Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-01-01

Storm: Destructive cfoudburst and nood
In Oklahoma.
V. Personal: Prince August William.
fourth son Of the German emperor,
married to the Duchess Alexandra Vic
toria of SchIeswig -Holstein in Berlin
a Convention: Annual meeting OF the
National Womans Christian Temper
ance union opened in Denver
~ Sporting. George Robertson, driving n
80 horsepower locomobile, won the
Vanderbilt cup In the auto race on
the motor parkway, New York; speed
average g. miles an hour.
y Obituary: John Wallace Hutchinson,
last of the Hutchinson family" Of
singers, at Lynn, Mass; aged q.
Count Gombei Yamomoto, noted Japa-
nese admiral, at Tokyo; aged S..
Pacific Cruise: The battleship fleet well
coined by the Chinese at Annoy.
NOVEMBER.
l. Venezuela: Expiration of time. limit
given by Holland in the case Of the
port OF Curacao.
. Political: The national election result
ed in the choice of w. Ii. Taft. Pop
ular vote: Republican, 1881 676; Demo-
cratic. 6,393, 1872; Socialist. AS, 453; Pro-
hibitionist. 241, 252; Independence league.
S3,1S6; Peoples party, 33,S7l Socialist
Labor. 15,4z1; total for all tickets. IA
S53,041.
Z Fire: Pembroke, Ont, loss of $4,000
In the business section.
Obituary: Tomas Estrada Palma, FIRST
president OF Cuba. at Santiago aged
r.
Personal: President Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard university resigned the posi-
ton he has held since 1868.
6 The Balkans: 10 soldiers killed by
Bosnian refugees. who dynamtied the
Austrian barracks at Konitza, .Herzs-
govina-
T. Football: Harvard defeated Carlisle
Indians, II to 0, at Cambridge! Wis
consin defeated Minnesota, s 10 O. At
Minneapolis. :,
q Obituary. Victorien Sardou, French
dramatist, author of many popular
plays seen on the American stage In
Paris: aged II.
d The Navy: Battleship Dakota Of hs
Dreadnought class and the largest In
the world to date, launched at Qubcy.
Mass.
Convention: American Federation Of
Labor met at Denver.
Do. Standard OIL Fine: Government ap-
peal for rehearing denied by tn fed
eral circuit court at Chicago.
u. Railroad Accident: 9 killed at Little
Woods, La, on the New Orleas and
Northwestern.
Mine Disaster: At Hamm, Germany. over
900 killed by explosion in the Radbod
mine.
Convention: 18th annual sessio of tho
United Daughters of the Cofederacy
opened at Atlanta.
L. Fire: Brooklyn's Oldest playDuse, the
Park theater, burned.
13. China: Death of the emperr. Kwang
Seu, announced at Pekin.
IA Cuban Affairs: Gen. Jose 1guel Go
mez elected president by tb Liberals.
Football: Yale defeated Princeton, IL to
G. Chicago and Cornell plse1 to tie
score of to 8. Pennsylvala defeated
Michigan, 20 to 0. at Ann rbor.
IL Obituary: Tsze Hsi An owager en-
press OF China. in Pea; aged "a.
Annie Lee Wister, trans.tor Of Ger
man novels, at Wallingfo1. Pa.
Convention: First Amerhn Catholic
congress opened in Chicso
H. Fire: III Bardstown, KY loss OF $780,
900 on stock in the TonMoore distil-
lery warehouses and 5000 govern
ment tax.
Convention: Atlantic dep waterways
congress met in Baltinre.
a. Marine Disaster: Boile explosion and
fire destroyed the rive steamer H. NJ.
Caster at Bayou Goul La 10 killed
and 20 injured.
Football: Harvard defeed Yale, 4 to q
at New Haven.
u Convention: ConfereIe Of New Eng
land governors at Bton.
g. Marine Disaster: seamer Sardinia
burned at sea of Malta; over 100
deaths.
Personal: Statue to on. Phil Sheridan
unveiled In Washinon.
6. Sporting: Pennsylvnia defeated Cor
nell at football, IT IA. in Philadelphia
Wagner in a Fiat ir won the Grand
Prize of the Autopbile club, driving
402 miles in hour 10 minutes 81 Sec
onds. at Savannah Ketchel defeated
Papke for the wld's middleweight
championship in / rounds at San
Francisco.
q. Football: West PINT defeated Annap-
oils in Philadalph, to L.
Mining Accident: 5 coal miners killed
by gas explosiont Mariana. Pa.
80. Sporting: Pat MOonald tossed the Sc
pound weight 16 Get three-eighths inch
IN New York. nashing worlds rec
ord of Is feet inches held by Nc
Grath. Brooks nd Wilding. Austria
liam defenders Of the international
lawn tennis troy. defeated the Amer
lean challengerat Melbourne.
Political: Identic note regarding the
far east exchayed by United States
and Japan at Washington and Tokyo.
DECEMBER.
I. Pacific Cruise The fleet sailed from
Manila. homewrd bound.
Sporting: Tom Collins made new
American recor for mile run in New
York; time Is dnutes 10 rs seconds
Political: Pu Yenthroned as Emperor
Hsuantung of nina. with Prince Chun
regent. Presidht Alexis OF Haiti de-
posed by revoliionists.
PERSONAL Sixth anniversary OF the
coronation OF Francis Joseph ceie-
brated In Viela.
Convention: AFRICAN mining congress
opened in Pitourg.
Fire: At Porthd. Me-. loss OF $4,000
at the Grand runk railway docks.
1 Obituary: Res Admiral Joseph Bull
lock Coghlan. 7. 8. N. retired. at New
Rochelle N. y: aged g.
1 Political: Laseession OF Goth congress
opened
L Shipwreck: S,amer D. NJ Clemson.
with crew OF s. lost on Lake Michi-
gan on Dulutl
D. Celebration: Trcentenary OF the birth
OF John Militia, author OF paradise
Lost" observd in England and Amer
lea
Personal: Mob, prize for literature
awarded Prof Rudolf Eucken OF Ger
many.
IN Crimf4al Abrham RueS convicted OF