The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-12-31

\ u Obituary. Henqit-Co nAtAnt E0qlelin
noted French actoFssi In Pail. AGED "
o. Cuba: The relns Of government turned
over to President 6opez bylthe Amer.
ican governor general. Mdgoon.
D. Pre-. 81. Paul. loss OF $40 200 BY f1rs
| IN a department store. "A
PERSONAL: President Elect TAFT arrived
1t Colon, Panama.
] ~ Earthquake: Severe shocks In Spain
/ u. Obituary. Miss aftha Finley, author
Of the "Eisie Book. {. ut Elkton, Ma;
aged 81. 81, 4
FEBRUARY.
j. Personal: Presidsnt Elect william H.
Taft formally opened the Pacific end
Of the Panama canal. M,
shipwreck: British steamer Clan -Rqnald
lost on the coast OF Australia; the
captain and rs sailors drowned.
9 Obituary: John Gikmer Speed. Journal
ist and author, q Mendham. n. j.:
ased 30. ss z
G. The cruising Fleet: The battleships
saiIed from Gibraltar, homeward
8. obituary: catullus Mendes. noted
French poet, In Paris. i '''y
Personal: King Edward VII. received In
Berlin, the first visit OF q British king
10 the German capital in 1856 years,
Political: France And Germany sigaed .
Morocco pact ~
Il. Lincoln Centenary: The Tooth ami
tysrsaFy Of Tie birth Of Abraham Iin-
coin celebrated.
Is. Fire Disaster: Between 200 and 800 per-
sons burned TO death and scores In
Jpred In q fire which destroyed The
Flores theater In Acapulco. Mexico.
II. Obituary: Geronimo, noted Apache
chief and raider, died q prisoner Of
war at Fort sill.
10 obituary: Grand Duke Vladimir. uncle
Of the czar Of Russia. In 81. Peters,
burg; aged g.. Rear Admiral Charles
s. Cotton, U. s. n, retired, At Nice,
Frsuee; aged %. 49,. ii NJ
Convention: National congress Of moth
ers opened in New Orleans.
.. Disaster at Sea: The Hamburg South
America liner Presidents Roca burned
on Peninsula Yaldes; loss Owners re-
port) 20 lives. Press report, ses OF the
passengers and crew. /. .,,tl,..,
H. obituary.: Carroll D. Wright, soldier.
statisticIan and educator, at Worces.
ter, Mass: aged %,
e. The Cruising Fleet: The ,battleshlps
reached Hampton Roads.
O. Storm: Is killed and many injured by
q. tornado which swept over eastern
Arkansas.
%. Obituary: Rev. Thsodors cuyler. noted
minister and author. in Brpoklyrr;
aged 81. Z 20 h,s.
q. Sporting: American bowling congress
opened In PittsburE..
49,; MARCH.
/. Obituary: E. y. l"Luckyl,) Baldwin,
well known turfrnRn, at Arcadia, Cal:
!. Sporting: Ora Morntngstar won the
champ onsIip of he world at 1sS'balk
line billiards. defeating George 3. Sloa-
son, the 1871 champion. In New York.
city: 1inai score. 900 to IA
I. pol!ticai: Inauguration Of William
Heward Taft as 9Th president Of the
United states. The GOth congress ended.
Storm: Fierce windstorrn and rain In
the Atlantic states " 7. I.
Panama Scandal: The ,publishers and
one ddltot Of tile New York World In
dIeted by the federal grand Jury In
:. New York city .s,,s
6 Political: President Taft nominated
bis cabinet as follows: Philander G.
Knox, secretary Of state: Franklin
MacVeagh, the treasury: Jacob M.
Dickinson, war; George Won L. Meyer,
navy; Richard A. Ballinger, Interior;
James Wilson. agriculture; Charles
Nagel, commerce and labor; Frank II.
Hitchcock, postmaster general; George
W. Wickersham, attorney general
Obituary: John II. star!n, pioneer in
river and harbor transportation, In
New York city: aged 81.
& Storm Disaster: %. Killed and i4,in-
jured in a tornado ut Brinkley, Ark.
TO- Obituary: Maj, E, L. @. ZalinsAi, u.
s, A., retired, noted inventor and en-
giheer, In New York city: aged o.
Standard OIL: Railway rebate case de-
clded in favor OF Standard OH In
Chicago.
Storm: 100 houses wrecked by cyclone
at Cuthbert. Ga; 8 deaths.
T. Black Hand: Lieutenant petrosinl.
noted italian detective in New York
city, assasAluated at Palermo. Italy.
Is. Political: Special session Of the 6lst!
congress opened. Joseph G. Cannon
elected speaker Of the house. - n
Weston's Walk: Edward Payson. Yes
ion started from New York on q walk \
10 San FRANCISCO.
1c. Obituary: Ellnor Mac Cartney Lane,
author of Nancy Stair and other
novels. at Lynchburg. Va.
II. Tariff: Bill fratued by the Republican
members ofithe ways and means com.
mlttee introduced In tho house by Sc.
reno E. Payne chairman of the conf
mittee.
%. The Cooper Trial; Col. Duncan B,
Cooper and his son Robin found guilty
OF the murder. Of ex-senator Carmack
in Nashville and sentenced to 70 years
q. Aeronautics:' Count Zeppelin's dlrigl.
bic airship created a worlds record
BY carrying a persons 100 miles.
q. PERSONAL: Theodore Roosevelt, ex- |
president, sailed from, New York for |
Naples on the Hamburg American |
liner Hamburg, ~ $}
obituary: Col. William Lamb soldier,
editor and lawyer. hero Of the confed- |
crate defense Of Fort Fisher In 1856, at |
Norfolk. Va.:, aged 70.
a. PERSONAL; Admiral Lord Charles Beres.
ford OF The Britisli navy retired After
" years' service
a. Convention: Southern child labor con-
gress met in New Orleans
Political: Agreement reached between
! Austria ana sefvta efteeting peace IN
tie Balkans Va Z, 4 II. y
Il. Convention: TIE 125th annual confer
enee of the Methodist Episcopal church
met in Baltimore.
APRIL.
/. Cuba: The last ttoops Of the unitedll
Bates army lett the island.
:. Fire: At Fort Worth. Tex. 10 blocks
destroyed, entalllPga loss Of S.oOooOo;
sSoIsiss o$$tpta Non the ss,s annual
Fat. hA M n