dUPPLNMZNT XXII. 
ANOIBNT, MEDIEVAlf AND' MODERN HISTORY. 
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serious difficultles between Americans and Chinese In California. 
Burting  of reservoir at Worcester, Mas, destroying millions of dollars 
worth of property, March 3. 
Death of Alexander T. Stewart, April a. War with Sitting Bull and the Sioux
Mass cre at Hamburg, S. C.. June. Massacre of Gen. Custer and his command,
by the Sioux Indians, July 2. Semnpletion of the First One Hundred Yoar 
of American    Independence; great rejoicing throughout the United 
ftatea July 4. 
atle   arden, N. Y., destroyed by fre, July 9. 
Younger Brothers and Northfield Bank robbery, Sept. 7. 
Arrest of W. M. Tweed, at Vigo, Spain, Sept. 8. 
Yellow fever in Georgia, September. Trial of Molly Maguires, October. Dastardly
attempt to rob the grave of President Lincoln, Nov. 7. 
Burning of the Brooklyn Theater, 176 lives lost, Dec. 5. 
First furnace for cremation built, at Washington, Penn., Dec. 6. 
The Ashtabula railroad horror, Dec. 29, Close of the Indian War. The Electoral
Commission Bill passed by Congress, Jan. 25, 26. 
Rutherford B. Hayes declared President, March 2 
Blue Glass mania. 
Death of Cornelius Vanderbilt, June 4. Great Railroad riots, East and West,
July and August. 
I Yellow fever epidemic along the Lower 
Mississippi. 
Meeting of the Alabama Claims Commission, Feb. 27. 
Fenians attempt a second Invasion of Canada, May 29. 
"eath of Robert Dale Owen, June 24. hbe Colorado Petrified Giant humbug.
%eturn of Henry M. Stanley from African explorations, August. 
.eath of Brigham Young, Aug. 29. 1eath of Oliver P. Morton, Nov. 1. 3arthquake
shocks in New England and middle States. 
Ku-Klux Bill passed by Congress. Death of Benjamin F. Wade, March 2. Development
of the     telephone  and 
phonograph. 
Bankrupt Repeal Bill passed, May 10. Death of William Cullen Bryant, June
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Undan outbreak in Washington Territry, July. 
Chineae  Embassy   visits the  United States. 
Silver Bill passed by both Houses of Congress. 
Yellow fever In the South. Gold sold at par-the first time since 1862-Dec.
17. 
Resumption of specie payments, Jan. L Death of Richard Henry Dana, Feb. 2.
Great fire at Reno, Nev., March 2. New Constitution of California adopted,
May 2. 
Death of William Lloyd Garrison, May 24. 
Terrible tornado in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, May 30. 
Bill to erect a monument on site of 
Washington's birthplace, passes both 
Houses, June 10. 
Waterspout in Black Hills causes great 
loss of property and life, June 12. 
Disastrous storms east and west. July. Great fire at Deadwood Dak., Sept.
26 Death of Gen. Joseph hookr, Oct. 3L Death of Zachary Chandler, Oct. 3L
Caleb Cushing dies at Madrid. 
"Exodus" of negroes from South to West. 
James Russell Lowell made Minister to England. 
Fall elections favor Republicans. Death of Frank Leslie, Jan. 19. City Hall,
Albany, destroyed by Are, Feb. 10. 
Terrific tornado sweeps over parts of Western and Southern StatesApril 8
Great forest fires in Southern kew Jrsoy, April and May. 
Collision on Long Island Sound deetr3ys the steamers "Narragansett"
and 
"Stonington". 
Centennial eelebration of the capture of Andre, Sept. 28. 
Garfield and Arthur nominated by Chicago Republican Convention, June 3. 
Hancock and English by Cincinnati 
Democratic Convention. 
At the General Election, the Relibican candidates secured 218 out of 
369 electoral votes, Nov. 6. 
Electoral College vote counted Feb. 9. Three per cent, funding blil passed,
March 2. 
