Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-07
STORY OF 1903
Review of the Year From
January to December.
RECORD DAY BY DAY.
Notable Political Events In Amer.
lea and Europe.
NAMES ON MORTUARY LIST.
NAMES ON MORTUARY LIST.
AUGUST.

!. Fire: lOD square miles OF territory III
British Columbia swept by a Confla-
grafton started by bush fires; loss
s. 100000 and many deaths reported.
l. Obituary: bronson Howard. American
playwright, author of Saratoga"
Shenandoah and other popular plays
at Avon-by the-Sea n. j.: aged 60
William Boyd Allison OF Iowa. father
OF the senate" at Dubuque; aged 20
Katharine Prescott Wormlcy, we'll
known translator OF Balzac's works
into English at Jackson, n. IL: aged
IS
Aeronautics: Count Zeppelin Travelled ~
miles over southern Germany in dir
igible balloon which was afterWard
destroyed by fire.
6. Obituary: Elizabeth NJ. Stewart
founder of the w. G. r. T.. at Hicks
Vile. O.; aged %.
Fire: At Midway. Ky. warehouses
burned with whisky in bond valued at
{".sOU.0p0.
Conventions: international congress OF
historical sciences met in Berlin. Pan
American medical congress opened In
Guatemala city, Guatemala.
g. Financial Troubles: The Pillsbury-
Washburn Flour Mills Co. in Mime
apolis placed in receivers hands; la
bnities S9.GDOOO0.
10. Conventions: Annual conventions OF
the International Typographical and
OF the Stereotypers and F,leCtrotypers'
unions and also the American Fedora
ton Of Catholic Societies opened in
Boston.
Obituary: Louise Chandler Moulton,
well known author in Boston; aged g.
H. Obituary: Ira ID. Sankey. singing
evangelist and author OF hymns, In
Brooklyn: aged GS
u Obituary: A. r. Spofrord. formerly IL
brarian Of congress. at Plymouth. n.
II: aged So.
l6. Obituary: J. w. A. Macdonald. known
as Americas Oldest sculptor at Yon-
kers, n. Y: aged 81.
Fire: At Oklahoma City. Okla. Lee no
tel destroyed: loss s25O.0o0
Convention: 33d annual meeting of the
National Editorial association opened
at St Paul.
II. Convention: International Esperanto
congress met in Dresden. SaNony.
IS. Personal: Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans, L. 8 N. placed the
tired list ut the naval age limit OF 60
years.
-. Pacific Cruise: The battleship fleet
rived at Sydney, n. S. w.
Mining Accident: Scores OF miners killed
by gas explosion in the Maypole col
liery at Wgan. England.
20. Political: kongo annexation treaty
adopted by the Belgian chamber OF
deputies.
%. Morocco: Mulai Hatid. pretender to
the throne. proclaimed sultan, follow
ing defeat OF the army OF Abdul Aziz,
sultan of record.
Shipwreck: 40 passengers lost In the
wreCking OF the Norwegian steamer
Folgefonden of Norway.
Fire: 1900 buildings burned In STAN
boul, the Mohammedan quarter of
Constantinople.
"a Obituary: Baron Speck Won Sternburg.
German ambassador to the United
States, at Heidelberg, Germany: aged
g.
Is Conventions: National society, Sons OF
Veterans met at Niagara Falls An
nual convention OF the American Bar
association met at Spokane Wash.
Sporting: Allen Winter won the Amer
lean Trotting Derby at Readville,
Mass.
Financial Troubles: A, o. Brown & Co.
Stock Exchange brokers In New York.
failed with heavy liabilities.
i6 Flood: Climax Of high water in North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
which resulted in the loss of many
lives: total damage estimated at over
100000
Mining Accident: 80 mners suffoCated In
the HALEY Ola coal mine at McAles-
ter Okla.
Shipwreck: British steamer Dunearn
wrecked in typhOon off the island of
Kihuiu. Japan; 81 lives lost.
n. Obituary: Tony Pastor. popular the
atrical manager, at Elmhurst N. Y:
aged ~. EX-United States Senator
William f. Villas OF Wisconsin. who
served in Cleveland's first cabinet. at
Madison; aged GS.
q. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Alexander +.
Stewart noted Confederate leader. at
Biloxi, Miss: aged 81.
Storm: Is persons drowned by a cloud
burst at Folsom, N. NJ.
o. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edwin Filth
ian U. g. N retired. noted engineer
and the Oldest officer In the navy. OF
BridgetOn. II. j.; aged S.
Pacific Cruise: The battleShip fleet reach
ed Melbourne.
10. Convention: Annual encampment OF
the United Spanish War Veterans in
Boston.
Fire: In New Orleans loss of $500 900 by
flames In the business district.
Sporting: Maskette Won the Futurity At
Sheepshead Bay, New York.
81. Convention; 42d annual encampment OF
the G. A. Il. opened at Toledo.