The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-12-03


United States ship Intrepid"
blown up in the harbor of Tripoli.
1812-Fort Harrison, on the Wabash,
commanded by Capt Zachary Tay-
lor was attacked by Indians.
i814-The Americans drove the British
into their entertainments at Fort
Erie. The British approached
within 700 yards of Fort Bowyer,
Mobile, and opened fire. -. British
captured Plattsburg, N. Y.
1S3S-Ferdinand l. of Austria crowned
at Milan.
1S39-Large section of Mobile, Ala,
destroyed by fire.
1842-The Mexican army, 1900 strong,
took possession OF Texas, but soon
retreated.
1846-Telegraph completed between
New York City and Albany.
1847-Americans under Gen. Scott de-
feated the Mexicans in battle Of
Chapultepec.
t850-She Fugitive Slave bill was pass
ed by the House of Representa-
tives.
1855-The first Hebrew temple in the
Mississippi valley was consecrated
In st. Louis. j.. .Sebastopol fell, af-
ter undergoing siege of eleven
months by the English and French
armies.
1S6n-William Walker, notorious fill
buster, shot by order of court mar
tial t,
iS62-Gen. Lee crossed the Potomac
So and invaded Maryland.
1s64-Gen. Sherman ordered all civil
ians to leave Atlanta and offered
/ them transportation. j.. :. The Su-
preme Court of California decided
that San Francisco must issue $4,-
., 100000 bonds in aid of the Central
Pacific Railroad.
t866-Monument to the memory of Ste
phen A. Douglas dedicated in Chi
cago.
lS6S-A band of Cheyenne Indians raw
aged the towns of Sheridan and
Butler, Kansas.
1869-The National Prohibition party
organized at a convention in Chi
cago.
1S70-French Republic declared and
fight of Empress Eugene.
S73-Assassination of Gen. e. 8. Nc
Cook by P. p. Wintermate at
Yankton, Dakota.
lS74-Twenty persons killed and fifty
injured in fight between the New
Orleans police and a mob thatwas
clamoring TO rthe abdication of
Gov. Kellogg.
1S76-Lafayette statue unveiled in Tn
lon Square, New York City.
1S79-The British Resident, Sir Louis
Cavagnari, murdered in Cabul
tSSS-Last spike driven in the North
ern Pacific Railroad, near Gold
Creek, Montana. !,
1SS9-Guilford, Conn, began q celebra-
tion of its 250th anniversary.
1s90-Wyoming Territory became q
State.
1ssS-Gov William Mckinley of Ohio
opened his campaign for re-elec-
tion with speech at Akron. -,
British House of Lords rejected
the Irish Home Rule bill.. The
Parliament of Religions began, its
sessions in Chicago
ls95-The South Carolina convention
to revise the State constitution be-
gan its sessions at Columbia, S. G.
Thirty miners were en-
ltombed' by fire in the Osceola cop
per mine at Houghton. Mich.
is97--A railroad wreck on the Santa
Fe line near Emporia. Kan. killed
and injured thirty persons.
ls00--Tornaae at Galveston destroyed
10000 lives and about s30,000,000
In property,
ls01---President Mckinley shot at the
Buffalo exposition. William Nc,
Kinley, twenty fifth President Of
the United States. died in Buffalo.
isos-A hurricane on the Florida gulf
coast caused much property loss on
shore and TO shipping -. The
Queensland government resigned.
ls04--The cruiser Milwaukee launch.
ed at San Francisco.
1soS-Count Tolstoi's sightieth birth.
day was celebrated.