The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-07
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DEcRMBER 7. 1900

dent Of the United States, and An
drew Jackson Donaldson, the cam
didate for vice president when
Fillmore made his second and I'M
successful race in 1856, were born
during the early part of this year.
When they were ushered into the
world there were living at the time
ten men who were destined to re-
ceive the highest honor at the
hands Of the American people.
Thomas Jefferson, the Third Chief
Executive, was within three
months of the goal of his ambition;
James Madison was in his fiftieth
year; James Monroe was governor
of Virginia in his forty third year;
John Quincy Adams was ambassa-
dor to Berlin; Andrew jackson was
judge of the Supreme Court of
Tennessee; Martin Van Buren was
studying law at the age of seven
teen, being licensed to practice
two years later; William Henry
Harrison was governor of the new
Territory Of Indiana; John Tyler
was in his eleventh year; James
Knox Polk was four years .youn-
ger; Zachary Taylor was in his
seventeenth year. John Adams
was now president and Washing
ton had been dead less than year,
thus over half a century Of the
future history of the great repub-
lie Of the Western hemisphere was
wrapped in these men or boys who
saw 1900 fade into the past.
***
The island of Malta, in the Med
iterranean, was surrendered to the
British under Pigot. Two years
before it had been taken by Napo;
leon on the outset of his expedi-
tion to Egypt. For two and a
half centuries prior to this it had
been in the possession of the
Knights Hospitalers, who defend
ed it most courageously and
successfully against the Turks, the
latter being obliged to abandon
the enterprise, after the loss oi
80, 900 men. Bonaparte found or
the island 1000 pieces of cannon
100000 pounds of powder, two
ships of the line, a frigate, -four
galleys and forty muskets, besides
immense treasures collected by
superstition, and 4. 500 Turkish
prisoners, whom he set at liberty
Xxx
Immigration to the United
States during the last year of thu
Eighteenth century amounted tt
about 5000.
Xxx
The population of London, Eng
land. was only 864 ,S45; that O
New York, 60. sis, an increase O
27. 1884 since 1880; that of Phila
delphia $1,000, living in 1856
dwellings. Chicago now had
population of one-a negro trap
per who tenanted a log cabin OIL
the site of the future metropolis
Paris, France, had SAT, ,756 inhab
itants. a decrease of 112, PA il
sixteen years. due to the reign O
terror.
***
The value of lifeboats began t,
be recognized, and Henry Great
head, a oatbuilder of Soutl
Shields, sprang into fame becaus
Of it. During this year two wer
eonstructed-one for Oporto; th
other for st. Andrews. The latte
two years later saved twelve lives
About this time successful effort
were made with a motor apparatu
for throwing rope from a wrecl
to the shore, on which system th
rocket apparat us was a few year
later founded.
1 Xxx
! Formosa, large island in th
Pacific, lying between the Souther
and Eastern sea. became known t
Europeans, principally on aceoun
of the wrecks that took place o
its coast and the dangers the crew
had to run from the cannibal prop
ensities of the aborigines and th
almost equal cruel tendency of th
Chinese.
***
The theological seminaries wer
in existence in the United States
department Of st. Sulpice and ST
Mary's University, Baltimore, OF
ganized in 1871: and a denartmen