3. Par-kersburg, West Va. : National Farmers' Con- 

 gress. London: Sir Joseph Renals chosen Lord 

 Mayor. 



5. Salt Lake City : Sixty -fifth annual conference 

 of the Mormon Church. 



8. South Carolina: The State Supreme Court de- 



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clares the liquor dispensary law constitutional. Wash- 

 ington : Opening of the United States Supreme Court. 



Hungary : The House of Magnates refuses recognition 

 to the Jewish religion. 



9. Washington : Decision by the Attorney-General 

 that the word " wool " in the new tariff applies only 

 to the hair of sheep. Agents of Chili pay over to the 

 State Department $240,564.35, the award of the claims 

 commission. New York: Corner stone of the Com- 

 mercial Travelers' Home laid at Binghamton. Wash- 

 ington : Convention of the National Spiritualists' As- 

 sociation. 



10. Baltimore: Twentieth annual convention of the 

 American Bankers' Association. Lake Mohonk, N. Y. : 

 Twelfth annual Indian Conference. Philadelphia: 

 annual Conference of the Koman Catholic Arch- 

 bishops of the United States. Madison, Wis. : Meet- 

 ing of the American Board of Commissions for For- 

 eign Missions. Philadelphia : Meeting of the com- 

 manderies of the military order of the Loyal Legion. 

 Newark, N. J. : National encampment of the Veteran 

 Union Legion. 



11. New Bedford, Mass.: The operatives in*five 

 mills resume work. Milwaukee, "W'is. : Indictments 

 returned by the Federal Grand Jury against Debs 

 and 24 other railway men. Washington: Ninth 

 annual convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrews, 

 1,200 delegates present. China-Japan: Capture by 

 the Japanese of Wi-Ju. Africa : The Portuguese are 

 hemmed in by a large force of Kaffirs. 



12. Aquia Creek, Va. : Six highwaymen hold up 

 and rob an express train, obtaining a large sum of 

 money. Vienna: Opening of the Strauss jubilee. 



13. 'Batavia, N. Y. : Unveiling of a memorial tablet 

 to Robert C. Morris, the great financier of colonial 

 and Revolutionary days; Secretary Carlisle delivers 

 the oration. Return of Ambassador Bayard from 

 England. 



14. Aiken, S. C. : The attorneys for the city give 

 notice of an appeal to the United States Supreme 

 Court in the case of the decision regarding the dis- 

 pensary law. Belgium holds her first parliamentary 

 election under universal suffrage ; 77 Catholics elected 

 to the Chamber of Deputies, against 7 Liberals and 

 12 Socialists. Germany : Rejects England's proposal 

 to intervene in the war between China and Japan. 

 The various anti-Jewish political sections consolidate 

 under the name of the Social Reform party. 



15. New York : Convention of the American In- 

 stitute of Artists. New South Wales : The Legislature 

 passes a resolution favoring woman suffrage by a 

 vote of 58 to 13. Mexico-Guatemala: The boundary 

 dispute has been settled. 



16. Indian Territory : Because of recent robberies, 

 the express companies decline to receive money for 

 transportation until further notice. Berlin : 47 meet- 

 ings of socialists are held to enforce the boycott 

 against breweries. 



17. Ohio : A mob of lynchers dispersed by the 

 militia at Washington Courthouse, 5 killed. Success- 

 ful trial trip of the battle ship Maine. Massachusetts : 

 The State Supreme Court hands down a decision af- 

 firming the constitutionality of the collateral-inherit- 

 ance tax. Chicago : Incorporation of an international 

 antigamblintr association. 



IN. Washington : Arraignment of Messrs. Have- 

 meyer and Searles, of the Sugar Trust, before the Dis- 

 trict Supreme Court ; they plead Not guilty, and are 

 admitted to bail. Vienna : Parade of 10,000'socialists ; 

 mounted police disperse the assembly, and many are 

 wounded. Berlin : The municipal council reject's, by 

 a large vote, a socialist proposition for an eight-hour 

 working day. 



