The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-10-26

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l290-Edward I. exiled Jews from Eng.
land on penalty of death.
l565-Spaniards, under Gov. Menendez,
landed at St. Augustine.
i595-Engfish force under Drake and
| Hawkins sailed on expedition against
| Spanish settlements in the West In
dies.
l6O3-Hudsen discovered Delaware bay.
1620-English pilgrims sailed from
Plymouth in Maydower.
l6ao-Treaty of peace between the New
England colonies and Narragansett
Indians.
1690-King William forced to raise the
siege of Limerick after great loss.
l17OS-Haverhill, Mass, burned by French
and Indians.
1757-Battle of Norxettin between the
Russians and Prussians.
1779-French feet captured off Charles
ton, s. G.
17S1-Washington and Rochambeau re-
ceived in Philadelphia.
1So1-French evacuated Egypt in favor
of the British.
lSo4-Planet Juno discovered by Prof.
Harding Of Gothingen.
1S14-City of Alexandria, Va, capitu-
lated to the British &. . .Bombardment
OF Fort Erie continued by the Brit
ish.
lo16-'Treaty signed by Algiers and Eng
land. by which Christian slavery was
to be abolished.
1o1S-New York State prison at Auburn
opened.
1S33SS-Twelve thousand houses destroyed
by fire in Constantinople.
lS490Convention at Monterey, Cal, to
frame State constitution. Russians
captured Fort Achulga.
1S54-Maria Christina, Queen mother of
Spain, fled from Madrid to escape the
wrath of the people.
1S6O-Street railways first introduced
in England.
| 1861-Bombardment and canture NJ
forts Hatteras and Clark, N. C..
1Sc@Union forces defeated in battle
near Richmond, Ky.
1870 Capitulation of Sedan bv the
French.
1884 Steamer Belmont capsized in Ohio
river; Is lives lost.
1S96-British bombarded palace of Sui.
tan of Zanzibar.
| 1S97-Boston subway opened.
1S9S-Col. Henry, who forged evidence
against Dreyfus, committed suicide
| ....Czar proposed an international
peace conference.
| 19O2-Volcanic eruption of Mount Pelee
19O3-Caleb Powers found guilty OF
completely in Gov. Goebel murder in
Kentucky.
19O4-Desperate attacks of Japanese al
| Liaoyang repulsed by the Russians.
1905-Edwin l. Holmes, Jr., indicted in
the government cotton report scandal
| Japanese and Russian ENJOYS at
| Portsmouth reached peace agreement
| The College Bred Farmer,
Prof. L. H. Bailey, director of the Cor,
nell university college of agriculture, in
/, the third of his series of articles for The
Century, gives the result of his inquiry
among his students as to what practical
use they expected to put their education
OF the 179 replies received, seventy eight
were those Of students reared on the farm
Of these, sixty-eight desired to go into
practical farming and then to teaching
and experimental work. OF the sixty nine
students reared in town or city, forty.
four wish to 60 into practical farming
fourteen into teaching, eight into land
scape gardening and the rest undecided
OF the fourteen women students, two
want to become practical farmers and
twelve teachers of nature study and agri
culture. OF the eighteen foreign students
| fifteen wish to return to the farm and
three to enter experimental work. Prof
Bailey says that the agricultural college
ia now teaching from the farm rather thar
from the academic point of view.