Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-01-05
organized in 1854, at vineland, N. j.;


g. Sportins zeus, S-year-old. set new
track record at Pimlico by running
furlongs in 1:26.
Convention: National peace conference
opened at Baltimore by President Taft
T. Sporting: William Queal American
distance runner, won worlds Is mile
championship in New York, defeating
Tom Longboat; time / hour % minutes
81 3-5 seconds.
Obituary: Mrs. Winfield Scott Hancock.
widow of the noted general, near Mem
phis, Tenn.
8. China: Cabinet form of government
adopted, with Prince Ching premier.
9. England: First court in King George
V. held at buckingham palace.
Obituary: Col. Thomas Wentworth Hig
ginson author, historian and soldier,
at Cambridge Mass; aged 81.
TO. Aviation Disaster: Lieut.. q. E. M.
Kelly, United States signal corps, kill
ed at San Antonio, Tex.
Mexican Revolution: Juarez was SUR
rendered to the insurrectos after sew
eral hours fighting; losses 1870 killed.
$50 wounded: Madero established pro-
visional capital
f.. Personal: King George and Queen
Mary Aened festival of empire at
Crystal palace. London, their first pub
lie ceremony and first of coronation
festivities.
IA. Convention: International institute Of
Agriculture assembly in Rome.
Is. Standard Oil Case: United States su-
preme court ordered dissolution of
Standard Oil company within six
months.
Aviation: Speed records with and with
out n passenger twice beaten in mono
plane flights at Rheims. Henry Wey-
mann, American, flew 995 miles an
hour and Lieut.. Fequant, French 101
miles an hour.
Is. Conventions: United Confederate Vet
Grams reunion at Little Rock. Ark.
Order of the Founders and Patriots of
America in Philadelphia.
Fire: 100000 loss at Portland, Me.
Il. Obituary: w. b. Baker, ex-congress-
man and father of rural free delivery,
at Aberdeen, Md; aged Il.
Is. Convention: General assembly of Pres
byterian church at Atlantic City, n ].
49, Sporting: Miss Dorothy Campbell,
American, won womans golf cham
pionship of Great Britain.
Naval: Great Britan's first naval" air
ship launched.
90 Obituary: Frederick =. Vinton, noted
portrait painter, in Boston; aged 65
D. Mexico: Peace agreement between gov
eminent and insurrectos signed.
| Aviation Disaster: Henri Maurice Ber-
teauX, French minister of war killed
and A. e. E. Monis, premier, hurt
when monoplane plunged into crowd at
Issy-es- Molneux, France.
! %. Political: Henry L. Stimson took oath
as secretary of war, succeeding Jacob
NJ. Dickinson, who resigned on the 18th.
%. New York Public Library: New York
citys 100000 public library dedicated
and opened.
Political: House of representatives, voted
to admit Arizona and New Mexico to
statehood
Fire: Chesterville. original home of
George Wythe, signer of the Declara-
ton of Independence and said to have
been oldest residence in America, burn
ed at Hampton. Va.
| "a. Conventions Congress on international
arbitration at Lake Mohonk. n Y.
Is. Political: Porfirio Diaz resigned as
president of Mexico.
Navy: Battleship Wyoming, largest in
United States navy launched at Phil
adelphia
Aviation: Lieut. Menard. French avi-
ator set mark by flying with passen-
ger 1913 miles in hours 10 minutes in
France
/ 26. Aviation: Pierre Nedrines finished first
in the Paris to Madrid race winning
$4,000 in prizes.
Personal: Ex-President Diaz left Mexico
secretly and embarked at Vera Cruz
for Spain.
q. Fire: Dreamland Coney Islands lar
gest amusement park destroyed; loss
$2,OOO.000
%. Sporting: Martin j. Sheridan threw
discus Ill feet AS inches, beating his
1910 record nearly feet.
%. The Courts: Supreme court found
American Tobacco company guilty of
violating sherman antitrust act and
ordered corporation to dissolve unless
reOrganiZed.
Railroad Accident Collision on the c.
b. and G. near McCook. Neb.; IA killed
Obituary: w S Gilbert dramatic au-
. to-
fore" Patience" the "Mikado" and
other favorites, in London; aged 75
30 Sporting: Ray Harroun won 500 mile
international auto sweepstakes at In
dianapois; time hours AIS minutes
l. Kohlemienen Finnish runner, made
American record for 20 miles at New
York; time l hour 81 minutes 50 Sec
onds.
81. Sporting Sunstar won the English
Derby
JUNE.
l. Sporting: American team defeated
English in first match for nternation-
al polo cup at Meadow Brook NY.
score Az goals to 3.
2. Sporting H. IL. Hilton of Liverpool
won the British amateur golf cham
pionshp by 4 up and to play al
Prestwick Scotland
4. Storm: Heavy wind and rain storm
swept over northern and central Ohio
many deaths, estimated loss $j,OOO,ODO
Railroads. $c3 100000 terminal. world;
second largest for use of one railroad
opened in Chicago by Chicago and
Northwestern.
6. Obituary: Edward IIarrigan. famou:
old time actor and playwright, in New
York; aged Co.
z. Mexico: Francisco l. Madero, director
or Mexican revolt, entered Mexico
City, the populace showering him will
flowers
Earthquake: Mexico shaken; deaths es
timated from POO to 1900
Obituary: Rear Admiral f. ID. ROBBIE
L. S. N. retired veteran who wa!
with Perry in Japan in 1858. in Wash
ington; aged so.
9. Sporting: American players won sec
ond and decisive international pole
match at Meadow Brook, N. Y, de
feating English team 41s to 9h.
Obituary: Carrie Nation, Temperance
champion. in Leavenworth; aged &c.
10-u. Notable electric storm on the At
lantic coast. centering at New York.