The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-12-28
1911 IN BRIEF.
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wagon in 561 seconds al Cleveland.
breaking the worlds record Of l min
ute made by Major Delnar in 1916
T. Obituary: Josef lsraols, noted Dutch
artist, at The Hague, aged ST.
Anniversary: Bennington, Vt. eelebrat-
ed its formation as "a town 150 years
ago.
Aviation: International meet at Chicago,
IA Obituary: Maj. Henry Reed Rathbone.
military aid to Lincoln, who grappled
with Booth. the presidents assassin.
when latter had fired his fatal bullet,
In Hanover. Germany: aged %.
Aviation: Harry y. Atwood reached CHI
cago from St. Louis. 81 miles. with
two stops; time hours 43 minutes.
Convention: International Typographical
union met In San Francisco.
10 Aviation Disasters. w X. Badger OF
Pittsburgh and St. CroiX tombstone OF
Chicago killed at Chicago meet.
IL Obituary; Albert GARNER, French ILL
Hard champion in Paris.
Is Political: Senate passed resolution to
admit Arizona and New Mexico into
the Union.
l9. Aviation: w. c. Beatty in Wright BIZ
plane beat worlds record for duration
while carrying passenger at interua-
tional meet in Chicago; time 3 hours
IS minutes.
q. Convention: G. a. r. national encamp-
ment at Rochester
Obituary: Gamalie Bradford. reformer
and political economist, at Wellesley,
Mass. aged so
Is. Aviation: Atwood completed l. 265 mile
aeroplane trip from St. Louis to New
York landing at Governors island aft
er 2S hours 81 minutes actual flying.
Railroad Accident: 30 persons died as
result Of wreck on lehigh Valley rail-
road at Manchester. N. Y.
&c. Personal: Judge Harvey NJ. Trimble
of Illinois elected commander in chief
of the G. a. r.
Aviation: M. Helles. French aviator,
broke the record for a single long dis
lance flight by covering i4j miles IN 10
hours at Mourmelon France.
Disaster: Panic at moving picture show
cost &c lives at Cannonsburg, Pa.
q Storm: Ii deaths, sl,00O,000 damage to
property in Charleston. S. c.
81. Obituary: Peter b. Sweeney. last sur
vivor of Tweed machine, in New York.
w. II. Galloway, artist and illustrator,
at Westport. Conn; aged Al.
Conventions The Union Veteran legion
met at Pittsburgh.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Obituary: Gen Benjamin II. Grierson,
noted Federal cavalry raider in the
civil war, at Omena, Mich; aged So.
8. China Flood: Food riots in China due
to flood, which drowned 100000 people
and destroyed crops.
g. Obituary: Katharine Cecil Thurston,
English author, at Cork, Ireland.
Swimming Feat William Burgess, an
Englishman, swan the English chan
mel from South Foreland, England. to
Cape Gris-Nez, France, nearly 20
miles, in "a hours.
g. Obituary: DIR. Thomas Dwight distin-
gulshed anatomist, successor at lar-
ward to the late Oliver Wendell Holmes,
at Nahant; aged g..
Criminal Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.. at
Chesterfield Court House, Va, found
guilty OF the murder Of his wife.
g. Aviation: First British aerial postal
service inaugurated at London.
10. Obituary: James Russell Solely, naval
authority and writer at Newport, II. L.;
aged co.
IL. Convention: Governors conference met
at Spring Lake, n. J.
Financial Troubles: Van Schaick q Co.
noted New York stock brokers. failed
owing s3,500.000
"A. Russia: Premier Stolypin Of Russia
shot at Kiev by an assassin
Is. Obituary: Joel Benton. author, poet
and critic. at Poughkeepse; aged 50.
Personal: President Taft set out from
Boston on his trip through "a states.
Convention: The Society Of the Army Of
the Potomac met in annual reunion at
Providence.
16. Obituary: Edward Whymper. artist
author and explorer, noted as an A.
pine climber. at Chamonlx, France:
aged II.
Sporting: Harold II. Hilton, amateur
golf champion of Great Britain, won
h. htf 1aff if4Er q
holder Frederick Herreshoff, at Rye,
N. Y.
Auto Accident: II spectators of an auto
race at Syracuse killed and L seriously
injured.
IT. Obituary: Col J. ]. McCook last of
the fighting McCooks" OF Ohio at
Seabright N j.; aged 81.
49, Russia: Premier stolypln of Russia,
who was shot by an assassin on the
l4th, died of his wounds.
Conventions international Municipal
congress and exposition opened IN
Chicago. International Good Roads
congress and exposition met in Chi
cago.
o. Obituary.: Sir Robert Hart. dstin
guished in the Chinese customs serv-
Ice in London; aged Is.
Ship Disaster IA killed by the explosion
of a gun on the French armored cruls-
err Gloire at Toulon.
b. Political: Canada rejected reciprocity
with the United States at its annual
election.
o. Aviation: NJ. Matthew scored the rec
ord height with passenger of 5000 feet
at Issy-les- Moulineaux, France.
g. Obituary: Charles Battell Loomis, hui
morous author and lecturer, at Hart
ford, Conn; aged go
a. Italy: Italy called $4,000 reserve SOL
diers into field to invade Tripoli
Is. Russia Bogroff, who shot Premier
Stolypin of Russia fatally on the 14th
inst, hanged for the murder at kiey.
Convention: Conservation congress met
at Kansas City.
Ship Disaster; French batteship Liberte
destroyed at Toulon by explosion OF
magazines; 235 killed and So injured
26 Obituary: Gen. G. F. Henderson, civil
war veteran and ex-Unlted States SEN
ator, at sea: aged "A. A. X. Loring,
tho well known Boston publisher, in
Boston; aged 7S
Sporting: Philadelphia Athletics won the
American league pennant by defeating
Detroit, Ii to g. at Philadelphia
9. Political: Italy declared war on Turkey.
10. Flood Disaster: Austin, Pa, destroyed
by flood due to a broken min dam; Y
killed, missing.
Aviation: Cromwell Dixon, American
aviator, flew over the Rocky noun
tains, starting from Helena, Mont.
winning a $4,000 prize for the feat.
OCTOBER.
/. Political: Monarchist uprising in Por-
tugal Francisco |. Madero elected
president of Mexico.
2. Obituary: Rear Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley. U. s. N, retired. hero of tho
Arctic and of the naval battle of San
tiago, in New York. aged ~.
Aviation Disaster: Cromwell Dixon, first