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WORK OF THE FLAMES

JANUARY.
II. Loss OF $4,000 by the burning OF 34S
autos in storage in Boston.
10. Loss of nearly 100000 by Ere In the
wooden mills at North Chelmsford,
Mass
%. Fire on the wharfs of Galveston Ssfused
loss OF $4,000
%. Loss Of Sdoo,coS In a department store
fire in st. Paul.
APRIL.
3 Fire in Fort Worth, Tex, wiped out
ten blocks and property valued at S.
100000; 6 deaths.
IL. Fatal fire in the business section of
Lenox, Mass; 6 deaths; loss nearly
100000.
IA Fire destroyed churches. 20 dwell
ings and a business block in Rochester.
N. Y; loss nearly $4,000.
is. A s1,5OOoOO fire in Akron, o.
81. Loss of 100000 by the burning Of the
Nevada grain docks at Port Costa,
Cal.
"a Fort William Henry hotel, noted hos
telry on Lake George. burned; loss
about S250,000
10. Monticello, N. Y, a popular summer
resort, nearly destroyed by fire; loss
about s1.000.0O0.
% Fire in the business district Of De-
catur, ILL.,. caused loss of $1,00O0O0.
DECEMBER.
2. Flames destroyed buildings in the
business district of Baltimore; loss es-
timated at about 81, 100000.
O. Fire IN the business district Of Kala-
mazoo, Mich, caused loss of $4,000.
q The Racine Manufacturing company's
plant and other buildings burned at
Racine Wis; loss s650.o00.
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STORM AND FLOOD

JANUARY.
q. 60 villages destroyed and 5000 people
killed by an earthquake in Persia.
30. Severe earthquake shocks In Spain.
FEBRUARY.
g. 10 killed and scores injured by tor
nado which swept over eastern Arkan-
sas.
MARCH.
8. 20 killed ana "A injured in a tornado
at Brinkley. Ark.
10. Cyclone wrecked 100 houses at Cuth-
bert, Ca; deaths.
APRIL.
2. Is deaths in a hurricane which swept
the middle west from Mississippi to
Pennsylvania.
q. persons killed and property valued
at 100000 ruined by windstorm at
Cleveland.
30. Over 200 persons killed and millions in
property destroyed by tornadoes which
swept the south, including Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.
MAY.
70. Many lives lost in a cyclone which
swept over North Dakota and western
Minnesota. % persons killed and 40 In
jured In Oklahoma by tornadoes.
30. Over 30 persons killed and upward of
100 injured In a windstorm at Zephyr,
Tex.
10. IL persons killed and scores injured in
Texas.
II. 100 deaths in an earthquake which
ruined the towns of st. Cannat and
Rognes, France.
JULY.
l. Severe earthquake shocks at Reggie
and Messina, scene of the devastation
In December, 1908.
d.
southern Greece.
IS. 16 persons killed and rs injured by a
sudden storm in New York.
q. q persons killed In hurricane which
swept over the gulf of Mexico and
struck Galveston and the neighboring
coast.
go Destructive earthquake shocks at Aca-
pulco and Chilpancingo, Mexico.
81. Mexico City shaken by earthquake.
AUGUST.
%. Floods at Monterey, Mexico, caused a
loss of over 10000 lives and destroyed
property valued at $3O,000.00O.
SEPTEMBER.
10. Beginning of West India hurricane
which created wide havoc on the
northern gulf coast; heavy loss of life
and great damage to property.
OCTOBER.
9. A West India hurricane devastated the
west coast of Cuba, nearly wrecked
Key West and swept up the Florida
and Carolina coasts.
q. Earthquake at Catania, Sicily; Vesu-
vius again active.
NOVEMBER.
6. Beginning of a rainstorm in the island
of Jamaica, which caused many deaths
and the destruction by landslides
wrecks of shipping and inundation OF
property estimated at s7000.000.
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The Noise n abit.

