Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-01-01
On the world cruise entered m, Golden


sire: Loss of ,1.5Oo.ooo in the business
district of Atlanta.
Sporting: Rhodora. Richard Croker's
horse. won the Thousand Guinea stakes
at Newmarket.
D. Convention: The American Surgeons
association met in Richmond. Va.
Financial Troubles The Euclid Avenue
Trust Co. OF Cleveland assigned with
liabilities of 81, 10000.
Personal; Rear Admiral Robley d. Ev-
ans relinquished command of the At
lantic battleship feet.
II. Convention: The National Association
of Retail Grocers met in Boston.
Temple of Peace: Cornerstone of the
Hall of the International Union of
American RepGolics laid In Washing
ton.
II. Storm: IL people killed by a tornado
at Bellevue, Neb.
10. Convention: Conference of governors
met in Washington.
Aeronautics' Feat: Wright brothers
made a successful flight with their
aeroplane at Manteo. N. c.
Sporting: Jack Atkin won the Metropol-
itan handicap at Belmont part New
York.
Storm: 50 people killed In Louisiana by
tornado
H. Obituary: Rear Admiral c. W. Rae,
U. s. N. in Washington.
Is. Political: The Socialist party nomi-
mated Eugene V. Debs and BENJAMIN
Hanford at Chicago
Obituary: Mrs. Emily e. Woodley IA
NOUS In the civil war as a Federal
army nurse. in Philadelphia: aged 70.
Prof. w. A. Wyckoff, sociologist stu
dent and author at Princeton, N. ].
Fire: Loss Of 81. 25O.OOO by fire in the
Omaha Packing Co.'S plant at South
Omaha.
1e. Sporting: Jay Gould defeated Eugene
Miles. the English player, for the
worlds amateur tennis championship
In London
49, Financial Troubles: The Allegheny Ma
tional bank suspended in Pittsburg.
10. Sporting: Preceptor won the worlds
record for two-year-olds running four
and one-half furlongs straightaway in
81 seconds.
Conventions: The National Association
Of Manufacturers met in New York.
The Southern Baptists met at Hot
Springs. Ark.
tional arbitration met at Lake Mo-
honk, N. Y.
a. Railway Accident: 60 killed and 100 in
jured in a collision near Antwerp Bel
GUM.
Convention: The general assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States met in Kansas City Mo.
g. Obituary: Francois Coppee French
poet and dramatist, in Paris; aged is.
D. Financial Troubles: The Amador Min
ing and Development Co. of Montana
failed in Chicago.
n. Shipwreck: The fishing schooner Fame
run down off the coast of Maine by
the Dominion Atlantic line steamer
Boston, 10 sailors drowned
Obituary: David Henderson, composer
of "Bluebeard' and a theatrical man
ager of note. in Chicago; aged g.
Rear Admiral A. S. Crowninshield. U.
s. N, retired, in Philadelphia; aged 65.
q. Storm: 10 persons killed by a tornado
in Alfalfa county, Okla.
Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
noted Confederate veteran, in Vicks-
burg. Miss; aged rs.
Convention: International congress of
aeronauts met in London.
30 Political: Emergency currency bill
passed and signed by the president.
Congress- adjourned.
81. Convention: The international con-
gress Of navigation met in st. Peters
burg.
I. Convention: American Medical associ-
alton met in Chicago.
Sporting: Celt won the Brooklyn handi-
cap at Gravesend, New York.
L Obituary: Gen. Sir Henry Redvers
Butler British commander at the siege
of Ladysrnith In the Boer war. in Lon
don: aged So.
3. Sporting: Signorinetta. an Italian
horse, won the English Derby.
Convention: sth biennial convention OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers at Columbus, o.
8. Warship Disaster: BY the explosion of
a boiler tube on the cruiser Tennessee
near San Pedro. Cal. 6 of the crew
were killed and several injured.
& Storm: Windstorms and flood caused
heavy loss of life in Oklahoma, Kan
sas Nebraska and Iowa.
7. Personal: King Edward VII. of Eng
land and Emperor Nicholas II. of Rus
STA met for official conference at Reval.
g. Convention Reunion of United Con-
federate Veterans at Birmingham.
Ala.
10. Obituary: Former Congressman oliver
Hazard Perry Belmont. prominent cap
italist and society man. at Hampstead.
N. Y; aged so.
Personal: Gen. Clement A. Evans elect
ed commander in chief of the United
Confederate Veterans.
IL. Obituary: Isaac B. Rich. veteran tho
atrical manager. In Boston: aged 81.
H. Convention: Worlds church congress
met in London.
Miscellaneous: Caleb Powers, convicted
Of completely In the murder OF Gov.
William Goebel of Kentucky. par
doned. Thomas Virgins (Blind Tom).
notcu ueBTo pihAo uico III k1o-
boken. N. j.; aged about 60.
IL Obituary: Frank c. Bangs an actor
associated with Edwin Booth. Char
lotte Cushman and Laura Keene. In
Philadelphia; aged n.
Sporting: w. X. Vanderbilt's horse
Northeast won the Grand Prix de
Paris. the greatest race on the French
turf.
Is. Convention: The worlds Temperance
congress met at Saratoga Springs.
N. Y.
IT. Fire: Loss OF $4,000 at the Kaul ium-
Der plant. Birmingham. Ala.
ID. Convention: International Sunday
school convention met in Louisville.
Political: w. II. Taft nominated for
president at tho Republican conven-
ton in Chicago,
Fire: Plant of the Shelby Steel Co.
burned at Shelby o.; loss 81. 10000.
10. Sporting: Ballot. owned by J. r.
Keene. won the Suburban handicap at
Sheepshead Bay. New York.
n Fire: In the business section of Three
Rivers Que; loss 81. 100000.
Obituary: Ellen M. Ames. an author