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BIRTHPLACE OF MILWAUKEE'S
FIRST WHITE BOY CHAS MILWAUKEE SIVTER MAY 4-1836.
ERECTED
BRODHEAD ESTATE UNDER AUSPICES
OF OLD SETTLERS CLUB, MIL CO. NOV1899.
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TABLET ERECTED ON FIRST WISCONSIN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, CORNER WISCONSIN AND MASON STREETS
The first white boy born in Milwaukee was Charles Milwaukee Sivyer whose parents resided on the site now occupied by the First Wisconsin National Bank. He died at Los Angeles, California. in October, 1921, at the age of eighty-live, and was buried in Milwaukee.
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killed; March 24, 1911-Middleton Manufacturing Company, 354 Broadway, fire firemen killed ; March 19, 1914-Windsor Ilotel, one life lost.
First Bank Chartered .- 1839-Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Co. (now Marine National Bank).
First Barbecue .- January 1, 1841-Honor of Harrison and Tyler's election. First Blacksmith Shop .- 1835-D. W. Patterson.
First Block Pavement .- 1861-West Water Street from Clybourn Street to Grand Avenue.
First Brewery .- 1840-Owens & Pawlett.
First Brick. September, 1835-Nelson Olin.
First Bridge .- Built by Byron Kilbourn across the Menomonee to connect Chicago road and Kilbourntown (west side).
First Commissioners of Public Works .- May 10, 1869-C. Latham Sholes, Henry Millman and James Reynolds. In April, 1871, Mr. Reynolds resigned ; succeeded by Jacob Velten.
First City Attorney. 1846-Charles E. Jenkins.
First City Clerk .- 1846-A. H. Bielfeld.
First City Comptroller .- 1852-Cicero Comstock.
First City Directory .- February 10, 1847-Julius P. B. MeCabe; April, 1881. A. G. Wright began publication of city directory.
First Electric Car .- April 3, 1890-Wells Street line.
First City Engineer .- May 20, 1869-Theodore (. Brown.
First Dam .- 1842-Built on Milwaukee River for Rock River Canal Co., by Capt. John Anderson.
First City Treasurer .- 1846-Robert Allen.
First Commissioner of Health .- April, 1877-Dr. 1. H. Stearns.
First Commissioners of the Public Debt .- 1861-65-Alexander Mitchell ; 1864-72- Charles H. Larkin: 1871-86-Guido Pfister.
First Constable .- October, 1835-Seiota Evans.
First Express Line .- 1852-Arthur Flanders, over Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Road.
First Foundry .- 1812-Egbert Mosley, Loring Dewey and Stephen New- hall.
First German Settler .- 1835-Wilhelm Strothman.
First Grocer, Wholesale .- 1845-P. W. Badgley.
First Hotel .- 1835-Triangle, East Water Street, Jacques Viean ; 1836, called Cottage Inn.
First Lighthouse .- 1838.
First Match Factory .- 1844-R. W. Pierce.
First Marshal. 1846-7-Thomas II. Fanning.
First Mayor .- 1846-Solomon Junean.
First Milwaukee Surgeon in the Philippines .- 1899-Dr. John R. MeDill.
First Motion-Picture Theatre .- July 10, 1906-Saxe Bros., N. E. Grand Avenue and Second Street.
First Murder .- November, 1836-Indian named Manitou killed by Joseph Seott and Cornelius Bennett at southeast corner of Michigan and East Water
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streets, murderers escaped from jail : Scott hanged in Indiana : Bennett never found.
First Natatorium .- February 14. 1890.
First Newspaper. July 14, 1836 The Advertiser, democratic, published on the site of the Republican House by Daniel II. Richards: June 9, 1847, absorbed by the Evening Wisconsin, founded by William E. Cramer.
First Passenger Conductor .- November 21, 1850-Edwin Bridgeman of the Milwaukee & Mississippi.
First Pier .- 1842-Built by Horatio Stevens of New York, foot of Hnron Street.
First Planing Mill .- 1843-Robert Luscombe and John T. Perkins.
First Poet .- 1836-Egbert H. Smith. Oak Creek.
First Postmaster .- 1835-Solomon Juneau; August 7, 1843. removed ; sie- ceeded by Josiah A. Noonan.
