Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1910 — RECORD OF 1910 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RECORD OF 1910

The Events of the World In Paragraphs. AVIATION ACHIEVEMENTS. A Summary- of Affairs at Home and Abroad Miscellaneous Happenings Explosions Storms and Shipwrecks—Gaines and Races.

( POLITICAL AND PERSONAL ) - JAXCART. 7. Gifford Pinchot. chief forester, removed by President Taft, v FEBRUART. 15. Herbert Gladstone, whose father, W. K. Gladstone, “the great commoner,” twice declined a seat in the nouse of lords, elevated to the peerage MARCH. 14 Ex-President Roosevel.t reached Khartum on his return from Africa. vpp.il. 14 Premier Asquith’s resolutions limiting the veto power of the house of lords carried in the house of commons by a majority of 103. 28. The British house of io-ds passed the notorious Liberal budget bill.

LAT. 9. King George —V. proclaimed throughout the British empire. 31. South African union proclaimed at Pretoria. . . JUNE. IS. Ex-Pr es i d e n t Theodore Roosevelt welcomed in New York on his return from his African and Euro- ; p. an trip. The ’’railroad'’ bill, creating a court of commerce and amending the in-

terstate commerce act of 18S7, became a law. 25, Congress adjourned. 26. Gen. Porfirio Diaz re-elected president of Merrico SEPTEMBER. 19. Emperor William of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria met at Vienna. , . OCTOBER. 6. Republican uprising in Lisbon. King Manuel of Portugal dethroned. The army and navy sided with the revolutionists. who proclaimed a republic. 10. Ex-Governor Charles E Hughes took the oath of office as justice of the United States supreme court at Washington. ' 23. Crown Prince Chowfa Maha Vajiravuoh. who Visited this country in 1902. Proclaimed king of Siam.

. XOVEMBER. 6. Instilts to the American flag In the City of Mexico. American citizens attacked. 8. Denverallc landslide In several states in state elections .;nd a Democratic bouse of representatives in- congress returned Massachusetts. Connecticut. New York and New Jersey elected Democratic governors to succeed Republican governors, apd Ohio re-elect-ed a Democratic governor, 10. President Taft sailed from Charleston On the cruiser Tennessee oh an official visit to the republic of Panama and the car'l rone 15. President Taft addrr-sed the Pahamans r-t as: .tc ban t hr declared that there would be t o annexation of the republic of Panama to the United States.'. 22 President Taft reached Fort Monroe on his return trip from Panama. Revolu-ii' nary uprisings and some fighting in several cities 6f Mexico. t 28. The P-.parliarn.-ht dissolved by royal proclamation I'-CEHEEIL 1. Gen. Porfirio Diaz inaugurated president of Mexico for the eighth time, 6. The last session of the Gist congress opened. 6. President Taft's message recommend ed that the Panama canal be fortified, a ship subsidy, limited parcels post and a hall in legislation on corporations. 12. Associate Justice Edward Douglass White of the United States supreme court appointed chief justice. Judge Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming and Judge J R. Lamar of Georgia nominated ass.-ciate justices

( NATURE'S MOODS. \ JANUARY. 24 The river Seine exceeded high water mark Jn Paris, endangering the city and paraiyzing traffic. 29. Rising of the waters of the Seine in Paris check d by the cessation of rain; 9 square miles inundated; loss estimated over $300,000.01)0 FEBRUARY 12 Eruptiot of volcano Poasa. Costa Rica, destroyed 80 lives. , 28 Over r‘> deeths In snowslides in the mountains of n.frtbdrn Idaho. MARCH 4 /.bout Ti) deaths from snowslides In , the mouataiia of Washington-. ■ ' 5 Snow slide in Rogers pass.'British Columbia. caused the loss of upward of 69 lives APRIL.. 23. Violent snowstorm, wind and freezing temperature caused destruction of budding fruits in the central lake region, extending south to Tennessee. may. 4 Earthquake.fat Costa Rica; province of Cartago nearly destroyed; estimated loss of life over 2.504 13. Earthquake shocks In California. 15- Earthquake shocks at Los Angeles and vicinity. 18. The earth, passed through the tall of Halley's comet at 10:17 p. m.. New York tifne. 19. Violent earthquake shock at Salt Lake City. v JUNE. . 4 Cloudburst wiped out several villages in eastern Hungary and destroyed about 380 lives. 2. Destructive earthquake in southern Italy; upward of 100 deaths. 12. Cloudburst in the Ahr valley, Prussia, destroyed 150 lives, i 18. Windstorm Caused death of IS people , in New York city. JULY. \ SC 60 persons killed and hundreds Injured by a tornado near Milan. Italy. AUGUST. 12. Flood In Tokyo destroyed over 3.000 houses and shops and over 1.000 lives.

ccionrit. 18. A fierce storm swept over Europe, causing a heavy loss of life on the English coast and on the Baltic. 14 A hurricane caused widespread devastation tn Cuba. 18. A West India hurricane struck the coasts of Florida and South Carolina. 23. Ischia, an island in the Mediterranean, and Naples swept by a hurricane; 100 dead in Ischia. DECEMBER. C. Heavy storm of rain and snow in the northern and eastern states.

George V.