806 



OF 1897. 



80. Vienna: Announcement of the new Austrian 

 net, with Baron v.n Gaut-h a- Premier. Bcr- 

 hn: Kiii|H-r..r William opens the Keiehstagin person. 

 !>< jton: Associat 



i retires from tin- Initcd Si a: 

 Court, his term .-I" oil. :nued 



fl re days lea* then forty- four \eai>. An-tna: Anti- 

 ;.U in Prague: the cuv is declared under 

 martial law. Constantinople: United States Mi ti- 

 the demand for nn null-limit y 

 for the pillage <>f \IIH n- an mi.vMons in Armenia. 



I .h-on MeKinlev. mother 

 McKtnley, i> -trickcn with par 

 Washir P ' ' M. K ' 



- Blanche K Bruce, of Mis>i 

 of the Treasury. Benin: He-enforcements arc being 

 astri ;\. i.;.-i,aii Bay. 



Brussels: The ,ment has de- 



eidedthat Americans living in Belgium will here- 

 after lo uxempt from service in the Civil Guard. 

 Onba: The special commissioner f Spain. S 



te|N.rts the presence of 15,000 orphan- in 

 the province of Pinar del ! 



1 .n-tantinople: The definite treaty of peace 

 between tin- Sublime Porte and Greece is si- 

 Bombay : Departure of a British military expedition 

 for t he 'i -land of Mombaza, off the coast ( ',f /an/.ibar. 

 V Berlin : Consignor Schrocder, formerly pro- 

 fessor in the Catholic t'niversity nl Washington, 

 receives an appointment to the faculty of the Catho- 

 lic Academy at .Minister. Imperial - Chancellor 

 Hohenlohe declines to recommend that the Lm- 

 |H-ror declare Capt. Dreyfus innocent. Rome : Iles- 

 ignation of the entire Iludini Cabinet. 



fl. Washington: Meeting of Congress. Ilayti: 

 Two German warship arri\c at l'..it au Pri'm-e 

 and demand satisfaction in the case of lien Luc- 

 ders: the demand is complied with. 



?. Washington: The President transmits tl 

 port of Major Handy. Special Commissioner to the 

 Kxposition, and n'commends a liberal appio- 

 i>riati"ii. Paris: The French Senate accepts the 

 Government's declaration regarding the Dreyfus 

 case. China insists that the German claim for 

 reparation is merely a pretext for the occupation of 

 Kioochau Bay. 



8. Chicago: The price of wheat rises above $1 a 



:. Fall River. Mass.: The Cotton Manufac- 

 tur.-rs* Association votes to reduce wapes in all mills 

 of the city. Paris: The French and German pv- 

 ernments reach an agreement as to the upper Nile 

 territory in Africa. Germany : Prince Henry, 

 brother of the Gi-rman KmpenJr. departs for Kiel 



iitiand th- *<.(-..nd German squadron en 

 for China, (ape Breton island: New ext 



i-ies of coal deposits reported. 



9. Atlanta, Ga. : Strike and riotous demo: 



n the parl of cotton oj>eratives. Cuba: 

 ture of Caimanara, the p<rt of (iiiantananio, by the 

 insnr-ents reported. Madrid: At a Cabinet coun- 

 _-a-ta declares that, in the event of 

 inti-rvi-niion in Ciilian affairs by the I'nited > 



nment is prepan. i t.'. ilefend the rights 

 ntid honor of Spain. 



11. Washington: The Japanese minister t< the 



t'nite.1 States annoanoes thai .laj.an i- not opp.,^,,1 



to the annexation of Hawaii. Colorad..: Disc 



of th- ran- metal uratrium report. -d at I'.lack Hawk. 



i^: China yield* to the German occupation of 



; Bay and vicinity. 



U. Canto,,. Ohio: Death of Mrs. McKinley. the 

 moth'-rof President McKml.-y. Ilayti: The entire 

 :n mini-try resigns, as the outcome of ihe re- 

 cent German demonstration. 



lla\ti: The new Haytian ministry is pro- 

 claimed at Port an Prince. 



