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 Book of Milwaukee 
 
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 A CONDENSED HISTORY 
 OF MILWAUKEE 
 
 John R. Wolf 
 
 Editor and Publisher 
 420 Marshall Street 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
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 CITY 
 
 Copyright. 1915, by 
 John R. Wolf 
 
 Printed by 
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ADVERTISING. 
 
 March 15, 1890 — First whole page ads 
 -published by Frank A. Lappen. 
 
 AERONAUTICS. 
 
 March 2, 1908— Aero club. 
 1910— Aviator Art Hoxey at State fair. 
 1911-''12-'14 — Aviator Lincoln Beachey 
 at State fair. 
 
 ALLiS-CHALMERS MFG. CO. 
 
 May, 1847 — Established as Reliance 
 Works by Decker & Seville; 1860, bought 
 by Edward P. Allis, Charles D. Nash and 
 John P. McGregor, and conducted under 
 name of E. P. Allis & Co.; March, 1913, 
 incorporated in Delaware. 
 
 AREA. 
 
 1910 Census — 14,585.8 acres; metropoli- 
 tan district — city and immediate environs, 
 112,826.6 acres. 
 
 1910—24.35 miles; 1900, 21.5; 1880, 15. 
 
 ART. 
 
 1886— Milwaukee Art society; 1910, re- 
 vived. 
 
 April 5, 1888— Layton Art Gallery 
 opened. 
 
 Feb. 17, 1890— Carl Marr left for Ger- 
 many. 
 
 April 21, 1890 — Art League organized. 
 
 April 10, 1896— Carl Marr's "Flagel- 
 lants" presented to city by Mrs. Emil 
 Schandein. 
 
 AUTOMOBILES. 
 
 May, 1899 — First car operated by George 
 L. Odenbrett. 
 
 1912— Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prix 
 races. 
 
AUDITORIUM. 
 
 Sept. 21, 1909— Opened. 
 
 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
 
 1915 — Milwaukee, American Association. 
 1914 — Milwaukee, American Association. 
 
 BAY VIEW. 
 
 April 8, 1868— Founded; 1887, annexed. 
 
 BALD HEADS. 
 
 June 30, 1889 — Neumueller's Park scene 
 of a picnic held by the Moonshiners, an 
 organization of bald-headed men. 
 
 BENNETT LAW. 
 
 April 18, 1890 — Bennett Law Democrats 
 organized. 
 
 March 14, 1890— West Side Turners 
 support law. 
 
 May 2, 1890 — Wisconsin Lutherans 
 called convention to oppose Bennett law. 
 
 BETHEL HOME. 
 
 August, 1868— Established by the Wis- 
 consin Seamen's Friend Society. 
 
 B'NAI B'RITH. 
 
 June 29, 1861— Gilead Lodge, No. 41. 
 
 BUTTERINE. 
 
 April 26, 1915 — First butterine factory. 
 
 CANAL. 
 
 January, 1838 — Milwaukee and Rock 
 River, 
 
 CEMETERIES. 
 
 1850— Forest Home. 
 Nov. 2, 1857— Calvary. 
 1859— Holy Trinity. 
 
Jan. 11, 1865— Union. 
 Aug-ust, 1880 — Pilgrim's Rest. 
 April 1, 1872 — Greenwood. 
 Sept. 6, 1894— Wanderers' Rest. 
 June 5, 1909— Holy Cross. 
 
 CENTENARIANS. 
 
 Oct. 2, 1914— Mrs. Louise K. Thiers, 100. 
 Dec. 25, 1914 — Thomas Kelly, resident 
 of the Soldiers' Home, 100. 
 
 1915 — Mrs. Katherine Orzechowski, 100. 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
 
 1854 — Known as Board of Trade; Feb. 
 5, 1865. new building; Nov. 18, 1880, pres- 
 ent building at Michigan St. and Broad- 
 way opened. 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 1855 — Methodist Mission. Rev. Mark 
 Robinson first pastor, place of worship, 
 carpenter shop, Huron and East Water 
 Sts.; May, 1841, first church built on east 
 side of Broadway, between Oneida and 
 Biddle Sts.; 1848, first German Methodist 
 church, Rev. Casper Jost, pastor, built on 
 Fifth St.; 1849, Welsh Methodist church 
 built on lake shore at Huron St.; March 
 25, 1865, Norwegian Methodist, Rev. A. 
 Haagenson. 
 
 1856 — First Baptist church, Washington 
 St. and First Av., Elder Griffin; 1855, first 
 German Baptist church, Chestnut and 
 Third Sts., Rev. Carl Kleppe. 
 
 1856 — St. Paul's Episcopal, Milwaukee 
 and Wisconsin Sts. 
 
 April 15, 1857— First Presbyterian, Rev. 
 Moses Ordway. 
 
 1857 — First Congregational church; 
 1857, Welsh Congregational church. 
 
 August, 1857 — First Catholic services 
 held in home of Solomon Juneau by Rev. 
 Fleurimont Bondisel; March 19, 1844, 
 Very Rev. John Martin Henni consecrated 
 
bishop of Milwaukee; 1863, St. Stanislaus 
 church established at Grove and Mineral 
 Sts. by Father Bonaventura Buczynski. 
 
 1859— St. Paul's Lutheran; 1847, Trinity 
 Lutheran. 
 
 1848 — Our Saviour's Norwegian Evan- 
 gelical, Scott and Reed Sts. 
 
 1841 — Unitarian. 
 
 1844— Universalist. 
 
 April 19, 1846— Cornerstone of St. 
 Mary's Catholic church laid; consecrated 
 Sept. 12, 1847. 
 
 1847 — Evangelical. 
 
 1848— First Reformed (Dutch). 
 
 Oct. 5, 1856 — B'ne Jeshurun; Aug. 5, 
 1869, Temple Emanu-El; 1900, Sinai. 
 
 1862 — Trinity Evangelical, Fourth and 
 Lee Sts., Rev. William Geyer. 
 • Nov. 17, 1877— Union Gospel. 
 
 Sept. 6, 1878— Lutheran Theological 
 seminary. 
 
 1889 — First Christian Science. 
 
 March 9, 1890 — Methodists celebrated 
 semi-centennial. 
 
