The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-12-26
EYENTS OF 1919.
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4 Obituary: Gen Robert Frederick Hoke,
a DISTINGUISHED Confederate veteran. AT
Raleigh, N c.; aged 10.
Political: Governor Thomas r, Marshall
nominated for Vice president by the
Democratic convention at Baltimore.
1 Railroad Accident: Il Killed and many
injured on the Delaware and Lacka-
wanna railroad In a rear end collision
at Gibsons Narrows. N 7.
Sporting: Ad Wolgast declared winner
In u round contest for the light
weight championship. defeating Joe
Rivers at Los Angeles, Cal Jack
johnson defeated Jim Flynn in the
ninth rv'lnd for the heavyweight cham
pionshp at East Las Vegas. n M.
l. Anniversary: The memorial lighthouse
to commemorate the tercentenary OF
Champialn discovery of the lake
which bears his name was unveiled at
Grown Point. N. Y.
Railroad Accident: killed and 30 in
Jured In an accident on the Ligonier
Valley railroad al Wilpen. Pa.
s. Sporting Formal opening OF the Olym-
pic games al Stockholm.
T. Sporting Jim Thorpe OF Carlisle, Pa,
won the pentathlon In the olympic
games at Stockholm.
g. Obituary Robert Niedemann Barrett
Browning. only son OF the English
poets Robert Browning and Eliza beth
Barrett Browning. at AsoIo. Italy;
aged %
Conventions 6Oth annual convention of
the National Education association
met al 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 mine ex-
plosion at Conlsboro, Yorkshire. Eng
land
10 Political: The national Prohibition con-
yention met at Atlantic City. N J.
IL Sporting: Ted Meredith (American)
won the 400 meter race In the Olympic
games. making new worlds record /:
time IS seconds
IL Obituary Gen FL M. Dufield veteran
OF the civil and Spanish American
wars al detroit.
Political: BY a vote of 65 20 % the Unit
ed States senate declared that William
Lorimer Of Illinois had not been duly
elected 10 that body
IL Railroad Accident: l6 killed in a COLI
sion on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad at Western Springs.
Ill
IL Sporting. K K Macarthur OF South
Africa won the Olympic Marathon at
Stockholm
Is Sporting. America won the track and
field meet at Stockholm with l28 points
to Swedens l04 and EnRlands &c.
Thorpe the Indian won the deca thlon.
Is. Storm: A cloudburst at Denver caused
Sl.000.000 damage
II. Obituary. Henri Poincare. the world
famous mathematician. IN Paris aged
IS
l9 italian War: 8 Italian torpedo boats
tried to run the Dardanelles and were
driven back by the lire of Turkish
forts.
Storm: The mining towns OF Mazuma
and SevenIroughs New. were nearly
wiped out by cloudburst; many per-
sons killed.
90 Fire: A 100000 fire In Vancouver.
B. Z.
Obituary: Andrew Lang. English poet.
critic and novelist at Banchory. Scot
land. aged Is
u Sporting olympic games ended Swe-
den won with a total of 1913 points;
United States. 1923: England. 76 United
States led In irsts with Is: Sweden
second with g
n Fire: A 100000 oil fire at Marcus Hook.
Pa
Obituary: Fannie Denham Rouse, prob
ably the Oldest actress In America. at
Ohiovllie, N Y: aged 81
Convention. The first international Gu
genics congress- met In London
Sporting: Arthur Chspple ran a motor
cycle a mile a 39i-b seconds and 80
miles In q niinutes 81 4-5 seconds. both
records. al Brighton Beach, N Y.
Is. Storm; A cloudburst caused damage In
southwest Pennsylvania. mines food
ed and a wide area Inundated many
deaths
n. Aeronautics: 7 huge gas balloons start
ed from Kansas City In an elimination
race for the James Gordon Bennett
contest to be held In Germany
70 Aeronautics. The balloon Uncle Sam,
which left Kansas City on tho 9th.
landed al Manassas. Va. having tray
eled 925 miles beating 8 competitors In
the Bennett elimination race
~ Sporting Ernest Barry. the English
champion sculer. defeated Richard
Arnst OF Australia on the Thames
course for the sculling championship
OF the world
30 Obituary. Mutsuhito, emperor OF ia
pan. at Tokyo. aged CO. tSucceeded by
his son Yoshihitol