The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-01
SOME OF THE A

AgRe L. S. Senate confirms
pboirnent of Mahlon Pitney 70
AssoqAte Justice of the |. S.
breme Eourt.
NH 14-At Rome an anarchist fires
Eee sFts, without effect, al King
kctor Emmanuel A band OF Viz
inia 1untaineers, in an attempt to
escueA prisoner in the Hillsville
,ourt house, shoot and kill the
judgethe prosecutor and the sher-
if ne Lawrence mill strike ends
|w,thhe return of the strikers.
aarch 6-The hulk of the battleship
! Maj is sunk in the open sea.
hIarcI 20-The Chinese General AS
seply grants 10 women the right
tosote if able to read and write
ar if they hold property
Map 27-The Senate by a vote of
4ito "a, exonerates Senator Steph-
son of the charges of corruption
his election.
Mich 31-More than 100000 coal
Alners suspend work pending set
cement of their demands.
jril 9-An anti-Home Rule demon
stration in Belfast is made by more
than 100000 persons.
pril 10-The new White Star liner
Titanic sails on her maiden trip
from Southampton to New York.
pril 15-The Titanic, 1850 miles east
of New York, founders four hours
after striking an iceberg, carrying
1896 persons down with her
pril 1.-THE Senate orders an inves-
tigation into the causes OF the Ii
tanic disaster.
pril 19-Russia agrees to recognize
Italian sovereignty in Tripoii in re-
turn for support TO Russia's Balkan
policies.
pril 20-The mill strike at Lowell,
Mass, ends with a partial victory
for the strikers.
pril 23-The Irish National Conven-
ton, at Dublin, unanimously endors-
es the British Government Home
Rule bill.
pril 1.-THE Congressional inquiry
into the Money Trust" is begun by
the House Committee on Banking
and Currency. Following the joint
protests of the United States, Great
Britain, France and Germany, China
cancels the contract for a loan OF
$50,000,000 from a Belgian syndicate
.pril 2S-The bazaar section of Da
mascus, Syria, is destroyed by fire
Loss $4,000, 600.
lay 2-The British commission under
Lord Mersey begins its investiga
ton OF the causes leading to the
wreck of the Titanic.
lay 15-ChrisJ'a y is proclaimed
King of Denmark on the death O.
his father, King Frederick VIII.
lay 1.-THE Socialist National Con
vention, at Indianapolis, nominate:
Eugene V. Debs for president, Emf
Seidel for vice president.
lay 22-Mrs. Pankhurst and Severa
other suffrage leaders in London
are found guilty of conspiracy ant
sentenced to nine months imprison
ment.
Nay 23-Paul Deschanel is electe,
president of the French Chamber o
Deputies.
Nay PA strike of 100000 transpor
workers begins in London.
Nay 29--An attempt is made to bloI
up with dynamic, the House of Pal
liment, Budapest.
June 1.-The Ohio Constitutional Cor
vention adjourns, having prepare
AZ constitutional amendments.
June 3-The German battleship squad
ron, visiting the United States,
received by President Taft i
Hampton Roads.
June AN OPPOSITION member a
tempts to assassinate Count Tisz;
president of the Hungarian Diet.
June 1.-THE London dock strik
comes to an end.
June 22-The Republican Nations
Convention at Chicago nominate
William II. Taft for president of tn
United States, James S. Sherma
for vice president.
Theodore Roosevelt is nominate
by the new Progressive party, as
candidate for president, at a NEE
ing in Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
June 23-The business section of Ca
ming, Novia Scotia, is destroyed b
fire.
June 24-The sentences of impriso
ment passed upon Gompers, Mite
ell and Morrison, for contempt
court, are reaffirmed by the S
preme court of the District of &C
umbia.
Hundreds of houses are destroye
by fire at Chicoutimi, Quebec. Los
100000.
June 25-China rejects the terms
the proposed international loan.