Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-27
orth Adams. Mass. caused a loss OF

obituary: Gen. Robert Frederick Hoke,
distinguished Confederate veteran at
Raleigh. N. c.; aged 10.
Political: Governor Thomas r. Marshall
nominated for vice president by the
Democratic convention al Baltimore.
Railroad Accident: IL killed and many
injured on the Delaware and Lacka-
wanna railroad in rear end collision
at Gibsons Narrows, NJ Y.
Sporting: AID Wolgast declared winner
in a IL round contest for the light
weight championship, defeating Joe
Rivers at Los Angeles, Cal. Jack
Johnson defeated Jim Flynn in the
ninth round for the heavyweight cham
pionship at East Las Vegas, N. M.
B. Anniversary: The memorial lighthouse
to commemorate the tercentenary OF
Champlain's discovery of the lake
which bears his name was unveiled al
Crown Point. N. Y.
Railroad Accident: q killed an6 30 in
jured in an accident on the Ligonier
Valley railroad at Wilpen. Pa
Sporting Formal opening of the Olym-
pic games at Stockholm.
T. Sporting; Jim Thorpe of Carlisle. Pa.
won the pentathlon in the Olympic
games at Stockholm.
Obituary: Robert Wiedemann Barrett
Browning. only son Of the English
poets Robert Browning apd Elizabeth
Barrett Browning. at Asolo, Italy;
aged c.
Convention: Goth annual convention of
the National Education association
met at Chicago.
o Fire: Thousand Island park swept By
fire; loss $4,000.
Convention: The North American Es-
peranto congress met in Boston.
Mine Disaster: 81 lives lost in a mine cx-
plosion at Conisboro. Yorkshire. Eng
land.
70 Political: The national Prohibition con-
vention met at Atlantic City, ". ].
IL Sporting: Ted Meredith American)
won the 400 meter race in the Olympic
games. making a new worlds record;
time IS seconds.
u Obituary: Gen H M. Dufleld, veteran
OF the civil and Spanish American
wars, at Detroit.
Political: By a vote Of s. to q the Unit
ed States senate declared that William
Lorimer OF Illinois had not been duly
elected to that body.
IL Railroad Accident: Is killed in a COLI
sion on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad at Western Springs.
ILL.,
IA Sporting: K K Macarthur of South
Africa won the Olympic Marathon at
Stockholm.
1b. Sporting: America won the track and
field meet at Stockholm with 12s points
Thorpe. the Indian. won the decathlon.
Is. Storm: A cloudburst at Denver caused
100000 damage.
H. Obituary: Henri Poincare, the world
famous mathematician. in Paris; aged
SIS.
19. Italian War: Italian torpedo boats
tried to run the Dardanelles and were
driven back by the fire of Turkish
forts.
Storm: The mining towns of Mazuma
and Seventroughs. New, were nearly
wiped out by a cloudburst; many per-
sons killed.
20. Fire: A 100000 fire in Vancouver,
b. Z.
Obituary: Andrew Lang, English poet,
critic and novelist, at Banchory, Scot
land; aged 6S.
q Sporting: Olympic games ended. Swe-
den won with total of 1873 points;
United States. 1923: England, rs. United
States led in firsts with %; Sweden
second with g.
"a. Fire: A 100000 oil fire al Marcus Hook,
Pa.
Obituary: Fannie Denham Rouse, prob
ably the Oldest actress in America, at
Ohioville. N. Y: aged 81
Convention: The first international eu-
genics congress met in London.
Sporting: Arthur Chapple ran a motor
cycle mile a 80 Is seconds and 30
miles in q minutes IS As seconds, both
records. at Brighton Beach. N. Y.
%. Storm: A cloudburst caused damage in
southwest Pennsylvania; mines flood
ed and a wide area Inundated: many
deaths.
~. Aeronautics: huge gas balloons start
ed from Kansas City in an elimination
race for the James Gordon Bennett
contest to be held In Germany.
r. Aeronautics: The balloon Uncle Sam,
which left Kansas City on the 18th,
landed at Manassas, Va, having tray-
eled 92S miles. beating 6 competitors In
the Bennett elimination race
.. Sporting: Ernest Barry. the English
champion sculler. defeated Richard
Arnst Of Australia on the Thames
course for the sculling championshi
OF the world
30. Obituary: Mutsuhito, emperor of ia
pan. at Tokyo: aged 60. tsucceeded by
his son Yoshihito)
AUGUST.
Z Political: The United States senate
warned foreign nations against acquir-
Ing naval military sites near United
States possessions.
/ Storm: Snow fell in Pennsylvania.
Sporting: Arthur Chapple drove a mo-
Brighton Beach. beating his own rec
ord of July "a
+ Political: National convention Of the
Progressive party met at Chicago.
Political: The sultan Of Turkey dis
solved parliament: Young Turks lead
ers removed.
T. Political: Theodore Roosevelt and HI
ram johnson nominated by the Pro-
gressive national convention at Chica-
go.
T. Accident: Explosion in the national
palace Of Haiti at Port au Prince kill
ed President Leconte, and 400 others
were killed or wounded.
Earthquake: An earthquake in Turkey
destroyed 5000 lives: Adrianople and
Gallipoli suffered severely.
10 Army: United States army maneuvers
began In Connecticut
L. Political: Mulai Hand the sultan of
Morocco. abdicated the throne; Mulai
Youssef was proclaimed sultan
Convention: The International Typo
graphical union met at Cleveland, o.
L. Obituary: Massenet. French composer
OF opera music. at Paris: aged TO- DR..
Horace Howard Furness noted Shake
spearean scholar. at Wallingford, Pa;
aged 70.
II. Obituary: Gen. E. v. Sumner U. 8. A..