First President of the Common Council .- 1874-H. M. Benjamin ; served until 1878.
First Sailing Vessel .- 1779-British sloop Felicity. Capt. Samuel Robert- son, vis ted Milwaukee.
First Steamboat .- Jume 17, 1835-United States.
First Survey of Lots .-- 1834-By William S. Trowbridge.
First Tannery .- 1848-Pfister & Vogel.
First Tax Commissioner. - 1869-72-Matthew Keenan.
First Type Foundry .- December, 1856.
First Vessel Built Here .- 1836-Sloop Wenona. by George Barger for William Brown.
First Water Registrar .- 1872-4-Matthew Keenan (secretary board of water commissioners ).
First Woodenware Factory .- 1844-6. E. Woolsey.
Five Times Mayor .- 1898. 1900. 1902. 1904. 1908-David Stuart Rose.
Flood .-- November 2, 1858; March 23, 1865.
Flushing Tunnel .- September 8. 1884-Finished ; September 18. 1888, first service.
Foundation .-- May 24, 1915-Milwaukee Foundation organized at meeting of Wisconsin Trust Company directors.
Gas Works .- November 12, 1852-First jet lighted.
Gatherings .- June 8, 1880; Angust 26, 1889 -G. A. R .; June 17. 1858- First national skat tournament ; June 20, 1889-Saengerfest, July 23. 1893- Turnfest : 1896 -Semi-centennial: 1898-Carnival: August 3-7, 1909-Home- coming: September 1910-American Health Association: Angust 4. 1913 Perry Centennial: June 11. 1914 -- Comptrollers.
German Association. May 8, Isso -- Organized to protect immigrants.
Harugari .- February 18, 1855 Guttenberg Lodge, No. 57.
Home for the Aged. September, ISTS Established by the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Home for the Friendless. October, 1867.
Hospitals. - July, 1848 -- St. Mary's, at Jackson and Oneida streets: August 3. 1863 Milwaukee, established by the late Rev. William Passavant : Orto-
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ber 15. 1877-City (isolation ), Mitchell Street and Nineteenth Avenne ; August, 1880-County ; May, 1888-Johnston Emergency Hospital.
House of Correction .- 1865-Windlake Aveme.
House Numbers. - April 24, 1865-Property owners given ten days to minber houses under penalty of $5.
Humane Society .- December 5, 1879.
Illumination .- April 5, 1880-Streets lighted by electricity by Prof. C. II. llaskins; February 28, 1890-$600,000 municipal electric light plant plans before board of public works.
Immigration, Board of .- March, 1879.
Indians. September 4, 1862-Fear of Uprising: October, 1844-Last annual dance.
Industrial School for Girls .- February 11, 1875-Michigan Street; April 15. 1875-Jackson Street; 1878, North Point.
Infants' Home .- June 1, 1882.
Insurance, Fire .- February, 1852-MIwaukee Mechanics; February 20, 1869-Northwestern National: March, 1871-Concordia.
Insurance. Life .- November 18, 1858-Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. organized in Janesville ; moved to Milwaukee, March 7, 1859-February 14, 1915, George W. Young, 50 years in its employ ; October 1, 1915, occupied new building on Wisconsin Street ; April, 1910-Old Line Life Insurance Com- pany of America.
Inventor of Typewriter. 1868-C. Latham Sholes.
Investigations .- March 3, 1905-Beef "trust ;" March 9, 1905-Tenement houses : October 2, 1911 ; Senator Isaac Stephenson ; July 13, 1914-Vice com- mission.
Jenny Lind Club .- 1861.
Jitneys .- February 6, 1915-First license issued to W. B. Putnam; May 2, 1915, Robert Stanss killed ; AInne 3, 1915, 1,000 licensed.
Journalism .- 1910-School founded at Marquette University by Rev. J. E. Copus, S. J.
Klondike Gold Excitement .- July 15, 1891-News of discovery ; Milwau- keeans prepare to leave for gold fields.
Knights of Honor .- September 9, 1870-Milwaukee Lodge, No. 300.
