The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-12-30

~ N~bd- len Jose miguel Gomez pro
claimed president OF the republic
Political: Secretary of State Eiihu Root
elected United States senator by the
New York legislature
4. Accident. Explosion. followed by fire
In temporary crib of a tunnel under
Lake Michigan of Chicago: about 20
workmen lost their lives
Y. Fire: At Galveston flames on the
wharfs caused loss of 100000
%. Shipwreck: OF Nantucket White Star
liner Republic rammed and sunk by
Italian liner Florida: deaths and re
markable rescue of over ZOO imperiIed
passengers.
Earthquake: 60 villages destroyed and
5000 TO 5000 lives lost in the province
of Luristan. Persia
e. Obituary: Benoit-Constant Coquelin,
noted French actor, in Paris; aged o.
.. Cuba: The reins Of government turned
over to President Gomez by tine Amer
lean governor general. Magoon.
q. Fire: st. Paul, loss of 100000 by fire
in department store.
Personal: President Elect Taft arrived
at Colon. Panama.
20. 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 II
Taft formally opened the Pacific end
of the Panama canal.
ShipWreck: 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 sc.
The Cruising Fleet: The battleships
sailed from Gibraltar. homeward
bound
g. Obituary: Catulus Mendes. noted
French poet. in Paris
Personal: King Edward VII received In
Berlin, the first visit of a British king
to the German capital in Isl years
Political: France and Germany signed a
Morocco pact
IL. Lincoln Centenary: The 10th ami
versary of the birth OF Abraham Lin
coin celebrated
10. Fire Disaster: Between 200 and 800 per
sons burned to death and scores in
jured in a fire which destroyed the
Flores theater in Acapulco, Mexico
H. Obituary: Geronimo, noted Apache
chief and raider died a prisoner OF
war a Fort sill
ls Obituary: Grand Duke Vladimir. uncle
of the ear of Russia. in St Peters
burg; aged So Rear Admiral Charles
S. Cotton. L. S. N, retired. at Nice.
France: aged 60
ers opened in New Orleans
Do Disaster al Sea: The Hamburg South
America liner PTesidente Roca burned
off Peninsula Valdes: loss Owners re
porO % lives. press report, 2G6 of the
passengers and crew.
81 Obituary: Carroll d. Wright, soldier,
stattstician and educator. at Worces-
ter, Mass; aged g.
2 The Cruising Fleet: The battleships
reached HaD Roads
% Storm: 10 killed and many injured by
tornado which swept over eastern
Arkansas.
Is Obituary: Rev Theodore Cuyler. noted
minister and author, in Brooklyn;
aged 81.
"a. Sporting: American bowling congress
Opened in Pittsburg
MARCH.
l. q '- f. j. C'Lucky'D Baldwin.
a ,c %Swn turfman, at Arcadia. Cal;
sportin, Ora Morningstar won the
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syn t1e champ m i'm New York
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