20th century atlas of DuPage County, Illinois containing maps of villages, cities and townships of the State, United States and world.

              SUPPLEMENT  XXII.
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.
1876 Opening of the Centennial Exhibition at
Phaadelphia,  May 10;   it closes,  Nov.
10. Serious   difficulties   between   Americans
and Chinese in California. Bursting    of    reservoir    at    Worcester,
Mass.,   destroying   millions   of  dollars
worth of property, March 3. Death of Alexander T. Stewart, April 10. War with Sitting Bull and the Sioux. Massacre at Hamburg, S. C, June. Massacre  of Gen.   Custer and his com¬ mand, by the Sioux Indians, July 2. Completion  of  the   First  One  Hundred
Years     of    American     Independence;
great rejoicing throughout the United
States,   July 4. Castle Garden, N. Y., destroyed by fire,
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,   276
lives lost, Dec. 5. First   furnace   for   cremation   built,   at
Washington, Penn., Dec. 6. The Ashtabula railroad horror, Dec. £9.
1877 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,   Bast   and   West,
July and August.
1878 Yellow fever epidemic along the Lower
Mississippi.
Meeting of the Alabama Claims Commis¬ sion, Feb. 27.
Fenians attempt a second Invasion of Canada, May 29.
Death of Robert Dale Owen,  June 24.
Th€  Colorado Petrified Giant humbug.
Return of Henry M. Stanley from Afri¬ can explorations, August.
Death of Brigham Young, Aug. 29.
Death of Oliver P. Morton, Nov. 1.
Earthquake shocks in New England and middle States.
Ku-Klux Bill passed by Congress.
Death of Benjamin P. Wade, March 2.
Development of the telephone and phonograph.
Bankrupt Repeal Bill passed. May 10.
Death of William Cullen Bryant, June 12.
Indian outbreak in Washington Terri¬ tory, July.
Chinese 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.
1879 Resumption of specie payments, Jan. 1. Death of Richard Henry Dana, Feb. 2. Great fire at Reno, Nov., March 2. New Constitution of California adopted.
May 2. Death of William Lloyd  Garrison,  May
24. • Terrible   tornado   in "Kansas,   Nebraska
and Missouri, May 80. 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 Hooker, Oct. 31. Death of Zachary Chandler,  Oct. 31, Caleb Cushlng dies at Madrid. "Exodus"   of   negroes   from   South   to
West. James Russell Lowell made Minister to
England. Pall elections favor Republicans.
1880 Death of Frank Leslie, Jan. 10.
City Hall, Albany, destroyed by fire, Feb. 10.
Terrific tornado sweeps over parts of Western and Southern States, April 8.
Great forest fires In Southern New Jer¬ sey, April and May.
Collision on Long Island Sound destroys the steamers "Narragansett" and "Stonlngton".
Centennial celebration of the capture of Andre,  Sept.  23.
Garfield and Arthur nominated by Chi¬ cago Republican Convention, June 9; Hancock and English by Cincinnati Democratic  Convention.
At the General Election, the Repjab- lican candidates secured . 213 out of 369 electoral votes, Nov. 6.
1881 Electoral College vote counted, Feb. 9. Three   per   cent,   funding   bill   passed,
March 2.
Steamer Corwin sails for the Arctic re¬ gions in search of the Jeannette, March  4.
Revised New Testament issued. May 20.
Star route frauds exposed. May 26.
The great comets of 1881 first seen, June 20.
Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux, sur¬ renders, July 31.
James A. Garfield inaugurated, March 4.
Contest between Garfield and Senator Conkling (N. Y.) about New York Col- lectorshlp,  May.
Commercial treaty with China signed. May  5.
Great Britain pays £15,000 award for damage done to American fisheries in Fortune Bay affair.
Assassination of President Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau, at Baltimore rail¬ way depot in Washington, July 2.
Death of President Garfield at Elberon, N. J., Sept. 19, burial at Cleveland, Sept. 26.
Vice President Arthur becomes Presi¬ dent, Sept. 26.
Special session of the Senate, Oct. 10.
The celebrated Guiteau trial begins, Nov. 14.
News of destruction of Jeannette, Arctic exploring vessel, Dec. 30.
