Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-05
This Day in History.

This Day in History.
1779-Stephen Decatur one of the
American naval heroes in the war of
1912, born in Maryland. Died at
Bladensburg, Md. March %, 1920.
1815-Christoph Gore of Massa-
chusetts delivered a speech in the
senate in opposition to the proposed
levy of a direct tax of $6,00Q,000 on
the eighteen states.
1S35-Boston harbor was frozen
over for the first time in many years.
183S-Canadian insurgents made an
unsuccessful attack on Toronto.
1840-The Chinese emperor issued
England forever.
1849-The Austrian forces entered
Budapest without resistance.
1S58-Johann Joseph Radetzky.
famour field marshal in the Austrian
service, died at Milan. Born in Bo-
hernia in 1866.
1S61-Alabama troops seized Fort
Morgan, at the entrance to Mobile
bay. 49,
1867-President Johnson vetoed the
bill extending suffrage to the negroes
in the District of Columbia
1872-Overand mail first travelled
through the Mont Gents tunnel in the
Alps
lSs2-The senate passed resolu-
ton authorizing the chartering of
ship to carry corn to the famine
stricken Russians.
1S99-Lord Cromer laid the founda-
ton stone of Gordon Memorial col
lege at Khartoum.
19i0-Secretary Of State Knox pro-
posed to the powers that the juris-
diction of the International prize court
at The Hague be extended to make it
a court of arbitral justice.
The Day We Celebrate.
Brigadier General Frank Mcintyre,
chief of the War departments bureau
of insular affairs, born in Montgom-
| cry, Ala, fifty-two years ago today.
Rudolph Eucken, writer and philos-
opher, winner of the Noble prize for
| literature in 1908, born in Ostfries-
land seventy-one years ago today.
Rev. Olympia Brown, pioneer re-
form worker and equal suffrage advo-
cate, born at Prairie Ronde, Mich,
eighty-two years ago today.
Bonnie Kauff, outf1elder of the New
York National league base ball team,
born at Middleport, O., twenty-seven
years ago today,
George Foster, pitcher of the Boston
American league base ball team, born
at Lehigh, okl., twenty nine years ago
| today.
Arthur Fletcher shortstop of the.
New York National league base ball
team, born at Collinsville, Ill, thirty
| years ago today.
William L. Workman, the new short
stop Of the Chicago National league
base bal lteam. born in Baltimore
twenty-five years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Today is the centennial anniversary
of the birth of Commander Richard
Wainwright, noted naval officer I'M
der Farragut and father of Rear Ad-
| miral Fighting Dick" Wainwright,
who distinguished himself in the war
with Spain. ii
A conference Of the National Popu-
lar Government league is to assemble
at Washington today to further the
passage of the corrupt practices bill
through the senate. a.
Examiner Laroe of the Interstate
Commerce commission is to conduct a
hearing today at Grand Rapids on the
complaint Of the Michigan Manufac-
turers association that railroads in
the central territory are discriminat-
ing against points in lower Michigan
in matter of freight rates to the east
Storyette Of the Day.
Despite the exhortations of her
teacher. small Mary persistently Jagged
during the march in the kindergarten
one morning.
At last the teacher called Mary to
her side and said, Mary, dear, can't
you keep up with the music and the
little boy in front of your"
Yes" answered Mary, with beam
ing and obliging smile, 81 can, but my
new shoes, can't."-New York Times
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