The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-12-26

passenger train near Green bay. WIS.
A death roll of so and property loss
OF s5.O00.O00 resulted from a storm and
cloudburst In the Panhandle district OF
Pennsylvania. W-st Virginia and Ohio.
& Fire: Fire In Ocean PARK. a resort near
Los Angeles. Cal. caused damage OF
over S00O.O00
s. Obituary: Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacAr-
thur, U. s. a, retired. at Milwaukee;
aged u.
2. Sporting: Jerome Travers won the am
ateur golf championship OF the United
States. defeating Charles Evans. Jr.,
a, Wheaton. ILL.,. In final round.
O. Political: Maine went Republican.
Convention: The Spanish American war
veterans were in session at Atlantic
City. N
10. Mexico Mexican regular troops cross
ed United States soil in pursuit of In
surgents by marching through Arizona
with the consent OF the government.
Convention: The American Bankers as
ISOLATION met in Detroit.
IL Convention: The national encampment
OF the @ A. r. met at Los Angeles,
Cal Eucharistic congress opened In
Vienna
la PERSONAL Judge Alfred B. Beers of
Connecticut elected commander In chief
OF the G. A. r. at Los Angeles. Gen.
Count Marosuke Nogi. the Japanese
hero of Port Arthur. and his wife KILL
ed themselves at Tokyo because OF tho
death of the emperor.
IS, Obituary: Ex-senator fernando De
Soto Money. at Gulfport. Miss; aged 73
Sporting: The Chicago Americans de-
feated Philadelphia at Chicago. In
surfing the league pennant to the Bos-
ton Red Sox for the worlds series
2 Storm: A typhoon in Japan caused
loss of $50 100000.
9. Convention: The international peace
congress opened at Geneva.
a Obituary: Baron Marschall Won Be
bernstein. noted German diplomat, at
Berlin. aged 20.
8. Anniversary: The 60th anniversary OF
the meeting OF IA governors on the 18th
OF September 1852. at Altoona. Pa. was
celebrated in that city
q. Nicaragua: Gen Mena, the Nicaragua
revoutionist, surrendered with all his
army to United States and Nicaraguan
troops,
National Baseball league "cinched' the
pennant by defeating the Boston club
in New York by 8 to g.
t8 Naval: The French battleship Paris.
the most formidable In the navy,
launched at Toulon; she mounts L. Inch
guns and 26 smaller pieces.
Obituary: Arthur Lumley. old time art
Aviation Disasters Three aviators. in
Guiding two United States army air
men, killed In flight. making total
deaths In the air to date l91.
% Sporting: Matt McCrath made a new
worlds record by throwing lG pound
hammer a record distance of l9l feet
inches: former record 1870 feet inch.
90 Personal: The Pulitzer school Of jour
nalsm al Columbia university opened
In New York.
Obituary: The Rev. Augustus Orlebar.
an English vicar. who was the original
Tom Brown In "Tom Browns School
Days." at Wilmington. England.
OCTOBER.
Dynamiters: Trial Of the dynamite
plotters at Los Angeles Oct. l. 1910. was
begun In indianapolis
Obituary: Rear Admiral Lucien Young.
u s. NJ In New York city: aged CO.
Sporting: Ralph De Palma won the Van
derbllt auto cup on the Wauwatosa
course. Wisconsin: time, hours 20
minutes 3i.45 seconds: distance about
800 mics The Australian team won
the International cricket match by
margin of 1872 runs in New York
4 Marine Accident: The British BE- sub
marine cut In two by an ocean liner In
the English channel, Is drowned
Convention; The Army Of the Tennessee
held its annual convention at Peoria.
Ill
Balkan War: Hostllities between the
Balkan states and Turkey were begun
by clash on the frontier north OF
Adrianople.
& Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis of Bos-
ton won the national womans golf
championship at Manchester Mass. by
a score OF 3 up and to play.
2. Obituary: Ex-senator w A. PETER,
one of the Populist leaders IN the SEN
ate at Grenola. Kan; aged 81.
g. Obituary: Frank Bostock. the show
animal trainer. in London: aged 60.
Balkan War: Montenegro declared war
against Turkey
Sporting: In the opening game OF the
worlds series at New York the Boston
Americans tRed Sox) defeated the New
York Nationals (Gants) by q score of
4to3
10. Personal: DR.. Alexis Carrel of the
Rockefeller institute was awarded the
Nobel prize of $4,000 for achievement
in surgery
Balkan War: The Montenegro army
captured Detchitch mountain on the
road to Scutari. with nearly all OF the
Turkish defenders
IL Anniversary: The centenary Of Drury
Lane theater celebrated In London at
the close of play
L. Balkan war: bulgaria presented TO
Turkey the ultimatum OF the Balkan
states
IL The Courts: verdict for the plain
tiffs In the celebrated Danbury hat
ters' boycott" case was given in the
United States district court at Hart
ford Conn.
Personal: Col Theodore Roosevelt was
shot at Milwaukee by a would be
sassn named John Schrank.
Is. Tripolitan War: Peace protocol signed
by Italy and Turkey. bringing to an
end the war over Tripoli which began
September. 1911.
l6 Typhoon: Loss of s25.ooo.0oO In a ty-
phoon in the Philippines
Sporting: Boston Red Sox won the inal
game In the worlds championship Sc
to at Boston.
Mexico: The city OF Vera Cruz. Mexico.
arose In rebellion against President
Madero. Gen Felix Dlaz, nephew of
ex-President Diaz. was at the head OF
the Instruction.
II. Balkan War: Turkey declared war
upon Servia and Bulgaria
Obituary: Weldon Brinton Hepburn.
United States senator from Idaho. In
Washington: aged GO
Is Fire Fire In the storehouse of the
United States arsenal at Bencia, Cal.
caused a loss OF over 100000
10 Convention: The w. G. T. U. met in
Portland. Ore.
"a. Balkan War: Battle at Kirk Kilise
between Bulgars and Turks: reported
that 5000 Bulgars were killed and
wounded
Obituary; Robert Barr the Scottish nov
elist. at Woidingham, England: aged
e.