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France. Lead ville. Col. : Miners strike for higher 

 wa:. r es and recognition of the union. Boston: 

 Dedication of a monument to John Boyle O'Reilly. 



2:2. Opening of the railway between ( L hielu 

 Johns, and Halifax. New England : Many cotton 

 mills agree to shut down for four weeks during the 

 summer. 



':'>. Chicago : Democrats renominate Gov. Alt- 

 geld, and choose him to represent the cause at the 

 national convention. Victoria, British Columbia: 

 Opening of Parliament. 



24. Spain : The Senate, by a vote of 88 to 44. 

 refuses to abrogate the protocol of 1*7? with the 

 United States. East Africa : Portugal permits 

 Great Britain to land troops at Beira. 



25. Xew York: First meeting of the Greater New 

 York Commission. Germany: Li-Hung-Chang vis- 

 its Prince Bismarck. 



27. A committee of 5 appointed to draw a charter 

 for the Greater Xew York. France suggests to 

 Great Britain the termination of her occupation of 

 Egypt. 



Spain : The Chamber of Deputies pledges 

 tobacco revenues for a loan of $100.000.000. 



2!i. Atlanta. Ga : A reduction of 50 per cent, in 

 output agreed upon by the Southern Textile Manu- 

 facturing Companies.' Baltimore : Cardinal Gib- 

 bons publishes the Pope's encyclical letter on the 

 union of Christian churches. 



30. Richmond. Va. : Sixth annual meeting of the 

 United Confederate Veterans. 



July 1. Alabama : An advance of 2i cents per 

 ton granted to Birmingham coal miners. 



2. Cleveland. Ohio: Strike of Brown Hoisting 

 Company Works ; the mayor is obliged to read the 

 riot act. Santa Fe, New Mexico : The jury in the 

 Peralta Land Grant case returned a verdict of 

 guilty. Richmond, Va. : Corner stone laid of a 

 monument to Jefferson Davis. Lieut. Peary starts 

 on an Arctic exploring expedition. 



4. Cuba : Another American filibustering expe- 

 dition lands men and arms on the coast. 



5. Crete : Formation of a revolutionary govern- 

 ment. England : Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor 

 of Cape Colony, raised to the peerage. 



6. Chicago : Preliminaries of the Democratic Xa- 

 tional Convention : Senator David B. Hill, of Xew 

 York, temporary chairman. England: It is decided 

 in the House of Commons by a vote of 252 to 106 

 that India must pay for the maintenance of her own 

 troops in the Soudan. 



7. Chicago : The Democratic Xational Conven- 

 tion reject Senator Hill as temporary chairman 

 and elect Senator Daniel, of Virginia. London : 

 Arrival of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 

 Company of Boston, U. S. A. The Yale boat crew 

 is defeated by the Leander crew at Henley. 



8. Chicago: The Democratic Convention elect 

 Senator White, of California, permanent chairman. 

 A number of gold-standard delegates are ruled out. 

 Canada : Resignation of Sir Charles Tupper as 

 Premier because of the recent election. Wilfred 

 Laurier asked to form a new Cabinet. London : The 

 Queen reviews the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 

 of Boston. 



9. The Democratic Convention adopts a platform 

 favoring free coinage and condemning the use of 

 Federal troops for the preservation of order; vote, 

 626 to 303. A resolution is passed condemning Mr. 

 Cleveland's administration ; vote. 564 to 357. Lon- 

 don : A dinner given by the Ancient and Honor- 

 able Artillery Company of Boston at which the 

 Prince of Wales is present and makes a friendly 

 speech. 



10. Chicago : The Democratic Xational Conven- 

 tion takes four ballots without a choice: on the 

 fifth ballot William J. Bryan, of Xebraska. is nom- 



inated by about 642 votes. England : Passage of 

 the Deceased Wife's Sisters Bill by the House of 

 Lords. 



11. Chicago : Arthur Sewall. of Maine, nomi- 

 nated for Vice-President on the fifth ballot, after 

 which the convention adjourns. 



12. The nomination of Mr. Bryan indorsed by 

 the American Bimetallic League. 



13. Mexico : Unanimous re-election of President 

 Diaz. 



14. France : A lunatic shoots at President Faure. 



15. Xew York : International challenge cup won 

 by the Canadian yacht Glencairn. 



16. Milwaukee : Meeting of the Baptist Young 

 People's Union. 



19. Cleveland, Ohio : Celebrates the foundation of 

 her first settlement. 



20. Venezuela files her brief against Great Britain 

 in regard to the boundary question. Xew York 

 Clearing House banks pledge $15,000,000 to protect 

 the Treasury gold reserve. London : Trial begins 

 of Dr. Jameson and his men. Crete: More mas- 

 sacres of Christians reported. 



21. Commercial treaty signed between China and 

 Japan. Xew York : General strike of tailors or- 

 dered. A monument to John' Brown unveiled at 

 North Elba. X. Y. 



22. St. Louis : Populist Xational Convention 

 meets. Great Britain: Publication of a second 

 blue book on the Venezuelan question. St. Louis : 

 Senator W. V. Allen, of Xebraska. chosen perma- 

 nent chairman of the Populist Convention. 



24. St. Louis : Xomination of Bryan and Sewall 

 confirmed by the Silver Party Convention. 



25. St. Louis: Populists nominate Mr. Bryan for 

 President and Thomas E. AVatson. of Georgia, for 

 Vice-President. South Africa: British troops meet 

 with a reverse near Buluwayo. 



26. England: International peace demonstration 

 in Hyde Park. 



28. Georgia : Receipt of the first bale of the sea- 

 son's cotton crop at Savannah. England : Dr. 

 Jameson and his colleagues found guilty of making 

 war against a friendly power in the British High 

 Court of Justice ; they are sentenced to terms of im- 

 prisonment. 



29. Maine: Speaker Read makes an important 

 political speech at Alfred. England : Passage of 

 the Irish Land bill by the House of Commons. 



30. Washington : The President issues a procla- 

 mation warning Cuban sympathizers against violat- 

 ing the neutrality laws. 



31. Xew York: Tammany Hall indorses the Chi- 

 cago nomination. 



Aiisust 1. Michigan : Informal opening of the 

 new sOO-foot lock in the Sault Ste. Marie Canal. 



4. Chicago : The Stock Exchange closes in conse- 

 quence of the failure of the Diamond Match and 

 New York Biscuit Company with liabilities of $8,- 

 000.000. 



5. Spain : Tax riot in Valencia. England : 

 Amendments to the land bill in the House of 

 Lords. 



6. A sound money Xational Democratic Conven- 

 tion called to meet at Indianapolis. 



8. Xew Orleans : Refuses to accept the new char- 

 ter framed by the State Legislature. 



12. Xew York: Democratic ratification meeting 

 in Madison Square Garden, speeches by M- 

 Bryan and Sewall. Persia : Execution of the Shah's 



-in at Teheran. 



13. England : The House of Lords passes the 

 Irish land bill which becomes a law. 



14. England: Adjournment of Parliament to 

 Oct. 21. 



15. Death of the Sultan of Zanzibar: Seyjd Kalid 

 proclaims himself Sultan in defiance of British op- 



