Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1904 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Years Ago. War was declared between England and the Mabratta ruler (India), Jesewunt Row Holkar. Aaron Burr suffered a severe attack of illness, superinduced thy the excitement attending his duel with Alexander Hamilton. Kara George was chosen leader of the Servians In their insurrection against Turkish rule. Georges and eleven of his fellow conspirators were guillotined at Paris for a conspiracy against Bonaparte. Seventy-five Years Ago. Four hundred Creek Indians crossed the Mississippi at Memphis on their way to the new country assigned them in Arkansas. A number of runaway slaves from Virginia, who landed in New York, were not apprehended by the police, and consequently escaped their pursuers. Mahmoud rejected the protocol which was to effect an amicable settlement between England, France and the Porte. Fifty Years Ago. The ship Shannon of Glasgow was burned at sea, ail on board lost The Russians attacked the French and Turkish camp at Giurgevo, but were defeated with a loss of 2,000 men. The Danish government proclaimed a new monarchical constitution, -with an imperial council of fifty members. The allied Pacific French and English squadron sailed from Honolulu to destroy the Russian possessions in Kamchatka. Forty Years Ago. The funeral of Major General McPherson occurred at Clyde, Ohio, and was attended by 10,000 persons. Residents of Montgomery County, Illinois, were in terror of the operations of Colonel Clingman and his band of guerrillas and armed vigilantes were organized to drive them out Confederate forces under Mosby invaded Pennsylvania and took possession of Chambersburg, burning the town. The body of Colonel Mulligan, killed in an engagement in the Shenandoah Valley, arrived in Chicago, and the city prepared to give It honored burial. The famous “Lay me down and save the flag” command of Colonel Mulligan, while wounded at Winchester, Pa., was given publicity. The order was obeyed and Mulligan fell prisoner to the Confederates. Thirty Years Ago. An agreement of England, France and Italy to act Jointly in putting an end to the Carlist war in Spain was reported from . Paris. Twenty-five persons were killed and scores of houses were swept away by cloudburst at Eureka, Nev. A rupture between France and Germany over the attempt to end the Carlist troubles in Spun was declared Imminent. A number of arrests checked a reign of incendiarism In Chicago which had alarmed property owners. Kansas militia on the Canadian River killed nine Comanche Indians, on whom a score of white scalps were found. The annual report of the Board of Public Works of Chicago showed that the city had 351 miles of water pipe and 102 miles of improved streets. Eleven villages and two towns devastated by storms in Moravia. Twenty Years Ago. Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, returned to England, having established trade stations on the Congo River for a distance of 1,400 miles from lta mouth. Congressman William Wirt Culbertson, of Kentucky, attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in a Washington (D. C.) hotel. The Irish constabulary bill passed the British House of Commons. Bishop Grace resigned from the bead of the Bt. Paul Roman Catholic diocese and was succeeded by the present Archbishop John Ireland. Ten Years Ago. A drought of a month s duration was broken by raius which drenched, northern Illinois. Five persons perished apd $2,000,000 in property was destroyed In a fire which swept the Blue Island avenue (Chicago) lumber district Camp Turner, in Pullman, was abandoned by eight companies of the First Regiment, L N. G-, which had beeu or strike duty there.