the Republicans and Independent Democrats.

April 15-The United States Steel Corporation announced the institution of a voluntary "employers' liability" relief system for the benefit of its employes.

April 25-Count Zeppelin's dirigible airship. Zeppelin II, was destroyed, breaking loose from its moorings at Lemburg-Ander-Lahn, Germany.

April 25-Elections for a new French Chamber of Deputies resulted in a victory for the partles of the Left, the so-called "Republican bloc."

May 4-An earthquake destroyed the Costa Rican city of Cartago. The dead numbered over a thousand.

May 6-Edward VII. King of Great Britain and Ireland, died and was succeeded by George V.

May 9-President Taft approved an act passed by Congress providing for the removal of the wreck of the battleship Maine from the harbor of Havana, Cuba.

May 18-The tail of Halley's comet passed through or near the earth's atmospheric envelope. No disturbing phenomena were observed. May 21-By the will of Isaac C. Wyman, of Salem, Mass., Princeton University received a bequest from his estate estimated at $10,000,000.

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May 26-The French submarine Pluviose, with a crew of twenty-seven men, sunk in the harbor of Calais by a collision with a Channel steamer.

May 31-The union of the South African British colonies-Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, Natal and the Transvaalwas effected, Viscount Gladstone being inducted into office as Governor General of the Union.

June 10-Charles R. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States government of customs duties.

June 18-Ex-President Roosevelt landed in New York City, after an absence of more than a year in Africa and Europe.

June 18-President Taft approved an act of Congress providing for the admission of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico to statehood.

June 26-President Porfirio Diaz and Vice-President Rama Corral of Mexico were re-elected for six-year terms by an overwhelming popular majority.

June 28-The Zeppelin dirigible airship Deutschland was wrecked in a storm and destroyed in the Teutoburgian forest, Germany.

July 4-Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died at Sorrento, Me.

July 12-The lower branch of the General Assembly of Georgia ratified the income tax amendment to the federal constitution, completing the state's approval of the amendment.

July 21-An explosion at gun practice at Fort Monroe, Virginia, killed eight men and fatally injured two others.

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July 30 to August 10-Diplomatic relations between the Spanish governinent and the Vatican became strained, and Marquis de Ojeda, the Spanish Ambassador to the Vatican, was recalled. Differences as to decrees of the government compelling religious orders to register and authorizing dissident sects to display the

emblems of public worship creating much disturbance in Spain, and threatening a Carlist uprising.

August 1-Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, accused of murdering his wife in London, was arrested on the Canadian Pacific steamship Montrose at Father Point, Quebec, in company with Ethel C. Leneve, who fled with him.

August 8 to 14-Floods in Japan, especially in Tokio, caused great property losses, 1,112 persons being returned dead or missing.

August 9-William J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, was shot on board the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm cer Grosse at Hoboken, N. J., the assailant being a discharged city employe, James J. Gallagher.

August 9-An attempted revolt against the government of Honduras proved a failure, an expedition under General Bonilla abandoning Honduras and taking refuge in Guatemala.

August 10-Robert Lorraine flew across the Irish Sea from Blackpool, England, to Llandudno, Wales, a distance of about fifty miles.

August 13-Fire destroyed part of the buildings of the Belgium Exposition at Brussels, many valuable exhibits being consumed. The loss was estimated at about $10,000,000.

August 20 to 27-Forest fires in Eastern Washington, Idaho and Western Montana caused great destruction and loss of life.

August 22-The forces of General Juan J. Estrada entered Managua, Nicaragua, and General Estrada was proclaimed provisional President of Nicaragua, President Madriz fled from the capital on August 21 and took refuge in Honduras.

August 28-The principality of Montenegro was elevated to the rank of a kingdom, Prince Nicholas assuming the title of king.

August 29-The former kingdom of Corea was formally annexed by Japan. The treaty of annexation was signed on August 22.

August 30-Juan J. Estrada, provisional President of Nicaragua, was installed in the presidency at Managua and appointed a cabinet.

September 5-At a meeting of the British Association at Sheffield, England, Drs. Russell and Hutchinson announced the discovery of the micro-organism which destroys the bacteria essential to the fertility of the soil,

September 5-Mme. Sklodowska Curie announced to the Academy of Sciences in Paris that she had succeeded in obtaining pure radium.

September 6-John B. Moisant completed his aeroplane trip with a passenger from Paris to London. He flew from Paris to Deal, England, on August 16-17, but was delayed more than two weeks in completing the voyage by a series of mishaps. September 6-Vice-President Elias F. Albano, Acting President of Chili, died at Santiago de Chili.

September 7-The Newfoundland fisheries dispute between the United States and Great Britain was decided by the Hague Arbitration Court, Great Britain winning on two of the points and the United States on five of the points submitted.

September 7-The Democratic memers of the Pinchot-Ballinger investigation committee, in co-operation with

Representative Madison, of Kansas, Republican, submitted reports declaring Secretary Ballinger guilty on the GlavisPinchot charges and recommending his removal from office.

September 8-An explosion at gun practime on the battleship North Dakota off Old Point Comfort, Va., killed three men and injured nine others.

September 8-The Pennsylvania Railroad's tubes under the East River, giving direct service from all points on Long Island to the terminal in Manhattan, were opened to public use.

September 9-A Pere Marquette car ferry steamer from Ludington, Mich., to Milwaukee, sank in Lake Michigan, twenty-nine lives being lost.

September 12-The federal grand jury in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois brought in indictments against Ogden Armour, L. F. Swift, Edward Morris and other officials of the Armour, Swift, Morris and National Packing companies, charging them with engaging in a combination to restrain interstate trade in fresh meats, conspiring to restrain such trade and creating a monopoly in the fresh meat industry.

