Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-01-09
THE OLD YEAR
In Brief

among tho most notable events of
the year just clossu III the br!efest
form may be noted:
January-lst. pure food and drugs
law goes into effect: l4th, destructive
earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica;
10th, Edwin S. Stuart inaugurated
governor of Pennsylvania.
February-l2th, the "Larchmont, "
of the Joy line, sinks in Long Island
Sound, 100 lives lost; Goth, senate
confirms Reed Smoot's right to his
seat in that body.
March-lst, Denatured alcohol bill
passed by senate; 4th, close of the Fif.
ty-ninth congress; George BC ortel-
you succeeds Leslie M. Shaw as secre-
tary of the treasury, James r. Gar
field succeeds Ethan Allen Hitchcock
as secretary of the interior, and George
Won L. Meyer becomes postmaster
general: 14th, President Roosevelt is
sues executive order refusing permits
sion to Japanese or Korean laborers to
enter the continental territory of the
United States; 29th, derailment of
train on the Southern Pacific railroad,
causing 26 deaths.
April-12th. jury in Thaw trial dis
agree; 18th, Standard Oil company
found guilty of accepting rebates from
Alton railroad; 18th, Jamestown Eek
position formally opened.
May-l2th, train of the South Pa
cific Coast line. carrying 145, Mystic
Shriners from Pennsylvania and New
York states, wrecked at Honda, near
Santa Brabara, Cal goth death of
Mrs. William Mckinley.
June-llth, eleven men of United
States navy lost in launch in Hamp.
ton Roads 18th. Russian douma dis
solved by Gar in dead of night; Goth.
further American occupation of Cuba
for eighteen months decided upon.
July-Sth, Mayor Schmitz, of San
Francisco, sentenced to five years in
San Quentin penitentiary 18th, ex.
plosion on battleship Georgia, ten
men killed; 2Sth. William d. Hay
wood (whose trial was begun ON May
81 acquitted of completely in the MUIR
der of Frank Steunenberg, former
governor Of Idaho.
August-4th. Standard Oil company
fined 500, 240, 900 for taking rebates :;
18th, general strike of commercial tel
egraphers in every city in United
States and Canada ordered ;2Sth, Prince
Wilhelm, of Sweden, calls on Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Septem5er-1Sth, fourteen warrants
issued against persons involved in the
state capitol scandal; 24th, WI Ting
fang appointed minister to United
States instead of Sir Chetung Liang-
Cheng 2Sth, fatal railroad collision
at Bellaire, Ohio.
October-15th. the town of Fon-
tanet. Ind. practically wiped out by
powder plant explosion; 18th, Mar
coni's trans. ocean wireless telegraph
system successfully put into opera
tion between Ireland and Nova Scotia
gath, A bankers pool, headed by J
p Morgan, loans S25, 600, 600 at 10 per
cent. to relieve money stringency.
November-l6th, Oklahoma's admis-
sion to statehood proclaimed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt; 18th, announcement
by President Roosevelt that govern
ment would release $50, 900, 900 Of
Panama bonds; 22nd, the Mauretania,
the biggest steamer afioat, finishes her
maiden trip from Queenstown; 27th,
first passenger train runs under East
river from Bowling Green, Manhat-
tan, to Borough Hill, Brooklyn.
December-2nd. Sixtieth congress
opens; 3rd. Bradley case ends with
acquittal of Mrs Bradley of the charge
of numbering former Senator A NJ.
Brown. OF Utah 18th, mine explosion
at Yolande, Ala 18th, departure OF
battleship feet for trip to Pacific
ocean 19th, mine wreck at Jacobs
Oreek, Az miles from Pittsburg.