The evening world. Newspaper, January 31, 1907, Page 9

i ~ | gtitution.-Present system ot cadet is Soeseteciaesesesee | 1807—Aaron Burr waa arrested and esto then tt: ANI Tee 2m RAE 2 ! frigate Chesapeake—The aboiltion ot the Slave Trade In the U. 8.— ‘The first {Fins of Fulton's steam Doat, "“Clermont."" dent of the U. 8 Birth of Gen eral Robert E, Leé (a. 1870). 1809-—Birth of Abraham LAncoln (4. 165)-Birth af-Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (d, 1894)~A strike of New York bootmakers. 1810—The. coneus ehawed that the Population of the seventeen Smtos Was about seven and a quarter Taiittons—Dubugque, Lowa, wettied- by the French, 1811—War in the U.S, commenerd against the Indlan ohlef Tecumsoh and hia jeaxue—The American, Fur Compeny Dullt Fort Astoria, Ore ron, ~~ 1842=1846 1842- —Fnd of Seminole War—Extradi- tlon-(renty enacted between HAe- land arid the U. S.—Auguatna Porter formulates the scheine OF hy drauile canals. 1843—Rhode Isinnd adopts new Con- appointment to West Point adopted —Ironmakers strike at Pittsburg. 1844—Copper ras discovered at Lake Supertor—Mpren telegraph com- pleted and/the first telegram sent from _ Ww ington to Balttmore. 1845= =Wrighan Young became head’ of the Mormons and moved West— Florida admitted to the Union United States al. Academy opened—War was commenced with Mexico—Sir John Frankiin started on hia Arctic expedition—Death of Andrew Jackson. — [S4G=luwa admitted to the—Unten=" Ellas Howe patents the. sewing- machine, 1847—1851 1847—Hoe patents the cylinder print- Ing—prese—Conqueat_of New Mex- feo and Callfornia—San Francisco wes ramed—Postage stamps frat teoned: 1848—Mormons found Salt Lake City, Utah—Dea of John Quincy A aot 1807—1811 1B08—Eiection-of James- Madison pres} THE EVENING WORLD,1 | 1814—BHitsh capture of city of Wash- ireton and naval Nxht Champlain—Bulldin ibcscisUvelbyiccctge 1815—Repulse of ti Orleana by Ger of the U. 8. Klers, 1816—Indiana admitted to the Union— Charter Bank of James Monroe States Navat frixates Conatitinion States—Admivsion of Louisiana to the Am: _1813—-Naval battle of Lake ES in the Montreal—ti!r Beecher (4. U. eeeneerncorntensesecececesnents 1812—1816 1812—Declaration of war by aie—Peace was declared between U8. and =f the United 1817—Ih and the expedition againat h of Henry Ward 1887); on Lake of the first Stephenson. ery British at Now 1 Jaekson—War with the Dey ot Al- Kranted to the U the ‘Becond S.—Election of President of + en's Bae 66. to 70. ‘East 125th St. OE The -history-of these stores goes back a full century, to the time when New York was but a_vil- lage, when all north of Chambers Stree: was fas'ure lands, when East Broadway was the. Fifth Avenue of to-day, when the “Bowerie” set out beautiful bowers was with of trees and flowers and tulip beds in the old Dutch style, through which Ade PECEEESES ESAS EES E FEGNAESAAERESE ELON ESES DER OESEDSAEAL SES SELEESE LESH ESS FEF EERE THUR eoaane RSDAY, 1817—1821 auguration of James Monros— mon ners a} o mine Jackson's tda—Pubdlication of Book"! nted by Congre a vannah’) —the-old-Boston-stage coach ram-—|—— 4 1891). ¢ Mircinstpni to Unton—Firet fin the Atlantic by a veasa] (the using steam —~ Birth James Russell Lowell -(d--1891): 1820—Adoption in the U.S. of the Mis: sour! Compromise, from the territories north of jalitide 36 dog. 30-min.—Admisafon * Mnine to the Union—Re-election Thies Monrie—Tirth of Tenerat Sherman {4 1821—Mexico ostabushes independence —Cession of WMorfda to the U. ¢. by Spain—Admtasion , of Misrour! to the Union—Publication of Coop: “The. Spy'—Birth of Jenny Land (4. 1887), Invasion of Irving's First__renstons labama tothe vovage excluding slav> 1822—1826° Birth of Goneral Grant (at 1885). 1622 TSes" ett! trine in the the President } ¥a77 anni of the tS 1824: “Presidential election ar —yites acy Ad: iw war made t of Representatives—Visit of S.