This Day…

1900-Several diseases are now epidemic among the miners and Eskimos who have descend on Nome, and most of the game in the area has been killed by hungry ‘boomers.’  Approximately 30,000 men are stranded on the beaches at Nome, of whom only a few hundred are even trying to find gold.

1889-Washington is admitted to the Union.  During the past decade the territory has developed railway connections with the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley.  The population has grown from almost 25,000 in 1870 t more than 350,000.  Lumbering, shipbuilding, and commercial fishing are rapidly expanding.

1880 – In the Chinese Exclusion Treaty, between the United State and China, the United States may restrict, but no exclude, the immigration of Chinese.

1889-Washington is admitted to the Union.  During the past decade the territory has developed railway connections with the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley.  The population has grown from almost 25,000 in 1870 to more than 350,000.  Lumbering, shipbuilding, and commercial fishing are rapidly expanding.

1920  – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of baseball.

1856 – Mabel Loomis Todd, American editor and author (d. 1932)

1875 – Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time.

1884-At the toll bridge over the Arkansas River in Dodge City, Kansas, Marshall Bill Tilghman emptied his revolver and started up with his Winchester in order to encourage some rowdy cowboys to return to their camp.  They stood their ground and fired a few shots in return but nobody was hit.