The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-05

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AGED 81 ..rs. -sebecca Harding pa
Wis. the author. at the home Of her
son, Richard Harding Davis, Mount
Kisco, N. Y.; aged 70.
Aviation: Walter 8. Hrookins broke the
cross country distance record by flying
from Chicago to Springfield. 1SS miles.
winning 10000 prize.
OCTOBER.
/ Sporting: The Vanderbilt cup auto
race won by Harry b. Grant: time,
hours is minutes IS seconds.
Ship Disaster: % OF the crew Of the bat
tleship New Hampshire drowned by
| tho swamping Of launch in the Hud-
son river at New York.
Explosion. A mysterious explosion. fol-
lowed by fire. destroyed the Los An
gcles Times building and caused the
death OF q employees OF the paper.
| Aviation: Aviator Wynmalen made Q
worlds record for height by ascending
s1SG feet at Mourmelon France.
Shipwreck: The Pacific Navigation COM
pany's steamer Chiriqui wrecked on
Panama by the explosion Of her boil
ers: 50 lives lost. e. ~
| Obituary: Ex-Governor Napoleon Bona
| parte Broward OF Florida. a former
L So~>s
53. 2
| Q. Convention: international prison con-
gress opened In Washington.
Obituary: Former Governor and United
States Senator David Bennett HILL at
Albany; aged e.. Joseph Abner Har-
| per, member OF the old firm OF Harper
& Bros. the New York publishers. at
Newburg. N. y: aged n.
Fire: In New York city loss Of 8. 500. 900
by flames in the lumber and factory
district on the Hudson river front.
3. Convention; Dry farming congress
| opened at Spokane.
l. Collisions: Two electric cars collided
| at Springfield. ILL.,. causing the death
OF 81 people. chiefly passengers.
| Personal: Justice W. III. Moody OF the
United States supreme court resigned.
5. Portugal. Republican uprising In Lis
bon. King Manuel captured. The army
and navy sided with the revolution
lists, who proclaimed republic.
4 5. Mine Disaster: 80 miners trapped by
| an explosion In the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company's mine at starlSville.
| Colo.
10. Personal: Ex-Governor Charles z.
Hughes took the oath Of office as Jus
tice of the United States supreme
court at Washington.
a. Storm: A fierce storm swept over Eu-
rope. causing heavy loss Of life on the
English coast and on the Baltic.
\ IA Shipwreck: The French steamship
Vile de Rochefort was rammcd by tho
1 British steamer Peveril In the bay of
Biscay and sank with q Of her crew..
| Financial: The charins Cross bank 81
London, with 40 country branches.
went into the hands of receiver. ow-
| ing depositors s5,0o0,010
Is. Obituary: Larkin @. Mead. noted Amer
lean sculptor. in Florence. Italy: aged
IS. United States Senator Jonathan p.
Dolliver Of Iowa. at Fort Dodge; aged
g.
Aviation: wellman's balloon America
started on its oversee flight at Allan
tic City.
Is Fire: At AiaSzster. Mich. loss of $780,
600 by flames IN the plant OF the Unit
ed States Gypsum company.
The 10th anniversary Of the settlement
OF Bergen county. n. J.. by the Dutch
was celebrated.
II. Aviation: 10 balloons representing the
United States. France. Germany and
Switzerland started from 81. Louis In
the international race for the Bennett
cup and N750 In prizes. The dirigible
balloon Clement-Bayard sailed from
Paris TO London In hours. carrying
people.
Obituary: Julia Ward Howe, author OF
The Battle Hymn OF the Republic"
at Middletown. r. l.: aged 81.
IS Aviation: Wellman abandoned his air
ship 800 miles or Hatteras after sail
ing about 16o miles In 70 hours; far
thest point north was 40 miles north
east Of Nantucket
Storm: A West India hurricane struck
~ n.
IL Aviation: Balloon America IL, Post
and Hawiey aeronauts. landed In the
province Of Quebec. i.15 miles from
81. Louis. the starting point. winning
the Bennett cup for distance.
20 Obituary: Gen. Thomas T. Eckert,
manager OF the Federal military teie-
graph IN the civil war and later pres-
ident Of the Western Union, at Long
Branch. n. j.: aged S.
Shipwreck: The steamship Reguius. ply
Ing between New York and Newfound-
land ports, wrecked by storm on
shoai bay: 10 sailors drowned.
Personal: Edgar Allan Poe elected 10
the American Hall OF Fame by a vote
OF CO; necessary 20 choice. ST.
2. Criminal: DR.. Hawley II. crippen
found guilty OF numbering his wife,
Belle Elmore. In the Old Bailey court.
/ London.
] shipwreck: British steamship waiiy
wrecked of Brazil: 90 passengers and
sailors drowned.
Aviation: International meet opened al
belmont park. New York.
= Sporting; The Athletics OF Philadei-
phia beat the Nationals OF chIcago for
the worlds baseball championship. I
1 TO ? at Chicago
Obituary: chulalongkorn. king OF Slam.
at Bangkok. after relgnlng 70 years:
aged 81.
Personal; Crown Prince Chowfa Maha
Vajireavudh. who visited this country
In 1902. proclaimed king Of Siam.
Storm: Ischia. an island In the Mediter-
ranean. and Naples swept by a hurri-
cane: 90 dead in Ischia.
a. Obituary: Rear Admiral John J. Read.
y. 8. ~. retired. civil war veteran.
at Mount Holly. y. u: aged c.
5. Aviation: Ralph tombstone broke the
American record for flight by ascend
ing 7.303 feet az Belmont PARK.
shlpwreck: The Haitian runboat Ia
Liberte was wrecked hy an explosion
or Port nux PAX and sank with 70
persons. Including 10 generals.
D. Fire: In Victoria. b G.. flames IN the
business district caused a loss Of 81
ocoooo
n. CONVENTION: The International Aero
naufic federation met In Paris.
Aviation: Ralph tombstone assembled
1900 feet al Belmont park. irtent on
beating the worlds record OF s.fs6
8 obituary. Victor Massena. Prince
d'Essiing. grandson Of Marshal Mas
sena OF France and himself a noted
soldier under Napoleon Ill. In Paris;
aged "a
Convention; The international congress
OF the Y. NJ. c. A. Of North America