Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-01-01
RECORD DAY BY DAY.
Notable Political Events In Amer.
lea and Europe.
NAMES ON MORTUARY LIST.
Destruction of Life and Property
by Accidents, Wrecks and Fires.
Miscellaneous Items Of Interest.
Tho World OF Sports-A Chronology
zeal Review.

Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
The World of Sports-A Chronology
zeal Review.
The year 1908 has been memorable
for n prolonged drought during the
R1pening season Of some soil products,
yet a bumper crop In point Of value
was garnered. Stirring political events
fxed the attention of the world from
the opening to the close Of the year,
notably in Portugal, the king and
crown prince being assassinated in
February; In Persia and Turkey, re-
sulting in changes In the form Of gov
eminent; In Morocco, where a pretend
or was placed on the throne, and in
khe Balkan states Of Bulgaria, Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
The years mortuary record bears
the names of Grover Cleveland, Sena-
tor Allison, Senator Proctor and Sem
ator Whyte. e. G. Stedman, Joel Chan
der Harris, Murat Halstead, Louise
Chandler Moulton, Harriet Hosmer,
Professor Norton, DIR. Gilman, Bishop
IA. G. Potter, Bronson Howard, Rear
Admiral Ooghlan. Donald G.. Mitchell
Ok MARVEL, Louise de la Rance
fOuida), Campbell Bannerman, Gener-
al Nodzu and General Linevitch dn
Russia}, Ludovic Halevy and Francois
COppee lin France.
JANUARY.
Storm: Is deaths In a tornado near
Wesson. Miss.
4 Obituary: DR.. Nicholas Sem, surgeon
u. s. A.. prominent in the Spanish
American war. in Chicago; aged SO.
Obituary: Charles Augustus Young
noted American astronomer, at Han
over N. H.; aged "a.
Political: Mulai Hafd proclaimed sui
tan of Morocco.
q Business Troubles: Receivers appoint
ed for the Chicago and Great Western
railway.
n. Political: Appointment of Baron Taxa.
hira as ambassador to the United
States officially announced at Tokyo
Accident: 16 children killed in a theater
crush at Barnsey. England.
Fire: $4,000 600 loss by the burning of the
Parker building in New York city.
Obituary: Henry Kenny, president OF
the Delaware railway. who attended to
the secret journey Of President Elect
Abraham Lincoln on his way to Wash
ington In 1861 at Ridley Park. Pa;
aged so.
n. Fire Catastrophe: 173 deaths by tho
burning of the Rhoads Opera House at
BOyerstown, Pa.
IA Obituary: James Ryder Randall, au-
thor OF the famous war song. my
Maryland" at Augusta Ga. aged SO.
b. Obituary: Holger .Drachmann, Den
marks greatest modern poet, at CO.
penhagen; aged 81.
n Obituary: Edmund Clarence Stedman,
American author and critic, known as
the "bankerpoet," In New York city;
aged a.
%. Personal: Lord Curzon, former Vice
roy of india elected to the Irish peer
age In the face of great opposition
a Obituary. Charles Emile Cameron,
noted French landscape painter. in
Paris; aged 60. Morris X. Jesup.
noted banker and phlanthropist, in
New York city; aged rs.
n Obituary: DR.. Edward A. Mcdowell.
noted American composer and pianist.
in New York city; aged 4S.
- Obituary: August Wilhelmj. noted vio-
hnist In London; aged e. Mrs. An
tonic Yznaga. noted for her beauty.
wealth and noble connections. in
Natchez. Miss.
Fire: City hall and police building at
Portland. Me-. destroyed; loss 81 .ooo.-
900.
the novelist. at Florence. Italy.
q. Fire: In Portland, Me-; loss of over
$500. 900 In the wholesale district
n Fire: In Chicago; loss of 81 100000 In
the business district.
Obituary: Cardinal Richard, archbishop
OF Paris. in that city: aged SO.
Personal: Gladys Vanderbilt married to
Count Laszlo szechenyi of Hungary in
New York city
-. Obituary: David Johnson American
lrAA T.I1 "
aged 81.
n Political Special presidential message
to congress upon the corporations.
Obituary: Bishop e. G. Andrews OF the
N. E. church. In New York city; aged
FEBRUARY.
4 Political; King Carlos OF Portugal and
the Crown Prince Luiz Filippe assas-
sinated at Lisbon.
Political: Manuel. second son of the
assassinated monarch. proclaimed king
as Manuel II. of Portugal.
Ship Disaster: Phoenix line steamship
St. Cuthbert destroyed by an explosion
OF Nova Scotia: Is deaths.
& Fires Loss of $500. 900 in Rochester N.
7. LOSS OF 100000 at Berlin, N H.
u. Obituary: Valerian Gribayedoff, jour
nalist and illustrator. in Paris: aged 80.
u Shipwreck: American ship Emily Reed
wrecked of the Oregon coast; 10 sail
ors lost.
n. Flood: Highest water of the Hood at
Pittsburg; loss s2600.000
n. 6hipwreck: British steamer Aslak
wrecked on the Norway coast; IA sail
ors lost.
%. Explosion: % killed at the Hercules
powder works at Pinole, Cal.
Personal: Gen. Stoessel, Russian COM
mander In the defense OF Port Arthur,
sentenced to death by a military court
at st. Petersburg. with a recommends
ton to mercy.
n Obituary; Crosby s. Noyes. editor Of
the Washington Star. at Los Angeles.
Cal: aged 49, Harriet Hosmsr. noted
American sculptor. at Watertown.
Mass; aged n.
n obituaryi Pauline Lucca (BaronAss
wAlihofen). famous opera singer. In