The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-12-31
STORY Of 1908
Review of the Year From.
January to December.
RECORD DAY BY DAY.
Notable Political Events In Amer
lea and Europe.
NAMES ON MORTUARY LIST.

NAMES ON MORTUARY LIST.
Destruction of Life and Property
by Accidents, Wrecks and Fires.
Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
The World Of Sports--A Chronology
ical Review.
The year 1908 has been memorable
for prolonged drought during the
ripening season of some soil products.
yet a bumper crop in point Of value
was garnered. Stirring political events
fixed the attention of the world from
the opening to the close of the year,
notably In Portugal. the king and
crown prince being assassinated in
February; in Persia and Turkey. re
suting in changes in The form of gov
eminent; in Morocco, where a pretend
er was placed on the throne. and in
the Balkan states of bulgaria. Bosnia
and Herzegovina
The years mortuary record bears
the names of Grover Cleveland, Sena-
tor Allison, Senator Proctor and Sen
ator Whyte, E. c. Stedman, Joel Chan
dler Harris, Murat Halstead, Louise
Chandler Moulton, Harriet Hosmer,
Professor Norton, DIR. Gilman, Bishop
Fl. C. Potter, Bronson Howard, Rear
Admiral Coehlan Donald g. Mitchell
Ok MarveD, Louise de la Rance
(Ouidal. Campbell Bannerman Gener-
Russia), Ludovic Halevy and Francois
Coppee Din France.
JANUARY.
l. Storm; rs deaths in a tornado near
Wesson, Miss.
2. Obituary: DIR. Nicholas Sem, surgeon.
L. S. A, prominent in the Spanish
American war, in Chicago aged 60.
4 Obituary: Charles Augustus .~Xoung.
noted American astronomer. at Han
over. N. H.. aged "a
Political Mulai Hahd proclaimed sui
tan of Morocco.
Q. Business Troubles: Receivers appoint
ed for the Chicago and Great Western
railway.
II. Political: Appointment of Baron Taxa
hira as ambassador to the United
States officially announced at Tokyo.
Accident: 16 children killed in a theater
crush at Barnsley England.
Fire; 5000. 600 loss by the burning of the
Parker building in New York city.
Obituary: Henry Kenny, president Of
the Delaware railway, who attended to
the secret journey of President Elect
Abraham Lincoln on his way to Wash
ingts% In 1861, at Ridley Park. Pa.
aged 80
10. Fire Catastrophe: l73 deaths by the
burning of the Rhoads Opera House at
BoyerstoWn, Pa.
a. Obituary James Ryder Randall. au-
thor of the famous war song. MY
Maryland" at Augusta. Ga; aged 60.
IT, Obituary: Hoger Drachmann, Den
marks greatest modern poet. at Co
penhagen, aged 81.
49, Obituary: Edmund Clarence Stedman,
American author and critic, known as
the "banker-poct," In New York city;
aged a.
5o Personal: Lord Curzon. former vice
roy OF India, elected to the Irish peer
age In the face of great opposition.
e. Obituary: Charles Emile Cameron,
noted French landscape painter. in
Paris aged 60 Morris X Jesup,
noted banker and phlanthropist in
New York city; aged IS.
g. Obituary: Or. Edward A. Mcdowell.
noted American composer and pianist,
In New York city; aged 49,
D. Obituary. August Wilhelmj. noted VIC
linist in London, aged GO. Mrs. An
tonic Yznaga, noted for her beauty,
wealth and noble connections. in
Natchcz. Miss.
Fire city hail and police building at
Portland, Me destroyed; loss 81 600
O00
rs. Obituary. Louise de la Rance (Ouida).
the novelist. at Florence. Italy
z. Fire In Portland Me, loss OF over
$500 600 I'm the wholesale district
2S. Fire In Chicago; loss of 81 100000 in
the business district
Obituarv: Cardinal Richard. archbishop
OF Paris, in that city; aged So
Personal Gladys Vanderbilt married TO
Count Laszlo Szechenyi OF Hungary in
New York city
30, Obitua&: David Johnson. American
landscape painter, at Walden, N. Y;
aged 81
81. Political: Special presidential message
to congress upon the corporations
Obituary. Bishop z. G. Andrews of the
NJ. F. church. In New York city; aged
50
FEBRUARY.
/. Political: King Carlos Of Portugal and
the Crown Prince Luiz Filippe assas-
sinated at Lisbon.
q Political: Manuel. second son Of the
assassnated monarch, proclaimed king
as Manuel II. of Portugal.
Ship Disaster: Phoenix line steamship
ST Cuthhert DESTROYED by an explosion
OF Nova Scotia Is deaths.
s. Fires. Loss OF $500 600 In Rochester N
Y. LOSS OF 100000 at Berlin, n. II
II. Obituary: Valerian Gribayedon. jour