The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-04
0fj|U ] HAPPENINGS 1 \

! rad tatlOneu below The grayhaired
bellman of the state. house, who was
patiently waiting for the word,
+, sounded the noses of freedom that
were heard around the world-a ma
ton was born. This is the 132d an.
| niversary of its birth. ,s... g
The members of congress debated
| the Declaration of Independence
with great spirit, and as the hours
went by the veteran in the belfry
grew discouraged ana began to NUT
ter: 4E @
They will never do it; they will
never do it, E
Congress had, only three days be-
fore, adopted a resolution declaring
! that the United Colonies ARE, and of
right ought to be, Free" and it was
evident that the Declaration of In
dependence would also be adopted
At O'Clock, July 4, 1875, the
news was pealed forth that the col
Onies were free, and great excite
ment prevailed on the streets. The
| kings arms were torn from thecourt
house in Philadelphia and burned in
the street. Bonfires and illumina-
lions were started at Charleston and
| Savannah. Cannon were fired in
Boston and the leaden statue of
| George III. in New York was pulled
down and molied into bullets upon
receipt of the tidings.
The Declaration of independence
| written by Thomas Jefferson is one
of the greatest documents ever pen
ned. 1t separated Is small colonies
| from powerful nation, and every
| people that has since attempted to
set up self-gOvernment has referred
to it.
Fifty-six men placed their signatures
to that famous document on that hot
July afternoon. When John Hancock
affixed his signature in bold letters,
he said:
There! John Bull may read my
name without spectacles."
Franklin's Wit.
Tradition also has it that when
Hancock reminded the members of
the necessity of hanging together.
Benjamin Franklin wittily added:
Yes; we must indeed all hang
together, or else most assurelly we
shall all hang separately"
States was a momentous event in the
worlds history, and rightfully it
overshadows all other happenings of
that day. Other occurrences are mi
mute compared to the signing of the
Declaration of Independence. Yet
many things of interest have occur
red on the anniversary of the ma
TONS birth.
Charles Carol, who died Novem-
Der IA, 1882, was the last survivor
of the signers, and on the 4th of
July, 1928, when he was more than
ninety years of age, he threw the
first shovel of earth on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, amid appropriate
and imposing ceremonies.
Tive Ex-Presidents Die.
While the nation was celebrating
the fiftieth anniversary of the ma
ton, July 4. 1926, Thomas Jefferson
and John Adams, both signers, and
ex-presidents of the United States,
died at extreme old age, Jefferson
had written that famous document
and the other was its chief advocate.
They died within an hour or two of
each other while the cannons were
booming.
This is also the anniversary of the
birth of Nathaniel Hawthorne, at Sa-
lem, Mass, July 4, 1904 His works
include the Scarlet Letter" House
of Seven Cables" The Tanglewood
Tales ETC. His writings are marked
by subtle Imagination, curious
power of analysis and exquisite pur-
ity of diction.
Vicksburg Falls.
One of the greatest events in the
annals of American history was the
surrender of Vicksburg to General
Grant No language can describe
the tumultuous JOY which thrilled
the hearts of the North as well as
of the gallant men who won that
great prize for their country.
Cerveras Defeat.
Another Fourth of July present to
Uncle Sam that thrilled the hearts
of every true American was made
during the Spanish American war.
The first advices were meager, but
when it became known on the Fourth
that the Standards had lost six ships,
600 men killed ana wounded, while
the Americans had only one killed
and two wounded, the people, unable
to curb thsir patriotism, celebrated
that day in manner that will long
be remembered.
4 few CO 70 things that have hap
pened July besides the signing of
l+he Declaration of Independence are
I as follows:
17S1-Broke ground for the Erie.
canal.
1e2-Dcath Of Thomas Jefferson
and John Adams. t u
1Se3-vtckshurg surrendered.
10e9-preei1ent Garnet unveiled
at Paris renlica of the Bartholii
s.a+ue of Liberty.
1oa8-French steamer la Bour-
rorra and british shin C-omarty-
shire collide former was sunk 60
miles off Sable Island-5e0 lost.
1onn-Statua Of Lafave-te gift OF
American school children unveiled
in Paris: Sacresarv of State Hav out
Hrn5 IN tho powarc tho American