Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-01-14

1921-Martin Luther was excommuni-
Gated.
l62O-The Pilgrims observed their first
Sabbath in their Plymouth settle
nient.
1I24-Philip V. of Spain abdlcated in
favor of his son.
1I75-Gen. Montgomery killed while
leading unsuccessful assault of an
American force against Quebec.
Pennsylvania Society for the Abo-
htlon OF Slavery was organized.
11I6-The British abandoned their posts
on the Delaware river.
1TT7-The Americans defeated the Brit
ish in battle at Princeton. y. J.
17S2-Bank of North America. THE first
institution of its kind in the country.
opened in Philadelphia.
1S1l-More than 100 persons persisted in
the burning of theater in Richmond.
Va.
1S29-A party of ChoctawS attacked
camp of Usage Indians on the Ca
madam river and killed seven of their
number. United 81 ties Senate rat
flied treaties with the Indians which
gave to the United States 100000
acres of land. A Congress met at
BogOta to frame constitution for
Colombia =. Gen. Guerrero resigned
the presidency of Mexico
1S30-Riotous demonstrations III English
manufacturing districts against the
introduction of labor saving machin-
cry.
1S3S-presdent Van Buren, warned
Americans not TO aid in the Canadian
revolt
1S53-Ship Staffordshire wrecked off the
coast of Nova Scotia. with loss of
10 lives The mammoth clipper.
Great Republic. burnt at her wharf
in New York.
1S54-Abion (NIich.) college partly de-
stroyed by fire
1S55-A commercial convention of the
Southwestern States met in New
Orleans.
1S61-Banks in New York. Boston and
other cities suspended specie pay
ment.
1862 Battle of Murfreesboro continued
with lndeclSlve results.
1860 Confederate force attacked Spring
field. Mo.
1SGS-The custom house and many other
buildings at Indianola. Texas. were
destroyed by fire. Lord Lisgar ap-
pointed governor general of Canada
80. United States military asylum at
Augusta. Me-. destroyed by fire. $50.
Congress censured the President for
remo>ing Gen. Sheridan.
1SI2-Col. James Fisk, Jr., shot in the
Grand Central hotel, New York. by
Edward s. Stokes and died two days
later.
1S77-The President and Mrs. Hayes eel
ebrated their silver wedding in the
White House
1SS5-Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
invested with the pallium. Grover
Cleveland. President elect, resigned
the governorship of New York
1S99-A new design adopted for United
States navy flag.
1893 Prendergast the assassin of Mayor
Harrison of Chicago. found guilty
and sentenced to death.
1S94-The Globe theater. Boston, was
destroyed by fire.
1S9J-Property to value of Sl,OO0,O0O de-
stroyed by fire in Toronto.
1S96-Cpcil Rhodes resigned the pre-
miership of Cape Colony.
1S9S-A score of lives were lost by the
collapse of the city hall at London,
Ontario.
1S99-Lord Curzon of Kedleston assumed
the viceroyalty of India Theodore
Roosevelt was inaugurated Governor
of New York.
19O3-Gpn. James +. Smith oil Califor-
MIA was appointed Il member of the
Philippine commission. Six hum
dred lives lost in burning of Iro-
quois theatcr in Chicago.
19O5-Ex-GOv Steunenberg of Idaho as
sassinated by dynamite bomb.
19O7-Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000 for
home of Bureau of American Repub-
lies in Washington. The French
church and state separation law was
promulgated.
19OS-Night riders made raids in the
tobacco districts of Kentucky.
Nineteen Russians were arrested on
the charge of conspiring TO murder
the Dowager Empress.