Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-16

in search of the Northwest passage.
1774-The bill for closing the port OIL
Boston received the royal assent.
l775-New York Colonial Legislature
held it's last session.
1799-The New York Legislature passed
a law for the gradual abolition OF
slavery in that State.
1SO4-A French cruiser blockaded Inc
port Of Charleston, S. C....All the
territory ceded to the United states
by the State of Georgia, north OF the
Mississippi territory and south OF
Tennessee. annexed to Mississippi by
act of Congress.
1S12-Congress passed an embargo la"
for ninety days. adaJos, an I'M
portant barrier fortress in SOUTH
western Spain, surrendered 10 'ne
French under Marshal Soult.
1S29-A large section of Augusta Ga''
destroyed by fire.
1S3O-Survey made for laying out the
city of Chicago.
1S41-The foundations of the Mormon
temple were laid at Nauvoo, III.
195O-More than 400 persons persisted IN
the wreck OF the Sledulci ANo!"
laide off Margate, England.
1S52-Trcmont Temple, Boston, destroy
ed by fire.
1S54-First treaty between the United
States and Japan signed... "a CON-
bined force of Americans and En-
glish attacked and routed a Chinese
imperial army of 10000 at Shanghai.
1S5rBronze equestrian statue of zen.
Andrew Jackson unveiled in New
Orleans. -. Gore expedition left st.
Louis to explore the headwaters of
the Powder River in Montana....
The State prison at Nashville, Tenn,
destroyed by fire. 1.-The electrlc
telegraph between London and Bal
aclava completed.
1S61-South Carolina convention ratlhed
the Confederate constitution.
1S64-House of Representatives adopted
resolutions declaring that France
would not be allowed to form a mon
archy in Mexico.
1S6s-Michigan voted against negro suf-
frage.
1S7O-A bill re-admitting Texas to rep
r~esentation in CongrAss was ap-
proved.
1872-Earthquake at Antioch, resulting
in the loss of 1000 lives.
1S73-Nearly 500 lives lost in the wreck
of the steamship Atlantic off the
coast of Nova Scotia.
i375-Riots of striking coal miners in
Pennsylvania.
18S1-Decennial census of the Dominion
49, V-,J H. .o-,,1 l. tsN, RI
be 4,324,S1O.
1SS2-Steamer Golden Gate burned near
Memphis, with loss of twenty lives
...Jesse James, noted desperate,
killed by the Ford brothers, at st.
Joseph, Mo-.
1SS3-Ship of war Hawk burned at Port
Discovery, Washington.
1SS4-House of Representatives passed a
bill for the redemption of the silver
trade dollar Rioters attacked and
burned the court house in Cincin-
natl.
1SSS-Four thousand persons killed by
earthquake at Yunnan, China.
1S92-Mormon temple at Salt Lake City
completed. 4.
1S94-President Cleveland vetoed the
Bland silver bill.
1S95-The Iowa Supreme Court sustain
ed the construction of the mulct law
of 1894.
l9OO-Queen Victoria visited Ireland,
landing at Queenstown. The Ken
lucky court of appeals declared Beck
ham Governor.
l0O3-Statue to William e. Gladstone
erected in Westminster Abbey.
l9O4-Chicago voted for municipal own
ership of street railways.
19OS-The Gar dissolved the Finnish
diet for expressed sympathy with the
Terrorists. 49,. The Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel Of New York closed its doors...
General suspension Of ~bituminous
coal mining occurred pending settle
mani IF new scale IEG