Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-04-26

145O-French defeated the English at
Fortnight.
1512-Gaston de Folk killed at the bat
tie of Ravenna.
16O6-King James I. issued two land
patents FOR 9TH First and Second
Colonies in North America.
1644-The parliamentary forces ~victori-
Gus at the battle of Selby.
1G7O-Staten Island bought for the
Duke of York.
17O9-First number of The Tattler APP
peared.
1713-Treaty of Utrecht, terminating the
wars of Queen Anne.
1741-Prussians defeated the Austrians
at the battle of Molwitz.
1747-Simon Fraser Lord Lovat) exc
cuted for his part in the rebellion Of
1745.
l76S-One-quarter of the city of Mon
treal destroyed by fire.
l7S2-Admiral Rodney defeated De
Grasse and the French fleet in the
West Indies. Naval battle between
Hyder Ali and Gen. Monk.
lSO5-Alliance of st. Petersburg. ...Bey
of Algiers declared war against
Spain. $500. Aaron Burr arrived at
Blennerhassett's Island, in the Ohio
river.
1S14-French defeated by Wellington at
battle of Toulouse. - British army
entered Toulouse, France.
1S1S-King Christian IN. of Denmark
born. Died Jan. %, 1906.
1S3O-omnibus first used as a public
conveyance in New York. .Presi-
dent Bustamente of Mexico forbade
further immigration from the United
States.
lS31-Russians defeated in battle near
Siedloe, in Poland.
1S41-Halifax, n. S., incorporated as a
city. ..-
1S47-Present Houses of Parliament in
Londen first used by the Peers.
lS54-France and England signed a
treaty for the defense of the Ottoman
empire The town of San Saliva
dor destroyed by an earthquake.
lse5-Mobile, Ala, captured by the fed
. erals. . TPH. Lcc SullSLuClSu =
p Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court
house, Virginia. Raleigh, N. O.,
surrendered to the federal army. -.
Montgomery, Ala, surrendered to the
federals.
lS6S-MagdaIa stormed by the British
under Sir Robert Napier.
1S74-Murat Halstead arrested in Gin
cinnati for publishing a lottery adj
vertisement in his newspaper.
1S75-Paul Boynton made unsuccessful
attempt to swim the English chan
mel. . Martial law declared in the
Pennsylvania mining region.
1sS4-Gen. Gordon close pressed by the
Arabs near Khartoum.
1S91-First locomotive passed through
the St. Clair tunnel. Beginning Of
the second century of patents in the
United States celebrated in Wash
ington.
lS92-Six thousand houses destroyed by
fire in Tskis, Japan. United States
government paid $4,000 indemnity
to the families Of the Italians lynch
ed at New Orleans.
1s93-Complete Syrian text Of tie four
gospels of the New Testament dis
covered in the Mount Sinai convent
American protectsrate in Tawaii
ended .....Jspan seized the Pellew
islands in the North Pacific.
IS94-President Cleveland issued the
Boring sea proclamation.
1s95-American line steamship st. Paul
launched at Philadelphia.
lS97-Greater New York charter passed
by New York State Senate. Five
lives lost and 100000 in property
destroyed by fire ip Knoxville, Tenn.
1oOo-Charles Ii. Allen appointed Gov
erner of Porto Rico.
19O1-Civil jurisdiction in the Trans
vaal inaugurated.
19o2-Convention signed at Pekin be"
tween China and Russia, the latte9
agreeing to evacuate Manchuria.
19O3-Moro fort, at Bacalod, Philippines.
captured by American soldiers.
1oO4-German troops in Southwest AZ
rica defeated 5000 Hereros. An
drew Carnegie established his So
100000 hero fund.-. Russian bat
tleship Petropavlovski sunk by mine
near Port Arthur. .Anglo-French
Colonial treaty signed in London.
loO5-American Ambassador Joseph III.
Choate elected a Bencher of the Mid
die Temple, London.
ieo6-Greene and Gaynor found guilty
at Savannah, Ga.