personal experience first showed
the writer the possibility of n state of
affairs where the habit of noise could
become as fixed as the habit of Il drug
Waking one night in the quiet of
country house far from other habita-
tons. | suddenly heard the starting OF
tho hot air engine which pumped the
water-chug. chug. chug. chug. lay
listening to its mouotOnous vibrations
and wondering at the unusual hour
for pumping until ! fell asleep. The
next night the sound was repeated.
On mentioning the matter TO my host
he confessed that he could not sleep in
the quiet of the country; that the sud
den change from the roar Of great
city to the silence of the woods was so
great as to cause him real suffering.
AS his only way TO rest he would leave
the house in the middle of the night,
start up the pump and, lying down in
a nearby hammock, find sleep brought
him by the lullaby of the hot air en-
CINE. That man recognized that he had
the noise habit and finally conquered
it.-Hollls Godfrey in Atlantic
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ESTATE OF AMANDA II. NEWCOMB.
State of Vermont.
District of Washington, SIS.

District of Washington, IS.
In Probate Court, held in Montpe--
lier, in and for said District, on the
23rd day of December, A. d. 1909,
Melville e. Smile, executor of the last
will and testament of Amanda T..
Newcomb, late of Montpelier, in said
District, deceased, presents his ad-
ministration account for examination
and allowance and makes application
for decree of distribution and par
tition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court
that said account and said applica-
ton be referred to session thereof,
to be held at the Probate Office in
said Montpelier, on the 18th day of
January, A. ID. 1910, for hearing and
decision thereon: And, it is further
ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested, by publica-
ton of the same three weeks success
sively in the Vermont Waterman and
State Journal, newspaper published
at Montpelier, in this State, previous
to said time appointed for hearing,
that they may appear at said time and
place, and show cause, if any they
may have, why said account should
not be allowed, and such decree made
By the Court. Attest,
FRANK J. MARTIN, Judge.
Dec 90 ct
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ACCIDENTS ON AND

JANUARY.
10. % miners killed by gas explosion In
Letters colliery at ziegler. III.
~. Explosion in the Lick Branch mine.
Bluefed. w. Va. caused the death or
100 miners.
a. Firedamp explosion in the Auka coal
mine at Veszprim. Hungary. caused
the death of $40 men.
l6. y killed and many injured in a col.
lision on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad near Dotsero. Colo.
Il. By explosion and fire in the tempo
rary crib of tunnel under Lake Mich
igan off Chicago about 20 workmen lost
their lives
FEBRUARY.
Is. Between 200 and 300 persons burned to
death and scores injured in a fire
which destroyed the Flores theater in
Acapulco. Mexico.
II Explosion of 1000 pounds OF dynamite
in the stone quarries at South lSethle
hem, near Albany, N. Y. caused a loss
of % lives.
b. l6 persons killed and ~ injured in
head-on collision OF electric cars al
Chesterton. Ind.
AUGUST.
H. killed ard so hurt in head-on col
lision on the Denver and Rio Graude
near Colorado Springs. Colo.
SEPTEMBER
s. French drigible military balloon Re
publique wrecked near MOuns ana 4
officers on board BILLED.
OCTOBER
g. 30 deaths caused by mine explosion
at Nanaimo, b. c.
NOVEMBER.
g. l6 injured on the battleship North Da-
bu tba Of N he
during speed test
49, Explosion in the ST. Paul Coal COM
pany's mine near Cherry. H., resulted
in the death OF nearly 200 miners.
DECEMBER,
i5 IA killed and over 30 hurt In wreck
on the Southern railway near Reds
vile. n. c.
IT. operatives killed in a factory fire in
Philadelphia.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JANUARY.
49, Centenary of the birth of Edgar AL
Ian Poe celebrated.
FEBRUARY.
6. The cruising battleship fleet sailed
from Gibraltar, homeward bound.
IL Centenary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln celebrated.
Is. Memorial services for United States
seamen who persisted on the Maine in
Havana harbor on this date in 1898
held in Arlington National cemetery.
10. Lieut.. E. H. Shackleton, r. N, COM
mander of the antarctic expedition,
planted the Union Jack at latitude
1923, about Ill miles from the south
pole.
