Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27

aged 60.
June President Lincoln renominated at
June l9-Archduke Macmillan entered
| City of Mexico as emperor
! June l9-Federal cruiser Kearsarge cap
| tured confederate cruiser Alabama on
| Cherbourg, France.
July 1e-Gold reached the maximum. 2S5
Sept 2-Atlanta captured by Gen. Sher-
man.
Oct sl-Nevada admitted to the union by
proclamation of president.
Nov. s-Twentieth presidential election.
Lincoln and Johnson carried % states; Nc
Clellan and Pendleton, 9; II not voting.
Nov l4-Shermans march to the sea be-
Dec 2l-savannah captured by Gen. shes-
man.
Jan. 15-Edward Everett died at Boston.
FEB. ls-Gen Lee placed in command Of
all confederate forces.
March 3-Confederate debt disowned by
act of congress.
March 18-Confederate congress adjourned
April 2MRichmond evacuated by confed-
crate army.
April 14-President Lincoln shot by j..
Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater, Wash
April l5-President Lincoln died at 7.so a.
m. Vice President Johnson took oath Of
office as President san same day,
April PSI. Wilkes Booth shot In. barn
May ya iolJefferson Davis Captured by merns
bers of Fourth Michigan cavalry at
Federals defeated by confederates near
Palo Pinto. Tex. The total number OF
enlistments in the federal service were
2.86s.l32; total number of engagements
fought between the two armies 2281: ia
the federal army the total loss by death
was 27S,735: the confederate government
existed 4 years month and "A days
| May 32-southern ports opened By proc
lamation of president
May 2-2s.Grand review Of federal armies
at Washington.
| July Lewis Payne, G. A. Atzerodt, Da-
vid E. Harold and Mary e. Sturratt.. Inn
plicated in murder of President Lin
Aug. i5-First vessel passed through suez
canal from Mediterranean to the Red
Dec 1-Habeas corpus restored in north
ern states by proclamation.
| Dec. 1S-Thirteenth amendment to constt-
tuition declared adopted by the several
Dec 1s--Lord Palmerston. English prem
| Ter. died.
April e.First post Of grand army organs
April s-cisii rights bill passed over the
My ss ssSa Gen % = Scott died at Yves.
May 3i-Fenian raid into Canada: 1900
men crossed the Niagara river at Buff
june 0 s-canadian parliament met for the
i first , tins at o tia Pru..,. ..,a.
against austria This was the beginning
' at battle Of saaoaa. Aastrians lost ao
600 men and the Prussians 0,000. g
July 2 10 Zen readmitted to the union.
Prussia, Italy and Austria BY this
treaty Austria ceded Venetfa to italy
and consented to new German con-
4 federation.
| Oct. 30-Baron Ferdinand Won Beust ap-
pointed Austrian foreign minister. I'M,
der his leadership Austria changed In
two years from an absolute to the most
| liberal constitutional monarchy In Eu-
| rope.
Feb. 7--Autonomy announced for Hun
gary. A separate ministry for Hungary.
was restored February IL
| Feb. 24--First parliament of the North
German confederation opened by the
king of Prussia.
| March ADJOURNMENT of education estab-
lished by congress.
| March MILITARY reconstruction act
~, passed ISIS, d over pr e,s It's veto
creating Dominion of Canada out of the
! British provinces in North America. III,
March--Diamonds discovered near what is
now the city Of Kimberley, South Africa.
] The city founded in 1871
1 May 13-Jefferson Davis admitted to bail
| June S-Emperor Francis Joseph crowned
/ king of Hungary. 5dHS
June 19-Maximilian shot In Mexico.
4 June 20-U. s. acquired Alaska from Rus
| STA. Consideration $1,000, OOO Extent.
(, 577, 800 square miles.
June 25-Cochin, China. annexed to France
/ by proclamation.
1868.