1882 Guiteau   convicted   Jan.   25;    sentenced
Feb. 4:   hanged June 30. Anti-Chinese bill  (twenty  years)  passed
March   23;    vetoed   by   the   President
April 4. Senate  passes  Edmunds  Anti-Polygamy
Bill, Feb. 16;   approved March 23. Apportionment   bill   passes   the   House,
Feb.  17. Great Mississippi overflow, wide destruc¬ tion and loss of life. Tariff    Commission    Bill    passes    both
Houses, May 6-9;   approved May 15. Bill  extending  National   Bank   charters
passed both Houses, May 19. Violent cyclone at Grinnell, la., 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, con¬ victing Miner and Rerdell, and dis¬ agreeing 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.
1882 The Pendleton Civil Service Bill passes
Senate, Dec.  27.
1883 Civil   Service   Reform   bill    passes    the
House,  Jan.  4.
Presidential Succession Bill passed Sen¬ ate, Jan. 9; not considered In the House.
Burning of Newhall House, Milwaukee, 59 lives lost, Jan. 1».
Great fiood 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, de¬ clared unconstitutional by U, S. Su¬ preme Court, Oct. 15.
Gen. Sherman relinquishes command of the army, Nov. 1; Gen. Sheridan suc¬ ceeding.
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 anni¬ versary  of Luther's birth,  Nov. 10-11.
48th Congress organized.
1884 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 car¬ ried  20   States,   securing  219   electoral
votes against 182 for James G. Bla'ne,
Nov. 4. Opening of the 48th Congress, Dec. 1.
1885 Grover Cleveland resigns the New York
governorship, Jan.  6.
Dedication of the Washington monu¬ ment, the tallest structure known, 555 feet,  Feb. 21.
Occupation of Asplnwall, S. A.,, by United States troops.
Inauguration of Grover Cleveland as President,  March 4.
New Orleans Exposition opened, Dec. 16.
Treaty with Colombian Government, providing a joint protectorate over the Isthmus, May 5.
The Revised Old Testament and com¬ plete Bible pubhshed, May 18.
Death of Gen. U. S. Grant, at Mt. Mc¬ Gregor, N. Y., aged 63, July 23.
Grant memorial services held at West¬ minster Abbey, London, Aug. 4.
Death of Vice-President T. A. Hen¬ dricks, aged 66, Nov. 25.
1886 The   Presidential  succession  act  signed
Jan. 19.
Controversy between the Senate and President over reasons for removing public officers, Jan. 25.
400 Chinamen driven from Seattle, W. Ter., by a mob, Feb. 9.
Death of General Winfield Scott Han¬ cock, aged 61, Feb. 9.
Blair Educational Bill passes the Sen- 3,tG  ]VIa,rcIi 5.
Bill for free and unlimited coinage of silver defeated, April 8.
Chicago Anarchist riot, 6 police killed and 61 wounded. May 4.
A.narchlsts indicted at Chicago, May 27.
President Cleveland married to Miss Frances Folsom, June 2.
Oleomargarine bill passes the Senate, June 20.
Morrison  Tariff  bill  defeated,   June 17.
House of Representatives passed bill repealing the pre-emption, timber culture and desert-land laws, June 7.
BUI to repeal the Civil Service law In¬ definitely postponed by the U, S. Sen¬ ate, June 18.
Congress requires the Treasury to issue small denomination silver certificates, July 24.
The President warns office holders against attempts to control political movements, July.
Death of Samuel J. Tilden, aged 74, Aug.   4.
Chicago anarchists to the number of 8, found guilty of murder, Aug.  20.
Earthquake at Charleston, S. C, de¬ stroying $5,000,000 worth of property, and 57 lives, Aug. 30-31.
Surrender of the Apache chief Geronimo and his band,  Sept.  4.
Death of Ex-PresIdent Chester A. Ar¬ thur,   aged   56.
Bill to regulate the counting of electoral votes passed,  Dec. 9. 1887' 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 ap¬ pointed, 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 pe¬ tition Congress for admission of Utah as a State, Oct. 8.
United   States   Supreme   Court   refuses to   interfere  with   the  finding  of  Illi¬ nois courts in anarchist cases, Nov. 1. Governor Oglesby commutes death sen¬ tences 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. 888   Terrible  blizzard  In   Minnesota,  Dakota and Iowa;   ^00 lives lost, Jan. 12. Inter-State   Commission    conflrmed   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
1888 Deadlock  In  the  House  of  Representa¬
tives over the Direct Tax bill, April 9.
Death of Chief Justice Morrison R, Walte, aged 72 years, March 23.
Knights of Labor appeal to Congress for a system of Government telegraph, April  12.
Death of Roscoe Conklln, ex-U. S. Sen¬ ator,  aged 60 years,  April 18.
Dally sales of U. S. bonds began, April 23.
