Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-09-04
STORY OF 1903
Review of the Year From
January to December.
RECORD DAY BY DAY.
Notable Political Events In Amer.
lea and Europe.
NAMES ON MORTUARY LIST.
SEPTEMa Der.

l. Shipwreck: British bark Amazon lost
near Port Talbot; - sailors drowned.
Fires: Forest fires wrought destruc-
ton to towns and villa cS in Mime
sofa and Wisconsin. The famous Gala
veras group of California giant trees
injured by flames.
3 Personal: Col. Henry NJ. MENUS elect
ed commander In chief OF the q. A. r.
at Toledo.
Obituary: Sir Lionel Sackville- West,
former British ambassador to the
United States, in London; aged 81
T. Obituary: Frank Z. Sargent, United
States commissioner of Immigration
in Washington; aged a.
Fire: AT Rawhide. New, business sec
ton suffered IL loss of $4,000 by
flames.
s. Sporting: Papke defeated ketchel in
~ rounds for the m!ddleweisht cham
ponship at Los Angeles
8. Convention: 18th international eucha-
ristic congress opened in London.
Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated Joe
Cans for the lightweight champion
ship in 4 rounds at San Francisco.
Aeronautics: Oryillc Wright made Il rec
ord breaking aeroplarc flight at Fort
Myer, remaining in the air l hour. 2
minutes and Ii seconds
10. Personal: Count TolStoyS Suth birth
day honored i'll Russia.
Financial Troubles: a. EOoth x Co,
fish and oyster firm. placed In rccctv-
er's hands in Chicago; liabilities 81
$4,000
IL. Sporting: Lozter cars broke the
worlds q hour auto spin record by
running 1l07 and lOg2 miles respective
ly at Brighton Beach n. y.
Aeronautics Orvillc 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
airship inventor, injured and his COM
panion Lieut.. Thomas T.. Sefridge
u. s. A, killed by the fall OF Wrght's
aeroplane at Fort Myer. Va.
20. Fire: Paris telephone central burned
out and all telephone connections in
the city destroyed.
Shipwreck The salmon Cannery ship
Star OF Bengal dashed to pieces in a
storm off Coronation island; 10 per
sons drowned.
Il. Aeronautics: Wilbur Wright made a
flight OF l hour 81 minutes % seconds
in his American aeroplane at lie
Mans, France.
Convention: international fishery con-
gress opened In Washington.
p Warship Disaster: Is French sailors
killed and many injured by the explo-
sion of a gun on the cruiser La Touche
at Toulon.
Convention: Biennial session OF tho
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 a head-on collision on the
Northern Pacific at Young's Point,
Mont
q. shipwreck: 20 sailors OF the British
ship Loeb Finias drowned by the
wrecking OF that vessel OF Foster
island.
Is. Anniversary: 10th anniversary OF tho
founding OF PittsburG celebrated.
Conventions: Triennial international CON
Eress on tuberculosis opened in Wash
inGton. American Bankers asSoCia-
ton met in Denver.
q. Convention: 10th session OF the ma
tional irrigation congress opened In
Albuquerque, n. M.
30. Alfred Thompson BriCher, American
painter OF marine pictures, at New
Dorm N Y. aged IL