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EVENTS OF 1888. 



29. Hanover: Rudolph von Bennigsen, leader of 

 the National Liberal party, appointed Governor. 



31. China refuses to ratify the treaty restricting im- 

 migration to the United States. Alabama: Thomas 

 Seay (Democrat) re-elected Governor by about 75,000 

 plurality. 



September 3. Arkansas : James P. Eagle (Democrat) 

 elected Governor by 14.981 majority. 



4. Vermont : W. P. Dillingham (Republican) elect- 

 ed Governor by 27,647 majority. 



8. The House of Representatives passes the bill 

 carrying out the President's recommendations regard- 

 ing the fisheries. John L. M. Curry resigns the post 

 of minister to Spain. 



9. The President formally accepts the Democratic 

 nomination for re-election. 



10. Maine: Edwin C. Burleigh (Republican) elected 

 Governor by 1 8,495 plurality. 



11. Benjamin Harrison formally accepts the Repub- 

 lican nomination for President. The Grand Army of 

 the Republic meets at Columbus, Ohio. 



13. Chinese laborer's immigration bill approved 

 by the President. 



14. The Senate passes bill regulating the arbitration 

 of differences between railroads. 



22. China rejects the immigration treaty. 



24. India : The British contingent gained a decisive 

 victory over the Thibetans at Jalapla Pass. 



October 1. The President signs the bill excluding 

 the Chinese from the United States. Confirmations 

 by the Senate : Lambert W. Tree, of Illinois, to be 

 minister to Russia, and John G. Parkhurst, of Michi- 

 gan, to be minister to Belgium. 



6. The steel cruiser Baltimore launched at Phila- 

 delphia. 



7. France: Concessions of territory announced from 

 the King of Annam. 



8. Melville W. Fuller takes the oath as Chief-Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court. 



9. The Senate: John H. Oberly. of Illinois ? con- 

 firmed as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Chicago : 

 Strike of 2,000 car-drivers. Congress passes supple- 

 mentary legislation as to counting the presidential 

 vote. 



12. Germany-Italy: Emperor William visits Rome. 



15. France: The Chamber of Deputies reassembles, 

 and M. Floquet introduces his bill to revise the Con- 

 stitution. 



17. Hayti : Gen. Francois Dennis Legitime elected 

 President. Subsequently his election was disputed, 

 and a war of factions followed, lasting until after the 

 end of the year. 



20. New'York city: Fifteenth annual meeting of 

 the National Women's Temperance Union. Daniel 

 Hand, of Clinton, Conn., gives the American Mission- 

 ary Association $1,000,000 for the education of Southern 

 negroes. The General Deficiency bill approved by 

 the President. Congress adjourns after the longest 

 continuous session on record. 



22. The Supreme Court affirms the constitutionality 

 of the law against liquor-selling in Iowa, and of an 

 Alabama law prescribing tests for color-blindness 

 among railroad employe's. 



23. Scotland : The Parnell libel case against the 

 " London Times," opens at Edinburgh. 



27. Hayti : The American steamer Haytien Re- 

 public, siezed by the local authorities for alleged 

 blockade-running. 



30. Lord Sackville-West, the British minister resi- 

 dent at Washington, officially notified that he is no 



longer acceptable as a diplomatic representative, on 

 the ground that he had criticised tne action of the 

 United States Government. 



November 6. Benjamin Harrison, the Republican 

 candidate, elected President. 



9. Africa : The Mahdi with a large army is reported 

 to have attacked and captured the town of Wadai. 



10. Europe: An agreement is announced among the 

 great powers to exterminate the African slave trade. 



13. The Knights of Labor open their eleventh an- 

 nual meeting at Indianapolis. 



14. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Strike of car-drivers, three 

 city lines u tied up " (strike ends November 16). 



19. The Empress-Dowager of Germany (widow of 

 Frederick), visits England. American steamer Hay- 

 tien Republic confiscated at Port-au-Prince, despite 

 the protest of the American minister. 



23. Knights of Labor re-elect Mr. Powderly as 

 grand master workman. 



24. The United States steamship Boston reaches 

 New York from Port-au-Prince, with yellow fever 

 on board. Several deaths, including the surgeon, 

 occur. 



27. Florida : For the first time in 112 days there 

 are no new cases of yellow fever and no deaths in 

 Jacksonville. 



29. England : The Ashebourne Extension bill 

 passes the House of Commons. 



December 2. France : Great popular demonstration 

 in Paris in honor of Baudin. 



3. The Fiftieth Congress begins its second session. 



5. The American Forestry Congress meets in At- 

 lanta, Ga. 



7. Maryland : A formidable resistance to legal au- 

 thority begins among the oyster-dredgers of Chesa- 

 peake Bay. 



8. Alabama : Serious lynching riot, and loss of life 

 at Birmingham. 



11. The First National Sabbath Convention meets 

 at Washington. 



12. United States steamers Galena and Yantic sail 

 for Hayti to demand the release of an American pas- 

 senger steamer. The House of Representatives passes 

 the Direct Tax bill, 178 to 96. 



13. Africa: Dispatches reach the coast declaring 

 that Stanley and Emin Pasha are prisoners to the 

 Mahdi. 



14. France : A bill introduced in the Chamber ot 

 Deputies giving the Panama Canal Company more 

 time to fill its contract. South Carolina : The State 

 Assembly favorably reports an educational qualifica- 

 tion for voters. 



17. Mississippi : Conflict between -whites and ne- 

 groes at Wahalak. 



18. New York city : A new wing of the Metropoli- 

 tan Museum of Art 'is opened with imposing ceremo- 

 nies. 



20. Congress adjourns till Jan. 2, 1889. Egypt: 

 Engagement between the British and Egyptian garri- 

 son of Suakin, and a besieging force of Arabs, the 

 latter defeated with heavy loss. 



21. Africa : Dispatches to date of August 17 agree 

 that Stanley and Emin Bey are safe and at liberty. 

 United States : Both houses" of Congress adjourn for 

 the holidays. 



23. Hayti : The confiscated American steamer Hay- 

 tien Republic surrendered to the United States vessels 

 sent to Port-au-Prince to secure her release. 



24. Great Britain : Parliament adjourns till Jan. 31, 

 1889. 



