Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31
Poe Centenary: The Tooth anniversary
of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe cele-

of the birth Of Edgar Allan Poe cele-
brated.
0. Cuba. Gen Jose Miguel Gomez pro-
claimed president of the republic.
Political: Secretary of State Elihu Root
elected United States senator by the
New York legislature.
J. Accident: Explosion, followed by fire,
in temporary crib of tunnel under
Lake Michigan off Chicago; about 70
workmen lost their lives.
r. Fire: At Galveston flames on the
wharfs caused loss of $50O.O00
g. Shipwreck Off Nantucket White Star
liner Republic rammed and sunk by
Italian liner Florida deaths and re-
markable rescue of over 1000 imperiled
passengers.
Earthquake: GO villages destroyed and
5000 to 5000 lives lost in the province
of Lurstan, Persia.
n. Obituary: Benot-Constant Coqueln.
noted French actor. in Paris; aged CT.
Is. Cuba: The reins of government turned
over to President Gomez by the Amer
lean governor general, Magoon.
%. Fire: ST. Paul. loss of 100000 by fire
in a department store.
Personal: President Elect Taft arrived
at Colon, Panama.
30. Earthquake: Severe shocks in Spain.
81. Obituary: Miss Martha Finley, author
OF the ELSIE Books" at Elkton, Md;
aged 81.
FEBRUARY.
/. Personal: President Elect William IL.
Taft formally opened the Pacific end
of the Panama canal
Shpwreck: British steamer Clan Ranald
lost off the coast of Australia; the
captain and 46 sailors drowned.
= Obituary: John Gilmer Speed, journal
list and author, at Mendham, N. j.;
aged S.
s. The Cruising Fleet: The battleships
sailed from Gibraltar, homeward
bound.
s. Obituary: Catullus Mendes. noted
French poet. in Paris.
Personal: King Edward VII. received in
Berlin, the first visit Of British king
to the German capital in 1876 years.
Political; France and Germany signed
Morocco pact.
IL. Lincoln Centenary: The Tooth ami
versary of the birth of Abraham Lin
coin celebrated.
Is. Fire Disaster: Between 200 and 800 per-
sons burned to death and scores in
jured in Il fire which destroyed the
Flores theater in Acapulco, Mexico.
II. Obituary: Geronimo, noted Apache
chief and raider died prisoner of
war at Fort Sin.
10. obituary: Grand Duke Vladimir. uncle
of the car of Russia, in ST. Peters,
burg: aged SO. Rear Admiral Charles
France: aged Gi.
C0lt,.tou. National congress of moth
ers opened in New Orleans.
80. Disaster at Sea: The Hamburg South
America liner Presidente Roca burned
off Peninsula Naldes; loss Owners re-
porD olives. press report, 26G of the
passengers and crew.
81 obituary: Carroll ID. Wright. soldier
statistician and educator. at Worces-
ter Mass: AGED 49,
% The Cruising Fleet: The battleshps
reached Hampton Roads.
90 storm: 13 killed and many injured by
tornado which swept over eastern
Arkansas.
g. Obituary; Rev Theodore Cuyer. noted
minister and author in Brooklyn
aged s..
n Sporting: American bowling congress
opened in Iittsburg.
MARCH.
l. obituary: Z. J. C'Lucky'D Baldwin,
well known turfnan, at Arcadia, Cal ;
agcd ST.
> Sporting; Ora Morninestar won the
championship Of the world at IS lrllS
Inc billiards. defeating Gcor-e f. Slos-
SOIL, tn. lsI champion. lu New ort
oiy. 04Hl score. 600 To -li.
l. pol.eH ma-qraNou Of William
iip"ad falt as 9th president of the
United States. THE tltI congress ended.
storm. ficrrs WMd-torm and rain in
the Atlantic states.
1'auHluo scandal. THE publishers and
one editor OF slice Sow York World iu-
New York city.
6. Political: president Taft nominated
his cabinet as follows philander c..
NroN, secretary of state, Franklin
MACY oash. the treasury Jacob NJ.
Dickinson. wan, George Non l.. Meyer.
navy Richard a. Ballingcr. interior
James Wilson, agriculture, Charles
NaScl, commerce AMI labor; Frank ii.
IHtchcocN, postmaster general George
w. Wickersham attorney general.
Obituary: John IL. Starin, pioneer in
river and harbor transportation, in
New York city; aged ST.
8. Storm Disaster: 20 killed and "a in
jured In a tornado at Brinkley, Ark.
10. Obituary: Maj. T.. L. G.. Zalnski, l..
S. A, retired, noted inventor and en-
gineer, in New York city; aged 60.
Standard Oil: Railway rebate case de-
cided in favor of Standard Oil in
Chicago.
Storm: 100 houses wrecked by a cyclone
at Cuthbert Ga; deaths.
IL. Black Hand; Lieutenant Petrosni.
noted italian detective in New York
city, assassinated at Palermo, Italy.
Is. Political: Special session of the 6lst
congress opened Joseph G.. Cannon
elected speaker of the house.
Weston's Walk: Edward Payson Wes-
ton started from New York on a walk
to San Francisco.
&c. Obituary: Elinor Mac CARNEY Lane,
author of Nancy Stair and other
novels, at Lynchburg, Va.
II. Tariff: Bill framed by the Republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee introduced in the house by Sc
reno Z. Payne. chairman OF the com
mittee.
90 The Cooper Trial: Col. Duncan B.
Cooper and his son Robin found guilty
OF the murder of ex-senator Carmack
in Nashville and sentenced to 30 years
p. Aeronautics: Count Zeppelin's dirigi-
BILE airship created worlds record
by carrying q persons $50 miles.
g. Personal; Theodore Roosevelt, ex-
president, sailed from New York for
Naples on the Hamburg American
liner Hamburg
Obituary: Col. William Lamb, soldier
editor and lawyer. hero OF the Confed-
crate defense OF Fort Fisher in 1865, al
Norfolk, Va; aged 73
"a Personal: Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford Of the British navy retired after
80 years service.