Steamer Corwin sails for the Arctic regions In search of the Jeannette, 
March 4. 
Revised Nw Testament Issued, May 20. Star route frauds exposed, May 26. The
great comets of 1881 first seen, June 20. 
Sitting Bull, Chief af the Sioux, surrenders, July 3L 
James A. Garfield Inaugurated, March 4. Contest between Garfield and Senator
Conkilng (N. Y.) about New York Collectorship. May. 
Commercial treaty with Coina signed, May 5. 
Great Britain pays £16,0)0 award for damage done to American fisheries
in 
Fortune Bay affair. 
Assassination of President Garfield by Charles J. Gulteau, at Baltimore railway
denot in Washington, July 2. 
Death of President Garfield at Elberon. N. J., Sept. 19, burial at Cleveland,
Sept. 26. 
Vice P~esdent Arthur becomes President, Sept. 26. 
Secial scssion of the Senate, Oct. 10. The celebrated Guiteau trial begins,
Nov. 14. 
News of destruction of Jeannette, Arctic exploring vessel, Dec. 30. 
Guitesu convicted Jan. 25; sentenced Feb. 4: hanged June 30. 
Anti-Chinese bill (twenty years) passed March 23; vetoed by the President
April 4. 
Sen.tte passes Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Bill. Feb. 16 approved March 23. 
Apportionment bill passes the House, Feb. 17. 
Great Mississippi overflow, wide destruction and loss of life. 
'ariff  Commission  Bill passes both Houses, May 6-q; approved May 15. 4ll1
extending National Bank charters passed both Houses, May 19. 
Violent cyclone at Grinnell, Ia., June 8. Second Anti-Chinese bill (ten 
years) passed; signed by President Arthur, 
May 6. 
Collision of the Scioto on Ohio river, 59 persons drowned, July 4. 
River and Harbor Bill passed over the President's veto, Aug. 2. 
Return of the survivors of the North Pole expedition. 
Star Route trial ended by verdict of jury. Sept. 11. acquitting Turner. convicting
Miner and Berdell, and disagreeing  as to  Brady, the  Dorsey 
brothers, and Vail. 
Steamer Asia founders on Lake Huron, 100 lives lost, Sept. 14. 
Utah Commission completes registration of voters. Sept. 
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I The Pendleton Civil Service Bill pases 
Senate, Dec. 27. 
Civil Service Reform  bill passes the House, Jan. 4. 
Presidential Succession Bill passed Senate, Jan. 9; net considered in the
House. 
Burning of Newhall House, Milwaukee, 59 lives lost, Jan. 10. 
Great flood in Ohio River, 50,000 people homeless. Feb. 10-15. 
Tariff and Tax Amendment Bill passes both Houses, March 2. 
Death of Alexander H. Stephens, aged 71, March 4. 
Death of Peter Cooper, aged 92, April 4. Cyclone at Beauregard, Miss., 83
lives lost; tornadoes in Iowa and Georgia, 
April 22. 
Opening of the   Brooklyn   Suspension Bridge, May 24. 
Pendleton Civil Service Act passes both Houses, July 16. 
Steamer Proteus of the Greely Relief Expedition crushed by ice In Smith's
Sound, July 23. 
Terrific tornado  at Rochester, Minn., many lives lost, Aug. 21. 
Northern   Pacific  Railroad  formally opened, Sept. 8. 
Civil Rights Act of March 1, 1875, declared unconstitutional by U. S. Supreme
Court, Oct. 15. 
Gen. Sherman relinquishes command of 
the army, Nov. 1; Gem Sheridan succeeding. 
Two-cent letter postage goes Into effect throughout the United States, Oct.
1. Serious riot at Danville, Va., between negroes and white military, Nov.
3. Dakota adopted a constitution erecting Southern Dakota into a State, Nov.
6. Festivals in honor of the 400th anniversary of Luther's birth, Nov. 10-11.
48th Congress organized. House repeals the iron-clad oath law, Jan. 21. 
Germany   returns  resolutions  of the House laudatory of Ruskin, Feb. 15.