%. The battleship fleet reached Hampton
Roads. DR.. w. T. Bull. noted surgeon
and cancer expert. died in Savannah.
MARCH.
4. The publishers and one editor of the
New York World indicted by the fed
eral grand jury in New York city.
10. Standard Oil acquitted in the railway
rebate case.
IL Lieut.. Joseph Petrosini. noted Italian
detective in New York, ASA ssinated at
Palermo. Italy.
q. Count Zeppelins dirigible airship Gre
ated a worlds record by carrying q
persons $50 miles
g. Commander Robert e. Peary. U. S. N,
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ESTATE OF JAMES M. SMITH.
State of Vermont.
District of Washington, SIS.

District of Washington, SIS.
In Probate Court, held in Montpe--
lier, in and for said District on the
10th day of December, A. ID. 1909. Ed
ward II. Deavitt, administrator de
bonis non, of the estate of James M.
Smith, late of Montpelier, in said
District, deceased, presents his ad-
ministration account for examination
and allowance, and makes application
for a decree of distribution and par
tition of the estate OF said deceased.
Whereupon 1t is ordered by said
Court that said account and said ap-
plication be referred to a session
thereof, to be held at the Probate
Office in said Montpelier, on the 3rd
day of January, A. ID. 1910, for hear
ing and decision thereon: And, it is.
further ordered that notice hereof
be given to all persons interested by
publication of the same three weeks
successfully in the Vermont Watch
man and State Journal, a newspaper
published at Montpelier in this State,
previous to said time appointed for
hearing, that they may appear at
said time and place, and show cause.
If any they may have, why said &C
count should not be allowed and such
decree made
BY the Court. Attest,
FRANK J. MARTIN, Judge.
50-5o
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DEATHS IN 1909.
Noted People Removed
During the Year.
AN IMPRESSIVE LIST.

Authors, Scientists, Statesmen, Art
lists, Soldiers, Sailors and Kings
In the World of Finance Appear
In the Record-The Roll includes
Royalty, and Civilians of Eminence
at Home and Abroad.
JANUARY.
IL. Lily, duchess OF Marlborough, daugh-
ter of the late Commodore Price of the
United States navy, in London; aged
81.
a. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, command
er of the Russian Baltic feet when an
initiated by Togo's ships May, 1906, in
the sea of Japan, in st. Petersburg:
aged 60.
q. Benoit- Constant Coquelin, noted French
actor, in Paris; aged 81.
81 Miss Martha Finley, author OF the pop
ular ELSIE Books" at Elkton, Md.
aged 81.
FEBRUARY.
z. John Gilmer Speed, journalist and au-
thor. at Mendham. N. j.; aged o.
8. Catullus Mendes, noted French poet. in
Paris.
IS. Grand Duke vladimir, uncle of the
car of Russia, in st. Petersburg; aged
l9. Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, u. s.
N. retired. at Nice, France; aged &C.
q. Carroll d. Wright, soldier. statistician
and educator. at Worcester, Mass;
aged 60.
e6. Rev. DR.. Theodore Cuyler, noted min
lister and author, in Brooklyn aged 81.
MARCH.
l. E. ]. ("Lucky') Baldwin, well known
turfman, at Arcadia. CAL; aged 81.
6. John ii. Starin. pioneer in river and
harbor transportation. in New York
city; aged 81.
10. Maj. z. L. G. Zalinski U. S. A., re-
tired, noted inventor and engineer. in
New York city; aged 60.
i6 Elinor MacCartney Lane. author of
Nancy Stair and other novels, at
Lynchburg, Va.
g. Col. William Lamb, soldier, editor and
lawyer. hero of the Confederate de-
Tense of Fort Fisher in 1866. at Nor
folk, Va. aged 73.
APRIL
3. Vice Admiral Cervera, who command
ed the Spanish fleet at Santiago in
1898, at Puerta Real, Spain; aged 20.
8. Helena Modjeska. Polish tragedenne,
at Bay City, CAL; aged GO.
