The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-01

ing with an accident after travelling So
miles which Indefinitely postponed the
trip.
stroyed 100000 worth of FIR and TAM
arack timber along Lake Occur
d'Alene. Wash.
n Aeronautics: Opening of the aeroplane
races at Rheims. France.
q. Fire: Loss of s1.o00000 by flames In
the business district of Decatur. Ill
Accident: killed and many injured in
strikers riot at the Pressed Steel Car
companys plant at Schoenville. Pa
Obituary: Rev. Thomas Ducey. pastor
of st. Leos Roman Catholic church
in New York c2y. widely known for
his denunciations of municipal corrup-
ton; aged 66.
q. Aeronautics: Glenn H. Curtiss. Amer
lean aviator. made speed record at
Rheims by covering LIS miles in
minutes IS rs 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 collided 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
Wr1S1tS, by remaining In the air
hours, So minutes and "a seconds at
Rheims.
q. Obituary: George Manville Fem, Eng
Iish novelist of the old school. in Lon
don: aged 49,
Aeronautics: Henry Farman, English
aviator, set new record for heavier
than air machines by covering HIS
miles in 3 hours, minutes and Sc Us
seconds. at Rheims.
q. Aeronautics: Glenn H. Curtiss won
Int ar
Rheims by travelling at the rate of
46.65 miles an hour and covering II. AZ
miles in Is minutes 80 3-5 seconds.
Morocco: The Spaniards at MeIilla de-
stroyed 100 Moors by exploding mine
under their camp.
Flood: High water at Monterey, Mexico
caused the loss of upward of 10000 lives
and destroyed property valued at $780,.
O00, 600.
q. Holmes Centenary: The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of Oliver Wendell
Holmes celebrated.
%. Convention: 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 q. 1908
3 Personal: Rear Admiral G. s. Sperry,
commander of the Atlantic fleet on the
Pacific cruise and homeward voyage.
placed on the retired list of the navy.
at Chalons-sur-M Marine. France.
Railroad Accident: The Baltimore and
Ohio's Royal Blue limited wrecked by
train robbers near Chewton,+ Pa: 2
killed and so 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.
:. The Taft cup trophy in the German
American sonderklasse races won by
the American yacht Joyette off Mar
blehead, Mass.
Obituary: Henry B. Blackwell, anti
slaverist and pioneer woman suffra-
gist in Boston; aged 81.
Personal: Peary cabled from Indian
Harbor. Labrador. that he reached the
north pole April 6. 1909.
g Aeronautics: Capt. +. S. Cody, an
American in the British service. made
a cross country aeroplane flight of 40
miles. covered in hour and min
utes
Obituary: Joel B. Erhardt. noted law
yer and political leader, in New York
city; aged TO- Lieut.. Gen. Henry c.
Corbin. U. S. A. retired. in New York
city; aged Go.
8. Obituary: Gen. Edward M. McCook, a
civil war veteran of the Ohio family
of lighting McCooks." in Chicago.
aged "a.
L. Obituary: William Lloyd Garrison
son and namesake of the great anti
slavery leader and himself widely
known reformer and publictst, at Lex
ington. Mass; aged H.
H. Convention: The American Bankers
association met in Chicago.
Obituary: Mayo Williamson Hazeltine,
noted book reviewer and author. at
Atlantic City; aged 6S.
H. 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.
| ~ Storm: Beginning of a West India
hurricane which ragged for two days
along the northern gulf coast; heavy
loss of life and great damage to prop
erty.
| u. Peary. homeward bound. reached
Sydney, N. s. DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
the explorer. arrived in New York
from Copenhagen.
Obituary: Governor John A johnson Of
Minnesota al Rochester. Mimi; aged
49,
| q Obituary: Robert Hoe 3d. head of the
noted firm of printing press manufac-
turers of New York and London. in
| London: aged 20. Henrietta Chanfrau.
an old time actress. who supported
Forrest and the Booths, at Burlington.
N. j.; aged 10. Major Rodina Mutt.
last male survivor of Barnum's cele-
brated midget troupe. at Dorchester.
Mass; aged 60.
| Is. Balloon Accident: French military
dirigible Republique wrecked near
Moulins during ascension. and Off
GERS on board killed.
| Hudson Tercentenary: Opening OF the
| Hudson-Fulton celebration by naval
parade in New York harbor.
| 30. Polar Exploration: Peary's arctic ship
Roosevelt arrived at New York.
OCTOBER.
| /. Commander Robert E. Peary reached
New York
| Aeronautics: International balloon race
from Zurich.
| z Aeronautics: Orville Wright broke the
| 600 feet