Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-22
CHRONOLOGY OF 1906.
BRIEF RECORD OF YEARS PRlN-
CIPAL EVENTS.
Internal Disturbances in Russia ana
Independence I'm NOryvay-Ciose
of the War in the East-Many
Great Names in List of Dead.

of the War in the East-Many
Great Names in List of Dead.
Most significant of the events OF
1905, because it indicates unmlstak-
ably the memorable advance of man
kind toward high ideals of liberty,
justice and perfect civilization, is the
political and economic upheaval now
taking place in Russia. Wearylng
under a load of taxation, rem
dered well-nigh unbearable by added
burdens imposed by the prosecu-
ton of disastrous war, the
peasantry and common people started
a revolt against the tyrannical arls-
tocracy, and have been able to force
from their unwilling ruler many con-
ceSsions tending toward a free citizen
ship. Massacre and rapine, in which
the Jews were the chief sufferers, are
part of the price paid for the advan-
tage gained. Another impressive proof
of civilizations advance is the blood
less revolution by which Norway has
dissolved it's political connection with
Sweden and seated a king upon it's
long unusued throne. The recent ex-
posures of graft and fraud in high
financial circles and last summers la
Dor troubles in Chicago are only incl
dents Of the constant conflict being
waged for the establishment of JUS
tice and fair treatment between man
and man.
The Russo-Japanese war, after
brilliant series of land campaigns,
during which one after another of the
strongholds Of the Russians in Man
churia fell into the hands Of their OPP
ponents, and a decisive battle on the
Sea of Japan, that is said to have been
one of the greatest naval contests Of
all history, has been brought to a
close, and largely, we believe, by
American influence.
The completion of the great Simplon
tunnel was the accomplishment of an
other great engineering feat, and the
Lewis and Clark Exposition in Port
land, Ore, presented to the world a
record Of achievement in all lines.
Great disasters have been fewer
than usual, though tornadoes in Okla
homa and Kansas destroyed more
than five hundred lives, and earth
quakes, fire and railway wrecks have
done their dread work.
The years list of famous dead con-
tains the names of many men and
women noted in the arts, statecraft,
philanthropy and business.
The principal events of 1905 are
briefly summarized below:
January.
2-Surrender of Port Arthur.
3-Towboat Defender blown up on Ohio
River; 20 lives lost.
death Of Theodore Thomas, orchestra
leader.
5-Admiral Rojestvensky's flagship Kniaz
Souvaroff sunk off Madagascar.
death Of Louise Michel, French an
archist
15-Combes' ministry in France resigns.
16-secretary Hay advises China to re
main neutral. Earthquake at Shemakha,
Russia, buries hundreds Of people.
1S-End Of textile strike in Fall River,
Mass.
19-Attenpt to assassinate Car and Rus
sian royal family.
22-Massacre of workingmen by Cars
troops in ST. Petersburg.
Eo-neFolI SpIeduS through RUSSIAN
cities.
25-Liberals defeated in Ontario general
elections. Gear issues proclamation prom
Using reforms.
Sandepas by Gen. Okus forces.
30-Czar signs document granting great
reforms to Russian people.
February.
1-2-Extreme cold wave sweeps Northern
States and Canada. Glendive, Mont, has
fnv, nfJIpn nf x n halo
death Of Joseph Ii. ManIey of Maine
....Senate passes Statehood bill.
S-RooSevelt and Fairbanks declared elect
ed after count Of electoral votes in Con-
gress.
9-House passes Townsend Esch railway
rate bill.
1O-Death of Hon. chas. H. Hackley of
Muskegon, Mich.
13-Severest cold wave of winter.
15-Death Of Gen. Lew Wallace
16-Death Of Jay Cooke, noted fnancier.
T-Grand Duke Sergius killed by bomb
in Moscow. Frances Willard statue dedi-
Gated in statuary Hail. Washington.
20-Explosion in Virginia City coal mines,
near Bessemer Ala, entombs 152 miners.
Fire destroys piers and ships at Charles
town, Mass.
24-Borng of Simplon tunnel under the
Alps is finished.
25-$1, 900, 600 fire in Hot Springs, Ark.
80. North Sea Commission announces de-
cision against Russia.
26-Illinois Central terminals in New Or
leans Dufn WITH loss OF 90,OUO,UOO. .Inlfty-
five miners killed by explosion at Wilcoe,
w. Va.
27-Death of Geo. s. Boutwell, of Massa-
chusetts; Judge, Swayne of Florida ac-
quilted by United States Senate. :. Eleven
persons killed by collapse of church floor
in Brooklyn N. Y.
2S-Death of Mrs. Leland Stanford in
Honolulu.
March.
Scar of Russia signs reseript giving
people a right to representation in law
making body Thirty persons killed in
wreck of Inauguration special trains near
Pittsburg
Roosevelt is inaugurated.. End Of
5Sth Congress. :. Will J. Davis and two
others indicted as responsible for Iroquois
fire. y. .Chas. Thomas found guilty of Ma
bel Scofield murder.
big traction strike begins in New
York.
S-Japanse win battle of Mukden, after
eighteen days fighting.
1O-Mukden captured by japanese.