The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-12-30
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Sporting: Jack Johnson defeated stan
ley ketchel in / rounds for the
heavyweight Championship at San
Francisco.
Seattle Fair: Tie Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition closed with . record for at
tendance of about 3. 15O.oJg
II Sporting: Henri St Yves won the
Marathon Derby at Seattle in hours,
81 minutes and g seconds
10. Obituary: Cesare Lombroso. noted
criminolOgist and alienist. at Turin;
aged %.
PortOls Festival: Celebration of the dis
covery in 1863 Of the bay of San Fran
cisco by Don G4spar de Portola begun
in San Francisco
q. Political: Cabinet crisis in Spain: re-
suit of the execution on Oct Is Of
Prof. Ferrer. the revolutiouist
Earthquake: Catsnia, Sicily, shaken:
Nesuvius again active
"a. Convention: Annual convention Of the
National WOmens Christian union
opened at Omaha
q. Personal: The car entered Italy as
guest of King Victor Emmanuel
d. Obituary: Gen. Oliver Otis Howard
u. S. A. retired. distinguished veteran
of the civil and Indian wars. at Bur-
lington, Vt: aged 70. Rear Admiral
Henry Erben, l.. S. N retired, a ma
val hero of the civil war, in New York
city; aged II. Prince Herobumi Ito
Japanese statesman. formerly resident
general OF Korea. at Harbin Manchu-
ria. victim of A Korean assassin; aged
Il
Shipwreck: 20 deaths in the wrecking
of the steamer Hestia. from Glasgow
Off the Maine coast.
q Greece: Battle at Athens between gov
tinment ironclads and a fiotilla Of de-
stroyers manned by mutineers
Sporting: James j. Jenries signed with
Jack johnson to box for the heavy
weight championship, 40 rounds or
more.
Personal: Lillian NJ. n. Stevens elected
president OF the national w. c. T o.
%. Sporting Fl. F. Grant won the Van
derbilt cup race driving a 60 horse
power Alec car an average Of 62S miles
for 21S.0S miles. Pennsylvania beat
Carlisle Indians at football, % to 6, On
FRANKLIN field.
NOVEMBER.
T. Political: Judge William j. Gaynor
elected mayor of New York on the
Democratic ticket the election a gen.
eraI reverse FOR Tammany Hall Mu-
niCipal reform defeated in San Fran
cisco. Tom Johnson beaten BY Her
man Baehr in Cleveland mayoralty
election.
J. Personal: Peary awarded a gold med
al by the National Geographic society
for having reached the north pole.
Obituary: Winiem ToTrey Harris, noted
philosopher and former United States
commissioner of education at Proyi-
dence. r. l.: aged "A.
s. Storm: Beginning or rainStorm on
the island of Jamaica which caused
many deaths and the destruction by
landsHdes. shilwreck and inundation of
property estimated a S7.O00OOO.
6. Aeronautics: Paulhan, French aviator.
made a new re ord in flight, reaching
an altitude OF 81 feet at Sandown
park. London {
8. Obituary: I.onds Brough once noted
comedian. in London.
Fatal Fire deaths in the burning of
a celluloid factory in Brooklyn.
Convention: The Az erican Federation
of Labor met in T'ronto.
10 Personal: Presid IT Taft reached
Washington at the end of his tour.
10 Sporting: Yale do lated Princeton, II
TO O. at New Haven. Michigan defeat
ed Pennsylvania, u to ., at Philadel-
pnia Game betw en- Cornell and Chi
casO at Ithaca rsulted in a score OF
6 to 6.
Mine Disaster: EXposion in the St Paul
Coal compauys tiue near Cherry ILL.,.
resulted in The death OF nearly 200
miners
Il. Shipwreck: 100 deaths by the sinking
OF the Pacific liner La Seyne after col
lisiOu near Singapore
Financial: The American Telephone and
Telegraph company secured control OF
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany
IS. Obituary: Richard Watson Glider all
thor and editor of the Century Maya
zine, in New York city; aged 66
10. Obituary: William NJ. Laffan, editor
of the New York sun. at Lawrence,
y. Y, aged IL.
20. Sporting: Yale beat Harvard at foot
ball, to 0, in Cambridge. Brown de
feated Carlisle Indians at football p
to S. in New York.
Standard Oh Case: The eighth United
States circuit court, sitting as a court
of appeals, ordered the Standard Oil
trust to dissolve
Obituary: Consuelo dowager duchess of
Manchester, called the most influential
woman in England, in London aged 81
q. Obituary. David A. De Almond one
Of the Oldest and best known Demo-
cratic members OF congress, at Butler,
Mo. aged %
80. Political: The British house of lords
rejected the Liberal budget by a vote
of $50 20 -.
Switchmen's Strike; switchmen's strike
DeS I'm Oh FdlfOSuS IN the northwest.
DECEMBER.
/. Political: The United States severed
diplomatic relations with Nicaragua
virtually demanding the organization
of a new government to replace He-
laya's.
2 Fire: Fire in the business district OF
Baltimore caused a loss of nearly 81
OOOOl0
g. Sporting: Calvin Demarest OF Chica so
won the 1872 balk line billiard title
from George Sutton in New York
l. ShipWreck: Steamer ELAN Vannin lost
in the Mersey; u passengers and q
sailors drowned. Steamer Thistlemor
wrecked in Barnstable bay; 20 of the
crew lost
Obituary: Princess Waldemar, noted
member Of the royal family of Den
mark, in Copenhagen.
5. Obituary: George Croker capitalist.
i'm New York city; aged 80.
6. Personal: William j. Calhoun of Chi
cago appointed United States minister
to China.
9. Fire: Kalamazoo Mich; loss of $3.50,
600 by flames in the business district.
10. Obituary Red Cloud, noted fighting
chief of the Sioux at Pine Ridge res
erVaton; aged So
Shipwreck: IS lives lost by the founder
ing of car ferry Marquette and Besse-
mer No 2 on Lake Erie
II. Fire: IIerne Oaks home of the late