mander Henry H. Gorringe, U. S. N., which sailed from Alexandria, June 12, reaching New York, July 20, 1880. Total height, 90 feet; height of shaft, 69 feet; weight of shaft in pounds, 443,000. Total expense of removal and erection, $103,732, paid by William H. Vanderbilt. This obelisk is supposed to have been made 1591-1565 B.C. at Heliopolis; removed to Alexandria 22 B.C.] Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, born 1822, dies at Mount McGregor, near Saratoga July 23, 1885 David B. Hill, Democrat, elected governor... November, 1885 Commission created to report the most humane and practical method of executing the death sentence.... May 13, 1886 [It consisted of Elbridge T. Gerry, Dr. Alfred P. Southwick, and Matthew Hale. Their report of Jan. 1888, recommended the use of electricity.] Alfred B. Street, poet, born at Poughkeepsie, 1811, dies at Albany........1881 United States Senators Conkling and Platt resign..... .May 16, 1881 Warner Miller and Elbridge G. Lapham elected.... .July 17, 1881 Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, dies at New York City, aged eighty-five at New York... Grover Cleveland, governor.... State board of arbitration created by .June 1, 1886 Edwin D. Morgan, born 1811; dies at New York City... . Feb. 14, 1883 Commission of statistics of labor established by law...... . May 4, 1883 East River suspension bridge, connecting New York and Brooklyn, opened May 24, 1883 Civil service commission created by law May 29, 1883 Centennial of the disbanding of the army of the Revolution celebrated at Newburg.... ..Oct. 18, 1883 New railroad (cantilever) bridge across the Niagara below the falls opened Dec. 20, 1883 New York State dairy commission established by law........ April 24, 1884 Governor Cleveland nominated for Presi dent of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago July 8, 1884 Grover Cleveland resigns as governor Jan. 6, 1885, having been elected President of the United States, David B. Hill acting governor... ...1885 Richard Grant White, born 1822, dies at New York City.......... April 8, 1885 Common schools cost the State $13.466,367.97 ... ....1885 Legislature authorizes the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three forest commissioners May 15, 1885 Niagara Falls reservation made a State park ..July 16, 1885 .Sept. 30, 1887 John T. Hoffman, born 1828, dies in Germany. .June 10, 1888 [Elected governor by the Democrats, 1868 and 1870.] David B. Hill re-elected governor November, 1888 Centennial of the first inauguration of George Washington celebrated in New York.... ..April 29-May 1, 1889 Population of the State, 5,997,853..1890 George William Curtis elected chancellor of the board of regents of the State of New York....... .Jan. 30, 1890 Schenectady commemorates the 200th anniversary of the massacre by French and Indians.... Feb. 9, 1890 John Jacob Astor, born 1822, dies at New York... . Feb. 22, 1890 Governor Hill signs the Adirondack State park bill.......... March 11, 1890 Charles T. Saxton introduced in 1888 the first bill embodying the Australian ballot system presented to any legislature in the United States, passes the Assembly by 72 to 51, March 13, but is vetoed by Governor Hill... .March 31, 1890 Governor Hill approves the corrupt practices act for preventing bribery and intimidation at elections....April 4, 1890 Compromise election bill, allowing a "paster ballot" and a series of tickets, instead of a "blanket ballot," is approved by the governor.. Maj. Gen. John C. dies at New York... First execution in May 2, 1890 Frémont, born 1813, ....July 13, 1890 the world of eleo tricity, William Kemmler (murderer) at Auburn prison..... ...........Aug. 6, 1890 Strike of 3,000 trainmen owing to discharge of certain Knights of Labor on the New York Central Railroad.. Aug. 8, 1890 Boundary-line with Pennsylvania agreed upon by commissioners, March 26, 1886, approved by Congress......Aug. 19, 1890 Single tax convention meets in New York City, Sept. 2, and adopts a platform Sept. 3, 1890 Strike on the New York Central Railroad declared off.... ....Sept. 17, 1890 Governor Hill is elected United States Senator from New York, receiving eightyone votes on joint ballot, to seventy-nine for Evarts.... .Jan. 21, 1891 Secretary of the Treasury, William Windom, born 1827, dies suddenly at a banquet at Delmonico's, New York Jan. 29, 1891 Board of regents of the