Knights of Pythias .- September 9, 1870-Milwaukee Lodge, No. 1; May 21, 1890-Wisconsin brigade, uniformed rank, organized; July, 1890-eneamp- ment.
Labor. - February 20. 1887-Federated Trades Council organized; Angust 14, 1887, received charter ; March 7, 1890- Eight-hour day, building trades. Legion of Honor .- 1880-Six subordinate councils.
Library, Public .- February 7, 1878-Established, taking over books of Young Men's Association.
Library and Museum Building. 1898-Cost ${ 27,674.
Lincoln .- April 18, 1865-Fimeral services in memory of President Lincoln.
Literary Workshop .- 1915-420 Marshall Street.
Lynching .-- September 6, 1861-Marshall Clark lynched following murder of Darbey Carney.
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Man Girl .- May 4, 1914-Ralph Kerwinice discovered to be Miss Cora Anderson.
Marine .- 1847-Dry dock, floating; slip, February, 1877, Wolf' & David- son ; May 1, 1877-Life saving station; 1838-Lighthouse, foot of Wisconsin Street; 1855-Lighthouse, North Point; November 1, 1870-U. S. Signal service : January 5, 1890-Whale Club: 1908-Strike of lake seamen, fire- men, oilers, watertenders, cooks and stewards against bake Carriers' Asso- ciation ; December 5, 1912-Lightship, three miles off Wisconsin Street : May 15, 1915 Interstate Commerce Commission divorces lake-rail lines: order effective December 1, 1915.
Marine Disasters .- June 17. 1852-S. P. Griffith burned ; 322 lost ; October 24, 1856- Steamer Toledo foundered off Port Washington: thirty lost ; Sep- tember 8, 1860-Steamer Lady Elgin lost off Winnetka, Ill .: about 300 drowned ; April 9, 1868-Steamer Sea Bird burned off Waukegan, III. : seventy- three drowned; October 14, 1872-Steamer Lac La Belle foundered in Lake Michigan ; seven lost ; September 15, 1873-Steamer Ironsides foundered in Lake Michigan : Captain Sweetman and sixteen others lost : September 9, 1875 -Bark Tanner wrecked : Captain Howard drowned : crew of nine saved by a volunteer life-saving crew, Henry M. Lee, N. A. Peterson, Burnt Oleson, Henry Spark and JJohn MeKenna, assisted by the revenue cutter Andy Johnson and the tug F. C. Maxon ; October 16, 1880-Steamer Alpena foundered in Lake Michigan ; about 100 lost ; March 19, 1885-Steamer Lake Michigan ernshed by ice in Lake Michigan ; no lives lost ; October 20, 1887-Steamer Vernon found- ered ; twenty-two lost: October 30, 1888-Explosion on tug Lawrence kills Capt. John Sullivan and three others; May 18, 1894-Schooner M. J. Cum- mings lost off Milwaukee; six drowned : JJannary 21, 1895-Steamer Chicora lost in Lake Mchigan; thirty-six drowned; September 9. 1910-Car ferry Pere Marquette No. 18 foundered in Lake Michigan : twenty-eight lost ; Oeto- er 8. 1913-Explosion, entter Tuscarora ; November 7, 1913-Storm on great lakes: 244 sailors drowned and seventeen vessels lost.
Masonic .- July 5. 1843-Milwaukee Lodge. No. 22.
Medical Society County .- 1846-53, lapsed ; November, 1879, revived.
Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association .- March, 1861- Organized as Merchants' Association. Later changed to Milwaukee Association of C'om- merce.
