The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-01-06
CHRONOLOGY OF 1906.
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ynternal Disturbances IN Russia And
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Of the war IN the East-lGany
Great Names In List 81 Dead.
Most significant Of the events Of
1905, because 1t indicates unmistak-
ably the inexorable advance Of man
kind toward high ideals Of liberty.
justice and perfect civilization. ID the
political. and economic upheaval now
taking place In Russia. Wearying
under load Of taxation, rem
dered well-nigh unbearable by added
burdens imposed by the prosecu-
ton of disastrous war, the
peasantry and common people started
a revolt against the tyrannical aris-
tocracy, and have been able to force
from their unwilling ruler many con-
cessions tending toward 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 IL the blood
less revolution by which Norway has
dissolved its political connection with
Sweden and seated a king upon its
long unusued throne. The recent ex-
posures of graft and fraud In high
financial circles and last summers la
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 in Man
churia fell into the hands Of their op-
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.
S-Towboat Defender blown mp on Ohio
River; 20 lives lost.
death Of Theodore Thomas, orchestra
leader.
5-Admiral Rojestvensky's flagship Kniax
Souvarof sunk OF Madagascar.
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.
18-End Of textile strike In Fall River,
Mass.
19-Attenpt to assassinate Gear and Rus
sian royal family.
troops In st. Petersburg.
cities
Is Liberals defeated in Ontario general
elections. .Csar issues Rroclamation prom
Using reforms.
20-Kouropatkin's army driven back from
Sandepas by Gen. Oku's forces.
8O-Czar signs document granting great
reforms to Russian people.
February.
1-2-Extreme cold wave sweeps Northern
States and Canada. Glendive, Mont. has
g q p n ssGw ef
-. Senate passes Statehood biz.
8-Roosevelt and Fairbanks declared elect
ed after count of electoral votes In Con-
gress.
s1House passes Townsend-Esch railway
1O-Death Of Hon. Chas. H. Hackley Of
Muskegon, Mich.
- Severest cold wave Of winter.
15-Death Of Gen. Lew Wallace.
16-Death Of Jay Cooke, noted nnancier.
H-Grand Duke sergius killed by bomb
In Moscow. Frances Willard statue dedi-
Gated In Statuary Hall, Washington.
2O-Explosion In Virginia City coal mines.
near Bessemer, Ala, entombs 162 miners.
-. Fire destroys piers and ships at Charles
town, Mass.
24-Boring of simplon tunnel under the
Alps IL finished.
3D-S1. 600, 600 fre in Hot Springs, Ark
. North Sea Commission announces de-
cision against Russia.
28-nlinois Central terminals In New Or
leans burn with loss of IS. O0O, 600. ;. Thirty
i've miners killed BY explosion at Wilcoe,
27-Death Of Geo. 8. Boutwell, Of Massa-
chusetts. :. Judge SWayne Of Florida ac-
quilted by United States Senate. Eleven
RsT sona. Killed y collapse OF church hoor
2s-Desth Of Mrs. Leland Stanford in
Honolulu.
Scar Of Russia signs rsscript givins
people q right to representation ~ law
making body. :. Thirty persons Killed u
wreck Of Inauguration special trains near
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others indicted % responsible fcr Iroqucls
bel ScoAeld murder.
7-Bit traction strike begins In New
LJapanse win battle Of Mskden. after
eiGhteen days Aghting.
H-Mukden cdpt1fsd ~ Japanese.