The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-02
JANUARY.

City.
/ 3.-Charles w. Morse. the banker.
begins his fifteen year sentence in
the federal prison at Atlanta. Ga.
/ President Taft directs the Sec
rotary OF agriculture to remove from
Office Clifford Pinchot, chief of the for
est service.
| l0.--King Edward dissolves the
British parliament and summons a
new one TO meet on February Is.
10.--The resolution to investigate
the Ballinger-Pinchot affair is adopt
ed by the United States senate.
| 1.-THE Canadian government
naval program is announced: 1t in
wolves the construction OF eleven ves-
sells at "A cost of $12.O0O.OO0.
14.-Charles r. Heike. secretary.
and five employees of the American Su-
gar Refining company are indicted in
New York for conspiracy to defraud
the government.
19-John r. Walsh. the convicted
Chicago banker, begins five year
sentence in the federal prison at Lea
venworth. Kan.
21.-Japan and Russia refuse to
agree to Secretary Knox's proposal to
neutralize the railways of Manchuria.
21-A passenger train on the Cana
dian Pacific near Sudbury. Ont. left
track and plunged into the Spanish
river. More than 40 lives lost.
28.-The water in the Seine at Par
is reaches it's greatest height submerg-
ling fully onefourth of the city.
| FEBRUARY.
5.--The one hundredth anniversary
of the birth of Ole Bull is celebrated
in Norway.
S.-The New York state senate be.
gins its inquiry into the Aids bribery
charges.
9.-The Moret cabinet in Spain, re.
signs and Jose Canalejas forms rad.
ical and anti-clerical ministry.
1.-THE French steamer General
Chanzy founders OFF the island of Mi.
norca and only one of 159 passengers
and crew is saved.
-l5.-The newly elected British par
lament assemblies.
19.-The employees of the Philadel
phia Rapid Transit company go on
strike.
2O.--Boutrous Pasha Ghali, Egypt
ian premier is fatally shot by ma
tionalist.
2l.-The new British parliament Is
formally opened by King Edward.
25-The Chinese government de
poses the Dalai Lama and orders the
election of successor.
26.-Ex-President Roosevelt and
party. having completed their expedi
ton. arrive at Gondokoro, on the Up
per Nile.
MARCH.
5-Ninety-two men are killed by
an avalanche at Rogers Pass. British
Columbia. while clearing the tracks
of the Canadian Pacific railway from
snow
5.-The United States senate by a
vote of so to %. passes the postal saw
ings bank bill as amended.
14.-Ex-President Roosevelt warm
ly welcomed at Khartum.
19.-President Taft and Earl Grey
governor general of Canada. speak or
Canadian-American relations at din
ner in Albany. N. Y.
19.-In the house of representatives
a combination of Republican "insurg
ents" and Democrats Gusts the speak
err from MEMBERSHIP on the committee
on rules.
21.-Forty present and former mem
bers Of the Pittsburg councils are in
dicted for bribery: ten others confess
when immunity is offered.
22.-The general strike in Philadel
lphia is called Off after the striking
street car employees refuse concessions
offered.
22.-The British house of lords
passes Lord Roseberry's reform reso
luton. stating that possession of a
. Ipeerage should no longer of itself en-
title one to membership in the upper
house.
24.-Ex.President Roosevelt ant
party arrive at Cairo.
26.-President Taft and the Cana
dian minister of finance. in confer
ence at Washington. reach an agree
ment on the tariff dispute
29.-The New York senate sustain.
. the bribery charge against ]. p. Aids
APRIL.
3.-Ex-President Roosevelt an
nounces in Rome that he will not cal
on the Pope because of condition:
which the Vatican wished to impose
5.-Emil Seidel. candidate of the
Social Democrats. is elected mayor o.
Milwaukee.
6.-The military court of inquir,
into the Brownsville shooting affair
affirms the guilt of the negro sol
diers of the Twenty-fifth infantry.
S.-The French parliament elected
in 1906 comes to an end.
13.-The Australian general election
results in victory for the laborite.
over the Deakin coalition party.
1.-THE committee of the strikins
street car employees in Philadelphia
accepts the terms offered by the trac
ton company. -
15.-Emperor Francis Joseph re
ceives ex-President Roosevelt in Wien
ma.
15.-A lockout in the building trade.
in Germany affects nearly 10000,
men.
22.--The general strike of the build
ing trades in Berlin is ended by ar