Military .-- 1845-Washington Guards; Milwaukee (German) Riflemen : 1854, reorganized as the City Ritles; 1847-Milwaukee (German) Dragoons; 1848 -- Milwaukee City Guards; 1854 -- Milwaukee Union Sarsfield Guards: National Guards: 1855, reorganized as the Union Guards; JJuly 16. 1855, again reorganized as the Milwaukee Light Guard: 1556-Washington Artillery : 1857 -- Milwaukee Light Guard Cadets: 1858- reorganized as Milwaukee Cadets : 1861, changed name to Milwaukee Zouaves: July 13, 1861, mustered into the U. S. service as Company B, Fifth Wisconsin Regiment ; August 3. 1861; mustered out; 1857-Black Yagers: entered U. S. service for three months as Company D. First Wisconsin Regiment ; mustered out at expira- tion of that term; 1858 -- Montgomery Guards: July 16. 1861, mustered into U. S. service as Company B, Fifth Wisconsin Regiment; mustered out at
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the close of Civil war: 1858-Junean Guards; 1858-Milwaukee Cavalry Company ; 1859-Green Yagers; October 10, 1861-Second Wisconsin Bat- tery; June 15, 1869-Company A, Sheridan Gnards: September 14, 1874- Company K, Kosciuszko Gnards; June 20, 1879 Company L. South Side Turner Rifles; April 22, 1880-Light Horse Squadron organized; April 25, 1884-Sheridan, Kosciuszko and Lincoln Guards and South Side Turner Rifles organized into Fourth Battalion, W. N. G .: 1887-Company I, Rusk Guard : October 24. 1888, mustered into National Guard as Company E; January 19, 1889-Company F, Badger State Rifles; June 25, 1898-Fourth Infantry at Oshkosh riots; July 26, 1898-Company D, Scofield Gnard; February 28, 1899-Fourth Regiment mustered out at Anniston, Alabama.
Milk Famine .- July 3, 1914.
Milwaukee Lyceum .- January 10, 1839-Lucius I. Barber, president.
Milwaukee to Liverpool .- July 21, 1856-Schooner Dean Richmond sailed with 14.000 bushels of wheat; arrived December, 29.
Monuments and Statues .- November 7, 1885-Washington; Gift of Miss Elizabeth Plankinton ; July 6, 1887-Junean : Charles T. Bradley and William Il. Meteall'; November 15, 1887-Erieson : Mrs. Joseph T. Gilbert ; March 25, 1901 -- Elk: B. P. O. E .- June 19, 1905-Koseiuszko: Popular subscription : June 28, 1898-Soldiers : Popular subscription ; July 14, 1908-Schiller-Goethe : Popular subseription ; June 26, 1909-Burns: James A. Bryden ; August 1921, Baron von Steuben.
Music .- January, 1843-Beethoven Society ; E. D. Holton, President ; May 1, 1850 -- Musical society; JJacob Mahler, president ; 1840-First music hall built at Third and Chestnut streets by John Hustis; July 23, 1858-L'eder- tafel: John Marr, president ; November 20, 1877-Arion Musical club : June 16, 1859-Deutscher Maennerverein, originally the Catholic Young Men's As- sociation : September 17, 1871-Nonnemacher's Grand Opera House (now Pabst theatre) ; "Martha" presented by Philharmonie Society; March 29, 1905-"Parsifal," in English.
Museum, Public .- April 14, 1882-Accepted collection of Wisconsin Natural History Society.
Odd Fellows .- 1846-Kneeland Lodge, No. 5.
Odotological Society .- August 25, 1878-To protect and further interests of dentists.
Orphan Asylums .- May 9, 1848-St. Rose's (Catholic) ; Jannary 4, 1850- Protestant ; June 12, 1877-St. Vincent's.
Paper Mill .- 1848-North side of Menomonee River, block west of West Water Street bridge; owned by Ludington & Garland ; destroyed by a Treshet in 1864.
Parks .-- Inne 1, 1864-Quentin's park opened: April 4, 1865-Juneau park established; 1889-Park law authorized, $1,000,000 bond issue; 1889- Park Commission : Christian Wahl, C'alvin E. Lewis, Charles Manegold, Ir., Louis Aner and John Bentley.
Pfeil Funeral Pyre .- October 22, 1855.
Phonological Institute for Deaf Mutes .- January, 1878-594 National Avenue.
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Police Department .- September 10, 1855 -Organized with Chief William Beck and eleven patrolmen ; chiel's salary, $800: mon, $30 a month : October 26, 1885-John T. JJanssen made chief. May 7, 1921. Jacob G. Laubenheimer made chief.
