A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . column of officers forcedhis way to the stand, orderedthe speaker to stop, and com-manded the crowd to was answered with jeers haymahket plaza, chicauo. I + , rif o-iloc Wliilp This monument shows the spot where on May 3,1886, a dynamite bomb ana a storm OI miSslieS. W niie ^^.^^ thrown by anarchists into a group of policemen, killing seven, crip- tlie policemen were calmly pllng eleven
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . column of officers forcedhis way to the stand, orderedthe speaker to stop, and com-manded the crowd to was answered with jeers haymahket plaza, chicauo. I + , rif o-iloc Wliilp This monument shows the spot where on May 3,1886, a dynamite bomb ana a storm OI miSslieS. W niie ^^.^^ thrown by anarchists into a group of policemen, killing seven, crip- tlie policemen were calmly pllng eleven foV llfe, and injuring twdye others so they were unaWe to do ^ , *^ duty for a year. awaiting the orders of the in-spector, some one in the crowd threw a sputtering dynamite bomb at the feetof the officers. A moment later it exploded, killing seven and crippling eleven for enraged survivors dashed into the mob, shooting and using their clubs withfearful effect. Within five minutes the crowd was scattered, but many lay deadand wounded on the ground. In the investigation that followed, it wms .shownthat the anarchists had planned to slay hundreds of innocent people and i^lunder. 472 ADMINISTRATION OF CIEVELAND. the city. Their leaders were brought to trial, ably defended, and the mostprominent sentenced to death. One committed suicide, a number were hanged,and others sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. All of the latter werepardoned by Governor Altgeld when he assumed office. Since that time, ashas been stated, the anarchists have given little trouble. THE CHARLESTON EARTHQUAKE. The year 1886 was marked hy one of the most terrifying visitations thatcan come to any country. Earthquake shocks have been felt in different jjhicesin the United States, and the earth-tremors are so frequent in California thatthey cause little alarm, for very few have inflicted any damage to jjroperty orlife. On the night of August 31st, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was throwninto const
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