Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1905 — THE WEEKLY MISOTIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY MISOTIAN

1555—John Philpot, Archdeacon of Westminster, convicted of heresy and burned. 1582 —The Gregorian calendar adopted at Paris, omitting 10 days. 1642—New Zealand discovered by Tasman. 1644—Christina assumed government of Sweden. 1648—Oliver Cromwell ordered all stage plays stopped in England. 1653—Oliver Cromwell declared lord protector of England. 1683—Isaac Walton, author of the “Complete Angler,” died. 1745—Dresden surrendered to Frederick 11. of Prussia. 1754—Mahomet V. of'Turkey died. 1764—T. H. Perkins, owner of the first railroad in the United States, born. 1770 —Beethoven, the great musician, born. 1774 — North Carolina adopted a constitution. 1775 — American Congress first determined to build a navy. 1775 — General Howe ordered the meeting houses in Boston torn down and used for fire wood. 1776 — Congress adjourned from Philadelphia to Baltimore. 1782—The British troops evacuated Charleston, S. C. 1787 —New Jersey and Pennsylvania ratified the Constitution of the United States. 1796 —General Anthony Wayne died. 1799 —General George Washington died. 1804 —British Consul in Honduras forbid mahogany to be exported on American vessels... .Spain declared war against Great Britain. 1809— Divorce of Empress Josephine. 1810— Lucien Bonaparte and family place themselves under protection of England.

1816—First savings bank in the United States opened in Boston. 1829 —Outbreak of Civil War in Chili. 1832—Treaty of navigation and commerce concluded between United States and Russia. 1836 —Patent office and postoffice at Washington, D. C., burned. 1838—Chartists meetings declared illegal in England. 1840 —Remains of Bonaparte, removed from Cherbourg to Paris. ISlS'—Postal convention concluded between Great Britain and United States... .Destruction of the Park Theater, New York City, by fire. 1850 —Many killed and injured in the explosion of the steamboat Anglo Norman at New Orleans. 1854—St. Lawrence River opened to American vessels.... Seventeen lives lost in sinking of steamer. Westmoreland in Lake Michigan.' 1861 — Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died. 1862 Fredericksburg, Va., captured. 1864 Fort McAllister captured by Union forces. 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to U. S.

Constitution proclaimed. 1871—Alabama arbitration commission meets at Geneva... .William M. Tweed, the Tammany “Boss,” rearrested. 1874—Edwin Booth made his first appearance on the stage following his retirement after the assassination of President Lincoln. 1884 —World’s Fair opened in New Orleans... .Attempt made to blow London Bridge up with dynamite. 1891—Violent earthquake in Sicily United States concludes arrangements for reciprocity with Japan. 1894 — Great loss of life in a volcanic eruption in the New Hebrides.... Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jail for contempt of court. 1895 Samuel Gompers elected president of the American Federation of Labor. 1897—Attorney-General McKenna appointed justice of the United States Supreme Court. 1899 —Major General Wood made military governor of Cuba... .General Henry W. Lawton, U. S. A., killed in the Philippines. 1901—Philippine tariff bill passed House of Representatives Marconi signalled across the Atlantic by means of wireless telegraphy.

1903 The Cuban reciprocity bill becomes a 1aw....W. J. Buchanan appointed United States minister to the republic of Panama. 1904 — Three killed In explosion on United States battleship Massachusetts Ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis, charged with malfeasance in office, set free after ■ disagreement of the jury at his third trial.

Anthony Fiala of Brooklyn, N. Y., the arctic ogplorer, and Miss Ciair* Puryear were married at the bride's home in Nashville, Tenn. Charles T. Yerkes has appealed to the New York police to protect his $75,000 bronze fenci from vandals.

Not Inipreased. “Yes,” the new Shade was boasting, “I was one of the leaders of the great beef trust. I tell you we cornered cattle to suit ourselves.” “Yes,” replied the old Shade with the long beard, moving away with a yawn. “Say!” the new Shade called after him, “you don’t seem to be duly impressed.” “No. I had a corner in live stock myself once. My name is Noah.”— Philadelphia Press.