 CITY HALL. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1894— Cornerstone laid; Dec. 
 23, 1895, inaugural proceedings; cost of 
 building and fixtures, $1,016,935; height to 
 flag pole, 393 feet; bell weighs 20,505 
 pounds and cost $4,000.^ 
 
 CLEARING HOUSE. 
 
 Dec. 1, 186-8. 
 
 CLOCKS. 
 
 1906 — Street clocks removed by Mayor 
 Becker. 
 
 COLLEGES. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1848— Milwaukee College; 1895, 
 Milwaukee-Downer. 
 
 1864 — Marquette University. 
 
COMMON COUNCIL. 
 
 1851 — First meeting held in Spring Street 
 Methodist Church, Grand Avenue and 
 Fifth Street. 
 
 COURTS. 
 
 1855 — Albert Fowler appointed justice 
 of peace. 
 
 1856 — Courthouse site donated by Solo- 
 mon Juneau and Morgan L. Martin. 
 
 June 15, 1857 — Federal court opened by 
 Judge William C. Frazier. 
 
 1857 — Cyrus Hawiey first clerk of 
 federal court. 
 
 July 7, 1848— J. S. Rockwell first United 
 States marshal. 
 
 March 18, 1859 — Erasmus Foote elected 
 first judge of municipal court; election 
 later declared unconstitutional and James 
 A. Mallory, then district attorney, ap- 
 pointed judge. 
 
 1872— Courthouse; cost $1,000,000. 
 
 June 29,, 1889 — Jury commission. 
 
 April 19, 1910— Civil courts. 
 
 DANCING. 
 
 October, 1856 — First academy, Prof. L. 
 W. Vizay. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1910 — People's dances, Audi- 
 torium. 
 
 DEBATE, LIQUOR. 
 
 April 50, 1909— Rose-Dickie. 
 
 DEITZ, JOHN. 
 
 April 28, 1905 — Seventeen Milwaukeeans 
 sworn in to arrest Deitz. 
 Oct. 8, 1910— Captured. 
 
 DIME MUSEUM. 
 
 Dec. 51, 1889— Closed. 
 
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DISASTERS. 
 
 May 7, 1875— Steamer Schiller lost off 
 England; Joseph Schlltz, Henry Friend, 
 Herman Zinkeisen, Marcus Stein and Mrs. 
 Marie Millner and child of Milwaukee lost. 
 
 April 20, 1893— Waterworks crib dis- 
 aster, 15 lost. 
 
 March 1, 1892 — Seven killed in wreck in 
 Milwaukee road yards. 
 
 Feb. 4, 1895 — Three drowned when car 
 ran into open draw at Kinnickinnic bridge. 
 
 May 29, 1914— Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
 Freeman saved from the steamer Empress 
 of Ireland, lost in St. Lawrence river. 
 
 DRAMA. 
 
 1850-1856— Albany hall, on site of 
 Chamber of Commerce; March 24, 1862, 
 burned. 
 
 February, 1852 — Young's hall completed; 
 Feb. 17, 1852, burned; March, 1853, re- 
 built; April 8, 1853, opened with the pro- 
 duction of "The Czar and the Ship Car- 
 penter," by the Musical Society; June 21, 
 1859, burned. 
 
 1860— Academy of Music; 1869, leased to 
 Young Men's Association, became first 
 public library. 
 
 Jan. 10, 1865 — Daniel Bandmann. 
 
 Jan. 31, 1865 — Music hall dedicated; 
 1869, name changed to Academy of Music. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1868— Stadt, Third St., dedi- 
 cated. 
 
 Aug. 29, 1889— Bijou Opera House. 
 
 Aug. 17, 1871— Grand Opera House 
 opened with production of "Martha," by 
 the Philharmonic Society. 
 
 April 16, 1890— Booth and Modjeska 
 played at Grand Opera House. 
 
 April 6, 1890— Ernst Possart, German 
 actor, first appearance. 
 
 1891— Pabst theatre. 
 
 1890— Davidson theatre. 
 
 1909 — Drama club. 
 
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March 20, 1910 — Hedwig Beringer's 
 golden jubilee at Pabst. 
 
 IVIay 21, 1915 — Ludwig Kreiss silver 
 jubilee, Pabst. 
 
 DRUIDS. 
 
 Aug. 22, 1855— Walhalla Grove, No. 2. 
 
 EARTHQUAKE. 
 
 Aug. 51, 1886. 
 
 EIGHT-HOUR DAY. 
 
 May 9, 1890 — Carpenters' demand 
 granted. 
 
 EPIDEMICS. 
 
 Cholera. 
 
 1849—104 die. 
 
 Ship Fever. 
 
 September, 1850—57 die. 
 
 Smallpox. 
 
 1871—774 die. 
 1872—217 die. 
 
 1894-5 — 268 die; rioting during removal 
 of patients to isolation hospital. 
 
 Grippe. 
 1890. 
 
 EXPOSITION BUILDING. 
 
 Sept. 6, 1881— Opened; June 4, 1905, 
 burned. 
 
 FAMOUS SAYINGS. 
 
 1898 — "There are some things worse 
 than war. There are some things better 
 than money." — Senator John L. Mitchell 
 in debate on question of declaring war on 
 Spain after the destruction of the battle- 
 ship Maine. 
 
FATHER OF WEATHER BUREAU. 
 
 Nov. 1, 1870 — Increase Allen Lapham. 
 
 FEDERAL BUILDING. 
 
 April 22, 1899— Opened. 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 December, 1836 — First fire, Samuel 
 Brown's residence, Cherry St., between 
 Second and Third Sts. 
 
 1837 — Volunteer Hook and Ladder Co. 
 
 1839 — "Neptune, No. 1," first fire engine. 
 
 1840 — Second company. 
 
 1844 — Third company. 
 
 February, 1869 — Alarm system. 
 
 March, 1874 — Paid department estab- 
 lished. 
 
 February, 1878— Relief fund established. 
 
 Aug-. 17, 1885 — Thomas A. Clancy joined 
 Engine Co. No. 4. 
 
 1858-1867— Jobst H. Buening, first chief. 
 
 Dec. 2, 1877 — Fire insurance patrol. 
 
 1889 — Henry Haerter, first fireman pen- 
 sioned. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1889 — Mayor Brown christened 
 Cataract. 
 
