The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-01

ras international aviator cup at
Rheims by travelling at the rate OF
1855 miles an hour and covering 1912
miles in Is minutes 50 3-5 seconds.
Morocco: The Spaniards at Melilla de-
stroyed 100 Moors by exploding a mine
under their camp.
Flood: High water at Monterey, Mexico.
caused the loss Of upward OF 10 90 lives
and destroyed property valued at 3d.
0C0c9D.
n Holmes Centenary: The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of Oliver Wendell
Holmes celebrated.
20. Convention: Sixth international trades
union congress opened in Paris.
SEPTEMBER.
/. Personal: DR.. Frederick A. Cook an
nounced the discovery by him of the
north pole on April 81 1895
8. Personal: Rear Admiral c. s. Sperry.
commander OF the Atlantic feet on the
Pacific cruise and homeward voyage.
placed on the retired list OF the navy.
l. Obituary: Clyde Fitch. the playwright.
at Chalons-sur-Ma France
Railroad Accident: The Baltimore and
Ohio's Royal Blue limited wrecked by
train robbers near CheWtOn, Pa: ,
killed and 80 injured.
Personal: DR.. Frederick A. Cook. the
arctic explorer. who left civilization
for the farthest north in 1907. landed
at Copenhagen.
= convention: international Esperanto
congress opened a Barcelona.
I. The Taft cup trophy in the German
American sonderklasse races won by
the American yacht Joyette off Mar
blehead. Mass.
Obituary: Henry B. Blackwell. anti
slaverist and pioneer woman suffra-
gist. in Boston; aged 81
Personal: Peary cabled from Indian
Harbor. Labrador. that he reached the
north pole April 6. 1909.
American in the British service. made
cross country aeroplane flight of 40
miles. covered in l hour and min
utes
Obituary: Joel B. Erhardt. noted law
yer and political leader, in New York
city; aged 20. Lieut.. Gen. Henry c.
Corbin. U. S. A. retired. in New York
city: aged Go.
g. Obituary: Gen. Edward NJ. McCook. a
civil war veteran OF the Ohio family
Of "fghting McCookS.' in Chicago;
aged "a.
L. Obituary: William Lloyd Garrison.
son and namesake Of the great anti
slavery leader and himself a widely
known reformer and publicist, at Lex
ington Mass; aged Il.
II. Convention: The American bankers
association met in Chicago.
Obituary: Mayo Williamson Hazeltine.
noted book reviewer and author. at
Atlantic City; aged 6S.
Boston on his 1900 mile tour. Mar
riage at Dingwall, Scotland. Of Prince
Miguel OF Braganza, 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 60.
~. Storm: Beginning of a West India
hurricane which ragged for two days
H. HAo
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.
Obituary: Governor John A. Johnson OF
Minnesota at Rochester, Mimi: aged
49,
q. Obituary: Robert Hoe Sd. head Of the
noted firm Of printing press manufac-
turers of New York and London. in
London: aged 20. Henrietta Chanfrau.
an old time actress, who supported
Forrest and the Booths, at Burlington.
N. j.: aged -. Major Rodina Mutt,
last male survivor Of Barnum's cele-
brated midget troupe. at Dorchester.
Mass; aged 50.
Is. Balloon Accident: French military
drigible Republique wrecked near
Moulins during ascension. and OFF,
GERS on board killed.
Hudson Tercentenary: Opening Of the
Hudson-Fu celebration by naval
parade in New York harbor.
80. Polar Exploration: Peary's arctic ship
Roosevelt arrived at New York.
OCTOBER.
l. Commander Robert E. Peary reached
New York.
Aeronautics: International balloon race
from Zurich
z Aeronautics Orville Wright broke tho
high flying record by soaring 1.sO0 feet
at Potsdam. The Mars won the in
ternational goal race from Zurich.
landing within GOO yards of goal.
4. Obituary: Albert Pulitzer founder of
the New York Journal and brother of
Joseph Pulitzer Of the New York
World. in Vienna; aged S.
S. Mining Accidents: so deaths by an ex-
plosion at Nanaimo. B. c.
Aeronautics: Edgar w. Mix. American
aeronaut, won the Gordon Bennett
cup in the race from Zurich, landing
at Warsaw. Poland. after covering $50
miles.
s. Personal: DR. Lowell inaugurated pres
ident of Harvard
9. Storm: A West India hurricane dew
astated the west coast of Cuba nearly
wrecked Key West and swept up the
Florida and Carolina coast.
IL. PERSONAL American minister to China.
Charles r. Crane. recalled from his
mission by the secretary of state.
Is. Aeronautics: A. Holland Forbes won
the Lahm cup in the balloon race from
St. Louis. landing near Richmond. Va.
after covering 1917 miles in 10 hours
and Is minutes.
Political: Meeting Of the provincial as
serbles Of China under the new con-
sttutional program. Prof. Francisco
Ferrer. Spanish revolutionary teacher.
executed at Barcelona by the Spanish
government.
IS. Personal: President Taft and Presi-
dent Diaz OF Mexico met at Ell Paso,
Tex
Sporting: Jack Johnson defeated Stan
ley ketchel in IL rounds for the
heavyweight championship at San
Francisco.
Seattle Fair: The Alaska Yukon-P Pacific
exposition closed with a record for at
tendance of about 3. 900.
II. Sportins: Henri St. Yves won the
Mar on Derby at Seattle in hours.
3: ..nutes and 50 seconds.
l9. Obituary: Cesare Iombroso. noted
criminologist and alienist. at Turin
aged %.
Portola Festival: Celebration OF the dis
covery in 1863 Of the bay of San Fran
cisco by Don Gaspar de Portola begun
in San Francisco.
4. Political: Cabinet crisis in Spain: re-
suit Of the execution on Oct. Is of
Prof. Ferrer the revolutionist.
Earthquakes: Catania. Sicily. shaken
Vesuvius again active.
q Convention: Annual convention of the