19. District of Columbia: The Court of Appeals 

 denies the appeal in Pollard vs. Breckinndge. 



Texas : Four highwaymen hold up a railway train 

 and secure several thousand dollars. The perpetra- 

 tors of the Aquia Creek robbery are caught. Great 

 Britain: Appointment of Sir R. T. Reid as Attorney- 

 General. Japan: Opening of the special session of 

 Parliament by the Emperor in person ; great enthu- 

 siasm regarding all war measures. 



20. New York city: Arrest of ex-Captain Doherty 

 and 6 former, police officers, on indictment for black- 

 mail and extortion. Paris : Reorganization of the 

 Panama Canal Company with new officers and 

 directors. 



21 . Indian Territory : An express train wrecked 

 and robbed at Wagoner ; little plunder taken. Japan : 

 Parliament passes unanimously Government bills for 

 large appropriations. Germany : The Socialist Con- 

 gress opens at Frankfort-on-the-Main. 



22. Indianapolis : Conference of the iron workers, 

 with a view to general organization. Pennsylvania : 

 The State Supreme Court permanently enjoins the 

 Standard Oil Company from absorbing several minor 

 concerns. Kansas : A mob attempts to lynch a negro 

 at Ossawattomie. Washington: Meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary 

 Society, twenty-sixth annual session. Italy : The 

 Government decrees the dissolution of all socialist 

 workingmen's societies. 



23. Indian Territory : Residents ask the Govern- 

 ment to detail troops for protection of private property. 

 Fall River, Mass. : Resumption of strike among the 

 textile workers. Macon, Ga. : Opening of the Dixie 

 Interstate Fair. Lowell, Mass. : Convention of the 

 American Missionary Association. Baltimore, Md. : 

 General conference of Universalist churches. The 

 special session of the Japanese Parliament closes with 

 the' declaration that no foreign interference will be 

 tolerated. France : The Parliament resumes its sit- 

 tings. The German Chancellor has invited a general 

 conference in Berlin to discuss antisocialistic meas- 

 ures. 



24. Kansas City : Organization of the National 

 Switchmen's Union, to succeed the Mutual Aid So- 

 ciety, which fell to pieces during the late strikes. 

 Russia: an imperial decree declares the Grand Duke 

 Michael heir to the throne, the rightful heir, Grand 

 Duke George, having renounced his claims on account 

 of incurable disease. Rome : The Pope presides at 

 the opening of the conference to consider union with 

 the Eastern Church. 



25. Fall River: The Manufacturers' Association 

 votes unanimously to make no concessions to the 

 striking weavers. 



26. Washington : The German ambassador informs 

 the Department of State that the importation of fresh 

 beef and cattle from the United States to Germany 

 will soon be prohibited. New Haven, Conn. : Annual 

 meeting of the National Association of Graduates of 

 Women's Colleges ; the society has 18 brandies and 

 nearly 2,000 members. New York : Organization of 

 a new whisky trust, with a capital of $5,000,000. Ar- 

 rival of the "steamer Lucania, five days, seven hours, 

 and twenty-three minutes from Liverpool. Germany : 

 Resignation of Chancellor von Capri vi. China -Japan : 

 The Japanese main army crosses Yalu river, entering 

 Manchuria; several defeats of the Chinese are an- 

 nounced. 



27. Washington : Preliminary meeting of the Ven- 

 ezuela Claims" Commission. New York : Indictment 

 of police captain Schmittberger by the grand jury, for 

 accepting bribes. Germany": Appointment of Prince 

 Hohenlohe-Schillingsfuerst as Imperial Chancellor. 

 England: Lord Roseberv, in opening the political 

 campaign, practically declares war against the House 

 of Lords. 



28. Prohibitions against American cattle are issued 

 at Bremen and Hamburg. 



29. The Attorney-General decides that State offi- 

 cials can not seize "bonded liquors in South Carolina. 



30. Baltimore : Second annual convention of the 

 Daughters of the Kinsr. Fall River : The great strike 

 is practically over. China-Japan : Some of the forts 



