Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1904 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Yearn Ago. A reinforcement of 1,500 British troops arrived at Barbados and began iperatlons against Martinique. The American squadron blockaded the port and began the alege of Tripoli ivhich lasted until toe following spring. The English Baltic fleet attacked the French squadron at Havre, doing conilderable damage. All the powers of Europe, except Russia, Great Britain and Sweden, had Acknowledged Napoleon aa Emperor of France. Seventy-five Year* Ago. A Spanish expedition from Havana appeared at Tampico, Mexico, and effected a landing without molestation on the part of the Mexican troops. All departments of the government at Washington wore particularly busy, clerks and chiefs working over hours. The United States by purchase from the Indians obtained the title to 6,000,000 acres of land in the Northwest The terms of the Brazilian government loan were agreed on in England.

Fifty Years Ago. Queen Christina’s palace in Madrid was sacked by the people and her majesty fled. Money and food were sent to the relief of the people of Ban Juan by th* people of Kingston, Jamaica. An attempted insurrection occurred in Parma, Italy. Many people shot by the Austrian troops. The Federal diet met at Frankfort; Germany, and decided to Join the alliance of Austria and Prussia. Forty Years Ago.^ News that Gen. Forrest had been defeated and wounded by Gen. Smith at Tupelo, Miss., confirmed. Confederate loss was 2,500. Detailed reports of Gen. Sherman’s operations before Atlanta showed tremendous Confederate losses and almost continuous fighting. Much apprehension was caused in the North by a Confederate raid In to* Shenandoah valley. News was received at Louisville that Major General Mcrherson had been killed in operations Atlanta, Ga. Guerrillas operating along toe Hannibal and St Joseph Railway in Missouri destroyed much property and robbed citizens. Correspondence between Horace Greeley and representatives of the Confederacy looking toward peace negotiations made public at Niagara Falla.

Thirty Yearn Ago. Leading citizens of Chicago, roused to action by big fire In downtown district, formed citizens’ associations to secure more perfect administration of municipal affair*. Ground was broken at Grand Haven. Mldh., with elaborate ceremonies, for the new Michigan and Ohio Road, which was to be 400 mile* long and cost 130,000,000. Report reached Madrid of the murder at Oueoca of twenty-four republicans by Oarlist revolutionists. A land slip In the province of Navarre, Spain, destroyed the village of Alarra and several hundred inhabitants. Appointments of Baron de Ohatand as French minister of interior and M. Mathieu Bodet minister of finance left the Bonapartists without a member in the cabinet Charges of Theodore Tilton against the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher involving Mrs. Tilton were made public in New York. Twenty Year* Ago. A statue of Robert Burns, the poet, was unveiled before an immense crowd on the Thames embankment, London. Sixty-five deaths from cholera .occurred in Marseilles and Toulon, France. Raid of house of “Mother” Mandelbaum in New York disclosed thousand* of dollars' worth of stolen silks and Jewels. Several thousand workman in New York City went on a strike to enforc* demands for nine-hour day. ten Year* Ago. Phillips, Wls., and several amallet town* were wiped out by forest fires, causing a property loss of $3,000,1)04 and many death*. Shanghai dispatches announced th« declaration of war between China and Japan. Rumors were In circulation In Europe and Asia that China had declared war upon Japan over tha ps—a—ion of