The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-14

lIS.-William Penn published MS
frame OF government for the col
ony IT Pennsylvania.
New York City.
l1Uo-rhe first general census or
Rhode Island was ordered by the
Assembly,
lIG5-rhc first medical school ia Amer
icl founded.
111c Massachusetts cxpungcd the
name of King from legal proceed
ings. Congress declared the au-
thority of England over the thir-
teen colonies abolished.
l7S1-Federal convention assembled in
Philadelphia to adopt a national
constitution.
11os-lIaiper's Ferry. Va. was select.
ed as the site for IL government
armory and mandatory Navy
department of the United States
established by act OF Congress.
1Sa2-Ihe people living in the North
west territory. north of the ohio
river. were authorized 10 organize
themselves into a state.
lSOs-France laid an embargo on
American shipping. Charles ~.
of Spain abdicated in favor OF
B%onaparte 80. Theological Sem
mary at Andover. Mass. founded.
Standardization of st. patricks Ca
,l.l,,J L., \~.~ \vx,r- Irfyu
lS35-Eirst issue of the New York
Herald. One thousand lives lost
in great earthquake in Calabria.
ls3S-Large section of Charleston $.
c.. destroyed by fire.
1S44-lfenry Clay nominated for Pres
ident by the Wing convention in
Baltimore.
1SI1-Cornerstone OF Smithsonian In
stitution laid.
lS34-United States announced its neu-
trality IN the Crimean war.
1S55-Attcmpted assassination of Na-
poleon III. by Pianori.
1S61-Three steamships seized at New
Orleans by order of Governor
Moore OF Louisiana.
lS6i-Andersonville prison opened for
Federal prisoners.
1S13-Explosion ana fire destroyed five
Touring mills in Minneapolis and
killed eighteen persons.
1S14-The first agreement to fix rail-
road rates in the East made at
New York.
1S76-Queen Victoria declared En-
press Of India.
1SSO-Gladstone ministry formed in
Great Britain.
INSTRUMENTATION of the Canadian
Pacific railroad begun.
1SS4-lowa Republican convention de-
clared for James g.. Blaine for
President.
1Ss6-Six policemen killed by anarch-
lists in the Haymarker riot in Chi
cago.
1sSS-Lord Stanley of Preston appoint
ed Governor General of Canada.
1sS9-sfurder Of Dr. Patrick II. Cron-
in in Chicago.
1s9O-Oklahoma organized az a terri
tory.
1s91-The new Dominion Parliament
opened by Lord Stanley after the
general election.
1s94-The Vaughn library building at
Ashland. Wis. destroyed by fire.
ST. Charles Hotel in New Or
leans destroyed by fire.
1Ss5-Theodore Roosevelt became a
member OF the Board of Police
Commissioners of New York city.
1s.1-Assassination Of the Shah OF
Persia-Gen. Baldissera. Italian
commander III Abyssinia, raised
the siege of Adigrat.
Manifestations flood i'm the Cotton
wood Valley of Oklahoma. "a
iiood at Guthrie. Ok. resulted in
a great loss Of life and property.
Foreclosure sale Of the Atlantic
x PACING railroad N Gallup. y.
M....,Sir Mackenzie Bowel re-
signed the premiership OF Canada.
ls,e-American squadron under Ad-
miral Sampson toinba rded Matan-
zas. Cuba.
lg~rs-rnitssi State. Supreme Court
sustained the clause in the Ala
bama constitution dIsfranchisinR
negroes.
l90l-Ten-million-ioll fire in Jack.
Sonyiiie. Fla.
1904 The Louisiana Purchase ExIosi.
4. ton opened at 81. Louis.
1ao--Arnerican Amta ssador Choate
given farewell dinner by the Lord
Mayor Of London. Andrew Car
negie gave Sl0.HD.WN as n pen
sion fund for college professors In
the United States and Canada.
:. l0OS-Ferryboat on the River Dneiper,
|, Russia, capsiZed. with loss Of 12Q
lives.