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EVENTS OF 1896. 



railway construction undertaken by the Govern- 

 ment. Cuba: Contradictory accounts respecting 

 an engagement in the Rubi mountains. Costa Rica 

 and Colombia agree to arbitrate an ancient bound- 

 ary dispute. 



14. London: The implied acceptance by Lord 

 Salisbury of the Monroe doctrine is widely com- 

 mented upon by the English press. Indiana : Re- 

 publican congressmen-elect agree to leave local 

 post-office appointments to the choice of the peo- 

 ple. Norfolk, Va. : A large force of men taken on 

 at the navy yard. Italy : A treaty of peace an- 

 nounced with King Menelek ; complete independ- 

 ence of Ethiopia guaranteed : Italy pays the ex- 

 pense of maintaining prisoners. 



15. New York: First annual convention Nation- 

 al Council of Jewish Women. It is announced 

 that the Pope approves of the settlement of the 

 Manitoba school question. 



16. The President appoints W. S. Foreman, of 

 Illinois, Commissioner of Internal Revenue in place 

 of Joseph H. Miller, resigned. Washington : A de- 

 cision of the Supreme Court sustains the constitu- 

 tionality of California irrigation laws. Mexico : 

 Session of the Pan-American Medical Congress. 



17. Spain negotiates a loan of 250,000,000 pesos, 

 more than twice that amount being offered. Geor- 

 gia: Alexander Stephens Clay chosen United States 

 Senator. Indianapolis: Annual congress of liberal 

 religious societies. Germany : Heated discussion 

 on military outrages in the Reichstag. 



18. Norfolk, Va. : Congress of Protestant Episco- 

 pal Church in session. Trusts and monopolies dis- 

 cussed. 



20. Washington : Appointment of the Rev. Dr. 

 Thomas J. Conaty rector of the Catholic University. 

 Germany : Opening of the Prussian Diet at Berlin. 



21. Italy and Brazil sign a commercial treaty. 

 Philippine Islands: It is announced that the insur- 

 rection has become general. St. Louis : Session of 

 tho International Order of King's Daughters and 

 Sons. Boston : Collapse of the Wire Nail Trust. 



22. London : It is decided by the Royal College 

 of Surgeons to grant diplomas to women. Cuba : 

 Capt.-Gen. Weyler returns to Havana, his troops 

 having been very severely handled if not routed by 

 the rebels under Gen. Maceo. 



23. Washington : The President appoints Carl C. 

 Nott, of New York, to be Chief Justice of the Court 

 of Claims. 



24. Washington : Wu-Ting-Fang appointed Chi- 

 nese minister resident. Alabama: Gen. E. W. Pet- 

 tus chosen United States Senator. Hamburg: The 

 dock laborers' strike involves 10,000 men. Nica- 

 ragua: Amnesty granted to 500 persons engaged in 

 the late uprising. 



25. Central America: It is officially announced 

 the new confederacy is to be known as the Greater 

 Republic of Central America. 



27. It is announced that President Cleveland will 

 make his home in Princeton, N. J., after the expira- 

 tion of his term of office. 



28. England : Queen Victoria summons Parlia- 

 ment to meet Jan. 19, a week earlier than usual. 

 Money wanted for the army. Russia : It is an- 

 nounced that the Czar will abolish ministerial offices 

 and be an absolute autocrat. 



29. Great Britain assures France that a proposed 

 expedition of the River Niger Company will not 

 trespass upon French interests in Africa. 



30. Georgia: Bills introduced into the Legisla- 

 ture prohibiting the game of football and the sale 

 of cigarettes and cigarette paper. 



December 1. Conference of business men at In- 

 dianapolis to discuss plans for currency reform. 

 Mexico : Fifth inauguration of Gen. Porfirio Diaz 

 as President. 



2-3. Cuba: Many reported engagements between 

 Spanish troops and the insurgents. 



3. Washington : The President announces a ton- 

 nage tax upon incoming German vessels in retalia- 

 tion for a similar tax imposed upon American ves- 

 sels in German ports. 



4. Maceo, the most successful of the insurgent 

 leaders, is killed in an engagement with the Span- 

 iards 



5. Washington: A protest filed by Germany 

 against the President's action regarding tonnage 

 dues. 



6. London : Ambassador Bayard declines a Christ- 

 mas testimonial tendered by a leading daily news- 

 paper. 



7. Washington : Meeting of Congress. Memo- 

 randum announced of a preliminary agreement be- 

 tween Secretary Olneyand Sir Julian Pauncefote in 

 regard to ttie Venezuelan question. Russia and 

 Great Britain arrive at an understanding regarding 

 the Turkish question. It is definitely announced 

 that the Sultan will be coerced. 



8. Washington : " silver Senators " stay away 

 from the Republican caucus. Paris : Sir Edmund 

 John Monson presents his credentials as British 

 ambassador to France, in place of Lord Dufferin. 

 Scotland: Strike of firemen and seamen on the 

 Clyde. 



9. Washington : Permanent quarters secured by 

 Chairman Hanna for the Republican National Com- 

 mittee. Colorado : Withdrawal of troops from Lead- 

 ville. France : International bimetallism advocated 

 by Premier Meline in the Chamber of Deputies. 



10. San Francisco : Arrival from Honolulu of ex- 

 Queen Liliuokalani. 



11. Decision of the National Democratic party to 

 establish permanent headquarters in New York." 



12. Idaho : Decision of the courts that woman 

 suffrage was adopted in the late election. 



14. New York : Joseph H. Choate announces his 

 candidacy for United States Senator. 



16. Germany : Violent outbreaks among the strik- 

 ing dock laborei's at Hamburg. 



17. Switzerland: Dr. Adolphe Deucher elected 

 President of the Confederation. 



18. Cincinnati, Ohio: Samuel Gompers re-elected 

 President of the American Federation of Labor. 

 Italy : A disturbance and fight in the Chamber of 

 Deputies over the allowance of the Crown Prince. 



19. Declaration of Secretary Olney that the power 

 to recognize Cuba rests with the President alone. 

 Georgetown, S. C. : A public reception given to 

 President Cleveland. 



20. New York : Return to Cuba of Consul-Gen- 

 eral Fitzhugh Lee. Popular demonstrations in 

 favor of the Cuban cause. 



22. Army: Col. Charles G. Sawtelle promoted to 

 be quartermaster general. Chicago : Failure of the 

 National Bank of Illinois; runs on other banks. 

 St. Paul, Minn. : Bank of Minnesota closed by order 

 of the State examiner. London : Confirmation 

 of Bishop Temple to be Archbishop of Canterbury 

 and Primate of All England. 



23. Washington : The President receives Senor 

 Rodriguez, first minister of the " Greater Republic 

 of Central America." 



24. Germany : Arrest of several anarchists in Ber- 

 lin. 



25. Boston : End of the street-car strikes, pend- 

 ing negotiations; 800 strikers seeking re-engagement 

 were refused. 



28. Washington : It is announced by the State 

 Department that the arbitration agreement is ac- 

 cepted by Venezuela. 



31. New York : Gov. Morton removes Inspector- 

 General McLewee for criticising State military offi- 

 cials in his report. 



