Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-01
YEAR THAT'S PAST.
Important EIents in Worlds
History for 1889.
Record That viii niks Iotlbk ClaptePs
IN History.
DisastoEA Free, LaWieos and Noble
Dseds-otheg American lgattsss-

Dssds-Othsg American Matters.
Tne most -rlous question met by tbs delvsr
who complies an orderly record Of tho i'm
portant dates Of any year i, What shall b
left outs
For, no matter how great au amount Of
space is allowed. it Is certain that some mat
ters one would wish to include in the record
must be omitted, aud it is always quite within
the possibilities that some dates of lso i'm
poriance than tho.s printed may be finally
overlooked
The most important American dates Of 1880
not properly classed under special heads arc
given place in the compilation which follows
Immediately below
l Richardson Drug companys ssors destroyed
by nre in 81 Louis: loss $4,000
Total eclipse Of ths saan. visible in norsAvsG
erp America
United States congress reconvenet after the
holidays
Earthquake In Nicaragua; Q killed
4 Nicaragua Canal company incorporsssd
News received that yellow fever existed On
the U s vessel Yantic, and she has ieft Port
au Prince for home
u Several men killed in . fight over Gray Co
Kan. records by ths partiaAns of In ;s.ils aud
Cinarron
Il Admiral Kimberly ordered 70 Samos 70 pro
tect American Interests there
Il. 100 horses burned in q sfr'Ar q; Lowell, Mass
10 Lieutenant Governor n maid of Michigan
killed In . railroad accid.ul
q The United States senate passed the substitute
for the Mills tariff bill by straight party
vote
. Assassination Of John y Clayton At Plum
merville. Ark
l. The United States senate retectsf tho British
extraditior treaty
$3,0OQ. 90 fire In Buffalo, N. Y.
Z Dismissal Of United States Consul General
Seweil At Samoa
. Sale Of C.. St l. 4 c r X to the C. C.. C. 4
X X announced
10 e1,0oo,0o fire in Philadelphia drug house OF
John Wyeth Bro. Destroyed
l6 q lives lost in wreck OF the Park Central
hotel Hartford. Conn. by boiler explosion
% Signing Of commercial treaty betwseo japan
and the United States announced
81 Northern and Union Pacific railroads virtually
secured q joint lease Of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation property.
y Bill creating the staten Of North and South
Dakota, Montana and Washington signed by
President Cleveland
% Explosion in = mining squib factory. Pyn
outh, Pa; II girls killed.
q 10 killed in railroad accident At 81. George.
Ont
T. Inauguration Of President Harrison
Vice President Morton installed and newly
elected senators sworn in
o Mahoning Mutual Benefit Life Insurance asso
citation passed into the hands of . receiver
Z. Attorneys Of Gen. Coz commenced proceed
ings regarding tho West Virginia governor
ship
H. Strike Of 5000 weAvers In Fall River. MAss
Settled March q
IL Prohibition defeated in New Hampshire
Or. T b Mellow. Of Charleston, murdered Capt
W. Dawson. editor Of The Charleston News
and Courier
ie Resignation of Senator ChAce Of Rhode Island
"a Northern Pacific R. R secured control Of lines
Of the Wisconsin Central r. R
% Fifty five drowned by sinking Of the sxcur
sion steamer Ocoteau in Lake Chapala, Mex
co
% Defea, in the Dominion parliament Of The
O'Brien Jesuits' disallowsncs bill
APRIL
l. Ships Richmond, Alert and Adams ordered to
Samoa by the United States naval depart
ment
. Adjournment Of tho United States Senate
s2,ooO.0O worth Of property destroyed by
prairie fires In Minnesota and Dakota
0 Sl.0O0.0uo worth Of property destroyed BY Ore
In Savannah, Ga
8 Arrival OF the All America baseball players In
New York from their trip round the world.
