Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-12-30

near Warrenton, va, a1ter night OF
Al hours
%. Aviation: Weymann. an American.
and George Chavez. a Peruvian. at
tempted to fly over the Alps. Both
failed. and Chavez was mortally hurt
i'm landing
Convention: attn national encampment
Of the Grand Army of the Republic
met at Atlantic City
Personal: Emperor William OF Germany
and Francis Joseph of Austria met at
Vienna.
q. Trolley Disaster: Collision on the Wa
bash Traction llne near Eingsland.
Ind. caused the death of 4G passen-
gers.
.. Sporting: Harvester lowered the trot-
ting record for stations to .;O1 at CO.
lumbus.
&c. Convention: National irrigation con-
gress opened in Pueblo. colo.
e. Convention: The United Irish league
met at Buffalo.
@. Convention: National good roads con-
gress met in st. Louis.
70. Obituary: Wnslow Homer. famous
American painter. at Scarboro. Me
aged "A. Mrs Rebecca Harding Da-
Wis. the author al the home of her
son. Richard Harding Davis. Mount
Kisco n. Y; aged a.
Aviation: Walter s. Erookins broke the
cross country distance record by flying
from CHICAGO TO Springfield, 1856 miles,
winning a $4,000 prize
OCTOBER.
1. Sporting: The Vanderbilt cup auto
race won by Harry F. Grant; time,
hours Is minutes SIS seconds.
Ship Disasters % of the crew Of the bat
tleship New Hampshire drowned by
the swapping of a launch in the Hud-
son river at New York
Explosion: A mysterious explosion fol-
lowed by fire. destroyed the Los An
gees Times building and caused the
death of q employees of the paper
Aviation: Aviator Wynmalen made a
worlds record for height by ascending
9,1S6 feet at Mourmelon. France
Shipwreck: The Pacific Navigation com
panys steamer Chriqui wrecked off
Panama by the explosion of her boil
ers; so lives lost
Obituary: Ex-Governor Napoleon Bona
parte Broward of Florida a former
Cuban filibuster. at Jacksonville; aged
DO
2. Convention: International prison con-
gress opened in Washington.
Obituary: Former Governor and United
States Senator David Bennett Hill. at
Albany, aged g.. Joseph Abner Har-
per. member Of the old firm Of Harper
& Bros. the New York publishers, at
Nbtl u. y. l.. dNin a.
Fire: In New York city loss of $500, 900
by flames in the lumber and factory
district on the Hudson river front
3. Convention: Dry farming congress
opened at Spokane.
4. Collision Two electric cars collded
at Springfield, Ill. causing the death
of 81 people. chiefly passengers.
Personal: Justice w II. Moody of the
United States supreme court resigned.
5. Portugal: Republican uprising in Lis
bon. King Manuel captured. The army
and navy sided with the revolution
lists, who proclaimed a republic.
s. Mine Disaster: so miners trapped by
an explosion in the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company's mine at Starkvile.
Colo.
10. Personal: Ex-Governor Charles F.
Hughes took the oath of office as jus
tice of the United States supreme
court at Washington.
10. Storm: A fierce storm swept over F-u.
rope, causing heavy loss of life on the
English coast and on the Baltic.
a. Shipwreck: The French steumsh,p
Vile de Rochefort was rammod by the
British steamer Peveril in the bay of
Biscay and sank with % of her crew.
Financial: The Charing Cross bank Of
London, with 40 country branches.
went into the hands of a receiver. ow-
ing depositors 5000. 900,
Is. Obituary: Larllin G. Mead, noted Amer
lean sculptor. in Florence, Italy; a-ed
rs. United States Senator jonathan p.
Dolliver of Iowa, at Fort Dodge; aged
81
Aviation: Wellmans balloon America
started on its oversee flight al Allan
tic City.
1e. Fire: At Alabaster, Mich, loss of sioO,-
900 by flames in the plant of the Unit
ed States Gypsum company.
ha 1T
OF Bergen county. n. J.. by the Dutch
was celebrated.
II. Aviation: 10 balloons representing the
United States. France, Germany and
Switzerland started from ST. Louis in
the international race for the Bennett
cup and A,750 in prizes. The dirigible
balloon Clement Bayard sailed from
Paris to London in 6 hours, carrying
people.
Obituary: Julia Ward Howe. author OF
THE Battle Hymn of the Republic"
at Middletown, r. l.: aged 81.
10. Aviation: Wellman abandoned his air
ship 800 miles off Hatteras after sail
ing about 100 miles in 70 hours; far
thest point north was 40 miles north
east of Nantucket.
Storm A West India hurricane struck
the Florida and South Carolina coasts.
l9. Aviation: Balloon America H., Post
and Hawley aeronauts. landed in the
province of Quebec. .355 miles from
st. Louis, the starting point. winning
the Bennett cup for distance.
20. Obituary: Gen. Thomas r. Eckert
manager of the Federal military tele-
graph in the civil war ana later pres
ident Of the Western Union, at Long
Branch, y. j.: aged IS.
Shipwreck: The steamship Regulus ply
Ing between New York and Newfound-
land ports, wrecked by a storm on