Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1907 — THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

1708—Mantua ceded to the Emperor ot Austria. 1775—Montgomery killed at battle ol Quebec. 1777—Americans defeated British at battle of Princeton. 1784 —Treaty of Paris ratified by American Congress. 1794 —Edmund Randolph of Virginia became Secretary of State. 1800 —Samuel Dexter of Massachusetts became Secretary Of the Treasury. 1812 —Commodore Bainbridge, commanding the frigate -Constitution, captur- _ eel British frigate Java, off San Salvador. IS4l—Steamer Thames, from Dublin to Liverpool, wrecked off St. Ives; 5Q lives lost. 1844 Equestrian statue of George IV. set up in Trafalgar square, London. 1845 — Texas admitted to the Union. 1846 Gen. Taylor took possession of Victoria, capital of Tamaupilas. IS49—Buda Pesth taken by WindiSchgratz.

1851 — Austrian Emperor revoked Constitution of March 4, 1849, 1852 — -West India mail steamship Amazon burned at sea; 102 lives lost. 1854 Allied fleets entered the Black Sea. 1855 Omar Pacha arrived in the Crimea with the Turkish navy. 1857 —Northern Belle, American vessel, wrecked near Broadstairs. IB6o—John B. Floyd of Virginia resigned as Secretary of War. ySG2—The Confederates attacked Gen. Sherman and drove him baqk to the first line of defense Vicksburg. .. .Battle of Murfreesboro, or Stone Rivet. ISGs—Military insurrection at Aranjuer, headed by Gen. Prim. 1868 —United States military asylum at Augusta, Me., destroyed by fire..., Gen. Sheridan captured the Indian ft Santanta and Lone W01f.... " Flanders of Louisiana resigned, fnd Joshua Baker appeared hit, successor ... Mosby Clark, a Revolutionary soldier, died at Richmond, Va., at the advanced age of 121 years. 1876 —Train wreck at Ashtabula, Ohio. Eighty killed and sixty injured. 1878 — Removal of Temple Bar, one of the four city gates of London, begun. 1879 — Gen. Tom Thumb, famous dwarf, died. 1886—Wagner’s opera, ‘‘Die Melstersinger,” sung for first time in America at Metropolitan opera house. 1891 — Fifth Avenue theater, New York, burned. 1892 — Women admitted to diplomas at the British Royal College of Surgeons. 1894 — Massacre of Catholics by Cossack soldiers at Krosche, Russia... Forty persons perished by fire at a Christmas festival at Silver Lake, Oregon. 1895 — Public degradation of Dreyfus at Paris. 1896 President proclaimed Utah a State .... German Emperor congratulated President Kruger on defeat of British raiders... .Cecil Rhodes resigned premiership of Cape Colony. 1897 British trading expedition murdered by the King of Benin, Central Africa. 1899 Foundation stone of Gordon Memorial college, Khartoun, laid by Lord Cromer. 1900 — Secretary Hay announced success of “Open Door” policy in China. 1901 — Lord Roberts made Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria. 1902 — Carnegie Institution incorporated'” with Daniel C. Gilman as president. 1904 —U. S. Supreme Court decided Porto Ricans are not aliens.