Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31


miles which indefinitely postponed the
trip.
b. elimination of forest fire which de-
stroyed S.o0O,UOO worth Of fir and tam
arack timber along Lake Occur
d'Alene Wash
q Aeronautics: Opening of the aeroplane
races at Rheims France.
%. Fire: Loss of Sl.000.OOO by flames in
the business district of Decatur. H.
Accident: $ killed and many injured in
a strikers riot at the Pressed Steel Car
company's plant at Schoenville. Pa.
Obituary: Rev. Thomas Ducey. pastor
of St Leo's Roman Catholic church.
in New York city, widely known for
his denunciations of municipal corrup-
ton; aged sc.
q. Aeronautics: Glenn IL. Curtiss. Amer
lean aviator. made speed record at
Rheims by covering l-5 miles in
minutes 80 2-5 seconds
ShipwreCk: The Nicolas Castania found
cred off the Isle of Pines, carrying
down passengers and q officers and
sailors.
"a. Shipwreck The North German Lloyd
steamer Schlesein colided with the
Argentine excursion steamer Colombia
in Montevideo harbor and sunk her
with a loss of over $50 passengers.
Is. Aeronautics: Paulhan. French avi-
ator. broke all records for length
of unbroken flight, including Wilbur
| Wrights, by remaining in the air 2
hours, So minutes and "a seconds at
Rheims.
o. Obituary: George Manville Fem, Eng
fish novelist of the old school. in Lon
don; aged IS.
| Aeronautics: Henry Farman. English
aviator, set new record for heavier
than air machines by covering His
miles in 3 hours, minutes and Sc rs
seconds, at Rheims.
g. Aeronautics: Glenn II. Curtss won
f.,f, Il
Rheims by travelling at the rate Of
1866 miles an hour and covering 1912
miles in Is minutes so 3-5 seconds
Morocco: The Spanards at Melila de-
stroyed 100 Moors by exploding a mine
under their camp.
Flood: High water at Monterey, Mexico
caused the loss of upward of 10, 900 lives
and destroyed property valued at $780,
100000
20. Holmes Centenary: The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of oliver Wendell
Holmes celebrated.
30. Convention: Sixth international trades
union congress opened in Paris
SEPTEMBER.
/. Personal: Dr. Frederick A. Cook an
nounced the discovery by him of the
north pole on April q. 1903.
3. Personal: Rear Admiral c. S. Sperry.
commander of the Atlantic fleet on the
Pacific cruise and homeward voyage.
placed on the retired list of the navy.
4. Obituary: clyde Fitch the playwright,
at Chalons-sur-Marne. France.
Railroad Accidents: Tho Baltimore and
- Ohio Royal Blue limited wrecked by
train robbers near Chewton, Pa. >
killed and 30 injured.
Personal; Or Frederick A. Cook, the
arctic explorer, who LETT civilization
for the farthest north in 1901, landed
at Copenhagen.
Convention: international Esperanto
congress opened al Barcelona.
!. The Taft cup trophy in the German
American sonderklasse races Won by
the American yacht JoNette off Mar
blenead, Mass.
Il Obituary. Henry +. Blackwell. anti
slaNerist and pioneer woman suffra-
sist. in Boston; aged ST.
Personals leaiy cahled from Indian
larbor Labrador, that he reached the
north pole April 6, 1899.
g. AcrOn0uucs Capt +. :. Cody an
American in the British service, made
cross country aeropiane fight of a.
miles. covered Ia J hour ana min
utes.
Obituary: joel d. Erhardt noted law
yer and political leader, I'm New York
city, aged TO- Lieut.. Gen. Henry c.
Corb.n, l.. S. A.. retired. ln Ne" lorh
CITY aged o7
/ g. Obituary. Cen. Edward NJ McCOOk n
civil war veteran of the OHIO family
OF Fighting McCooas.' i'm Chicago
aged o.
-. Obituary. William Lloyd Garrison,
son and namesake OF the great anti
slavery tder and himself q widely
known reiormer and publiclst, at Lex
ington, Mass. aged H.
H. Convention: The American bankers
association met in Chicago
Obituary: Mayo Williamson Hazeltine
noted book reviewer and author, al
Atlantic city; aged IS
Is. Personal: President Taft started from
Boston on his 1900 mile tour. Mar
rage at Dingwall, Scotland, of Prince
Miguel of Braganza. a claimant to the
throne of Portugal, and the American
heiress Miss Anita Stewart of New
1ork.
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