—Hirth of 193)—Birth 1892y Curtts G1 ax cotzthet Bilan Canale tron Lake Erte to the Hudson River. 1826—Alniuction of W Morgan and. anti-Masonin citement New York-—Meating, of the Kroes of Panania. 1827 TR26-<Klaetion= ot { i820 1827—1831 Extinotion of nt NewYork Pea SUNY, mad ever built in ing steam. Genera mon Drew! Inayruration of Presi Introduction of .t “in-Ame son- slave matchoa 1830—Dedate Hayne in the L or tte between at Palmyra” N. manufactured of JANUARY 31, SADA ERRARAEREAERESAAE EEE SE FERRER ER AES HA DAOAOAEOREAELE LAELEASEORSEERAL ESERESSERAESA BEDE REESEES slayer We S. Senate—Pabllo yt ct TOOK Of MORO ¥.—Staot 1907. Capo f s\dent Ja | Indian 9 Amerion | Black Hawk War. forAndrew he Uapolts s manufac from the U the ants jong called pater cand || of the pews divided between the Bt Us dopenilen won at reaping. magneto esececacacceseceensesssceseseseseaseseesosectecccecececsencecetiestecececensasenaecssesesaansncesteteey | PERTHWAIT & SONS —| covered | Mant Buchanan elected admitted to the Union. -2849—Insuguration of Taylor amd: Fill- qmore—Gtrike at Pittsburg—Treaty tigned hetween U, 8, and Hawatt: 185C—Treuvie—in—Congreas over Calt- fornia and the slavery question— California admitted to the Unton— Death of John C. Calhoun. 1851--Cuban expedition of Gen. Lopez “Arctic expedition in search of Franklin seta out in charge of Lieut. De Haven—Treaty made with the Indians in Minnesota. 1852—Mint established at..San Fran- clsco~Death of Daniel Webster— Death of Henry Clay.Visit to thin country of Louls Kossuth—"Uncle Tom's Cabin’ publishéd—Fall of the Whig party. YOES—Arctie expedition of Dr. Icane= Perry's dapan_expedition—Surveya maie for. Overland Rallway—The Know Nothing party formed— Preatdent Pierce inaugurated. 3B 54-—Hattioment ofthe Fishery ute pute between the 8. and Great .Britain—Boundary nes. .batwaen Mexico and the U, 8. rectined— Hegiprocity treaty with.Rngland signed—Clvit War breaks out —Kearans—Cooper Unlon wi 1855—Return of Dr. Kane'a Arctic ex- Dedition—Indian outrages_in Ore. =fon-and Washington -‘Terrttoried: 1856—Lawrence, Kan., burned—Preal. 1872—1876 1872—The northwestern boundary line question settled—President Grant Was re-elected—Civil war {n Arkan- gas—Tho Apache outrages—Horace Gresley dled, 1873—Great financial panto. 1874—Gold was discovered in the Black Hille—Great fire in cotton mills of Fall River, O lives lost—Strike in Pittsburg. 1875—Nioting in New Orleans—Down- fall of “carpettiagiom" in Louls!- ana—Rectprocity treaty algned with Howell 1876—Contennial Exposition opened at ‘Philadelphia—Tho Custer massacre “Colorado admitted to the Union— Rutherford B. Hayes elected Preal- ent of the United Stat, PEAGRESSA RODS SORE ESEREEE RSE SEHEOL EER FER EEHES IEA RAG ERAECEESE OES Saasesenessssesesses. sebeesaareedcsas $4486866550960560 s600606. * i ————— rAd Aa aacenadehdntrh feet hd deed iii Ose $999998090090990090999008900399000 9090000ss0000000" days’ journey. From_a_ city of 80,000 in. habitants to a city. of 4,000,000 has been a stride that has never been equalled in the world be- fcre in the same time. To keep face with it in cupplying furni- ture and household requisites to all classes of homes as they. multiplied over and over “has been-a-work-that--has given this conce:n a familiar knowledge of the requirements of the city home. the p first aarthentio re ent proprietors, founded JOHN-K- COWPERTHWAIT, grandfather and great-grandfather of he Chatham Square Store In 1807, tl record of which can be seen In “Longworth’s American _ 4dmanac” of 1808, the entry (p--114) reading as followe:— “Cowperthwalt, John K., Chairmaker, 4 Atmanac and-City Directory. ‘was published-in the 3$d—-year of American Independence. states. “Price, half bound, 1121-2 cents," Chatham Square.” tho This old cover proudly _193.to.205 Park. Row. John K. Cowperthwait, the founder—-of the business, was succeeded by his son; Samuel N,, in-1832,-who-carried-omthe business until. 