Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-30


 nese minister to the United States, in- jured by the explosion of bomb in Picking.
 Fire: At Butte, Mont; loss of nearly s1.OOo0OO by flames in the business dis trict.
 q. Storm: A destructive and fatal ty- phoon swept over Luzon and other Philippine islands; over 100 deaths and a property loss estimated at $5,0O0,OO0 30. Personal: The czar rewarded Witte for his services on the peace commits sion by creating him count of the empire.
 OCTOBER. l. Fire: At Hiroshima, Japan; loss of s5,O00,O0O by the burning of military stores.
 '. Sporting: Dan Patch paced mile in 1:55A, breaking his own record of 1:b6. at Louisville, Ky. 10. Convention: Thirty-flrst annual con- s' vention of the American Bankers as- sociation met in Washington. l2. Obituary: Josephine Shaw Lowell. well known reformer and philanthro- pist, in New York city; aged 62. t3. Obituary: Sir Henry Irving, the Eng fish actor at Bradford, England; aged 67.
 A. Worlds Fair: Close of the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland, Ore; at tendance for the entire fair period, 2,545,5O9. The Missouri building at the fair, with valuable art treasures, burned.
 Russo Japanese War: The emperors of Russia and Japan signed the peace treaty officially ending the war. IS. Accident: 8 people killed and Sb in- tured by a tornado at Sorrento, Ill. l9 Personal: The Danish court announce ed that Prince Charles of Denmark would accept the crown of Norway. H. Celebrations: Centenary of the naval battle of Trafalgar and the death of the British commander, Lord Nelson, celebrated in the British dominions. 2 Personal: Admiral Togo made public entry of Tokyo to report to the mika- do the return of his fleet from the war.
 B. Personal: Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived at San Francisco from Yokohama. Obituary: Jerry Simpson, former con- gressman and noted Populist leader, at Wichita, Kan; aged 63. A. Chile: 50 persons killed and 800 wound- ed in a riot at Santiago 26 Russia. General strike of railway men followed by rioting in the great cities.
 30. Accident: IS killed and 30 injured in a wreck on the Topeka and Santa Fe, near Kansas City.
 Russia: The czar issued a manifesto granting civic liberty. S1. Sporting: Ed Bryan broke the worlds two mile record by trotting in 4:A5 at Philadelphia.
 Russia: The railway strike committee decided to continue the strike in spite of the czar's liberal manifesto and de- manded general amnesty.
 NOVEMBER. 1. Russia: Riot and disorder at Odessa and vicinity, accompanied by attacks on the Jews.
 B. Personal: Prince Louis of Battenberg, bearing a message from King Edward VII. to President Roosevelt, received at the White House f. Russia: Czar Nicholas granted the de- mands of Finland for autonomy in gov ernment as 1t existed before 1898. Am nesty ukase signed freeing political prisoners and press censorship abol- ished.
 Storm: 30 killed and many injured by tornado at Mountain View, o. T. s. Obituary: William T. Richards, la @snous American marine artist. at New Es port R. l.; aged 72. .. Obituary; Sir George Williams found- CT of the Y. M. c. A.. in London; aged S Lady Florence Dixie, author, ex- plorer and woman's rights champion, at Glen Stuart. Scotland; aged 4s 8. Russia: Mutiny of Russian sailors at Cronstadt, accompanied by rioting and pillage.
 l2. Russia: Martial law proclaimed throughout Poland. Political uprising and riot at Vladivostok. 12 Convention: Congress of the American -F I .1zs.V- aA at burg.
 N Political: The Isle of Pines seeded from Cuba and organized govern ment under United States laws. IT, Russia: The czar granted land conces- sions to the peasants. IS. Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at football at New Haven. Miscellaneous: Prince Charles of Dem mark elected king of Norway. Korea yielded to Japan's demands In the matter of government. ls. Shipwreck: over loo deaths by the loss of the steamer Hllda in the English channel
 g. Russia: Mutiny of sailors of the Rus sian fleet and soldiers of the garrison at Sevastopol.
 Personal: Norways new king, Haakon VII. given royal welcome into Chris tiania.
 Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at foot ball, 6 to 0. at Cambridge. %. Accident: iG killed and 9 hurt in wreck on the Boston and Maine, near Lincoln. Mass.
 Celebration: The 25Oth anniversary of the settlement of Jews in America ob- served throughout the country. Z7 Norway. King Haakon formally as- cended the throne at Christiania- ds.-gr N WnrE1n United s,ates minister to Korea. ap- pointed minister to Cuba, vice Herbert c. Squiers. resigned. Russia: Russian mutineers at Sevastopol conquered after severe battle.
 DECEMBER. :. Sporting: Army and navy football game at Princeton resulted in a tie: score to C.
 g. Obituary: John Bartlett, compiler of ''Bartletfs Familiar Quotations at Cambridge. Mass; aged $. ( Political, Premier Baltour rendered the resignation of the British cabinet s. Russia: Gen. Sscharoff. former minis ter of war. assassinated by woman revolutionist. Political: International fleet occupied the Turkish island of Demnos. Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman accepted the task of forming a new British cabinet. [. Personal: Capt Roa1d Amundsen. Norwegian explorer. reached Eagle City. Alaska. overland from Herschel island. after having sailed the north west passage in the sloop Gjoa- Accident: 10 killed and IS injured in a wreck of the Overland Limited on the Union Pacific at Rock Springs. Wyo. 6. Obituary: United States Senator John -a r4 ff-~. a. aged O c Obituary: Louisa Eldridge Aunt Lou isal. well known actress. In New York cftv. aged E