 1885 — Fire and Police Commission: 
 Thomas Shea, Gen. F. C. Winkler, Jacob 
 Knoernschild, Jerome R. Brigham. 
 
 April 10, 1915 — First fire engine placed 
 on Jones Island. 
 
 FIRES. 
 
 April 6, 1845 — First big fire burned 
 block bounded by Broadway, East Water, 
 Huron and Michi-gan Sts. 
 
 Aug. 24, 1854 — Block bounded by Broad- 
 way, Michigan, Huron and East Water 
 Sts., old Mitchell bank, Tremont house, 
 United States hotel at East Water and 
 Huron Sts., and four livery stables on 
 Broadway destroyed. 
 
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Jan. 18, 1851— Block bounded by Broad- 
 way, Erie, East Water and Chicago Sts. 
 
 March 20, 1860— Twenty stores on Wis- 
 consin St. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1863 — Camp Siegel barracks; 
 three soldiers killed. 
 
 Nov. 15, 1869 — Gaiety theatre: three 
 killed. 
 
 Feb. 2, 1865— Van Etta, Treedman & 
 Co.'s tobacco factory. 
 
 Oct. 23, 1865— Block on Wisconsin St., 
 between Broadway and Milwaukee St. 
 
 Oct, 10, 1871— Refugees from Chicago 
 fire came to Milwaukeee. 
 
 Jan. 10, 1883— Newhall house, north- 
 west corner of Broadway and Michigan 
 St.; 90 to 100 killed. 
 
 Oct. 20, 1883— First Assistant Chief 
 George M. Linkman joined department. 
 
 Oct. 26, 1913— Goodyear Rubber Co. 
 building, 580 East Water St.; nine firemen 
 killed and seventeen injured. 
 
 Oct, 28, 1892— Twelve blocks in the 
 Third ward; started in Union Oil Co. 
 store on East Water St. and burned 
 to the lake and the river; tw^o firemen 
 killed, tw^o women died from excitement; 
 loss, $3,000,000 to $4,000,000; Milwaukee's 
 most disastrous fire. 
 
 April 9, 1894 — Davidson theatre burned; 
 Third Asst. Chief August Janssen and 
 eight other firemen killed; fifteen firemen 
 injured. 
 
 March 28, 1895 — Grand Avenue; Lan- 
 dauer Bros, wholesale dry goods house; 
 loss, $1,000,000. 
 
 July 18, 1899— Hotel Grace, Park and 
 Reed Sts.; one fireman killed and six 
 injured. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1903— Schwab Stamp and Seal 
 Co., 372-4 East Water St.; nitric acid gas 
 causes death of Chief James Foley, Capt. 
 Andrew White and Pipeman Edward 
 Hogan and Thomas Droney; Asst. Chief 
 
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Thomas A. Clancy and twelve firemen 
 overcome. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1905— Interior Woodworking 
 Co.; Lieut. William Morgan killed. 
 
 May 19, 1905— Lieut. Charles Dressel 
 killed by fall from hosecart. 
 
 Feb. 13, 1909— H. W. Johns-Manville 
 Co., Clybourn St.; five firemen killed; one 
 employe killed and several fireman in- 
 jured. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1910 — American Bridge Co., 
 Seventeenth St. and St. Paul Ave.; four 
 firemen killed. 
 
 Oct. 29, 1910— Phoenix International 
 Light Co., 317 Chestnut St.; one fireman 
 killed. 
 
 March 24, 1911 — Middleton Manufactur- 
 ing Co., 354 Broadway; five firemen killed. 
 
 March 19, 1914 — Windsor hotel; one life 
 lost. 
 
 FIRST BANK CHARTERED. 
 
 1839 — Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insur- 
 ance Co. (now Marine National bank). 
 
 FIRST BARBECUE. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1841 — Honor of Harrison and 
 Tyler's election. 
 
 FIRST BLACKSMITH SHOP. 
 
 1835— D. W. Patterson. 
 
 FIRST BLOCK PAVEMENT. 
 
 1861— West Water St., from Clybourn 
 St. to Grand Ave. 
 
 FIRST BREWERY. 
 
 1840— Owens (S: Pawlett. 
 
 FIRST BRICK. 
 
 September, 1835 — Nelson Olin. 
 
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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 
 iMilhiian 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. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1847— Julius P. B. McCabe; 
 April, 1881, A. G. Wright began publica- 
 tion of city directory. 
 
 FIRST ELECTRIC CAR. 
 
 April 5, 1890— Wells street line. 
 
 FIRST CITY ENGINEER. 
 
 May 20, 1869— Theodore C. 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. I. H. Stearns. 
 
FIRST COMMISSIONERS OF THE 
 PUBLIC DEBT. 
 
 1861-85— Alexander Mitchell. 
 1864-72— Charles H. Larkin. 
 1871-86— Guido Pfister. 
 
 FIRST CONSTABLE. 
 
 October, 1835 — Sclota Evans. 
 
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 FIRST EXPRESS LINE. 
 
 1852 — Arthur Flanders, over Milwaukee 
 and Prairie du Chien road. 
 
 FIRST FOUNDRY. 
 
 1842 — Egbert Mosley. Loring Dewey and 
 Stephen Newhall. 
 
 FIRST GERMAN SETTLER. 
 
 1835— Wilhelm Strothman. 
 
 FIRST GROCER, WHOLESALE. 
 
 1845— P. W. Badgley. 
 
 FIRST HOTEL. 
 
 1835 — Triangle, East Water St., Jacques 
 Vieau; 1836, called Cottage Inn. 
 
 FIRST LIGHTHOUSE. 
 
 1838. 
 
 FIRST MATCH FACTORY. 
 
 1844— R. W. Pierce. 
 
 FIRST MARSHAL. 
 
 1846-7— Thomas H. Fanning. 
 
 FIRST MAYOR. 
 
 1846 — Solomon Juneau. 
 
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FIRST MILWAUKEE SURGEON IN 
 THE PHILIPPINES. 
 
 1899— Dr. John R. McDill. 
 
 FIRST MOTION-PICTURE THEATRE. 
 
 July 10, 1906— Saxe Bros., Grand Ave. 
 and Second St., site of the Theatorium. 
 
