Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-13

1502-Columbus entered the harbor
which he called Porto Bello.
13S0-Sir Francis Drake returned from
his voyage round the world.
16lS-Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded in
London.
l62O-rle Plymouth company was Or
ganizrd.
l1o1-The first constitution of Pennsyl-
vania was adopted.
lI31-Gcn. Oglethorpe ~re-cmbarked for
America. accompanied by job Yves
ley and other missionaries.
1739-England declared war against
Spain.
l76o-The "Pennsylvania Gazette ap-
pearcd in mourning for the passage
of the Stamp Act.
1774-The first American Congress, hay
ing finished its deliberations, ad-
journed.
1777-John Hancock resigned as Presi-
dent Of the American Congress.
, 17S3-Contincrtal army disbanded and
returned to their homes. Treaty of
peace between Great Britain and the
United States proclaimed.
1793-Execution of the Girondists during
the French revolution.
lSO3-John Penn, one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence from
North Carolina, died.
1SO7-Russia declared war against Great
Britain.
1S10-Mexican revolutionists defeated
the Spanish at battle of Los Cruces.
1S13-Moravian Town, on the River
Thames, destroyed by the Americans
under Gen. Harrison.
1S1S-Convention signed at London reg
ulating the privileges of the United
States in the British North American
fisheries.
1S25-Final completion of the Erie canal
celebrated at Albany. First boat
on the Erie canal arrived at Buffalo
from Albany.
1S41-Santa Anna entered the City of
Mexico.
lS45-The United States naval academy
was formally opened.
1S47-Jerome Bonaparte returned to
France after an exile of thirty-two
years.
1S49-A remarkable metecric stone fell
near Charlotte, N. c.
1SJO-The Northwest Passage discovered
by Capt. Mcclure of the Investiga-
tor.
1S51-Southern cotton planters met at
Macon to devise a plan to prevent
fuctuation in the price of the staple.
1S52-Fire destroyed a large section of
the city of Sacramento, Cal.
iSG1-Gen. Hunter superseded John c.
Fremont in command of the western
department of the army.
Observation-Disclosures cavalry under Gen.
Stuart entered Chambersburg, Pa.
1S64-Maryland proclaimed a free State
by Gov. Bradford.
1865 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant elected
President of the United States.
1S74-Episcopal conference in session in
New York adopted a resolution op-
posing ritualism in the church SER
vice. sr.
1SSO-James A. Garfield of Ohio elected
President of the United States.
lSS3-Henry Irving made his American
debut in New York City.
1SS6-Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty. in
New York harbor, dedicated by Pres
ident Cleveland.
1SSS-The first Legislature of the North
West Territories opened at Regina.
1S91-The Provincial act abolishing sep
arate schools in Manitoba declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court of Canada
lSo3-An electric car went through a
draw at Portland, Ore, and twenty
persons were killed. Steamer City
of Alexandria, from Havana for New
York, burned at sea thirty lives lost.
.1S94-David b. Hill, for the third time,
accepted the Democratic nomination
for Governor of New York. ,
IS95-The trial of Fl. H.. Holmes for
murder began in Philadelphia.
1S99-First contingent of Canadian
troops for South Africa sailed from
Quebec.
19OO-The statue of Queen Victoria was
unveiled at Montreal. -. Census bu-
reau announced the population of the
United States to be 76,295,22O, an
increase of over 100000 in ten
wears.
I0OI-The ship Perseverance, with four
teen men, lost in the Arctic reg On.
Observation-Disclosures cable com
plcted from Vancouver to Tanning
island, a distance of 1856 miles.
19o3-New Irish land act went into OPP
Grafton.
t9Oo-President Roosevelt sent Secre-
tary Metcalf to San Francisco to. in
v~estigate the anti-Japanese sentiment