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fenshispostto Washington.
II Balkan War RoufnariiIn troops In
Saded Bulgarian territory following 4
Declaration Of war by King Charles 81
Rotifnanta.
u Ffre.3 Fire In elephant Of the tiaskeb
4 sasker Car company At Michlgaf.
City. Ind. caused Il loss OF 100000.
u Aviation: Leon I.etort. French aviator
few from Paris 10 Berlin. 800. miles ali
line. I'm, . hours without stop
IL Accident: u persolIs kIIedEAfd $50 IN.
lures. In a collision OF electric trims a,
Los AAngeles. Cal.
, Obituary: Daniel Bowling. survivor o.
the famous charge OF the Light prigad.
In 1854, at Utica. MY; aged 81.
10. Personal: Robert Bridges appolntet,
s poet laGreateNof England. "
y, Balkan War: Turkish troops fresentereo
oAdrlanople after -expelling the Bulsa-
2 flan garrison.
China: Rebellion against the republic
&c brokeseat In lchilai3 provinces declar-
Ing their Independence. ;
q Fire Disaster: Fire In a clothing fac
tory at Binghamton. ": y. resulted IN
d heavy loss OF. life.
s. China: Chinese government troops re-
q sisted an attack OF rebels at Shanghai.
.. Sporting: The. worlds tennis champions
ship won by Maurice z. Mclaughlin OF
: the United States. who defeated the
English champion. Charles p. Dixon. at
s Wimbledon.
%, Balkan War: Balkan peace conference
me at Bucharest.
Storm: A wlndsiorm caused n loss of
100000. In Washington. D. C.
81. Fire; The F1ory Manufacturing plant
at Bangor. Pa, burned: loss upward
OF 100000.
AUGUST.
Z eedestrianisin: Edward Payson wes-
ton, the pedestrian, arrived at MIiwau-.
kee. ending his walk OF 1.54s miles from
New York city. whence he started
June 2
Mining Accident: 10 miners killed In a
coillery accident at Tower City. Pa
4 War Game: War game between battle
ships. torpedo boats and submarines OF
tie north Atlantic fleet and forts at
The eastern end Of Long Island sound
F. opened with Admiral Charles J. Badger
In command OF the enemy navy and
Gen. T. H. Barry head OF the; defend
Ing army. 81 SH&QF
obituaryIJGeorge Hitchcock. notedAmer.
= lean naihtet.S Kan the island OF Marken.
4HEHolland: aged %.
b Personal; RESIGNATION of II. L. Wilson.
aa ,aoG,. est TO Mexico. accepted BY The
s. Sporting: Potter volo made i new,
"a worlds trotting record for o-year-olds
81 at Kalamazoo. going the frst mile in
::0a.s 81 % scr 51aW q
Fire: Blue Mountain House, a famous
hotel In the Blue Ridge at Pen Mar,
Pa. destroyed by fire: loss about $780,
600.
G. World Tour: J. II. Mears arrived in
New York city. ending an around the
world trip in s. days. 4 hours. 5 min
utes and tis seconds. a record. q
Obituary: Robert c. Ogden. %phIlanthro-
pist. ut Kennebunkport. Me; aged a..
Convention: International congress OF
medicine opened ii ,London.
q. Explosion: BenzlneH explosion In the
Union Petroleum works, Philadelphia,
caused a loss OF $4,000.
Aviation Accident: Capt. s. F. Cody,
Brltish-American a%eronaut. killed at
Aldershot. England. by the fall OF n
war aeruplane, which lie piloted for
the government.
8. War Game: In the army and navy
war game In Long Island sound tho
enemy navy was victorious, forcing
a passage ats forts defended by army
forces.
10. Political: New allen land law, anti
japanese; went into effect In California.
balkan War: Pence treaty between Bull
garia against Greece. Servia and Rou
mania was signed'at Bucharest.
II. Obituary: Gen. Edward r. Jones, civil
warvcteran. hero OF the tnarch through
Baltimore April 10, -.iSsl, and noted In
politics and commerce. at Binghamton,
y. T.: aged s.,
", Obituary: August Bebei. German So
c!allst leader. ut Zurich: aged %.
PcrsOial: Governor William Sulzcr Of
New York impcaclued by the assembly.
"A. Obituary: Rear Admiral Silas Casey,
US ". retired. veteran Of the civil
war. at Warm Springs. Va: ased'7a
Ii. Personal: Harry X, 'rhaw. slayer OF
Stanford White. escaped from the state
asylum for insane criminals n, Mat
teawan. ~. Y.
shipwreck: 40 lives lost ut the wreck or,
the STATE OF California In Gambler bay.
off Alaska.
Is. Personal: SD birthday of tile Emperor
Franz Joseph celebrated throughout
Austria and Hungary.
% Obituary: Emile Olivier. noted premier
OF France under Napoleon H.. at An.
necy, France; aged 81.
Sporting: Directum |. made u worlds
pacing record OF 2:oess at Goshen. y. =.
Conventions: 10Th international peace con:
gress opened ut The Hague.
Fire: T,5Q0.000 loss by fire In the factory
district OF Jersey City.
y Miscellaneous: Frederick ]. Seybold,
for 70 years an astronomer on Madison
Square. New York. and c. A. r. vet
cram, died In tIoboken. n. J. Luke
Martin. last Of the Crows died near
Saginaw. Mich; aged about l@ years.
n Convention: international Esperanto
Z l~eongressu opened at Berne with l.lG.,
delegates. present
&c. Fire: Railroad shops burned al league.
i'lTex. t1oss ES500,00O. ms is ,IH y
q. Fire: st,0coye00 loss by Ore in the Smith,
company, lumber yards at Bay I'oint,
i,Iexicoi:l President Wilson delivered a.
message to congress on the situation In
.. Heat Wave: Record August heat In 81.
Louis: thermometer los III tile streets.
30. Sporting: Pennunt o the Futurity
ut Saratoga Springs, N. y.
Accident: Q Killed by explosion OF boilers
OF steamer Alice on the Ohio at coraop.
oils. Pa.
Panama Canal: The Pacific end OF the
canal opened by explosion OF dynamite.
letting the waters Of the ocean into
the Mirafiores locks.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Convention: International trades un-
Ion congress met In Manchester. Eng
land. National Conservation exposI-
ton opened at Knoxville. Tenn
y -. A.