 FIRST MURDER. 
 
 November, 1836 — Indian named Manitou 
 killed by Joseph Scott and Cornelius Ben- 
 nett at southeast corner of Michigan and 
 East Water Sts.; murderers escaped from 
 jail; Scott hanged in Indiana; Bennett 
 never found. 
 
 FIRST NATATORIUM. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1890. 
 
 FIRST NEWSPAPER. 
 
 July 14, 1836 — The Advertiser, Demo- 
 cratic, published on the site of the Repub- 
 lican house by Daniel H. Richards; June 
 9, 1847, absorbed by The Evening Wis- 
 consin, founded by William E. Cramer, 
 
 FIRST PASSENGER CONDUCTOR. 
 
 Nov. 21, 1850 — Edwin Bridgeman of the 
 Milwaukee & Mississippi. 
 
 FIRST PIER. 
 
 1842— Built by Horatio Stevens of New 
 York, foot of Huron St. 
 
 FIRST PLANING MILL. 
 
 1843 — Robert Luscombe and John T. 
 Perkins. 
 
 FIRST POET. 
 
 1836— Egbert H. Smith. Oak Creek. 
 
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FIRST POSTMASTER. 
 
 1855 — Solomon Juneau; Aug. 7, 1843, 
 removed; succeeded 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 Robertson, visited Milwaukee. 
 
 FIRST STEAMBOAT. 
 
 June 17, 1855— United States. 
 
 FIRST SURVEY OF LOTS. 
 
 1854— 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. 
 
 1856 — Sloop Wenona, by George Barber 
 for William Brown. 
 
 FIRST WATER REGISTRAR. 
 
 1872-4 — Matthew Keenan (secretary 
 board of water commissioners). 
 
 FIRST WOODENWARE FACTORY. 
 
 1844 — C. E. Woolsey. 
 
 FIVE TIMES MAYOR. 
 
 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1908— David 
 Stuart Rose. 
 
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FLOOD. 
 
 Nov. 2, 1858. 
 March 25, 1865. 
 
 FLUSHING TUNNEL. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1884— Finished; Sept. 18. 1888, 
 first service. 
 
 FOUNDATION. 
 
 May 24, 1915 — Milwaukee Foundation 
 organized at meeting of Wisconsin Trust 
 Co. directors. 
 
 GAS WORKS. ^ 
 
 Nov. 12, 1852— First jet lighted. 
 
 GATHERINGS. 
 
 June 8, 1880; Aug. 26. 1889— G. A. R. 
 
 June 17, 1888— First national skat 
 tournament. 
 
 June 20, 1889— Saengerfest. 
 
 July 25, 1895— Turnfest. 
 
 1896 — Semi-centennial. 
 
 1898— Carnival. 
 
 Aug. 5-7, 1909 — Homecoming'. 
 
 Sept., 1910 — American Health Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 Aug. 4, 1915 — Perry Centennial. 
 
 June 11, 1914 — Comptrollers. 
 
 GERMAN ASSOCIATION. 
 
 May 8, 1880 — Organized to protect im- 
 migrants. 
 
 HARUGARI. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1855— Guttenberg Lodge, No. 57. 
 
 HOME FOR THE AGED. 
 
 September, 1878 — Established by the 
 Little Sisters of the Poor. 
 
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HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS. 
 
 October, 1867. 
 
 HOSPITALS. 
 
 July, 1848 — St. Mary's, at Jackson and 
 Oneida Sts. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1863 — Milwaukee, established by 
 the late Rev. William Passavant. 
 
 Oct. 15, 1877— City (isolation), Mitchell 
 St. and Nineteenth Ave. 
 
 August, 1880— County. 
 
 May, 1888^ Johnston Emergency hos- 
 pital. 
 
 HOUSE OF CORRECTION. 
 
 1865— Windlake Ave. 
 
 HOUSE NUMBERS. 
 
 April 24, 1865 — Property owners given 
 10 days to number houses under penalty 
 of $5. 
 
 HUMANE SOCIETY. 
 
 Dec. 5, 1879. 
 
 ILLUMINATION. 
 
 April 5, 1880— Streets lighted by elec- 
 tricity by Prof. C. H. Haskins. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1890— $600,000 municipal elec- 
 tric light plant plans before board of 
 public works. 
 
 IMMIGRATION, BOARD OF. 
 
 March, 1879. 
 
 INDIANS. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1862 — Fear of uprising. 
 October, 1844 — Last annual dance. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 
 
 Feb. 11, 1875— Michigan St.; April 15, 
 1875, Jackson St.; 1878, North Point. 
 
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INFANTS' HOME. 
 
 June 1, 1882. 
 
 INSURANCE, FIRE. 
 
 February, 1852 — INlilwaukee Mechanics. 
 Feb. 20, 1869— Northwestern National. 
 March, 1871 — Concordia. 
 
 INSURANCE, LIFE. 
 
 Nov. 18, 1858— Northwestern Mutual 
 Life Insurance Co. oganized in Janesville; 
 moved to Milwaukee, March 7, 1859; Feb. 
 14, 1915, George W. Young 50 years in its 
 employ; Oct. 1, 1915, occupied new build- 
 ing on Wisconsin St. 
 
 April, 1910 — Old Line Life Insurance Co. 
 of America. 
 
 INVENTOR OF TYPEWRITER. 
 
 1868— C. Latham Sholes. 
 
 INVESTIGATIONS. 
 
 March 3, 1905— Beef "trust." 
 March 9, 1905 — Tenement houses. 
 Oct. 2, 1911 — Senator Isaac Stephenson. 
 July 15, 1914 — Vice commission. 
 
 JENNY LIND CLUB. 
 
 1861. 
 
 JITNEYS. 
 
 Feb. 6, 1915 — First license issued to W. 
 B. Putnam; May 2, 1915, Robert Stauss 
 killed; June 5, 1915, 1,000 licensed. 
 
 JOURNALISM. 
 
 1910 — School founded at Marquette Uni- 
 versity by Rev. J. E. Copus, S. J. 
 
 KLONDIKE GOLD EXCITEMENT. 
 
 July 15, 1891 — News of discovery; Mil- 
 waukeeans prepare to leave for gold fields. 
 
