Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-12-31
AUGUST.

warned foreign nations against acqufr.
ing naval military sites near United
States possessions
Z Storm; Snow fell In Pennsylvania
Sporting: Arthur Chappie drove mo.
torcycle q mile In q +-6 seconds st
Brighton Beach. beating bis own rec
ord Of July n.
s Political: National convention Of the
Progressive party met at Chicago.
6 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-
60
L Accident: Explosion In the national
palace of Haiti at Port au Prince kill
ed President Leoonte. and +oo others
were killed or wounded.
Earthquake: An earthquake In Turkey
destroyed 1000 lives: Adrianople and
Galiipoli suffered severely.
10 Army: United States army maneuvers
began In Connecticut
Il 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 10 DR.
Horace Howard Furness. noted Shake
spearean scholar. st Waliingford. Pa:
aged 70
n Obituary: Gen. e v. Sumner. u. q A..
retired veteran OF the civil war and
also the Spanish. American war. at San
Francisco: aged r.
Army: War game for the control Of New
York city ended at Newtown. Conn
b Storm: A ctoudburst centering at Niles.
Mich, caused damage Of 81. 100000.
Nicaragua: Nicaragua rebels massacred
500 government troops: . Americans
we're among the victims.
D. Obituary: Johann NJ. Schleyer. invent
or OF the artificial language known a.
Voiapuk. at Constance. Switzerland:
aged u Rev. william Booth. founder
and general Of the Salvation Army. In
London: aged @.
q. Personal: Bramwell Booth succeeded
the late william Booth as general Of
the Salvation Army.
n Panama Canal: President Taft signed
the Panama canal bill regulating the
canal tolls
a. Political: Second regular session Of the
cd congress closed
8 Storm Disaster: Typhooa In chekiang
province. China. caused loss Of 5000
to 1000 lives
SEPTEMBER.
Obituary: Maj A. r. Calhoun. a civil
var veteran. journalist and author. u
Brooklyn; aged s. Samuel Colertdge-
Taylor. colored music composer. ir
London. aged 81.
storms: s killed and q hurt by q cloud |
burst which struck Northwestern
passenger train near Green Bay. Wis
A death roll Of so and a property loss
of S.O00000 resulted from a storm and
cloudburst In the Panhandle district OF
Pennsylvania, Wsst Virginia and Ohio
3 Fire: Fire In Ocean Park. a resort near
Los Angeles. Cal. caused damage Of
over 100000
S Obituary: Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacAr-
thur. u A.. retired. at Miiwaukes;
aged a.
I. Sporting: Jerome Travers won the am. |
ateur golf championship Of the United |
States, defeating Charles Evans, Jr. |
at Wheaton. ILL.,. In final round.
O. Political: Maine went Republican
Convention: Tho Spanish American war |
yeterscs Gere In session at Atlantic
City. J:
To- Mexi1D: Mexican regular troops cross |
ed Unitcd States soil In pursuit OF In |
surgspts by marching through Arizona
with the consent OF the government.
Convention: TITO American Bankers as |
sociatlon met In Detroit
II. Convention: Tho national encampment |
Of the g. A. X. met ut Los Angeles, |
Cal Euchnristic congress opened In /
Vienna
Ia Personal: Judge Alfred 3. Beers OF
Connecticut elected commander In chief
Of the @. A. r at Los Angeles. Gen
Count Marosuke Nogt. the japanese /
hero Of Port Arthur. and his wife KILL
ed themselves at Tokyo because OF the /
death Of the emperor.
M Obituary: Ex-senator fernando Do |
Soto Money. at Gulfport Miss: aged u
Sporting: The Chicago Americans de- |
feated Philadelphia at Chicago. In
suring the league pennant to the Bos- |
ton Red Sox for the worlds series.
q Storm: A typhoon In Japan caused
loss Of t1O.o00.00Q
q Conventions: The international peace |
congress opened at Geneva.
a. Obituary: Baron Marschall Won Bic
berstein. noted German diplomat, at
Berlin: aged %
q Anniversary: The Goth anniversary OF
the meeting OF II governors on the 9Th |
Of September. 1861. at Altoona. Pa. was
celebrated In that city.
H Nicaragua: Gen. Mena, the Nicaragua
revolutionist, surrendered with oil hs
army to Unked States and Niearasuan
troops
a. Sporting: The New York club OF the
National Baseball league "cinched" the |
pennant | defeating the Boston club
In New York by s toa
q Naval: The French battleship Paris. /
l-Al q kA
launched ut Toulon: she mounts l. inch |
guns and 20 smaller pieces.
Obituary: Arthur Lumley, old time art
ist, at Mount Vernon. N. T.; aged u.
Aviation Disasters: Three aviators, In
ciudins two United States army air
men. killed In night making total
Deaths IN the air to date 1st
q Sporting: Matt McGrath made Q new /
worlds record by throwing 10 pound /
hammer q record distance OF 1M feet
Inches: former record $50 feet inch
10 Personal: The Pulitzer school OF Jour
nalisin at Columbia university opened /
In New York.
Obituary: The Rev. Augustus Oriebsr
an English vicar. who was tho original l
Tom Brown In tom Browns School |
Days" at Wilmington. England
OCTOBER.
pynamiters: Trial Of the dynamite |
"piotters at Los Angeles Oct 1 lHo was |
begun In indianapolis
I Obituary: Rear Admiral Lucien YounS. |
u. g. n, In New York city: aged 60
Sporting: Ralph De Palma won the Van |
derbtt auto cup on the Wauwatosa
course, Wisconsin,: time, hours 70
minutes 3.6 seconds; distance about |
900 miles The Australian team won
tho International cricket match By q |
margin Of l97 runs In Now York
[ Marine Accident: The British B-3 sub |
marine cut In two by an ocean liner In /
the English channel: Is drowned
Convention: The Army Of the Tennessoe /
held It's annual convention at Peoria
Ill
Balkan War: Hostilities between the
Balkan states and Turkey were begun /
by a clash on the frontier north OF
AdrianopIe.
& Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis Of Bos- /
ton won the national woman's golf
championship at Manchester. Mass. BY /
q score Of up and ! to play.
!. Obituary: Ex-senator w. 4 Penes.
one Of the Popuiist leaders IN tho sen
ate. at Grenola. Kan; aged g.
L Obituary: Frank Bostvck. the show
animal trainer. In London: aged 20
Balkan War: Montenegro declared war |
against Turkey.
Sporting: In the opening game OF the
worlds series at New York the Boston |
Americans Cred Sox) defeated the New
York Nationals (Giants) by q score OF |
ltoS
10 Personal: DR.. Alexis Carrel OF the |
Rockefeller institute was awarded the /
Nobel prize Of $4,000 for achievement |
In surgery.
Balkan War: The Montenegrin arm5 |
captured Detchitch mountain. on the
road to Scutari, with nearly all OF the |