United States Supreme Court affirms the constitutionality of Legal Tender
Act, 
March 3. 
Mexican War pension bill passes House, March 3. 
The Senate ratifies commercial treaty with Mexico, March 11. 
Defeat of Morrison Tariff bill, May 6. Congress appropriates $1,000,000 for
New Orleans Exposition, May 8. 
Great panic in Wall street; Failure of Grant and Ward and others, May 6-14.
Relief expedition rescues survivors of the Greely Arctic expedition, at Cape
Sabine, June 22. 
President vetoes the Fitz-John Porter bill, July 2. 
Corner-stone of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty laid, Aug. 6. 
The general election resulted in the election of Grover Cleveland, who carried
20 States, securing 219 electoral votes against 182 for James G. Bl&ne,
Nov. 4. 
Opening of the 48th Congress, Dec. 1. Grover Cleveland reslgns the New York
governorship, Jan. 6. 
Dedication of the Washington Monument, the  tallest structure  known, 
555 feet. Feb. 21. 
Occupation  of   Aspinwall, S. A.   ov United States troops. 
Inauguration  of Grover Cleveland   as President, March 4. 
New Orleans Exposition opened, Dec. lb. Treaty  with  Colombian   Government.
providing a joint protectorate over the 
isthmus, May 5. 
The Revised Old Testament and complete Bible published, May 18. 
Death of Gen. U. S. Grant, at Mt. McGregor, N. Y., aged 62, July 23. 
Grant memorial services held at Westminster Abbey, London, Aug. 4. 
Death of Vice-President T. A. Hendricks, aged 66, Nov. 25. 
The Presidential succession act signed Jan. 19. 
Controversy between the Senate and President over reasons for remeving jublic
officers, Jan. 2. 
Chinamen driven from Seattle, W. 
Ter., by a mob, Feb. 9. 
Death of General Winfield Scott Hancock, aged 61. Feb. 9. 
Blair Educational Bill passe the Sen1ate, March 5. 
Bill for free and unlimited coinage Of silver defeated, April L 
Chicago Anarchist riot, 6 plice killed and 61 wounded, May 4. 
Anarchists Indicted at Chicago, May137. President Cleveland married to MIss
Frances Folsom, June 2. 
Oleomargarine bill passes the Sente 
June 20. 
Morrison Tariff bill defeated, June IT. House of Representatives passed bill
repealing  the  pre-emption,  timber 
culture and desert-land laws, June . Bill to repeal the Civil Service law
indefinitely postponed by the U. S. Senate. June 18. 
Congress requlret the Treasury to Issue 
small denomination silver certificates, 
July 24. 
The   President  warns  office  holders 
against attempts to control political 
movemnts, July. 
Death of Samuel J. Tilden, aged 74, 
Aug. 4. 
Chicago anarchists to the number of 8. 
found guilty of murder, Aug. 20. 
Eartbquake at Charleston, S. C., destroynt  $5,0i0,000 worth of property
and 57 lives, Au:. 30-31. 
Surrender of the Apache chief Geronlmo 
and his band, Sept. 4. 
Death of Ex-President Chester A. Arthur, aged 56. 
Bill to regulate the counting of electoral 
votes passed. Dec. 9. 
Inter-State  Commerce    bill  signed, 
Feb. 4. 
House defeats the Dependent Soldier 
Pension Bill, Feb. 24. 
Belmont Retaliation bill passed. March 2. Bill to redeem  trade dollars passed,
March 19. 
Inter-State Commerce commission appointed, March 22. 
Mormon convention at Salt Lake City 
adopt a Constitution, July 1. 
Defeat of the Scotch cutter Thistle by 
the American Volunteer in race for 
"America cup," Sept. 27 and 30. 
President and   Mrs. Cleveland   leave 
Washington for a Western trip. 
Mormon convention of monogamists petition Congress for admission of Utah
as a State, Oct. 8. 
United States Supreme Court refuses 
to interfere with the finding of Illinois courts in anarchist cases, Nov.