Thirteenth City (Census 1920)
13. Milwaukee 457,147
12. San Francisco 506,676
11. Buffalo 506,775
10. Los Angeles 576,673
Pittsburgh 588,343
8. Baltimore 733,826
7. Boston 748,060
6. St. Louis 772,897
5. Cleveland 796,841
4. Detroit
993.678
3. Philadelphia 1,823,779
2. Chicago 2.701,705
1. New York City .5,620,048
Population .- 1915, estimated-419,054
Growth -- 1850-20,061; 1860-45,246: 1870-71.440: 1880-115,587: 1890 -204,468; 1900-285,315; 1910-373,857; 1920-457,147.
Press Club, English .- September 7, 1910-Silver jubilee : Theodore Roose- velt guest of honor ; "The Big Stick" published, Harlowe Randall lloyt, editor : Fred W. Lnening. associate editor.
Press Club, German .- 1887.
Postal Service .- 1835-First post office, southwest corner East Water and Wisconsin streets; April 13, 1915-Louis Manz a letter carrier for fifty years : aged 80 years April 9, 1915; oldest letter carrier in the United States.
Pound .- May 12, 1865-Thirty cows were reported in Caleb Wall's Seventh Ward pound.
Railroads, Steam .- 1847-Milwaukee & Waukesha chartered; 1851-Mil- waukee & Mississippi finished to Waukesha: 1854-Finished to Madison : . 1857-Built to Prairie Du Chien: 1854-Milwaukee & Watertown built from Brookfield to Oconomowoc: 1854- Line south from Fond du Lac. now owned by Chicago & Northwestern: 1856-Milwaukee & La Crosse begun: 1858- Reached La Crosse : 1866-I'nion depot, Reed Street : 1879-80-West Milwan- kee shops; December 19, 1886-First train ran into new Union passenger station, between Third and Fourth and Everett and Clybourn streets, at 5:45 p. m., Sunday : June 24, 1889-General passenger and freight departments of the Milwaukee road moved to Chicago; December 10, 1889-Northwestern depot, Wisconsin Street : June 16, 1905-Passes abolished.
Railways, Street. Inly 1859-River and Lake Shore City Railway: May 30, 1859, first two cars operated with Your horses each, From East Water Street bridge to Jumeau Avenue; one ear's receipts first day were $38: March. 1865-Milwaukee City: 1874-Cream City; June 1. 1874-West Side: April 17, 1890-Pittsburgh syndicate bought Cream City; April 3. 1890-First electric ear. Wells Street ; February 4, 1905-Public Service Building planned :
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February 11, 1905-Henry C. Payne, president Cream City ; October, 1905- Milwaukee-Northern organized: October 28, 1907, first train to Cedarburg; November 2, 1907, Port Washington : September 22, 1908, Sheboygan ; February 1, 1915-Railroad commission reseinds order directing Electric Co. to sell thirteen tickets for 50 cents; June 14, 1915-U. S. Supreme Court npholds Circuit Court order in thirteen-tickets-for-50-cents (coupon) ease.
Real Estate .- May 22, 1905-Railway Exchange (Herman) building, sold for $400,000: March 3, 1890-Pabst Building site leased for 99 years.
Riots .- April 6, 1845-Rev. E. Leahy attacked in Spring Street (Grand Avenue ) Methodist Church and at U. S. Hotel ; May 8, 1845-Bridge; March 4, 1850-Residence of State Senator John B. Smith in Third Ward mobbed by crowd which objected to a measure he had introduced in the Legislature and which became known as "the blue liquor law": June 24, 1861-Bank : May 4, 1886-Bay View; five killed : March, 1889-Chinese mobbed : August 22, 1893-Unemployed ; May 3, 1896-Street railway.
Roosevelt Shot,-October 14, 1912-Theodore Roosevelt shot by John Sehranek while leaving Hotel Gilpatrick.
Royal Arcanum .- December 29, 1877-Alpha Conneil, No. 43: February 2. 1878, Allen Council.
Sane Fourth Commission .- 1911.
Schools. - 1835-Private schools established : 1845-Thirteen schools, four public ; 356 pupils out of 1,781 children of school age; 1885-State Normal School : August. 1857-Three high schools established : 1860-abolished; No- vember, 1859-Normal class established ; 1859-Rufus King first superin- tendent : 1879-First kindergarten; June 7, 1904-Frank M. Harbach, soy- retary ; March 18, 1890-Supreme court decides against reading bible in public schools.
