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

3, Conventions Annual meeting of the
National Womans Christian Temper
ance union opened in Denver.
a. Sporting: George Robertson, driving a
50 horsepower locomob won the
Vanderbilt cup in the alto race on
the motor parkway, New York; speed
average Ga miles an hour.
q. Obituary: John Wanaee Hutchinson,
last OF the "HutchinSol family Of
singers, at Lynn, BIass.; eyed 81.
Count Gombel Yamoaoto, nosed Japa-
nese admiral, at Tokyo; aged 90.
Pacific Cruise: The battleship fieet vel
coned by the Chinese at Annoy.
NOVEMBER.
l. Venezuela: Expiration of time limit
gwen by Holland in the case of the
port of Curacao.
). Polltlcal: The national election result
ed III the choice OF w. H. Taft Pop
ular vote: Republican, 1881. SO; Demo-
cratic, 6,S93, l82; Socialist, 44S, 453; Pro-
mbltlonlst, IA,252 independence league,
S3,1S6; Peoples party, 1851; Socialist
Labor, lo,41; total for all tickets, a.
853,041
l. Fire: Pembroke, Ont, loss of S50OOOO
in the business section.
Obituary: Tomas Estrada Palma, first
president of Cuba, at Santiago; aged
r.
Personal: President Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard university resigned the posi-
ton he has held since 1868.
6. The Balkans: 10 soldiers killed by
Bosnian refugees, who dynamited the
Austrian barracks at Konitza, Here
govina.
Z. Football: Harvard defeated Carlisle
Indians, II to O. at Cambridge Wis
consin defeated Minnesota, to O. at
MINNEAPOLIS
s. Obituary: yictorien Sardou, French
dramatist, author of many popular
plays seen on the American stage. in
Paris; aged II.
8. The Navy: Battleship Dakota. of the
Dreadnought class and the largest in
the world to date, launched at Quincy,
Mass.
Conventions: American Federation of
Labor net at Denver.
10. Standard Oil Fine: Governments ap-
peal for a renearing denied by the fed
eral circuit court at ChicagO
Il. Railroad Accident: killed at Little
Woods, La, on the New Orleans and
Northwestern.
Mine Disaster: AT Hamm, Germany, over
300 killed by explosion in the Radbod
mine
Convention: 18th annual session Of the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
opened at Atlanta.
L. Fire: Brooklyn's Oldest playhouse. the
Park tlleater burned.
L. China: Death Of the emperor, KWang
Seu, announced at Pekin.
L. Cuban Affairs: Gen. Jose Miguel Co
mez elecLed president by the Liberals.
Footballs Yale defeated Princeton, II to
s. Chicago and Cornell played to a tie
score of to 6. Pennsylvania defeated
Michigan, 20 to Q, at Am Arbor.
l5 Obituary: T1ze Hsi An doWa5er enc
press of China in Pekin; aged IA.
Annie Lee Wister, translator OF Ger
man novels at W,alIingfOrd, Pa.
Convention: First American Catholic
congress opened in Chicago.
L. Fire: In BardstOwn Ky, loss Of $780,
600 on stock in the Tom Moore disti-
lery warehouses and $780, govern
ment tax.
Convention: Atlantic deep waterways
congress met in Baltimore.
Il. Marine Disaster: Boiler explosion and
fire destroyed the river steamer H. NJ.
Casteraat Bayou Coula, La; 10 killed
and 2v injured
Football: Harvard defeated Yale. 4 to 0,
at New Haven.
3. Convention: Conference of New Eng
land governors at Boston.
Is. Marine Disaster: Steamer Sardinia
burned at sea off Malta; over 100
6a21'gc
Personal: Statue 10 Gen. Phil Sheridan
unveiled in Washington.
26 Sporting: PENNSYLVANIA defeated Cor
nell at football, II to 4 in PHILADELPHIA.
Wagner ina Fiat car won the Grand
Prize of the Automobile club driving
1872 miles inc hours ID minutes 81 sec
onds. az Savannah. EetcaeI defeated
Papl1e for the worlds fn.ddleweight
championship in II rounds at San
Francisco.
e. FFoof53a liz. y7Te1t 52o.Df defeated AMMAN.
oils in f7l7sla doInf7ia & to
nTinino Accident. fs4 coal saiaars killed
nv GAS ezrIosfo1 ~ aT9riar,na Pa
~ Sno7fina,. Pa+ FTc7}onaId tossed fI7a 56
nound v-efo.7f Is faaf fs7raa-aieT7-,s 5ncI7
in New York SMASHING worjd,s. rec
ord of u feel inches held nv mic.
Crath Rroo7zs and uTj17inr- A.sfra.
liam defeadl rs If tha International
lawn tennis froorv. defeated the Amer
lean challencorg at EoIbouT0e
Political. Identical noe re-ardjng the
far east exch9rced bv United States
and Tanan at washington and Tokyo
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LEGG" 5En'
l. Pacific Cruise: The feet sailed from
Manila, hcmeWaTd bound.
Sporting: Tom Collins made new
American record for mile run IN New
YORK; time 70 minutes ~ 20 SECONDS.
2 Political: Fu II enthroned as Emperor