61a furlongs around a turn
by running the distance in lit Is at
Belmont park. The Chicago National
league baseball team won the world 8
championship. defeating the Detroit
American league by the score Of 2 to o.
at Detroit.
! "A. Cloudburst: so houses destroyed and
| Is people drowned at San Jose. Del
| Cabo. Lower California.
Naval: The armored cruisers Tennessee
and Washington sailed from Hampton
Roads for the Pacific around the coast
of South America.
Is. Maurice Loew1. director Of the Paris
observatory and the dean Of astrono-
o mers in Paris: aged "a.
Railroad Accident: 10 persons killed
and SO injured by the derailment of a
passenger train on the London and
| Northwestern at Shrewsbury, England
Explosion: 80 persons killed and over
500 injured by q series Of explosions
In the Du Pont blasting powder mills
at Fontanet Ind. ) s...A,, y-
ls. Political: The, first national Philip
pine assembly, opened at Manila by
Secretary Taft. ses,, s-4s...t
Sporting: Sweet Marie made a new
worlds record for half mile track,
trotting in POS at Allentown, Pa.
Financial: Sensational collapse of United
Copper stock in Wall street.
| H. Marconi Wip1ess: Commercial teleg-
rapny py wireless tnaugurated be-
tween stations in Nova Scotia and
Ireland h ks1
18. Financial Troubles:- AS q result of
the collapse of copper stock in Wall
street the New York clearing house
compelled the Mercantile National
bank Of New York to reorganize
Peace Conferences: 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 cups for
ballooning by a flight of 475 miles
from St. Louis to West Virginia
6hipwreck: Danish steamer Alfred Err
landsen wrecked on Scotland: 20 sail
ors drowned.
q. Earthquake: Town OF Karatagh, Rus
sian Turkestan. destroyed by an earth
quake; 1900 deaths reported in Kara
tagh and vicinity. ~ &
q. Financial Troubles: The Knicker-
booker Trust Co. Of New York closed
its doors; liabilities $7o.o0o. .o0o Meyer
& Co. of New York. stockholders,
failed for $6.0O00O0.
Ballooning: Flight from st. Louis of .