The Saint Paul globe., 1903-03-01
III Week OF Tmdagg
Important
Events.

claiming "squatter soverelgnty"-aI-
states being free or slave. The house
amended. and on Friday, May 26, the
| senate accepted the change, by a vote
| of 80 to 13.
March 3, 1S65.-A bureau Of freed
men, refugees and abandoned lands"
was established by act of congress in
| 1865 for the purpose of relieving the
wants Of the emancipated and keeping
| them from starvation, as we'll as en-
abling them to learn how to become
good citizens. Gen. o. 0. Howard was
| made commissioner. Schools were es-
| tablished, and hundreds of thousands
of poor people, in some way, came
within reach of these Influences
through succeeding years.
March 3, 1S65.-An act passed by
congress authorizing the secretary Of
| Of the United States 5000, ,00O, 600 was
| approved by the president.
March 8, 1S71.-Congress passed the
| general appropriation bill with a
| clause in it authorizing the president
| to prescribe such rules and regulations
for the admission of persons into the
civil service Of the United States as
will best promote the efficiency there
| of, and ascertain the fitness Of each
III I6SpcCl 10 age, hGalth.
| character, knowledge and ability for
the service into which he seeks to
enter The president appointed G. w.
| Curtis, Joseph Medill, A. G. CattelI. D.
| A. Walker. E. B. Elliott and J. II.
Blackfan to prepare such rules and
| regulations. This was the beginning Of
the present civil service Of the United
! States.
March 8, 1S71-The president an
proved a congressional act authoriz-
| ing an international exhibition of arts,
| manufactures and products of the soil
mines at Philadelphia, being the
| centennial exhibition in honor Of the
Tooth anniversary of American inde-
| pendence.
March 4, 1S36.-stuart Robson. well
1 known American actor. born at Ann
| apolls, Md: Peter Moran. noted artist
| and illustrator. in 1912, at Bolton,
| England; Frederick B. Power. chemist.
in 1853 Hudson. N. Y; Arnold G.
| Cameron, educator, in 1864, at Prince
ton, N. Y.
March 4, 16S1.-A royal charter was
! granted William Penn, of the Ameri-
| can province called Pennsylvania. It
was to be called Sylvania, but the king
insisted on the prefix Penn had in
herit4d q claim against the English
| government Of 6 $4,000 (sS0 .000). due
his father. Admiral Penn, for services
and loans to the navy, and in IiQuida-
ton of the debt he accepted the grant.
The charter created him true and alb
solute lord" Of Pennsylvania, with
property in the soil; and ample powers
of government. For making laws .the
advice and consent of the freemen
| Of the province were necessary. The
crown reserved the6right of veto on all
enactments, while to parliament the
right to levy dutiesSand taxes was ac-
corded. The laws Of trade were to be
observed, and the Church Of England
tolerated. There was to be the right
OF appeal from his courts to the crown.
Penn was a Quaker and organized his
colony on very liberal basis.
March 4.-John Quincy Adams in
augurated president in 1925; Franklin
Pierce III 1853. and James Al. Garfield
In 1881. On Friday, March 4, 1871, the
act admitting Vermont as a state took
effect 1t was on Friday, Feb. IS, 1871,
that the statehood act passed con-
| gress.
March 4, 1S64-The Office of lieu
tenant general of all the United States
sr1nieA- which had exnirad with Gsu.