Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-01-12

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is-wes,bouad Pennsylvania raiS
.o.1 Aver makes run from Cre''line'
.olt. = Fort Wayne, Ind, l8l miles
~. rate Of 1913 miles an hour
breaking az records.
14-Arctic steamer Terra lea'e'
r,om.oe. Norway, for the relief OF tne
Zioqe expedition.
90-John b. Burke Of Cambridge
,,ive-sitv claims that in radium be
has discovered the secret Of life.
ao-Jobp D. Rockefeller contributes
to The general education board 'lO'
100000.
July.
1o-wm Of Moses A. Dropsie OF
philadelphia. deceased, devotes the
lulk Of bic estate 70 the founding Of
Jewish college
is-Peary Arctic expedition sails.
es Remains Of John Paul Jones,
tfatter Of the American navy" ar
rive IN this country from France.
Greaiest blast ever set Oh in this eoun-
~ IL erplodei 90 clear ont The harbor
Of Portsmouth, ~ H., navy yard
August
Shame of Independent order of
Good Tomplafs changed 10 lutorna.
ilonal order Of Good Templars.
iO--Rescue Of tho Fiala Ziogler Arc.
tic expedition by the Terra Nova an.
pouuccl from Honningsvaag. Norway.
is-Battleship Kansas christened
with water from John Browns spring
and launched.
i6-Erecutiye council of The nation.
al civic federation appoints a com
mission 20 investigate municipal own.
sr,hip problem Ia Europe and Amer
lea
ay-work on ihe tunnel under De.
tfoit river begun.
sO-Tolal eclipse of the sun ob,erv'
% In Spain by The astronomers
8i-naiiloship Vermont launched.
September.
-Knahcnshuc. the aeronaut, makes
iho most successful airahip flight In
Tho history of aerial navigation.
s-Corporal James s-=s-- -'as'sA
commander On ch' N the @. A. n.
so Baiilesba Mississippi launched.
October.
p=Whiiiier Lowell and 0encral
sherman elected 20 ibo Ncw York Hall
of Pane.
1.-THE worlds largest ship. Amer.
IA. starts on her maiden voyage
le- Successful military tost n tho
I.ebauiy iifigiblc balloon, maio At
Toulon, France
io-oamegIs hero fund commlssior
makes no awards
tp-Naiiohal purity associations
amalgamaie.
el-sicamer siberia, carrying Miss
Alice Roosevelt. breaks tho speed rec.
orb from Yokohama 10 san Francisco
10 days no hours es minutes.
NovombeT.
ct n n Rhode leland breaks ths
mile ba'iIeship record, making 1888
knots
o. Methodist Episcopal board of blsh
ops decides chat Professor Hiusklsy a.
Mitchell. "h.gher critic" must not De
retained D., iho Boston university
school of theology,
ls-james spcycr gives Columbia
university $4,000 20 sndow tho Tho
olnre Roosevelt profsssorship of Amer
lean history and Institutions iu ths
University ~ RsFuu.
l-colIggo presidents meet In NeW
York and organize the "Carusgis
Foundation. .' Co administer the Csrue
g's fuad for peus.oniag college pro
fessora
lb-C0Tuerstone % the M,Kiulo,
monument laid at Canton. Ohio.
se-lnier,hur,b conference ,ouyen.
in New York; clause ia preamble OF
,orsiiiuioa bars UniiaTlaus aul Uui
yorsalista
! si-haiueship Virginia breaks thO
speed Te,or1 made by her sister shir
Rhode lsauli yirguia's maximum
1874 kuota
December.
o-free passes on the Pennsylvani
railroad sholshedi action folowe
later hy many other railroads
0-News r1sgbcs Alaska of the sue
cess ot the Amuusleu Ar,tl, oxpeiI
ti'n 10 tbroaAiug che northwest IA.
ago au3 ro,iis,oyeriug the north mas
nriis pole oa King William island
s-Nooel s,ieDtide prize awarded q