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


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y Earthquake Severe shocGs IN spain
u Obituary Miss Martha flHley aathoi
o. the Elsie Hoeks ni Eskton. Nd
aKed A.
FEBRUARY.
J. Personal President Elect william ~
Tar formally Opened the Pacific end
of the Panama canal
fhipwrcck British steamer Clan Ranald
lost OF tho coast 0f Australia this
captain and ss sailors drowned
Obituary John Glimer Speed. journal.
isi and author. ai Mendharn. N. III
aged q
The Cruising Fleet. The battlsships
sailed from GibraitAg. honew ar,
bound.
Obituary catunDs Mendcs. noted
French poet. IN Paris
Personals King Edward VII. received In
Berlin. the TlrS, yisit of British king
10 tie German capital In isS years
foliiloals France and Germany signed q
Morocco pact,
u Lincoln Centenary; The 10th ami
rersary Of the birth of Abraham Lin
ooin cclebratoa
Is Fire Disaster: Between zoo and 800 por-
soma burned 10 death and scores In
Flores theater In Acapulco Mexico
II. Obituary. Geronimo. noted Apache
chief and raider died prisoner OF
war at Fort sill
II. Obituary: Grand Duxe Vladimir, uncle
Of the cxar OF Russia. In 81. Peters,
burg. aged e. Rear Admiral Charles
s Cotton. u. q NJ. retired. at Nice,
France aged 6s.
Convention! National congress Of moth
ers opened In New Orleans.
%. Disaster at Sea: The Hamburg South
America liner Presidente Roca burned
on Peninsula Naldes: loss (owners' re-
porO % lives. press report. 266 OF the
passengers and crew.
a. Obituary: Carroll ID. Wright. soldier,
statisticlan and educator. at Worces-
ter. Mass. aged CO.
e The Cruising Fleet; The battleships
reached Hampton Roads
g. Storm 10 killed and many injured by
tornado which swept over eastern
Arkansas.
o. Obituary; Rev. Theodore Cuyier. noted
minister and author, In Brooklyn:
aged 81.
q. Sporting: American bowling congress
opened In Pittsburg.
MARCH.
l. Obituary: f. J. c'Lucky') Baldwin.
we'll known turfman. at Arcadia, CAL:
aged 81.
2 Sporting Ora Morningstar won the
championship OF the world at ls2 balk
line billiards. defeating George F. Slos-
son. the ISL champion, In New York
city; final score 500 TO "a
L. Political: Inauguration Of william
Howard Taft as 9th president Of the
United States The Goth congress ended
Storm; Fierce windstorm and rain In
the Atlantic states.
Panama Scandal: The publishers and
one editor OF the New York World in
dicted by the federal grand jury IN
New York city.
8. Political: President Taft nominated
his cabinet as follows; Philander c.
Knox. secretary OF state. Franklin
Macveagh. the treasury: Jacob NJ
Dickinson, war: George Won l.. Meyer.
navy; Richard A. Ballinger. interior:
James Wilson. agriculture: Charles
Nagel. commerce and labor: Frank ii.
Hitchcock. postmaster general: George
w. Wickersham, attorney general
Obituary: John III. Starln, pioneer IN
river and harbor transportation In
New York city; aged 81
Storm Disaster % killed and "a In
jured In tornado at Brinkiey, Ark
D. Obituary: Maj. r. l.. g, Zalinski. u
g. A., retired, noted inventor and en-
gineer. In New York city: aged 60.
Standard OIL: Railway rebate case de-
cided In favor Of Standard OIL In
Chicago.
Storm; 100 houses wrecked by cyclone
at Cuthbert. Ga: 6 deaths.
Black Hand Lieutenant petrosini,
noted Italian detective In New York
city. assassinated at Palermo. Italy.
/ Political. Special session Of the 6lst
congress opened. Joseph G. Cannon
elected speaker Of the house
Weston's Walk: Edward Payson Wes-
ton started from New York on walk
to San Francisco.
Obituary: Elinor Mac Cartney Lane.
author Of Nancy Stair and other |
novels. at Lynchburg, Va.
Tariff Bill framed by the Republican |
members OF the ways and means COM |
mittee introduced In the house by Se- |
reno r. Payne, chairman OF the COM |
mittee
The Cooper Trial: Col. Duncan B. |
Cooper and his son Robin found guilty |
OF the murder of ex-senator Carmack |
in Nashville and sentenced to 20 years
Aeronautics; Count Zeppelin's dirigi-
bic airship created worlds record |
by carrying q persons l50 miles.
Personal. Theodore Roosevelt, ex-
president sailed from New York for
Naples on the Hamburg American
liner Hamburg.
Obituary: Col. william Lamb. soldier.
editor and lawyer, hero OF the Confed-
crate defense OF Fort Fisher in 1865 at
Norfolk, Va: aged 70.
Personal: Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford OF the British navy retired after
50 years service.
Convention: Southern child labor con-
gress met In New Orleans.
Political: Agreement reached between
Austria and servia, effecting peace In
Convention: The 18th annual confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal church
met In Baltimore.
APRIL.
Cuba: The last troops OF the United
States army left the island.
Fire: At Fort Worth. Tex. 10 blocks
destroyed, entailing loss Of 5000 900.
8 deaths.
sporting: oxford won the 6sth annual
varsity race on the Thames. beating
Cambridge lengths. Henri St. Yves
Va flabNC Noii tic itltttHAiipHdl huId~
thon for professionals In New York.
Vice Admiral cervera, who
commanded the Spanish feet at San
tiago In 1888. at Puerto Real. Spain:
aged 20.
Polar Research: Commander r. r.
Peary, u. 8. N. reached the north pole
Storm Disaster: IS deaths In a hurri-
cane which swept the middle west
from Mississippi to Pennsylvania
Obituary; Helena Modjeska, Polish
tragedienne, at Bay City, Cal: aged GO.
Obituary: r. Marion Crawford. nov.
elist. at soreno. Italy: aged t5. Ethan
Allen Hitchcock. ex-secretary OF the
interior. in Washington; aged II
Obituary: Aigernon Charles Swim
burne, poet and essayist at Putney.
England. aged u.
Political: The Payne tariff ~ passed
the house Of representatives by q vote
Of 17 to q.
Fire Disaster: deaths in a fire at
Lenox. Mass: loss nearly 10000
financial Troubles: Ennis 4 Stopani,
brokers In New York and Chicago,
failed for Il .be1.00o
Turkey; Turkish garrison In Constan-
tinople mu;inied and expelled the
Young Turks ministry.
Fire: Al Rochester. N. Y, churches.
~ dwellings and business block de-
s,royed: loss nearly t5ooc0
obituary: Ex-uniied States Senator NJ
G, Butler Of South Carolina at coium-
bla, 8 c.. aged 73
Political; ultimatum OF Young Turks
to parliament.
Convention National Society Daugh-