The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-02

Ell o. ne Ir.. 4 a., ar 1rc4-yt,yti, ssss-,.
a. Lady Florence Dixie. author, ex-
pIorer and wornans rights champion,
at Glen Stuart, Scotland; aged 4S.
g. Russia: Mntfny of Russian sailors at
Cronstadt accompanied by rioting and
~ Russia: Martial law proclaimed
throughout Poland. Political uprising
and riot at vladivostok
49, Convention. Congress OF the American
Federation OF Labor opened at Pitts
burg
from Cuba and organized govern
ment under United States laws.
II. Russia: The car granted land conces-
sions to the peasants.
1s. 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.
49, Shipwreck: Over 100 deaths by the loss
of the steamer HildA IN the English
channel
25 Russia Mutiny of sailors Of the Rus
sian fleet and soldiers Of the garrison
at Sevastopol
Personal: Norway's new king, Haakon
VII, given royal welcome into Chris
tiania.
Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at foot
ball, to 0. at Cambridge.
26. Accident: 16 killed and % hurt In q
wreck on the Boston and Maine, near
Lincoln. Mass
Celebrations: fphe 250th anniversary Of
the settlement of Jews iii America OBJ
served throughout the country:
u. Norway. King Haakon formally as
4eended the throne at ChriStlania.
49, Personal: Edwin v. Morgan, former
United States minister to Korea, APP
pointed minister to Cuba, vice Herbert
Ct. Squiers. resigned.
Russia: Russian mutiueers at sSevaStopol
conquered after a severe battle
DECEMBER.
2. Sporting: Army and navy football
game at Princeton resulted In tie
score 8 10 G.
g. Obituary: John Bartlett, compiler OF
sBartlett's Familiar Quotatlons al
Cambridge, Mass; aged IS.
A. Political Premier Balfour rendered
the resignation of thel British cabinet
4 S. Russia. Gen. Saeharoff, former minis
ter of war, assassinated BY a woman
revolutionist,
Political: International fleet occupied
the Turkish island Of Lemnos. Sii
Henry Campbell Banuerman accepted
the task Of forming a new British
cabinet
l. Personal: Capt Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer, reached Eagle
CITY. Alaska, overland from Hcrsche
I island, after having sailed the north
west passage in the sloop Gjoa
Accident 10 killed and is Injured In ;
wreck Of the Overland Limited on tn
\ Union Pacific At Rock Springs, WYE,
g. obituary.: United States Senator Joh
H. Mitchell OF oregon, at Portland
aged 90
O. Obituary; louisa Fildrldge (Aunt Lou
isa), well known actress, IN New Horl
city: aged rs.
Sportlng Root and Fogler won the 81
4 dav bicycle race IN New York city
score 2,260 miles laps,
< 1O Personal: Baroness Won Suttner Q
Austria awarded the Nobel peae
prize valued at Sa9.O0o
II. Obituary: Edward Atkinson socia
and political economist, in Boston
aged rs.
Political: Change OF ministry IN Ene
land. The porte accepted the terms Q
the powers concerning Macedonia.
1S Obituary: Sir Richard ClaverhopA
Jebh. noted Greek scholar in Lopaen
aged 81.
IL Obituary: Gen. Herman Haupt, civ
war veteran and the Oldest gradUfst
Of the West Point Military acadeMs
at Jersey City; aged IS.
william Sharp, Scotch poet and sneve
list. author OF works published nlfdt
the pseudopyns Miss Fiona Macleod.
Sicily; aged 81
Convention; Anthracite coal miners
conference begun at Shamokin, Pa.