Melville W. Fuller, of Illinois, nom¬ inated by the President as Chief Jus¬ tice, 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, Sen¬ ate, 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 con¬ firmed as General of the Army, June 1.
National Democratic Convention at St. Louis renominates President Cleve¬ land, June 6.
National Department of Labor bill ap¬ proved by  the  President,  June 13.
The President signed the Chinese Ex¬ clusion 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 be¬ fore the passage of this act, to return to,  or remain  in,  the U.  S.,  Oct.  1.
Death of General Philip II. Sheridan, aged 57 years,  August 5.
Major-Gen. John M. Schofleld appointed to the command of the army, August 14.
U. S. Senate rejects the Fisheries treaty, Au2;ust 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 la¬ borers approved, Sept. 13.
September wheat touched $2 on Chicago Board of Trade, Sept. 29.
U. S. Supreme Court sustains the con¬ stitutionality of the Iowa "Prohibitory Law," Oct. 22.
The "Murchison" decoy letter to L«rd Sackville West made public, Oct. 24.
Lord Sackville West, British Minister, dismissed by the President;  Oct.  20.
National Election for President; the Renublican candidates elected, Nov. 6.
Official yellow fever bulletin gave total number of deaths 412, and of eases 4,705, at Jacksonville.  Pla.. Dec. 10.
U, S. men-of-war Galena and Yantlc sailed for Hayti tn demand release of the Havtian Bepublic, 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 Presi- ,,.,dent, March 4.
Oklahoma proclamation issued,  May 27.
Opening of the Oklahoma country, April 22.
Centennial of Washington's inaugura¬ tion,  April 30.
Murder of Dr. Cronln at Chicago, May 4.
Destruction by fiood of Johnstown, Pa.; 5,000 to 10,000 lives lost; over $20,000,- 000 worth of property destroyed. May 31.
Judge D. S. Terry shot by U. S. Mar¬ shal 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 Davifi, late President of the Confederate  States,  Dec.  6.
1890 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
19. Act approved providing for the World's
Columbian    Exposition,    at    Chicago,
April 25. Death of Gen.  Fremont,  at New York
City, July 13. First   execution   by   electricity,   at   Au¬ burn, N. Y., Wm. Kemmler, Aug. 6. First   legislature   of   Oklahoma   meets,
Aug.  31. 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 Repre¬ sentatives Democratic, Nov. 4. The 51st Congress convenes, Dec. 1. Sitting   Bull   and   seven   other   Indians
killed   near   Standing   Rock   Agency,
Dec. 15. Battle  of Wounded  Knee,  between  the
7th Cavalry and hostile Indians,  Dec.
28.
1891 Death of George Bancroft, historian, at
Washington, Jan. 17.
Death of Wm. Windom at a banquet in New York, Jan. 29.
International Monetary Congress met at Washington, Jan. 7.
Application before the U. S. Supreme Court for a prohibition to the U. S. District Court on Its decision In the Behring Sea difficulty by Canadian representatives,  Jan. 12.
Sioux Indian war ended by submission of the Hostlles, Jan. 15.
Reciprocity treaty with Brazil an¬ nounced,  Feb. 5.
Death of Admiral David D. Porter, at Washington, Feb. 13.
Death of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, at Washington,  Feb.  14.
Charles Foster, of Ohio, appointed Secre¬ tary of the Treasury, Feb. 21.
Copyright bill passed Congress, March 3.
Act creating Circuit Court of Appeals, passed  March 3.
French Spoliation Bill passed, March 3.
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 dis¬ pute, March 11.
Lynching of 11 Italians at New Orleans, March 14.
Nicaragua Canal Party sails,  March 14.
American Society of Authors formed for the protection of writers,   March 30.
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 Monu¬ ment, New York City, April 27.
1891 Chinese  Government  refuses  to  receive
the American Minister, H, W. Blair, April 28.
Fort Berthold Reservation, N, D,, opened for settlement. May 20.
"The People's Party" formed at Cin¬ cinnati,  May 20.
Statue of Abraham Lincoln unveiled at Lincoln Park, Chicago, May 23.
Bronze statue of General Grant, at Ga¬ lena, III., unveiled, June 3.
The Czar of Russia presents Stanford University with a complete collection of Russian and Siberian minerals, June 12.
Surrender of the Chilian ship, Itata, at Iquique, to the U. S., June 4.
First shipment of block tin from Cali¬ fornia 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 viola¬ tion of the U. S. Navigation laws, July.