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 
 
 Sept. 9, 1870— Milwaukee Lodge, No. 300. 
 
 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. 
 
 Sept. 9, 1870— Milwaukee Lodge, No. 1. 
 May 21, 1890 — Wisconsin brigade, uni- 
 formed rank, organized. 
 July, 1890 — Encampment. 
 
 LABOR. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1887— Federated Trades Council 
 organized; Aug. 14, 1887, received charter. 
 
 March 7, 18J^0— Eight-hour day, build- 
 ing trades. 
 
 LEGION OF HONOR. 
 
 1880 — Six subordinate councils. 
 
 LIBRARY, PUBLIC. 
 
 Feb. 7, 1878— Established, taking over 
 books of Young Men's Association. 
 
 LIBRARY AND MUSEUM BUILDING. 
 
 1898— Cost $627,674. 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 
 April 18, 1865 — Funeral services in 
 memory of President Lincoln. 
 
 LITERARY WORKSHOP. 
 
 1915—420 Marsh;; 11 St. 
 
 LYNCHING. 
 
 Sept. 6, 1861— Marshall Clark lynched 
 following murder of Darbey Carney. 
 
 MANUFACTURES. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1890— Reach $100,000,000 mark. 
 
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MAN GIRL. 
 
 May 4, 1914 — Ralph Kerwinieo dis- 
 covered to be Miss Cora Anderson. 
 
 MARINE. 
 
 1847 — Dry dock, floating; slip, February, 
 1877, Wolf & Davidson. 
 
 May 4, 1877 — Life saving station. 
 
 1838 — Lighthouse, foot of Wisconsin St. 
 
 1855 — Lighthouse, North Point. 
 
 Nov. 1, 1870 — U. S. signal service. 
 
 Jan. 5, 1S90— Whale club. 
 
 1908 — Strike of lake seamen, firemen 
 oilers, watertenders, cooks and stewards 
 against Lake Carriers' association. 
 
 Dec. 5, 1912 — Lightship, three miles off 
 Wisconsin St. 
 
 May 15, 1915 — Interstate Commerce 
 Commission divorces lake-rail lines; order 
 effective Dec. 1, 1915. 
 
 Disasters. 
 
 June 17, 1852— S. P. Griflith burned; 322 
 lost. 
 
 Oct. 24, 1856 — Steamer Toledo foundered 
 off Port Washington; 30 lost. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1860— Steamer Lady Elgin lost 
 off Winnetka, 111.; about 300 drow-ned. 
 
 April 9, 1868— Steamer Sea Bird burned 
 off Waukegan, 111.; 75 drowned. 
 
 Oct. 14, 1872— Steamer Lac La Belle 
 foundered in Lake Michigan; 7 lost. 
 
 Sept. 15, 1873 — Steamer Ironsides foun- 
 dered in Lake Michigan; Capt. Sweetman 
 and 16 others lost. 
 
 Sept. 9, 1875 — Bark Tanner wrecked; 
 Capt. Howard drowned; crew of nine 
 saved by a volunteer life-saving crew, 
 Henry M. Lee, N. A. Peterson, Burnt Ole- 
 son, Henry Spark and John McKenna, 
 assisted by the revenue cutter Andy 
 Johnson and the tug F. C. Maxon. 
 
 Oct. 16, 1880— Steamer Alpena foun- 
 dered in Lake ^Michigan; about 100 lost. 
 
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March 19, 1885 — Steamer Michigan 
 crushed by ice and sunk in Lake IVIichi- 
 gan; no lives lost. 
 
 Oct. 29, 1887— Steamer Vernon foun- 
 dered; 22 lost. 
 
 Oct. 50, 1888— Explosion on tug Law- 
 rence kills Capt. John Sullivan and three 
 others. 
 
 May 18, 1894— Schooner M. J. Cum- 
 mings lost off Milwaukee; 6 drowaied. 
 
 Jan. 21, 1895 — Steamer Chicora lost in 
 Lake Michigan; 36 drowned. 
 
 Sept. 9, 1910 — Carferry Pere Marquette 
 No. 18 foundered in Lake Michigan; 
 28 lost. 
 
 Oct. 8, 1913 — Explosion, cutter Tus- 
 carora. 
 
 Nov. 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; 1853, lapsed; November, 1879, re- 
 vived. 
 
 MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS' 
 ASSOCIATION. 
 
 March, li861 — Organized as Merchants' 
 association. 
 
 MILITARY. 
 
 1845 — Washington Guards; Milwaukee 
 (German) Riflemen; 1854, reorganized as 
 the City Rifles. 
 
 1847 — Milwaukee (German) Dragoons. 
 
 1848 — Milwaukee City Guards. 
 
 1854 — Milwaukee Union Sarsfleld 
 Guards; National Guards; 1855, reorgan- 
 ized as the Union Guards; July 16. 1855, 
 again reorganized as the INIilwaukee Light 
 Guard. 
 
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1S56 — Washington Artillery. 
 
 1857 — Milwaukee Light Guard Cadets; 
 1858, reorganized as Milwaukee Cadets; 
 1861, changed name to Milwaukee Zou- 
 aves; July 13, 1861, mustered into the 
 U. S. service as Co. B, 5th Wisconsin 
 Regt.: Aug. 5, 1864, mustered out. 
 
 1857 — Black Yagers; entered U. S. 
 service for three months as Co. D, 1st 
 "Wisconsin Regt.; mustered out at expira- 
 tion of that term. 
 
 1858 — Montgomery Guards; July 16, 
 1861, mustered into U. S. service as Co. B, 
 5th Wisconsin Regt.; mustered out at 
 close of Civil War. 
 
 1858— Juneau Guards. 
 
 1858— Milwaukee Cavalry Co. 
 
 1859 — Green Yagers. 
 
 Oct. 10, 1861— Second Wisconsin Bat-" 
 tery. 
 
 June 15, 1869— Co. A, Sheridan Guards. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1874 — Co. K, Kosciusko Guards 
 
 June 20, 1879— Co. L, South Side Turner 
 Rifles. 
 
 April 22, 1880— Light Horse Squadron 
 organized. 
 
 April 25, 1884 — Sheridan, Kosciusko and 
 Lincoln Guards and South Side Turner 
 Rifles organized into Fourth Battalion, 
 W. N. G. 
 