1. Governor Oglesby commutes death sentences of Schwab and Fielden to life
imprisonment, Nov. 10. 
Hanging, at Chicago, of the anarchists 
Parsons, Spies, Engel and   Fischer, 
Nov. 11. 
Republican National Committee select 
Chicago for National Convention, June 
16, 1888. Dec. 8. 
Terrible blizzard in Minnesota. Dakota 
and Iowa;  f0 lives lost, Jan. 12. 
Inter-State  Commission  confirmed  by 
the U. S. Senate, Jan. 16. 
Fisheries  treaty  with  Great Britain 
signed at Washington, Feb. 15. 
Strike of engineers and firemen on the 
C.. B. & Q. R. R. began Feb. 25 
188Deadlock In the House of Representatives over the Direct Tax bill, April
9. 
Death  of Chief Justice  Morrison  R. 
Waite, aged 72 years, March 23. 
Knights of Labor appeal to Congress for 
a system of Government telegraph, 
April 12. 
Death of Roscoe Conklin, ex-U. S. Senator, aged 60 years, April 18. 
Daily sales of U. S. bonds began, April 
22. 
Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, nominated by the President as Chief Justice,
April 30; confirmed by the Senate, 
July 20. 
Chinese Treaty ratified by U. S. Senate, 
May 7. 
Execution of murderers by electricity 
after Jan. 1, 1889, passes N. Y. Senate, May 8; approved by the Governor,
June 4. 
The President approves of bill to invite 
a conference of American States at 
Washington in 1889, May 24. 
Lieut.-Gen. Philip  H. Sheridan  confirmed as General of the A-my, June L
National Democratic Convention at St. 
Louis renominates President Cleveland, June 6. 
National Department of Labor bill approved by the President, June 13. 
The President signed the Chinese Exclusion Bill, forbidding any Chinese laborer
who has been, or may now be, or may hereafter be, a resident within the U.
S., and may depart therefrom, and who may not have returned before the passage
of this act, to return 
to, or remain in, the U. S., Oct. 1. 
Death of General Philip H. Sheridan, 
aged 57 years, August 5. 
Major-Gen. John M. Schofield appointed 
to the command of the army, August 
14. 
U. S. Senate rejects the Fisheries treaty, 
August 21. 
President's message to the U. S. Senate 
recommending enlarged powers under 
the Retaliation act, August 23. 
Floods at Augusta, Ga., destroyed $1,000,000 worth of property, Sept. 12.
Bill prohibiting coming of Chinese laborers approved, Sept. 13. 
September wheat touched $2 on Chicago 
Board of Trade, Sept. 29. 
U. S. Supreme Court sustains the constitutionality of the Iowa "Prohibitory
Law," Oct. 22. 
The "Murchison" decoy letter to Lord 
Sackville West made public, Oct. 24. 
'.ord Sackville West. British Minister, 
dismissed by the President; Oct. 10. 
National Election  for President; the 
Republican candidates elected, Nov. 6. 
Official yellow fever bulletin gave total 
number of deaths 412, and of cases 
4,705, at Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 10. 
U. S. men-of-war Galena and Yantic 
sailed for Hayti to demand release of 
the Haytian Republic, Dec. 12. 
1889 Great storm   in  Pennsylvania; many 
lives lost at Pittsburgh and Reading, 
Jan. 9.   
Niagara Suspension Bridge blown down 
at 3 a. m., Jan. 10. 
Department   of  Agriculture  created, 
Feb. 4. 
The States of North and South Dakota, 
Montana and Washington, created by 
Congress, Feb. 20. 
Benjamin Harrison inaugurated President, March 4. 
Oklahoma proclamation issued. May 27. 
Opening   of the   Oklahoma   country, 
April 22. 
Centennial of Washington's inauguration. April 30. 
Murder of Dr. Cronin at Chicago, May 4. 
Destruction by flood of Johnstown, Pa.; 
5,000 to 10,000 lives lost; over S20,000,000 worth of property destroyed,
May 
31. 
