Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-05-24

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1153-Death of David L., King of the
Scots, at Carlisle.
14o2-Scots defeated at Nesbit.
15O2-Columbus sailed on his fourth
voyage to the. New World.
1534-Hessians defeated Austrians at
Lauffen.
156s-Mary Queen of Scots defeated at
battle of Langside.
16O7-English colonists began to build at
jamestown.
l645-Montrosc defeated the Covenant"
ers at battle of Auldean.
1763-The Indian chief Pontiac began
his blockade of Detroit.
167O-Hudson Bay Company founded.
1671-Col. Thomas Blood made a daring
attempt to steal the Grown jewels
from the Tower of London.
17S1-The Spaniards captured Pensa-
cola, Florida, from the British.
17S3-Society of the Cincinnati organ
1797-Walter Cotton, who made the first
public announcement of the discov-
cry of gold in California, born in
Rutland, Vt. Died Jan. %, 1851.
1SOO-John Marshall of Virginia became
Secretary of State.
1S1O-First agricultural exhibition in
the United States opened at George
town, d. G.
1S12-Mr. Perceval, British premier, as
sassinatedS by Bellingham.
1S43-Hugh S. Legare-of South Carolina
became. Secretary of, State.
1S46-Battle of gPalo Alto, first engage
,.1ment in the war with Mexico.
1S4S-Daniel Webster resigned as secre-
l,. etary of State. .5e . 49,
1S49-Astor Place riots made by friends
of Edwin Forrest to break up Mac
ready's acting at Astor Place Opera
House.
1S53-Jacob Burnet, one of the early
Wing leaders in the Senate, died.
Born 1770... 80. First transatlantic
steamer arrived at Quebec.
1S57-Outbreak of the Indian mutiny at
Meerut. Delhi captured by the
Sepoys.
1S61-Baltimore occupied by federal
troops. ..' ..
1S64-Battle of Rrurys Bluff, va.
Sheridan's famous raid commenced.
1s65-Capture of Jefferson Davis at IT.
w~inville, Ga.
~1S71-Treaty of Washington signed, pro-
viding for the settlement of the Ala
bama claims.
1S76-Opening of the Centennial exhibit
ton at Philadelphia.
1SSO-Sir Alexander Tilloch Gait ap-
pointed first High COMMISSIONS for
Canada in London.
1SS2-Dominion government created the
four provisional districts now COM
prising the western provinces of Al
berta and Saskatchewan.
1SS9-Father Damien died at the leper
settlement in the Sandwich Islands.
1S91-Cardinal Martineiii invested with
the red berretta at Baltimore. 1.-The
Chilean steamer Itata escaped from
the harbor of San Diego, Cal.
1S93-Earl of Aberdeen became governor
general of Canada. 49,. Carlyle w.
Harris, the murderer of Helen Potts,
executed at Sing Sing.
1S94-Several villages destroyed and
1900 lives lost by earthquake in
Venezuela.
1S95-Treaty of peace between Japan
and China ratified at Chefoo.
1861. II. Holmes, the multi-murderer,
executed at Philadelphia.
1S97-French steamship Vile de st.
Nazaire foundered off Cape Hatteras,
with loss of many lives....T The pow
ers> interviewed in the war between
Turkey and Greece. -. Turkish army
occupied Volo. =. United States Su-
preme Court decided the Beriiner
patent case in favor of the Bell
Telephone Company.
1S9S-China paid the last of the war in
demnity to Japan.
1S99-Fatal collision on the Reading rail
road; 25 killed and many injured.
19O2-Eruption of Mont La SoxfFiere,
st. Vincent's: 1000 lives LOST.
Thirty thousand lives lost b. the
eruption of Mont Pelee, Martni4ue.
19O5-Tornado at Snyder. Okla. killed
100 people, and injured many others.
19O6-Anthracite miners in Pennsylva-
MIA accepted terms offered by the
operators.