 1887— Co. I, Rusk Guard; Oct. 24, 1888, 
 mustered into National Guard as Co. E. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1889— Co. F, Badger State Rifles. 
 
 June 25, 1898— Fourth Infantry at Osh- 
 kosh riots. 
 
 July 26, 1898— Co. D, Scofield Guard. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1899— Fourth Regt. mustered 
 out at Anniston, Ala. 
 
 MILK FAMINE. 
 
 July 3, 1914. 
 
 MILWAUKEE LYCEUM. 
 
 Jan. 10. 1859 — Lucius I. Barber, presi- 
 dent. 
 
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MILWAUKEE TO LIVERPOOL. 
 
 July 21, 1856 — Schooner Dean Richmond 
 sailed with 14,000 bushels of wheat; ar- 
 rived Dec. 29. 
 
 MONUMENTS AND STATUES. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1885— Washing-ton: Gift of Miss 
 Elizabeth Plankinton. 
 
 July 6, 1887— Juneau: Charles T. Brad- 
 ley and William H. Metcalf. 
 
 Nov. 15, 1887 — Ericson: Mrs. Joseph T. 
 Gilbert. 
 
 March 25, 1901— Elk: B. P. O. E. 
 
 June 19, 1905 — Kosciusko: Popular sub- 
 scription. 
 
 June 28, 1898— Soldiers: Popular sub- 
 scription. 
 
 July 14, 1908— Schiller-Goethe: Popu- 
 lar subscription. 
 
 June 26, 1909 — Burns: James A. Brydcn. 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 January, 1843 — Beethoven society; E. D. 
 Holton, president. 
 
 May 1, 1850 — Musical society; Jacob 
 Mahler, president. 
 
 1840— First music hall built at Third 
 and Chestnut streets by John Hustis. 
 
 July 23, 1858— Liedertafel; John Marr, 
 president. 
 
 Nov. 20, 1877— Arion Musical ckib. 
 
 June 16, 1859 — Deutscher Maenner- 
 verein, originally the Catholic Young 
 Men's Association. 
 
 Sept. 17, 1871 — Nunnemacher's Grand 
 Opera house (now Pabst theatre); "Mar- 
 tha" presented by Philharmonic society. 
 
 March 29, 1905— "Parsifal." in English. 
 
 MUSEUM, PUBLIC. 
 
 April 14, 1882 — Accepted collection of 
 Wisconsin Natural History Society. 
 
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ODD FELLOWS. 
 
 1846 — Kneeland Lodge, No. 5. 
 
 ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
 
 Aug. 25, 1S78— To protect and further 
 interests of dentists. 
 
 ORPHAN ASYLUMS. 
 
 May 9, 1848— St. Rose's (Catliolic). 
 Jan. 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 freshet in 1864. 
 
 PARKS. 
 
 June 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, Calvin E. Lewis, Charles Manegold, 
 Jr., Louis Auer and John Bentley. 
 
 PFEIL FUNERAL PYRE. 
 
 Oct. 22, 1855. 
 
 PHONOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR 
 DEAF MUTES. 
 
 January, 1878 — 594 National Ave. 
 
 POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Sept. 10, 1855— Organized with Chief 
 William Beck and 11 patrolmen; chief's 
 salary, $800; men, $50 a month. 
 
 Oct. 26. 1885— John T. Janssen m.ade 
 chief. 
 
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POPULATION. 
 
 1915, Estimated— 419,054. 
 
 Metropolitan District, City and Immediate 
 Environs. 
 
 1910 Census— 427,226. 
 
 Twelfth City. 
 
 12— Milwaukee 573,857 
 
 11— San Francisco 416,912 
 
 10— Buffalo 425,715 
 
 9— Detroit 465,766 
 
 8— Pittsburgh 533,905 
 
 7— Baltimore 558,485 
 
 6— Cleveland 560,663 
 
 5— Boston 670,585 
 
 4— St. Louis 687,029 
 
 3— Philadelphia 1,549,008 
 
 2— Chicago 2,185,283 
 
 1— New York 4,766,885 
 
 Growth. 
 
 1850— 20,061 
 1860— 45,246 
 1870— 71,440 
 1880—115.587 
 1890—204,468 
 1900—285,315 
 1910—573,857 
 
 PRESS CLUB, ENGLISH. 
 
 Sept. 7, 1910— Silver jubilee; Theodore 
 Roosevelt guest of honor; "The Big Stick" 
 published, Harlowe Randall Hoyt, editor; 
 Fred W. Luening, associate editor. 
 
 PRESS CLUB, GERMAN. 
 1887. 
 
 POSTAL SERVICE. 
 
 1835 — First postofRce, southwest corner 
 East Water and Wisconsin Sts. 
 
 April 13, 1915 — Louis Manz a letter car- 
 rier for fifty years; aged 80 years April 9, 
 1915; olde.st letter carrier in the United 
 States. 
 
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POUND. 
 
 May 12, 1865 — Thirty cows were re- 
 ported in Caleb Wall's Seventh Ward 
 pound. 
 
 RAILROADS, STEAM. 
 
 1847 — Milwaukee & Waukesha char- 
 tered. 
 
 1851 — Milwaukee & 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— Union depot, Reed St. 
 
 1879-80 — West Milwaukee shops. 
 
 Dec. 19, 1886 — First train ran into new 
 Union passenger station, between Third 
 and Fourth and Everett and Clybourn Sts., 
 at 5:45 p. m., Sunday. 
 
 June 24, 1889 — General passenger and 
 freight departments of the Milwaukee 
 road moved to Chicago. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1889— North-Western depot, 
 Wisconsin St. 
 
 June 16, 1905 — Passes abolished. 
 
 RAILWAYS, STREET. 
 
 July, 1859— River and Lake Shore City 
 Railway; May 50, 1859, first two cars 
 operated with four horses each, from East 
 Water St. bridge to Juneau Ave.; one car's 
 receipts first day were $58. 
 
 March 1865 — Milwaukee City. 
 
 1874— Cream City. 
 
 June 1, 1874— West Side. 
 
 April 17, 1890 — Pittsburgh syndicate 
 bought Cream City. 
 
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April 3, 1890— First electric car, Wells 
 street. 
 
