Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02

162l-John Carver reelected governo.
of Plymouth colony.
l634-Lord Baltimorc's first colony land
ed in Maryland.
163S-1thode Island purchased from the
Indians for forty athoms of beads.
1625-Battle at Annapolis, Md, between
Puritans and Royalists.
1663-Albemarle Colony, North Carolina,
founded by emigrants from Virginia
1694-Rank of England incorporated.
17OS-Baron John Loveluce appointed
Governor of New York.
1744-Lotteries were authorized by law
in Massachusetts.
1U5-Patrick Henry made his famous
speech at Richmond, Va, urging rr-
SiStanCe to Enslane.
1T6-South Carolina adopted a consti
tuition.
1IS3-Spain recognized the independence
of the United States.
179O-Benjamin Franklin petitioned Con.
gress to abolish slavery.
179S-Ireland declared to be in a state
of rebellion.
1199-The New York Legislature passed
a law for the gradual abolition Of
slavery in that State.
1S04-The navy yard and marine bar
racks at Washington established.
1Sl4-Gen. Jackson defeated the Creek
Indians at battle of Horseshoe Bend
...BritiSh repulsed an American
force under Gen. Wilkinson at Lake
Cole, Lower Canada.
1S1J-Sloop-of-war Hornet captured the
British warShip Penguin off the Cape
of Good Hope.
1SlS-Congress awarded n gold medal to
Gen. William Henry Harrison.
1S22-Territorial government established
in Florida.
1S2Ir-The University of Virginia was
opened for students.
1S31-The "Nashville Union" first APP
poared in Nashville.
1S43-Sir Charles Metcalfe appointed
Governor of Canada.
1S49-Charles Albert of Sardinia abdi-
Gated.
1S5O-More than 400 persons persisted in
the wreck of the steamer Royal Ade-
Iaide off Margate, England.
SSt-Cakldnu, NdlllOTIla, Incorporated
a city.
Neutrality-suspicious. lives lost in the burn,
ing of the steamer Bulletin near
Vicksburg....The State prison at
Nashville, Tenn, destroyed by fire.
1S56-England signed peace preliminaries
with Russia. The first street rail
way in New England, from Boston to
Cambridge, was opened.
1S5S-Kansas State constitutional con.
vention met at Mineola, and adjourn
ed to Leavenworth.
1S61-First State Legislature of Kansas
met.
1S62-The Peninsula campaign began in
Virginia.
1S63-National Theater, Boston, destroy
ed by FIRE
1S64-Confedcrate force took Paducah,
Ky.
1S67-Booth's Winter Garden Theatcr in
New York Destroyer by fire.
1S7O-A bill re-admitting Texas to rep
resentation in Congress was APP
proved.
1S72-First issue of the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
1SS1-King Charles of Roumania ascend
ed the throne.
1SS2-Eleven persons killed in a powder
explosion at Oakland, Cal. Steam
er Golden Gate burned near Mem
phis, with loss of twenty lives.
1SS4-Rioters attacked and burned the
court house in Cincinnati. Twelve
persons killed by cyclone in Ken
lucky.
1SS5-Northwest rebellion in Canada be-
gan.
1SSS-Four thousand persons killed by
earthquake at Yunnan, China.
1S91-Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pleted from Montreal to Vancouver.
1S94-President Cleveland vetoed the
Bland silver bill.
1S95-Great fire in Milwaukee, involving
a loss of $1.OOO.UvJ... st. James
Hotel in Denver burned. One hun
dred families made homeless by fire
in st. Augustine, Fla.
19OO-Philetus Sawyer. ex-United States
Senator from Wisconsin. died.
19O3-Statue to William Is. Gladstone
erected in Westminster Abbey. 49,.
Revolutionary outbreaks in San Do
mingo and Nicaragua.
l9O6-First session of the first Legisla-
ture of Saskatchewan opened.
l0O7-Industrial Peace Foundation or
ganized with Chief Justice Fuller as
President. The Russian Dums
adopted a resolution providing for
the abolition of urum-head courts
martial.
19OS-Eartnquake in Southern Mexico
destroyed Chilapa and several other
towns. United States Supreme
Court declared the railroad rate laws
of Minnesota and North Carolina
unconstitutional.