The Dickinson press., 1910-01-01

Americans. drowned by the swampins
Of a rowboat on Lake Killarney. .
Mining Accident: Gas explosion caused
the death of II miners at Wehrum.
Pa.
y. Obituary: Sarah orne Jewett. writer
Of stories depicting New England life.
~ South Berwick. Me-: aged 60. =
I" Sporting: Fitzherbert won the Suburbah
handicap at Sheepshead Bay. New
Fire: Fort william Henry hotel. noted
hosiery on Lak George. destroyed:
loss about $2bo.00o.
3. Sporting: Verdun. Rothschild owner.
won the Grand Prix over the Long
champs course. near Paris. h''
=. Conventions: American Library associ-
alton met at Breton Woods. N. H.
%. Obituary: Carrie Burnham Kilgore.
=. pioneer woman lawyer. at Swarth-
-" more. Pa; aged u. 60 -
JULY.
L Earthquake Severe shocks at Reggie
and Messina. scene Of the devastation
last December.
Conventions: 4lst annua meeting Of the
National Woman Suffrage association
opened at Seattle.
Sporting: Harvard won the varsity race
over Yale al New London.
: Sporting: Cornell won the varsity
SA0AAS AuS0 at uAOOPo10s
L Champlain Celebration: Ceremonies in
honor Of the discovery of Lake Cham
plain in 1908 began on the Vermont
shores of the lake.
& Conventions: The American Institute
Of Instruction met at Castine; Me:
Sporting: The champion polo cup. which
:. has been held. in England % years,
wOn back by the Meadowbrook IN. "
team.
I. Flood: High water swept down the
!. Missouri valley, causing the loss of II
lives and great damage to property.
Conventions: Anti-vivisection congress
/ opened in London. International con-
vention Of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety met in st. Paul.. The Epworth
H. league met at Seattle. a..
Z Political: The senate passed its amend
ed tariff bill by a vote of Is to a..
Sporting: The Belgian crew Won the
Grand Challenge cup at Henley. Eng
land. defeating the Cambridge crew.
.. Political: Riotous Bolivians attacked
protest against Argentina's decision in
the Peruvian boundary dispute.
Obituary: Gen. Gallifet. distinguished
French soldier. in Paris: aged 7a.
Lord Ripon. noted English statesman.
In London; aged 81.
II. Obituary: Prof. Simon Newcomb, noted
astronomer, mathematician and trav-
SASA III "dollAl16tOAe d6Cu ~.
Conventions: Grand lodge of the Order
of Elks met in Los Angeles.
II. Shipwreck: In Lake Superior, off
Whitefsh Point light. steame J. B.
Cowle and l. M. Scott collided. caus
ing the death of "A sailors on the
CoWle. which sank.
Is. Obituary: Frederick Phisterer, civil
war veteran n noted military writer
and statistician. at Albany. N. Y;
aged 70. Louis Loeb, American artist
and illustrator. at Canterbury. N. H.;
aged 43.
IA. Personal: Prince Won Bulow, chancel-
Tor of the German empire. retired from
office. succeeded by DR.. von Beth
mann-Hollweg.
Marine Disaster: British submarine c II
sunk in collision with the steamship
Eddystone off Haisborough lightship;
Is of the crew drowned.
Political: Royal troops of Persia defeat
ed by the Nationalist at Teheran.
Sporting: Weston arrived in San Fran
cisco. having ACCOMPLISHED a total dis
lance of 1885 miles in about los days.
beginning at New York March IS.
Is. Earthquakes: In southern Greece 3N
lives lost.
Is. Political: Don Carlos, pretender to the
throne of Spain, died at Varese. LON
hardy; aged 81.
Storm: In New York city 16 persons
NAASO oAN OSS ~ ulJuACu ny SuOuSA
windstorms. ~
20. Obituary: Rosa Nouchette Cary. popu-
lar English novelist, in London.
z. Hurricane: q persons killed in a gulf
storm which struck the Texas coast
at Galveston and vicinity.
Political: Diplomatic relations severed
between Bolivia and the Argentine Re-
public upon the initiation of Argen-
tina.
.. Obituary: Elizabeth Taylor cambridge,
daughter Of President Zachary Taylor
n mistress of the White House dur
ing his term, at Winchester. Va; aged
IS.
A~eronautics: Louis Bleriot. French aero
maui. crossed over the English hanne
from Calais to Dover in an a%eroplane,
covering the distance of y miles In
about 40 minutes.
Is. Political: Anti-Diaz riot at Guadala
lara, Mexico, resulting in wrecking the
town. Anti-Moroccan war riot in Bar
celona.
~aeroplane record by remaining in flight
l hour. IL minutes and 36 seconds with
passenger at Fort Myer.
q. Convention: World conference of the
Y. NJ. c. A. at Barnlen-E lberfeld, Ger.
many.
80. Earthquakes: Acapulco and Chilpan.
cingo. Mexico. badly shaken and dam.
aged.
A~eronautics: Orville Wright made the
speed required by the government for
army ~aeroplanes at Fort Myer. flying
an average of 42.5 miles an hour in a
10 mile flight.
d. Fire: 10000 houses destroyed in Osaka
Japan.
Earthquakes: Mexico City badly shaken
Miscellaneous: The Chinese vice consul
Lock Wing, shot dead in New York by
q Chinaman. 200 rioters summarily
tried, convicted and shot at Barcelona
l. Spain.
AUGUST.
I PERSONAL: The Russian Emperor Mich.
olas received as a guest by King Ed.
ward Of England at Cowes.
& Political: Congress adjourned. The
Payne tariff bill finally passed by the
senate
6 Aeronautics: Paulhan. French aviator
made new height record for aero.
planes, varying from 200 to $50 feet. al
Douai. France.
Tennyson Centenary: The Tooth anniver.
sary of the birth Of Alfred Tennysor
celebrated.
z. Aeronautics: Roger Sommer of France
beat Wilbur Wright's duration record
OF 2 hours, 20 minutes and 81 seconds