September 14-Count Zeppelin's dirigible airship Zeppelin VI was destroyed by fire following an explosion of one of its engines at Baden-Baden, Germany.

September 18-Marane, the French aviator, made a world's record for one hundred kilometres (622 miles) at Bordeaux, France, flying that distance in 1 hour 6 minutes, 36 seconds.

September 21-Charles E. Otis, special master in chancery, filed in the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit at St. Paul, Minn., findings declaring confiscatory and unconstitutional passenger and freight rates made by the Minnesota Railroad Commission.

September 23-George Chavez, the Peruvian aviator, flew over the Alps from Brieg, Switzerland, to Domo d'Ossola, Italy, where he was injured while landing and died a few days later. September 29-Walter Brookins flew from Chicago to Springfield, Ill., 187 miles, in 7 hours and 12 minutes, making two stops.

October 1-Henri Wynmalen, a French aviator, flew to a height of 9,186 feet at Mourmelon, France.

October 3-The Imperial Senate of China was opened at Peking.

October 5-A revolution broke out in Lisbon, Portugal, and King Manuel was obliged to take refuge on a foreign warsh'. A republic was proclaimed, with Theophile Braga as provisional president. October 5-St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, New York City, was consecrated.

October 8-Arch Hoxsey, an American aviator, flew from Springfield, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo., covering 104 miles without a stop.

October 15-Ramon B. Luco was elected President of the Republic of Chili.

October 15-Walter Wellman's dirigible balloon America started from Atlantic City, N. J., on a flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

October 16-The French dirigible balloon Clement-Bayard, commanded by M. Clement, made the voyage from Compiègne, France, to London, England, in six hours.

October 17-A cyclone of unusual vi➤ lence caused great destruction of property in Western Cuba.

October 18--Walter Wellman's dirigible airship, the America, was abandoned at sea in latitude 35.18 North, longitude 68.13 West, about 408 miles from Sandy Hook, N. J. Wellman and his crew were rescued by the Bermuda Line steamer Trent. The balloon left Atlantic City, N. J., ou the morning of October 15, and had been in the air about seventy hours, breaking the record of continuous flight for dirigible balloons.

October 19-Alan R. Hawley and Augustus Post, in the balloon America II, landed at Lake Tshishtigama, near Peribonka, Quebec, travelling 1,335 miles from St. Louis, Mo., winning the international contest and breaking the world's record for continuous balloon flight.

October 22-Dr. Hawley H. Crippen was convicted in London of the murder of his wife and sentenced to death.

October 23-King Chulalongkorn I of Siam died at Bangkok, Siam, and was succeeded by the crown prince, Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh.

October 24-J. Armstrong Drexel, the aviator, broke the American record for high flying at Belmont Park, Long Island, going up 7,105 feet.

October 31-Ralph Johnstone, the aviator, broke the world's record for high flying at Belmont Park, Long Island, going up 9,714 feet.

November 8-Electiors held in all the states; a Democratic House of Representatives chosen.

November 17. -Ralph Johnstone, aviator, was killed by a fall at Overland Park, Denver, Col.

November 20-Count Lyof Tolstoy died at Astapova, Russia.

November 23-J. Armstrong Drexel, American aviator, broke the world's record for high flight, going up 9,970 feet at Philadelphia. The record was disputed later by the Aero Club.

November 26-The mutinous crews of the Brazilian warships Minas Geraes, Sao Paula, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul and Deodora forced Congress to yield to their demands for shorter hours of service, the abolition of corporal punishment in the navy and the adjustment of minor grievances.

November 27-The_Pennsylvania Railroad station in New York, giving through underground service to New Jersey and Long Island, was officially opened for all branches of service.

November 28-The British Parliament was dissolved and elections were ordered for a new Parliament to assemble on January 31, 1911.

November 28-The United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a petition asking for the dissolution of the American Sugar Refining Company and twenty-nine other corporations forming the sugar trust. petition charges illegal restraint of trade.

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November 28-The second British Parliament of the reign of King Edward Vil which met on February 15, 1910, was dissolved and elections for a new House of Commons were ordered.

November 29-The Governors of the

states of the Union met in conference at Frankfort, Ky., to discuss the issues confronting the various states.

December 5-The third session of the Sixty-first Congress opened.

December 7-The majority of the joint committee charged with the investigation of the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy submitted a report exonerating Richard A. Ballinger from all blame in connection with the Glavis charges and the charges of Gifford Pinchot and his associates in the Bureau of Forestry.

December 9-M. Legagneaux, a French aviator, broke the world's record for high flight at Pau, France, going up 10,499 feet.

December 10-The Director of the Census announces that the population of continental United States is 91,972,266; of the United States, inclusive of Alaska (64,356), Hawaii (191,909) and Porto Rico (1,118,012), 93,402,151, to which must be added the Philippine

Islands, which in 1903 had a population of 7,635,426.

December 10-A mutinous naval battalion on Cobra Island, in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, joined by the scoutship Rio Grande, surrendered to the Brazilian Government after a severe artilery engagement, in which two hundred of the rebels were killed and wounded. December 14-Andrew Carnegie transferred to a board of trustees $10,000,000 in 5 per cent first mortgage bonds, the income of which is to be used to hasten the abolition of international war and establish a lasting world's peace. the

December 19-An explosion in power house at the Grand Central Railroad Station, New York City, killed ten persons and injured over a hundred. December 19-Parliamentary elections in England closed with a coalition majority of the government party of 126, two more than the combined advantage over the Unionists in the preceding Parliament.

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