The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-12-28
obituary, Rear Admiral J. G. fremont,


U. 8. N, son OF the late Cen J. c.
Fremont. u. 8. A.. tThe Pathhnder), at
Boston: aged 66
2 Mexico: 30 federals and municipal
guards killed in battle with rebels near
Artega
3. judicial: United states supreme court
affirmed constitutionality of the corpo-
ration tax.
s. Disaster: 10 killed under falling walls
in Nashville, Tenn.
Obituary: W. ID. Bloxham. ex-governor
of Florida. at Tallahassee: aged IS.
Frank work. capitalist famous lover
of horses who never entered an auto
mobile in New York city: aged 70
Aviaton First aero war message deliv-
cred at San Antonio. Tex, by Lieut..
Ben ID. Foulois L. s. A.. who flew 81
miles in ~ minutes
II. Mexico: lnsurrectos' Decree no 49,
81 ranteed protection to lives and in
terests of foreigners then In Mexico
and reimbursements for losses las
soon as the triumph of the provisional
government will have become recog-
nized by the capture Of Mexico CITY,
IS Personal: Col. Roosevelt opened great
Arizona dam bearing his name.
Obituary Ernest Crofts. r. A. noted
painter and keeper of Royal academy,
London: aged 81.
Sporting: Teddy Tetzlaff in l.ozlcr car
established four worlds records at
Los Angeles beating Ralph de Palma.
driving Fiat; 100 mile race finished in
l hour IA minutes 20 1-5 seconds.
Il. Battleship Texas. of Santiago bay
fame sunk by high explosive proiec-
tiles I'm test.
Fire At Benton. Pa, loss 100000 by
thc burning OF dstllling plant
2 Obituary: Col. Charles 'ereg Lincoln.
cousin Of Abraham Lincoln and long
connected with federal diplomatic and
departmental services. at FL Reno.
Okla.
Fire Leavenworth county tKan) court
house; loss Sl.OOOOOO.
3. Aviation: Louis Breguet carried Ii pas
sengers two miles I'm monoplane In
France, breaking record to date.
a. Aviation: Roger Sommer French bi-
pianist, broke Breguet's "aerobus" rec
ord; carried II passengers.
Shipwreck: British Columbia steamer
sunk in gale off Vancouver island; 26
lost.
&. Fire Horror: li6 lost lives in fire at
1923 Washington place, New York.
Railroad Accident: Atlantic Coast line
Dixie Filler wrecked near ocila, Ga;
killed
Fire: Nearly siOoo,coo loss in Minneapo-
lis
Is. Obituary: Brig. Gen. Ira j. Bloomfield.
civil war hero. at Montevista, Colo;
aged IS. Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins,
veteran Of the civil and Spansh-Amer-
lean wars, at Glen Springs. n. T.;
aged 70.
4. Cyclone: Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey swept by devastating wlndstorm
extending to North Carolina st. Law
renee, Pa, practically destroyed.
ANHfu 4 NNgI. Il
flew in biplane from near Berlin TO
Hamburg. l4O miles. in hours 30 min
utes
Sporting: c. NJ. Daniels set new worlds
swimming record. 226 for 200 meters
in tank at Pittsburg.
%. Fire 81 100000 loss at capitol building,
Albany N. Y.
Obituary: Sir Casper Purdon Clarke.
former director OF Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art. New York, in London;
aged &C.
%. Sporting: Bob Burman drove autocar
20 miles in 10 minutes 1872 seconds
(9l.06 miles an hour record at Pablo
Beach, Fla
4. Political: James Aloysius O'Gorman.
supreme court justice, elected senator
from New York.
Sporting: Louis Dsbrow at Pablo Beach.
Fla, made world auto marks: so miles.
81 minutes 1880 seconds; 200 miles
hours "a minutes II seconds; $50 miles
(no previous time for this straight
away recorded). 3 hours IA minutes 55
seconds.
Obituary: Otto Ringing, circus man, in
New York city; aged 90.
APRIL.
l. Obituary: Martin Greif, lyric poet OF
modern Germany at Kufstein. Austria
Hungary; aged 72
Sporting: oxford won 6sth annual boat
race from Cambridge. breaking oxford
Cambridge regatta records.
T. Personal: Carter II. Harrison elected
mayor OF Chicago for fifth time.
Political. G2d congress convened; Champ
Clark speaker. American-Japanese
commercial treaty ratified
7. Mine Disaster: 62 men and boys per-
ished In the Pancoast mine at Throop,
Pa. l2S lives lost In the Banner mines.
Alabama
O. Shipwreck: Steamer Iroquois founder
ed off Coal island, British Columbia; %
lives lost.
Obituary: Tom /. Johnson. former may
or OF Cleveland, o., noted for his fight
for 3 cent railroad fares, In Cleveland;
aged sc.
q Sporting: National and American
league baseball season opened.
3. Cyclone: Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas
and Oklahoma stormswept; 40 killed.
over 800 injured; loss in St. Louis over
5000. CO.,
Obituary: William Keith. landscape
painter. at Berkeley, Cal. aged 72.
4. Obituary: Denman Thompson, the ac-
tor, at West Swanzey. N. H.; aged rs.
George Cary Eggleston, author, In New
York city; aged n.
Personals President accepted resignation
of DR.. David Jayne HILL ambassador
TO Germany.
8. Mexico: The 9th United States cavalry
ordered by president to protect Amer
leans along Mexican border.
Sporting: L. Krimmel won national gym
nastlc championship, 1870 points. In
New York william Queal ran 10 miles
in 81 minutes 55 2-5 seconds In New
York; new worlds indoor record.
6. Mexico: Rebels repulsed federals striv-
ing to recapture Aqua Prieta. Bullets
wounded Americans in Douglas, Ariz
Y. Convention: National Society OF
Daughters OF the American Revolution
in Washington.
Shipwreck: Spanish steamer San Fer
nand sank off Finnisterre. Spain; n
drowned.
n. PERSONAL Mrs Matthew T. Scott OF
Illinois elec Il president general Of
National ID. A. r.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Richard Inch.
u. s. N, retired. at Washington; aged
67. Harry Fem, artist who made first
gift book illustrations produced In this