The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-19

the founder of Islam, or the nronhet
of Islam, whose religion is now MAX
ing greater inroadS in Oriental coun=
Ltries than that of Christianity. On fbis
day in 1875 Washington held his first
council OF war at Cambridge, and be-
gan the seige of Boston, and maintain
ed it largely on bluff" as he had
scarcely powder enough for a. dozen
rounds of ammunition for all of his men.
This is also the birthday in 1894 of M.
c.. Perry, naval officer, whose treaty
opened Japan to American
and started that nation on it's present
career of greatness.
April 81 is a legal holiday in Texas.
to commemorate the battle of San In
cinto in 1886, When Gov. Sam Houston.
at the head of 500 men. defeated the
Mexican army, took Santa Anna pris-
oner and secured the independence of
the republic of Texas. This day is the
anniversary of the birth of Frederick
Froebel, the German teacher who
founded the system known as the
kindergarten" or the children's gar
den method of teaching. Also the birth
day in 1910 Of George P. Gordon, the.
American printing press inventor; of
Henry w. Shaw Josh tBillings) in
1918; Of John Muir, naturalist and au-
thor in 1898; on this day, too, in 1893,
President Mckinley issued a procIama-
ton declaring var against Spain,
April % is Arbor day in Nebraska.
1t is also the anniversary of the birth
in 1882 of J. Sterling Morton, secretary
Of agriculture, who originated Arbor
day. 1t is also the birthday in 1745 of
Lindley Murray, the first great Ameri-
can grammarian; of James Freeman in
1853, the first promfnsnt American
Unitarian clergyman; Eof Andrew Cur
tin in 1917, the war g6vernor of Penn
sylvania; of Ada c.. Rehan, the actress,
in Ireland, in 1859, whose name was
Crehan. The change waSxdue to a New
name on a poster MAIDS an initial of
the c, n the lineSkso pleased the
young lady that She4allowed it to-
stand and ever after maintained it.
April % Is the repnted birthday of,
William Shakespeare at Stratford-on-
Avon, England, in 1564!I His works have
tina any other in the world, and the
books and pamphlets now exceed 5000
volumes, not to speak fof
and magazine matter. which would add
thousands of volumessto the grand to-
tai. Singular to say not a scrap of the
manuscript Of Shakespeare is in exist
ence except five autographs attached
ASooA
his will. Each autograph is a mere
scraWl. apparently traced, and the
name is spelled differently in each case.
1t is maintained by those who advo-
cate the Baconian theory of the au-
thorship of the plays that Shakespeare
could not write, and the autographs
rather support that claim. This is also
the anniversary Of the birth in 1871 of
James Buchanan, fifteenth and only
bachelor president; of Stephen A
Douglas In 1913, statesman and presi-
Dental candidate; of William Swinton
in 1888, author of school books; of
Chauncey M. Depew in 1884, railway
president and senator; of James B.
Hammond In 1889, typewriter inventor;
of Arthur T. Hadley in 1856, president
of Yale college.
April "a is the anniversary of the
birth in 1850 of John Trumbull, whose
poem "McFingal" was the. most pop
Ter, founder of the "Millerites," who
predicted that the world would come
to an end in 1843, and who had more
than SO, 900 followers; of John B. Her
reshoff in 1S41, the blind designer of
and builder of yachts.
April rs Is the anniversary of the
birth in 1899 at Huntington, England;
OF Oliver Cromwell, one of the most
extraordinary men that ever lived. He
overthrow the monarchy of Charles l.
n beheaded that king, and from 1649
to 1858 was lord protector of England.
Also the birthday in 1892 of John Keble,
whose fame rests on THE Christian
Year" Also the birthday in 1926 of
William Deering, the implement manu-
facturer.