Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-20

l6O9-Henry Hudson sailed from Honand
in search OF the Northwest passage.
1114--rhe bin for closing the port of
Boston received sse royal assent.
17T5--N New York Colonial Legislature
held its last session.
1893 The New York Legislature passed
law for the gradual abolition of
slavery II that State.
1S04-A French cruiser blockaded the
port of Charleston, S. c., An the
territory ceded to the United States
by the State of Georgia. north of the
Mississippi territory and south of
Tennesses, annexed to Mississippi by
act Of Congress.
1872 Congress passed an embargo law
for ninety days. BadajoS, an inn
portant barrier fortress in south
western Spain. surrendered to the
French under Marshal Soult
1S29-A large section of Augusta, Ca,
destroyed by fire.
1S30-Survey made for laying out the
city of Chicago,
1S41-The foundations of the Mormon
temple were laid at Nauyoo, Ill.
1S5o-More than 400 persons persisted in
the wreck of the steamer Royal AIDE
laide off Margate England.
S52-Tremont Temple, Boston, destroy
ed by fire.
1851 First treaty between the United
States and Japan signed. "A com
binea force of Americans and En-
glisli attacked and routed Chinese
imperial army of 10000 at Shanghai.
1S55-Bronze equestrian statue of zen.
Andrew Jackson unveiled in New
Orleans. =. Gore expedition left st.
Louis to explore the headwaters of
the Powder River in Montana. =.
The State prison at Nashville, Tenn,
destroyed by fire. The electric
telegraph between London and Bal
aclava completed.
1S61-South Carolina convention ratified
the Confederate constitution.
1S64-House of Representatives adopted
resolutions declaring that France
would not be allowed to form mon
archy in Mexico.
1868 Michigan voted against negro suf-
frage.
1S70-A bill re-admitting Texas to rep
resentation in Congress was APP
proved,
Earthquake at Antioch, resulting
in the loss of 1900 lives.
1S73-NearIy 500 lives lost in the wreck
of the steamship Atlantic off the
coast of Nova Scotia
1s75-Riots of striking coal miners in
Pennsylvania.
-Decennial census of the Dominion
of Canada showed the population to
be 4,324,S10.
1882 Steamer Golden Gate burned near
Memphis with loss of twenty lives
....Jesse James, noted desperate,
killed by the Ford brothers. at ST.
Joseph, Mo.
1888 Ship Of war Hawk burned at Port
Discovery, Washington.
1SS4-House of Representatives passed
bill for the redemption of the silver
trade dollar. /. /. Rioters attacked and
burned the court house in Cincn-
natl
1SSS-Four thousand persons killed by
earthquake at Yunnan, China.
1892 Mormon temple, at Salt Lake City
completed.
1S94-President Cleveland vetoed the
Bland silver bill.
1S95-The Iowa Supreme Court sustain
ed the construction of the mulct law
of 1894
1900-Queen Victoria visited Ireland,
landing at Queenstown. The Ken
lucky court OF appeals declared Beck
ham Governor.
1903-Statue to William Il. Gladstone
erected in Westminster Abbey.
1904-Chicago voted for municipal own
ership of street railways.
190S-The Gar dissolved the Finnish
diet for expressed sympathy with the
Terrorists. The Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel of New York closed its doors.
General suspension Of bituminous
coal mining> occurred pending settle
ment Of new scale.