

KYF.NTS OF 1807. 



7. London: Final meeting of the In<lian i 



mmissioners; subscriptions fn-in Gicat Brit- 

 nill. I -.HIM! tin- Unlttfi States amoiilil- 



!and : The National 

 - to purchnx- the tixe principal rail- 

 roads in the conn m KK). 



Po,t on: ment 



i a largely extended money-order >\>tcm. 

 0. ( , ,. m v of a Sn-ialiM mem! 



Hi.- Reichstag to t- n months' imprisonment for 



publicly rnllr. -late ofliciaK. The 9 



grejw l Hamburg decides to take part 



;i : Sharp decline of 



Sutli African securities - M f tin- illness 



: Rhodes. 

 Ifc Washington: Faili ro a repres. 



itnin in a seal in which 



KnSBM ami Japan should I* repreaen ted. 

 Sherman invit with the 



-ate* alone. Indianapolis: Democrats 

 carry the municipal election, re-elect i: 



A board of 

 set* out f<>r t In* South, with a 



n for the proposed national armor-plate 



works, 



New York: Opening of the Fifteenth Oon- 

 ferei: -.d* of the Indian at Lake Mohoiik. 



::.. : .M. etillg of the American 

 Board of "iier- for Foreign Mi 



.en of all parties are signing 

 petitions objecting to Government action fa\ 

 bimetallism. 



14. Washington: Resignation of Justice Stephen 

 J. FicM of the Supreme Court because of advance.! 

 years. Ap|ointment of the lion. John A. Ka -on. 

 of Iowa, sfiecial commissioner regarding the reci- 

 procity arrangements under the tariff act. Ncw.Jcr- 

 \ I lolmanfriet ion-geared locomotiverun^ a mile 

 in forty-two seconds on the South Jersey Hailroad. 

 Indianapolis: National gathering of the Cboreb of 

 the Disciples. Paris: A banquet given to 1'n-i- 

 dent Faure in commemoration of his vi>it t.. Uu 

 sia. Cul'a: Amnesty granted by Gen. Wcyler to 

 46 political prisoners. Additional re-en forcements 

 hurrying from Spain. 



Id t'nited States man-of-war Yantic 

 sails for Detroit to serve as a training ship for the 

 Michigan naval reserve on the lakes. 



17. Wa-hinu'toii: It is officially reported that 

 clerks of the Railway Mail Service during the la>t 

 fiscal year handled ii.r>?i.r>4(i.r^" 



.inuton : 'i N y or- 



dew the (ruis-r Detroit to Guatemala to protect 

 American interests. 



80. Washington: A military reservation ordered 

 on St Michael island. Alaska, to preserve order in 

 the gold fields. British India: Continued fighting 

 between the tribesmen and Government forces on 

 the frontier. Madagascar: A French military post 

 attacked bv a band of natives, and many of its gar- 

 rison killed. 



The President appoints Medi- 

 cal Director W. K. Van Heyj en to M nu 

 eral of the navy, in place of the late N'.-wton L. 

 Bates. Bosfem : Celebration of the centennial anni- 

 versary ..f the launching of the fri-ate c..n-titu- 

 .d -hiii U-ing present to take part in the 

 ceremony. London: Celebration of the anniversary 

 of the battle of Traf a 



TO that theAbyssin- 

 ians are devastating Somaiiland and are commit- 



errihle atr.- .ties. 



28. Washing ng of the delegates n-f- 



ing the ri,i:.-l - it es, Russia, and Japan to 



act on the sealing Harvard defeated 



Brown I'r -on U-at Cornell at 



football Paris: AD exciting debate in t 



Chaml'. r of Deputii-s n-irarding tlie threatened 



demands the recall of t\\. 

 Amen 



W. Shields an- 

 nounces his decision t<> roi^n from the IV 

 i Church. ;n \i.\v <.f adverse criticism I 



rninf bodies of the Church. Ik'ome: The 



P 9 in-. .- 



der, of the Catholic rnivei-siiy in \\'ashiiiL r ton. 



oliiinii of trooj.^. commanded \>\ 

 Hunter, has started to dl . ! ' . Irom 



.ira i I\.T. 



Madrid: S-fi<>r Giillen. the Spani-h Minister 

 hands to I'nitcd Mat.- .Mm- 

 ntainine; the replv of his 

 nment to the communication \vhieli Minister 

 iford had given to the Duke of Tetuan 

 ; I. inl-.-r. 



Milwauk. \ -ninth annual ; 



the Army of the Tennessee con 

 Trouble is reported from the vicinity of Kori 

 Duchesne with Indians who have left their i 

 vat ions. Huda-l'esth : The possibility of absolutist, 

 government for Austria foreshadowed n 

 by the Hungarian Premier. India: The insuiL'-nt 

 tribesmen ha\e returned a defiant answer to t he 

 British commander's |irM-lamatioii. and are j : 

 ing to attack the British. 



York: Thomas A. K<ii-n announce-, t he 



successful operati..n. at J.. of his new 



i- recovering the iron in low-grade ores. 



rfew Haven: Semi-centennial celebration of the 



founding of the Yale Shell'idd Scientiiic School. 



r : The Sultan of Moroc-4- li. lory 



over the Henanier tribe at Tadia. Madri<l : A 



number of important reforms for Cuba passed 



upon and approved by the Spanish Cabinet. 



29. Washington : The President appointed 

 .lames I...' ' mmisxjoner of IJailroads and 

 Prof. Henry S. Pritchett Suj.erintendent of the 

 Coast and Geodetic Surrey. The delegates repre- 

 senting the I'nited Stat.-. K'ussja. and Japan reach 

 an agreement in regard to the .u.|,,.n-ioii <-f | 

 sealing. Constantinople: Turkish consuls or 



to resume their duties in Greece. India : The Brit- 

 ish forces, under (Jen. Sir William Lockhar;. 

 hire S.-mpagha pass. 



30. Cincinnati : President McKinley i^ enter- 

 tained by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce 

 and other soci- Fran<-ico : The , 

 Baltimore sails for Honolulu. Havana: ('apt. 

 Blanco arrives and take- .,\er the command of the 

 island from (Jen. Wcyler, the retiring Governor 

 General. 



November 1. Omaha : The fnion Pacific Hail- 

 road sold t< ti /atioii Committee for the 



sumof$T>:; .-;. Washington: The new Con< 



gressional Library is opened to the public, 

 foundland : Sir 'William Whiteway. Premier of 



Newfoundland, is defeated in the general election, 



ami his part v reduced to a minority in 1 he Assembly. 



York : Kob-n A. Van W\ck d.-ded the 



first mayor of the greater city of New York. - 



ing with him the .nt ire Tammany ticket. BufTalo: 



E, \\"illarl i- re-elected Pre-ident ( ,f 



the National Woman's ( 'hri-t ian r r.-mpcrance 1'nion. 



8. Pittsburg: I're-ident McKinley att<-nds the 

 Founder's Day exercises at tie 

 Madrid : Reports of Carlist activity in Spain. 



I. London: The Liberal- \\in a parliam- ; 

 election in Lancashire. Vienna: Scenes of confu- 

 and violence repeated in the lower house of 

 the Heichsrath. 



5. RioJaneiro: Attemp- nation of I' 



d.-Tit Miraes. of Bra/il. by a soldier of the gan 

 Dr. Moraes was not injured. 



