Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28

ly surrendering to the house OF COM
mons.
II. Obituary: Gen. A. Il. Nettleton. civil
war veteran and journalist, In Chica-
go; aged 70.
Sporting: Uhlan trotted half a mile to
wagon in 56A seconds at Cleveland.
breaking the worlds record of | min
ute. made by Major Delmar In 1906.
L. Obituary: Josef lsiaels. noted Dutch
artist. at The Hague; aged 50
Anniversary: i;ennin ston. VI. celebrat.
ed its formation az a town $50 years
ago
Aviation: international meet at Chicago.
L. Obituary: Maj. Henry Reed Rathbone,
a military aid TO Lincoln. who grappled
with Booth, the presidents assassin,
when latter had fired his fatal bullet,
in Hanover, Germany aged 73.
Aviation: Harry N. Atwood reached Chi.
cagO from st. Louis, 2S6 miles. with
two stops; time 5 hours 43 minutes.
Convention: international Typographical
union met in San Francisco.
Is. Aviation Disasters: w. r. Badger OF
Pittsburgh and st. Croix tombstone OF
Chicago killed at Chicago meet.
l6. Obituary: Albert GARNER. French bill.
lard champion. in Paris.
lS. Political: Senate passed resolution 20
admit Arizona and New Mexico into
the Union.
ls. Aviation: W. c.. Beatty in Wright bi.
plane beat worlds record for duration
while carrying a passenger at interna.
tional meet in Chicago; time 3 hours
IS minutes.
q. Convention: C. A. r. national encamp-
ment al Rochester.
Obituary: GamalieI Bradford, reformeI
and political economist, at Wellesley,
Mass; aged so.
o. Aviation. Atwopd cnpnnlatad 4 oS tnfIa
a~eroplane trip from st. Louis TO New
York. landing at Governors island aft
er rs hours 81 minutes actual flying.
Railroad Accident: 80 persons died as
result Of wreck on Lehigh Valley rail-
road at Manchester. N. y.
26. PERSONAL: Judge Harvey NJ Trimble
of Illinois elected commander in chief
OF the q. A. r.
Aviation: NJ. Helles. french aviator,
broke the record for d single long dis
lance flight by covering 746 miles in Is
hours at Mourmelon. France.
Disaster: PANE at moving picture show
cost 26 lives at Cannonsburg, Pa.
Is. Storm: IL deaths, 100000 o damage to
property i'm 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.
Convention: 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 IS.
5. China Flood: Food riots in China due
TO flood. which drowned 100000 people
and destroyed crops.
6. 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.
5. Obituary: DR.. Thomas Dwight. distin-
guished anatomist, successor at Har-
ward to the late oliver Wendell Holmes.
at Nahant; aged 6S..
Criminals: Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, at
Chesterfield Court House, Va, found
guilty Of the murder OF his wife.
3. Aviation: First British aerial postal
service ~inaugurated at London.
TO- Obituary: James Russell Solely, naval
authority and writer at Newport, r. l.;
aged 60.
IL. Convention: Governors conference met
at Spring Lake, N. j.
Financial Troubles: Van Schaick & Co,
noted New York stock brokers. failed.
owing S3.500,000,
IA. Russia: Premier Stolypin OF Russia
shot at Kiev by an assassin
Is. Obituary: Joel Benton. author, poet
and critic. at Poughkeepsie; aged so.
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.
l6. Obituary.: Edward whymper artist.
author and explorer, noted as an Al
pine climber. at Chamonix, France;
aged II.
Sporting: Harold II. Hilton. amateur
golf champion of Great Britain, won
the American title by defeating its
holder, Frederick Herreshoff, at Rye,
N. Y.
Auto Accident: IL spectators of an auto
race at Syracuse killed and Il seriously
injured.
II. Obituary: Col. j. J. McCook. last of
the fighting McCooks" OF Ohio. at
Seabright, N. j.; aged 81.
Is. Russia: Premier Stolypin of Russia.
who was shot by al assassin on the
18th. died of his wounds.
Conventions: International Municipal
congress and exposition opened in
Chicago. International Good Roads
congress and exposition met in Chi
cage.
20 Obituary: Sir Robert Hart, distin-
guished In the Chinese customs serv-
ice. In London: aged 76.
oHip DlSdSler. IL hllIeU Dy the explosion
of a gun on the French armored cruis-
er Gloire at Toulon.
"a Political: Canad 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-ies- Moulineaux, France.
q. Obituary: Charles Battell Loomis. hui
morous author and lecturer, at Hart
ford. Conn.,: aged 80.
"a Italy: Italy called 112.0 reserve SOL
diers into field to invade Tripoli.
rs. Russia: Bogroff. who shot Premier
Stolypin Of Russia fatally on the 18th
inst. hanged for the murder at Kiev.
Convention: Conservation congress met
at Kansas City.
Ship Disaster: French battleship Liberte
destroyed at Toulon by explosion OF
magazines: 235 killed and So injured.
26. Obituary: Gen. c.. r.. Henderson. civil
war veteran and ex-United States sem
ator. at sea: aged a. A. K. Loring, |
the well known Boston publisher, in
Boston: aged rs.
Sporting: Philadelphia Athletics won the
American league pennant by defeating
Detroit, II TO S. at Philadelphia.
20. Political: Italy declared war on Turkey.
30. Flood Disaster: Austin. Pa. destroyed
by food due to a broken mill dam: 70
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