EVENTS OF 1897. 



nounces in the House of Ix>rds that Great Britain 

 ha* proposed an i n HIV f 



26. Waahingt -.\ng of the Venezuelan 



Boundary CommisM made for 



printing the rvMilt* of it- m\-t .-an- .u-. 

 Washington: Tin- Vriiexuela Bom 



nnul report to tin- President. 



March 1. NVa-lm . Supreme Court re- 



reraes the decision of th, F;-TI !a .-..iirt in tin- case 

 of th SUtca marshal* 



'eMime . 11-1, nly "f tl,, vessel. The 



Supreme Court sustains the const n uti- >nal it y of the 



Kncland: It is MUKNUMed in 



tin- I mm.. us that the Government will 



in Cuba. Japan adopts tin- gold 



standard at a ratio of :fcl to I. Bbfiaod: The 



.unbridpo. through a mdkttl 

 r the purpose, recommends that degrees 



lll-d tO Wo|||en. 



Washington: Arrival of thr President- 



nini.-nt agrees to arl.i- 

 1 Stales claim for damages. South 

 Carolina: An income-tax bill (mssed by tin- I 

 Inturv. Diplomatic relations restored between 



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tin- Furopean i ' <1 to the Greek ami 



Turkish Governments. Finland : The Lord y, 



ii. Ion gives a state dinner in honor of the 



k-issad-.r. 



8. Washington: Mr. Mc-Kin it of 



-:dcnt at Ih.-' Whi'tc Holland 

 the President at noon returns the call. 



4. Inauguration <f William McKinlev, of Ohio. 

 as Presiilent. Greece: The milit.i 

 four . :i summoned to join their col- 



Oft, aM fighting i> reported in the vicinity of all 

 the coast towns in < ' 



i In- Presi-: his Cabinet nominations 



loth- - A here they arc promptly confirmed, 



v. Bradley appoints Major A. T. 

 Wood fiuted - ator, to succeed .1. < 



Blackburn. 



6. The I' -sues a proclamation fonvenin^ 



the Fifty-fifth Congress on March I-". The mem- 

 bers of tlie new Cabinet are sworn in. Floriila: 

 GOT. Bloxham apjK.ints Cul. John A. Mendi-r^.n to 

 sucoecfl Wilkinson Call in the Tnit. nate. 



ntfl II. W. Corlett to the 

 . in place of John II. Mitchell, 

 uist newspapers and repn-senta- 

 d by t h<- Km|eror's decdura- 

 tn.jj that sY^-jalisin must be e\terniinati-d. 



?. I. .- Metholist Kpiscopal Collf. : 



refuses to admit women as delegate* London: A 



mass meet in- in Hyde Park brought out about \:,,- 



000 people, in spit.-" of unfavorable weather, to cx- 



preas sympathy with Gre<-<-- a:.d Crete. Cuba: ln- 



>t> Imve raided more towns m the immediate 



v nf Havana. 



a Philadelphia: ('apt. John H. Hart MQtetXWd 

 to imprisonment and fine for enpi^in^ in a fililms- 

 terinj: exi>eliti'.n t,, Cuba. Cl.-velaml. Ohio : 

 tlamcnt of Mrike at the Globe shipyard, the com- 

 pany agreeing in general terms to the demands of 

 the workmen. 



- -nth America: A serious outbreak led bv 

 fanatic* is announced in Brar.il. Africa: APreoCO 

 under white nfliccr> N-,-iipi.-s British territory 

 on the weM c-ortrt, Crete: Sharp fijrhtii..- 

 Turks ami Christian*. I/>nd<ni : M.-Hinir "f the 

 associated Chambers of Commerce of the t'nited 

 lom. 



Ixnwlvillo. (V.I.: Termination of the strike of 

 miners, which has been in for* ne, 1896. 