14. Chili: Resignation of the Chilian min 



the third in six months. Koine: The Manmis di 

 Hudini ha . -tinning the Italian 



Cabu 'ants am- 



.'nan political exiles. 



! lie Senate pas-es the bill pro- 

 hibitr sealiiii: atxl t he im|iorlatioii of un- 



dia : The British t 

 und-: liuhl- 



. itli the Afridis. Cuba: A lunnb i- <li>c. 

 at the American I'on-ulate in Havana. The lla-uc: 



The Dutch Chamber oi Deputies declines to increase 



the navv of llollami. 



.iiiu'ton: The bill prohibit ing |" 

 sealiiiLT pa-s,-il by the I! .'iilaliM'-. 



i. 1 M l\inley appointed At torney - ( icneral 

 h McKenna. of Calilornia. 

 of the Supreme Court, and Ch.i I Illi- 



!o be ( 'oil! roller of the ClllTei 'allll- 



no|.le: Th.- irealy ..f peace bet -.1 e ami Tur- 



key i- rail lied by the Sultan and t he K ini;of ( >. 

 Indian TerritOTJ : Signature of tin 



i the I'niled States and the Semiiiole |i,, : 



inglon : Nathan B. Scott, of 



appointed Oommissionei of internal Kevmue. and 



William \V. Thomas. .Ir.. to be fniied Stato min- 

 i-ter to Sweden and Norway. London: Alfred 

 Ilarmsworth ha- |.n-,nied to Lieut. Peary the 

 arctic steamer Windward. Cuba: The >i 

 Col. .loaquin Unix, commissioned to approach tin; 

 insurgent leader Aranguivn. is arn-t.-il and .-hot by 

 the in-urgent s. 



18. Washington: .b.int re-..lutioti for the relief 

 to the Klondike miner- finally agreed to, I 

 Trial of the French Depul ie- a.-m^-d of complicity 

 in the Panama scandal*. St. Petersburg: An- 

 nouncement that a Kus-ian squadron \, 

 and will winter at Port Arthur, on the Chinese 



Memphis. Teiin.: Meeting of the American 

 Cotton-Gn 'ective Association. Paris : The 



1'Vcnch Chamiter of Deputies passes a bill providing 

 for higher duties on hogs and hog product-. 



21. Ma-sachusetls:.lo-iahl t Miincy re-ell .-ted Ma\-r 

 of Bosto n. 



'2-2. (Mtawa: The : -a arbitrators have 



awarded $44,(HK) to the Canadian sealers. 



Philadelphia: Failure of the Chestnut - 

 National Bank and the Allied Trust and >. 

 Fund Company. Tin- 1 labile: The Holland Cham- 

 ber votes to abolish the export duty on .lava - 

 Washington : Secretary Sherman, by din 

 of the President, i n.- an appeal on behalf of the 

 Cuban U' 'ine : The Pope issn< 



cm-vclical on the Manitoba schl (jiie-tion. 



J."i. Indiana: Fifteen thousand window- 

 worker- in the gas bell return to work, their 

 having been settled. Berlin : The German Govern- 

 ment refuse* the reijiiest of the I'liited 



lower duties on animal produ< 



VML Mailriil : I. -papers call for an in- 



of the Spanish fleet in view of the latest not- 

 sented bv t'nited States Minister WoKlford. Yoko- 

 hama : The Japanese Diet ha- i 

 mier Matsoukata ha- ic-iu'iied. 



J7. London: Lord Sali-bury decline- to enter 

 into an agreement with the I'iiited 

 and .la: 'lin<;. 



lenl HcKink) rigns the pelagic sealing 

 bill. India: Renewal of the bubonic plague. Ha- 

 . I'.lanco i--uc- iiiiounr-ing 



the lines on which the home-rule Govcrnm- 

 established. 



:',!. Havana: ' , I'.lanco issues an edict 



permitting the exportation of tobacco from Cuba. 

 Paris: The French Deputies, tried for complicity 

 in the Panama scandals, have b.-en acquitted. 

 Vienna : Kmperor Francis .Joseph orders the s 

 of the Reichsrath to be cl' 