Judge D. S. Terry shot by U. S. Marshal Nagle, defending Justice Field, 
Aug. 14. 
International Marine Congress meets at 
Washington, Oct. 16. 
North and South Dakota admitted by 
proclamation, Nov. 2. 
Trial of Cronin suspects begun Aug. 30, 
ended  Dec. 16.   Coughlin, Sullivan and Burke found guilty, and received
life sentences; Kunze, imprisonment three years; Beggs found not guilty.
David J. Brewer appointed a Supreme 
Court Justice, Dec. 4. 
Death of Jefferson Davi  late President 
of the Confederate States. Dec. 6. 
UNS Appointment of Special World's Fair 
Committee, Jan. 18. 
La   Grippe   or  Influenza  prevalent 
throughout the Northern and Western 
States. 
Death of Gen. Crook, at Chicago, March 
1i. 
Act approved providing for the World's 
Columbian   Exposition, at Chicago, 
April 26. 
Death of Gen. Fremont, at New York 
City, July 13. 
First execution by electricity, at Auburn, N. Y., Wm. Kemmler, Aug. 6. 
First legislature of Oklahoma meets, 
Aug. 1. 
Act forbidding the use of the mails for 
lottery purposes, approved Sept. 19. 
The McKinley tariff bill takes effect, 
Oct. 6. 
General election; next House of Representatives Democratic, Nov. 4. 
The 51st Congress convenes, Dec. L 
Sitting Bull and seven other Indians 
killed near Standing Rock Agency, 
Dec. 15. 
Battle of Wounded Knee, between the 
Ith Cavalry and hostile Indians, Dec. 
Mh. 
1891 Death of George Bancroft, historian, at 
Washington, Jan. 17. 
Death of Win. Windom at a banquet in 
New York, Jan. 29. 
Internatonal Monetary Congress met 
at Washington, Jan. 7. 
Application before the U. S. Supreme 
Court fo: a prohibition to the U. S. 
District Cnurt on its decision in the Behring Sea   difficulty  by Canadian
representatives, Jan. 12. 
Sioux Indian war ended by submission 
of the Hostiles, Jan. 15. 
Reciprocity  treaty  with  Brazil snnounced, Feb. 5. 
Death of Admiral David D. Porter, at 
WashingtoA. Feb. 13. 
Death of Ged, Wm. T. Sherman. at 
Washington, Feb. 14. 
Charles Foster. of Ohio, appointed Secretary of the Treasury. Feb. 21. 
Copyright bill passed Congress, March 8. 
Act creating Circuit Court of Appeals, 
passed March 3. 
French Spoliation Bill passed. March 8. 
The Copyright bill becomes a law, March 
4. 
The Enlistment of Indians in the U. S. 
army authorized March 6. 
Proposed arbitration of Behring Sea dispute. March 11. 
Lynching of U Italians at New Orleans, 
March 14. 
Nicaragua Canal Party sails. March 14. 
American Society of Authors formed for 
the protection of writers, March 20. 
Recall of the Italian Minister, Baron 
Fava, March 31. 
25th anniversary of the founding of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, April 6. 
Ground broken for the Grant Monument, New York City, April 27. 
1891 Chinese Government refuses to recove 
the American Minister, H. W. Blair. 
April 28. 
Fort Berthold Reservation, N. D., ,pened 
for settlement, May 20. 
"The People's Party" formed at Clacinnati, May 20. 
Statue of Abraham Lincoln unveiled at 
Lincoln Park, Chicago, May 2. 
Bronze statue of General Grant, at Galena, Ill., unveiled, June 3. 
The Czar of Russia presents Stanford 
University with a complete col 
of Russian   and  Siberian 
June 12. 
Surrender of the Chilian ship, Itata 
Iquique, to the U. S., June 4. 
First shipment of block tin fromalfornia mines, June 15. 
International Postal Congress held at 
Vienna decides to hold next Congress 
at Washington, June 25. 
