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

Born June ., l7sl-Died TALLY repealed.
August ~ ,s's, Sept. 2l-sir Walter
Nov. 10 : Twelfth presidential election.
Andrew Jackson received 6SI,502 pop
ular and 219 electoral votes, and FEN
ry Clay 53O,ls9 popular and 40 electoral
Nov. 4.-Charles Carroll, last surviving
signer Of declaration of independence,
died at Baltimore, aged So.
Noy. g5convention at Columbus, s. c.,
null and void.
March 16--South Carolina repealed nullifi-
cation resolution in convention.
Sept. 26-Presfdent Jackson directed re-
moval Of s1OO0o,00o Of government funds
from National bank to be deposited in
Sept. 2s-Ferdinand VII. of Spain died.
Noy. lS-Great meteoric display visible in
Dec. american Anti-slavery society or
ganized in Philadelphia.
1884.
May 19-Gen. Lafayette died in France,
June So-Indian territory established by
act of congress-
July 10--Beginning Of Carlist revolution
In Spain.
Aug. 1-Slavery abolished in British COL
onies. Eight hundred thousand slaves
freed.
Antiseptic dressing of wounds with car
bolie acid first discovered by Runge.
Dec. President in annual message an
nounced extinguishment of national
debt.
July 2s-An attempt to assassinate Louis
Philippe of France with an internal ma
chine resulted in the death of Marshal
Mortier and nearly 40 other persons, and
In the wounding of many others.
sept Incorporation reform act, granting
ee1f
fourteenth century, passed by British
parliament
Dec. 16-1s-Business portion of New York
city destroyed by fire; GAS buildings de-
stroyed; loss $4,000, 900.
Dec 2s--Seminole Indian war began.
Thomas Davenport, of Braddon, VT, built
FIRST electric railway motor at Spring
March 2-Texas declared its independence.
March 6--Massacre al the Alamo San An
tonic. Tex, by Mexicans under Santa
May 14-Mexico acknowledged indepen-
dence of Texas.
June 15--Arkansas admitted to the union.
June 2S-Ex- President James Madison died
at Montpelier Vt, aged S.
JuiymThe first railway opened in Canada.
Oct 22-Samuel Houston. elected first pres
ident of Texas.
Nov. S-Thirteenth presidential election.
Martin Van Buren, elected president with
toI,of5 popular ana IIU electoral votes,
against 70 electoral votes for his nearest
competitor William Henry Harrison
Total popular vote. 1880 No vice
president chosen because of lack of ma
jority of electoral votes Senate chose
Richard M. Johnson. -
Modern germ theory Of disease first sue-
gested by discovery of yeast plant by
Cagniard Latour in France. 1t has since
been put to practical use by such men as
Pasteur, Koch, Lister and many others.
1S37
Jan. 6-Michigan admitted to the union
May 10-All banks in New York city sus-
pended specie payment because of finan-
cial panic.
June so-King William ". of England
died. Succeeded by his niece, Princess
Alexandrina Victoria. The crowns of
England and Hanover separated
First railway line in Russia opened 1t ran
from st. Petersburg to Charsko-Se
1898.
May 10-Banks in New York resumed
specie payment.
June 2S-Coronation of Alexandria Vic
toria as queen Of England.
First telegraph line set up in Great Brit
ain on line Of Great Western railway by
Cooke.
March Opium war between China and
England began.
Aug. 3l-Carlist revolution in Spain
crushed. 1t had lasted five years and
cost 300, 900 lives.
Oct. 10-United States bank suspended.
causing financial panic
1910.
Jan. 19-Lieut Wilkes discovered Antarctic