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13. Iowa : Inauguration of Gov. Leslie M. Shaw 

 at Des Moines. Indiana : The State Supreme Court 

 decides that life-insurance policies are not taxable. 

 Paris : Premier Meline announces in the Chamber 

 of Deputies that M. Zola will be prosecuted for 

 statements made in a letter to President Faure. 



15. Washington : M. Cambon, the new French 

 minister, received by the President. Nicaragua : 

 Arrival of the United States Canal Commissioners 

 who are accorded an official reception. 



16. India : Gen. Sir Arthur P. Palmer appointed 

 to command the field forces in northern India. 



17. Boston : The United States Government pur- 

 chases a large tract of land for fortifications. Paris : 

 Anti-Dreyfus riots, several students hurt; the Drey- 

 fus question shelved in the Chamber of Deputies. 



18. Bohemia : Riotous disturbances in the Diet, 

 'ew England : Many strikes among cotton-mill 



.. orkers. Paris : The Minister of War lodges formal 

 complaint against Emile Zola for his action in the 

 Dreyfus case. 



19. The President holds his first official reception 

 at Washington. Florida : Opening of the National 

 Fisheries Congress at Tampa. France : Anti- 

 Jewish demonstrations at Paris, Marseilles, and 

 elsewhere ; students arrested. Italy : Bread riots 

 at Ancona and elsewhere. Russia strengthens her 

 forces on the Austrian and German frontiers. Aus- 

 tria : Riotous proceedings at Prague. 



20. Philadelphia : Launch of the Japanese battle 

 ship Kassagi. 



21. Washington : Attorney-General McKenna con- 

 firmed by the Senate as justice of the Supreme 

 Court. Japan orders a strong fleet to Chinese 

 waters. 



22. Paris : Riotous disturbances in the Chamber 

 of Deputies on account of the Dreyfiis scandal; 

 troops called in to preserve order. India : Solar 

 eclipse observed by numerous scientific expeditions 

 under highly favorable conditions. 



23. Admiral Siccard's squadron reaches Key 

 West. Paris : Stringent precautions taken against 

 Dreyfus riots. Algiers: Anti-Semitic riots sup- 

 pressed by soldiers ; 2 killed. 



24. United States battle ship Maine ordered to 

 Havana as an evidence of friendly naval relations 

 with Spain. California: Opening celebration of 

 the Golden Jubilee. 



25. The Maine reaches Havana and exchanges 

 salutes with the Spanish fortifications. Washing- 

 tori : J. W. Griggs, of New Jersey, appointed United 

 States Attorney-General. Maryland : The Hon. 

 Lewis C. McComas, Republican, elected United 

 States Senator, after seven days' contest and ten 

 ballots. New York : National Association of Manu- 

 facturers in session. Indianapolis: Meeting of 

 National Monetary Convention to devise currency 

 reform, 400 delegates present. Germany : Impris- 

 onment of an editor for publishing a cartoon dis- 

 respectful to the Kaiser. 



26. Washington : Arrival of President Dole of 

 Hawaii ; he is received as a guest of the nation. 



27. Germany : General celebration of the Kaiser's 

 fortieth birthday. Spain : The fleet ordered to 

 Cadiz. England : End of the great engineers' strike, 

 the strikers beaten at all points. 



29. India : A British brigade severely handled in 

 an encounter with tribesmen on the northern fron- 

 tier. Plague riots in Bombay and elsewhere; the 

 mobs fired on. by troops. London : Jacobite cele- 

 bration of the execution of Charles I. Rhode Island : 

 Strike of weavers, Centerville cotton mills closed. 

 Germany: Duel between Count William Bismarck 

 and Herr Manback, the latter wounded. France: 

 Anti-Jewish riots in Paris and Bordeaux. 



30. Cuba : Consul-General Lee gives a dinner to 

 officers of the Maine in Havana. 



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31. Washington: Adjournment of the United 

 States Supreme Court. New York: The Senate 

 passes a resolution of sympathy for the Cuban in- 

 surgents. Morocco : Encounter off the coast be- 

 tween a British merchant steamer laden with arms 

 and a Moorish gunboat. 



February 1. India : British troops under Gen. 

 Westmacock severely punish the tribesmen and 

 recover 22 bodies of their own slain (see Jan. 29). 

 Germany demands indemnity from China for mur- 

 der of missionaries. 



2. Washington: State reception at the White 

 House for Congress and the judiciary. Austria: 

 Several schools and universities closed because of 

 political riots among the students. Germany : Dis- 

 criminating duties announced against the importa- 

 tion of American horses and living plants. 



3. Canada : Meeting of Parliament at Ottawa. 



4. Russia and the United States : By mutual 

 agreement, the ministers resident of the two powers 

 are promoted to be ambassadors. Consolidation of 

 New York Central Railway with the Lake Shore 

 and Michigan Southern. 



6. Oregon: Government relief expedition sails 

 for the Klondike. 



7. Chicago: Opening of a national convention 

 for the preservation of game. Paris : Trial of M. 

 Zola and M. Perreaux, proprietor of the " Aurore," 

 for libeling the Esterhazy court-martial (see Feb. 23). 

 Austria: The Imperial Government takes general 

 measures to compel order among students. 



8. Washington : A letter is published written by 

 the Spanish minister, Sefior Dupuy de Lome, making 

 disparaging remarks about the President. Sweden 

 and Norway : William W. Thomas, the new United 

 States minister, received by King Oscar. Great 

 Britain : Opening of Parliament. Guatemala : As- 

 sassination of President Barrios. South African 

 Republic : Re-election of Paul Krtiger as President. 



9. Mobile : Meeting of South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States Quarantine Convention to concert measures 

 against the introduction of contagious diseases. 



10. New York : A census of the city under its new 

 organization shows a population of 3,438,899. 



11. Alaska : Serious disturbances reported in the 

 Klondike region. Germany : General relations with 

 the United States discussed in the Reichstag. Paris : 

 Further rioting in connection with the Zola affair. 

 Missouri : The Attorney-General rules that recita- 

 tion of the Lord's Prayer and reading the Bible in 

 the schools is a violation of State law. 



13. Boston : Representatives of the Textile Unions 

 recommend the calling out of all operatives in all 

 the New England cotton mills. Texas : The Federal 

 Court issues an order restraining three Texas rail- 

 ways from boycotting a steamship line between Gal- 

 vest on and New York. 



14. Washington: The Democratic and Republican 

 Congressional Campaign Committees complete their 

 organization. Russia : The Government orders steel 

 armor for two battle ships from American makers. 

 Spain : Senor Luis Polo y Barnabe appointed minis- 

 ter to the United States. Washington : Luther G. 

 Billings, pay director of the navy, dismissed from 

 service for falsehood and scandalous conduct. 

 Italy : Discovery of the birth record of Americus 

 Vespucius in the Church of San Giovanni, Florence. 



15. The United States battle ship Maine destroyed 

 by an explosion in the harbor of Havana. Intense 

 excitement and indignation all over the United 

 States, sympathy of the whole civilized world. Two 

 officers and 266 enlisted men were killed and many 

 others were injured. 



16. Costa Rica : A revolution in progress. 



17. Spain officially disavows the De Lome inci- 

 dent. Naval Court of Inquiry appointed to inves- 

 tigate the loss of the Maine. 



