Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1907 — PERSONAL AND POLITICAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

JANUARY. 16. International conference on Moroccan affairs opened at Algeciras, Spain. FEBRUARY. 17. Alice Roosevelt married to Congressman Nicholas Longworth at the White House. 18. Clerfient Armand Fallieres inaugurated president of France. MARCH. 7. The French ministry under Premier Rouvler resigned after defeat on the church question. 20. Charles S. Francis of Troy, N. Y., appointed to succeed Bellamy Storer as American ambassador to Austria. 81. The international conference on Morocco affairs at Algeciras came to agreement upon all points in dispute between France add Germany. APRIL. 7. Moroccan convention signed at Algeciras by the delegates to the international conference. 80. Count Witte resigned the premiership of Russia. MAT. 4. New Russian ministry headed by Goremykin announced. 10. Opening of the Russian douma at St. Petersburg. 18. Railroad rate bill passed by thjr-Unit-ed States senate with a vote of 71 to'3. 81. King Alfonso and Princess Ena married; bomb thrown at the king and his bride while receiving an ovation in the streets of Madrid narrowly misled the royal couple and killed 33 attendants and spectators. • JUNE. 14. The house voted for a lock canal 110 to 36. 16. Bill admitting Oklahoma to statehood became a law. 22. King Haakon VII. crowned at Trondhjem, Norway. 23. The pure food bill passed the house 240 to 117. 29. Railway rate bill signed by the president. JULY. 12. French supreme court annulled the condemnation of Captain Dreyfus. 13. Captain Dreyfus restored to the army by a special act of the French legislature. 22. Czar Nicholas dissolved the douma; martial law declared in St Petersburg. 23. 186 members of the douma met at Viborg, Finland, and issued a revolutionary manifesto to the Russian people. AUGUST. 20. Rising of the Cuban Liberals against the Palma administration; Gen. Bandera took the field with a band of revolutionists. 22. Cuban revolutionists, led by Gen. Pino Guerra, an ex-congressman, captured the town of San Luis, province of Plnar- del Rio. 23. Gen. Guerra's revolutionists captured San Juan de Martinez, in Pinar del Rio, but were driven out after a sharp engagement. SEPTEMBER. 7. The Cuban insurgent, Pino Guerra.

refused to enter in an armistice. 13. American force landed at Havana from the United States cruiser Denver, but Immediately 'returned to the vessel after leaving a guard at American legation. 14. Roosevelt urged the Cubans to cease hos-

tilities and ordered Secretary Taft to proceed to Havana. OCTOBER. 19. The French cabinet resigned. NOVEMBER. ft President Roosevelt left Washington for Panama. 9. Sir Mort'-ner Durand's early retirement as British ambassador to the United States announced in England. 14. President Roosevelt reached Colon. Panama, in the United States battleship Louisiana. DECEMBER. ft Last session of the Fifty-ninth congress opened in Washington; President Roosevelt sent the senate the following nominations: Secretary of the treasury. George B. Cortelyou; attorney general, Charles J. Bonaparte; postmaster general, George L. von Meyer; secretary of the navy, Victor H. Metcalf; secretary of the interior, James R. Garfield; secretary of commerce and labor, Oscar S. Straus; associate justice of supreme court. William H. Moody. 10. President Roosevelt awarded the Nobel peace prize. John W. Biddle appointed ambassador to Russia. 13. The German reichstag dissolved by the emperor for failure to pass the military budget. 17. Special message on Panama canal sent to congress by the president.

Secretary Taft