The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-01
1909 Events That Made History

iuent OF the chambers.
Apr. 15--Thousands are massacred
In Asiatic Turkey.
Apr. 18-The ceremonies OF the beat
ification OF Joan OF Arc are held at st.
Peters, Rome.
Apr. 19-The Russo Bulgarian set
tlement Is signed at st. Petersburg. ST.
multaneously with the signing of the
Turco- Bulgarian agreement at Con-
stantinople. Bulgaria paying s16.4O0.O0O
for Its independence.
Apr. 21-The Canadian cruiser Mes
trail fires on. hits and captures the
American fishing schooner or vsncou-
yer.
| Apr. 23-Gov Wilson of Kentucky
pardons ex-Gov. Taylor and five others
indicted I'm connection with the murder
OF William Goebel in 1900.
Apr. 23-The independence of Bull
garia is formally recognized by the
British and French ministers at Sofa.
Apr. 26-The International Woman
Suffrage congress opens in London.
Apr. 27-Abdul Hamid III. is dcposed
and his brother. under name of Meh-
med V proclaimed sultan of Turkey.
Apr. 29-The agreement between the
anthracite operators and their employ
es. for three years term, is signed in
Philadelphia.
Apr. 30-A daughter is born to the
queen of Holland.
| May 4-Diplomatic relations between
the U. s. and Venezuela are re-estab-
llished.
May Representatives of the u. S.
and Canada meet at st. John, N. b., to
decide matters i'm dispute concerning
the use of the ST. John river. forming
part of the national boundary.
| May 1S-Lidj Jeassu, grandson of
King Meneik. is chosen heir to the
throne of Abyssinia.
May 21-Cipriano Castro is exoner-
ated from the charge of plotting against
life of acting president Gomez of Ven
ezuela, on the ground that act covered
by amnesty.
May 22-The Hague court of arbitra-
ton decides that both France and Ger
many were at fault in the casablanca
dispute.
May 22-The Ice blockade of the
harbor of ST. Johns, ". r.. Is raised.
May 30-F'ive prominent citizens OF
Denver are indicted for conspiracy tc
defraud the government Of coal lands
valued at s1,O0o.0oO.
May SIAN western Canadian mm-
ber mills advance the price on com
mon pine fifty cents per thousand feet
juno l-Tile ALASKA Yukon Paciii,
deposition at Seattle, WASH is formal.
ly opened.
June THE French cabinet approves
a naval program involving the expend-
iture of $500 100000 in ten years.
June 9--The Canadian locks at Saul
ste. Marie are wrecked by steamer
June 12-Natal decided by referen
dun vote OF 11.121 to s.7o1 in favor o
joining the South African union.
| June 14-On the death of Presiden
Penna, OF Brazil. Milo Pecanha Il
sworn in as his successor.
June 1.-THE czar and the German
emperor meet near Helsingfors.
| June 1S-TNe Canadian railway
commission rules that it has jurisdic
tion over rates between America ant
the Dominion.
| June 22-Queen Victoria of Spain
gives birth to a daughter.
June 22-The Cape Cod canal is for
mally begun.
| June 29-More than 100 suffragettes
are arrested in London for attempt
ing to storm the House OF Commons.
July THE statewide liquor pro-
hibition law goes into effect in Ten
ncssee.
| July 2-F'ire destroys the business
section of Cobalt, Ont, loss $3.50. 1000.
| July 6-About 5000 men belonging
to the United Mine Workers of Am
erica go on strike in the Cape Breton
collieries.
July S-The United States senate
passes the tariff bill by vote of As TO
"a.
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