1864, when ‘he tetired, tuming it over to his son, Bernard M. In 1872, Mont- gomery B., another son — of Samuel N., became associated with Bernard M. Samuel N. died_in_{884, and_ Montgomery B. retired in 1885. In that-year, _J. Howard Cowperthwait, a Linus of Bernard-M., i Ga name ofl B M. Cowperth- wait! &—Co.—-was—continued-untit 1897, although Bemard M. died Sin] 893; cas, From ‘1897 the business has been conducted under the firm name of Cowperthwait & Sons, ~the partners being J. Howard (grandson of John K., the ~ founder of the house) and his two sons, Howar M. and Walter B, | We know of no “siher busi- ness_ which has been: carried on for so long atime by persons in the direct line of le descent from the founder of the house. 100 Years in Business Means Something EVERYTHING FoR HOUSEKEEPING ‘NEW HARLEM STORE, Fast 125th St.,_near—Park Ave. DOWNTOWN: STORE, ; Park Row and Chatham Square. 1877—1881 1877—Sllver wan discovered ‘at ville—Firat use of the. telephono— Great raflway strikes on Baltimore and Ohlo, Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads. Lead- for wean 1882—1886 the northerly — point American, 1878—The remonetization of silver— Yellow fever In “Molly Maguire’ eral. Grant- makes @ tour_around the South—The outrages—Gon- the world. Arthur sworn in as President— eral Miles captures Gerontmo— Star route frauds—Celebration of Niagara Falls Power Company !n- Yotktown centennial. corporsted, 1879—End of financial panic of 1873 and resumption of specie payment, 1RRO—Nationat-consus;-the-popuiation of the U. with China—The Greely expedition to North Pole—President Garfeld elected—76 labor strikes occurred - In the U. 8. during the year, - 1681—Assansination of President Gar- fleld by Guiteau, July 2—Chester A. 1682—Charles Guiteau executed—Rellef Greely expedition out~Lieutenant Lockwood and Ber- t Brainard - reach attained by starts the most an 188S—Brooklyn Bridge is now opened Exploration of expedilion homeward boun: Alanka—Greely 1884—Grover Cleveland elected Presi- dent of the U, §.—Offictal presenta- tion of the Barthold! Statue—Gen- eral Sherman retires from com- 8B. 60,1) ,.783—Treaty made mand of the Army. 1885—Death of General Grant—Surren- der of the Apaches+Large labor strikes all over the country. 1886—Death of General Hancock—Tho * Charleston earthquake occurred— j, ‘Anarchistic riot in Chicago—Gen- ~COwWPERTHWAIT & SONS 1887—1891 1887—Trouble in Hawali—The Reading Railway strike—Trouble between England and Venezuela. 188B8—Death of General Sheridan— President, Harrison oted = Knights of Labor strike on the Southwestern Raflroad system, 1880 — Hurricane dostroyed tho American warships In harbor at Samoa—Bursting of the Johns- town dam-—Secretary of Agricul- ture added to the Cabinet, 1890—The—-Mafia* became active In the U, “Messiah Craze’ among dla cago/chosen for the World's Fair —The McKinley tariff bill passed. organtzation=-firat 8.—The the In- 1891—Threatened war with Death of. General Sherman—Treaty rights of Hawali—Death of King —Deatti of Sitting Bull—Chi- | Chili— 1 1 L 1892—1896 892—Preslient the second time—Labor Homestead, Pa.—Grount World's Falr opened at Four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. 1893—Statue erected to Nathan Hale: Labor strikes all over th 894—Sources of the Mixalasipp! River ua discovered—Marcli “of “The Com- Mirae Deweyayoaptures = Maniac monweal Army" — The Chicago} rotecol of peace signed at Wash- riots, 1895—The Altanta exposition opened— The Brooklyn trolley strike-~Water power of Niagara .Falls —Cuban ‘royolt, *1896--General McKinley elected Presl- S.