9. F. Marion Crawford, novelist. at Sor-
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Estate OF j. C0rwin Taplin.
STATE OF VERMONT.

District of Washington, SIS.
IN Probate Court held in Montpel-
Ter, in and for said District, on the
14th day of December A. D., 1909.
Edward H. Deavitt, administrator
with the will annexed of the estate of
J. Corwin Taplin, late of Washington,
in the District of Columbia, deceased.
presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and
makes application for a decree of dis
tribution and partition of the estate
of said deceased. Whereupon it is
ordered by said Court that said ac-
count and said application be referred
to session thereof, to be held at the
Probate Office in said Montpelier. on
the 18th day of January, A. d., 1910,
for hearing and decision thereon:
And, it is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons inter-
ested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the YER
mont Waterman and State Journal,
a newspaper published at Montpelier,
in this State, previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time end place, and
show cause, if any 10y may have,
why said account sh I'D not be al
lowed and such deer" made.
BY the Court-Atte
FRANK j. MARTIN,
Judge.
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GAMES AND RACES

MARCH.
2. Orc Morningstar won the champion
ship of the world at 1872 balk line bill
lizards. defeating George F. Slosson.
the 1871 champion, in New York city;
final score. 500 to PA
%. Opening of the Ormond- Daytona beach
auto race. David Bunce Brown, driv-
ing a Benz car. lowered the amateur
record for 10 miles to minutes Is Sec
onds; previous record minutes Is Sec
onds.
APRIL.
3. oxford won the Goth annual varsity
race on the Thames, beating Cam
bridge by lengths. Henri St. Yves
of France won the international Mar
athon for professionals in New York.
g. St. Yves won the International Derby
in New York, covering 26 miles and
1856 yards in hours, A minutes and
seconds.
49, King James won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park. New York.
26 King Edwards Minoru won the Eng
lish Derby.
3. King James won the Brooklyn handi-
cap at Gravesend.
s. Balloon race start at Indianapolis. Ind
l3. w. X. Vanderbilt's Negofol won the
French Derby at Chantilly.
"a. FitZherbert won the Suburban handi-
cap at Sheepshead Bay
q. Verdun Rothschild owner, won the
Grand Prix over the Longchamps
course near Paris.
/. Harvard won the varsity race over
Yale at New London.
2. Cornell won the varsity eight cared
race at Poughkeepsie.
6. The champion polo cup, which had
been held in England % years, won
back by the Meadowbrook Gong Is
lanO polo team.
s. The Belgian crew won the Grand Chal-
lenge cup at Henley, England, defeat
ing the Cambridge crew.
SEPTEMBER.
2. The Taft cup trophy in the German
American sonderklasse yacht races
won by the American yacht Joyette of
Marblehead. Mass.
OCTOBER
g. Detroit won the pennant in the Amer
lean Baseball league.
2. Pittsburg won the National Baseball
league pennant.
H. A. Holland Forbes won the Lahm cup
in the balloon race from St. Louis.
landing near Richmond, Va. and COW
ering 73lA miles in 10 hours and Is
minutes.
6. Pittsburg (National Baseball league) won
the worlds championship from Detroit
american Baseball league) at Detroit.
Jack Johnson defeated Stanley Ketchel
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Senator William ford
Stewart of Neva-
da, in Washington; aged So
%. Charles Warren Stoddard, author and
educator, in Monterey. Cal. aged g.
q. Heinrich Conried, impresario. former
director of the Metropolitan Opera
House. in Neral, Austria; aged 54
g. Ex-Governor Frederick Holbrook of
Vermont. at Brattleboro; aged Sc.
Olive Logan, formerly an actress, au-
thor and lecturer. near Sutton. Sur
rey. England; aged 70.
MAY.
3. Augusta Evans Wilson, author of st
Elmo" "Beulah," "Vashti'' and other
popular novels of southern life, at Mo-
IS. George Meredith, the English novelist,
in London; aged 81.
10. Henry II. Rogers, financier and direct
or of the Standard Oil company, in
New York; aged 60.
