Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-03

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1706-The Colonial Assembly Of North
Carolina repealed acts of intoler-
ance.
t772-The first vessel left Quebec for
the West Indies.
177S-British force arrived off the ISL
and of Tybee to begin their attack
on Savannah.
1888 Washington, in the city of An
napolis, resigned his commission In
the army.
17S9-Bank Of the United States be-
gan to discount.
1SO0-Attempt made to assassinate Ma
poleon Bonaparte.
1s11-Funeral In Richmond, Va. Of the
scores who perished in the burn
ing OF the Richmond theater.
i814-The British made an attack upon
the position held by Gen. Jackson
for the defense of New Orleans,
and retired after a contest of about
seven hours. +. Treaty of Client
terminated the war Of 1912, be-
tween Great Britain and the Uni
ted States.
lS32-Gov. Hayne OF South Carolina is
sued a proclamation in answer to
that of the President of the United
States. John c. Calhoun resign
ed the vice presidency Of the Uni
ted States.
1884 treaty was made with the
Cherokees in Georgia, by which
they agreed to remove west Of the
Mississippi.
183S-Execution Of rebels in Montreal.
1s39-Penny postage adopted in Eng
land.
1S41-Gas first used for Illuminating
purposes In Toronto.
1S47-First telegraph lines reached St
Louis.
1851-Louis Kossuth, the noted Hunga-
rian patriot, spoke before the Uni
ted States Congress at Washing
ton.
lS60-Louisiana adopted an ordinance
of secession. United States rev.
enue cutter william Allen surren-
dered to the South Carolina au-
thorities.
ls62-The Federals, under Gen. sher-
man, were repulsed at Chickasaw
Bayou, Miss.
ls64-Gen. Hardee destroyed his IRON
clads and navy yards and escaped
from Savannah with $4,000 troops.
1865-Celebratlon of the S00th anniver-
sary of the foundation of West
minister Abbey.
1S67-First meeting of the Ontario
Legislature.
1S6S-Lord Lisgar appointed Governor
General Of Canada.
1S70-State of Georgia leased the
Western and Atlantic Railroad to
a company for twenty years at a
rental at $4,000 a month.
1871-Edward Blake formed Liberal
ministry In Canada.
1S72-The Hon. Amos de Comos be-
came premier of British Columbia.
.. Barnums Museum, New York
City. destroyed by fire.
1S74-King Kalakaua of Hawaii arriv-
ed in New York.
1s75-Earthquake felt in Richmond,
Va.
1s76-Nearly a hundred lives lost in
train wreck at Ashtabula, Ohio.
1Ss3-The cantalever railroad bridge
across the Niagara River was
opened.
1S90-Henry B. Brown of Michigan
commissioned an associate justice
of the United States Supreme
Court. Capt Wallace and several
soldiers killed in fight with Sioux
Indians in South Dakota.
lS91-Fight at Ratenal Springs Texas,
between United States troops and
Mexican revolutionists. Business
suspended in London because of
dense fog.
lS9s-New buildings of McGnl Univer-
sity opened by Lord Minto.
600 lives lost in the Iro-
quois theater fire in Chicago.
l9O4-Market price of cotton declined
to s1A cents.
l905-Herbert H. d. Pierce appointed
first United States minister to Nor
way.
I90S-William !. Buchanan sent to
Venezuela as American commis-
sioner, to investigate conditions....
President Roosevelt invited Cam
ada and Mexico to participate in
the movement for the conservation
of resources.
French Medals for Flight.