Libel filed against the arms and ammuni¬ tion on the Itata, at San 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 rec¬ ord, time being 5d. 18h. 8m., 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-Atlan¬ tic record of the "Majestic," time 5d. 16h.  31m.,  Aug.   19.
Indian lands of Oklahoma opened, Sept. 22.
Dedication of Pope Leo XIII. statue, pre¬ sented to the Catholic University at Washington, Sept. 28.
Leland Stanford, Jr., University at Palo Alto, Cal., opened, Oct. 1.
Equestrian statue of General Grant at Lincoln Park, Chicago, unveiled, Oct. 7,
Commercial treaty with Germany con¬ cluded,  Oct. 11.
Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians sell one million acres of land to the Gov3rn- ment 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.
1892 Stevens County, Kan., war again breaks
out, Jan. 5. Inter-State   Commerce   Commission   ap¬ pointed by the President, Jan.  5. Terrible   mine   explosion   at   McAlester, Ind. Ter., nearly 100 lives lost, Jan. 7. Secretary   Blaine   notifies   foreign   coun¬ tries   of   retaliatory  measures,   as   re¬ quired 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 Behring Sea controversy, March 9. Ex-Congressman W. R. Morrison selected as  President   of the  Inter-State  Com¬ merce 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   re¬ newed, April 14. Sisseton    Reservation,    S.    D.,    opened,
April 15. 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 Sil¬ ver Conference, April 21. The   President   lays    Grant   monument corner stone. New York City, April 27. Chinese Exclusion bill signed.  May 5. TorriMe   floods   In   the  Mississippi  Val-
."».  May 8-15. Wyoming  appoints  women   to   National
Republican Convention,  May 7. The Alliance party proposes a new cur¬ rency. May 8. The Pope approves Archbishop Ireland's
Educational, Policy,   May  10. Association ol 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,
.Tune 7. Benjamin  Harrison  and Whitelaw  Reid
nominated,   June  10. Democratic   National   Convention   held,
June 21. Grover   Cleveland  and  Adlai   Stevenson
nominated, June 23. Peary    Arctic    relief    expedition    sails,
June 27. Homestead,   Pa.,   Steel   Works    closed,
June   30. Prohibitionists   nominate   John   Bidwell
for  President,   July  1. People's Party nominate James B. Wea¬ ver for President, July 4. Slaughter  of  Finkerton  men at Home¬ stead,  July 6. National    Christian    Endeavor    Society
Convention at New York,  July 7. Pennsylvania troops take  possession  of
Homestead, Fa., July 10, Bill  to close  the World's Fair on  Sun¬ day passes both Houses, July 14. Great  storms  in  Minnesota,  July 30. The  President proclaims  Oct.   12 a  Na¬ tional holiday, July 21. H.   C.   Prick,   chairman   Carnegie   Steel
Co.,  shot by Berkman.  July 23.
George  Shiras conflrmed  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 30. Congress   appropriates   $2,500,000   to   the
World's  Pair,  Aug.   5. Chinese   sailors   forbidden   employment
on American ships, Aug. 5. International    Monetary   representatives
appointed by the President,  Aug.  7. Trouble among East Tennessee miners,
Aug. 13. Railroad   strike   of   switchmen   at   Buf¬ falo,   great   destruction   of   property, Aug.   14. The     President    proclaims     retaliation
against Canada on  canals,  Aug.  20. Nancy Hanks again breaks the trotting
record, 2.05i^, Aug. 31. Death of George William Curtis, author
and journalist, Aug. 31. Cholera  brought  to  New  York  City  by
Hamburg steamer Monrovia,  Aug.31. Nelson beats the stalhon record, 2.13%, Aug. 31.
1892 Death of J. G. Whittler, poet, Sept. 7. Nancy Hanks again breaks the trotting
record,  2.04,  Sept.  28.
Formal opening of the Chicago Univer¬ sity, Oct. 1.
Dedication of the World's Fair build¬ ings, at Chicago, Oct. 21.
Fire at Milwaukee destroys 315 build¬ ings, with $5,000,000 loss.
Anarchist monument dedicated at Wald- helm Cemetery, near Chicago, Nov. 6.
Great strike at Homestead, Pa., de¬ clared  off,   Nov.   19.
Stamboul lowers stallion record at Stockton, Cal., 2:07y2, Nov. 23.
Death of Jay Gould, capitalist, Dec. 2.
Dr. McGlynn restored as a priest, Dec. 23.
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 art gallery to the Fine Arts Society at New York,  Dec.   30.
