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

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Is Shipwreck: 10 lives lost by tho sinking
Of the Oriental liner Oceana after COL
iision In the English channel
The Maine Wreck: The hulk OF the bat
tleship Maine was sunk with imposinE
ceremonies OF the coast Of Cuba
a. Obituary: Rear Admiral q. W. Mel
Vile, noted naval veteran Of the civil
war and later an arctic explorer. NJ
Philadelphia: aged Il
Sporting: Arthur Postle, famous profes.
sional runner. made e $50 yard dash in
NI-S seconds and 200 yard dash In Il
pAconds at Auckland. New Zealand:
both are woyld's records.
u Personal: Judge Mahlou Pitney Of
New Jersey was installed a. associate
Justice OF the United States supreme
court.
Aerial Warfare: An Italian army aero
plane dropped bombs into q Turkish
camp in Tripoli. killing 10 Arabs
Explosion: A mysterious explosion killed
50 men at San Antonio. Tex.
- Celebration: The Philadelphia Acade.
my Of Natural Sciences celebrated IL
centenary.
% Mining Accidents: , miners killed by
explosion at Dunmore. near Scranton.
o.
mines at McCurtain. Okla. burying
over 100 miners
4 Battle near Jiminez, Mexico. between
government troops and l.s00 insurgents.
who were routed
a Obituary: Gen. II. H. Bingham. MEM
Der of congress. known as the father
Of the house." at Philadelphia: aged Il.
g. Mexico: Insurgents repulsed an at.
tack by regular troops at Jiminez
judicial: Chicago meat packers declared
not guilty Of violating the anti.trus5
law.
Mining Accident: 81 miners killed by an
explosion at Jed. W. Va.
Riot: During a political riot at Rock
Island the police fred on the crowd
killing 8 citizens and wounding
g. Convention: The American Academy
Of Political Social Science met In PHI.
adelphia
Fire: Young's pier. noted resort al At
lantic City. burned: loss $50o.o00
d. Obituary: Senator Robert Love Tayio:
of Tennessee. a veteran IN national
politics known as "Fiddlins Bob" IN
Washington: aged 81.
APRIL.
L Sporting: oxford won the annual race
with Cambridge on the Thames; time
for ~ miles. Y minutes 3 seconds
Z Political: Milwaukee elected fusion
mayor over Socialist by l2O00 ma.
jorlty.
/ Aviation Disaster; Calbraith Rodgers.
aviator. who flew from the Atlantic to
the Pacific In 1911. killed In hlgh, al
Long Beach. Cal.
1 Obituary: Dr. ] X. Funk. author and
publisher, at Montclair. n. J.: aged Is
{ Strike: English miners confederation
abandoned their coal strike
& Flood: 1000 square miles inundated oy
food In the mississippi: damage es-
innate so. .0oO.0OO: 1900 homeless.
Obituary: Emily soldene. vocalist. &C.
tress, journalist and novelist. who In
troduced Gilbert and Sullivan operas
In America. in London
TO- The Titanic: The White Star liner II.
tanic. largest passenger steamer afioat.
sailed from Southampton on her maid
en- voyage for New York
II. Sporting: Major league baseball season
opened.
u Obituary: Miss Clara Barton. founder
Of the American Red Cross society. at
Glen Echo. Md: aged 90 Gen Fred
erick Dent Grant. son Of The late Gen
u s. Grant, In New York city: aged 62
IL Political: The state department warm
ed The Mexlcans that their country
will be held responsible for the proteo'
tion OF Americans.
lb Titanic Wreck: The White Star iinei
Titanic sunk by collision with an Ice.
berg In longitude 50H west. latitvce
l4S north. at z:0 a. NJ: out Of 2as
passengers aud crew only 70i were
saved
Obituary: w. r. Stead Journalis; and
of QQQd " lStd0T
Straus. merchant; and ph!lanthropist
at sea; aged 81 Fruncis - Millet. art
tst. at scu: aged u Col J Astor.
soldier and capitalist at sea. aged u
jacques Futrelle. author. at sea: aged
81
l6 Aviation. MiRs Harriet Quiniby. ths
American air woman. flew arrnss the
English channel. the first woman te
accomplish the feat
n Personal Statue To IOcn Paul Iun"s
naval hero Of the Revolutionary war
unveiled III Washington.
10 Sporting Mike Ryan Of the New York
Athletic club won the annual Am"i
can Marathon at Boston. covering the
rs mile course In hours q minutes
1915 seconds
u Storm: Nearly 100 people killed by ey-
clone In Illinois and Indiana
JusIu SGNdiNhJ. hSFShS~
historian. former member Of parlia-
ment. at Folktstone. England: aged 81
n Obituary. Dr u X. Pearsons. who
gave oil his fortune to colleges. In
Chicago. aged 92
Storm: Oklahoma swept by q tornado:
81 dead
g. Fire: The great bazaar quarters In
Damascus. Syria. burned: loss 10000
900
10. Shipwreck: Steamer Texas. under the
Turkish nag. sunk In the gulf OF Smyr-
ma: SO passengers drowned.
The Titanic: Cable ship Mackay Ben.
nett. With her cargo OF 100 Of the II.
tanio dead recovered from the sea.
reached Halifax. a
May.
1 Convention: Colonial Danes met IN
Washington.
Z Obituary: Homer C. Davenport. Ia
NOUS cartoonist. in New York: aged &
Army Aviation: italian airships droppe@
% bombs on the Turkish works at
Aziziah, Tripoli.
L Convention: United Confederate Vet
srans mot at Macon, Ga.
4 Personal: Gen. Bennett H Young.
elected commander in chief OF the
United Confederate Veterans- King
George v. Of England went down In
submarine boat in Weymouth buy.
70 Poiitical: Tn" house Of representatives
passed the bill for the popular election
Of United States senator's. ~ TO 80
u Obituary: Frederick WILL Of Denmark.
at Hamburg. Germany: aged S.
Is Convention: Peace conference met at
Lake Mohonk. N. 2.
Personal: The Danish crown prince pro-
claimed king az Christian x.
u Political: The Socialist national con
vention at indianapolis nominated Eu-
gene v. Debs and Emil Seidei for pres
ident and vice president
Coal Strike: Coal miners convention a
Wflkesbarre adopted an agreement with
m.ne owners and ended the strike; 1Nl-
900 miners resumed work.
Naval: Battieship Texas, largest In the
United States navy. launched at Nsv-
port News. Va
u Fire: Flames In the business district
Of Houston. Tex. caused loss Of
N.00000o
% Cuba: Uprising Of negroes in Cuba
q. Convention: Sons Of the American hev-
olutIon met IN Boston.
= Personal: Mrs Emmeline PankhurSs
and other suffragists convicted OF CON
spiracy In London
a Cuba: United States marines ordered
70 Cuba to protect American residents
against the rebeilious negroea
Marine: Hamburg American liner I'm
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