Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-30
raised from the bottom Of the lake

nina from the Turks, securing $500
prisoners.
Political: The senate confirmed Presi
dent Wilson's cabinet nominations o.
follows: State. william J. Bryan o
Nebraska: treasury. William Gibb
McAdoo Of New York: war. Lindlel
Murray Garrison Of New Jersey; at
torney general. James Clark McRsyn
olds Of Tennessee; postmaster general
Albert Sidney Burleson Of Texas; navy
Josephus Daniels Of North Carolina
interior. Franklin Knight Lane Of Cal
ifornia: agriculture, David Franklin
Houston Of Missouri; commerce. VII
liam Cox Redfeld Of New York; labor
William Bauchop Wilson Of Psnnsyl
vania.
record by hurlIng the "A pound shot
feet and 3x inches In New York
Kiviat made a new worlds record b.
running 1000 yards In minutes b A
seconds in New York.
!. Explosion: About 30 men killed and 9
injured by explosion Of dynamite II
transit on the steamship Alum Chine
in Baltimore harbor.
| & Fire: At Yokohama; loss Of 1900 900.
II. Obituary: DR.. ]. 8. Billings. Fedora
war veteran. author and librarian. II
New York city; aged a.
Il Storm: Electrical tornado swept ove
the lower southern and southwestern
states; 100 deaths.
H. Fire: Plant of the Elmira Telegram de
stroyed; loss $ss0.0Oo.
L. Storm: A blizzard ragged from Illinoil
to the Dakotas.
Is. Greece: King George assassinated q
Saloniki.
q. Storm: Blizzard and cyclonic storm
ravaged the central and southwestern
states, destroying over 100 lives ant
| property valued at several million dol
lars.
Greece: King Constantine assembled thu
throne.
n Obituary: Frank g. Black. ex-governor
| of New York and noted lawyer. II
Troy: aged CO.
Terre Haute and injured over 200. man,
mortally Over 200 killed in Omaha
where LOO houses were burned Of
wrecked. Many Nebraska towns smit
ten.
| Is. Obituary: Field Marshal Viscount Gar
net Joseph Wolseley. famous British
soldier, at Mentone, France; aged so.
| H. Flood: Waters reached their height ir
Ohio; 400 lives lost. and estimated prop
erty loss above $500. 100000
| q. Balkan War: Turks surrendered Adri
anople to the Bulgarians and Serviani
with $1,000 prisoners. Allied troops at
tackled the Turkish lines at the Chatai
ia defenses Of Constantinople.
d. Obituary: John Pierpont Morgan. cap
italist. In Rome; aged Is.
APRIL
D...o.,t. IT, pra.idant uy II Tat
took up his duties as professor at Yale
university.
L Convention: International congress OF
historical studies convened In London
suffragettes: Emmeline Pankhurst SEN
fenced to years imprisonment In
London for suffragette outrages.
Political: President Wilson read q mes
sage before congress in joint session
reyiving q custom abandoned In 1901.
| TO- Sporting: Major baseball leagues open
ed the season Of 1913
L. Obituary: John B. Henderson, former
United States senator and author OF
the 18th amendment to the constitution,
In Washington: aged S6.
l8 Railroad Accident: killed In a COLI
sion on the Vermont Central near St.
Lambert, Canada.
IL Strike: 10000 Belgian workmen went
on a strike for equal suffrage.
Personal: Illness Of Pope Plus changed
for the worse.
Obituary: Carl Hagenbeck. noted animal
collector and Snowman. near Hamburg.
Germany; aged SO.
Convention: Congress Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution opened In
Washington.
ia Personal: Funeral Of John Pierpont
k,oNI L.. Vnrx ntt
Convention: National Council Of Women
met In Washington.
II. Aviation Disaster: The French MILL
tary balloon Zodiac burst at q height
Of $50 feet at Noisy-le-Grand, France;
officers and pilot killed.
Personal: Crisis In the illness Of Pope
Plus; death seemed imminent.
IT, Personal: Mrs. William Cumming sto-
ry elected president general OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
T. Balkan War: The Turkish fortress OF
Scutari captured by Montenegrins
e Mining Disaster: 10 coal miners killed
by explosion In the Cincinnati mine at
Courtney. Pa.
Dickens Reminder: Mrs. Mary Ann Coop
er, original Of Dickens Little Dor
rit," died In London In her Tooth year.
n. Strike: The Industrial strike In Bel
gium for equal suffrage ended; loss
caused by the strike estimated at go. :
100000.
MAY.
Z shipwreck: The steamer Concordia col
lided with bridge pier at the mouth
Of Tensas river, La. drowning S peo-
pie.
China: President Wilson recognized the
Chinese republic.
1 Sporting: Willie Kolehmainen won the
professional Is mile race In New York;
time hour 20 minutes II seconds
8. Fire: Loss Of 100000 In the plant OF
the American Fertilizer company at
Buffalo.
Convention: Congress Of American sur
geons and physicians in Washington.
I Convention: Congress Of tho Salvation
Army met in Philadelphia.
& Convention: National Association For
the Study and Prevention Of Tubercu-
losis met in Washington.
Political: The Underwood tariff bill pass
I'd the house Of representatives by a
vote Of 2S1 to 1s9.
Il Storm: II killed and 30 injured by a
tornado at Omaha
Obituary: "Billy" Arlington, the old
time negro minstrel. died at Los An
geles; aged rs.
n. Mining Disaster: Firedamp explosion
killed Is miners at Belle Valley. o.
JUNE.
Z Obituary: F. A. ober. ornitholosst and
author, at Hackensack, N. j.; aged u.
Alfred Austin. poet laureate OF Eng
land. at Ashford. England: aged u.
Pedestrianism: e. p. Weston started
,lt
match to Minneapolis. expecting to
cover 1,4tS miles in 90 days.
Sporting: Aboyer won the English
Derby.
{ Railroad Accident: 9 killed. many in
jured In q railway collision at stam-
ford. Conn.
Sporting: Rockvisw won the Brooklyn
Derby
Aviation: Domingo Rosillo. Cuban avi-
ator. few from Key West to Havana,
winning q $4,000 prize.
Il Panama Canal: The waters Of the Pa
clic ocean were admitted to the canal
by explosion In q retaining dixie near
Miraforss.
IL Political: Governor Hiram Johnson
signed the California allen land bill.
%. Obituary: H. NJ. Flagler, capitalist ana
railway magnate. at West Palm Beach,
Fla; aged 50.
Cuba: Gen. Mario G. Menocal was In
augurated president Of the Cuban re-
public.
\ Centenary: The Tooth anniversary OF
the birth Of Richard Wagner, the mas
ter composer. celebrated throughout
Germany.
n Accident: "a people killed and many
injured by the collapse Of a pier at
Long Beach, Cal.
Sporting: Jerome D. Travers won the
metropolitan amateur golf champion
ship in New York, defeating A. F.
Hammer.
Peraoral. Princaaa Victoria Luieo OF