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


the United Spanish War Veterans in
Boston.
Fire: In New Orleans loss Of 81, 500 900 by
flames In the business district.
Sporting: Maskette won the Futurity at
Sheepshead Bay, New York.
d. Convention: 42d annual encampment OF
the G. A. r. opened at Toledo.
SEPTEMBER
1. Shipwreck: British bark Amazon lost
near Port Talbot; q sailors drowned.
Fires: Forest fires wrought destruc-
ton to towns and villages In Mime
sofa and Wisconsin The famous Gala
veras group of California giant trees
injured by flames
g. Personal: Col. Henry NJ Nevius elect
ed commander In chief Of the a. A. r.
ut Toledo.
Obituary; Sir Lionel Sackville- West.
former British ambassador to the
United States, In London: aged 81.
4 Obituary: Frank p. Sargent, United
States commissioner of immigration
In Washington: aged "a
Fire: At Iawhide, New, business sec
ton suffered loss of $4,000 by
flames.
8. Sporting: Papke defeated Ketchel in
IL rounds for the middleweight cham
pionship at Los Angeles.
= Convention: 18th International eucha-
Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated Joe
Cans for the lightweight champion
ship In Ii rounds at San Francisco.
Aeronautics: Orville Wright made a rec
ord breaking aeroplane flight at Fort
Myer. remaining in the air 1 hour, 2
minutes and IL seconds.
70, Personal: Count Tolstoy's s0th birth
day honored in Russia.
Financial Troubles: A. Booth & Co..
fish and oyster firm, placed in receiv-
er's hands In Chicago; liabilities S.
10000.
II. Sporting: Lozier cars broke the
worlds "a hour auto spin record by
running 1.107 and 1882 miles respective
ly at Brighton Beach. N. Y.
Aeronautics: Orville Wright few his
aeroplane l hour II minutes at Fort
Myer, Va.
Fire: Plant OF the Cosmodale Cement
Co. near Louisville, KY, burned: loss
100000
II. Fire: Flames In the library Of the
John Hopkins university at Baltimore
destroyed valuable scientific records
and collections.
Airship Accident: Orville Wright. the
airshp inventor. injured and his COM
panion, Lieut.. Thomas L. Selfridge,
u. s. A, killed by the fall of Wright's
aeropiane at Fort Myer. Va.
% Fire; Paris telephone central burned
out and all telephone connections in
the city destroyed.
Shipwreck The salmon carinery ship
Star of Bengal dashed to pieces in a
storm off Coronation island: ITO per
sons drowned.
n Aeronautics: Wilbur Wright made a
flight of hour 81 minutes 70 seconds
in his American aeroplane at lie
Mans, France.
Convention: International fishery con-
gress opened in Washington
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killed and many injured by the explo-
sion of a gun on the cruiser La Touche
at Teulon.
Convention: Biennial session of the
United Irish League Of America open
ed in Boston.
a. Convention: 18th annual meeting of
the farmers national congress opened
at Madison, Wis.
Is. Railroad Accident: 20 killed and many
injured in head-on collision on the
Northern Pacific at Youngs Point.
Mont.
n. Shipwrecl;: 20 sailors of the British
ship Loeb Finias drowned by the
wrecking Of that vessel of Foster
island.
n Anniversary: 15Oth anniversary of the
founding of Pittsburg celebrated.
Conventions: Triennial international con-
gress on tuberculosis opened in Wash
ington. American Bankers associa-
ton met in Denver.
- Convention 10th session OF the ma
tional irrigation congress opened in
Albuquerque. N. M.
20. Alfred Thompson Brichef, American
painter of marine pictures. at New
Dorp. N. Y; aged II.
OCTOBER.
L Shipwreck: The French schooner
Juniata wrecked on the Grand banks;
Is sailors lost
2 Pacific Cruise: The battleship feet en-
tered Manila bay.
L Philadelphia Anniversary: The 225th
anniversary OF the founding OF Phlla-
delphia by William Penn celebrated in
that city
Fire: In Pittsburs the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Co.'S plant burned; loss $500. 900.
s. Sporting: Martin ]. Sheridan beat the
worlds record for discus by throwing
40 feet 6A inches from a 21h meter
circle In New York.
The Balkans: Bulgaria declared indie
pendent OF Turkey by Prince Ferdi-
nand. who proclaimed himself GEAR
OF the Bulgars."
g. Convention: 18th transmississippi COM
merciai congress met In San Fran
cisco.
The Balkans: Austria annexed tho NOM
inally Turkish provinces Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina to the territory Of
the empire.
l. Convention The national inland wa
terways convention opened in Chicago.
Accident and Fire: Explosion and fre in
grain elevator at Richford. VT. re-
suited in the death OF Is persons and
q loss of $500 900.
Sporting: Czarena made a new worlds
record for two-year-oids and for two
year-old hllies by trotting respectively
in 2:12t1 and 213h at Lexington. Ky.
Z Political: Crete withdrew from Turk
ish rule and announced annexation to
Greece.
IL Obituary: Gen. Eppa Hpnton. noted
Confederate veteran and long distin-
suished In Virginia public life. at
Richmond; aged 49,
Aeronautics: Is balloons started from
Berlin in the international balloon
race. the British Banshee winning.
- Obituary: DR.. Daniel Colt Gilman, en-
inent American educator. at Norwich,
Conn; aged II.
Sporting: The Chicago National league
baseball club (Cubs) won the worlds
championship at Detroit by defeating
the Detroit American league club (Ti-