Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-01-08

JANUARY.
g. Conviction Of Mayor Schmitz set aside
in San Francisco.
IL Henry Kenny. president Of tho Della
ware railway. who attended to the Sc
cret journey Of President Elect Abra-
ham Lincoln on his way TO Washing
ton IN 1861. died at Ridley Park. Pa.
FEBRUARY.
-. Gen. Stoessel. Russian commander in
the defense of Port Arthur. sentenced
TO death by military court at st.
Petersburg. with a recommendation Of
mercy.
=. trolley tunnel under the Hudson from
Hoboker. n. j.. TO New York opened.
MAucH.
2. Germany launched her biggest battle
ship. the Nassau. at Wilhelmshaven.
N. The death sentence of Gen. Stoessel
for the surrender Of Port Arthur COM
muted TO imprisonment for ten years.
APRIL.
q. beginning Of the Roman Catholic GEN.
tennlal celebration in New York city.
MAY.
& The Atlantic battleship feet entered
the Golden Gate San Francisco.
Ia Successful flight of the Wright broth
ers' aeroplane at Manteo, N. c.
Il. Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff, sociologist
IL.
N. ).
United States battleship Michigan
launched at Camden. N. J.
JUNE.
& Or. Williamson Boyakin. . protege OF
Andrew Jackson and at one time ON
the stan Of Gen. U. s. Grant In the
civil war. died At Marysville. Tenn. |:
aged lO:.
Il Thomas Virgins (Blind TONI. noted
negro plano player. died In Hoboken,
n. j.: G2ed about 81.
JULY.
L Count Zeppelin made q new world rec
ord by u 20 mile airship flight over
Switzerland.
:. The battleship feet sailed from San
Francisco bound for the orient
ID. Opening OF the celebration OF the 3O0th
anniversary Of the founding OF the
city OF Quebec.
=. Decision of the United States court Of
appeals overruled the s292ic.00o Stand
ard Oil fine imposed by Judge Landis
AUGUST.
L Count Zeppelin travelled ;6l miles over
southern Germany In a dirigible ball
loon. which was afterward destroyed
by fire.
-. The battleship fleet arrived at Sgd
ney. N. S. W.
OF the great debate between Abraham
Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas cele-
braied at Ottawa. Ill.
=. The battleship feet reached Mel
bourne.
SEPTEMBER.
II. Orville Wright made an aeroplane
flight Of hour II minutes at Fort
Myer. Va.
u. Wilbur Wright made a flight OF 1
hour II ninnfaQ in hta
American aeroplane at Le Mans
France
Is. l5Oth anniversary OF the founding Of
Pittsburg celebrated.
OCTOBER
Tho battleship fleet entered Manila
bay.
4 Philadelphia celebrated the ,25th an
niversary OF the founding Of the city
by William Penn.
5. 10000 acres Of government land OPEN
ed for settlement on the Rosebud In
dian reservation. South Dakota.
II. . balloons started in the interna-
ttonal balloon race at Berlin, the Brit
ish Banshee winning.
Is. The American battleship feet well
coined with salutes by the japanese
feet at Yokohama
S. The battleship fleet welcomed by the
Chinese at Annoy.
NOVEMBER.
]. Julia A. F. Carney. author OF tho
schoolhouse classic Little Drops Of
Water" and other poems. died at
Galesburg. ILL.,: aged s..
T. United States battleship North Dako-
ia. the largest warship In the world
to date. launched at Quincy, Mass
To- Governments appeal for q rehearing
In the Standard Oil fine case denied by
the federal circuit court in Chicago.
Former United States Senator Edward
w. Carmack of Tennessee shot and
Killed in Nashville by Robin Cooper
II Special Prosecutor Francis ]. Hensy