Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-02-15

1355-John Philpot. Archdeacon O
Westminster, convicted of heres!
and burned
i5S2-The Gregorian calendar adopte,
at Paris, emitting 10 days.
1G42-New Zealand discovered by Tas
man.
1G44-Chrstina assumed government o
Sweden.
1G4S-Oliver Cromwell ordered all stag,
plays stopped in England.
1G53-Oliver Cromwell declared lore
protector of England.
16S3-Isaac Walton, author Of thu
Complete Angler" died.
1745-Dresden surrendered to Fredericl
IL. OF Prussia.
1754-Mahomet V. Of Turkey died.
1764-T II. Perkins, owner of the frs
railroad in the United States
born.
177O-Beethoven, the great musician
1774-North Carolina adopted a consti
tuition.
1175-American Congress first deter
mined to build navy.
1175-General Howe ordered the meet
ing houses in Boston torn dow
and used for fire wood.
1776-Congress adjourned from Phila
delphia to Baltimore.
17S2-The British troops evacuated
Charleston, s. c.
17S7-New Jersey and Pennsylvani;
ratified the Constitution of tn,
United States.
1796-General Anthony Wayne died.
1799-General George Washington died
1SO4-British Consul in Honduras for
bid mahogany to be exported OF
American vessels. Spain de
clared war against Great Britain
1SO0-Divorce of Empress Josephine.
1S1O-Lucien Bonaparte and famil!
place themselves under protection
of England.
1S16-First savings bank in the United
States opened in Boston.
1S20-Outbreak of Civil War in Chill.
1S32-Treaty of navigation and com
merce concluded between United
States and Russia.
1S36-Patent office and postoffice a
Washington, ID. c., burned.
1S3S-Chartists meetings declared lille
gal in England.
1S4O-Remains of Bonapartc, removed
from Cherbourg TO Paris.
1S4S-Postal convention concluded be
tween Great Britain and Unite'
States. Destruction Of the Par
Theater, New York City, by fire
1S5O-Many killed and injured in tn
explosion Of the steamboat Angl
Norman at New Orleans.
1S54-St. Lawrence River opened t
American vessels. IT. Seventies
lives lost in sinking of steame
WestmOreland in Lake Michigan
1S61-Prince Albert. husband of Quee
Victoria, died.
Notwithstanding. Va, captured.
1864EFort McAllister captured by I'm
ion forces.
1865-Thirteenth Amendment to U.
Constitution proclaimed.
1S71-Alabama arbitration commission
meets at Geneva. William NJ
Tweed, the Tammany Boss" re
arrested.
1S74-Edwin Booth made his first ar
pearance on the stage following
his retirement after the assassina
ton of President Lincoln.
1SS4-World's Fair opened in New Or
leans. =. Attempt made to bloy
London Bridge up with dynamite
1S01-Violent earthquake in Sicily.
United States concludes arrange
ments for reciprocity with Japan
1S94EGreat loss of life in n volcani
eruption in the New Hebrides
Eugene V. Debs sentenced to jai
for contempt of court.
1S95.Samuel Gompers elected presiden
of the American Federation o
Labor.
1S97-Attorney-General McKenna ap
pointed justice of the Unite,
States Supreme Court.
philippine tariff bill passe,
I1OuSe VI representatives..
Marconi signalled across the At
lantic by means of wireless teleg
raphy.
19O3-The Cuban reciprocity bill be
comes law. wv. j. Buchanan
appointed United States mniste
to the republic of Panama.
10O4-Three killed in explosion on Unit
ed States battleship Massachu
sets .Ex-Mayor Ames of Min
neapolis, charged with malfeas
ance in office, set free after a dis
agreement of the jury at his thir,
trial.
This and That.