Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-05


constitution.
17S0-Washington went to Hartford
Conn. to consult with Rochambeau
concerning some definite plan of
| action.
17s2-Royalty abolished and France
declared a republic
1793-Gen. Washington laid the corner
stone of the national capitol in
Washington.
1S12-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 it's 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. Southland 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
1S56-Last national convention of the
Wings met at Baltimore.
| 1S62-The garrison at Munfordsville,
| KY, surrendered to the Confeder-
ates. Harper's Ferry was cap
tured by the Confederates. (. The
| Confederate forces were defeated
at Iuka Miss
Confederates victorious in battle
of Chickamauga Creek.
1S64-A Mcclellan meeting in the Lin
dell Hotel ST. Louis, was broken
up by a party of Union soldiers,
1867-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.
1S71-Lincoln's body removed to it's
final resting place at Springfield,
1S72-In political affray at Columbia,
S. c., j. d. Caldwell was shot dead
and Maj. Morgan wounded by
George Upper
1S74-Twenty persons killed and fifty
injured in fight between the New
Orleans police and mob that was
clamoring for the abdication Of
Gov. Kellogg. About sixty lives
lost in a great fire in the cotton
mills at Fall River, Mass.
1S75-Indianola, Texas, visited by a 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
1S81-Chester A. Arthur took the oath
of office as President of the United
States.
1SS3-Public inaugural exercises at the
University of Texas.
1SS6-Michigan College of Mines open
ed for the reception of students.
1S89-Union and Confederate veterans
/ formed memorial association on
the Chickamauga battlefield.
1S91-Intense heat in South Dakota,
preventing work in the harvest
fields. st. Clair tunnel at Detroit
opened.
1S9S-Yellow fever became epidemic at
Brunswick, Ga. =. Cherokee strip,
6,072,754 acres, opened for public
settlement.
1S95-Chickamauga National Park ded-
icated with imposing ceremonies,
-. Cotton States and Internation-
al Exposition opened in Atlanta.
1S97-Preliminary peace treaty be-
tween Turkey and Greece signed
at Constantinople
1902-Commander Peary arrived at
Sydney, n. s., on his return from
the far north. !. Cruiser Des
Moines launched at Quincy, Mass.
190S-Gov. Hoke Smith signed bill
terminating the conviet-lease sys-
tenn in Georgia. The Republicans
renominated Gov. Hughes of New
York. Republicans carried Maine
by reduced plurality. An acct
dent to Orville Wrights aeroplane
at Fort Meyer. Va, caused the
II death of Lieut.. Thomas E. Sell
fridge.