Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-03-25

1644-Charter granted Rhode Island.
uniting it with Providence Planta-
tons.
liS3-Battle between the Alliance and
three British frigates, the last naval
battle of the Revolution.
1193-COngresS passed an act to organ
ize the militia.
1SO2-A military institution established
by the government at West Point.
1SO4-A Tammany society formed at
Alexandria, Va, for the purpose of
controlling national elections.
1S12-John Henry's plot to dismember
the Union disclosed to Congress.
1S15-British ship Tiger captured the
American privateer Leo.
1S29-John Branch of North Carolina be-
came Secretary of the Navy.
Great e1citsment in Louisiana over
an uprising of slaves on the coast
plantations
1S30-Yucatan declared itself independ-
ent.
1S32-Twenty-one pioneers left Boston
for Oregon
1S,4-COmmercial treaty concluded be-
tween United States and Japan.
1S41-Gen. Scott and the American army
landed at Vera Cruz.
1S4S-People of Wisconsin ratified the
State constitutions.
1S55-Nassau Hall. Princeton College,
destroyed by fire.
1890 rDbo
mac, appeared at Hampton Roads
Commodore Foote commenced the
attack on Island No. TO-. New
burn, n. c., taken by the Federals.
1S64-Fort de RusSy on the Red River,
captured by the Federals. =. . Gen.
Grant formally presented with his
commission as Lieutenant General.
1S66-Ten thousand volunteers were
called out in Canada to repel the
threatened invasion of the Fenians.
1S6S-President Johnson asked forty
days time to prepare his answer to
the articles of Impeachment.
1S69-EIamiton Fish of New York APP
pointed Secretary of State.
1S71-Political sensation produced by the
removal of Charles Sumner from the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions.
1S12-Jay Gould Ousted from the man
agement of the Erie railroad.
1S74-Body of Charles Sumner lay in
state in the capitol at Washington.
1S75-First issue of the Philadelphia
Times.
1ST1-Alexander Graham Bell gave
public exhibition of the workings of
his newly invented telephone.
1SS4-System of standard time establish
ed in America. United States Sen
ate ratified commercial treaty with
Mexico. Mail train from New
York to Chicago broke record by
making trip in - hours and 23 min
uteS.
1SS5-Coal discovered in South Dakota.
1SS6-Anti-Chin convention met in
San Francisco.
1S91-Seven Italians lynched in New
Orleans for the murder of Chief of
Police HenneSsel.
1S9J-The Illinois Supreme Court decIar-
ed the eight-hour or sweat shop
law to be unconstitutional Two
Italians killed in Denver Jail by a
mob. Prize fighting declared ile-
gal by the courts of Louisiana.
1S9S-Congress appropriated $5O,0OO,00O
for war purposes.
of Norwegian cabinet
received by King Haakon.
1902-Suit begun by Attorney General
Knox to dissolve the Northern Sc
curities Company.
190J-Cassie Chadwick convicted in
Gle leland of conspiracy 10 defraud.
19O6-American troops killed 600 Moros
in battle near JOio.
190S-United States Supreme Court de-
cided that railroads must not vary
from published freight rates. First
international convention of Young
Peoples Missionary movement open
ed in Pittsburg. . Wesley Brother
hood and brotherhood of st. Paul
agreed TO merge under name of the
Methodist Brotherhood 80. The
American battleShip fleet arrived at
Magdalena Bay, Mexico.