Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-12-31
ing with an accident after travelling So
miles which indefinitely postponed the

- Ing with an accident after travelling So
miles which indefinitely postponed the
+ trip.
A Culmination Of forest fire which de-
, ! stroyed A,000.000 worth of fir and tam
=. arack timber along Lake Occur
:, ;d'Alene. Wash.
q. 3Aeronautics: Opening Of the aeroplane
! races at Rheims. France.
e Fire: Loss Of 100000 by flames in
the business district Of Decatur ILL.,
Accident: 8 killed and many, injured in
! 9 strikers riot at the Pressed Steel Car
company'sF plant at tSchoenvfile. 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 &C.
o. Aeronautics: Glenn a. ,Curtiss, Amer
] lean aviator. made Q speed record at
Rheims W covering 8i-6 miles, In 8
minutes 362S seconds. ~, Y
6hipwreck: The Nicolas Castania FOUND
cred off the Isle Of Pines. carrying
down passengers and q officers and
sailors.
a 6hipwreck: The North German Lloyd
! steamer Schlesefn collided with the
Argentine excursion steamer Colombia
i. in Montevideo harbor and sunk her
! with loss Of over 15o passengers.
B. Aeronautics: Paulhan, French avi-
{; Of unbroken fight, including Wilbur
Wright's, by remaining In the air 2
hours, So minutes and "a seconds at
Rheims.
"a. Obituary: George Manville Fem, Eng
ltsh 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 l11.7S
miles In 3 hours; minutes and Sc rs
seconds, at Rheims.
Is. Aeronautics: Glenn 81. Curtiss won
the, International aviator cup at
Rheims by travelling at the rate of
1865 miles an hour and covering 1912
miles in Is minutes so 3-5 seconds
Morocco:. The !Spaniards at Melilla de-
stroyed 100 Moors by exploding mine
under their camp.
Flood: High water at Monterey. Mexico,
caused the loss Of upward of TO- 900 lives
and destroyed property valued at $780,
; 100000. 49,. e. - -.
g. Holmes Centenary: The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes. celebrated.
o. Conventions: Sixth International trades
union congress opened In Paris.
SEPTEMBER.
I. Personal: DR.. Frederick A. Cook an
nounced the discovery by him Of the
north pole on April a. 1908.
q Personal: Rear Admiral G.. g. Sperry
j commander Of the Atlantic feet 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.i France. :
Railroad Accident: The Baltimore and
Ohio's Royal Blue limited wrecked by
train robbers near CheWton. Pa; 2
killed and 30 injured.
Personal: DR.. Frederick A. Cook, the
arctic explorer. who left civilization
for the farthest north In 1907. landed
at Copenhagen.
& Convention international Esperanto
congress opened at Barcelona.
2. The Taft cup trophy in the German
American sonderklasse races won by
the American yacht Joyette of Mar
blehead, Mass.
Obituary: Henry B. Blackwell, anti
slaverist and pioneer woman suffra-.
gfst, In Boston; aged "a.
Personal: Peary cabled from Indian
Harbor. Labrador. that he reached the
north pole April 6. 1909
3 AerOnautfcs: Capt. F. S. Cody, an
American In the British service, made
q cross country aeroplane flight of 40
miles. covered In hour and min
utes.
yer and political leader, in New York
city: aged 70. Lieut.. Gen. Henry G.
: -Corbin. U. g., A.. retired. in New York
- city: aged 65.
O. Obituary. Gen. Edward M. Mccook,
civil war veteran OF the Ohio family
Of fighting McCooks.'' in Chicago:
aged GA. ar
II Obituary: William Lloyd, Garrison
son and namesake Of the great anti
slavery leader and himself widely
known reforner and publicist, at Lex
ington, Mass: aged n.
IA Convention: The American Bankers'
r; association met in Chicago.
Obituary: Mayo Williamson Hazeltine.
noted book reviewer and author, at
Atlantic City: aged 63. ,.r
Is. Personal: President Taft started from
Boston on his 1900 mile tour. Mar
= riage at Dingwall, Scotland, of Prince
Miguel of Braganza, a claimant to the
throne of Portugal. and the American
heiress Miss Anita Stewart of New
York.
Obituary: Baron Tweedmouth, late first
lord of the British admiralty. In Lon
don: aged 60. -,
Ia Storm: Beginning of West India
~ hurricane which ragged for two days
a. along the northern gulf coast; heavy
loss Of life and great damage to prop
erty.gt ".~ ,
Sydney, N. 8. DR.. Frederick A. Cook,
from Copenhagen. 80 n.
Obituary: Governor John A. johnson Of
Il. Minnesota al Rochester. Mimi: aged
II 49i 7Ss5S,%H '''f Ia E."
"a. Obituary: Robert Hoe Sd. head of the
-. noted firm Of printing press manufac-
turers: of New, York and London, in
- London: aged 10. Henrietta gChanfrau.
: an old time actress who supported
Forrest and the Booths at Burlington.
N. j.; aged 10. Major Rodina Mutt.
s last male survivor of Barnum's cele-
& brated midget troupe. at Dorchester,
=: Mass: aged So, -
8. Balloon Accident: French military
dirigible Republique wrecked near
l. Moultns during ascension. and Off
GERS on board killed. = $50 -: r. .
Hudson, Tercentenary: Opening of the
Hudson-Fulton celebration by a naval
4 parade III New York harborsf hi 4 u
o. Polar Exploration: Peary's arctic ship
Roosevelt arrived at New York.
S : 3t.: & e 30 OCTOBER. " $1,000 *; 4
L Commander Robert e. Peary reached
New York;: ss,s%ss.e- - 5s-7 .7ts
\ ,Aeronauttcs: International balloon race