University adopt a plan for university extension under a university extension council of five representatives of colleges to be appointed annually... Feb. 11, 1891 Gen. William T. Sherman, born 1820, dies at New York...... . Feb. 14, 1891 Ex-Gov. Lucius Robinson dies at Elmira, aged eighty-one......March 23, 1891 Ground broken for Grant monument in New York.. ...April 27, 1891 Charles Pratt, philanthropist, born 1830, dies at New York....... May 4, 1891 School-children of the State choose the rose as State flower by a vote of: Rose, 294,816; golden-rod, 206,402; majority, 88.414.... May 8, 1891 Benson John Lossing, historian, born 1813, dies at Chestnut Ridge, Dutchess county..... .June 3, 1891 Chauncey Vibbard, called "the father of the American railway," dies at Macon, Ga..... .June 5, 1891 Statue of Henry Ward Beecher unveiled at Brooklyn..... ..June 24, 1891 Four murderers, Slocum, Smiler, Wood, and Jugiro, executed by electricity at Sing Sing..... ..July 7, 1891 George Jones, of New York Times, born 1811, dies at New York City..Aug. 12, 1891 A train on the New York Central runs from New York to East Buffalo, 436 miles in 426 minutes' running time Sept. 14, 1891 First regular Empire State Express makes the run from New York to Buffalo in 8 hours 42 minutes......Oct. 26, 1891 Roswell P. Flower elected governor November, 1891 Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co., stockbrokers, of New York City, make an assignment, liabilities, $2,000,000; E. M Field said to be insane.... .Nov. 27, 189) A lunatic enters the office of Russell Sage, in New York; being refused his demand for $1,250,000, he drops a hand-bag containing explosives, killing himself, a by-stander, bruising Sage and others, and wrecking the building.. ...Dec. 4, 1891 Greater New York bill fails in Assembly.... ....March 15, 1892 Legislature appropriates $300,000 for the Columbian Exposition.. March 22, 1892 Cyrus W. Field, born 1819, dies at Ardsley, N. Y..... .July 12, 1892 Switchmen's strike at Buffalo, on the Erie Railroad, begins; strikers burning freight trains and destroying about $1,000,000 worth of property...Aug. 14, 1892 Sixty-fifth and 74th regiments of national guard are ordered out at Buffalo by General Doyle. . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15, 1892 National guard from New York, Brooklyn, and elsewhere, about 8,000 men, ordered to Buffalo by Governor Flower Aug. 17, 1892 Ex-Gov. Myron H. Clark dies at Canandaigua, aged eighty-six....Aug. 23, 1892 Switchmen's strike at Buffalo declared off by Grand-master Sweeney Aug. 24, 1892 George William Curtis, born 1824, dies at West Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. Aug. 31, 1892 Ex-United States Senator Francis Kernan, born 1816, dies at Utica Sept. 7, 1892 Opening in New York City of the continental congress of the Salvation Army of the United States.... ...Nov. 21, 1892 Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy, elected United States Senator....January, 1893 Act authorizing the purchase of Fire Island for quarantine purposes signed March 11, 1893 Gen. Henry Slocum, born 1827, dies at Brooklyn..... .. April 14, 1893 Naval review and parade at New York City.... ..April 27-28, 1893 [Ten nations participate.] New York Central Railroad's engine 999 makes a record of 1121⁄2 miles per Statue of Nathan Hale unveiled. Nov. 25, 1893 The court of appeals decided that foreign corporations could buy and sell real estate in New York........Jan. 16, 1894 [This decision affected $25,000,000 worth of property.] John Y. McKane, of Gravesend, L. I., found guilty of election frauds and intimidation, and sentenced at Brooklyn to six years in Sing Sing prison.. Feb. 19, 1894 Greater New York bill, after repeated defeats, passes the Assembly, Feb. 8, Senate, Feb. 27, and is signed by the govFeb. 