The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-01-07

JANUARY
3. Conviction OF Mayor Schmitz set aside
in San Francisco.
II. Henry kenny, president of the 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
y. Gen. Stoessel. Russian commander In
the defense of Port Arthur. sentenced
to death by 6 military court at St.
Petersburg. with q recommendation OF
mercy.
3. Trolley tunnel under the Hudson from
Hoboker. y. j.. TO New YorR opened.
MARCH.
Z. Germany launched her biggest battle
ship. the Nassau. at Wilhelmshaven
Is. The death sentence of Gen. S,oessel
Tor the surrender OF Port Arthur COM
Hnuted TO Imprisonment foI ten years.
APRIL.
q. Beginning of the Roman Catholic CEN
tennial celebration in New York city.
s. The Atlantic battIeship fi1et entered
the Golden Gate. San Francisco.
Is. Successful flight of the Wright broth
ers' Geroplane at Manteo. n. G.
Is. Prof. Walter a. Wyckon, sociologist
student and author died at Princeton
N. J.
United States partleship Michigan
launched at Camden. n. }.
JUNE.
g. DR.. Williamson Boyakin, q protege OF
Andrew jackson and at one time on
the staff of Gen. L. S. Grant In the
civil war. died at Marysvile. Tenn. /.
aged TO-.
L. Thomas Virgins (Blind Toml. noted
negro piano player, died in Hcboken.
n. J.: aged about Co.
l. Count Zeppelin made q new world rec
ord by 20 mile airship flight over
! Switzerland.
, Z. The battleship feet sailed from San
Francisco bound for the orient.
70. Opening of the celebration Of the 2o0th
anniversary of the founding Of the
city of quebec.
2. Decision of the United States court OF
appeals overruled the $23.24c 900 Stand
ard Oil rne imposed by Judge Lands.
AUGUST.
l. Count Zeppelin travelled 2Gl miles over
southern Germany in a dirlgible bal
loon. which was afterwaTd destroyed
by fire.
I9. The battleshp Tee, arrived at Sy-.
ney. n. S. w.
Il. Fiftieth anniversary Of the opening
Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas cels-
brated at Ottawa Ill.
=. The battleship fleet reached Mel
bourne.
SEPTEMBER
u. Orville Wright made an aeropIane
flight Of l hour IA minutes at Fort
Myer, Va.
q. Wilbur Wright mzde flight OF
hour 81 minutes - seconds in his
American aeroDlaue at Mana
France
g. 15Oth anniversary of the founding Of
Pittsburg celebrated.
OCTOBER
2. The battleship feet entered Manila
bay.
1. Philadelphia celebrated the 225th an
niversary of the founding OF the city
by William Penn.
s. $4,000 acres Of government land OPEN
ed for settlement on the Rosebud In
dian reservation. South Dakota.
Il. 3 balloons started IN the inierna-
tional balloon race at Berlin. the Brit
ish Banshee winning.
lS. The American battleship feet well
coined with salutes by the japanese
feet at Yokohama.
.. The battleship fleet welcomed by the
Chinese al Annoy.
NovEMBEI.
l. Julia A. +. Carney. author O. the
schoolhouse classic Little Drops of
Water" and other poems. died at
Galesburg. ILL.,: aged s..
8. United States battleship North Dako-
ia, the largest warship in the world
to date. launched at Quiney. Mass
10. Governments appeal for a renearing
in the Sta ndard 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.
l3. Special Prosecutor Francis j. Heney