Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-10-11

a8H.eLH-r NNH#"Nu LIGHEaHs
1906 -Turks defeated the Christians at
Nicopolis.
i459-Yorkists victorious at Bloreheath.
(War of the Roses.)
l493-Columbus sailed from Cadiz on
his second expedition to America
l513-Balboa discovered the Pacific
ocean.
i565-Menedes. the Spanish conqueror
of Florida, murdered 200 ship
wrecked French.
l597-City of Amiens taken by Spanish
and English.
l63O-Death of Ambrosia, Marquis OF
Spinola, the great Spanish captain. 90
1664-The French in America made their
first treaty with the Iroquois In
l690E.Publick Occurrences" first news
paper printed in America, issued at
Boston.
1692-Martha Cory hanged at Salem,
Mass, for witchcraft.
Gazette.
1743-Gov. Clinton dissolved the New
York Legislature.
1T5o-The Tilbury wrecked off st. Es-
prit, Cape Breton, with loss of 0
lives. I. Military force from Caro-
lima attacked the CherOkees In Ten
nessee and destroyed many Of their
towns.
i763-Montagu Wilmot succeeded Jona-
than Belcher as Lieutenant Governor
of Nova Scotia.
1774-Massachnsetts Legislature dis
solved by the ~royalist governor.
1T7rThe Americans made an unsuc-
cessful attack on Montreal.
1779-Savannah, Ca, besieged by the
French fleet and a part Of
Southern army ....JOhn Jay chosen
as the American conmissioner to
Spain....Pau Jones, with the Bon
homme Richard, defeated the British
frigate Scraps of the csast' Of Scot
land.
i7SO-Major Andre, who plotted with
Benedict Arnold for the betrayal OF
West Point, captured near larry
town. -. Benedict Arnold fed to the
British sloop Vulture.
observation-disclosures army and the
French allies arrived at Yorktown
and began the siege.
| 1TS9lThomas Jefferson of Virginia be-
came Secretary Of State.
Observation-Disclosures victory ct Assaye.
1SO4-The renfodeling Of the White
House at Washington was started.
1S13-Gens William Henry Harrison in-
vaded Canada from Detroit.
1S14HJames Monroe os Virginia became
acting secretar. 81 War.
1S15rMe Holy Alliance ratified &C
Paris.
ts29-Thirteenth amendment T. the Con
stitution of the United States ratified
by a two-thirds vote.....A mill for
cleaning rice was invented by Raw
enel Of South Carolina.
iS31-Anti-Masons nominated Z national
ticket at Baltimore.
1S431Fremont's expedition reached tho
Columbia river, In Oregon.
1846EThe planet Neptune discovered q.
Monterey, Mexico, surrendered to the
Americans.
1S54HRussians closed the harbor OF
Sevastopol by sinking ships in the
entrance. ALLIES advanced upon
B~alaklava. !. . Over 800 lives lost by
collision of a British steamer and e
French bark near Cape Race.
is69l"Black Friday financial panic a.
result Of attempt to corner gold.
1S71-Joint high commission organized
Mt Washington to adjust private
claims against Great Britain and the
# JI,s%oJ C4cfo. rrnpysno n11& rf tho
Civil War.
1S74-Typhoon at Hongkong resulted In
loss Of over 1000 lives.
Institutional fast day appointed for
the death Of President Garfield.
1SS4-Mormon colony in Wilson county,
Tenn, ordered by regulators to leave
the State.
1S92-Nancy Hanks trotted q mile in
2 :O4 at Terre Haute, Ind.
1So5-Alleged Cuban flibusters acquit-
ted by a jury at Wilmington, Del.
1S9s-Chile and Argentina agreed to
submit their boundary dispute to ar-e
bitration.
0O4-Don Jose Pardo proclaimed Prest
dent of Peru.
a22,OOO Now In Shoe strike.
The general executive board of the
Independent Boot and Shoe Workers,
Union of Missouri has extended the strike
begun BY the cutters of st Louis so as to
include over 22,O00 member Of the allied
trades.
AIcohoI for Explosive Engines.
Experiments conducted at Columbia
university and in the Department. of Agri-
culture now demonstrate that alcohol can
be used as a fuel in internal combustion
engines with the same degree Of success
as gasoline and kerosene fuels.
New Mammoth Steamship.
The new steamship President Grant Of
the Hamburs-American line arrived in
New York recently from her maiden trip.
This ship is practically 8 mate to the
President Lincoln, which was added to the
same line last June. Her gross tonnage
is 1S,0S9, her length GIG feet and her
beam 6S feet. Accommodation is provid-
ed for 324 irst-cIass, 125 seoond-caass.
1000 third-class n 1920 fourth-cinss
passengers. The vessel contains many
novel and up-to-date features, including
electric baths and a gymnasium, and Il
finished with the utmost elegance through
out