Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JANUARY
& New Mexico proclaimed a state In the
Union
Z A battalion OF United States troops
sailed from Manila for China
g. Charles W Morse, the banker. freed
from Atlanta penitentiary on pardon
by the president
2 Rutherford Page OF New York killed
In a Curtiss biplsne at Los Angeles.
the first fatality in the United States
In 1872
4. The hulk Of the battieship Maine was
foated et Havana
a. Il officials and ex-ofiicials of tho In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers arrested in
various parts of the country charged
with completely in a dynamite conspir-
ICY
4. Jungfrau railroad tunnel in the Alps
pierced at an altitude of 1900 feet.
where station is located.
q. JuareZ. Mexico. captured by insur-
gents against Madero's government.
MARCH
l. Strike Of 100000 British miners In q
dispute over wages
l. Amundsen, the explorer, announced
that he reached the south pole on Dec.
H. 1911.
2 End Of the strike of mill operatives at
Lawrence Mass. which began Jan II,
1912
It, The hulk Of the oattleship Maine was
sunk with imposing ceremonies off the
coast OF Cuba
Is Chicago meat packers declared not
guilty Of violating the antitrust law
April,
4 Calbrnith p Rodgers. aviator who few
from the Atlantic 20 the Pacific in 1911,
killed in a flight at Long Beach. Cal.
G English Miners Confederation aban-
doned their coal strike.
10 The white Star liner Titanic. largest
passenger steamer ahoat. sailed from
Southampton on her maiden voyage
for New York.
le Miss Harriet Quimby. the American
air woman. new across the English
channel. the nrst woman TO accom-
plish the feat.
20 Gable ship Mackay Bennett, with her
cargo Of 100 OF the Titauic dead re-
covered from the sea reached Halifax,
n &
lS Coal miners convention at Wilkes
barre adopted an agreement with mine
owners and ended the strike: l70,0 0t
miners resumed work
JUNE
1 Philip o. Parmalee killed In aviation
flight at North YaHima, Wash.
4 President Taft welcomed the visiting
division Of the German navy TO Amer
lean waters at Fort Monroe. Va
10 The squadron Of three German war.
ships visiting the United States steam
ed into the Hudson. escorted by four
American battleships.
ID Capt. Dubois and Lieut. Albert Pei
gnan. officers In the French army,
killed when their bipanes collided in
midair at Douai. France
JULY.
1. Miss Harriet Quimby. the first woman
to cross the English channel in an
aeroplane killed in flight at Boston
The great dirigible balloon Akron ex-
ploded in flight at Atlantic City. n j.,
killing aeronauts. including Melvin
Vaniman, her pilot,
s. The memorial lighthouse to comment
crate the lercentenary of Champla in 3
discovery of the lake which bears his
name. was unveiled at Crown Point.
N. Y.
IS. Herman Rosenthal. New York gam
bier and accuser of the police, shot
dead In the street.
70 The balloon Uncle Sam, which left
Kansas City on the 27th. landed at
Manassas, Va. having travelled g25
miles. beating competitors In the
Bennett elimination race
AUGUST.
10 United states army maneuvers began
In Connecticut
u Mulai Hafid. the sultan OF Morocco.
sbdicated the throne; Mulai Youssef
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