The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-04

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4 Fire: Loss OF 81 100 600 in the businesa
4 district OF Atlanta. Y II ~. Is
4 Sporting X Rhodora, Richard Croker'a
i horse won the thousand Guinea stakes
=. at Newman ket.! "a {
.. Convention: The American Surgecns'
~ association met In Richmond, Fn.
Financial Troubles: The Euclid Avenue
Trust Co. OF Cleveland assigned with
liabilities OF 81. 10000 VI
Personal: Rear Admiral Robley D. Ev-
ans, relinqutshed command OF the:At-
lantlc hattleship feet
Il. Convention: The National Association
q tof Retail Gr6cers met In Boston.
Temple OF Peace. Cornerstone of the
Hall OF the international Union Of
]. American Republics laid In Washing.
"A ton. 81 - &
Il Storm: i: people Killed by a tornado
at Bellevue. Eeb. =. III.
u. Conventions: Conference Of governors
met In Washington. So
Aeronautics' Feat: Wright brothers
made successful flight with thelr
aeroplana at Mnnteo. N. C.. iratglt{a
Sporting: Jack; Atkln won the Metropol-
! itan handicap at Belmont part. New
York. S5a
Storm: 80 people killed in Louisiana by
u tornado. - "a ~
H. Obituary: Rear, Admiral C. ". Rae.
T, u. s. NJ In WlshinE on.
i5 Political: The Socialist party noEnl-
mated Eugene ". Debs and benjamin
Hanfnrd mt Chicago. s
Obituary: Mrs. Emily f. Woodey. IA
.nouA In the civil war NJ Federal
army nurse, In Philadelphia; aged H.
Prof. W. A.. Wyckoff, socloloGist STU
don't and author, Mt Princeton. N. J.
Fire: LOSS of sl.25O.o00 by fire In the
Omaha Packing Co.'S plant at South
Omaha. -s-
70. Sporting: jay Gould defeated Eugene
IA Miles. the English player. for the
worlds amateur tennis championship
In London. s rtat.5 t.5
Is. Financial Troubles: The Allegheny Ma
tonAl bunk suspended In Pittsburg.
la. s,.ortins; preceptor won the worlds
re ord for two-year-olds, running four
ami one-half furlongs straightaway IN
81 seconds. &
Conventions: The National Association
Of Manufacturers met In New York.
The southern Baptists met at Hot
Springs. Ark. sn
%, Convention: Conference on interim
tional arbitration met 1t Lake Mo-
honk. N. Y. s 4
q. Railway Accident: GO killed and 100 In
jurcd In collision near Antwerp. Bel
GUM. Sa.p,5.rl, - H
Convention: The general assembly Of
\ the Presbyterian Churc., In :ac Ua!sea
States met In ,Knnsag City. No.
q, Obituary: Francois coppee, French
poet and drar,atlst. in Paris: aged %.
a, Financial Troubles: The Amador Min
ipE and Development Co. OF Montana
failed In Chicago. 90
q, Shirwreck: The fishing schooner Fame
run down of the coast OF Maine BY
the Dominion Atlantic line steamer
Boston: 10 sailors drowned.
Obituary: David Henderson. composer
of "Bluebenrd" and theatrical man
ager OF note, In Chicago: aged 6.
Rear Admiral A. s. Crownlnshleld. u.
s, N, retired. In Philadelphia: aged g.
g. Storm: 10 persons Killed by tornado
in Alfalfa county. Okla.
obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
noted Confederate veteran. In Vlcks.
burg, Miss; aged Is.
Conventions: International congress Of
ae-ouauts met In London.
49, Political: Emergency currency bill
nassed and signed by the president.
Congress adjourned.
81. Convention: The International con-
gress Of navigation met In St. Peters.
burg. lsEu i|n
JUNE.
!. Convention: American Medical assocl'
alton met In Chicago.
Sporting: Colt won the Brooklyn handi-
cap Mt Grnvcsend. New York.
2, Obituary: Gen. Sir Henry Rcdvers
Butler British commander at tho siege
OF I.adysn,lth In the Bocr war. in Lon
don: nged GO.
J. Sporting: slgnorlnetta. an Italian
horse. won the English Derby.
Convention: sth biennial convention or
the brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
sinecrs Mt Columbus. o.
s. Warship Disaster: By the explosion OF
boiler tube on the cruiser Tennessee
= near San Pedro. Cal. 6 OF the crew
we're Killed and several injured.
g. Storm: Windstorms and flood caused
heavy loss OF life In Oklahoma. KAN
saH, Nebraska and Iowa. t.I
!. Personal: King Edward VII. OF Eng
land and Emperor Nicholas II. OF Rus
s!a met for official conference ut Reval.
4. Convention: Reunion OF United Con-
federate Veterans at birmingham.
Ala. ,... .H|H Wa u
10. Obituary: Former Congressman Oliver
Hazard Perry Belmont, prominent Cap
italiSt and society man. at Hempstead.
N. Y; aged 80 g5.5
Personal: Gen. Clement A. Evans elect
ed commander In chief OF tho United
Confederate Veterans. ~
II, obituary: Isaac B. Rich. veteran the
atrical manager, In Boston: aged 81.
H. Convention: Worlds church congress
met In London.
Miscellaneous: Caleb Powers, convicted
Of completely In the murder Of Gov.
William 'Goebel Of Kentucky, par.
doned. Thomas Virgins tBlInd TOM.
noted negro plano player. died In Ho-
boken, N. j.: aged about 60. ~
IL Obituary: Frank C. Bangs. an actor
associated with Edwin Booth. Char
lotto cush,nan and Laura Kcene In
Philadelphia; aged 4, ..Sg
Sporting: ". X. vanderbllt's horse
Northeast won. the Grand Pri1 do
Paris, the greatest race on the French
turf. n 40 E j.
u. Convention: The worlds temperance
congress Z. mot at Saratoga Springs.
3 MY. 'Ht' S15'tt
II. Fire: Ions Of $4,000 at tho Raul lum.
ber plant, Birmingham. Ala. III
II, Convention. international Sunday
school convention met. In Louisvllle.
Political: W. II. Taft nominated for
president at tho Republican conven.
ton IN Chicago. An r
Fire.: Plant OF the Shelby Stool Co.
burned at ghslby. o.; loss s..ooo. 90.
u. Sporting: Ballot. owned by J. r.
Keeno, won the, Suburban handicap at
sheepshead Bay, Now York.
q. Fire, In the business section Of Three
Rivers, Que: loss q. 10000.
Obituary: Ellen M. 7Amts. m author
known a. Eleanor Kirk. Mt. Weeka-
pauB. Il. l.; aged e
Convention: The General Federation OF
Women's Clubs met In Boston. .,a
n Persia. Perrian par]inment over