EVENTS OP 1808. 



widow of the frncral, 

 8o*lh,and reeetvea 



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Ill ft 000- 



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tTArUwu: ttaaked robbers hold up .Southern 



.v and seoore some $10,000 in 



.iiual convention of 



t Woman's Suffrage Association, Susan 

 in the ehair. Chins: The Japanese 

 Chinese stronghold. 



The tariir question muses the resignation 

 of the' Cabinet Fran- .cal amnesty bill 



Jl|lii In the Senate. Colombia: Cover 

 noons gain a victory over the insurgents. IVru: 



Frisreary 1. Washington, D. C. : Lawrence Maxwell, 

 Soiietor-Ueneral resigns; Holmes Conrad, of Win 

 heater. Va, epprintod his successor. Wash 

 i): rmitieseiiMn John L. Wilson elected I < 



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Green reigns; Sir William Whiteway 



S. N .nferencc of Assistant-Sec r 



of the United States Treasury with foreign 

 regarding a new bond issue. Brooklyn : 

 t of the trolley lines vainly requests permis- 



ekm to arm his employees to resist further violence, 



JL Chicago : At a meeting of the Order of Railway 

 Cusalortuni action is taken renouncing connection 

 with UM American Railway Union. Japan: The 

 s are requested to withdraw, 



striken 



-1" Al'iT!in-fi 



ble at the 



e- a rc.H<>- 



panies (this 



annollintf the franchises of the trolley com 

 (this action was sabaeqoeoUy vetoed by the 



The Supreme Court decides 

 who declined to U - 



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Ike matter of the Sugar Trust. Argentine BepuBUc : 

 In UM general elections the Kadfcals secure large 



k Chienfo: The Home Saloon Association opens 

 UM tm of Us refectories where none but 



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free for UM use of patron. North Carolina : Annual 



an<l Io.lu.H- 



':.:. .,. / 





UM use of patron* 



of UM National Ksrmn 



1 .' ;'. 



Germany : The Economic Union urges Oov- 

 lo call a biro* 



hington: The President decides in favor of 

 in tiM 

 the 



oath as Governor at Nshvillc anil 

 hb claim to the olttce in r 



An attempt to n-organize the Re- 

 I- v .t <olumMa > asMmbled 125 delegates, 

 bite* Australia: A confer' 

 at Uoban approve the fedcra- 



/i-lature ex- 

 . rk -. A bill 



My prohibiting sparring ex- 



- "fi -^" wwi iiite elected 



' 



ieea Its intention of con- 

 to s want of work in the 



China: Two Chinese war sh 

 . Wei by the Japanese, chili. South 



I I. ill lor 

 t j-ajMT n 



n\ iKuiiinnti-- 1 II. 



B [ndlotment -t' 



eral of ' 'liin:i : l-'urtlii-r 



..-, :,., Mt. :! \\, i Mai W,-i. tl.r.T ,,,,,n- 



war ships sunk. 



Hawaii: A court tnartinl imj>ojs the deatl 

 tenoe upon several loiul< m in the lat. 



10. Colombia, South AIM.I 



of insurgent troop* * urn n. I. r : - ninriii. 



11. The President announces in a message 



that the Bering Sea regulations are 

 flcient New York : Arrival <.f the overdue * 



aiitli'-ri/in.- r< move heads of < 



-.aii-l : .I'.lni Uf.liiniinl. tl 

 leader. Hill >u lit > an amciKlmrnt a.-kiinr that I i 

 tion of home rule ! Mil>m; 

 bv ao votes. (i<Tinany: A majority of t 

 adopts a measure to grunt i>ay an<l travel 

 to members, chili. Booth An.r 

 lecides to buy all railroads. 



12. Chicago: A IH-\V trial <>t'th<- Debs case < 

 becauiM 1 <>t' a jurr'.s illn.-s. Ohio: Meeting 



. .1: Ci.hunl.il 



hany : Hill C-"-k. the n-t-.r, 

 tcnced to forty-five yeur in tin- poniu-ntiur.1 

 nois: The shortage of $860,OO> in th sn. 

 accounts refunded by tin hanks that 

 bonds. Brazil: Celebration a) Ui<> in h"n->r . 

 1 icvrlaiulV h-.-i*i..n in the houmlary 

 ,1: Tin- I.nr.1 Mayor ..f Duhlin 



unions to release Iri-h <lynannti j 



iuli.HU dufuatod in com 

 elect! 



Brooklyn: hallway f)fti-ials itulictc.l t'-u . 



violation of the ten-hour law. China: Final 

 der of the fleet and the remaining frit* nt W 

 Wei to the Japanese : wvi-ral < 'hinewj offlcern I 

 rommand connnit xuici'lc in nnticipatior. 



by the Imperial Government because ot 



14. North Dakota: Dcfcnt of the pro|> 

 Hiihinit the j.rohil.itioii amendment. Ohio: 

 MilrruMc nuiiilH-r of Knit'lits of I. u ln.r w<- 

 the General Assembly at Columbus an<l on.'. 

 the Independent Knu/htH. England : The Houseof 

 Common^ r-jeet.s hy a i" 111 the 



to reoonsider the dynamiters 1 >ent. 

 international silver conference is ur^-d ' 

 of Kn-in-h AtTiculturifts. whieh di 

 bimetallism. Mcxieo and (iuaten 

 Kettletiu-nt of tlic hoiindary dispute i- 



Mavaaohnaetta: By a vote of 8 to 8 

 mittee on woman V Hiiffratfc rejM.rts in it- 

 York : A committee of the Legislature 

 vcstigate the Hr<K,klyn Mrike. for parti. -i|':i- 

 which already heen ii 



many: In the R( !..p<,Mtion 



for an international monetary ' 'lonnB 



at Bo- 

 gota announces the revolution at an end. 



it apjH.int- 



D. Whij.pl.-. IVi-h-.p .,f Minnesota, at* . 

 the Indian commission in place of Charl 

 deceased !'>ro<.klyn : Kniirhts 

 call off the itrik- on the tm! 

 Hy an overwhelming 

 



of 805 to -jo;, the Chiim 1 

 for the separation ..f Churel, 



17. New York : The Morgan-Belmont Bond ^B 

 dicate deposits t22.ooo/MKi in the Snl.tn -asury. JP^ 







Vnnenia: i: port.- of fur- 

 ther strocitien by the Turku. 



18. New York : Thomas C. Platt organizes a 



