Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-01-04
CHRONOLOGY OF 1905.
eRIEF RECORD OF YEARS PRlN.
CIPAE EVENTS.

III INubbla auss
Independence in Norway-ClOse
of the War in tho East-Many
Great 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. Wearying
under load of taxation, rem
dered wellnigh unbearable by added
burdens imposed by the prosecu-
ton of n disastrous war, the
peasantry and common people started
Il revolt against the tyrannical arts
tocracy, and have been able to force
from their unwilling ruler many con-
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 and seated king upon its
long unusucd throne. The recent ex-
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 land campaigns,
during which one after another Of the
strongholds of the Russians III Man
chlria fell into the hands of their OPP
ponents, and 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 ND on Ohio
| River; 20 lives lost.
4-Death Of Theodore Thomas, orchestra
leader
| 5-Admiral Rojestvcnsky's flagship Kniaz
Souvaroff sunk off Madagascar.
8 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.
10 Attempt to assassinate Gear and Rus
Sian royal family.
Massacre Of workIngmen by Cars
troops In ST. Petersburg.
| o3-Revolt spreads through Russian
! cities.
% Liberals defeated in Ontario general
elections. Gar issues proclamation prom
| Using reforms
20--Korr patAin's army driven back from,
Sandepn, hI ''cn. Oku's forces
20 Car signs document granting great
reforms to Russian people.
| February.
| 12 Extreme cold wave sweeps Northern
| States and Canada. Glendive, Mont, has
temperature OF "a degrees below zero
| Death Of Joseph II. Manley OF Maine.
Senate passes Sta tehood bill.
| S-Roosevclt and Fairbanks declared elect
sress.
| 0 House passes Townsend Esch railway
rate bin.
10 Death Of Hon. Chas. II. IIackley of
Muskegon Mich.
y Severcst cold wave Of winter.
| 15-Death OF Gen. Lew Wallace
! 18-Death OF Jay Cooke noted inancer.
| 17-Grand Duke sergius killed by bomb
| In Moscow. Frances Willard statue dedl-
Gated in Stauary Hall. Washington.
20 Explosion in Virginia city coal mines,
near Besscmer. Ala, entombs 152 miners
Fire destroys piers and ships at Charles
4
- Boring OF Simplon tunnel under the
| Alps Is finished
SI.UN,GN0 fire in Hot Springs Ark
North Sea Commission announces de-
| cislon against Russia.
20 Illinois Central terminals in New Or
leans burn with loss Of $1,000, 900. Thirty
! five miners killed by explosion ut Wicoe,
/ w. Va.
| ~ Death of Geo. s. Boutwell, Of Massa.
chusrtts. Judge Swayne of Florida ne
quilted by United States Senate. Eleven
/ persons killed by collapse OF church floor
/ In brooklyn. y. y.
rs Death of Mrs Leland Stanford ir
| Honolulu.
Gear IF Russia signs rescrlpt giving
| people right to representation In law
\ making body. Thirty persons killed in
| wreck of inauguration special trains near
| rittshurg.
Roosevelt is inaugural ed End Of
| 5Sth Congress. -. VIII J. Davis and two
others indicted as responsible for Iroquois
| fire. .Chas. Thomas found guilty Of Ma
| bel Scoheld murder.
| : Big traction strike begins In New
York.
s-Japanse win battle Of Mukden, after
eighteen days fighting.
10 Mukdcn captured by japanese
1l-Mrs Chadwick convicted of conspir-
acy in Cleveland.
Nineteen lives lost in New York tene-
ment house fire.
II Death OF Gen. Joseph r. lIawley OF
Connccticut
1919 Twenty -four miners killed by ex-
piosion IN mines near Thurmond. w. Va
2O-ENploslon and fire In Rrockton. Mass.