The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-05-10


1l08-Henry ". defeated rebels at
Bramham Moor.
156S-Miles Coverdale, first translator
of the Bible, buried at st. Bartholo
news.
1884 34-Assassination of Count Wallen-
stein, commander of the Austrian
army during the thirty years war.
1759-British frigate Vestal engaged
and captured the French frigate Bel
Iona.
1793-British flag hoisted for first time
on island of Corsica.
1795-Jo Joseph Habersham of Georgia be-
came postmaster general Of the Unit
ed States.
1797-Bonapart and the Pope concluded
treaty of Tolentino.
1903 Egypt evacuated by the British.
1S04-French army concentrated at
Bordeaux for invasion of England.
battle of Peterswalde.
1S20-Cato street conspirators, who
planned assassination of British cabi-
net ministers, arrested. Five of them
executed on May l.
of the Waverley novels
acknowledged by Sir Walter Scott.
1929 Virginia Legislature condemned
first high tariff bill as unconstitu-
tional.
1S30-Bread riots in Liverpool. /. i. Thou
sands of lives lost by earthquake in
Chile.
1854-Mrs. Kendall, famous English ac-
tress, made her debut at Marylebone
theater. Gar of Russia proclaim
ed war against the Turks.
1855-French spoliation bill vetoed by
President Pierce.
1856 Duchess de Carmont Laforce muir
dered by her groom in Paris.
1S57-Fanny Davenport made her New
York debut at Chambers street thea
ter.
1858 British defeated 10000 Sepoys
near Lucknow.
1S61-Order of the Star of India insti-
tuted.
1S63-Capt. Speke and Grant announced
discovery of the Nile in Lake Ny
ANA. !. f. National banking system of
United States organized.
Wisconsin ratified the constitu-
tional amendment.
186S-Disraeli became Premier Of Eng
land on the resignation of the Earl
of Derby.
1S69-Martial law declared in Tennessee.
1875-United States passed presidential
electors bill, providing that no State
could be disfranchised without the
joint approval of both houses.
1S7S-Silver remonetized.
1SS4-Remains of the victims of the
Jeanette Arctic expedition reached
New York. . !. House Of Commons
voted to uphold Gladstone's Egyptian
policy.
lSS5-D Dedication of Washington monu-
ment at Washington, d. G.
1889 Richard Pigott confessed forgery
of the Parnell letters. President
Cleveland signed bill admitting
Washington, Montana and the Da-
kotas to statehood.
Egyptians defeated Osman Digna
at Tokar. !. Charles Foster of Ohio
appointed Secretary of the Treasury
-. Gen. Da Fonseca elected Presi-
dent of Brazil.
1898 Episcopal jubilee of Pope Leo
XIII. celebrated.
1894 John Y. McKane sent to Sing Sing
for election frauds at Gravesend,
L. l.
1895-Ex-Q Queen of Hawaii sentenced to
Imprisonment for conspiring against
the republic.
1S96-The Confederate States Museum,
at Richmond, Va, dedicated. Dy-
Mantle explosion in johannesburg
killed and injured 800 persons.
iS97-Fleet of the powers bombarded
the insurgents at Canea, Crete. :.
The powers ordered Greece to with
draw from Crete.
1S99-Russia curtailed Finland's rights
in self-government.
1901-First territorial legislature of Ha-
waii convened, United States Steel
Corporation Incorporated.
02-President Roosevelt refused to re-
open the Sampson-Schley controversy
-. Miss Ellen NJ. Stone released by
the Macedonian brigands.
1904-United States Senate ratified Pan
ANA canal treaty.
t906-Armstrong insurance investigating
committee presented its report to the
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