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4. A battalion of United States troops
sailed from Manila for China.
10. Charles W. Morse. the banker. freed
from Atlantis penit.ntiary on a pardon
by the president
%. Rutherford Page OF New York killed
In Curtiss bipiane at Los Angeles.
the first fatality In the United States
In 1872 ~.s.-
l. TIE hulk Of the battlcship Maine was
foatrd Ell Havana
a. Il officials and ex-pfficials OF the In
ternationai Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers arrested in
various parts of the country charged
with completely in dynamite conspir-
acy
u. Jungfrau railroad tunnel. In the Alps.
pierced at all altitude of 1900 feet.
where a station Is located.
r. Juarez. Mexico. captured by insur-
gents against Madero's government.
MARCH
/. Strike Of 100000 British miners In a
dispute over wages.
n. Amundsen. the explorer. announced
that he reached the south pole on Dec.
II. 1911.
Is End Of the strike OF mill operatives at
Lawrence Mass. which began Jan II,
1872
IS. The hulk Of the hattleahip Maine was
sunk with imposing ceremonies Off the
coast ~ Cuba.
VI. Chicago meat packers declared not
guilty OF Violating the anti trust law.
APRIL.
T. Lalbraitn =. Rodgers. aviator Who Jaw
IRON the Atlantic to the Pacific In ini.
killed III flight at Long Beach, Cal
{ English MINERS Confederation aban-
Aoned their coal strike.
" The White Star liner Titanic largest
passenger steamer afloat, sailed from;
Southampton on her maiden voyage
for New York.
u. Miss Harriet Quimby. the American
air woman, flew across the English
channel. the first woman to accom-
plish the feat.
30. Gable ship Mackay Bennett with her
cargo Of $50 OF the Titanic dead re-
covered from the sea reached Halifax,
N. S.
Is. Coal miners convention at Wilkes
barre adopted an agreement with mine
owners and ended the strike; 10000
miners resumed work.
.| . JUNE.
/. Philip o. Parmalee killed in aviation
flight at North Yakima. Wash
g. President Taft welcomed the visiting
division OF the German navy to Amer
lean waters at Fort Monroe. Va.
TO- The squadron of three German war
ships visiting the United States steam
ed into the Hudson. escorted by four
American battleships.
u ut n,hp I liant nj al
gnan. officers in the French army.
killed when their biplanes collded in
mldair at Douai. France.
JULY.
/. Miss Harriet Quimby, the first woman
to cross the English channel in an
aeroplane, killed in flight at Boston
2. The great dirigible balloon Akron ex-
ploded In fight at Atlantic City. n: T.,
killing 8 aeronauts, including Melvin
Vaniman. her pilot.
S. The memorial lighthouse to commons
crate the precautionary OF Champlain's
discovery OF the lake which bears his
name, was unveiled at Crown Point,
n. 7.
1S. Herman Rosenthal. New York gam
bier and accuser Of the police. shot
dead in the street.
g. The balloon Uncle SAM which left
Kansas City on the eth, landed at
Manassas. Va. having travelled 9s6
miles, beating competitors IN the
Bennett elimination race
10. United States army maneuvers began
in Connecticut.
r.. Mulai Hatid. the sultan of Morocco,
abdicated the throne; Muiai loussef
was proclaimed sultan.
II. The war game ended at Newtown,
Conn.
"a. President Taft signed the Panama ca
nal bill regulating the canal tolls.
SEPTEMBER.
70. Gen. Count Marosuke Nogi the Japa-
nese hero Of Port Arthur, and his wife
killed themselves at Tokyo because OF
the death of the emperor.
IS. The 50th anniversary OF the meeting
of II governors on the 18th Of Septem-
Der, 1862. at Altoona. Pa, was cele-
brated in that city.
30. The Pulitzer school OF Journalism at
Columbia university opened in New
York
OCTOBER.
/. Trial OF the dynamite plotters at Los
Angeles Oct. l. 1910, was begun in In
dianapois
"A. Col. Theodore Roosevelt was shot at
Milwaukee by a would be assassin
named John Schrank.
l6. The city of Vera Cruz. Mexico. arose
in rebellion against President Madero.
Gen Felix DiaZ. nephew of cX-Presi-
dent DiaZ was at the head OF the in
surrection
%. Vera Cruz. Mexico. recaptured from
the Insurgents by federal forces.
NJ lent Charles Eecker Of the New