—Utah admitted dent of the U. to the Union—Sertous Cuba—Peary | starts North Pole. : | These Twenty Sections Give a Complete Story of the Century’s Progress. Cleveland elected out sixth expedition In search of the for | | 1897—Great con! strike In West Vir- strikes at gwinla—Nashville, Tenn, seeing Exposition opened—Extra ares of Congress called and the tariff Chicago— “bi ‘paaned—The elds discovered in ficial existence—The UV. he country —Rush to Cape fold: sassination of put-to use of President Roosevelt elected Vice- trouble in ohn his MelKiniey Mr, dunt They of-the Whig party of antheavery S. mall»—Passage net -anti-siavery § wan discharced a! ot Martin “Van exico declazsa.and Jacinto—-Inve. scrow: provoller by /John ‘Hricason, Klondike Alaska, 1898—Greater New York begina its of- ship Maine blown up fn Havana HarborSpain declares war—Admi. ral Cerverg'n, fleet deatroyed—Ad- chon Meera “Atherton Buren ‘Texan in of Centennial session. gold 8. battle- vow York's reception to Admiral Nome War In the Phillppines—-As- Governor Discovery of wireless telegraphy. gold Goedel— The ''Box- te-election 1901—Death of ex-President Harrison— assassinated Roosevelt succeeds | Are Well Worth Broscreiag: verse soveovensveseee bdddbdhadidddddddn heheh soesevssovvsvenvsseesesszvovenesevens nomen nensnssooas ses nnseoorseoeseees 999999 99999999999 B89I9TTTI SI 99IIV 999 SSITLISSTINIT 1999999999909908 soagooee fr if ine = ‘ bia, ts 1837—1841 went bank: nment could not om He bonis interent Were trom theontan Institu- Wilkes'n expedition to opes for lett or corrempand- unod tn this: o campaign irk Btate, | der” war in New s-Anil-rent TBAL—Resustion of tarit—THageurmtion of President Harriyon; his death on April € due to exposure at the time “of his inguguration—Viee President Tyler, became Preailent. CSS RSTHSEIISSS Es age tener aac nena tea calcutta FRIFEFIVHFITEPVSS 1857—1861 1857—Surrender of Walker. Mitbuster—Govermment nis trouble —with-the Sformone—Great financial pantie caused by too rifpid building f, rallway.ines—Dr, Francis, of New York, obtained a patent ‘for + the typewriter. 1858—Minnesota admittéd to the Union ~First Atlantic cable completed by Cyrus W. Field—Gold auscovatedy at Pike's Peak. 1859—Oregon admitted to the Unlon redit Mobiller of America organ- ized. 1860—President Lincoln alected—Seces- aion of South Carolina. 1861—Southern Confederacy organized —Bombardment of Fort Sumter+ Capture= ot Harpers Ferry—Batu of Bull Run—President Lincoln n calla —for— amily . Cratt by Conted erate sleamer Aik. Al bama, 1862—1866 1862—Mint established In Denver—Rat- tle of Shiloh—The Monitor defeats __the Morrimac—Second battle of Bull Run—Battles of Antotajn and Fredeticksburg—“Greanbacks~ 15 sued—First overland railwa eral Grant elected President, of. United States—Cubdan rebellion, 1869—Completion of ths Rafhway—Fivanctal perfio: Friday,” inftux-of Chinese. census” tirkeny” popul: tion “of the United States —35,555,271.| =Death of General Leo and Ad- miral Farrague—Commenced oper., atioas on the Brookiyn Bridge, {87i—The Great Chicago firé—Bagy.- age of the Force Rill-All the Btaten admitted to representation. in Congress. 1902— 1906 1902—The great coal strike—Bill for the purchase of the Panama Canat passed by Congress—Earthquake at Martinique. 1903—Firat cable message around the world—Iroquo{s Theatre fire ‘at Chicago—New Fast River Bridge opened—Panama Independence pro- claimed and recognized by the U. 8. 1904—Great Baltimore fire, destroying § blocks—Steamer General Slocum burned in the East River, 0 Ives lost—-New York Clty Subway” open: ed—Prentdent—ttooxeyett ~ ctected— St. Louls Exposition opened. 1905--Invertigation of the cotton scan~ dal at Washington—Investigation of the life insurance companies 1h New York—Russo-Japanese peace treaty algned at Portsmouth, N. H. Wheeler died— 1906—General San —The Cuban ini B, takes charge al government. Joseph Fi = nder a provision: ole. | the ereati]