Settlement .- 1789-Jean Baptiste Mirandeau and Jacques Viean arrived : September 14, 1818- Solomon Juneau located on the site of the Wisconsin National Bank, northwest corner of Wisconsin and East Water streets: 1833- Morgan L. Martin of Green Bay became a partner of Junean; 1834-George 11. Walker located on Walker's Point, south of the Milwaukee River : 1835- Laid out as a village ; 1835-Byron Kilbourn bought a tract on the west side ; September, 1835-First town meeting held at Ineau's home; May 4, 1835- Charles Milwaukee Sivyer, first white boy born in Milwaukee: October 10. 1835-Milwaukee HI. Smith, daughter of Uriel B. and Lucy C. Smith, born ; first Anglo-Saxon girl born in Milwaukee ; December 25, 1837-Louis Bleyer. son of Henry Bleyer, first German child born in Milwaukee: September 12. 1844-Ald. Henry Smith arrived from Stark County, Ohio, with his parents, two brothers and sister : January 31, 1846-Charter adopted; Inly 5, 1869- Old Settlers' Club organized.
Slave Rescucd .- 1842-Caroline Quarles; March 11, 1858-Joshua Glover. a runaway slave, rescued by abolitionists led by Sherman M. Booth, editor of the Free Democrat.
Slot Machines .- March 22. 1905-Destroyed by Sheriff Cary; Jume 9. 1915, destroyed by Sheriff Melms.
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Socialists .- 1910 -- Emil Seidel elected mayor: 1910 -- Vietor L. Berger elected congressman from Fifth District.
Soldiers' Home .- March 31, 1864-Opened ; June 28, 1865-Great fair raised $110,000 in ten days for new building.
Sons of Hermann .- April 20, 1848-Milwaukee Lodge, No. 1.
Spelling, in Early Days .- Minwaki, Minewaki, Mannawaukee, Meloaki, Mel- leoki, Meloaky, Milonaqui, Milwaukie, Milwalky.
St. Andrew's Society .- January 25, 1859-Alexander Mitchell, president.
Stockyards .- 1870-Established by Milwaukee road.
Strikes .- March 10, 1890-Switchmen: May 15. 1905-Molders.
Swimming record .- August 17, 1894-World's record, eighty yards : fifty seconds. George JJ. Whittaker.
Tax, Income .- March 19, 1865-Incomes for year: Alexander Mitchell, $53,071: Guido Pfister, $42,221: Angus Smith, $30,000; 1913-Largest tax- payer, Patrick Cudahy, $9,556.36; largest woman taxpayer, Charlotte Hartig. $5,128; 1914-Largest corporation tax, Schlitz Brewing Co., $103,852.
Titanic Victim .- April 15, 1912-Capt. E. G. Crosby among the 1,517 victims.
Telegraph .- January 17, 1848- First dispatch sent to The Evening Wis- consin from the Chicago Journal: "Chicago and Milwaukee united. "
Telephone .- 1877-John S. George, first subscriber; first exchange. 411 Broadway.
Traveling Men .- December 9, 1893-Post B. Travelers' Protective Asso- ciation ; June 29. 1895-Milwaukee Council, No. 54, United Commercial Trav- Alors of America.
Turners. - July 18, 1853-Turnverein Milwaukee.
United Workmen .- March 23. 1877-Schiller Lodge, No. 21.
