The Dickinson press., 1910-12-31

Great Britain: King George v. pro-
claimed throughout the empire.
10. Convention: General Federation OF
Women's Clubs met at Cincinnati.
II. Shipwreck: IL deaths by the wrecking
Of tho packet City Of saltillo on the
j., mississippi river near Glen Park. Mo.
IL. Mining Accident: Explosion in tho
Wellington mine at Whitehaven, Eng
land, caused the death Of 1875 miners.
IL. Earthquakes: Several shocks in San
Francisco.
IL. Convention: National gathering Of So
cialists at Chicago.
Earthquakes: Shocks al Los Angeles,
CAL, Inc vicinity. 7.
16. Convention: Pan-American congress
opened at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
II. Conventions: National Association Of
Manufacturers met in New York.
Explosion: z boilers Of the American Tin
Plate company at Canton, O., explod-
ed, killing 20 mon m injuring upward
Of 80. 5
Obituary: Pauline viardot-G Garcia, Sis
ter Of the late Manuel Garcia and like
him q noted opera singer, in Paris.
through the tail Of Halley's comet at
1857 p. M, New York time.
Explosion: Dynamite exploded at the
barracks of the guard at sPinar del
Rio. Cuba, destroying 100 lives.
Conventions: The United Typothetae Of
America, otherwise the employing
printers, met in their Path annual con-
mandery Of the Naval and Military
Order Of the Spanish-American War
3 met at New York city. h MOhonk
Lake conference on international ar
bitration met at Mohonk Lake, N. T.
Obituary: John A. Kasson, former Unit
ed States minister to Austria, in Wash
d. ington; aged IS.
10. Conventions: Worlds Sunday School
association met at Washington.
Earthquake: Violent shock at Salt Lake
City. -
"A. Shipwreck: 10 deaths by the sinking of
the steamer Frank H. Goodyear near
Port Aux Barquais, Lake Huron.
Is. Fire: The Hotel Champlain, a large
summer resort on Bluff Point, totally
destroyed; loss about $30O,OO0
z6. Submarine Disaster: The French sub
marine Pluvoise rammed by a ferry
boat in Dover strait and sunk with her
crew Of q. :.
q. Railroad Accident: 10 killed and 40 in
jured in a wreck on the Lehigh Vail
ley near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
q. Obituary: DR.. Robert Koch, eminent
bacteriologist, discoverer of a con-
sumption cure, at Baden-Baden: aged
q. Aviation: Glenn H. Curtiss flew from
Albany to New York, following the
course Of the Hudson river, winning
the New York Worlds prize of SO, 600.
Nicaragua: Government forces repulsed
In an attack upon Estrada's revolu-
tionists at Bluefelds. +
81. South Africa: Union of South African
states proclaimed. i.
JUNE. .H
1. Obituary.: Edward Jenkins, English
editor n writer, author of the SEN
sational political pamphlet ''Ginx's
Baby" in London; aged u. Sir Fran
els Seymour Haden, noted English art
list, in London; aged 90. DR.. Elizabeth
Blackwell, pioneer woman physician
In England and the United States, In
London; aged SO.
Sporting: Lemberg won the English Der
by. l
Polar Research: Captain Scott's antarc-
tic expedition sailed from London.
s. Obituary: William Sydney Porter, nov
elist known as 20. Henry in New
York city; aged 43.
8. Cloudburst: Several villages in east
Hungary wiped out; 800 deaths.
Z. Earthquakes: Southern Italy shaken:
upward Of 100 deaths. ~
Obituary: Prof. Goodwin Smith, Anglo
American author and educator, at
Toronto; aged 81.
9. Obituary.: Sir George Newnes, notEa
British publisher, in London; aged" 50.
II. Fire: 20 acres of warehouses and
dwellings burned in Seattle: loss near
ly 100000 O $
II. Obituary: Herman Vein, American
actor distinguished on the London
stage; aged 81.
Storm Disaster: Cloudburst in the Abr
valley, Prussia, destroyed 15O lives.
Ii. Aviation: G. K. Hamilton drove a Cur
tiss blplane from New York to Phil
adelphia and return, winning $4,000
prize; time, New York to Philadel-
phia, 86 miles, 1 hour 81 minutes: Phil
adelphia to New York, 1 hour SO min
utes. Walter s. Brookins established
new worlds altitude record by as
cending 1884 feet in a Wright aero
plane at Indianapolis.
Fire Disaster: Flames followed collapse
Of roof Of the Montreal Herald build
ing and caused loss Of 40 lives.
IA. Convention: Worlds missionary con-
gress opened in Edinburgh.
16. Obituary: John Austin Stevens, found
er Of the Sons Of the Revolution, at
Newport, r. L.; aged SO.
II. Aviation: Walter 8. Brookins made
new worlds altitude record by ascend
Ing 4,800 feet at indianapolis.
Is. Storm Disaster: 10 deaths in New York
city by electric rainstorm.
Railroad Accident: 10 killed and nearly
100 injured in a collision near YER
sailles, France.
Personal: Ex-President Theodore Roose-
welt welcomed in New York on his re-
turn from his African, and European
trip.
Political: The railroad bill, creating q,
court of commerce and amending the
interstate m act of 1887, be-
came a aw.
Is. Obituary: Henry Neville, noted actor
and dran1atist, in London.
Convention: Worlds Sunday school con-
vention met in Washington.
q. Aviation: Count Zeppelin's dirigible
Deutschland sailed from Friederichs-
haven to Dusseldorf, 300 miles, carry
ing II passengers.
"a. German airship Deutschland made an
excursion trip carrying 80 passengers.
Is. Political: Congress adjourned.
Sporting: Cornell won the varsity eight,
four cared race and freshman's eight
at ~Poughkeepsie.
28. Sporting: Nuage, owned by Nine.
'Cheremeteff, won the French Grand
Prix. beating w. K. vanderbilt's Rein
hart by a neck.