Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1909 — MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

J ANU ART. 9. Conviction of Mayor Schmits set aside io San Francisco. IL Henry Kenny, president of the Delaware railway, who attended to the secret journey of President Elect Abraham Lincoln on his way to Washington in 1861, died at Ridley Park, Pa. FEBRUARY. 30. Gen. Stoessel, Russian commander in the defense of Port Arthur, sentenced to death by a military court at St. Petersburg, with a recommendation of mercy. 25. Trolley tunnel under the Hudson from Hoboken, N. J., to New York opened. MARCH. 7. Germany launched her biggest battleship, the Nassau, at Wilhelmshaven. 18. The death sentence of Gen. Stoessel for the surrender of Port Arthur commuted to imprisonment for ten years. APRIL. 27. Beginning of the Roman Catholic centennial celebration in New York city. 6. Tho Atlantic battleship fleet entered the Golden Gate, Ban Francisco. 13. Successful flight of the Wright brothers’ aeroplane at Manteo, N. G. 15. Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff, sociologist student and author, died at Princeton, N. J. United States battleship Michigan launched at Camden, N. J. juNs. > 3. Dr. ’Williamson Boyakln, a protege of Andrew Jackson and at one time on the staff of Gen. U. 8. Grant In tho civil war, died at Marysville, Tenn.; aged 102. 13. Thomas Wiggins (Blind Tom), noted negro piano player, died in Hoboken, N. J.; aged about 60. JULY. L Count Zeppelin made a new world record by a 220 mile airship flight oves Switzerland. , 7. The battleship fleet sailed from San Francisco bound for the orient. 19. Opening of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of tho city of Quebec. 22. Decision of the United States court of appeals overruled the $29,240,000 Standard OH fine Imposed by Judge I unfits AUGUST. 4. Count Zeppelin traveled 361 miles over southern Germany in a dirigible bal- _ loon, which was afterward destroyed by fire. 19. The battleship fleet arrived at Sydney, N. 8. W. 2L Fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the great debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas celebrated at Ottawa, 111. 29. The battleship fleet reached Melbourne. SEPTEMBER. 12. Orville Wright made an aeroplane flight of 1 hour 14 minutes at Fort Myer, Va. <3l. Wilbur Wright made a flight < 1 hour 31 minutes 25 seconds in his American aeroplane at Le Mans, France. 28. 150th anniversary of the founding of Pittsburg celebrated. OCTOBER. 2. The battleship fleet entered Manila bay. 4. Philadelphia celebrated the 225th anniversary of the founding of the city by William Penn. A 820,000 acres of government land opened for settlement on the Rosebud Indian reservation. South Dakota. 11. 23 balloons started in the international balloon race at Berlin, the Brit-, ish Banshee winning. 18. The American battleship lieet welcomed with salutes by the Japanese a fleet at Yokohama. 29. The battleship fleet welcomed by ths Chinese at Amoy. NOVEMBER. L Julia A. F. Carndy, author of the schoolhouse classic "Little Drops of Water” and other poems, died at Galesburg, Ill.; aged 85. 9. United States battleship North Dakota, the largest warship in the world to date, launched at Quincy, Mass. 10. Government’s appeal for a rehearing in the Standard OH fine case denied by the federal circuit court In Chicago. « Former United States Senator Edward W. Carmack of Tennessee shot and killed in Nashville by Robin Cooper. 13. Special Prosecutor Francis J. Heney

shot by Morris Haas in San Francisco. 14. Monument to the prison ship martyrs of the Revolution in Brooklyn dedicated in the presence of President Elect W. H. Taft. 16. Fiftieth anniversary of Pope Plus’ ordination as priest celebrated in Rome. 17. Lydia Thompson, famous as a burlesque actress 30

years ago, died in London; aged 70. 26. Statue to Gen. P. H. Sheridan unveiled in Washington. 10. Identical notes regarding the far east exchanged by United States and Japan at Washington and Tokyo. DECEMBER. L Battleship fleet sailed from Manila, homeward bound. 9. Tercentenary of the birth of John Milton, author of "Paradise Lost.” celebrated in England and America. 10. Abraham Rues convicted of bribery in Ban Francisco. 14- The Dutch cruiser Gelderland captured the Venezuelan coast guard ship Alix off Puerto Cabello. 1?. Gen. Simon elected president of Haiti. M. Wilbur Wright made a new aeroplane record by remaining tn the air 1 hour M minutes at Le Mans, France.

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