The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-02
YEAR 1905 In BRIEF.
(coNrINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. !

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American newspaper tupnsners as
ISOLATION. at Plainfield, N. j.; aged Sc
y. Jay Cooke, noted hnancier, at Ogontz
| Pa; aged 49, Gen. Lew Wallace, sol
der, diplomat and author, at Craw
louisville, Ind; aged Is. Daniel Nc
Carthy, well known caricaturist, ii
II. Russia: Grand Duke Sergius, uncle Of
the car of Russia, slain by an assas.
sins bomb In Moscow
%. Accident: 11e miners entombed by ar
explosion In the Virginia mines al
Birmingham, Ala
Fire; AT Indianapolis; loss of $1,11O.O0(
by flames in the wholesale district
a. Russia; The students of the Univer-
sity Of st. Petersburg suspended
studies for the remainder of the uni
versity year in sympathy with the
strike of the workingmen
Fire: At the Hoosic tunnel piers,
CharlestoWn, Mass. loss, 81, 100000
Obituary: Mrs. Isabella Hogg Parker,
niece Of James Hogg, poet, and child
friend Of Sir Walter Scott, at Bling
hamton. N. H.; aged So.
"a. Simplon Tunnel: Meeting of the Swiss
and Italian boring parties working
from opposite sides of the Alps
%. RusSo-Japanese War: Gen. Kurokf 8
left southeast of Mukden.
North Sea Court: The international
commission of inquiry into the North
sea incident rendered a decision which
was a practical compromise favoring
Great Britain.
&. Russo-Japanese War: Desperate fight
ing at Che and Ia passes between the
Russians and Japanese, the Russians
holding their ground
Z Sir WemVsS Reid noted English on
thor and Journalist. in London; aged
&c.
Fires: In New Orleans; loss of Sc, 0O0, 900
by flames along the river front Hot
Springs, Ark, suffered loss of $1,000
600.
n. Obituary: Ex-Governor George 8.
Boutwell, of Massachusetts, former
United States senator from that state
and former secretary of the United
States treasury, at Groton, Mass; ;
aged ". s
Russia: Peasant riots in various cities
of Russian Poland Maxim Gorky, au-
thor and revolutionary agitator, re-
leased from prison and Immediately
rearrested.
Accident: % deaths in a mine explosion
at wilcox, Va
MARCH.
l. Obituary: Mrs. Jane Lathrup Stan
ford, widow of United States senator
Leland Stanford of California, In Hon
0lulu.
Russo-J Japanese War: Desperate coun-
ter attacks by the Russians at Muk-
den temporarily successful.
2. Russo-Japanese War: Gen. Kuroki
pushed his attack upon the Russian
left flank held by Gen. Linevitch. Jap
anese cavalry suddenly appeared at
the neutral city of Simintin, 80 miles
northwest of MulSden, on the right
flank of KuropatlSin's army
3. Russia: The car issued a liberal re-
script promising to convene national
assembly of elected Representatives
Russo-J Japanese War: Gen. Oku's force
turned the Russian right flank at Mux-
den
4. Russo-Japanese War: Gen. Nogi, with
the Port Arthur soldiers, swept down
from the northwest upon the right
flank of the Russians at Mukden,
forcing Kuropatkin to retreat
Political: Close of the Fifty-eighth CON
gress. Theodore Roosevelt inaugural
ed president
Accident: Is killed and 80 injured in
wreck on the Fort Wayne at Ems
worth, Pa.
6. Russo-Japanese War: Fierce conflict
northwest of Mukden between the
laps under Gen. Nogi and the Rus
SLAMS under Gen. kaulbarS.
obituary. Judge John H. Reagan, sole
survivor of the Confederate cabinet.
at Palestine, Tex; aged 81.
z. Russo-Japanese War: Kuropatkins
forces repulsed In a desperate attempt
TO retalKe their positions north of the
river Hun.
Fire: At Cedar Rapids, Ia, the Amer
lean Cereal company's plant destroy
ed; loss. $1.50O,0O0.
Strike: Train and station men of the
elevated and subway transit lines In
New York city struck for shorter
hours and increased pay.
s. Obituary: A. M. Palmer, well known
theatrical manager, in New York city
aged 81. Gabriel jules Thomas, noted
sculptor In Paris; aged 81.
Russo Japanese War: Kuropatkin's ar
my abandoned its positions south OF
MukdenN
8. Strike Grand Chief Warren s. Stone
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers ordered the striking members
on the New York transit lines to re-
sumo duty.
Russo-Japanese War: The Russians
continued to dispute with the Jap
anese the roads leading from Mukden
northward.
10, Convention; Ninth national Congress
OF Mothers opened In Washington.
by the Japanese army the Russians
being in full retreat.
II. Strike: Striking railway men in New
York abandoned the struggle by the
advice Of their leader.
Is. Shipwreck: British ship FShyber
wrecked on the Cornish coast during a
hurricane; % Of the crew drowned.
Russo Japanese War: Tie pass, the key
to the region around NTukden captured
By the Japanese,
II. Russo Japanese War: Gen. Linevitch
appointed to succeed Kuropathin in
command OF the army in Manchuria.
Failure OF the new Russian loan in
Paris. Russia's war council decided to
send $4,000 more men to Manchuria,
The Baltic fleet sailed from Madagas-
car
obituary: Gen. Joseph +. Hawiey. ex-
United States senator from Connecti-
cut former governor Of that state and
veteran OF the civil war, in Wash
ington; aged -,
N Accident: rs workmen killed and many
injured BY the explosion OF a boiler in
the r. b. Grover company's shoe fac
tory at BroclSton, Mass
south America: ultlinatum BY france
to Venezuela stopping the seizure Of