Mob of rebel sympathizers trying to force open doors of 11th Battery in Boston, are fired upon, resulting in several deaths. Drought conditions exist in Saskatchewan. Although the rain dance is prohibited by the Indian Affairs Department, the Indians perform the ceremony anyway. Saskatchewan repeals prohibition in favour of government control of liquor sales. Congress begins Farm Credit Administration to administer loans, subsidies and grants to farmers.
Canadian government gives police greater wiretapping powers.
U.S. Narcotics Control Act is passed, creating severe penalties on use, sale, importation of drugs not approved by government. 22 Tweed Ring frauds first exposed in New York Times. Ontario Court of Appeals reverses its own decision to deny citizenship to Ernest and Cornelia Bergsma because they are atheists. Henry David Thoreau goes to jail to protest tax support of the U.S.-Mexican War and slavery. Their office comes under siege.