JUNE.
z Theodore Barth, noted German editor,
publicist and authority on American
affairs. at Baden Baden; aged 60.
6. Col Alexander Kelly Mcclure noted
journalist long prominent In Pennsyl-
vania politics. in Philadelphia; aged 81.
10. Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale. dis
tinguished clergyman, author and jour
nalist, chaplain of the United States
senate, in Roxbury. Mass; aged 81.
20. Frederick de Martens. noted Russian
scholar and diplomat. delegate to the
Portsmouth peace conference in 1905!
at st. Petersburg; aged Ga.
"A. Sarah Orne Jewett. noted writer of
stories of New England life, at South
Berwick. Me-: aged 60.
80. Carrie Burnham Kilgore, pioneer wo-
man lawyer. at Swarthmore. Pa; aged
72
II. Prof Simon Newcomb. noted astron-
omer. mathematician and traveller. IN
Washington: aged "a.
h. Frederick Phisterer. civil war veteran
and noted military writer and Stats
tician. at Albany, N. Y; aged 70.
Louis Loeb. American artist and illus
traitor, at Canterbury. N. H.. aged AZ.
Is. Don Carlos. pretender to the throne of
Spain. at Varese, Lombardy; aged 81.
20. Rosa Nouchette Cary. popular Eng
lish novelist, in London.
Is. Elizabeth Taylor cambridge. daughter
of President Zachary Taylor and mis-
tress of the White House during his
term, at Winchester. Va: aged IS.
AUGUST.
t6 Lady Alma-Tadema. wife of the cele-
brated painter Sir Laurence Alma
Tadema and herself an artist of note.
in London.
49, Sir Theodore Martin. English author
and poet, in London; aged SO.
a. George Manville Fem. English nov
elist of the old school. in London;
aged rs.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Clyde Fitch. the playwright, at Cha
Ions sur Marine. France: aged "A.
T. Henry B. Blackwell, anti-slaverist and
pioneer woman suffragist. in Boston;
aged 81. Gen. James Shackleford vet
eran of the Mexican and civil wars. at
Port Huron, Mich; aged So,
8. Joel b. Erhardt noted lawyer and po-
litical leader. in New York city; aged
20. Lieut.. Gen. ii. c. Corbin. u. S, A.
retired. in New York city: aged Go,
9. Gen. Edward NJ. McCook, a civil war
veteran and one of the "hghting Nc
Cooks" of Ohio in Chicago; aged GA.
Il. William Lloyd Garrison son and
namesake of the great anti-savery
leader and himself widely known re-
former and publcist. at Lexington,
Mass; aged Il.
a. Mayo Williamson Hazeltne. noted
book reviewer and author at Atlantic
City: aged GS.
is. Baron Tweedmouth. late first lord OF
the British admiralty. in London: aged
60.
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for N808 miles. Pennsylvania beat
Carlisle Indians at football. 26 to 6. on
Franklin field. Chicago beat Minneso-
ia at football, 20 to 6, at Minneapolis.
NOVEMBER.
Is. Yale defeated Princeton, II to o. at
New Haven. Michigan defeated Penn
sylvania, IL to 6. at Philadelphia.
Game between Cornell and Chicago at
Ithaca resulted In score of to 6.
Minnesota won the western football
conference title from Wisconsin by "a
TO at Madison.
%. Brown defeated Carlisle Indians al
football q to s, in New York. Yale
beat Harvard, to 0, In Cambridge.
Michigan won the all western football
title from Minnesota. Is to 6. at Min
neapolis.
29 James ]. Jeffries and Jack Johnson
signed to box for the heavyweight
championship AS rounds or more"
DECEMBER.
3. Calvin Demarest won the 1872 balk line
billiard title from George Sutton In
New York.
II. John Clarke and Walter Rutt won the
day cycle race. covering 2.660 miles
lap. at Madison Square Garden, New
York.
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10. President Taft reached Washington at
the end OF his trip.
%. British house of lords rejected the
Liberal budget by vote of $50 to 70.
