Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-01-01

II.
Fire Catastrophe: ia school children
killed In a schoolhouse fire in North
Collinwood. on the outskirts Of Cleve-
land.
8. Obituary: DR.. B. st. John Roosa, one
of the leading eye and ear experts Of
the country. in New York city; aged 70.
D. Fire: Burning of a machine shop at
Lowell. Mass, caused a loss OF 1900,
900.
TO- Convention: International Congress of
Mothers met in Washington.
IL. Fire: 1900 native houses burned at Ma
Mia.
H. Accident: deaths caused by explo-
sions Of chemicals at Natchez, Miss.
Sporting Meelick won the $4,000 Cres-
cent Derby at New Orleans.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Theodore F.
Kane. U. s. NJ retired. in New York
city; aged 6S.
u. Haiti: Several Haitian revolutionists
shot by order of President Alexis.
IL. Obituary: Senator William Pinkney
Whyte of Maryland, at Baltimore;
aged "a.
Haiti: At the demand of the powers
Haitian revolutionist suspects were al
lowed to leave the country
Is. Obituary: Cardinal Casali del Drago,
one OF the Roman nobility, in Rome
aged TO-
Russia: Duel at st. Petersburg between
Gen. Fock and Gen. Smirnoff, who pay-
ticipated in the defense of Port Ar
thur. Death sentence OF Gen. Stoessel
for the surrender of Port Arthur COM
fnuted to Imprisonment for ten years.
-. German Africa: German troops in AZ
RIGA lost IA killed and IT wounded in q
skirmish with Hottentots.
ez. Sporting: Angelus won the $4,000 City
Park Derby at New Orleans.
u. Political: Durham White Stevens, dip
L. IL II.
OF state, mortally wounded at San
Francisco by Korean patriot"
a. Obituary: Spencer Compton Ceven-
dish, duke OF Devonshire, noted for
great wealth and accomplishments, at
Cannes. France; aged 70.
Is. Fire: Tho famous Drury Lane theater
burned in London.
a. Financial: The Knickerbocker Trust
Co., in New York. opened its doors
after suspension Of five months.
Earthquake: Chilapa. Mexico, partly de-
stroyed by shocks, followed by fire.
%. Mine Accident; q lives lost by explo-
sions in a coal mine at Hanna. Wyo.
DO. Obituary: Joseph Howard Jr., noted
newspaper man in New York city;
aged rs.
APRIL.
z warship Disaster: British torpedo boat
destroyer Tiger cut In two by collision
with the cruiser Berwick Off the Isle
OF Wight SO me6 drowned.
J. Fires: At Lynchburg. Va, loss Of
t225,000 in the tobacco district Over
$4,000 loss by the burning of Corning
& Co.'S distillery at Peoria. III.
Sporting: Gotch defeated Hacken-
schmidt for the worlds heavyweight
wrestling championship at Chicago.
Political: Thomas e. Watson OF Georgia
nominated for president by the Peo-
pies party at st. Louis.
Obituary: James Jeffrey Roche, noted
American poet. at Berne Switzerland:
aged 81.
Political: Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man. prime minister of England. re-
signed
G. Political Riot: over 100 people killed
and wounded during an election dis
turbance in Lisbon, Portugal.
9. Political: Herbert s. Asquith appoint
ed prime minister of England by King
Edward.
IL Obituary: Lieut. Charles A. L. Totten,
U. g. A.. retired, noted for his prophs-
cies of the coming end of the world at
Milford. Conn; aged 81 Gen. Byron
N. Cutcheon. noted veteran of the civil
war, at Ypsilanti. Mich; aged 70.
Fire: In Chelsea, Mass; % blocks de-
stroyed. causing loss of nearly $40
0o0, 900; Is deaths.
Ii. Sporting: Jack Atkin won the $4,000
Carter handicap at the Aqueduct track.
New York
10. Obituary: Rear Admiral George Beai
Balch, U. s. N, retired. at Raleigh.
N. c.: aged 81.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. met in Washington.
a. Convention: The general society.
Daughters OF the Revolution, met IN
New York city
22 Obituary: Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman. who had recently resigned the
premiership of England, in London;
aged p. Bishop Ellison Capers. noted
veteran OF the civil war. at Columbia.
s. c.; aged TO-
q. Obituary: Gen. Nikolai Linevitch. sue
cessor to Kuropatkin in command of
the Russian army in Manchuria in
1905, Fat StsPetersburg; aged 60.
Storm: Beginning of a two days tor
nado which swept the southern states
from Texas to Georgia; nearly 400 peo-
pie killed and many thousands injured.
n. Convention: The American Society of
International Law met in Washington.
Auto Race: Louis Strang won the tro-
ply in the Briarcliff contest, near New
York, speeding 256 miles In s hours II
minutes 10 2-5 seconds In an Italian
car.
y. Personal: Cardinal Logue. head Of the
Roman Catholic church in Ireland. ar
rived in New York to participate in
the centennial Of the New York arch
diocese.
Boat Disaster: Is people drowned by the
capsizing Of the Mississippi river
steamer Marion near the mouth Of
the st. Francis river. Arkansas.
Warship Disaster: % sailors killed or
missing in a collision between the
British cruiser Gladiator and the
American liner st. Paul on the Isle OF
Wight
n. Catholic Centennial: Beginning Of the
Roman Catholic celebration in New
York city.
n. Financial Troubles: The New York
Stock Exchange firm of Coster, Knapp
& Co. failed for nearly 100000.
Accident: 9 killed and 30 injured in a
trolley collision near Ypsilanti. Mich.
y. Obituary: Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. son
OF the late Gen. John A. Dix. who was
noted in the civil war. and rector of
Trinity parish. New York, over Is
years. in that city; aged 81.
DO Convention: The national congress,
Sons of the American Revolution.
opened In Buffalo.
Warship Disaster: Japan's protected
cruiser Matsushima destroyed by ex-
plosion on Pescadores islands; over