The Saint Paul globe., 1903-10-11

laration of rights. In this declaration the
| fIgntS OF the colonists were asserted to be:
tax themselves. (S) To assemble peace
| ably to petition for the redress of griev-
taances CD To enjoy the rights of Eng
tjSeh the coIoniad ana an Of the rights granted by
been violated (1) By taxing the people
without their consent. CD BY dissolving
ass assemblies. (S) By quartering troops on
ing men without a jury. (5) BY passing
| the five intolerable acts.
These latter were passed by parliament
on learning of the destruction of the tea
| in Boston harbor, and the refusal of other
cities to allow tea ships to land. These
| acts were:
/ l. The Boston port bill, which shut the
| port of Boston to trade and commerce.
forbade ships to come in or go out and
moved the custom house to Marblehead.
2. The transportation BILL which gave
the governor power to send anybody ac-
| cused of murder in resisting the laws, to
another colony or to England for trial.
3. The Massachusetts bill, which
changed the old charter of Massachusetts,
| provided for a military governor and for
| bade the people to hold public meetings
| for any other purpose than the election
of town officers, without permission from
| the governor.
A. The quartering act, which legalized
| the quartering of troops on the people.
5. The Quebec act which enlarged the
province of Quebec to include all the ter
tritory between the great lakes the Ohio
river, the Mississippi river, and Pennsyl-
yania; y5nc This territory was claimed by
| Massachusetts. Connecticut and Virginia
| under their "Sea to sea" charters.
The declaration concluded that for the
| present congress would pursue the follow
| ing peaceful measures: 1) To enter into
non importation, non consumption and
non expectation agreement association. (2)
To prepare an address to the people of
| habitants of British America 90 To pre-
pare loyal address to his majesty. (See
Oct. 21.)
| clergyman and poet, born in Dalecarlia,
| Sweden.
Oct. Is, 1S5S-Frank Van der Stucken,
| musical composer and conductor, born at
Fredericksburg, Tex
! Oct Is, 1773.-The British government
having arranged with the East India
company to take to the American harbors
tea at much lower price than had here
| tofore been paid. in the expectation that
/ the people would pay it and pay the i'm
port duty because of the lower price, a
meeting was held in New York to oppose
receiving it. This was the first of series
! of meetings held in various cities, which
cargoes at Boston and other places.
| Oct. 16, 17s5-William B. sprague,
clergyman and author. born at Andover,
| Conn
Oct. 16 1835-William Rufus Shafter.
| soldier, born at Galesburg, Mich. He was
in command of the first army sent to
| Cuba in the Spanish-American war of
1898.
! Oct 16, 1S46.-George Newton Best,
| physician, botantist and author, born at
Round Valley, N. j.
| Oct. 16. 1S46-Doctors had long ex-
perimented with preparations to produce
! artificial sleep to the end that surgical
| operations might be performed without
pain. The first successful public exhibit
ton of the use of ether for this purpose
! was given in the Massachusetts general
hospital at Boston, by Drs. w. G. II.
Morton and Charles T. Jackson. The in
dates from this time. The preparation
was patented by the two men under the
name of Letheon. Dr. Wells, of Hartford,
| Conn.,, also claims to have been one of
the first to use it. An inscription on DR..
| Mortons monument, in Boston, declares:
| Before That Discovery, Surgery Was
Agony; Since, Science Has Controlled
Pain
! Oct. 6.-1s91.-Attack by a mob on
sailors ashore at Valparaiso, Chill, from
manded by Capt w. S: Schley, in which
eighteen Americans Were injured, several
dying. The United States demanded
reparation and apology, but in neither case
was ordered into service. The Chill war
scare helped to give impetus to the build
ing of our present formidable navy.
Oct. II, 176O.-Claude Henri, Comte de
| Saint Simon, philosopher and social re-
! former, born in Paris.
Oct II, 1s17-Alexander Mitchell. con-
! greSsman from Wisconsin, railway pro-
moter and philanthropist, born in Aber-
| deenshire, Scotland.
Oct IT. 1834.-Robert Dunlap. manufac-
| turer, born in New York; known for his
make of hats.
Oct II, 1777-Close of the second battle
! of Saratoga on Bemis Heights and the
surrender of Burgeyne. who gave up 5,791
men, cf whom 2,412 were Hessians. be-
sides forty-two brass cannon, 1900 mus
| kets and other munitions. sorely needed.
| besides 1856 American prisoners. At the
| surrender Burgoyne, in an elegant uni
form, met Gates in a plain blue frocJi
| ter, who returned it at once. The effect
of the surrender resulted in France max
ing a treaty of friendship and by so doing
| gave the new nation its first recognition
! as one of the powers of earth.
r. The defeat and surrender of Burgoyne
/ has been classed among the fifteen de-
I cisive battles of the world. 1t was the
turning point in the struggle for independ-
ence. The result filled the Americans with
| joy and confidence. 1t filled the English
I WITH despair. OQS-InlTQ OF the tDSIlSI
| forces in America had vanished. Hope
less of success Lord North now offered the
Americans everything except independ-
Fence but he was too late.
| Gen Burgoyne was humorously known
1cduring the revolution as "Elbow-room. y
a designation which arose from a remark
! he made when entering Boston harbor in
| 1775, with Howe and Clinton. The say.
] ing was published in the newspapers as
follows: when the three generals lately
arrived were going into Boston they met
| a packet coming out, bound to this place
/ lNewport), when. we hear, Gen. Burgoyne
1 asked the skipper of the packet, What
news there was And being told thai
| Boston was surrounded by 10000 country
! people asked, How many regulars there
1 were in Boston,? and being answered
/ about 5,00O cried out with establishment,
/ What, 10000 peasants keep 5000 kings
| troops shut upi Well, let us get in, and
1 We'll soon find elbow roOmH After his
| surrender the general was conveyed to
1 Boston, where quite a crowd was gath
| cred to see him as he stepped on shore.
/ Just as he was making his way off the
/ Charleston ferryboat an old lady perched
! on a shed above the crowd cried out al
the top of her shrill voice, Make way!
j make way the generals coming! Give
I him elbow roomp "
A,s "A short time before his surrender he
| boasted that he would eat his Christmas
i dinner in Albany. He ate dinner there
| before Christmas as prisoner.
! Oct. 1S. 1s39-Thomas Brackett Reed