The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-04
Review Of 1.-The Year From Fl in
January to$Deceinber.
RECORD! ( 5DlAY'! BY !! DAY Y
Natalie Political Events II Amer
lea and Europe.
NAMES on. #'MOR1UARY LIST.

'T9 n p 4
y Destruction or life and Property
BY Accid ents, Wrecks and Fires.
Biiscellaneous Items of Interest.
Tho World ofsports-A Chronology
isal sRevisw.
The year 1Q08 has been memorable
for u prolonged drought during the
ripenlng season OF some soil products,
III I'd bumper crop in point OF value
was; garnered. Stirring political events
fixed Tie attention of5the world from
The opening ito the close Of the year,
nohbly B In Portugal. the King and
crown prince being nssasslnntcd In
Eebrunry: In Persia and Turkey, re-
sulting In changes ln tic form Of gov
ernment; IA Morocco, where pretend
j lei was placed on the throne, and In
the Balkan states OF Bulgafla. BOSNIA
mid Herzegovina. a
Tile years lnortuary record bears
the MINES OF Grover Cleveland, sena-
tor Allison, Senator Proctor aud Sen.
atorSW hyte, u. q. stedmnn, Joel Chan
der Harris. Murat. Haistcad, Louise
Chandler Moulton. Harriet Hosmer,
Y Professor Norton, Dr.. Gilman, Bishop
H. sC!s Potter, Bronson Howard. Rear
Admiral Coslllan, Donald G. Mitchell
! ilk hfarvel) Z, Louise de Ia Rance
i (Ouida), Campbell. Zimmerman, Gencr.
I n Nodzn md General J.inevItch lin
Russin) Ludoylc Hnlevy and Francois
sCoppee lin FRANCE. 55
NJ " N! s!$ JANUARY. 4
II storm: Is deaths In tornado near
Wesson. Miss Y (. e, 81,
8 Obituary: DR. Nicholas Sem. surgeon.
<; q. Is. A. prominent In the Spanish
American war. in Chicago; aged g.
4 A. Obltuary: Charles Augustus Young.
S noted American astronomer. at Han
over. N H: aged u. .9
Poll tical: Mulal Hand proclaimed sul-
Isl tan Of Morocco. Il z sii 4. q,
~ Business Troubles: Receivers appoint
ed for the Chicago and Great Western
4. rallway. II n is,l5E
Y IL Poll teal: appointment of Baron Taxa
hira MS I ambassador to the United
& States officially announced Mt Tokyo.
Accident: 1t children killed In n thcater
crush ut .Barnslcy. England.
Flre::s IS ooo, 900 loss, by tho burning Of tho
Parker building In New York city.
Obituary: Il Henry Kenny, president Of
!, tho Delaware railway. who attended to
the secret journey Of President Elect
Abraham Lincoln on his way to Wash
Ilngt on In 1861, ut Ridley Park, Pa:
aged 80,
~ Fire Catastrophe: 17s deaths by the
\ burning OF the Rhoads Opera House mt
Boyerstown:iP Pa.
y 1ks Obituary: James Ryder Randall, au-
thor Of the famous war song. MY
Maryland, at Augusta. Ca: aged g.
16,S Obituary: u Iolger Drnchmann, Den.
marks greatest modern poet. at Co.
pennington; aged 81.
! ISL obituary: Edmund Clarence stedmnn.
Amer ican author and critic, known rs
the /. banker-poet, In New York city:
aged Il. III
:20 Personal: y Lord Curzon. former Vice
!. (; 4 roy Of India. elected to the Irish peer
4 u age; in the face OF great opposition.
! ~ obituary:t0 Charles Emile Cameron,
y noted NJ French landscape painter. In
Paris: aged co. ~ Morris X. Jeaup.
Snoted banker and .phllanthrop!st, In
N N NtwSYork {city:taged 70. t6.
onltoasy:apr: EdWara "a. maeL LOVE-.
nosed Ameriean sosnposer A"u pianist "'
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