 Feb. 4, 1905— Public Service building 
 planned. 
 
 Feb. 11, 1905 — Henry C. Payne, presi- 
 dent Cream City. 
 
 October, 1905 — Milwaukee-Northern or- 
 ganized; Oct. 28, 1907, first train to Cedar- 
 burg; Nov. 2, 1907, Port Washington; 
 Sept. 22, 1908, Sheboygan. 
 
 Feb. 1, 1915 — Railroad commission re- 
 scinds order directing Electric Co. to sell 
 13 tickets for 50 cents. 
 
 June 14, 1915— U. S. Supreme Court up- 
 holds Circuit Court order in 13-tickets- 
 for-50-cents (coupon) case. 
 
 REAL ESTATE. 
 
 May 22, 1905— Railway Exchange (Her- 
 man) 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 St. (Grand Ave.) Methodist church 
 and at U. S. hotel. 
 
 May 8, 1845— Bridge. 
 
 March 4, 1850 — Residence of State Sen- 
 ator 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. 
 
 Aug. 22, 1893— Unemployed. 
 
 May 3, 1896 — Street railway. 
 
 ROOSEVELT SHOT. 
 
 Oct. 14, 1912 — Theodore Roosevelt shot 
 by John Schranck while leaving Hotel 
 Gilpatrick. 
 
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ROYAL ARCANUM. 
 
 Dec. 29, 1877— Alpha Council, No. 43; 
 Feb. 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 estab- 
 lished; 1860, abolished. 
 
 November, 1859 — Normal class estab- 
 lished. 
 
 1859 — Rufus King first superintendent. 
 
 1879 — First kindergarten. 
 
 June 7, 1904 — Frank M. Harbach, secre- 
 tary. 
 
 March 18, 1890 — Supreme court decides 
 against reading bible in public schools. 
 
 SETTLEMENT. 
 
 1789 — Jean Baptiste Mirandeau and 
 Jacques Vieau arrived. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1818 — Solomon Juneau located 
 on the site of the Wisconsin National 
 bank, northwest corner of Wisconsin and 
 East Water Sts. 
 
 1835 — Morgan L. Martin of Green Bay 
 became a partner of Juneau. 
 
 1834— George H. 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 Juneau's home. 
 
 May 4, 1835 — Charles Milwaukee Sivyer, 
 first white boy born in Milwaukee. 
 
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Oct. 10, 1835— Milwaukee H. Smith, 
 daughter of Uriel B. and Lucy C. Smith, 
 born; first Anglo-Saxon girl born in 
 Milwaukee. 
 
 Dec. 25, 1837 — Louis Bleyer, son of 
 Henry Bleyer, first German child born in 
 Milwaukee. 
 
 Sept. 12, 1844— Aid. Henry Smith arrived 
 from Stark county, Ohio, with his parents, 
 two brothers and sister. 
 
 Jan. 31, 1846— Charter adopted. 
 
 July 5, 1869— Old Settlers' club organ- 
 ized. 
 
 SLAVES RESCUED. 
 
 1842 — Caroline Quarles. 
 
 March 11, 1858 — Joshua Glover, a run- 
 away slave, rescued by abolitionists led i 
 by Sherman M. Booth, editor of the Free * 
 Democrat. 
 
 SLOT MACHINES. 
 
 March 22, 1905— Destroyed by Sheriff . 
 Cary; June 9, 1915, destroyed by Sheriff 3 
 Melms. 
 
 SOCIALISTS. 
 
 1910 — Emil Seidel elected mayor. 
 1910 — Victor L. Berger elected congress- 
 man 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, Maunawaukee, Mel- 
 oaki, Melleoki, Meloaky, Milouaqui, Mil- 
 waukie, Milwalky. 
 
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ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. 
 
 Jan. 25. 1859 — Alexander Mitchell, presi- 
 dent. 
 
 STOCKYARDS. 
 
 1870 — Established by Milwaukee road. 
 
 STRIKES. 
 
 March 10, 1890— Switchmen. 
 May 15, 1905— Molders. 
 
 SWIMMING RECORD. 
 
 Aug. 17, 1894 — World's record, 80 yards: 
 50 seconds, George J. Whittaker. 
 
 TAX, INCOME. 
 
 March 19, 1865 — Incomes for year: 
 Alexander Mitchell, $53,071; Guido Pfister, 
 $42,221; Angus Smith, $30,000. 
 
 1913 — Largest taxpayer, Patrick Cudahy, 
 $9,556.36; largest woman taxpayer, Char- 
 lotte 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. 
 
 Jan. 17, 1848 — First dispatch sent to The 
 Evening Wisconsin from the Chicago 
 Journal: "Chicago and Milwaukee united." 
 
 TELEPHONE. 
 
 1877 — John S. George, first -subscriber; 
 first exchange, 411 Broadway. 
 
 TRAVELING MEN. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1893— Post B, Travelers' Protec- 
 ti\'e association. 
 
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June 29, 1895— Milwaukee Council, No. 
 54, United Commercial Travelers of 
 America. 
 
 TURNERS. 
 
 July 18, 1853 — Turnverein Milwaukee. 
 
 UNITED WORKMEN. 
 
 March 23, 1877— Schiller Lodge, No. 21. 
 
 VISITORS. 
 
 1679— La Salle. 
 
 Oct. 7, 1698— De St. Cosme. 
 
 1778— Charles de Langlade. 
 
 April 28, 1853— Ole Bull. 
 
 April 28, 1853— Adelina Patti (at the age 
 of 13). 
 
 Sept. 30, 1859— Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Oct. 14, 1860— Stephen A. Douglas. 
 
 Jan. 23, 1865— Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
 
 Feb. 5, 1865— John B. Gough. 
 
 1865 — Artemus Ward. 
 
 1865— Josh Billings. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1865; June 9, 1880— Gen. U. S. 
 Grant. 
 
 Oct. 2, 1865— Gen. W. T. Sherman. 
 
 Nov. 2, 1870— James A. Garfield. 
 
 Jan. 2, 1872— Grand Duke Alexis. 
 
 Sept. 12, 1878— President Rutherford B. 
 Hayes. 
 
 1880— Henry Ward Beecher. 
 