Commercial treaty with Spain signed, 
June 26. 
Transfer of the Weather Bureau to the 
Agricultural Department, June 30. 
$500.00 accepted from the Itata for violation of the U. S. Navigation laws,
July. 
Libel filed against the arms and ammunition on the Itata, atSan Diego, July
12. 
Statue of Stonewall Jackson unveiled at 
Lexington, Va., July 21. 
Smokeless powder used for the first time 
by the U. S. Government, July 25. 
The "Majestic" breaks the ocean record, time being 5d. 18h. im.,
Aug. 5. 
Cherokee strip in Indian Territory closed 
to Whites, Aug. 13. 
Rain-making   experiment at Midland, 
Texas, Aug. 19. 
The "Teutonic" breaks the trans-Atlantic record of the "Majestic,"
time bd. 
16h. 31m., Aug. 19. 
Indian lands of Oklahoma opened, Sept. 
22. 
Dedication of Pope Leo XIII. statue, presented to the Catholic University
at 
Washington, Sept. 28. 
Leland Stanford, Jr., Univertity at Palo 
Alto, Cal., opened, Oct. 1. 
Equestrian statue of General Grant at 
Lincoln Park, Chicago, unveiled, Oct. 
7. 
Commercial treaty with Germany concluded, Oct. 11. 
Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians sell one 
million acres of land to the Government at 55 cents an acre, Oct. 16. 
U. S. Government demands reparation 
from Chili for assault on the crew of 
the Baltimore, Oct. 26. 
Argument In the Sayward case, to test 
U. S. jurisdiction over Behring Sea, begun in the U. S. Supreme Court, 
Nov. 9. 
Congress met; Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, 
chosen Speaker, Dec. 7. 
1=8Stevens County, Kan., war again breaks 
out, Jan. 5. 
Inter-State Commerce Commission appointed by the President, Jan. 5. 
Terrible mine explosion at McAlester, 
Ind. Ter., nearly 100 lives lost, Jan. 7. 
Secretary Blaine notifies foreign countries of retaliatory measures, as required
by the Tariff Law, Jan, 8. 
Special message to Congress from the 
President, recommending financial aid to the World's Columbian Exhibition,
Feb. 24. 
The President submits correspondence 
with England to Congress, regarding 
Bebring Sea controversy, March 9. 
Ex-Congressman W. R. Morrison selected 
as President of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, vice Judge Cooley, 
resigned, March 21. 
Free Silver coinage debate in Congress, 
March 22-24. 
French   Extradition  Treaty   signed, 
March 25. 
The Silver bill shelved, March 28. 
The Free Wool bill passed, April 7. 
Diplomatic intercourse with Italy renewed. April 14. 
Sisseton  Reservation, S. D., opened, 
April 1. 
Revenue steamers ordered to Behring 
Sea, April 16. 
Copyright  agreement   with  Germany 
signed, April 16. 
The President approves Behring    Sea 
modus vivendi. April 18. 
U.   S.  Commercial   Treaty  between 
Switzerland and Italy, signed April 19. 
The President invites foreign  nations 
to participate in an international Silver Conference, April 21. 
The President lays Grant monument 
corner stone, New York City, April 27. 
Chinese Exclusion bill signed, May 6. 
Trrible floods in the Mississippi ValW, May -15. 
Wyoming appoints women to National 
Republican Convention, May 7. 
The Alliance party proposes a new currency, May 8. 
The Pope approves Archbishop Ireland's 
Education   Policy, May 10. 
Association of American authors formed, 
May 17. 
Reciprocity with Guatemala goes Into 
effect, May 30. 
James G. Blaine resigns as Secretary 
of State, June 4. 
Republican National Convention held, 
June 7. 
Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid 
nominated, June 10. 
Democratic National Convention held, 
June 21. 
Grover Cleveland and A4lai Stevenson 
nominated, June 23. 
Peary  Arctic relief expedition salis, 
June 27. 
Homestead, Pa., Steel Works closed, 
June 30. 
