Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1904 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Years Ago. The expedition under Lewis and Clark went into winter quarters at Fort Mandau, on the Missouri River. General Armstrong, American minister to France, presented his credentials to Napoleon Bonaparte. Major General Philip Schuyler died at Albany, N. Y. Insurrections occurred in the interior of Spain, caused by the scarcity of food. In some places the people had been without bread for three and four days. The English were carrying on a large fur trade along the Missouri River, all the fur being sold in Canada, where it brought a high price. Fifty thousand French soldiers were advancing into Holland, with orders to take possession of Hamburg and Swedish Pomerania. Seventy-five Years Ago. General Bolivar's attempt to establish a monarchy and place a crown on his own bead was frustrated by the Venezuelans. Prince Leopold, of Saxe-Coburg, was chosen for the throne of Greece. Adrianople was evacuated by the Russians. A prize of $250 was awarded an American by the Paris Industrial Society for tbe invention of a machine to remove fur from skins. A grand ball was given by the French ambassador at Constantinople, all of the Sultan’s court and representatives of foreign powers being present. Tbe city of Camden, S. C., was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Fifty Years Ago. Mr .Soule, American minister to Spain, left Bordeaux for Madrid. Thirty-five ships belonging to Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, were sold at auction. The fire of the allies on Sevastopol was almost entirely suspended. Domingo Elias gave battle to the Peruvian general, Moran. Of Elias’ 1,500 troops, 1,200 were either killed or wotfnded. General Espartero offered his resignation, with that of .his ministry, to the Queen of Spain, but she refused to accept it. Advices from Constantinople announced an entire change of ministry in Turkey.

Forty Years Ago. Wheat sold on the Chicago board at SI.BB and corn at $1.40 a bushel. General Grant left New York City for the front after a quasi secret visit of a few dnys. Fighting between Union and Confederate forces near Knoxville, Tenn., resulted in tbe repulse of the Confederates. Sarah Jane Smith, 16 years old, a Confederate spy, was sentenced to death at St. Louis for cutting four miles of government telegraph lines.. The capture by n Union vessel of the Confederate Florida in a Brazilian port was tbe subject of diplomatic negotiations between the United States and that country. A report that Sherman had captured aiid burned Macon, Gn., caused excitement throughout tbe North.

fhirly Years Ago. '•China introduced breech loading rifles ns the arms of a portion of the imperial troops. Railway mail clerks from all parts of the country met in Chicago and formed a national organization. A meeting of the cabliret decided to keep hands off the Garland-Smith governorship controversy in Arkansas. The Turkomans attacked a town, killed eighty Russian residents, and carried away their wives and children. Two hundred delegates representing sixteen States attended the first session of the National Temperance Convention, which opened at Cleveland, Ohio. A hurricane swept the Atlantic coast of the United States, causing loss of lift- and property-damage. Twenty Years Ago. At the third plenuary council at Baltimore Bishop O’Farrell, of Trenton, N. J„ denounced divorce as worse than Mormonlsm. There was much feeling In Washington. D. C., over the pardon of Flemming and Loring, of ‘VFnnd W” frapid fame. The Illinois State Board of Health adopted measures to prevent Asiatic cholera from Infesting the State.