The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-01-06
Record Of the Year from
January to December.
HISTORY DAY BY DAY.
Notable Happenings Throughout
the World.
ON TIE DEATH Roll.

Vx3COvefy Of Tue NuSt~ 49,
u 11isce llAneous lntereSt-- Dcstsuc-
tion by Accidents, shipwreck'
Storm and Flood sporting Evsnts.
"a chrouoIos icai Review.
The record breaking year 1903. which
saw the discovery OF the north pole,
was comparatively free from great
disasters 80 far as the United States
&is concerned. Outside Of the Cher
IN mine horror the sinking Of ihs
stean,ship Republic and the usual fires
and floods. nature dealt ienieniiy
with this country. but Ia the world al
large added the earthquake IN Persia,
the flood al Monterey. Mexico. and
some minor catastrophes 10 her book OF
death.
ny far the greatest event Of the last
twelve months was the discovery u
the north pole. On Sept ! DIR. freder-
! lex A.. Cook came out VI the north and
| announced that lie had reached the
goal on April Il. lDoS. Six days later
| COMMANDER Robert Il. Peary emerged
with the news that be had made the
! discovery On April 9. 1909 Pcary's
papers were approved BY the National
Geographic society. but doubt was ex-
pressed rs 10 Cooks claims. Several
mouths before the coming or Peary
and Cook Lieutenant shackieton re-
turned 10 tell OF dash to within Ill
miles Of the south pole.
Other important events OF the year
were the Inauguration OF President
TAFT. the departure Of Theodore Roose-
welt on hunting trip In Africa. the
passage u the Payne-Aidrich tariff
I'LL. the 5000 mile tour of Sir. Taff
over the country, the most romantic
feature OF which was the meeting with
President DIaz on the borders Of Mex
Eco: the return to Hampton Roads Of
tie sixteen American battIeships after
their cruise around the world and the
decision OF the United States circuit
court dIssolving The Standard OF trust.
In foreign lands the occurrences OF
chief historic Interest were the depos-
ing OF Abdul ramid H.. the triumph
Of progressive government IA Turkey
and new ruler Ia Belgium.
The year saw the dying age fair.
iy ushefed IN. the Notable aeronau-
tic feass having been tie crossing
Of the English channel. The triulnphs
. " Count z-fpeIfn With his dirigibi~.
In ShIch he made various long iiigiafs
and once carried tweaiy seven pas<<n-
gers. aud the lights Of the Wright
brotEers. including the rounding Of The
statue II I.llpriy aud Grants Iomita NJ
New York aud the high ascension u
l.0Oo feet IN Germany.
A. a memorial year 1900 eriirss
all others owing 70 the galaxy ~ great
mel barn 100 years before. centcns
ricS widely observed Included iAIleo.l 4
Darwin TennyAon. Zoe. Gladston,
fitzgerald. Holmes. Chopin. sIcedel,
sotii. samuel Johnson two hundreitl
lind John Calvin -four hnndr~ithl II
One hmrircdth anniversary n q
death of Thomas Paine was also -
pcrsed In addition. several great .
rbraficns were held. lnciu1lDe ~
ziudsun- Fulton IN New Yotk. The h
renteHary 81 the discovery Of Il.
Ehampinln and the Portola Festival
Ban Frnncisco
The years deaths wcro uo(nbie.
luding IN the world Of letters 8
ames rs Agernon CharIen Dwinbur
Edward Everett Hale. 0eurve A.
ith. = Marion Crawford nnd Ricl
Watson Glider: IN public ME. III
Hen Hitchcock. David A. ~ Arm
overnur John A. johnson. Jm
eckham o. the United STATES sups
ourt and Prince Ito Of Japan: IN .
pa navy circles. AdmImln Roles /
~ aud ccrvcra aud 0onosuln n
Corbin and o. q. Howard. q. /
finance. Edward II. uarYimni
enry II. Rogers: In joufnnlIsm
iorc Barth aud Colope1 A. K
lure: In the drama. coqueliu anf
ska; In scientific research.
ombro-o aud PROFESSOR etu,on
pmb. and IN the ranks = uyalt
pid II. Of Belgium.
JANUARY.
Fire; The Illinois ciuh Win
lsry OF line paintings. 1s,tr
Chiesro; lose SIS 900.
Political; President fsoooereit 1
sage on The secret serviee MI
the house OF afivuu p
Accident: y miners kill14 ~
gsos'on IN Letters coIIicey q
Accident: Explosion In - f,e
mine. Hluensid. w. W. o.,
death or 100 miners -
Acetdsnti Firadsmp sxp,ooio
Auta coal nina Al v6onpfl ~
gnrf. caused thu death = ~
pottuAry; Admiral RojsmxVn, II
mender cf the Russian n
When snnihilsfcd BY ~. ns
NAY. 1st Ia the sea of ~ ~
rsfersburx: aged CO.
Railroad Accident. a 49,
Snjured IN q collision e I,
~ RIO 0rsnde near 49,,
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