The "War of the Golden Stool" ended in Ghana when British troops brought in 31 captured kings and chiefs as prisoners of war. This would end the Anglo-Ashanti Wars.
Confederate veteran Reuben J. Chappell was shot while on duty as night watchman for the Pierce City, Missouri, Police Department. He was attempting to affect an arrest of a man who had fired a firearm in public. The event was one of the items that would lead to expulsions of African Americans the following year, under the belief that an African American gang had done the killing.
The small city's population has declined every year since 1890.
It was a Saturday.
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