Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-01-01
JANUARY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

5. Obituary; Gen. Louis Wagner. noted
Federal war veteran head of the G
A. r. lSS0-Sl. in Philadelphia; aged 76.
Conventions International waterways
congress met at San Francisco.
g. Shipwreck: British submarine AT
sank at torpedo practice. carrying
down her crew of II men.
g. Obituary Gen. Marie Georges Pic
quart. French officer, noted in tho
famous Dreyfus persecution case, in
Paris. aged GO
]. Obituary; Lord Strathcona donald
Alexander SMITH. Canadian capital
list and statesman, in London. aged 81
s. Obituary: Former United states Sen
ator Shelby Moore Cullom of Illinois;
aged s4
o Shipwreck. Old Dominion liner Mon
roe sunk by collision off the Virginia
capes with loss of Al lives
i. Obituary: Gen. James Adams Beav-
er. civil war veteran and ex-governor
of Pennsylvania. at Bellefonte. Pa;
aged Il.
FEBRUARY.
8 Sporting: Willie Hoppe maintained
his title for the lS2 balk line billiard
championship by score of 500 to 226
in II innings. defeating George Sutton.
at Hotel Astor New York
Fire. Fire destroyed 100000 worth of
cotton a Clinton lex
Mexico United States embargo on
shipment OF arms and munitions of
war to Mexico lifted by executive
order.
4. Peru Peruvian revolutlonists depos-
ed President Guillermo Billinghurst.
In an attack on the palace Prime Min
lister Varea was killed.
l. Obituary: Elizabeth O'Brien Brown
low. widow of "Parson" Brownlow,
noted civil war character, at Knox
vile. Tenn; aged %
2 Cold Wave: First extensive cold wave
of the season in the east; zero wealth
err in New York city, so below at Big
Moose, N. Y.
Is, Obituary; Alphonse Bertillon. origi-
nator OF system of criminal identified
ton. at Paris; aged co.
"A. Obituary: Augustus Octavius Bacon,
United States senator from Georgia,
in Washington; aged Is
Storm: a blizzard of sleet and snow in
a 50 mile gale swept the eastern
states blockadng traffic generally.
IT, Obituary Viscount Aoki, noted Japa-
nese statesman. formerly ambassador
to the United States in Tokyo: aged
70
H. Obituary: Mrs. Robert Louis Steven
son. widow of the noted author. in
Montecito. Cal.
g. Flood: elimination of floods in south
ern California. accompanied by sew
eral deaths and a property loss Of
$4,50OOOO
Obituary. Former United States Sena-
tor Henry Nj. Teller of Colorado. at
Denver: aged 81
a. Judicial: New York court of appeals
granted a new trial to Becker, police
lieutenant convicted for the murder OF
gambler Herman Rosenthal
MARCH.
6. Obituary: George W Vanderbilt, mil
lonare. in Washington; aged 81
9. Fire Disaster: In a fire which de-
stroyed the Missouri Athletic club
house, St Louis. 30 persons persisted.
Obituary: Edward II Butler. noted ed
itor. proprietor of the Buffalo News,
in Buffalo; aged GA.
II. Obituary: George Westinghouse. in
ventor of the railway air brake and
other devices. in New York city; aged
6S
Il. Fire: Loss of nearly 100000 by the
burning of the Columbia docks at
Portland. Ore.
Sporting: Willie Richie. world light
weight champion. defeated AID VOL
CAST in ten rounds at Milwaukee
l6- Naval: New dreadnought. compan-
ion ship of the mammoth battleship
pennsylvania, IduHCHeu AT new OIh
10 Shipwreck: so persons drowned at
Venice. Italy. by the sinking of a pas
senger steamer in collision with q
torpedo boat
20 Sporting; Champion Willie Hoppe de-
feated George Sutton in an ISL inch
billiard championship match in New
York
Obituary: Marie Jansen. formerly noted
comic opera singer at Medford. Mass
Val.n iaA ~ (Narn
Francisco villa. attacked the federals
at Torreon.
a. Fire: Loss of 100000 by the burn.
ing OF a tobacco plant at Durham
N {.
Mexico: Rebel forces checked in attack
on Torreon by federal garrison.
Is. Obituary: Frederic Mistral. French
Provencal poet winner OF a Nobe
prize, at Mailiane, France; aged 81
&C. Obituary: b F Keith, vaudeville pio-
neer, at Palm Beach, Fla
q. Anniversary: New York city began
a series OF celebrations to commemo-
rate the Booth anniversary of its com
merce
d. Political: House OF representative:
voted for the Panama canal tolls re-
peal 247 to lG2
Obituary Sir Hubert Won Herkomer
famous German artist a resident Of
the United States in the hftes. IT
London. aged G5
APRIL.
Fire. In ST Augustine. Fla. court
house and several hotels and resi-
dences destroyed. loss. 100000 to $3.50.
900
Obituary. Paul Heyse. author anC
dramatist awarded Nobel prize II
1870. in Munich: aged "a
Mexico; Mexican rebels captured Tor
Teon after battle OF eleven days du
ration and loss of 1000 killed anC
wounded
I Foreign Relations: Treaty between
United States and Colombia signed
Bogota
a. Sporting: Opening OF baseball season
Of 1914