The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-31


AYialidhs u bs1loona stastcd rom IN.
dl8napcilk IN m, American cliainnion-
aliIp BALLOON 4 l5 erica I Il landed
near varrehlon Va after n ~ Elit o.
y hours -
~. kriatihn Beymann. nm American.
and George Chavez. d Peruvian. at
Y temple, to over tiIe Alps Both,
2 failed. and tshist, ez was mortaiiy hurt
In landing II s : IL A Nv
Convention: IN, hntionhi eneampnient
Of the Grand Army OF the Republic
met at Atlantic G I. q 4. II Y. b s
PERSONAL Emperor %tiiiamy OF Germany
and Francis Joseph q Austria met at.
Vienna s ], q i,Ss = q 4 "a
a. Trolley Disaster; colifsioi on The: Wa
bash Traction line near: x ngsland,
Ind caused the death 81 l6 ipassen-
Z, gers ~ Z. ~ 4 K "a
%: Sporting: Harvester lowered the trot-
ting record for stations TO ee;:U1 Ut Co.
lumbus. Z. ( (, az 4
o. Convention: National risation con-,
I sIess opened In Pueblo. Colo. al I.
~. Convention: The United Irish League
met at Buffa1o. y sS
q. Convention: National good roads. con-,
81 aress met Id st. Louis Y y q
%. Obituary: WinsIow h Homer famous
= American painter NJ .scafbofo. Ale, !,
!. itsed saits. geb eccnl Harding pa-
Wis. the author. :. III I the home Of her;
son, Richard Hafding Davis. Mount
Efsco. N. q: aged 40. 8 n =
Aviation: Waller S.: Brookins broke the
7 n cross country distance record by flying
from Chicago to Springfield. 1856 miles,
winning a 5000 prize. 15 i.i
OCTOBER.
L Sporting: The VANDERBILT. cur auto
Y race WOE BY Harry T.. Grant; time, A
hours Is minutes IS saconds -
Ship Disaster: 9 OF the crew Of tho bat!
peship New Hampshire drowned by
the swapping OF d launch Ia the HID.
son river mt New York. 4 Z. 1
q Explosion: Amysterlous explosion, fol-;
loved by fire. DESTROYED the Los An
geles Times building and caused the
nv death 81 q erlpl oSses Of the paper.
Aviation !: Aviator; wyR,aaien made a
z world 8 record for hetght.by ascending
Ils6 feet at Molrnielon. France. A
.Shipwreck: The Pa cifc Navigation com.
pany's steamer ChfrJqui wrecked on
Panama by the explosion OF her boil,
ers: 80 lives lost. = Z \ S.s II z e - 81
Obituary: Ex-G Governor Napoleon Bona
parte Broward OF Florida, former
Cuban tilibuster, at sonyllle: aged
g. + Y 4. n
2. Convention. ipternptlonal prison ,con-
gress opened in Washington. ~
Obituary: Former Governor and United
States Senator David Bennett ILL., at
: Albany: aged a. Joseph ,Abner Har-.
per. member Of the old firm OF Harper
4 4 Bros, the New York publishers, at
Sewburg.l n. ": aged u. ~ y
Fire: In New York city loss OF sl,600,ooo
by flames Ii the lumber and factory
district on. the Hudson river front;
.. Convention: Dry farming congress
opened at Spokane. = n, 3 ].
3 4 Collision: Two electric cars oollided
at Springfield. Ills causing the death
OF 81 people. chief passengers, j
Personal: Justice VIII. /, Moody OF the
United States supreme court resigned. !.
IS. Portugal: Republican uprising IN Lis
bon. King Manuel captured. The army
and navy sided with the revolution,
lists. who proclaimed q republic. &
5. Mine Disaster: 50 miners trapped by
an3explosion in the 6elorado Fuel and
Iron cornpany's mine d sstarkville.
Colo. ;:-.siss ~, - 1.
10. Personal: ,Ex- Governor Charles E.,
Hughes took the bath Of ofiice as JUS
3 tice of the United sta les supreme
I; court at Washing I. y 4, 4 !. Z
,13. Storm: A fierce 81 orm swept. over Eu-
rope, causing heavy loss of life or, the
eEngllglif coast On the Baltic y
! IA. Shipwtect The I. freneli e teantstip
Nlilssde RoclIef was iiniSt ~ Tho
!: tltish seaiiiee M ms bay OF
Financial; The charins Gross bank Of
z! London, With 10 country branches.
went into the hands, Of a receiver, tow-
Ing debositofs' * L0d on Il n Z 2, h r
is. Obituary: Larkin g, Mead, noted Amer
lean sculptor, in Florence, Italy; aged
10. United States Senator Jonathan P.
Dolliver OF Iowa, 4 ut Fort Dodge; aged
81, 49, 9ii1 .ts.. & !. N; 4 z u I'd
Aviation: welinians balloon America
started on It's oversea flight at Allan
tic City. y, IN. y, II = i. IE..s
-16. Fire; At Alabast ter, Mich,. loss OF $780,
600 by flames in the plant OF the Unit.
ed States Gypsum company.
The 2Soth anniversary or the settlement
OF Bergen county MI, by the Dutch
was 4celebrated!i ,sL,';;..3t..s = -, 81
II. Aviation: 10 balloons representing the
United States, France, Germany and
y, Switzerland started from ST. Louis lin
I the int irrational race for. the Bennett
cup and ti,75o 10 prizes. The dlrigible
balloon Clement. Bayard sailed from
Paris to- London In . hours. carrying
people. y {, = q =
Obituary: Julia Ward Howe, author, OF
''The Battle Hymn, or TIE Republfc,,6
at Middletown.} r. I.:laged OIL 5.
< 49, Aviation: Wellman abandoned his air.
ship $50 miles Of fTatteras after sail.
Z Ing about no miles IN i72 hours, far.
thSst point north was 40 miles north
: east Of Nantucket sti'i AZ; (,
Storm: "A West India hurricane struck
the Florida. and South, Carolina. COSTS.
10. Aviation: Balloon America IL, Post
and fInwley aefonnuts, landed in the
province Of Quebec, 1,S55 miles from
81, Louis. the starting point, winning
theYBennett cup for distance
90 Obituary: Gen. Thomas NJ Eckert.
mapag,,r Of tho Federal military, teIe-
graph 1n the civil war and ter, pres-
ident of the Western Union, at Long
Branch, MI; aged s., 81
ShipY reck: The steamship Regulus. ply.
ing between New York and NeTfount-
lana ports, Yfecked by a storm OF,
SShPal bay; 10 sailors drowned.
Personal: Edgar Allan Poe elected to
the. American Hall Of Fame by a vote
q g9. necessary TO choice, 81.
.. Criminal: Dr. Hawley II. crippen'
found guilty of numbering his wife;
Belle Elm9re, IN the Old Bailey Court.
london. ~ n 90