The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-01-13
AUGUST.

AUGUST.
Personal Tic Russian Emperor Men
elias received 40 gUeet hy kiAg "a
ward o. England al Cowcs
u Political Congress ediouyHed tn.
Payne tarir h1i hnAily PASSED by ,h'
senate
Aeronautios; raulhan, French aviator
made nes height record for aero
planes, varying from 80 TO AQ feet. Al
DouaL France
rennyson Centenary The ieth annlyer.
sary Of the birth of Alfred Tennysor
celebrated
I Aeronautle,i Roger sommcr Of Franc,
beat Wilbur Wftghts duration RECORD
Of hours, - minutes and 81 seconds
by minutes and IA seconds at Mour-
melon. Le GRAND France
Convention National irrigation con
Eress met NJ Spokane. Wash Annual
q. a. II sneaapmeni al Salt Lake
City.
%. Fire. Monticello. N Y, a popular
summer resort. nearly destroyed by
fire, loss about n.caeo
II. Morocco captive Spanish balloon
used with fatal effect TO direct tre
upon a Moorish camp at Melilla
u Personal; Samuel r. Van zandi elect
ed commander IN chief Of the q. A. n
al Salt Lake city.
IA Accident. killed and 20 hurt IN a
head-on collision ON the Denver and
Rio Grande near Colorado Sprlngs
Colo
Earthquake; Over 800 buildings destroy
ed and many iisss lost tn central
Japan.
lG Convention The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cor,
fneroial congress opened IN Denver,
H. Obituary; Lawrence Bacher, an artist
known for bis ctchings. at Lawrence
Park. N. y; aged 81.
Convention: tsd annual congress Of tho
Universal Peace union.
IS Obituary Sir Theodore Martin. Eng.
lish author and poet, In London; aged
Q5
10 Polar Research: Walter weiiman as
cended In his dirigible balloon at spi,s-
bergen. bound for the north pole meet
ing with an accident after travelling 80
miles which indefinitely postponed tho
trip.
~ elimination Of a forest nre which de-
stroyed u,ooo.ooo worth OF fir and tam
arack timber along Lake Occur
d'Alene, Wash
u. Aeronauticss Opening OF the aeroplane
races at Rheims France.
Y Fire: Loss OF xl,000.000 by flames In
the business district OF Decatur, m.
Accident s killed and many injured In
a strikers riot al the Pressed Steel Car
companys plant at Sohoenyille. Pa
Obituary; Rev. Thomns Ducey. pastor
Of St. Lcos Roman Catholic church,
In New York city, widely known for
his denunciatlons OF municipal corrup.
ton: aged &C.
n
lean aviator. made speed record nj
Rheims by covering is miles IN :
minutes IS rs seconds
shipwreck: The Nicolas Castania found
cred OF the Isle Of Pines. carrying
down passengers and officers and
sailors.
"a Shipwreck The North German Lloyd
steamer Schiesein collided with the
Argentine excursion steamer Colombia
In Monteyideo harbor and sunk her
VITA loss Of over i5O passengers,
1. Aeronautics; Paulhan. French avi-
ator. broke all records for length
OF unbroken fiight including Wilbur
Wrights. by remaining In the air 2
hours. SO minutes and "a seconds at
Rheims.
a. Obituary. George Manville Fem, Eng
lish novelist Of the old school. In Lon.
don: aged 7s
Aeronautcs: Henry Farman. English |
aviator. set new record for heavier
than air machines by covering HIS !
miles In hours minutes and 60 2-5 I
seconds, at Rheims.
b. Aeronautics. Glenn H. Curtiss won
the international aviator cup at
Rheims by travelling at the rate OF |
l6G miles an hour and covering i2,42 .
miles In Is minutes 30 3-b seconds.
Morocco: The spaniards at Melilla de- \
stroyed 100 Moors by exploding a mine /
under their camp.
Flood: High water at Monterey. Mexico. I
caused the loss OF upward Of 1000 lives \
and destroyed property valued at s3o- |
100000
.. Holmes Centenary The Tooth anniver-
sary OF the birth OF Oliver Wendell /
Holmes celebrated.
10 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, 1908
Personal: Rear Admiral c. b. Sperry
commander Of the Atlantic feet on the
Pacific cruise and homeward voyage
placed on the retired list OF the navy,
l. Obituary; Clyde Fitch. the playwright
at Chalons-sur- Marne, France.
Railroad Accident: The Baltimore and
Ohio's Royal Blue limited wrecked by
train robbers near Chewton. Pa;
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
nRrpRa OpQppd at nnrreIoua
T. 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-
gist. In Boston. aged 81
PERSONAL Peary cabled from Indnn
Harbor. Labrador. that he reached the
north pole April 8, 1909
Aeronautics: Capt +, y. Cody. an
American In the British service made
cross country aeroplane flight OF 10
miles. covered In ! hour and min
utes.
Obituary: Joel B. Erhardt, noted law
yer and political leader, In New York
city: aged 70 Lieut. Gen. Henry {.
Corbin. D. 8. A.. retired, In New York
city; aged 65. m
!. Obituary: Gen. Edward NJ. Mecook. a
civil war veteran OF the Ohio family
OF "fghting Mecooks." In Chicago:
aged g.
3 Obituary. William Lloyd Garrison,
son and namesake OF the great anti
slavery leader and himself n widely
known reformer and publicist, al Lex
ington. Mass, aged n.
/ Convention The American BanAera
association met In Chicago
Obituary. Mayo Williamson Hazeltlne,
noted book reviewer and author al
Atlantic City. aged "
Personal; President Taft started from
Boston on his 1900 mile tour. Mar
riage al Dlngwaii. Scotland Of Prince
Miguel OF Braganza, a claimant 10 the
throne OF Portugal. and the American
heiress Miss Anita Stewart Of New
York
Obituary. Baron Tweedmouth. late first
lord OF the British admiralty, ~ Lon
don: aged 80
Storm Beginning OF West India
hurricane which ragged for two days
along the northern gulf coast heavy
loss Of life and great damage to prop
erty. !
Peary, homeward bound. reached
Sydney. N. H. DR., Frederick A. Cook,
the explorer arrived In New York
from Copenhagen 4
Obituary: Governor John A. Johnson OF
Minnesota st Rochester. MINI. aged
a.
Obituary: Robert Hoe ID. head Of the
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