Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-01-10
to English house Of comm bill abol-
fishing veto power of house Of lords.

ishinE veto power OF house Of lords.
~ MARCH. X
$s1-senator sLorimer Of Illinois re-
tains his seat by senate vote with mar
gin Of six.
4-Reciprocity falls in senate. Six
ty-flrst congress adjourns.
President Taft makes good on ex-
ira session threat. setting special sss-
sion at April 4.
United States troops ordered to
Mexican frontier.
11-Trial OF tho Camorrists begins at
Viterbo. Italy.
Il 1S-Supereme court sustains consti-
nationality of corporation tax law, In
creasing national income by $4,000
900. s
25-Triangle Shirt Waist company
fire in the Asch building. New York,
resulting in 141 deaths.
APRIL.
Especial session of Sixty-second
congress convenes.
10Tom L. Johnson, former mayor
Of Cleveland, dies. s.5
canadian reciprocity bill and
farmers free list bill introduced in
house.
13-House approves direct election
OF senator's by 296 to 16.
14-David Jayne Hill resigns %
ambassador to Germany.
21-House passes Canadian recipro-
city, i265 to SO.
22-McNamara brothers arrested In
Chicago and indianapolis: rushed BY
automobile on way to Los Angeles to
face dynamite charges.
29-Jay Gould marries Annie Doug
lass Graham Of Hawaii. in New York.
s0-Bangor, Me-, devastated by ire.
MAY.
2-Chinese rebellion begins In Kwan-
tung province.
s-House orders investigation Of
steel trust.
SEATTLE Of Juarez begins. resulting
in capture by Mexican rebels two days
later.
III. NJ. Dickinson resigns Is sec.
rotary of war; succeeded BY Henry
L. Stimson Of New York.
Standard OIL company ordered
dissolved by Supreme court decision.
17-Pornrio Diaz announces he will
resign presidency Of Mexico.
23-New Mexico and Arizona state
hood resolution passes in house.
25Diax resigns presidency Of Mex
leo.
29-Tobacco trust ordered dissolved
by Supreme court decision.
JUNE.
8-W. e. d. Stokes shot in New
York By Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad.
10-American polo team beats Brit
ish in deciding game OF international
series.
1s-Resolution for popular election
Of senators passed by senate.
lS-European aviation circuit race
begins at vincennes. France. Three
aviators-Captain Pnnceteau, M.
La Martin and M. Lendran-killed
when machines fall to ground.
19-President Taft celebrates his
silver wedding anniversary.
21-Arrival in New York Of Olym-
pic, largest passenger boat in world.
20 Coronation Of King George OF
England.
IS Cornell crew wins Poughkeep.
sic regatta.
JULY.
2-Harry N. Atwood flies in b.
plane from Boston to New York.
as s-Lieutenant Conneau ("Andre
Beaumont') wins 1.O00-mile aviation
circuit race, from vincennes. over
France. Belgium. Holland and Eng
land. 80 - ,,- #
12-American Harvard-Yale athlet.
&c team defeated BY Oxford Cam
bridge team at London.
14--1nvestiture Of prince Of Wales.
1s-Henryi Clay Beattie shoots his
wife.
~ Canadian reciprocity passed BY
senate.
27-President Taft signs Canadian
reciprocity treaty.
AUGUST.
10-London dock strike begins.
15-Harry N. Atwood starts hight
for New York from st. Louis.
19-English dock strike settled.
Especial session Of congress ad.
journs. 1, q I'll
22-G. A. r. special train wrecked
near Manchester, N. T., 81 civil wal
veterans and members Of their, fami
lies being killed. H
27-Atwood arrives 1t New York.
finishing his night from st. Louis.
SEPTEMBER.
SCol. John Jacob Astor marries
Madeline Talmage Force.
10-Cross-continent aeroplane flight
for Hearst $4,000 prize officially be.
gins.
12-H. H. Hilton Of England wins
American golf championship at Apawa
mis- links.
15-Premier stolypin Of Russia
shot while attending opera ut Kiev.
dying two days later.
President Taft starts on trip
through west.
17-Cal P. Rodgers leaves New
York on cross-continent flight. Rod.
gers was the only one to complete the
trip.
Canadian voters reject reel.
procity bill.
25-French battleship Liberte
blown up In harbor Of Toulon, killing
three hundred.
29-Italy declares war on Turkey.
as result Of Tripoli controversy. and
rushes troops to Tripoli.
30-One hundred killed by breaking
Of dam at Austin, Pa.
OCTOBER.
Rear Admiral Winfield 8.
Schley dies.
13-Republic Of China proclaimed
at WI Chang.
14-Associate Justice John Marshall
Harlan OF the United States Supreme
Court dies.
1s-Aviator Eugene Ely killed At
Macon, Ga.