The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-30

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5. Special session of the 61st congress
opened; Joseph G. Cannon elected
speaker of the house.
I. Tariff bill framed by the Republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee of congress introduced in the
house by Serene E. Payne, chairman
of the committee.
5. Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt sail
ed from New York for Naples on the
Hamburg American liner Hamburg.
9. An agreement reached by Austria and
Servia effecting peace in the Balkans.
APRIL
/. The last of the United States troops
left Cuba.
O. The Payne tariff bill passed the house
by vote of az to 81.
g. Turkish garrison in Constantinople
mutinied and expelled the Young Turks
s. Ultimatum of Young Turks to parlia-
ment.
A. The Young Turks gained complete
controa of Constantinople. making the
Sultan Abdul Hamid prisoner in his
palace.
z. Abdul Hamid H., sultan Of Turkey,
formally deposed by the Constitutional
party and his brother, Mohammed
Reschad. chosen successor
%. De- leaders of the army mutiny of
April 10 in Constantinople executed for
conspiracy.
10. Mohammed ", Turkeys new sultan.
invested with the sword of sovereignty
at Constantinople.
II. Gen. Stoessel and Admiral Nebogatoff,
who were serving sentences for neg
lect of duty in the late war. pardoned
by the czar.
IS. DR.. Charles william Eliot retired from
the presidency of Harvard after 40
years service.
10. Abbott Lawrence Lowell assumed the
presidency of Harvard university.
JULY.
g. The senate passed its amended tariff
bill by vote of As to "a.
9. Riotous Bolivians attacked the Ar
.gsStne legation at La Paz in protest
against Argentina's decision in the Pc
ruviaM boundary dispute.
IA. Prince Won Bulow, chancellor of the
German tempire, retired from office and
was SUCCEEDED by DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg. Royal troops of Persia de-
feated by the Nationalist at Teheran.
a. Diplomatic relations severed between
Bolivia and th@ Argentine Republic
upon the initiation of Argentina.
26. An anti-Diaz political riot at Guada-
lajara. Mexico. Resulted in wrecking
the town. Anti-Moroccan war riot in
Barcelona. Spain.
AUGUsT.
2. The Russian Emperor Nicholas re-
ceived as the guest of King Edward
VII. of England at lCowes.
s. The Payne tariff pill finally passed
the senate; congress, adjourned.
a. Samuel r. Van zandt, ex-governor of
Minnesota elected commander in chief
of the q. A. r. at Salt Lake City.
SEPTEMBER.
/. DR.. Frederick A. Cook announced the
discovery by him of the north pole on
April n. 1903.
2. Peary cabled from indian Harbor,
Labrador. that he reached the north
pole April 6. 1909.
Is. President Taft started from Boston on
his 1900 mile trip. Marriage at Ding
wall, Scotland, of Miss Anita Stewart
of New York TO Prince Miguel of Bra
CANA, q claimant to the throne OF
Portugal.
OCTOBER.
IL American minister TO China. Charles
r. Crane, recalled from his mission by
the secretary of state.
49, Meeting of the provincial assemblies OF
China under the new constitutional pro
gram Prof Francisco Ferrer. Spanish
revolutionary teacher. executed at Bar.
celona.
i6. President Taft and President Diaz OF
Mexico met at FL Paso, Tex.
q. Cabinet crisis in Spain. result of the
execution OF Prof Ferrer. the revolu
zionist. on Oct. 10.
o. Cav Nicholas made a triumphal en-
try into Italy. guest of King Victor
Emmanuel.
NOVEMBER.
fudge william J. Gaynor elected mayor
az New York on the Democratic tick
a ct: election a general reverse for Tam
many Hall. Municipal reform defeat
ed in San Francisco. Tom johnson
heaten by Herman Baehr in CLEVELAND
mayoralty election.
n cold medal voted to Peary for having
reached the north pole by the Nationa
Geographic society.