Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
1s21-Christening Of first child born OF
French narents In Qnehac.

Ao@A-Christening OF first child born OF
French parents in Quebec.
l672-War declared In Boston against
the Dutch; the first declaration Of
/ war in the colonies. -. Union be-
tween the colonies Of Massachu.
setts. Plymouth and Connecticut.
16s0-Elizabeth Morse imprisoned In
Boston for witchcraft
177s-The British under Sir Henry
Clinton held council of war and
decided to evacuate Philadelphia.
17s7-First cotton mill in the United
states started at Beverly, Mass.
17sS-A Democratic society was form.
ed in Philadelphia.
1soo-Connecticut yielded all claim to
Western territory =. First munici-
pal court established in Boston.
1S1s-Cornerstone laid for the Penn
sylyania State capitol at Harris
burg.
1836-Railroad line between Boston
and Lowell opened for traffic.
1sss-Earl of Durham arrived In Cam
ada to assume his office as COVER.
nor-general.
1s45-Fire in Quebec destroyed more
than 1900 houses. Sir John
Franklin sailed on his last expe-
dition to the Arctic.
1sae-A convention met at Albany to
revise the constitution Of New
York.
1s4s-Maj. Gen Winfield Scutt received
by the municipal authorities OF
New York.
1s5s-First sod of the Georgian Bay
canal was turned near Toronto.
1S61-Savannah blockaded by Federal
squadron. -. Union troops destroy
ed the railroad between Alexan-
dria and Leesburg. Pa.
1S62-Gen. Banks defeated at Winches-
ter and driven across the Potomac.
1864-Nathaniel Hawthorne buried in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord,
Mass. Sidney Edgerton appoint
ed first governor of Montana ter
ritory.
1S65-Galveston, Texas. surrendered to
the Federal troops.
1s69--The Massachusetts State Senate
refused to grant the right of suf-
frage to women
1s7s-One hundred houses destroyed
by tornado at Richmond, Va.
1ss1-Award Of $4,000 made for the
attack on American fishermen IN
Fortune Bay.
1sse-Haymarket anarchists indicted
In Chicago for murder.
1sSS-Boston Corbett, slayer of J..
Wilkes Booth. escaped from an
asylum in Topeka.
1ss9-Flood at Johnstown, Pa. result
ing from the breaking OF dam,
destroyed 2,295 lives.
1s91--The ''modus vivendi" coercion
act passed by both branches of the
Newfoundland Legislature.
1ss2-The .High-Water Marko monu-
ment' at Gettysburg dedicated.
1893 Body OF Jefferson Davis taken
from the tomb In New Orleans for
removal to Richmond.
1896 Coronation of the Emperor and
Empress of Russia at Moscow.
1Sss-Gladstone's body lay in state in
London.
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ed in favor Of the revision Of the
Dreyfuss verdict. More than one
hundred buildings In st. John, N.
B., destroyed by fire.
1s00-Welland canal dynamiters SEN
fenced to life imprisonment. !. !.
Gen. John B.lGordon elected COM
mander-in chief OF the United Con-
;ederate Veterans.
ls05-W. w. B. McInnes appointed
governor of the Yukon Territory.
49,. President Roosevelt offered his
services as a mediator to end the
war between Japan and Russia.
19o9-William Lorimer elected United
States Senator from Illinois after
four months deadlock. Andrew
Carnegie gave s1.000O0O for hero
fund in France. .. Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition opened in Seat
tie. Great street car strike was
begun In Philadelphia.