The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-12-30

L.. s. A., retired. distinguished veteran,
OF the civil and Indian wars at bur.
lington. VI: aged 49, Rear Admiral
Henry Erben. l. 8. N, retired, a ma
val hero OF the civil war. In New York.
city: aged -. Prince tirrobumi Ito.
Japanese statesman. formerly resident.
general of Korea, at Harl5fn Manchu-.
ria, victim of Korean asssssin; aged
n.
shipwreck. 20 dgaths in tho wrecking:
of the steamer Hes.ia from Glasgow,
Off the Maine coast.
.. Greece: Battle at Athens between gov
ernment ironcladp and flotnla OF de-
stroyers manned by nutineeIs.
Sporting: James j Jeffries signed with
Jack johnson to- box for the heavy
weight championship. rs rounds or
more"
Personals Lillian M. n. Stevens elected
president of the national w. Is. r. u.
20 Sporting: IA. +. Grant won the Van
derbilt cup race. dEiving 60 horse
power Alco car an aperare of 62S miles
for 2IS0A miles. Pennsy ylvania beat
Carlisle indians at football. ~ ,to'6, on
Franklin field
NOVEMBER.
q Political: Judge William j. Gaynor
elected mayor of New York on tie
Democratic ticket; tho election gen.
erai reverse for Tammany Han. Mu-
nicipal reform defeated In San Fran
cisco. rom JoHnSou beaten by Her
man Baehr IN. Cleveland mayoralty
election.
g. Personal: Peary awarded a gold med
al by the National Geographic society
for having reached the north pole.
Obituary: william Torrey Harris. noted
philosopher ana former United States
commissioner OF education at Provi-
dence L.. AGED a..
8. Storm: Beginning of rainstorm on
aaHIs la.s.. -. a
many deaths and the destruction by
landslides shipwreck and tnundation of
property estimated ut Si.U1.OOO.
9. Aeronautics. Paulhan, Freuch aviator,
made new record In flight, reaching
an altitude OF 91i feet gt Sandown
park. London.
g. Obituary: Lionel Brough. once noted
comedian. In London.
Fatal Fire deaths In the burning of
celluloid factory In Brooklyn.
Convention: The. American Federation
OF Labor met in Toronto
TO- Personal: President Tart reached
Washington at the end of his tour.
49, Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton, II
to 0. at New Haven. Michigan defeat
ed Pennsylvania, IL to G. at Philadel-
phia. Game between Cornell and Chi
cago at Ithaca resulted In a score OF
to- G.
Mine Disaster; Explosion In the st. Paul
resulted In the death of nearly 200
miners.
a. Shipwreck: 100 deaths by the sinking
OF the Pacific liner La Seyne after coll
llsion near Singapore.
Financial: The American Telephone and
Telegraph company secured control of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany.
l8 Obituary: Richard Watson Glider, au-
thor and editor of the Century Maga-
zine. In New York city; aged GO.
10. Obituary: William M. Laffan, editor
of the New York Sun, at Lawrence,
n. Y; aged 81.
20 Sporting: Yale beat Harvard at foot
balr to o. In Cambridge. Brown de-
feated Carlisle Indians at football, A
to s. In New York.
Standard OIL Case: The eighth United
States circuit court sitting as a court
OF appeals. ordered the Standard OIL
trust to dissolve,
Obituary; Consuelo, dowaBer duchess OF
Manchester. called the most influential
woman IL. England. In London; aged 81.
%. Obituary: David A. De Almond. one
OF the oldest and best known Demo-
cratic members of congress, at Butler,
Mo; aged IS.
30. Politieal The British house of lords
rejected the Liberal budget by vote E.
OF $50 to IS.
Switchmens Strike: Switchmen's strike,
begun on railroads in the northwest.
DECEMBER.
1. Political; The United States severed
diplomatic relations with Nicaragua
virtually demanding ths organization
OF new government to replace ze-
laya's.
Fire: Fire In the business district of
Baltimore caused loss of nearly ST.
100000.
T. Sporting: Calvin Demarest of Chicago
won the 1872 balk line billiard title
from George Sutton M New York.
4. Shipwreck: Steamer Ellan Vannin lost
In the Mersey; u passengers and 2l
sailors drowned Steamer Thistlemor
wrecked In Barnstable bay; 20 OF the
crew lost.
Obituary: Princess Waldemar, noted
member OF the royal family of Dem
mark. In Copenhagen.
s, Obituary: George Crocker. capitalist
In New York city: aged SO.
& Personal: William J. Calhoun OF Chi
cago appointed United States minister
TO China.
o. Fire: Kalamazoo, Mich. loss OF $780,
600 by dames In the business district.
TO- Obituary: fed Cloud. noted lighting
chief OF the Sioux. at Pine Ridge res
ervation: aged SO.
Shipwrecks Is lives lost by the founder
ing OF car ferR Marquette and Besse-
mer No 2 on Lake Erie.
II. Fire: Herne Oaks, home of the late
James A. Herne. actor and playwright.
burned at Southampton, N. Y.
II Fire: Racine. Wis. the Racine Man
ufacturing company and other plants
destroyed loss s650O00.
iS. Personal: Judge II. ii. Lurton appoint-
ed justice OF the United States SUI
preme court.
lb. Railroad Accident: Il killed and many
hurt In wreck on the Southern near
Reidsville N. C.
i6 Polltical' President zelaya placed his
resignation In the hands OF the Mica
raguan congress.
II. Obituary; King Leopold II. OF Bell
gium. at Brussels; aged "a.
Is. Obituary: Grand Duke Michael Nicho-
laievltch Of Russia. at Cannes. France;
aged n. Gen. Green b. Raum, con-
gresham and former commissioner OF
pensions. In Chicago; aged 80.
| q. Prince Albert formally succeeded to
the throne OF Belgium.
| s8 Convention: The 18th anniversary OF
the American Historical and the Amer
lean Economic associations celebrated
In New York.
-. Gladstone Centenary: Tho Tooth ANAL
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