11. Washington: Appointment of Henry < 

 Evans, of Tennessee, to be Commissioner of Pen- 

 sions. 



i:i. Germany: The Krirhs: to _:rant 



the naval credits demanded by the (b>rm:ui 

 ernmeiit. 'leaks' out amoni: tl 



ti\e tribes, and tin- foreign consuls ask t!. 

 ..f war reaitlt, 



11. Aiabama: An encounter between whit< and 



ro killed, hcnvcr. Col. : A Miriny 

 poliiieal iiiiM-iin^ under the au^pici-s of the Mid- 

 dlc-of-thc iid"n : Another enor- 



mous mass meeting to express syni|ialhy with the 



kn, 



new charter provided f>r the 

 the- old {government iiem.i: aboijxhi-d 

 altOffttber and I -ion ordei 



..idion leaves the uninediate \icinity of 

 the island, but the commander <>l tin- <-n < k troops, 

 Col. N'assos. rcfiisrs to \\ithdraw his cominand. 

 17. l-.ua: In tin- lions,, of I, 



harges of (*orruption are made, and the 



1. pendinu' an investigation. 



|& Crete: \ ' - oiu-r Mink b\ aii Austrian 



gunboat. Africa: It is alleged that a union has 

 place between the Traii-vaal ami 1 

 State. Kn^land : Publication of a letter 

 from Mr. Gladstone severely criticising \\ IQ gQ. 

 called concert of the F.uropeaii po\\ 



P.I. Michigan: The State Supreme Court d 

 that the olli< e of Mayor of Detroit ha- been \ 

 since Jan. 1. ami a m-w election must be held. 



!. Notice of the blockade of Crete by the 



of the F.un.pean p.. \\crs is served on all the mari- 

 time nations of the world. Germany: Commemo- 

 rative serviees- in honor of Kaiser Wi'lhelm I. Aus- 

 tria: The late elect ions >how tt vigorous growth of 

 the Christian Socialist party. 



Germany: A monument unveiled at Berlin 

 t" commemorate the hundredth an: f the 



birth of Wilhelm I. The day \\a- observed 

 national holiday. 



I hi> treali. the Trai 



ll.-public and the < >: . t In- <-H i- 



xeiis of each the riu'lit of franchise in either n pub- 

 lic, and a defensive alliance is agreed upon. 



Y<>rk : Acceptance of the new dry dock 

 in Brooklyn by the Secretary of the Navy 'in be- 

 half of t he Government. Crete; l-'i^hiin^ renewed 

 ii Christians and Turks. 

 Albany: Passage 'of the Greater v 

 Charter bill in the Senate: it had already | 

 the Hor.se. Crete: The Kuropean licet shell the 

 Christian force- ! in an alack upon t he 



Turks. Germany prepare* to increase her military 



ID Southwest Africa. 



26. Germany: The ELeichstag HMSes a bill provid- 

 ing for payment of I 1 A ho have here' 

 i without .state compensation. 

 Mil-land : . Chamberlain, in a pnl- 

 lic spe-i-h. take- occasion t, warn the South Aln- 

 can republics against bcin^ too ambi: 



28. Ohio: Sale of the coal fields in J::' 

 County to a London syndicate for $4,00<U'"". ^^ 

 : The Sultan forbids his- subjects to take part 

 ill the pil^rima^e to Mecca because of the pla 



Ball inn-re : Sentence of Dr. Jotepfa J. I.oin- 

 to eighteen months' impris.,nment and a I 

 fine for filibustering. France: Several member^ 

 rf the ChamU-r of Deputies placed under ch.. 

 for part ici pat ir.n in the Panama scandal. 



80. Chicago: Strike of 1.500 tanners to enforce a 

 demand for an ei-ht-hoiir day. Crete: The (i 

 attack Fort A//edin.and the foreign warships bom- 

 bard them in support of the Turkish pirn-on. 



''>]. Crete: A general blockade decided upon with 



the consent of the Kuropcan po\\ei-s. South Africa : 



lent Krfiper, of the Transvaal, suspends his 



grandson from oHice for making an insulting 



speech about Queen Victoria and Great Britain. 



