Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-09-18

1535-Jacques Cartier discovered the
Saguenay.
1G2O-The English Pilgrims sailed from
Plymouth in the Mayfower.
1GJ1-Cromwell defeated Charles II. at
Worcester.
1675-The Indians under King Philip at
tackled the town of Deerfield, Mass.
16S2-Delaware was granted to William
Penn by the Duke of York.
17OG-The French defeated by Prince
Eugene at Turin.
1724-Sir Guy Carleton, who was COM
mandcr-in-chicf of the British forces
in America, born in Ireland. Died
in England, Nov. 10, 1908.
observation-disclosures appointed governor Of
Canada.
1752-First play performed in America
by a regular company of players, at
Williamsburgh, Va.
1755-British defeated the French and
Indians in battle of Lake George.
Sir Charles Hardy arrived at New
York to succeed De Lancey as gov
ernor of the province. Public an.
nouncement was made of the exile
of the Acadians from Nova Scotia.
1763-Indian battle at Bloody Ridge,
Mich.
1765-The subject of medicine first
taught in America at the College of
Philadelphia.
1767-Charles T~ownshend, the British
statesman whose bill taxing tea and
other commodities brought about the
American Revolution, died in Eng
land.
1774-First Continental Congress assem-
bled in Carpenters hall, Philadel-
phia.
17T-Washington completed the de-
lenses of his army at Wilmington,
Del.
17S1-Washington and Rochambeau re-
ceived in Philadelphia. ..Americans
victorious in battle of Eutaw Springs.
17S3-Peace made between Great Britain
and the United States by the treaty
Of Versailles.
1792-French republicans slaughtered 160
persons in the military prison of
Albaye, near Paris.
19O4-Nineteen Dominican missions es-
tablished along the California coast
from San Francisco to San Diego.
...Ameriean squadron under Com
modore Preble made it's sixth attack
on Tripoli. The American ship In
trepid blown Up il the harbor OF
Tripsli.
1S12-United States troops repulsed the
Indians in battle at Fort Harrison.
1S14-The British sloop of war Avon
sunk by the American sloop Wasp.
1924 grand fete given in Lyons,
France, in honor of Gen. Lafayette.
1S37-An extra session of the United
States Congress convened to devise
measures to relieve the financial en-
ba~rrassments of the country.
1S54-Grand opera first produced in Cas-
tie Garden, New York.
1S55-The first Hebrew temple in the
Mississippi valley consecrated in St.
Louis.
1S63-Forts Wagner and Gregg, near
Charleston, bombarded by Gen. Gill
1Se4-President Lincoln issued a proc
amation of thanksgiving because of
the successes of Farragut at Mobile
and Sherman at Atlanta.
1S6S-"No Popery" riots in Manchester,
England. - Steamer Hippocampus
foundered in Lake Michigan, with
loss Of thirty-eight lives.
1SS3-Last spike driven in the Northern
Pacific railroad, near Gold Greek,
Mont. .
1S94-One hundred and ~thirty-four uni
Identified dead, victims of the forest
fires, buried at Hinkley, MINI.
1S94-Labor day observed for the first
time as a legal holiday throughout
the United States.
19O4-Telegraphic signals sent around the
world in honor Of the opening of the
International Geographical Congress
in Washington.
19O6-President Roosevelt ordered re-
formed spelling to be given a thor
ough test by the public printer.
Senator Hepburn attacked the for
estry policy of President Roosevelt
in the irrigation congress at Boise,
Idaho.
observation-disclosures riots occurred in
Vancouver, b. Co.. Seven persons
killed and many injured in q Cana
dian Pacific railway accident, near
Caledon, Ontario.