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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.
Copyright, 1896, by Geo. A. Offle & Co,
Object Description
| Title | 20th century atlas of DuPage County, Illinois containing maps of villages, cities and townships of the State, United States and world. |
| Title.Alternate | DuPage County Atlas |
| Title.Alternate2 | Atlas of DuPage County, Illinois |
| Creator | Middle-West Publishing Co. |
| Date Original | 1904 |
| Description | Plat maps for the villages, cities and townships of DuPage County, with more general maps of Illinois, the United States, and the world. Portraits of DuPage County officers, prominent citizens, and county landmarks. |
| Subject |
DuPage County (Ill.) -- Maps DuPage County (Ill.) -- Pictorial works DuPage County (Ill.) -- Biography Maps -- Illinois-- DuPage County DuPage County (Ill.) -- Portraits |
| Format | text |
| Contributing Institution | Naperville Public Library |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public domain |
| Directory.Related work | ocm_13828905 |
| Page | 89, [64], [xxii] pages |
| Type | book |
Description
| Title | Page 177 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Date Digital | 2008-09-09 |
| FullText | 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. Copyright, 1896, by Geo. A. Offle & Co, |
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