The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-10


itself into a State and framed q
constitution.
178O-Washington went to Hartford.
Conn.,, to consult with Rochambeau
concerning some definite plan OF
action.
17s2--Royalty abolished and France
declared republic.
1793-Gen. Washington laid the corner
stone of the national capitol In
Washington.
tS12-Burning of Moscow during the
occupation of the city of Napo-
Icons army.
1S14-British retreated from Fort Erie
to Niagara. British raised the
siege of Fort Erie.
1S1S-Illinois held its first election OF
State officers under the new con-
stitution.
1S20-First General Assembly of the
State of Missouri met at st. Louis.
1S23-Samuel L. Southard Of New Jer-
sey became Secretary Of the Navy.
1S33-Boundary line dispute between
New Jersey settled.
1S47-United States troops took pos
session of the City of Mexico.
1S5s-Last national convention of the
Wings met at Baltimore.
1S62-The garrison at Munfordsville.
KY, surrendered to the Confeder-
ates. E.. .Harper's Ferry was cap
h1y Th0
Confederate forces were defeated
at Iuka, Miss.
victorious In battle
of Chickamauga Creek.
1S64-A Mcclellan meeting in the Lin
dell Hotel, st. Louis, was broken
up by party Of Union soldiers
1S67-The Antietam national cemetery
was dedicated with imposing cere-
monies.
1S6S-The Georgia House of Represen-
tatives passed a bill excluding ne
groes from the jury.
|1871-Lincoln's body removed to its
final resting place at Springfield,
Ill.
q pOllllCdl dilIdy dL SOluLhUlds
s. c., j. D. Caldwell was shot dead
and Maj. Morgan wounded by
George Tupper.
l874-Twenty persons killed and fifty
injured in fight between the New
Orleans police and mob that was
clamoring for the abdication Of
Gov. Kellogg. i. . About sixty lives
lost in a great fire In the cotton
mills at Fall River, Mass.
lS75-Indianola, Texas. visited by cy-
clone, and almost entirely destroy
ed. Galveston, Texas, visited by
a fearful storm of wind and rain;
the city was inundated. .Perry's
flagship Lawrence raised in Erie
harbor and removed to Philadel-
phia for exhibition at the Centen-
NAL
ISS1-Chester A. Arthur took the oath
of Office as President of the United
States.
lSS3-Public inaugural exercises at the
University of Texas.
lSS6-Michigan College of Mines open.
ed for the reception of students.
lS89-Union and Confederate veterans
formed a memorial association on
the Chickamauga battlefield.
'S91-Intense heat in South Dakota,
preventing work In the harvest
fields. -. st. Clair tunnel at Detroit
opened.
iS9S-Yellow fever became epidemic at
Brunswick, Ga. :. Cherokee strip,
6,072,754 acres. opened for public
settlement.
S95-Chickamauga National Park ded-
icated with imposing ceremonies
....Cotton States and Internation-
al Exposition opened in Atlanta.
l897-Preliminary peace treaty be-
tween Turkey and Greece signed
at Constantinople
Peary arrived at
Sydney, N. S., on his return from
the far north. Cruiser Des
Moines launched at Quincy. Mass.
t90S-Gov. Hoke Smith signed a bill
terminating the convict-lease sys-
tenn in Georgia. :. The Republicans
renominated Gov. Hughes of New
York. Republicans carried Maine
by reduced plurality. {. !. An acci-
dent to Orville Wright's aeroplane
at Fort Meyer, Va. caused the
death of Lieut.. Thomas e. Sell