Prohibitionists nominate John Bidwell 
for President. July 1. 
People's Party nominate James B. Wever for President, July 4. 
Slaughter of Pinkerton men at Hemestead. July 6. 
National Christian  Endeavor Society 
Convention at New Tork, July 7. 
Pennsylvania troops take possession Of 
Homestead, Pa., July 10. 
Bill to close the World's Fair on Anday passes both Houses, July 14. 
Great storms in Minnesota, July 30. 
The President proclaims Oct. 12 a National holiday, July 21. 
H. C. Frick, chairman Carnugie Steel 
Co.. shot by Berkman, July 2. 
George Shiras confirmed by the Senate 
as Associate Justice U. S. Supreme 
Court, July 26. 
Inman Steamer City of Paris breaks the 
Ocean Record, 5d. 15h. 58m., July 27. 
Central Labor Union rejects anarchistic 
resolutions, July 10. 
Congress appropriates $2,500,000 to the 
World's Fair, Aug. 5. 
Chinese sailors forbidden employment 
on American ships, Aug. 5. 
International Monetary representatives 
appointed by the President, Aug. 7. 
Trouble among East Tennessee mWers. 
Aug. 13. 
Railroad strike of switchmen at iBuffalo, great destruction of yroporty.
Aug. 14. 
The   President  proclaims  retaliation 
against Canada on canals, Aug. 20. 
Nancy Hanks again breaks the trotting 
record, 2.05'/, Aug. 21. 
Death of George Wllitam Curtis, author 
and journalist, Aug. 31. 
Cholera brought to New York City by 
Hamburg steamer Monrovia, Aug.21. 
Nelson beats the stallion record, 2.12k, 
AUg. 31,. 
C opyright. tsis. by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. 
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I Death of J. G6 WhttiernosL  eL? Nancy Hanks again    rash*g record, 2.04,Sept,
3. 
Formal opeing of the Obleee UnVaeeaity, GoctL1 
Dedication of the World's Far buildIngo, at Chicah, OL.L 
Fire at Mlwau     destroys 21S buld.. 
ingo with 6,000,000 loss. 
Anareisat monument dedicated at Wadhelm Cemetery, near Chicago, Nov. 4. ireat
strike at Homestead, Pa., dealared off  Nov  19 
ltamboul   lowers  stallion  record  at Otockton, Cal., :07% , Nov. 3. 
Death of Jay ould, capitalist, Dec. 2. Dr. McGlynn restored as a priest,
Dec. 2L. 
Immense gold fields discovered in Utah, Dec. 27. 
Prof. Briggs acquitted of heresy, Dec. 29. 
Great floods In California, Dec. 29. George W. Vanderbilt gives a costly
at gallery to the Fine Arts Society at 
New York, Dee. 30. 
I Death of General Benjamin F. Butler, 
Jan. U. 
Senate passes the Seal Protection Billl, Jan. 13. 
Death of ex-President R. B. Hayes, Jan. 17. 
Hawaiian Provisional Govern, proclaimed, supported by U. S. authorities,
Jan. 11. 
Death of James 0. Blaine, statesman, Jan. 27. 
Russian Extradition Treaty confirmed. Feb. 8. 
Conflict of rival Legislatures In KanmA, Feb. 21-2. 
Rank of American Ambassador established, March L 
Inauguration  of President Cleveland. March 4. 
Behring Sea arbitration opened at Paris, France, April 10. 
President Cleveland opens World's Fair at Chicago, May 1. 
Chinese Exclusion Act goes into effect, May 1. 
Governor Altgeld pardons Chicago anarchists, June 28. 
Extra session of Congress called June 30. 
Great fire at World's Fair, 24 livestl, July 10. 
Behring Sea arbitrators award In favor of England, Aug. 15. 
Great storm on South Atlantic coast. Aug. 28. 
Wabash railroad accident at Kingsbury, 14 killed, 45 wounded, Sept. 22. 
Chicago Day at the World's Fair, at,. tendance 716,881, Oct. 9. 