1893 Death  of  General  Benjamin  P.  Butler,
Jan.  11.
Senate passes the Seal Protection Bill, Jan.  13.
Death of ex-President R. B. Hayes, Jan. 17.
Hawaiian Provisional Government pro¬ claimed, supported by U, S. authori¬ ties,  Jan.  17.
Death of James G, Blaine, statesman, Jan. 27.
Russian Extradition Treaty confirmsd, Feb.   8.
Conflict of rival Legislatures In Kansas, Feb. 21-25.
Rank of American Ambassador estab¬ lished,  March 1.
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 ef¬ fect,  May 1.
Governor Altgeld pardons Chicago an¬ archists, June 28.
Extra session of Congress called June 30.
Great flre at World's Fair, 24 lives lost, 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 Pair, at¬ tendance 716,881,  Oct. 9.
World's Pair closed at Chicago, Oct. 30.
Repeal of the Silver Purchase Clause Act of 1890, Nov. 1.
1894 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.  31.
U. S. Warship Kearsarge, famous as the destroyer of the Confederate Ala¬ bama, wrecked on Roncador Reef, Feb. 2.
Death of George W. Chllds, philanthro¬ pist and journalist, at Philadelphia, Feb. 3.
Greater New York bill signed by tht Governor,  Feb.  28.
President Cleveland vetoes the Bland Silver bill,  March 30.
Behring Sea proclamation issued, April 10.
Unconstitutionality of the South Caro¬ lina Dispensary law declared, April 19.
136,000 coal miners ordered to strike In Ohio,  April 20.
Coxey's army Invaded Washington, D. C, April 29.
Dr. Talmage's Tabernacle in Brooklyn destroyed by fire,  May 13.
177 buildings burned by fire at Boston, May 15.
American Railway Union boycotts Pull¬ man Car Company. Affected 50,000 miles of railroad, June 25.
Armor-plate frauds detected,  June 29.
U. S. Court enjoins strikers from inter¬ fering with railroad trains, July 2.
Railroad mobs destroy property in and near Chicago, July 6-10.
Railroad strike declared off, July 13.
Utah Enabling Act signed, July 17.
American marines landed at Seoul, Corea,  July 27.
Work resumed at Pullman, 111., Aug. 2.
Hawaiian Republic officially recognized, Aug. 9.
68 factories close at Fall River, 20,000 men idle, Aug. 13.
United States recognizes the sover¬ eignty of Nicaragua over the Mosquito Coast,   Aug.   26.
New Tariff becomes a law, without the President's  signature,  Aug. 27.
Earthquake with-great loss of life at Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 31.
Reciprocity Treaty with Cuba cancelled by Spain,  Sept. 3.
President Cleveland's Hawaiian letter flrst pubhshed, Sept. 5.
Amnesty granted polygamists in Utah, Sept. 27.
Death'of Prof. David Swing at Chicago, Oct. 3.
Death of Ohver Wendell Holmes, Oct. 7.
Government   offers   to   arbitrate   in   the Japan-China war, Nov. 6. 1894   Famous Mora case settled with Spain.
Cotton States Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., opened.
1896 Utah, 45th State, admitted, Jan. 6. William   McKinley elected  President of
the U, S., Nov. 3.
1897 U. S. Senate passed resolution for recog¬
nition of belligerency of Cuba, May 20. Great  Gold   Discoveries  of Klondyke, July 15.
1898 U. S. Battleship Maine destroyed by ex¬
plosion in Havana harbr. r, Feb. 15.
Independence of Cuba recognized by re¬ solution of Congress, April 19; and Pre¬ sident's proclamation calling for 125,000 volunteers, April 23.
Commodore Dewey destroyed Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, May 1.
Squadron under Schley and Sampson destroyed Spanish fleet under Cervera off Santiago de Cuba, July 3.
PciK-e protocol signed, and President's proclamation issued suspending hostili¬ ties, Aug. 12,
1899 Beginning  of   war   for   suppression  of
AguinaUlo and hi.s followers; Filipino In.surgents inaugurated general engage¬ ment, Feb. 4.
Peace Treaty with Spain ratified by th«
U. S, Senate, Feb. 6.
1900 City of Galveston, Tex., destroyed by hur¬
ricane, Sept. 8; 6000 lives lost. Twelfth Census of U. S. gives population 76,295,250.
1901 President Wm. McKinley inaugurated for
second term, March; assassinated, Sept, 6; died, Sept. 14.
1902 Great anthracite coal-miner strike began,
May.
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