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

u III y. u. {. 4. Il North Anss.ss
OPENED Ia Toronto
o. aviation. Claude Grnliame5 Hpiil No won !
tic eneed race at Beiif1nt park: time
for 62.1 miles q lninutes Il eeeonda.
q. Aviation j. B. Mossant won the race
from Belmont park to tlie Btatue az
Liberty and return. covering as miles
In "a fninHtes 81 ST. seconds Z Il
Il. Aviation: Ralph tombstone ascendtd
M feet at Belmont park, the ygotld's
NoYEM Der. s !. a
/ Personal: John Morley yiseount Of
Black burn). best known as y man Of
\ 3 letters. resigned his place In the Britt
tsh cabinet Us secretary ~ state for
India. ~ &
10 Fire. In PhIlad slphia loss OF over seOo,-
IL = 900 In tho business district. u s. u
q Obituary; William ST. John Harper.
noted artist and Illustrator. in New
York; aged 80.
J. s. Mexico: Anti American demonstrat ions
In the CITY Mexico and elsewhere.
= Nine DIaas ter: IL miners, killed by e8-
pioslon IN tie Lawson mine at Black
Diamond. Wash. w
. Eleetionss Demo cratic landslide In. sew
!. eral state elections and \ Democratic,
w house Of representatives returned to
4 congress. Massac husetts. Connecticut,
: New York and Z New Jersey elected
nv Democratic governors to succeed Re-:
publican governors, and Ohio re-elect-f
ed Democrat tic governor.
Nine Disaster: Explosion In mine No, 9
Of the Victor American Fuel company,
Colorado, entombed 10 miners.
10. Political: President Taft sailed on the
cruiser Tennessee from Charleston on
Z * an Official visit to tho republic OF Pan
anna and the canal zone. ~
Il. Sporting: Harvard beat Dartmouth, IS
to 0. In the annual football game.
& at Cambridge. Yale defeated Prince.
ton. 8 to Q. at Princeton. Michigan
and Pennsylvania played n lie game;
n at Franklin field; score to q.
Is. pbltnnry: United Stntes Senator Alex
ander Stephens Clay OF Georgia. at At
lahta; aged 81. :; x
IL. Personal: Prince Victor Napoleon,
sonaparte. pretender TO the throne OF
France, married Princess Clementlne
= Of Belgium at iMonca iieri. Italy. "
Count Tolstoy. who mysterionziy disap-,
peared In October discovered in a rail-
way station about, 80 niiies. from. his
home in an enfeebied icondi lion.
Obituary: John La Fargo. distinguished
mural painter and stunned glass art
LIST. in Providence, r. l.; aged 81.
4 Aviation. Eugene b! Ely In the curtlss
biplane Hudson Filler few from the
deck OF the United States scout cruiser
Birmingham in Hampton Roads TO
Willoughby beach,, miles distant.
& Personal: President TAFT reached Pam
anna and had a conference with Coll
Cocktails and other members Of the
canal cotninission. gl3
16. Political: President Taft addressed the
Panamans at, state banquet and de.
clared that there would be no annexn-
tion Of the republic OF Panama to the
United States. u h
H. Aviation: Ralph Johnstone. the avi.
ator. Killed by the fall Of his biplane
!, Mt Denver; aged 80. u III !. X
ID. Sporting: Yale and Harvard's football
!. match at New Haven resulted In n no
score game -, .3 i g.ttf.o,s & 4 /, Z s. u
20. Obituary: Count Leo Tolstoy, the fa-
NOUS Russian novelist. ut Astapoya,,
Russia: aged So
Monroe on Ills return from Panama Il.
@. Aviation: J. Armstrong Drexel ascend-
ed 1851 feet in a monoplane at Phila-
\ deiphia. s,
q. Sporting; The N&yy.defeated the Army
at football on FRANKLIN. field, Phlladel.i
* phia,S 3 to 0. Z ~.
Fatal Fire: 9 Operatives Killed! and a
Injured at 81 factory fire In Newark,
IA. afssiee: Gosefhneht troops defeated
ut!onists y TIE at ehihuat'
hun. 4 y 3 b
81 Political: The British parliament dis.
solved by royal proclamation. i
20. Political: The government asked the,
dissolution 81 the sugar trust .as a
TX combinat In restraint of trade."nG
y The conference OF governors met at
= Frankfort, Ky.
80. Obituary: Jem Mace. noted English,
< priaefghter In the slxtiesfin England:
aged 10. 6Ts ~
DECEMBER.
/. Political: Gen. PorhFio, sbIaz was III
(. aigurated president ofs Mexico for the,
eighth time, 4 i. J, s. <, s. 81,
2. Obituary: Gen. e., A. Carr. Z. 81. A.
n retired, distinguished in border troll
j bles before the. civil war as well as In
that conflict, died III washington: aged
z 50, X 80 ~ / s. 4 e. q
3. Obituary. Mary Baker Clover Eddy.
founder or thec Christian Science church.
In Boston: nged 80. ~ Il
Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. s. A., retired,
noted in the civil and Spanish -Apcrl-
aged "a. ,s'' =, j3j q, q
6. Political: The last session OF the Gist
congress opened. y5.3i &. -. s5;S =.
8. Storm: Heavy sno&, or rain In the
northern and eastern states. II 80
Obituary: The Duke Of Charities. ono of
the Orleans princes who served IN
America in 1885,. IN Paris; aged 20.
Fire: At ESansviile. Ind; loss of $780,.
ZOO. 80 Y -
convention: Tie American Red Cross,
society met in Washington. st9s7
Political: President Tafrs message rec
onitnended the fortifying OF tho Pan.
anna canal ship subsidy. halt In,
legislating on. corporations and a par
cells post. a9S i:
I Obituary: Ludwig knaus. famous genre
painter, In Berlin: aged ST. & 4 =
Sporting: George Moore made aSworld's
record run OF Is at 3 cushion cafc.n
billiards in New York. W
o. Aviation: Legagneux, French aviator.
established a new worlds record for
altitude at Pau by soaring 1898 feet
10. Brazil: 1ntiiE 81 Brazilian marines
nj Rid, de Ianeiro resulted In a battle
causing 400 casualties.
Sporting: Root and Morani the irish
American team. Won the Q day bicycle
race In New. York; score e,5to mics 3
laps. NJ '3i,, iy5
18th Census: totficlai iiGurss published;
population. exclusive OF Alaska al,eT22,,-
26G: Including all possessions. 1Uf ,100,-
900: gain since 1890. Ii, go, $780, Il
Aviation; Capt. Bellnnger French AMY
aviator made new, worlds, speed