The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-05

kAA VI 6AA.
4-Reciprocity fails in senate. Six
ty-drst congress adjourns.
President Taft makes good on ex-
ira session threat, setting special ses-
sion at April 4.
8-United States troops ordered to
Mexican frontier.
11-Trial of the Camorrists begins at
Viterbo. Italy.
1S-Supereme court sustains consti-
%tutionality Of corporation tax law, In
creasing national income by $27,o00,-
600.
25-Triangle Shirt Waist company
IRE In the Asch building. New York,
resulting In 141 deaths.
APRIL.
Especial session Of Si%xtysecond
congress c~onvenes.
10-Tom l.. johnson, former mayor
Of Cleveland, dies.
12-Canadian reciprocity bill and
farmers free list bill introduced In
house.
13-House approves direct election
Of senators by 296 to 16.
14-David Jayne Hill resigns as
ambassador to Germany.
21-House passes Canadian recipro-
city, 265 to SO.
22-McNamara brothers arrested in
Chicago and Indianapolis; rushed by
automobile on way to Los Angeles to
face dynamite charges.
90 Yo,, C~.1l ~oo~~i.e A~ri~ To,~
lass Graham Of Hawaii. in New York.
30-Bangor, Me-, devastated by fire.
MAY.
2-Chinese rebellion begins in Kwan-
tung province.
3-House orders investigation of
steel trust.
8-Battle of Juarez begins, resulting
in capture by Mexican rebels two days
later.
12-J. NJ. Dickinson resigns as Sec
rotary Of war; succeeded by Henry
L. Stimson of New York.
~15-Standard OIL company ordered
dissolved by Supreme court decision.
17-Porf1rio Diaz announces he will
resign presidency OF Mexico.
23-New Mexico and Arizona state
hood resolution passes In house.
25-Diaz resigns presidency Of Mex
leo.
29-Tobacco trust ordered dissolved
by Supreme court decision.
JUNE.
S-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. s
13-Resolution for popular election
OF senators passed by. senate.
18-European. aviation circuit race
begins at V%incennes, France. Three
aviators-Captain ~Princeteau, M.
La Martin and M. Eendran-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.
deterioration Of King George Of
England.
2s-Cornell crew wins Poughkeep-
sic regatta.
Harry N. Atwood flies in b.
plane from Boston to New York.
8-Lieutenant Conneau ("Andre
Beaumont") wins 1,000-mile aviation
circuit race, from Vincennes, over
France. Belgium, Holland and Eng
land.
12-American Harvard Yale athlet-
ic team defeated by .Oxford-Cam
bridge team at London.
14E1nvestiture Of prince Of Wales.
1s-Henry Clay Beattie shoots his
wife.
:,22-Canadian reciprocity passed BY
senate. a.. .A.f.. =
.27-President Taft signs Canadian
reciprocity treaty.
AUGUST.
1o-London dock. strike begins.
Hilary N. Atwood starts flight
for New York from st. Louis.
19-English dock strike settled.
23-Special session OF congress ad-
journs. -":
22-G. A. r. special train wrecked
nea Manchester, N. Y. 81 civil war
veterans and members Of their fami-.
lies being killed. =.
27-Atwood' arrives at New York,
finishing his flight from st. Louis.
SEPTEMBER.
9-Col. John Jacob Astor marres
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 at 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 wal the only one to complete the