The Dickinson press., 1910-01-01

Ing with an accident after travelling 80
miles which Indefinitely postponed the

Ing with an accident after travelling 80
trip.
%. elimination of a forest fire which de-
stroyed $1.00o. 900 worth Of fir and tam
arack timber along Lake Occur
d'Alene. Wash.
a. Aeronautics: Opening Of the aeroplane
races at Rheims. France.
z. Fire: Loss Of $1.000.O0O by flames in
the business district of Decatur. III.
Accident: 8 killed and many injured in
a strikers riot at the Pressed Steel Car
company's plant at S~choenville. Pa.
Obituary: Rev.. Thomas Ducey. pastor
OF st. Leo's Roman Catholic church.
IN New York city. widely known for
ton: aged 6s. ~.
y. A~eronautics: Glenn H. Curtiss. Amer
lean aviator. made a speed record at
Rheims by covering lis miles In 8
minutes IS rs econds.
shtpwreck: The Nicolas Castania found
cred of the Isle Of Pines. carrying
down 2 passengers and q officers and
sailors.
"A. Shipwreck: The North German Lloyd
Steamer Schlesein collided with tho
Argentine excursion steamer Colombia
In Montevideo harbor and sunk her
with a. loss of over $50 passengers.
Is. A~eronautics: Paulhan. French avi-
wa OH AVSOAO0 Aob l0LA8Lkl
OF unbroken flight, including Wilbur
Wright's. by remaining in the air 2
hours. So minutes and "a seconds at
Rheims.
H. Obituary: George Manville Fem. Eng
lish novelist of the old school. In o
don: aged Is.
Aeronautics: Henry Farman, English
aviator. set new record for heavier
!, h air machines by covering ILL., Is
miles in 3 hours. 4 minutes and Sc rs
seconds; at Rheims.
y. A~eronautics: Glenn H. Curtiss won
the international aviator cup at
Rheims by travelling at the rate of
1866 miles an hour and covering 1912
miles in Is minutes so 3-5 seconds.
Morocco: The %Spaniards at Melilla de-
stroyed 100 Moors by exploding a min
under their camp.
Flood: High water at Monterey. Mexico.
= caused the loss of upward Of TO- 900 lives
and destroyed property valued at $780,
10 10000.
~ Holmes Centenary: The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of Oliver Wendell
Holmes celebrated.
%. Convention: Sixth international trades
union congress opened in Paris.
SEPTEMBER.
l. PERSONAL: DR., Frederick A. Cook an
nounced the discovery by him of the
north pole on April 2l, 1908.
= OIldI ISdI <AuIIllIdl -. -. SperTy,
f. commander of the Atlantic fleet on the
Pacific cruise and homeward voyage,
placed on the retired list of the navy.
4 Obituary: Clyde Fitch. the playwright.
at Chalons-sur-Marne. France.
Railroad Accident: The Baltimore and
Ohio's Royal Blue limited wrecked by
train robbers near Chewton, Pa; 2
killed and 80 injured.
PERSONAL: DR.. Frederick A. Cook, the
L., arctic explorer, who left civilization
for the farthest north in 1907. landed
at Copenhagen.
e Conventions: International Esperanto
congress opened at Barcelona.
Z. The Taft cup trophy in the German
American sonderklasse races won by
n the American yacht Joyette off Mar
l.! blehead. Mass.
j; Obituary: Henry B. Blackwell. anti
slaverist and pioneer woman suffra-
/. gist. in Boston: aged 81.
PERSONAL: Peary cabled from Indian
l.! Harbor. Labrador. that he reached the
north pole April 6. 1909.
E'3 Aeronautics: Capt. f. S. Cody. an
M American in the British service, made
d a cross country aeroplane flight of 40
miles. covered in l hour and 3 min
n utes.
n Obituary: Joel b. Erhardt, noted law
Z. yer Inc political leader. in New York
"a city; aged 70. Lieut.. Gen. Henry Z.
Corbin. U. S. A.. retired. in New York
city; aged C5.
9. Obituary: Gen. Edward NJ. McCook, a
civil war veteran of the Ohio family
of Fighting McCooks." in Chicago:
aged Cd.
L. Obituary: William Lloyd Garrison.
son and namesake of the great anti-
slavery leader and himself a widely
known reforlner and publicist. at Lex
ington. Mass; aged II.
II. Conventions: The American Eankers
association met in Chicago.
Obituary: Mayo Williamson Hazeltine.
noted book reviewer and author. at
Atlantic City: aged IS.
Is. PERSONAL: President Taft started from
Boston on his $1,000 mile tour. Mar
rage at Dingwall. Scotland. Of Prince
Miguel Of B~raganza, a claimant to the
throne of Portugal, and the American
heiress Miss Anita Stewart of New
York.
Obituary: Baron Tweedmouth. late first
lord Of the British admiralty. in Lon
don; aged GO.
10. Storm: Beginning of a West India
hurricane which ragged for two days
along the northern gulf coast; heavy
loss of life and great damage to prop
erty.
q. Peary, homeward bound, reached
Sydney, N. S. DR.. Frederick A. Cook.
the explorer. arrived in New York
from Copenhagen.
OUAludIy. 0OVOiIlOE JOHN "A. johnson OIL
Minnesota at Rochester. Mimi: aged
40.
q. Obituary: Robert Hoe Sd. head of the
noted firm Of printing press manufac-
,turers CT New York and London. in
London; aged 10. Henrietta Chanfrau.
an old time actress. who supported
Forrest and the Booths, at Burlington.
N. j.; aged 70. Major Rodina Mutt,
last male survivor Of Barnum's cele-
brated midget troupe. at Dorchester.
Mass; aged 60.
Is. Balloon Accident: French military
dirigible Republique wrecked near
Moulins during ascension. and 4 Off
GERS on board killed.
Hudson Tercentenary: Opening of the
Hudson Fulton celebration by a naval
parade in New York harbor.
30. Polar Exploration: Peary's arctic ship
Roosevelt arrived at New York. =
OCTOBER.
!. Commander Robert E.. Peary reached
New York.
Aeronautics: International balloon race
from Zurich.
2. Aeronautics: Orville Wright broke the
high flying record by soaring LOCO feet
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