Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-29
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CHRONOLOGY OF 1905.
GRIEF RECORD OF YEARS PRIN.
opal EVENTS.
Internal Disturbances In Russia and
Independence in Norway-Close
of the War in the East-Mnny
Great Names in List Of Dead.

| SrcUt Names In List OF Dead
Most significant of the events of
1905, because it indicates unmistak-
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
dercd well-nigh unbearable by added
burdens imposed by the prosecu-
ton of a disastrous war, the
%peasantry Inc common people started
q revolt against the ty%rannlcal 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 its political connection with
Sweden Il seated Il king upon it's
long unusued throne. The recent OK
posures of graft and fraud in high
financial circles and last summers Ia
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 a
brilliant series of and campaigns,
during which one after another of the
strongholds Of the Russians in Man
churia fell into the hands of their op-
p%onents, 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
QudheS, IRE anu railway WTeckS nave
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.
4-Death of Theodore Thomas, orchestra
5-Admiral Rojestvensky's flagship Knlaz
Souvaron sunk off Madagascar.
Death Of Louise Michel. French an
1S-Combes' ministry In France resigns.
16-Secretary Hay advises China to re-
main. neutral. Earthquake Mt Shemakha.
Mass. ID
,1e-Attenpt to assasslnate Car and Rus
22-Massacre OF workIngmen by Cars
troops In st. Petersburg.
23-Revolt spreads through Russian
cities.
25-Liberals defeated in Ontario general
elections....Czar issues proclamation prom
Using reforms.
29-Kouropatkin's army driven back from
Sandepas by Gen. Oku's forces.
SO-Czar signs document granting great
reforms TO RUSSIAN people.
February.
1-2-Extreme cold wave sweeps Northern
States and Canada. Glendiye, Mont, has
temperature Of 81 degrees below zero.
death Of Joseph II: Manley of Maine.
..:.senate passes Statehood bill.
S-Roosevelt and Fairbanks declared elect
ed after count Of electoral votes In Con-
gress.
House passes Townsend-Issch railway
lo-Death Of Hon. chas. H. Hackley of
Muskegon, Mich. .-.---
13-Severest cold wave Of winter.
-15-Death OF Gen. Lew Wallace. 4.
16-Death OF Jay Cookies noted fnancier.
17LGrand Duke sergius killed by bomb
s sat Moi ie sta .alprah aeIl, 7W Waahins Statue dedi-
2O-Explosion In Virginia city coal mines,
near Bessemer, Ala, entombs 1872 miners.
Fire destroys piers and ships at Charles
24-,Boring Of simplon tunnel under the
Alps Is finished. \
49,. North Sea Commission announces de-
clsioh against Russia. ...->
26-Illinois Central terminals in New Or
w. we 1 miners killed by explosion at wi'e'e'
27-Death Of Geo. s. Boutwell, Of Massa-
quilted by United States Senate. Eleven
persons killed BY collapse Of church floor
2s-Death of Mrs. Leland Stanford IL
Honolulu.
March.
Scar OF Russia signs rescript giving
people a right to representation in law
making body. -. Thirty persons killed In
wreck Of inauguration special trains near
Pittsburg.
4-Roosevelt Is inaugurated. %. End OF
bSth Congress....Whl J. Davis and two
others indicted as responsible for ~Iroquofs
fire. ...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.
11-Mrs. Chadwick convicted of consplr-
acy in Cleveland.
4-Nineteen lives lost in New York teue-
ment house fire.
Connecticut.
1S-19-Twenty-four miners killed by ex-
plosion in mines near Thurmond, W. Va.
2O--Explosion and fire In Brockton. Mass.
shoe factory causes 10S deaths.
24-Deatb Of Jules Verne.
April.
president Roosevelt leaves Washington
on vacation trip. Explosion in Letter
mines at Zeigler, III, kills thirty-five men.
80. Russian artillery depot in Harbin blown
up ard seventy-fvp men killed.
This Funny World.