Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-23

1539-John S. Duranti, first president or
Parliament of Toulouse, killed.
1542-Catherine Howard. fifth wife of
Henry Will, beheaded.
1J47-Edward VI, at the age of nine,
crowned King of England.
1JJ4-Lady Jane Grey beheaded. Eff
ty-nine persons executed in London
for resisting the Spanish influence.
1J66-David Rizzio murdered.
1G5S-Passage of Charles Y. over the
great belt.
1GG7-Attack on Lancaster, Mass, by
Indians.
1G74-New York surrendered by Dutch
to British. ... House Of Commons re-
solved against a standing army.
16S9-English Parliament chose William
and Mary of Orange king and
1G0G-Plot to assassinate William III.
discovered.
17333-First settlement in Georgia com
menced by Gen. Oglethorpe.
1776-Col. Gadsden presented Snake
Flag to American Congress for naval
177S-Daniel Boone captured by French
and Indians. Escaped ten days later.
17o1-Bank of United States incorpo-
rated. 60
~1T93-Salary of President of the United
States fixed at $4,000.
1797-Admiral Jarvis defeated Spanish
feet off Cape st. Vincent.
| 179S-Occupation of Rome by the
French. "
1SO7-British House of Lords abolished
slave trade.
1SOS-Russia declared war against Swe-
den. a.. .H-
1S13-Abolition of the, inquisition by
the Spanish Cortes. !
1S14-Massachusetts prohibited impris-
onment, for debt. srs12 ar !
1S19-BiH introduced in Congress for
|-s..a admission of Missouri. .f~
1S3l-Insurrection in Paris.
1S:32-Cholera made it's appearance in
London.
1S333-Eenry Clay introduced the COM
promise tariff measure in the Senate.
1S4O-Marriage of Queen Victoria and
/ Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
| 1SA-London and Dover railroad open
ed.
1S47-U. s. Congress authorized addi.
tional regiments for regular army.
| 1S51-Gold discovered in Australia.
! 1S56-President Pierce warned all per-
sons against unlawful combination
in Kansas.
1SGl-Confederate government formed
at Montgomery, Ala. jefferson
Davis chosen President.
1s62-Elizabeth City, n. c., occupied by
Federal troops.
| 1SGJ-Gen. Robert z. Lee appointed
COMMUNICATIVE chief of Confederate
army.
1SG7-Congress admitted Nebraska to
statehood over Presidents veto....
George Peabody announced gift of
$1,20O.OOO for educational purpose
80. Outbreak Of Eenians in South
Ireland. .-- .##a
lSG9-Steamboat Nellie Stevens burned
on Red river; So lives lost. . Pas
sage by the U. S. Senate of fifteenth.
amendment bill. Z
1S72-Governor General of India assas-
sinated at Port Blair. I
Standardization of King Amadeus Of
Spain; a republic proclaimed.
1S74-Taylor's Pantechnicon burned IL
London; loss $1,5OO,OO0.
1S75-Great Broadway fire in New York
City.
1S77-Prof. Alexander Graham Bell ex-
hibited his telephone in Salem, Mass,
| lS7S-British fleet entered Dardanelles
against the S%ultan's protest.
| 1SS4-Ohio river rose to Il feet at Gin
cinnati.
1SS5-Town of Olta, Utah, destroyed by
an avalanche. -. Martial law pro-
claimed in Panama.
1SsG-Serious riots in London caused by
Socialist agitators.
1SS7-Veto of the dependent pension bill.
1SS0-The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture created So. Legislatures Of
Western States investigated dressed
beef trust. IA constitution for the
empire of Japan proclaimed. ...U.
S. Senate rejected British extradi-
ton treaty. ..
lS9O-Oklahoma territorial bill passed
by the Senate. 80 President Harrison
signed proclamation opening the
Sioux reservation.
iS91-Strike involving 10000 miners be-
gun in Pennsylvania coke region.
1S92-United States millers contribute
100000 pounds of -four to relieve
starving peasants of Russia.
France, Italy and Sweden chosen as
Boring sea arbitrator. . . Seventy
five persisted in burning of Hotel
Royal in New York.
lS93-Proclamation setting apart the
Sierra Forest Reserve in Califor-
MIA -. Gladstone introduced Home
Rule bill in the House of Commons
-. Count de Lesseps and son found
guilty of swindling in Panama
1S95-Japanese sink Chinese ironclads
in battle of Wei-Hai-Wei.
1S97-Union of Greece and Crete pro-
claimed.
1S99-Great blizzard in Baltimore. /.
Executive mansion at Frankfort,
KY, burned $500 Nearly a score OF
women met death in burning of in
sane asylum at Yankton.
19O2-Great FIRE In Paterson, N. J....
German Emperor's yacht Hohenzol.
lern arrived at New York.
i0O5-Great blizzard in Northwest...
Forty mdn szecuted at Warsaw for
@ participating In street dsnonstra-
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