Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-22
INTERESTING EVENTS N
AMERICAN HISTORY


Decsmbor 9.
1874 niu fnr the nuncsaI iou o.
ToXas introduced in 10th houHos ui
congress-
December 10.
1888 Firft general assembly ul Toe
people OF Now Nork consisting ut iva
deputies Cor each village stuyVcsnni
unwilling GO sanction. but is unable
tO prevent 80.
i11s John Jay. of New Nofw elect
GA prDgldVnt uf rungrcBa.
1917 Congress admits Mississippi.
into the uaion as the twentieth state.
after dividing the territory. The east
orn portion as called Alabama
1882 President lerlaun ifsurH "a
proclamation aEain' nullihers. warn.
ink aud thrCntcning them with trial
Tor treason. setiiur forth the national
theory. and combating the siHtps
r.rhts doctrine
1893 Instrumentation makes
open demonstration in this country
a muoxgin. or public crivr. making
cali tn prayer Boo Un.0u square. New
York
1898 Treaty ~ peace ondinr Span
ish.Amorlcau war signed ai Paris. al
b.i5 o. m.
December 10.
i6sU Pilgrim fathers dlscmhark uI
Plymouth Rock and found % colony 0l
lU3 persons.
1855 -Iamss 10 neca to Fwnce
ISIS Conrress admits Indiana into
the Union as 18Th state
iSfi-A great Gre at Charleston
causes a loss of f5.0Opu0O
1859 Both houses oft congress- moe
In i1int session fu commemorate tht
centennial of the Inauguration al
President Washington
December ~.
t17F owing tu proximity of British
army. the continental congress- 90.
lnurns to baltimore
1908 Congress submits the i2if
amendment 90 the C0ua tuition to- b'
ratified hy the states 81 relates %
the election of president and rcmcdlc'
defect in the electoral system
ISL Capt Porter with the ah'l
I Essex. captures British parhcl Noe
/ Ton having on board ia1. U0N iu specie
1880 National republican party d
| convention at Baltimore nominee
Henry CLAY Tor president Lcadinl
issues, high iarin ana internal 1901
| pruyomout
1876. Wade Hampton declared FO,
/ crnOr uf South Carolina by The speah
or of he democratic legislature. nftr
| counting jhe ytoH. which had beer
/ certified hy the secretary NJ state
/ 1894 Dr uudlcy sargent a
] Harvard. proposes to make athletics
part of thc regular curriculum tor
degree
December 49,
! i71t The people take pusseHHin
of he arsenal at CharleHtown Mass
from which the powder had been re
moved hy Gen. Gang
t75i-A company of men led b
John sullivan, captures the fort a
Portsmouth. N a. and removes no
barrels of powder and some cannOnH.
| l1l5 Foundation of the navy ~
pariment; congress nfst determine
Gao build a navy Of % frigaies.
! lt1G-A slsad uf British cayalr
cHpiures Con Lee go haaking Ridge
rs D.
1850 The steamboat Anglo No
man bursts her boilers at New ID
teams nearly 100 persons killed or D.
iurod
1859 Battle OF Fredericksburg
/ Gen burnside repulsod Fodou
loss. .2Si killed $500 wounded. an
i.7G9 missing. Confederate loss 59
| killed. 600 wounded and 55i mis-
lnr
December 70.
i1Ol Moore defeats the Indian
near st Marks Florida
1903 The Paxton Boys massaci
the Conest0gas. cOyortcd Indians
l776-Ihe British go into whit,
quarters.
! 1881 The British evacuats Charlie
ton.
| 1891 washington dies go Noun
Vernon. after brief illness
1885 New York suffers from
great IRE. it sweeps over 80 acre
destroying 500 bulldlnes and properi
worth sis.000.000
/ Congress paaHcs bii e.
tending tho right Of suffrage
negroes in the District of COLUMBIA
| Tho president votes The hill
t6W House announces its pufpu'
90 fully pay che national debt
December rs.
n 1895 Eastern lndihpa sign "a ura'
of peace with the English
lIis Maryland refuses fo vote "a
the confederation until ihr rights
tho lands in The northwest are sol
tlod
is35-The patent office and POI.
0niCn at Washington arc burned
lbtN-A postal convention heiwc'
} lGu1t Britain aud fho United STATE
Is signed
1864 Battle of Nashville Goner
Thomas ruuls thp CouipderafeH
lhti-At MurIIeUHUorn Cen huu
aflu defeats Con Forrest. whu '1aN
I gnU mon