DECEMBER.
1. The state department handed Senior
Rodriguez, Nicaraguan charge daft
flares in Washington, his passports,
virtually demanding the organization
of a new government to replace Ze-
laya's.
6. Regular session 61st congress opened.
William j. Calhoun of Chicago APP
pointed minister to China.
z. President Tafts first annual message
presented TO the congress.
l3 Judge II. II. Lurton appointed justice
of the United States supreme court.
i6 President Zelaya placed his resigna-
ton in the hands of the Nicaraguan
congress.
g. Prince Albert formally succeeded to
the Belgian throne.
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MAY
3. The commodity clause of the Hep
burn act declared constitutional by
the United States supreme court.
killing OF William E. Annis.
&c. Mai Israel C. Greene. the captor OF
John Brown at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
died at Mitchell. S. D.; aged IS.
/. Alaska Yukon-Pa exposition open
ed at Seattle.
q Daughter born TO Queen Victoria of
Spain.
JULY.
3. The Champlain tercentenary celebra-
ton concentrating the discovery of
Lake Champlain began on the YER
mont shores of the lake.
IA. Weston arrived in San Francisco.
having accomplished a total distance
of 1886 miles In about los days, begin
ming at New York March Is.
10. Passenger traffic opened between New
York and Jersey City through the Hud-
son and Manhattan terminal tubes.
Is. Louis Bleriot, French aeronaut, cross
ed from Calais. France, to Dover.
England. in an aeroplane, covering the
distance (2l miles) in about 40 minutes.
o6 Orville Wright made a new aeroplane
record by remaining in flight l hour.
10 minutes and SO seconds at Fort
Myer.
III. OrVllle wright maze the required
speed record for the army aeroplane
at Fort Myer, flying an average of
42.5 miles an hour in a 10 mile flight
The Chinese vice consul, Lock Wing
shot dead in New York by China
man. 200 rioters summarily tried. con-
victed and executed at Barcelona.
Spain.
AUGUST.
d Lincoln" pennies went into circula-
ton.
6. Paulhan made a new height record
for aeroplanes, varying from 200 feet
to $50 feet, at Douai France
Centenary of the birth of Alfred Ten
nyson celebrated.
z. Roger Sommer of France beat Wilbur
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1Ork. IearyTedCn-
ed Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Is. The Hudson Fulton celebration opened
by a naval parade in New York har-
Dor.
DO. The ship Roosevelt, which carried the
Peary exploring expedition, arrived at
New York from the arctic region.
OCTOBER
]. Commander Robert e. Peary reached
New York. International balloon goal
race from Zurich.
z Orville Wright broke the high flying
record by soaring 1000 feet at Potts
dam. The Mars won the international
goal race from Zurich, landing within
600 yards of the goal.
6. Edgar w. Mix, American aeronaut.
won the Gordon Bennett cup in the
balloon race from Zurich, landing at
Warsaw, Poland, after covering 696
miles. Statue of Verrazzano. reputed
first discoverer of the Hudson. unveil
ed in Battery park, New York.
16 Close of the Alaska Yukon Pacific fair
at Seattle; total attendance about
3,750.OOO.
10. Opening of the Portola festival, COM
memorating the discovery In 1769 of
the bay of San Francisco.
NOVEMBER.
6. Paulhan French aviator, made a new
record in flight reaching an altitude
Oh S5i Ieet at SanuOWn park, LOnuOu.
20. Standard Oil trust ordered to dissolve
by the eighth United States circuit
court, sitting as a court of appeals.
30. Switchmen's strike begun in the north
west.
DECEMBER.
IL. P. F. Sheedy, noted sporting man and
an authority on art. died in New York
city; aged So
Is. Senator John Raines, father of the
Raines hotel law, died at Canandai-
qua, N. Y. Gen. w. w. Dudley, for
merly commissioner of pensions. died
In Washington; aged CT.
q. Centenary Of the birth of Right Hon.
William Ewart Gladstone, British
statesman. called the Grand Old
Man" of England. celebrated.