28, 1894 David Dudley Field, born 1805, dies at Gramercy Park, New York City April 13, 1894 Constitutional convention meets at Albany..... .....May 8, 1894 Brooklyn Tabernacle (Dr. Talmage's) and adjoining buildings burned ernor. May 13, 1894 May 14, 1894 methods of the police department of New York City, holds its last session Dec. 29, 1894 [This committee was appointed under a resolution offered by Clarence Lexow in the Senate of New York, Jan. 24, 1894, and passed unanimously, charges against the police of the city of New York having been made publicly by the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst of that city. The committee was appointed Jan. 31, with Senator Lexow chairman. Investigation commenced on March 9, at the court-room of the county court-house in New York, with William A. Sutherland as counsel for the committee until April 13, when John W. Goff appeared as counsel. At the end of June the committee adjourned until Sept. 10, and continued with one or two short intermissions until Dec. 29. The evidence confirmed the charges. The committee submitted its report to the legislature at Albany, Jan. 18, 1895. The examination and testimony of the 700 witnesses made 10,576 printed pages.] Bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey authorized ....1895 Trolley railroad strike in Brooklyn with much violence..... .Jan. 14, 1895 Lexow committee submits its report to the Senate.... .....Jan. 18, 1895 Harlem ship-canal, New York City, opened with appropriate ceremonies June 17, 1895 The Defender-Valkyrie yacht races for Governor Flower vetoes school-teacher's the America's cup off Sandy Hook pension bill..... President Cleveland signs the New York and New Jersey Bridge bill June 8, 1894 Senate committee begins investigation of the New York police department June 14, 1894 Torpedo boat Ericsson, first United States war-vessel built in inland waters, arrives at Brooklyn navy-yard from Iowa Aug. 30, 1894 Levi P. Morton elected governor Nov. 6, 1894 Sept. 7-13, 1895 Lincoln's birthday first observed as a legal holiday in New York serve.. ...Oct. 17, 1897 John Lorimer Worden, naval officer, born at Sing Sing, 1818, dies at Washington, D. C..... . Oct. 18, 1897 000,000 to protect the treasury gold re- dies near Glen Cove, aged seventy-eight July 21, 1896 years.... New York banks deposit $9,600,000 in the sub-treasury. .July 23, 1896 Appellate division of the New York Supreme Court declares the rapid transit act constitutional..........July 28, 1896 Frank S. Black, of Troy, nominated by the Republicans for governor, and Timothy I. Woodruff, of Brooklyn, for lieutenantgovernor..... .....Aug. 26, 1896 Li Hung Chang, Chinese statesman, meets President Cleveland at the residence of William C. Whitney in New York City Aug. 29, 1896 General Roloff, of the Cuban army, arrested in New York for violating neutrality laws..... .....Sept. 17, 1896 Niagara Falls electric power turned on in Buffalo..... ...Nov. 15, 1896 Governor Morton approves a reclassification of several thousand places in the civil service list...... ....Dec. 9, 1896 Dakota divorces declared void in New York State by Justice Leslie W. Russell Dec. 23, 1896 Lexow legislative committee begins investigation of trusts in New York Feb. 5, 1897 Name of Washington Park, Brooklyn, changed back to Fort Greene. Feb. 14, 1897 Mayor Strong vetoes Greater New York charter bill, April 9 (the measure subsequently passing both Houses of the legislature)..... ........... April 13, 1897 Dedication of Grant's Tomb, Riverside Park, N. Y. (75th anniversary of General Grant's birth) . . . . . . . . . . . . April 27, 1897 Governor Black signs Greater New York charter bill, law to go into effect Jan. 1, 1898..... ....May 5, 1897 Eldridge Gerry Spaulding, banker, "father of the greenback," born 1809, dies at Buffalo, N. Y...... May 5, 1897 Bicentennial jubilee of Trinity Church, N. Y., celebrated . . . . . . . . . . . .May 6, 1897 Governor Black signs the so-called "starchless" civil service bill Nineteen lives lost by New York Central passenger train running into the river at Garrisons, N. Y...... .....Oct. 24, 1897 Henry George, political economist, born at Philadelphia, 1839, dies at New York Oct. 29, 1897 Robert Van Wyck, Democrat, elected first mayor of Greater New York Nov: 2, 1897 Mayor signs resolution turning over the Hall of Records to the National Historical Society for a museum....Dec. 31, 1897 Trolley cars cross East River Bridge in furtherance of through transit system Jan. 22, 1898 Great excitement in consequence of the receipt of news of the blowing-up of the battle-ship Maine in Havana Harbor the night before.... . Feb. 16, 1898 Spanish war-ship Vizcaya anchors off Sandy Hook.. Assembly passes the constitutional amendment providing for biennial sessions of the legislature (the measure having previously passed the Senate) . Feb. 18, 1898 March 3, 1898 Governor Black signs the new primary election law...... .March 28, 1898 Seventy-first Regiment