Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1909-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JANQAh1
.. 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.
10 Gen. Stoessel, Russian commander in
the defense Of Port Arthur, sentenced
TO death by a military court at st.
Petersburg. with a recommendation OF
mercy.
8. Trolley tunnel under the Hudson from
Hoboken. n. J., TO New York opened.
MARCH.
2. Germany launched her biggest battle
ship, the Nassau, at Wilhelmshaven.
Is. 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 CEN
tennial celebration in New York city.
6. The Atlantic battleship feet entered
the Golden Gate, San Francisco.
1S. Successful flight of the Wright broth
ers' aeroplane at Manteo, n. {.
Is. Prof. Walter A. WyckofI, socIoio-ist
student and author, died at Princeton.
N. J.
United States Dattieship Michigan
launched at Camden, N. J.
JUNE
8. DR.. Williamson Boyakin, a protege of
Andrew jackson and at one time on
the staff of Gen. U. S. Grant in tne
civil war. died at Marysville. Tenn.
aged 1O2
u. Thomas Virgins lBlind Tom. noled
negro piano player, died in HoDoAen,
N. j.: aged about 60.
JULY
/ Count Zeppelin made new world rec
ord by a go mile airsnip riEnl over
Switzerland.
z. The battleship fleet sailed from san
Francisco bound for the orient.
~. Opening of the celebration OF lne 3JJln
anniversary of the founolng OF inc
city of Quebec.
z. Decision of the United States court OF
appeals overruled the $29.24G.OO0 Stand
ard OIL fine imposed by Judge Landls.
AUGUST.
Count Zeppelin Travelled 26l miles over
southern Germany in a dirigible ball
loon, which was afterward destroyed
by fire
IL. The battleship feet arrived at sgd
ney, N. S. w.
a Fiftieth anniversary OF the opening
Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas cele-
brated at Ottawa, Ill.
~. The hattleship feet reached Mel
bourne.
SEPTEMBER.
L. Orville Wright made an aeroplane
flight of l hour IA minutes at Fort
Myer, Va.
q. Wilbur Wright made a flight of
hour 81 minutes % seconds In his
American aeroplane at LIE Mans,
France.
g. l5Oth anniversary of the founding Of
Pittsburg celebrated.
2 The hattleship feet entered Manila
bay.
l. Philadelphia celebrated the 225th an
niversary of the founding of the city
by William Penn.
3. 10000 acres of government land OPEN
ed for settlement on the Rosebud In
dian reservation, South Dakota.
u y balloons started In the interna-
uonal balloon race at Berlin, the Brit
ish Banshee winning.
IL. The American battleship feet well
coined with salutes by the Japanese
feet at Yokohama.
3. The battleship fleet welcomed by the
Chinese at Annoy.
NOVEMBER.
J. Julia A. +. Carney, author of the
schoolhouse classic Little Drops of
Water" and other poems. died at
Galesburg. ILL.,; aged Sc.
g. United States battleship North Dako-
ia, the largest warship in the world
to date. launched at Quincy, Mass.
10. Governments appeal for 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.
IL. Special Prosecutor Francis j. Heney