Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
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track record al Pimlico by running I
f~urIongs In LIS
Convention: National peace conference
opened at Baltimore by President Taft.
z. Sporting: William Queai. American
distance runner, won worlds rs mile
championship in New York. defeating
Tom Longboat; time ! hour % minutes
81 3-5 seconds.
Obituary: Mrs. Winfield Scott Hancock.
widow Of the noted general, near Mem
phis. Tenn
s. China: Cabinet form OF government
adopted, with Prince Ching premier.
8. England: First court in King George
". held at Buckingham palace.
Obituary: Col. Thomas Wentworth Hig.
ginson. author. historian ana soldier,
at Cambridge. Mass aged u
10 Aviation Disaster: Lieut.. q T.. NJ
Kelly. United States signal corps. Kill
ed at San Antonio, Tex.
Mexican Revolution: Juarez was sur
rendered to the insurrectos after sew
eral hours fighting; losses 10 Killed
go wounded; Madero established pro-
visional capital.
IL Personals: King George and queen
Mary opened festival OF empire a.
Crystal palace. London, then Erst pun
lie ceremony and first OF GO onaIIon
festivities
a. Convention: international Institute OF
EAbH NNNlhdtS aS1NAANblN W. ~
is. Standard Oil Case: United states 81
preme court ordered dissolution of
Standard Oil company within SIN
months.
Aviation: Speed records with and with
out "A passenger twice r,caten in mona
plane flights at Rheims. Henry Wey-
mann. American. few 1916 miles an
hour and Lieut.. Fequant. French. l0l
miles an hour
l6. Conventions. United Confederate Vet.
Grams reunion at Little Rock. Ark
order OF ne Founders and Patriots OF
America In Philadelphia.
Fire: 100000 loss at Portland. Me.
II. Obituary: W. B. Baker. ex~-congress-
man and father of rural free delivery.
at Aberdeen, Md. aged IL.
18 Convention: General assembly of Pres
byterian church at Atlantic City. n. j.
- Sporting: Miss Dorothy Campbell,
American. won woman's golf cham
pionship OF Great Britain
Naval: Great Britain's first naval air
ship launched.
20 Obituary: Frederick =. Vinton. noted
portrait painter, in Boston; aged G5.
q. Mexico: Peace agreement between gov
eminent and insurrectos signed.
Aviation Disaster: Henri Maurice Ber-
teaux, French minister of war. killed
and A.. f e.. Monis, premier. hurt
when monoplane plunged into crowd at
iNE1 y AAOlliituNt III
22 Political. Henry L. Stimson took oath
as secretary of war. succeeding Jacob
NJ. Dickinson. who resigned on the 18th.
20. New York Public Library: New York
city's 100000 public library dedicated
and opened.
Political: House OF Representatives voted
TO admit Arizona and New Mexico to
statehood.
Fire: Chesterville, original home Of
George Wythe, slgner of the Declara-
ton OF Independence and said to have
been Oldest residence In America, burn
ed at Hampton. Va.
"A. Convention: Congress on international
arbitration at Lake Mohonk. N. Y.
IS. Political; Porfirio Diaz resigned as
president of Mexico.
Navy: Battleship Wyoming. largest in
United States navy. launched at Phil
adelphia
Aviation: Lieut.. Menard, French avi-
ator, set mark by flying with passen-
ger $40 miles in 3 hours 10 minutes In
France.
26. Aviation: Pierre vedrines finished first
. in the Paris to Madrid race. winning
$4,000 in prizes.
Personal: Ex-President Diaz left Mexico
secretly and embarked at Vera Cruz
for Spain.
q. Fire; Dreamland. Coney Islands lar
gest amusement park. destroyed; loss
1000 900.
rs. Sporting: Martin ]. Sheridan threw
discus l4i feet AS inches, beating his
1910 record nearly 2 feet.
3. The Courts: Supreme court found
American Tobacco company guilty OF
violating Sherman antitrust act and
ordered corporation TO dissolve unless
~reorganized.
Railroad Accident: Collision on the c
b. and @. near McCook. Neb. IA killed
Obituary: w. s.. Gilbert. dramatic au-
thor and librettist, who wrote Pima
FORE" Patience the "Mikado' and
other favorltes. in London: aged 70.
30. Sporting: Ray Harroun won 500 mile
International auto sweepstakes at In
dianapolis: time G hours as minutes
/. K~ohlemienen. Finnish runner. made
American record for 20 miles at New
York; time l hour 81 minutes IS sec
onds.
81. Sporting. sunstar won the English
Derby.
JUNE.
/. Sporting: American team defeated
English in first match for information
al polo cup at Meadow Brook. NY.
score AZ goals to 8.
2 Sporting: II. III. Hilton Of Liverpool
won the British amateur golf cham
pionship by 4 up and 3 to play at
Prestwick. Scotland.
L. Storm: Heavy wind and rain storm
swept over northern and central Ohio.
many deaths: estimated loss 100000.
Railroads.: s23. 750.00 terminal. worlds
second largest for Use Of one railroad.
opened In Chicago by Chicago and
Northwestern.
6. Obituary: Edward Harrigan. famous
old time actor and playwright. In New
York: aged 65.
z. Mexico: Francisco 1. Madero. director
or Mexican revolt. entered Mexic
City. the populace showering him with
flowers.
Earthquake: Mexico shaken; deaths es.
timated from 200 to $500.
Obituary; Rear Admiral e. ID. ROBBIE.
3. u. s. NJ. retired. veteran who was
with Perry in Japan In 1853. in Wash
ington: aged so.
:. Sporting: American players won sec
ond and decisive international polo
match at Meadow Brook, N. y. de-
feating English team ~ to 3s.
Obituary: Carrie Nation, temperance
champion. In L-eavenworth; aged sc.
10-i1. Notable electric storm on the At
lantic coast. centering at New York.
Sporting: Alcantara ii. won the Prix
du Jockey Club race. known as the
French Derby. over the ChantiIly
course.
II Conventions: International Woman Suf
frage alliance In Stockholm; Nrs. Car.
RE Chapman Gait (American) r~e-elect-
ed pr0sidenl 4