The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-05-13

l66i-The first Assembly under the
Rhode Island charter met ut New
port.
frame of government for the coli
ony of Pennsylvania.
1890 First Colonial Congress met liz
New York City.
1700-The first general census of
Rhode Island was ordered by the
Assembly.
11G5-The first medical school in Amer
lea founded.
Massachusetts expunged the
ings. :. Congress declared the au-
tbority Of England over the thir-
teen colonies abolished
17S7-Federal convention assembled in
Philadelphia to adopt national
constitution.
1I9S-IIarpers Ferry. Va, was select
ed as the site for government
armory and mandatory. Navy
department of the United States
established by act of Congress.
1S02-The people living in the North
west territory. north of the Ohio
river, were authorized to organize
themselves into a State.
1SOS-France laid an embargo or
American shipping. -. Charles Nv.
of Spain abdicated In favor of
Bonaparte -. Theological Sem
mary at Andover, Mass, founded.
naturalization of st. Patrick's Ca
thedral in New York City.
1S33-First issue of the New York
Herald. . One thousand lives lost
in great earthquake in Calabria.
1S3S-Large section of Charleston. S.
c.. destroyed by fire.
1S44-Henry Clay nominated for Pres
ident by the Wing convention in
Baltimore.
1S47-Cornerstone of Smithsonian In
stitution laid.
1SJ4-United States announced its neu-
trality in the Crimean war.
1SJJ-Attempted assassination of Ma
poleon Ill. by Pianori.
1S61-Three steamships seized at New
Orleans by order of Governor
Moore of Louisiana.
1S64-Andersonville prison opened for
Federal prisoners
1S13-Explosion and fire destroyed five
Touring mills in Minneapolis and
killed eighteen persons.
1SI4-The first agreement TO fix rail-
road rates in the East made at
New York.
1S76-Queen Victoria declared En-
press of India.
1SSO-Gladstone ministry formed in
Great Britain.
1SSl-COnstruction of the Canadian
Pacific railroad begun.
1SSi-Iowa Republican convention de-
clared for James G. Blaine for
President.
1SS6--Six policemen killed by anarch-
lists in the Haymarket riot in Chi
cago.
1SSS-Lord Stanley of Preston appoint
ed Governor General of Canada
1SS9-Murtier of DR.. Patrick H. Cron-
in in Chicago.
1S9O-OklahOma organized as a terri
tory.
1S9l-The new Dominion Parliament
opened by Lord Stanley after the
general election.
Ashland, Wis. destroyed by fire. :.
st. Charles Hotel in New Or
leans destroyed by fire.
1S95-Theodor Roosevelt became a
member of the Board of Police
Commissioners of New York City.
Assassination of the Shah Of
Persia-Gen. Baldissera, Italian
commander in Abyssinia, raised
the siege of Adigrat.
1S91-Disastrous flood in the Cotton
wood Valley of Oklahoma A
flood ut Guthrie, Ok, resulted in
great loss of life and property. =.
Foreclosure sale of the Atlantic
& Pacific railroad at Gallup, n.
NJ. H.. Sir Mackenzie Bowel re-
signed the premiership of Canada.
1S9S-American squadron under Adj
miral Sampson bombarded Matan-
Zs, Cuba.
1903-United States Supreme Court
sustained the clause in the Ala
bama constitution DISTINGUISHING
negroes
9Ol-Ten-million-d fire in Jack.
sonville, Fla.
19O4-The Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton opened at st. Louis.
19O5-American Ambassador Choate
given farewell dinner by the Lord
Mayor of London. Andrew Car
negie gave $1O.OOO,oOO as pen
sion fund for college professors in
the United States and Canada.
19OS-FerrybOat on the River Dneiper.
Russia, capsized, with loss OF 100
lives.