Visitors .- 1679-La Salle: October 7. 1698-De St. Cosme: 1778-Charles de Langlade: April 28, 1853-Ole Bull; April 28, 1853 Adelina Patti (at the age of 13) : September 30, 1859-Abraham Lincoln : October 14, 1860-Stephen A. Douglas; January 23, 1865-Ralph Waldo Emerson: February 5, 1865- John B. Gough : 1865-AArtemus Ward: 1865-Josh Billings: September 4. 1865, June 9. 1880-Gen. U. S. Grant : October 2, 1865-Gen. W. T. Sherman : November 2. 1870-James A. Garfield; January 2, 1872 --- Grand Duke AAlexis: September 12. 1878-President Rutherford B. Hayes: 1880-Henry Ward Beecher; July 9. 1887-Earl of Aberdeen; October 6, 1887 -President Grover Cleveland and bride, Frances Folsom Cleveland : June 20, 1889-June 28, 1899, September 1, 1901. April 4. 1903, September 7. 1910, October 14. 1912 -- Theo- dore Roosevelt : April 10, 1890-Rev. T. De Witt Talmage: January 12. 1890 -Princess Engaliteheff: March 9. 1890 George Franeis Train: March 15. 1890-Bill Nye: 1890-1910-Nelly Bly; October 9, 1894-October 16-17, 1899 President William MeKinley; October 21, 1896-Carl Sehurz: January 11. 1898- Cheiro; February 9, 1898-James J. Corbett : February 10. 1899-Wal- ter A. Wyckoff: October 26, 1900-James Whitcomb Riley: March 4, 1902 Prince Henry of Prussia : April 10, 1903-George Kenan: June 5. 1904 - Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia, with liberty bell; October 26, 1904-Elbert Hubbard; November 3, 1904 -Gen. Nelson A. Miles: January 14. 1905 --
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Melba : March 16, 1905-Harry K. Thaw and wife, on their honeymoon trip: January 25, 1905-Judge Ben. B. Lindsey; April 21, 1906-Admiral Robert E. Peary: October 16, 1906-Sir Thomas Lipton; March 2, 1907-Edward Payson Weston: May 29, 1907-Gen. Tamemato Kuroki; October 16, 1907 -Sir Thomas Lipton; November 7, 1907-Senator Benjamin R. Tillman : AApril 21, 1908-Dr. Frederick A. Cook : February 9, 1909 .- Admiral Robley D. Evans; February 10, 1909-James Bryce; March 6, 1909-Count Johann von Bernstorff ; November 12, 1909-Opie Read ; October 21, 1910-Karl Lieb . knecht; November 17, 1910-Woodrow Wilson; December 8, 1910-Charles W. Eliot ; February 20, 1912-Attorney-General Wickersham; February 8, 1913-Capt. Roald Amundsen; August 9, 1913-Cardinal Gibbons; January 23, 1914-Miss Anne Morgan; 1912, 1915-William 11. Taft.
War .- August 6, 1847-Mexican war enlistments; April 15, 1861-War meeting called to order by Dr. Lemuel Weeks; April 25, 1861-Seven com- panies recruited and assigned to the First Wisconsin Regiment; April 23, June 9, 1861- Camp Seott, north side of Grand Avenue, between Twelfth aud Fourteenth streets; May 8, 1861-Flag, gift of the women of Milwaukee, presented to the First Wisconsin Volunteers by Mrs. George H. Walker ; July 2, 1861-First engagement at Falling Waters; George Drake first Milwaukee soldier killed; February 13, 1862-Milwaukee celebrates capture of Fort Donaldson on February 12, 1862; October 19, 1862-State draft : November 1863-National draft; October 19, 1861-Milwaukee Ladies' Association for the aid of military hospitals organized : February 27, 1865-City enjoined from paying bounties; 1898-C'amp Harvey, state fair grounds, Spanish-American war; July 28, 1914-Many Milwaukeeans marooned in Europe when great war broke out.
Waterworks .- October 24, 1873-River supply; September 14, 1874, Jake : July 21, 1914-Record consumption, 65,975,480 gallons.
Weather .-- June 4, 1816-Blizzard: June 17, 1816-Snow storm; (known as the year that had no summer) : January 1, 1846-35 to 40 below zero ; June 2, 1866-Tornado; May 2, 1875-25 below zero coldest May day in history of weather bureau : March 19, 1881-Record-breaking snow storm : May 31, 1889 -Snow; June 23, 1892-forty-one days' rain ended; May 18, 1894-Snow ; May 24, 1901-Snow ; May 27, 1907-Snow.
Whisky Cases .- October, 1875-July, 1876.
Wisconsin's Birthday .- May 29, 1848-Wisconsin admitted to the Union. Woman's Industrial Exchange .- 1882.
World's Fairs .- May 20, 1890-Wisconsin commissioners to Chicago World's Fair appointed ; August 9, 1904-Milwaukee day; hume 29, 1904- Wisconsin building at St. Louis presented to the management.
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