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

the German balloon Berlin IL. won
the Rennett trophy by covering l>
miles. Kansas City to Ladysmith. Wis.
.. Obituary.: Gen. Charette of the French
army. former Papal Zouave and noted
In the Franco Prussian war, at Nantes,
France; aged 49, Hesba Stretton. Eng
lish novelist. In London: aged 70.
10. Convention: Society OF the Army oil
the Tennessee met at Council Bluffs. la
II. Political: Anti-Manchu revolt broke
out in China.
Aviation: c. +. Rodgers, who left New
York Sept. is to fly to the Pacific,
reached Kansas city. having covered
1,4S3 miles. a cross country record.
IL. Sporting: De ORC won the three cush.
ion carrom championship. beating
John Daily, IN New York; final score
150 to l46.
Convention: National farmers congress
met at Columbus. o.. First session OF
the American Indian association at Co.
lumbus. ..
Anniversary: 2O0th anniversary of the
birth Of DR.. Henry Nj. M~uhlenberg,
German American church pioneer, eel.
ebrated at Allentown.
10. Personal: The Duke of Connaught in.
stalled as governor general OF Canada
at Quebec.
IA. Obituary: Associate Justice John NJ
Harlan OF the United States supreme
court died in Washington, aged IS.
10. Railroad Accident: 8 killed in a head
on collision on the Missouri Pacific rail.
road near Fort Crook. Neb.
II. Obituary: u X Munkittrick. humor-
Gus poet, in stamford. Conn. aged SO.
Is. Convention: The Military Order of the
Loy,l Legion hct in Philadelphia.
10. Convention: National Woman's Suf-
frage association met in Louisville.
Aviation Disaster: Eugene b. Ely. noted
airman. killed at Macon, Ga.
"a Obituary: Ida Lewis Wilson, lighthouse
heroine. at Newport. r. l.; aged r.
Is. China: The national assembly de-
manded reforms by the imperial gov.
eminent.
&c. Sporting: Philadelphia Athletics (Amer-
lean league) won the worlds baseball
championship by defeating New York
score 10 10 2
q. Rear Admiral ]. II. Sands, u. s. NJ,
retired. a civil war veteran. in Wash
ington; aged Sc.
%. Obituary: Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor
of the New York World, at Charleston,
s.. c.; aged ca.
Sporting: Matt McGrath threw the ham.
mer 1S7 feet 4 inches in New York,
breaking John Flanagan's record by {
feet.
30. China: The throne yielded to the ma
tional assembly's demand for constitu-
tional government.
NOVEMBER.
/. Personals: President Taft arrived in
Washington at the close Of his western
trip.
Shipwreck: French steamer Diolobah
wrecked off Canary islands; "a drown
2 Obituary: Kyrle Bellew. the actor, at
Salt Lake City; aged Sc.
Naval Review: Fleet OF over 100 battle
ships, cruisers and auxiliary vessels
reviewed by President Taft at New
York.
T. Footballs: Princeton defeated Harvard,
s to 6. at Princeton. Minnesota de-
feated Chicago, 30 to 0, at Chicago.
Carlisle indian beat Pennsylvania, IL
TO 0, at Philadelphia. Syracuse and
Michigan tied, 6 to 6. at Ann Arbor.
g. Aviation: c.. p. Rodgers. the aviator,
landed at Pasadena, Cal, making a
worlds record of 1920 miles; he left
New York city Sept. II on the Atlantic
to Pacific prize flight.
6 Political: Madero was ~inaugurated
president OF Mexico.
9. POLITICAL: Hon. A. ]. Balfour resigned
as leader of the British Conservatives
Obituary: W.. Clark Russell. author of
sea stories, in London: aged 81.
8. Howard Pyle. artist and author, In
Florence, Italy; aged So.
IL. Cyclone: Wisconsin and Illinois swept
by an electric and wind storm; II dead
in Rock county, Wis.
Football: Carlisle Indians beat Harvard,
Is to Is, at Cambridge. Michigan lost
TO Cornell. 6 to o. at Ithaca.
II. Cold Wave: The temperature fell rap
idly from the Rockies to the Atlantic
coast.
Obituary: John L. Carncross, noted old
time minstrel. in Philadelphia: aged n.
l3. Convention: American Federation OF
Labor at Atlanta.
Is. Fire: At Ogden, Utah; the Eccles
building wrecked; loss $750,00O
China Yuan Shih Kai assumed the reins
as premier.
Convention: National Good Roads asso-
citation in Chicago.
16. Shipwreck: Norwegian ship Antigua
wrecked at the mouth Of the st. Law
renee: Is sailors lost.
Is. Naval: England launched her 21st
Dreadnought, the Centurion.
Shipwreck:' Russian steamer Hermann
Lerche, In the North sea; 26 drowned.
Mining Disaster: 10 operatives and 5 sur
veyors killed In an explosion In the
Bottom Creek mine at Vivian. W.. Va.
Footballs: Princeton, 6; Yale, 3, at New
Haven. Harvard. s: Dartmouth. 3. at
Cambridge. Chicago, 6; Cornell, 0, at
Chicago. Michigan, IL; Pennsylvania,
3. at Ann Arbor. Minnesota. 6: Wis
consin. 6. at Madison.
10. wireless l~elegrapny: "A wireless mes
sage was transmitted from Coltano,
Italy. to Glace Bay. Nova Scotia. 1900
miles.
70. Convention: American good roads con-
gress In Richmond, Va.
2. Railroad Accident: Train on the state
railway plunged into the river Thouet
at Montreuil-B ellay, France; about 1O0
passengers killed or seriously injured.
"a Obituary: Marquis Jutaro Komura,
japanese statesman and diplomat. In
Tokyo; aged &C.
Is. Football: Yale and Harvard tied ~
Cambridge. 0 to o. Navy beat Army.S
to 0, at Philadelphia. Minnesota de-
feated Illinois. IL to o. at Champaign.
III. Chicago beat Wisconsin. s to 0, at
Chicago.
30. Footballs: Pennsylvania outplayed Cor
nell. p to 9, at Philadelphia. Carlisle
Indians defeated Brown. IL to 6. at
Providence.
DECEMBER.
l. Obituary: Charles s.. Francis. journal
list and diplomat. in Troy, N. y; aged
IS.
Persia: Russia ordered an army advance
upon Teheran.
4 Persia: The national council appealed
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