Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1794 —Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts became Postmaster General of United States. 1799 —Bonaparte declared first consul. 1814—Gen. Jackson, with 2,000 Tennessee militia, drove the British from Pensacola. 818—Smith Thompson of New York became Secretary of, the Navy. 1828—Siege of Silistria raised. 1837—Riot at Alton, Ill.; E. P. Lovejoy killed. 1853 —President Pierce turned first sod of Washington aqueduct. 1859—Treaty of Zurichsigned. 1861—Federal naval and military forces, under Commodore Dupont and Gen. Sherman, captured forts at Port Royal entrance. 1864—Gen. McClellan resigned his com- —— mand in the army. 1867 —First woman’s suffrage society . formed in England. 1869—Ilolhorn Viaduct, London, opened!.' 1871 —Apache Indians attacked stage near Wickenburg, Arizona, and killed six passengers, among them F. W. Loring, the author. 1873—Captain and crew of the Virginius executed at Santiago de Cuba. 1875 Steamer City of Waco burned off Galveston bar. 1876 Centennial. Exposition, Philadelphia, closed ; total admissions, 9,799,392. 1880—Sarah Bernhart made her American debut at Booth’s theater, New Yorjf. 1889— President proclaimed Montana a State of the Union... .Roman Catholic centenary in America celebrated at Baltimore. 1890 — British torpedo boat Serpent wrecked on Spanish coast; 173 lives 105 t... .Revolt against President Brogan in Honduras suppressed. 1892 Dynamite explosions caused by anarchists in Paris. 1893 — Thirty persons killed and injured by anarchist’s bomb in Barcelona theater.... F. H. Weeks of New York, embezzler of $1,000,000, sent to Sing Sing prison. 1895—Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and Duke of Marlborough married in New York. k - 1897 — Attempted assassination of President Morales of Brazil... .United States, Russia and Japan signed treaty for protection of seals in Behring Sea. 1898— Theodore Roosevelt elected Governor of New York.. .Turkish troops in Crete forcibly removed by Russian admiral. 1899 — U. S. cruiser Charleston wrecked on coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands .... Admiral George Dewey married to Mrs. Mildred H. Hazen at Washington, D. C. 1900 — Canadian parliamentary elections carried by a Liberal majority. 1901 — Li Hung Chang, Chinese statesman, died in Pekin.... United States and Great Britain signed Isthmian canal treaty. 1902 — Reciprocity treaty between United States and Newfoundland signed ... .Spanish cabinet resigned. 1903 President Roosevelt sent to Congress his message on Cuba. ...United States recognized Panama government. 1905—British squadron, commanded by Prince Louis of Battenberg, visited New York.