 July 9, 1887— Earl of Aberdeen. 
 
 Oct. 6. 1887 — Pi^esident Grover Cleveland 
 and bride, Frances Folsom Cleveland. 
 
 June 20, 1889. June 28, 1899, Sept. 1, 
 1901, April 4, 1903, Sept. 7, 1910, Oct. 14, 
 1912 — Theodore Roosevelt. 
 
 April 10,- 1890— Rev. T. De Witt Tal- 
 mage. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1890— Princess Engalitcheff. 
 
 March 9, 1890 — George Francis Train. 
 
 March 15, 1890— Bill Nye. 
 
 1890-1910— Nelly Ely. 
 
Oct. 9. 1894; Oct. 16-17, 1899— President 
 William McKinley. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1896— Carl Schurz. 
 
 Jan. 11. 1898— Cheiro. 
 
 Feb. 9. 1898— James J. Corbett. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1899— Walter A. Wyckoff. 
 
 Oct. 26, 1900— James Whitcomb Riley. 
 
 March 4, 1902 — Prince Henry of Prussia. 
 
 April 10, 1905 — George Kennan. 
 
 June 5, 1904 — Mayor AVeaver of Phila- 
 delphia, with liberty bell. 
 
 Oct. 26, 1904— Elbert Hubbard. 
 
 Nov. 3, 1904 — Gen. Nelson A. Miles. 
 
 Jan. 14, 1905— Melba. 
 
 March 16, 1905— John L. Sullivan. 
 
 April 6, 1905— Harry K. Thaw and wife. 
 on their honeymoon trip. 
 
 Jan. 25, 1905 — Judge Ben B. Lindsey. 
 
 April 21, 1906— Admiral Robert E. Peary. 
 
 Oct. 16, 1906— Sir Thomas Lipton. 
 
 March 2, 1907 — Edward Payson Weston. 
 
 May 29, 1907— Gen. Tamemato Kuroki. 
 
 Oct. 16, 1907— Sir Thomas Lipton. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1907— Senator Benjamin R. Till- 
 man. 
 
 April 21, 1908— Dr. Frederick A. Cook. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1909— Admiral Robley D. Evans. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1909— James Bryce. 
 
 March 6, 1909 — Count Johann von Bern- 
 storff. 
 
 Nov. 12, 1909— Opie Reed. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1910— Karl Liebknecht. 
 
 Nov. 17, 1910— Woodrow W^ilson. 
 
 Dec. 8, 1910— Charles W. Eliot. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1912— Atty.-Gen. Wickersham. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1913 — Capt. Roald Amundsen. 
 
 Aug. 9, 1913— Cardinal Gibbons. 
 
 Jan. 23, 1914 — Miss Anne Morgan. 
 
 1912-1915— William H. Taft. 
 
 WAR. 
 
 Aug. 6, 1847 — Mexican war enlistments. 
 April 15. 1861 — War meeting called to 
 order by Dr. Lemuel Weeks. 
 
April 25, 1861 — Seven companies re- 
 cruited and assigned to the 1st Wisconsin 
 regiment. 
 
 April 23— June 9, 1861— Camp Scott, 
 north side of Grand Ave., between Twelfth 
 and Fourteenth Sts. 
 
 May 8, 1861— Flag, gift of the women of 
 Milwaukee, presented to the First Wiscon- 
 sin Volunteers by Mrs. George H. Walker. 
 
 July 2, 1861 — First engagement at Fall- 
 ing Waters; George Drake first Milwaukee 
 soldier killed. 
 
 Feb. 13, 1862— Milwaukee celebrates 
 capture of Fort Donaldson on Feb. 12, 
 1862. 
 
 Oct. 19, 1862— State draft. 
 
 November, 1863 — National draft. 
 
 Oct. 19, 1861 — Milwaukee Ladies' asso- 
 ciation for the aid of military hospitals 
 crganized. 
 
 Feb. 27, 1865 — City enjoined from pay- 
 ing bounties. 
 
 1898 — Camp Harvey, state fair grounds, 
 Spanish-American war. 
 
 July 28, 1914 — Many Milwaukeeans 
 marooned in Europe when great war broke 
 out. 
 
 WATERWORKS. 
 
 Oct. 24, 1873— River supply; Sept. 14, 
 1874, lake. 
 
 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.) 
 
 Jan. 1, 1846—35 to 40 below zero. 
 
 June 2, 1866— Tornado. 
 
 May 2, 1875 — 25, coldest May day in his- 
 tory of weather bureau. 
 
 March 19, 1881 — Record-breaking snow 
 storm. 
 
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May 31, 1889— Snow. 
 
 June 23, 1892—41 days' rain ended. 
 
 May 18, 1894— Snow. 
 
 May 24, 1901— Snow. 
 
 May 27, 1907— Snow. 
 
 Dec. 12, 1913—57. 
 
 May 17, 1915— Snow; 53. 
 
 WHISKY CASES. 
 
 October, 1875— July, 1876. 
 
 WHITE SLAVERY. 
 
 May 20, 1915 — Rev. James M. Darnell 
 sentenced to three years at Fort Leaven- 
 worth. 
 
 WISCONSIN S BIRTHDAY. 
 
 May 29, 1848 — Wisconsin admitted to 
 the Union. 
 
 WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL EXCHANGE. 
 
 November, 1882. 
 
 WORLD'S FAIR. 
 
 May 20, 1890 — Wisconsin commissioners 
 to Chicago World's Fair appointed. 
 
 Aug. 9, 1915 — Milwaukee day. 
 
 June 29, 1904 — Wisconsin building at St. 
 Louis presented to the management. 
 
 YOUNGEST MAYOR. 
 
 1906 — Sherburn Merrill Becker, aged 
 29 years. 
 
 Y. M. C. A. 
 
 Dec. 22, 1876— Organized. 
 
 May 3, 1890 — German branch opened. 
 
 Y. W. C. A. 
 
 September, 1892. 
 
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YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Dec. 8, 1847— J. H. Van Dyke, president. 
 
 ZINDA MURDER. 
 
 Nov. 12, 1909— Hattie Zincla murdered 
 by Carl Wojciechowski and Adam Pietr- 
 zyk; Dec. 10, 1909, prisoners sent to state 
 prison for life. 
 
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