Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-01


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l607-English colonists began to build
at jamestown, Va.
l6l1-Sir Thomas Dale arrived at the
jamestown colony, with 800 peo-
pie.
l640-Thomas Dudley was chosen Gov.
ernor of Massachusetts colony.
1665-Connecticut and New haven col.
onies united.
i731-Flnal settlement of boundary
dispute between New York and
Connecticut
l7T0--Corner stone of Brown Univer-
sity laid at Providence.
17S1--Benedict Arnold became com,
mander of the British forces In
Virginia . . British force captured
at Orangeburg, S. c.
i7S4-Virginia voted statue in honor
of Washington to be placed in the
new capitol in Richmond.
lS04-The Lewis and Clarke expedi
| tion left St. Louis to explore the
Northwest.
lS11-Corner stone of Tammany Hall
New York, laid.
1S12-The remaining part of Florida
was annexed TO the Mississippi ter
ritory.
1S16-The American Bible Society or
ganized.
1S29-Several factories iii Massachu
sets shut down because Ot d.
mand for higher wages by thei
employees. . Ship Alexander az
rived at Baltimore from Liverpool
with equipment fer the first rail-
road in the United States.
1S36-A treaty was made by Mexico
with Texas, acknowledging its in
dependence.
1S37--All of the banks in New Yort
City stopped specie payments.
1856 Second vigilance committee or
ganized in San Francisco.
1S57--The Agricultural College o.
Michigan was opened to students
1853 Minnesota admitted as the thir
ty-second state.
| 1S60-Republican convention at Chi
eago nominated Abraham Lincoln
and Hannibal Hamlin.
1S61-Blockade of Charleston, S. G.
established by the steamer Mag
ara" "A convention held al
Wheeling, w. Va. declared for tn,
Union.
1S62-The Confederate gunboat Ala
bama launched.
lS63-Jackson, Miss. taken by the Fed
erals under Grant. :. Federals un
der command of Gen. Sherman
took possession of Jackson, Miss.
1S64-Sherman made general attack
on Johnston's army at Resaca,
Ga.
iS65-Trial of President Lincolns STAY
ers begun.
1S67-Russie ratified the Alaskan ces
sion treaty. Jefferson Davis ad
mitted 10 bail in 100000.
1S75-CharloSte Cushman took her
farewell OF the stage at the Globe
Theater, Boston.
1S76-The Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia opened.
1S79--Income tax bill defeated In the
lower house of Congress.
1SSO--Nashville Tenn, celebrated the
centennial anniversary Of its set.
Element.
18S2-Lieut. Lockwood reached far.
thest northern point The SUI
preme Court overruled all excep
tions In the Guiteau case.
1SS7-Statue of President Garfield I'm.
yelled in Washington, d. C.
1SS9-Six hundred houses destroyed in
the great fire in Quebec.
1S90-Father Damien died at the leper
settlement in the Sandwich is
lands
1891--Monument marking the center
of population unveiled twenty
miles east of Columbus. Ind.
1S92--Union Printers Home at Colo
RADIO Springs dedicated
tS93-Earl OF Aberdeen became Gov.
ernor General of Canada.
1894-Talmage's Tabernacle, In Brook
Ign, destroyed by fire. .Monu-
ment to the mother OF Washington
dedicated at Fredericksburg, Va.
1854 portion of Admiral SIMPSONS
feet bombarded the batteries at
San Juan, Porto Rico.
19O5-Many killed in tornado at sny-
der, Okla.
1907--Isaac Stephenson elected Sena-
tor in Wisconsin, ending FIVE
weeks deadlock
190S--Number OF lives lost in lorna
does in Sarpy and Cass counties,
Neb United States Senate pass.
ed the Aldrich currency meas.
ure. The conference Of Govern
ors on the Conservatism of Natu-
raj Resourctai met at the White
House. New buildings % the
College Of the City of New York
formally opened
phvsfCfau1 Mt Washington.