The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-03-30

1O0S-London bridge carried away BY
food.
15O3-James Tyrrel executed on the
charge of numbering Edward v.
1539-John s. Duranti, first president OF
Parliament of Toulouse, killed.
Catherine Howard, fifth wife OF
Henry VIII, beheaded.
| 1547-Edward VI, at the age of nine,
crowned King of England.
1554-Lady Jane Grey beheaded. Fiji
ty-nine persons executed in London
for resisting the Spanish influence.
1566-David Rizzio murdered.
165S-Passage of Charles X. over the
great belt.
1667-Attack on Lancaster, Mass, BY
Indians.
1674-New York surrendered by Dutch
to British. House of Commons re-
solved against a standing army.
1689-English Parliament chose William
and Mary of Orange king and
queen.
16o6-Plot to assassinate William III.
discovered.
1733-First settlement in Georgia COM
menced by Gen. Ogiethorpe.
1776-Col. Gadsden presented Snake
Flag to American Congress for naval
use.
| 1778-Daniel Boone captured by French
and Indians. Escaped ten days later.
1791-Bank of United States incorpo-
rated.
1793-Salary of President Of the United
! States fixed at $4,000.
1797-Admiral Jarvis defeated Spanish
feet off Cape St. Vincent.
17es-occupation of Rome by tho
| French.
1SO7-British House of Lords abolished
| slave trade.
1903 Russia declared war against Swe-
| den.
1813-Abolition Of the inquisition by
the Spanish Cortes.
Massachusetts prohibited impris-
| onment for debt.
1819-Bill introduced in Congress for
| admission of Missouri.
1S31-Insurrection in Paris
1832-Cholera made its appearance in
l. London.
1833-Henry Clay introduced the COM
| promise tariff measure in the Senate.
1840-Marriage Of Queen Victoria and
! Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
1S44-London and Dover railroad open
ed.
1847-U. S. Congress authorized adli-
tional regiments for regular army.
1S51-Gold discovered in Australia.
1S56-President Pierce warned all per-
sons against unlawful combination
In Kansas.
1S61-Confederate government formed
at Montgomery, Ala. Jefferson
Davis chosen President
1S62-Elizabeth City, N. c., occupied by
Federal troops.
1865-Gen. Robert e. Lee appointed
commander-in- chief of Confederate
army.
statehood over Presidents veto.
George Peabody announced gift Of
$1,2OO,0OO for educational purposes
....Outbreak Of Fenians in South
Ireland.
1S69-Steamboat Nellie Stevens burned
on Red river; SO lives lost Pas
sage by the y. S. Senate of fifteenth
amendment bill.
1S72-Governor General of India assas-
sinated at Port Blair.
3-Abdication of King Amadeus Of
Spain republic proclaimed.
1S74-Taylor's Pantechnicon burned in
London loss $1,5OO,OOO.
1875-Great Broadway fire in New York
City.
1S77-Prof. Alexander Graham Bell ex-
hibited his telephone in Salem, Mass
1878-British feet entered Dardanelles
against the Sultan's protest.
1884tOhio river rose to II feet at Gin
cinnati.
1885-Town of Olta, Utah, destroyed By
an avalanche. Martial law pro-
claimed in Panama.
1885 Serious riots in London caused BY
Socialist agitators.
1S87-Veto of the dependent pension bill.
| lSS0-4uc ~. department VI ASrlCuI.
| ture created. Legislatures of
| Western States investigated dressed
| beef trust A constitution for the
empire Of Japan proclaimed. q.
s. Senate rejected British extradi-
| ton treaty.
1S0O-Oklahoma territorial bill passed
by the Senate. IT,. President Harrison
| signed proclamation opening the
| Sioux reservation.
1S91-Strike involving 10000 miners be-
| gum in Pennsylvania coke region.
1S02-United States millers contribute
100000 pounds of -four to relieve
| starving peasants of Russia.
France, Italy and Sweden chosen as
Bering sea arbitrators. Seventy
five perished in burning of Hotel
Royal in New York.
1893 Proclamation setting apart the