10 Richmond and Allegheny X r sold to the
Chesapeake and Ohio for t5,OoO,oOO
10 81, 1000 O0J Worth Of property destroyed by The
burning Of the n Y C. & H. r. R. elevator In
New York
q Defeat Of prohibition In Massachusetts,
Oklahoma thrown open to settlen
q Considerable disturbances and some killing 70
ported from Oklahoma
. Diplomatists at Washington refuse To attend
the Washington Centennial In New York.
Grand Trunk r R ceased running Sunday
freight trains
% IL people killed IN railroad accident On Grand
Trunk X r.. Hamilton, Ont.
% Centennial celebration In New York Of tho
Inauguration OF Gen George Washington
president Of the United States, begun. lasting
three days
! United States railway mail service placed un
der the civil service rules
Q Canadian parliament proroguod
& Steamer City Of Paris broke the transat,an
tic record
Q CoIlery accident At Casca william. Pa; 10
miners killed
10 Execution of three Bald Knobber murderers
at Ozark. Mo
II J b Fish pardoned by President Cleveland,
released from Auburn state prison. Auburn
i2 s30Op0 stolen from United States PaymAster
Wham. whose guard was shot down by rob
bers
IS New York supreme court declared Chinese ex
clusion bill valid.
O s supreme court decided In favor Of ths
heirs Of Myra Clark Gaines in their suit
against tn. city OF New Orleans
"a Proctor Knott defeated by Spokane at Louis
vile
IS Stockholders Of tho Big -Four railroads voted
to consolidate with the Vanderbilt lines
Wabash r r bid Oh by Western bondholderx
for sis 10000
10 100 houses burned in Quebec; ioss, esOo, ,ooo
Il Election riots reported At St Francis county.
Ark sheriff and others killed
q DR. Crouin body discovered In . catch basin
in Chicago
Decision in the Leslie Carter divorce caas rem
dered against Mrs Carter.
q Detective Coughiin arrested for alleged com
pIcity in the Cronin murder
The Nicaragua Canal expedition sailed from
New York
u Coughlin. Sullivan and Woodruff indicted for
the Cronin murder
81 Capture Of Port au Prince, Hsyti BY Gen
Hyppolite
Marriage AZ Waahingtnn of A1ociAte Justice
Gray. Of the U. s supreme court 70 Jeannetse
Matthews
5 Health board formed at Johnstown and vigor
Gus Efforts made 70 restore order and exclude
troublesome visitors
8 g. 7DOuJ0 fire in Seattle. Wash
. People OF Johnstown mat for reli gious ser
vices in the open air.
II DynamKe cruiser vssuvim showed speed Of
a 6g knots
2 Disastrous Gre in orinnen, Ia; 81 houses
burned
IS Writ OF babeas corpus granted in the cA,se Of
Kemml-r. sentenced 70 b the nrss to suffer
eectrocition under the New York hv.
Il Judge Tuley Of Chicago, decided that the Ar
better bund has the right to hold meetings
n. Disas -ors fire in MonAzeal, IS arres burned
over
"A Defeat Of prohibition In Pennsylvania
10 Indictment Of Martin Burke for the croain
murder
%. Repeal Of prohibition iav In Rhode Island
q Destruction by nrs Of the business center of
Vancouver. waAh.
"a Johnstown. Pa, vikted - IRE; . houa.
burned
.. Execution in PhlAdeiphIa Of Mra Sarah Jane
whi,elne for the murder Of her husband aad
children
= Yale defeated Harvard IN . boas racs 4 Nsv
London, Conn
. Acquittai Of DR. McDov, Who ~ sstsd t.
the murder Of CApk Dawson
scals proposed by ths Amalgamased aasoc1a
ti0n signed by fifteeo Pittsburg isus hrma
SuLv
& Seventy five round fight q RjchburR, Ma,
between Sullivan and Kilrain sullivan vea
q eioo. 600 nre in Jerey CITY caused BY a. a.
plneion Of cheiniczh
q Drowning in Grand Canyon Of Colorado, of
T. y. Brown. Denver railroad president
. News received At Ottawa Of the seizure of he
Canadian seaier Black Diamond By the Q. q
revenue cutter Rush
srraigurnent In Chicago Of I've alleged mar.