Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-15

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1921 Martin Lnhcr was cNcommuni-
Gated.
162O-Tho Pilgrims observed their first
sabbath in their Plymouth settle
mrnt.
172+-phiIip V. of Spain abdIcat"d in
favor Of his son.
1775-Gcn. Montgomery killed while
leading unsuccessful assault of an
American force against Quebec. .
PENNSYLVANIA Society for the Abo-
!itioa of Slavery was organized.
177G The british abandoned their posts
on the Delaware river.
17T7-Thc Americans defeated the Brit
ish in battle at Princeton, N. j.
11S2-Bank of North America, the first
institution Of it's kind in the country,
opened in Philadelphia.
lSl1-More than 100 persons persisted in
the burning of a lhcatcr in Richmond,
Va.
1S20-A party of Choctaws attacked a
camp of Usage indians on the Ca
nadian river and killed seven Of their
number. ...United States Senate rat
flied treaties with the Indians which
gave to the United States S,O0O.ONO
acres Of land. IA Congress met at
Togota to frame a constitution for
Colombia -. Gen. Guerrero resigned
the presidency of Mexico.
1S3O-Riotous demonstrations in English
manufacturing districts against the
introduction of labor saving machin-
cry.
1S3S-President Van Buren, warned
Americans not to aid in the Canadian
revolt.
1S53-Ship Stafordshire wrecked off the
coast of Nova Scotia, with loss Of
175 lives. The mammoth clipper,
Great Republic, burnt at her wharf
in New York.
1S54-Albion (Mich.) college partly de-
stroyed by fire.
S55-A commercial convention of the
Southwestern States met in New
Orleans.
1S61-Banks in New York, Boston and
other cities suspended specie pay
1S62-Battle of MurfrcesborO continued
with indccisive results.
1SG3-Confederate force attacked Spring
field, Mo-.
1SGS-The custom house and many other
buildings at Indianola, Texas, were
destroyed by fire. Lord Lisgar ap-
pointed governor general of Canada
....United States military asylum at
Augusta. Me-, destroyed by fire..
Congress censured the President for
removing Gen. Sheridan.
1S72-Col. James Fisk, Jr., shot in the
Grand Central hotel, New York. by
Edward S. Stokes, and died two days
later.
1S77-The President and Mrs. Hayes cell
ebrated their silver wedding in the
White House..
1eS5-Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
invested with the Pallium. 49,. Grover
Cleveland, President-elect, resigned
the governorship of New York.
1904 new design adopted for a United
States navy flag.
1S93-Prendergast, the assassin of Mayor
Harrison of Chicago. found guilty
and sentenced to death.
destroyed by fire.
S90-IrOper to value OF |, de-
stroyed by fire in Toronto.
1S96-Cecil Rhodes resigned the pre-
miership of Cape Colony.
1S9S-A score of lives were lost by the
collapse of the city hall at London,
Ontario.
1S99-Lord Curzon of Kedleston assumed
the viceroyalty of India. go. Theodore
Roosevelt was ~inaugurated Governor
of New York.
19O3-Gen. James f. Smith Of Califor-
MIA was appointed a member of the
Philippine commission. -. Six nun
dred lives lost in burning of 1ro-
quois theater in Chicago.
19O5-Ex-Gov. Steunenberg of Idaho as
s%assinated by a dynamite bomb.
19O7-Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000 for
home of Bureau of American Repub-
lies in Washington. The French
church and state separation law was
promulgated.
19OS-Night riders made raids In the
tobacco districts of Kentucky 80.
Nineteen Russians were arrested on
the charge of conspiring to murder
IL the Dowager Empress.