of New York marches to camp at Hempstead, L. I., on President's call for troops.. April 29, 1898 [Leaves for the front May 14.] Governor Black promulgates order disbanding the 13th Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. May 8, 1898 Wheat sells in New York at $1.90 May 9, 1898 Mayor Van Wyck summarily removes Police Commissioners Philips and Hamilton and Chief of Police McCullagh May 21, 1898 Thirty-nine Spaniards, prisoners of war, arrive in New York...... . June 3, 1898 May 15, 1897 First Regiment of New York starts for Demolition of Tombs prison, New York Manila......... .July 7, 1898 City, started...... . May 25, 1897 Secretary Alger orders torpedoes and Battle monument at West Point un- mines removed from New York Harbor veiled with ceremonies......May 31, 1897 July 15, 1898 Immigrant buildings on Ellis Island State capitol at Albany officially comburned... ..June 15, 1897 pleted; total cost, $24.244,102.80 Charles Anderson Dana, journalist, Aug. 6, 1898 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the Rough Riders, and 3d United States Cavalry land at Montauk Point...... .Aug. 15, 1898 Imposing naval parade in New York of Admiral Sampson's victorious Santiago fleet.... .Aug. 20, 1898 James Samuel Thomas Stranahan," first citizen of Brooklyn," born 1808, dies at Saratoga, N. Y... . Sept. 3, 1898 Admiral Cervera, Spanish naval officer, whose fleet was destroyed by Admiral Sampson, July 3, arrives in New York Sept. 8, 1898 Forty-seventh Regiment of New York ordered to Porto Rico for garrison duty Oct. 3, 1898 Abraham Oakey Hall, lawyer, born 1826, dies at New York City......Oct. 7, 1898 Justice Wilmot M. Smith decides that the creation of the County of Nassau was constitutional.. Great naval parade in honor of Admiral Dewey.... .Sept. 29, 1899 Shamrock defeated in the races for the America's cup....... . Oct. 20, 1899 Governor Roosevelt signs the grant of lands under water to the Astoria Light, Heat, and Power Company of New York City... .Dec. 26, 1899 ...Oct. 11, 1898 Andrew Carnegie offers $300,000 to Battle-ships Oregon and Iowa sail from found a day school in connection with New York for Manila......Oct. 12, 1898 Cooper Union, New York....Jan. 1, 1900 George Edwin Waring, sanitary engi Edward McGlynn, clergyman, born 1837, neer, born 1833, dies at New York City dies at Newburg.. .....Jan. 7, 1900 John D. Rockefeller gives $100,000 to Columbia University to found a chair of psychology. ..Jan. 8, 190G Oct. 29, 1898 Chauncey M. Depew, Republican, elected United States Senator from New York to succeed Edward Murphy, Jr., of Troy Jan. 18, 1899 Heaviest day's business ever transacted on New York Stock Exchange Jar. 23, 1899 Fire at Brooklyn navy-yard destroys property valued at $1,500,000 Feb. 15, 1892 Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, R. N., addresses New York Chamber of Commerce.. Feb. 24, 1899 Windsor Hotel burned with great loss of life..... .....March 17, 1899 The Mazet investigation into charges of bribery in New York City begins April 8, 1899 Governor Roosevelt signs the new civil service bill. which repeals the "starchless" law of May 15, 1897..April 18, 1399 President McKinley visits Brocklyn navy-yard and cables Admiral Dewey con gratulations on the anniversary of his victory at Manila..... May 1, 1899 Ex-Gov. Roswell P. Flower dies May 12, 1839 Bronze bust of Thomas Paine unveiled at New Rochelle, N. Y.....May 30, 1899 Governor Roosevelt submits to the legis lature the report of the special canal commission recommending the expenditure of $60,000,000 for a barge canal from Buffalo to Albany..........Jan. 25, 1900 Rapid transit tunnel contract awarded to J. B. McDonald....... .Jan. 16, 1900 Contract for building the rapid transit tunnel in New York signed.. Feb. 24, 1900 Governor Roosevelt signs the bill for the preservation of the Palisades March 21, 1900 Cround broken at City Hall, New York, by Mayor Van Wyck, with silver spade, for the rapid transit tunnel, in the presence of 20,000 people......March 24, 1900 Governor Roosevelt orders several detachments of the national guard to Croton to quell a riot of Italian laborers on the aqueduct .... ...April 14, 1900 Governor Roosevelt sppoints the New York tenement commission April 16, 1900 The remains of 110 prison-ship martyrs, recently found in the navy-yard, interred with military henors in the vault nder Fort Greene.. June 13. 1900 |