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EVENTS OF 1896. 



Massachusetts : Lieut.-Gov. Wolcott becomes Gov- 

 ernor in place of Gov. Greenhalge, deceased. Spain : 

 United States consulate mobbed at Valencia. 



6. South Carolina : The Legislature passes a new 

 dispensary law. Italy : Riots in Rome and other 

 cities ; 2,000 Italian troops besieged by Abyssinians 

 at Adrige. 



7. A rearrangement of stars in the national en- 

 sign made necessary through the admission of Utah 

 as a State. Canada: $3,000,000 asked for to im- 

 prove defenses. Iowa: Bill passed imposing a tax 

 of ^j of a mill for five years as a State University 

 Building fund. Spain: Students attack United 

 States consulate at Cadiz ; dispersed by the police. 



8. Chicago: Students of the Northwestern Uni- 

 versity hang the King of Spain in effigy and tear 

 down the Spanish flag. New York: Mr. and Mrs. 

 Ballington Booth hold an enthusiastic mass meet- 

 ing at Cooper Union, favoring the secession from 

 the Salvation Army. Spain : Continuation of anti- 

 American riots. Italy: Formation of a new minis- 

 try. England : The army estimate calls for nearly 

 21,000,000. 



9. Washington: Ground broken for the Ameri- 

 can University. Spain : Anti-American riots at 

 Balbao. United Slates consulate attacked, several 

 hurt on both sides. China : An agreement for a 

 loan of 16,000,000 signed between Chinese agents 

 and an Anglo-German syndicate. New England : 

 Many woolen and cotton mills reduce their running 

 time because of dull trade. 



10. Washington : Venezuela's case pi'esented to 

 the Boundary Com mission. New York : Passage of 

 the Raines bill by the State Senate (31 to 18). Lon- 

 don : Arraignment in court of Dr.. Jameson and his 

 officers. Spain: Anti-American riots by students 

 of Salamanca. Ohio : Boiler makers strike at Cleve- 

 land, coal miners at Palmyra, and machinists in 

 Chicago, 111. 



11. New York: Passage of Greater New York 

 bill by the State Senate. California: Successful 

 sea trial of the United States monitor Monadnock 

 off San Francisco. Pittsburg, Pa. : Meeting of the 

 National Reform Conference. 



12. New York : Passage of the Raines Liquor Tax 

 bill by the State Assembly. England : -The Vene- 

 zuelan blue book severely criticised by " The Daily 

 Chronicle." Chicago : Strike of 13,000 tailors and 

 cutters. England : Cambridge University, by a 

 vote of 186 to 171, refuses to consider the question 

 of conferring degrees upon women. 



13. Abyssinia: Peace negotiations between King 

 Menelek and the Italians ; 100,000 Abyssinians. well 

 armed and drilled, pass in review before the Italian 

 commissioner. Germany: In the Reichstag, Ilerr 

 Babel accuses Dr. Carl Peters of murder ; an excit- 

 ing scene ensues. Canada : Knights of Labor with- 

 draw from the International association. 



14. New York : " God's American Volunteers " is 

 announced by Mr. and Mrs. Ballington Booth as the 

 name of the new religious order. Germany : A 

 strike of 12,500 joiners at Berlin has secured shorter 

 hours and better pay for the workmen. 



15. Kentucky : Gov. Bradley orders a detachment 

 of State troops to Frankfort to preserve the peace 

 in the Legislature. New York : The steamer Ber- 

 muda sails, presumably with arms and men, for 

 Cuba; she could not be held under our laws. 



16. Washington : A decision of the Supreme 

 Court in the case against the State of Texas gives 

 the ownership of Greer County to the United States. 

 It is officially announced here and in the English 

 House of Commons that negotiations have been 

 opened for a settlement of the Venezuelan dispute. 

 England : It is expressly declared in the House of 

 Commons that the advance up the Nile is intended 

 for protection againsl/ threatened invasion, and to 



create a diversion in favor of Italy. Russia : The 

 C/ar confers the Grand Cross of St. George, a high 

 military decoration, upon the victorious King Mene- 

 lek of Abyssinia. Kentucky : Meeting of the Legis- 

 lature under military guard. 



17. Kentucky: Adjournment of the Legislature 

 without electing a United States Senator. Italy: 

 Meeting of Parliament ; a war credit voted of 140.- 

 000,000 lire, and it is announced that the Abyssinian 

 war will be prosecuted either to success or honor- 

 able peace. France : The Minister of Foreign Af- 

 fairs calls the attention of the British Government 

 to the consequences of the Egyptian expedition ; 

 war excitement follows. Cuba : It is reported that 

 the insurgents have destroyed 1,125,000 tons of sugar 

 upon 15 estates. England : The House of Commons 

 passes a resolution strongly favoring an interna- 

 tional agreement establishing a parity of exchange 

 between gold and silver. 



18. Ohio : The Legislature passes an excise meas- 

 ure imposing a tax of of 1 per cent, on the gross 

 earnings of many corporations. Philadelphia: The 

 Methodist Episcopal Conference votes to admit 

 women as lay delegates. 



19. Washington : Conference of Western silver 

 Senators and Philadelphia manufacturers. Mexico : 

 American capitalists have purchased the street-rail- 

 way system of the city. France declines to draw 

 upon the Egyptian reserve fund to aid the Nile ex- 

 pedition. 



20. England : A discussion of the Nile expedition 

 in the. House of Commons sustains the Government 

 by a vote of 288 to 145. Washington : By a vote of 

 180 to 71 the House censures Ambassador Bayard 

 for a speech made in England. Monaco : The reign- 

 ing prince extends the charter of the casino for fifty 

 years at $400,000 a year. 



21. New York : Ballington Booth appoints officers 

 of the New American Volunteers. .Turkey: Mas- 

 sacres resumed at Oorfa, several thousand reported 

 killed. 



22. Washington : The President orders all mem- 

 bers of the Indian service below agents to be brought 

 within the civil-service rules. 



23. Washington : After a long debate on Cuban 

 belligerency resolutions, they are unanimously re- 

 committed by the Senate. New York: Gov. Mor- 

 ton signs the Raines liquor bill. 



24. Korea: The Japanese win a victory near 

 Fusan. Italy : The Bank of Italy takes the Gov- 

 ernment war loan at 97 per cent. The Emperor 

 and Empress of Germany arrive at Genoa. Ohio : 

 Passage of a bill by the House of Representatives 

 prohibiting big hats in theaters. 



25. England : Publication of a parliamentary 

 paper entitled " Errata in the Venezuelan Blue 

 Book." At the banquet of the Associated Cham- 

 bers of Commerce in London international arbitra- 

 tion was favorably considered. Italy: Baron Blanc 

 declares that the Anglo-Italian alliance is an accom- 

 plished fact. 



26. New York : Passage of the Greater New York 

 bill by the State Assembly; 91 to 57. The State 

 Bar Association takes step's to further the interests 

 of arbitration. Chicago: Gov. Altgeld and the 

 trustees of the State University indicted for not 

 flying the national ensign. Egypt: The debt com- 

 mission decide to draw upon the reserve fund for 

 the expenses of the Nile, expedition ; French and 

 Russian commissioners object and withdraw. 



27. Cuba: The Bermuda safely lands her men 

 and war material. South Africa: Serious uprising 

 of Matabeles against the British. Sharp fighting 

 and alleged repulse of natives. 



28. Philadelphia : Launch of the battle ship Iowa 

 from Cramp's yard. England : Oxford wins the 

 annual boat race with Cambridge. 



