New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-12-28

Aviation: 13 balloons started from In
dianapolis In an American champion
ship race. Balloon America II. landed
near Warrenton, Va, after flight Of
A hours
3. Aviation: Weymann, an American.
and George Chavez a Peruvian at
tempted to fly over the Alps Both
failed, and Chavez was mortally hurt
in landing.
Convention: 44th 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,
Il. Trolley Disaster: Collision on the Wa
bash Traction line near Kingsland,
Ind, caused the death of IS passen-
gers.
ting record for stations to 2:O1 at Co
lumbus.
26. Convention: National irrigation con-
gress opened in Pueblo, Colo
q. Convention: The United Irish league
met at Buffalo.
%. Convention: National good roads con-
gress met in st. Louis.
20. Obituary: Winslow Homer, famous
American painter, at scarboro, Me-:
Wis, the author, at the home of her
son, Richard Harding Davis, Mount
Kisco, N. Y; aged 49,
Aviation: Walter S. Brookins 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, 4
hours Is minutes So seconds.
Ship Disaster: % of the crew of the bat
tleship New Hampshire drowned by
the sWamping of launch in the Hud-
son river at New York.
Explosion: A mysterious explosion, fol-
lowed by fire, destroyed the Los An
geles 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
pany's steamer Chiriqui wrecked off
Panama by the explosion Of her boil
ers; so lives lost.
Obituary: Ex-Governor Napoleon Bona
parte BroWard of Florida, former
Cuban flibuster; at Jacksonville; aged
53
2. Conventions: International prison con-
gress opened in Washington.
Obituary: Former Governor and United
States Senator David Bennett Hill. at
Albany; aged 67. Joseph Abner Har-
per, member of the old firm of Harper
& Bros, the New York publishers, at
Newburg, N. Y; aged n.
Fire: In New York city loss of 81 500 900
by flames in the lumber and factory
district on the Hudson river front
3. Convention: Dry farming congress
opened at Spokane.
l. Collision: Two electric cars collided
at Springfield, ILL.,, causing the death
of 81 people, chiefly passengers.
Personal: Justice W. H. Moody of the
United States supreme court resigned.
3. 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 Starkville.
Colo.
10. Personal: Ex-Governor Charles E..
Hughes took the oath of Office as JUS
tice of the United States supreme
court at Washington.
Ii. Storm: A fierce storm swept over Eu-
rope, causing heavy loss of life on the
English coast and on the Baltic.
IA. Shipwreck: The French steamship
FAIc u0 HOClle1OiL was Tanlt1Gu by the
British steamer Peveril in the bay of
Biscay and sank with % Of her crew.
Financial: The Charing Cross bank of
London, with 10 country branches,
went into the hands of a receiver, OW-
ing depositors s5,0OO,O0O.
Is. Obituary: Larkin G.. Mead, noted Amer
lean sculptor, in Florence, Italy; aged
IS. United States Senator Jonathan P.
Dolliver of Iowa, at Fort Dodge; aged
ST.
Aviation: Wellman's balloon America
started on it's oversee fight at Attain
tic City.
IT, Fire: At Alabaster, Mich, loss of $780,
600 by flames in the plant of the Unit
ed States Gypsum company
The 250th anniversary of the settlement
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 s4750 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.
IL. Aviation: Wellman abandoned his air.
snip o6O miles OFT HatteraS after sail
ing about 760 miles in Y hours; far
thest point north was lao miles north
east of Nantucket
Storm: A West India hurricane struck
the Florida and South Carolina coasts.
19. Aviation: Balloon America H., Post
and Hawley. aeronauts, landed in the
province of Quebec, 1856 miles from
st. Louis the starting point, winning
the Bennett cup for distance
~. Obituary: Gen. Thomas T. Eckert,
manager of the Federal military tele-
graph in the civil war and later pres
ident of the Western Union, at Long
Branch, N. j.; aged SIS.
Shipwreck: The steamship Regulus. ply
ing between New York and Newfound-
land ports, wrecked by a storm on
Shoal bay; 10 sailors drowned.
Personal: Edgar Allan Poe elected to
the American Hall Of Fame by vote
of 60; necessary to choice, ST.
q. Criminal: DR.. Hawley II. Crippen
found guilty of numbering his wife,
Belle Gilmore, in the Old Bailey court,
London.
shipwreck: British steamship Wally
wrecked off Brazil; so passengers and
sailors drowned.