Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-01-02


81 injured from storms which swept
over southern Illinois. Indiana and
Kentucky. u
D. Obituary: Julia Magruder, American
novelist. at Richmond. Va; aged 5S
10. Financial Troubles: Miliken Bros,
steel manufacturers and constructors,
at Mariners Harbor, N. Y, failed.
with liabilities OF $6,50oooO.
II. Marine Disaster: II men of the bat
tleship Minnesota lost in a launch
which went down off Norfolk Va.
-. Earthquake Shocks: An earthquake
shock felt at Kingston, Jamaica, at
LEO a. M, and one on the coast of
Chile, 800 miles south of Valparaiso.
at 4:35 a. m.
a. Russia: The imperial government de-
manded the expulsion by the douma of
s OF its members on charge OF high
Obituary: Gen. Bartoleme Maso one of
the Old Guard Of Cuban revolutionists
former official OF the provisional gov
ernfhent, at. Manzanillo. Cuba; aged 73.
15. Convention: The second international
peace congress opened at The Hague.
16. Russia: The douma dissolved by edict
Of the crown: 700 political arrests In
st. Petersburg.
Sporting: Sans Souci II. won the Grand
Prix de Paris. ,e
18. Obituary: Alexander Stewart Her
schel, noted astronomer. in London:
aged Il
19 Financial Troubles: Milburhe Flour
Mills Co.. in Philadelphia, failed for
$751, 200.
q. Sporting: Nealon won the Suburban
handicap at Sheepshead Bay.
Political: During riot over political
questions in Lisbon, Portugal, 8 citi-
zens were killed and over 100 people
injured.
=
Hshed new worlds record for throw
Ing the discus, In New York city: dis
tance 136 feet 10 inches.
- ,Shipwreck:. British steamship Santi-
ago foundered of Corral. Chile; out Of
30 souls on board SO were lost.
Is. Sporting: Cornell won the four mile
> race for varsity eights at Poughkeep-
sic. N. r.: time 20 minutes rs Sec
onds. Richard Croker's Orby won the
Irish Derby at Dublin.
u. Obituary: Elizabeth Cary Agassiz,
widow Of the great scientist and one
of the founders Of Radcliffe college,
at Boston; aged a.
four yeared contest at New London.
%. eobiflzfy: Francis Murphy. noted
IA temperance lecturer. at Los Angeles:
aged n g t6I
JULY.
s 70
As6porting: Nazzaro. an italian, won
the automobile grand prix at Dieppe,
France, breaking the worlds record
by an average speed Of 72 miles an
hour.
3. Storm: A tornado in central wiscon-
sin destroyed 26 lives
4 Obituary: Francis B. Thurber, mer-
chant. lawyer and, economist, in New
York city: aged 65.
3. Convention: 18th annual convention
of the National Educational associa-
ton at Los Angeles.
13. Sporting: Peter Pan won the Brigh-
ton handicap at Brighton Beach. N. Y.
May Sutton. the California wonder, re-
captured the all England tennis cham
pionship at Newport, Wales.
ID. Accident: 10 killed and II injured by
an explosion in the turret of the bat
tleship Georgia during target practice
at Boston.
II. Accident: 8 persons killed and many
injured by the collapse of building
in London, Ont.
Financial: Thebaud Bros. one Of New
York's Oldest shipping concerns, failed
for nearly s1.oOOOOO.
Obituary: Prof. Angelo Heilprin, noted
geologist. who made the accent of
Mont Pelee during the eruption Of
1902, in New York city; aged 54.
10. Obituary: Gen. George w. Mindil. civil
war veteran, who became colonel at
the age of 10. in New York city; aged
GA. Hector Henri Malot noted French
journalist and novelist, in Paris; aged
n.
Korea: The emperor Of Korea abdicat-
ed In favor of the crown prince.
20. Accident: 80 killed and many injured
In a wreck on the Pere Marquette
road near Salem. Mich.
a. Korea: Riot in Seoul, the capital, on
account of the change Of ruler.
22. Shipwreck: SO passengers lost from
the steamer Columbia. which sank in
a collision with schooner on the
Mendocino coast
%. Korea: BY a convention between
Japan and Korea Japan assumed en-
tire control Of the internal administra-
ton Of Korea.
q. Obituary: United States Senator Ed
mund w. Pettus of Alabama at Hot
Springs N. c.; aged Sc.
Ship Disaster: 8 lives lost by the burn
Ing OF the steamer Frontenac on Ca
yuga lake.
q. Fire: In Memphis: loss $4,000 by
flames In the business section A
large section Of Coney Island amuse-
ment resorts burned. with loss OF 81
100000. 9
q. Fires: In New York city a tenement
ir house blaze destroyed 10 lives. Long
Beach hotel, q high class summer re-
sort on the Long Island coast, accom-
modating 800 guests. burned to the
ground
81. Obituary: Francis Miles Finch, law
yer and jurist. author of the war
elegy ''The Blue and the Gray" at
Ithaca; aged So
Morocco: An inland tribe Of Moors at
tackled the French port of Casaban-
ca, killing IL foreign residents, includ-
ing Frenchmen.
AUGUST.
l. Obituary: David Christie Murray,
British playwright and novelist, in
\ London; aged 81.
3 Standard Oil Trials: Standard OIL
Company of Indiana fined $29,24O, 900 by
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands Of
the United States district court at
Chicago for accepting rebates from
railways In violation Of law.
Obituary: Augustus st. Gaudens, the
sculptor, in Cornish, N. H.; aged 50.
4 Railroad Accident: 10 passengers
killed by the wreck of a railway coach
~ near Anglers. France.
y MOROCCO: French and Spanish troops
landed at Casablanca. and, being fred
upon by thexMoors the French cr1iser