World's Fair closed at Chicago, Oct. 10. Repeal of the Silver Purchase Clause
Act of 1890, Nov. L 
New York Court of Appeals decides that foreign  corporations may hold real
estate in New York State Jan. 16. 
Wilson Tariff Bill and   income   Tax passes the House, Jan. 81. 
U. S. Warship Kearsarge, famous as the' destroyer  of the  Confederate  Alabama,
wrecked on Roneador Reef. Feb. 
2. 
Death of George W. Childs philanthropist and journalist, at Philadelphia,
Feb. S. 
Greater New York bill signed by the Governor, Feb. 28. 
President Cleveland vetoes the Bland Silver bill, March 30. 
Behring Sea proclamation issued, April 10. 
Unconstitutionality of the South Carolina Dispensary law declared, April
1. 136.000 coal miners ordered to strike in Ohio, April 20. 
Coxcy's army Invaded Washington, .d C., April 29. 
Dr. Talmage's Tabernaela in Brooklyn destroyed by fire, May I&. 
17 buildings burned by fire at Boston. 
May 15. 
American Railway Union boycotts Pullman Car Company. Affected 50,00 
miles of railroad, June 25. 
Armor-plate frauds detected. June 1. U. S. Court enjoins strikers from Interfering
with railroad trains, July 2, 
Railroad mobs destroy property in and near Chicago, July 10. 
Railroad strike declared off July 1. Utah Enabling Act signed July 17. American
  marines  landed  at so. 
Corea, July 27. 
Work resumed at Pullman IlL. Aug. L Hawaiian Republic cficially recognied,
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68 factories close at Fall River,2,W 
men idle, Aug. 1L. 
United  States  recognizes  the  sovereignty of Nicaragua over the Moquito
Coast, Aug. 26. 
New Tariff becomes a law, without the 
President's signature, Aug. 27. 
Earthquake with great 1o Of life at 
Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 31. 
Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba cancellci. 
by Spain, Sept. L. 
President Cleveland'* Hawaiian letter 
first published, Sept. 5. 
Amnesty granted polygamists in Utah, Sept. 17. 
Death of Prof. David Swing at Chicago, 
Oct. 3. 
Death of Oiver Wendell Holmes, Octh. Government offers to arbitrate in the
Japan-China war, Nov. 6. 
Famous More case settled with Spain. Cotton States Exposltion at Atlanta,
Ga., 
opened. 
Utah. 4fth State admitted, Jam. William  MyKnle  e       ProdpSof 
the U. S. Nov. &               . 
V. S. enate passed re atua IV 
nition of bffl gSeemyuo o.de mu 
VU. atesip Maine de&vFOd by cow 
pson in Havana harbor, FeE. IL 
de   denceof Cubaec       edby ToSolution Of CongesA    191IS;and-irPm pidt's
Proclamation ca111ng for Iowa 
volunteers, April 2L 
Commodore Dewey doo"O Spanis 
fieet inManl fwa. Ma .I 
Oganadron underSabe?     ndEme 
destroyed Spanish f llunde rnah 
off Santiago de Cuba. July L. 
Peaceplrrotocolsgnead      Fe L  dAM' 
proclamation ise    upnighei 
ties, Aug. 12 
Beginning o war for supproseles a 
Aguinaid   and his foliowersift liMOM Insurgentsainaugurated geaerlenuag
ment, Feb. 4. 
Peace Treaty with Spain ndled ts .. & e Sa . Fe. City of Galveston, Tex.,
destroyed by hurri&ce, Sept. 8; 000 lives lost. 
Twelfth Census of U. S. gives population 76,M210,. 
President Win. McKinley inaugurated far "ecnd term, March assassinated,
Sept. 6; died, Sept. 14. 
Great anthrzacte eeeit-maizer alaihe began, May. 
Iroquois Theatre, ChsM   bnm0d De. 30. 600 lives lost. 
Theodore Roosevelt elected PrcU4b Nov. 6. 
Wireless metae mt from KasasGa-