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

the United Spanish War Setefana "
ss Boston Ii n III q Y Z 20 Is "a
! Fire: in New Orleans loss OF 81 .soo, 900 BY
q flames Ii, the, business district. s. \
/; Sporting. n askette won the Fnturity at
"a Sheepshead Bay; New York n 4
H. Convention: I'D annual encanpment OF
= tho G.. "A. r. opened at Toledo, Il
SEPTEMBER. y
j. shipwrock: British BARK Amazon lost
ii1 near Port Talbot: q sailors drowned:
4 Fires: Forest flres wrought destrue--
i ton 10 towns and villages In Mtnne-
sofa and Wisconsin. The famous GAIA.
tyeras group OF, California giant trees
4 injured By flames. !, q, y'i.s, 4 5.;
!. PERSONAL Col. Henry II. Eerius elect
cd commander In chief of the g. a. r.
at Toledo. Z! H. 4! 4 z - 81 Z
! obituary. Sir Lionel saekyIlle-W West,
i former British ambassador TO tho
United States, In London: aged 81:
4 Obituary: Frank P. Sargent. United
M States commissioner OF Immigration,
4 in Washington: aged u.
I Fire: At RawhIde. New, business Soc
ton suffered loss OF $4,000 By
flames q: - (! as
). Sporting: rapks defeated ketchel In
/. rounds for the middlcweight cham
plonship at Los Angeles. n q {. q
.. Convention: 10Th international euchn.
e rIstle congress opened In London. IL
Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated Joe
Cans for tho lightweight champion
ship In IL rounds ut San Francisco. d
Aeronautics: OryIlls Wright made rec
ord breaking aesop!ano flight ut Fort
Myer. remaining In the air hour. .
minutes and JIG seconds. ~
10. Personal: Count Tolstoy's Soth birth
day honored In Russia. 5Sy : 4
Financial Troubles: A. Booth & Co..
fish und oyster firm. placed In reeetv-
ers hands In Chicago; liabilities 81
$4,000. y Il y III, $,i,tts
Il. Sporting: Lozlcr cars broke the
worlds q i1our auto spin record b.
running 1lo7 md 1.oa2 miles respective
Z ly ut Brighton Beach. n. y.
Acronautics: ofvlllc Wright flew his
aeroplana / hour II minutes at Fort
Mycr, Va. I'D,
Fire: Plant OF the cosmodalc Cement
Co. near Louisville. KY. burned; loss
100000.
II, Fire; Flames In the library OF tho
John Hopkins university ut Baltimore
destroyed valuable scientific records
and collections.
AIrship Accident: Orville Wright. the
aIrship Inventor. injured and his COM
panion, Lieut.. Thomas Il. seifridee.
u. s. A., killed by the fail OF Wrlght's
acroplnnc at Fort Myer. Va.
a,t ara nj, t.,nnhone connections In
tho rIty DESTROYED. ~ + n tsrrsl Z 81. 81
sbinwreek. The salmon canncry ship
stnr"of BENGAL dashed 10 pIeces In n
Storm Off Coronation island: Ito per-
! sons i,rowncd Il
y Arrona,,tIca. Wilbur Wright made a
digit of i hour II minutes rs seconds
in his American ncroplane at Le
Nnns France. b.
~on,.nn,,n,. unconditional fishery con-
rress ononed in washington, s3sI.
2 WnrshIp disaster: IL French sailors
Killed ana many ny narea e te rocho
Mt Tou,on- g54 = z.
i,onvention. biennial session Of the
IInitod irish League OF America OPEN
al IN Iostnn - - ~ -.
y, Convention: 18th annual meeting OF
tbn =, rn,o ra. national conrross opene1
at Mn,,Ison wis. ..'7
e R,jlrn,d Accident. n killed md many
inh,rca In n bcnd-on collision on the
Wo-,Sarr pocIIc nj Youn-.a Point
, Nv, ."e a' i"e'''e - '1"' !. =
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y Sh'hWfeek ~ sa,iors -. .,e -. '' ,s.
shlp I. Loon - !n.ua u.oM"eu i,o. ..s
wfecElhB OF that vessel oh f'S'e'
isluhd- t94
3. Anniversary: l1oth anniversary o. mo
founding of Plttsburs celebrated,
Conventions: Trlennial internatioha! con
gross OH tuberculosis openea III WISH
inston. American Bankers' assorla-
ton met II Denver ~,
.. Convention: 10th session OF the ma
tlonal irrigation consress opened III
Albu1uerale. N. NJ.
v. Alfred Thompson Brichcr. American
/. painter OF marine pictures. NJ Ne"
Dorp. N. y: aged Il.
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