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EVENTS OF 1898. 



18. Washington: Dispatches of condolence re- 

 ceived from all over the world on account of the 

 destruction of the Maine. New York : Arrival of 

 the Spanish battle ship Vizcaya to return the visit 

 of the Maine ; the officers now learn for first time 

 of the Maine's loss ; extra precautions. France : A 

 protest is made in the Chamber of Deputies against 

 the importation of American horses. Sicily : Troops 

 fire upon the mob to restrain bread riots. 



19. Washington : Adjournment of the Woman s 

 Suffrage Convention. Cuba : Insurgent successes re- 

 ported within a short distance of Havana ; Gomez 

 marching in the direction of the city. London: 

 Ijarge shipments of munitions of war sent to West 



20. Cuba: Arrival of the United States Coast 

 Survey steamer Bache with wrecking apparatus in 

 Havana harlwr. Washington: Orders issued for 

 the enlistment of 300 men to make good the loss of 

 the Maine. Berlin : Requiem service held for those 

 who lost their lives in the Maine disaster. 



21. Washington : Seventh annual convention of 

 the National Society of the Daughters of the Amer- 

 ican Revolution. England: Irish home-rule bill 

 as introduced by the Government approved by the 

 Irish party. 



22. Philadelphia : President McKinley delivers 

 an address at the University of Pennsylvania. 

 China: A loan of 16,000,000 announced with 

 English and German banks. South Carolina : The 

 negro postmaster at Lake City, Fraser C. Baker by 

 name, murdered by a mob, his house burned and 

 his wife and children maltreated. 



23. Paris: Verdicts of guilty rendered against 

 MM. Zola and Perreaux (see Feb. 7) ; wild Anti- 

 Jewish demonstrations in the streets. 



25. New York : Spanish cruiser Vizcaya sails for 

 Havana. Washington : Col. H. C. Corbin appointed 

 adjutant general in place of Gen. Breck, retired. 



26. Greece : An attempt to assassinate King 

 George ; the two assailants arrested (see March 31). 



27. Key West: Arrival of the Maine Court of 

 Inquiry. New York : Arrival of a large consign- 

 ment of reindeer on their way to the Klondike. 



28. Italy : Bread riots at Galipoli. 



March 1. Washington : Large contracts for war 

 material <?iven out by the Army and Navy Depart- 

 ments. Rome : Pope Leo XIII celebrates the twen- 

 tieth anniversary 01 his elevation to the throne. 



2. Brazil: Senhor Campos Salles elected President. 

 Washington : National Congress for the Purifica- 

 tion of Food and Drugs, 200 delegates present. 

 Bristol, R. I. : successful trial of a new United 

 States torpedo boat, the Talbot. Bohemia: The 

 Diet closed by imperial order. 



3. Washington : Naval engineers ordered to test 

 the efficiency of old monitors for the navy. Ithaca, 

 N. Y.: Cornell wins the intercollegiate debate with 

 the University of Pennsylvania. Australia: The 

 Federal Convention at Melbourne determines upon 

 an Australian capital, to be located in a Federal 

 district owned in common. Venezuela: A revolu- 

 tion breaks out on the inauguration of President 

 Andrade. 



4. The Maine Court of Inquiry goes to Havana 

 on the Mangrove. Madrid and Washington profess 

 peaceful relations, but both governments are nego- 

 tiating for the purchase of ships and are giving out 

 contracts for munitions of war. Italy: General 

 celebration of the anniversary of the adoption of an 

 Italian Constitution. 



r >. France : Duel between Col. Piquart and Col. 

 Henry, growing out of the Zola affair (see Aug. 81). 

 Baltimore : Launch of torpedo boat McKee from 

 Columbian Iron Works. Austria: Resignation of 

 the ministry. 



6. Spain intimates a wish for the recall of Con- 



sul-General Lee ; the United States Government 

 declines. Rome : Duel with swords between Signor 

 Cavolotte, a distinguished literary man, and Si- 

 gnor Macola, editor of the " Gazetta de Venezia," 

 both legislators ; Signor Cavolotte killed. 



7. Philippine Islands: It is announced that a 

 fresh rebellion has broken out against the Spaniards. 

 China leases Port Arthur to Russia for ninety-nine 

 years. New England: A number of the late strikers 

 resume work. 



8. Washington : Congress appropriates $50,000,- 

 000 for national defense. Captain W. H. Brownson, 

 U. S. N., detailed to buy war ships in England and 

 France. Cuba : At the request of the Spanish au- 

 thorities, the Fern, a dispatch boat, is substituted 

 for the Montgomery, a gunboat, to carry stores to 

 the starving Cubans. Italy: Great popular demon- 

 stration at Rome at the funeral of Signor Cavolotte 

 (see March 6). 



9. A Spanish man-of-war, the Alfonso XII, sails 

 for Cuba with men and munitions. India : Plague 

 riots in Bombay* troops obliged to fire upon the 

 crowd. China : Outlaws raid the island of Hainan. 

 Washington : The President signs the bill appropri- 

 ating $50,000,000 for defense. 



10. San Francisco : United States gunboat Mari- 

 etta sails for Key West (see June 4). Ohio : The 

 Society of Separatists at Zoar disbands; assets 

 about $3,000,000. 



11. Key West : United States dispatch boat Fern 

 sails for Matanzas with provisions. 



12. Washington : Sefior Polo y Barnabe, the new- 

 Spanish minister, presents his credentials to the 

 President. 



13. England : Two new Brazilian cruisers pur- 

 chased by the United States. Spanish squadron 

 sails for Cadiz. 



14. New York : Naval board for the purchase of 

 auxiliary cruisers begins its duties. 



15. Maine Court of Inquiry leaves Havana for 

 Key West. Turkey : Plot discovered to assassinate 

 the Sultan ; 100 soldiers killed. 



16. A strong fleet of United States war vessels 

 assembles at Key West ; Spain remonstrates. Wash- 

 ington : Senator Proctor delivers a notable speech 

 on the situation in Cuba. England : Rear-Admiral 

 Lord Charles Beresford advocates an Anglo-Ameri- 

 can alliance. The Associated Chambers of Com- 

 merce of the United Kingdom favor a compulsory 

 adoption of the metric system. 



19. San Francisco: United States battle ship 

 Oregon sails to join the Atlantic squadron. 



20. India : It is announced that the rebellion on 

 the northwest frontier is ended. Washington: A 

 flying squadron ordered to concentrate at Hamptor. 

 Roads. Civil-Engineer M. T. Endicott appointed 

 chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. 



22. Austria: Opening of the Reichstag at Vienna. 

 Berlin and London : The proposed Chinese loan 

 is considerably oversubscribed. Key West: Tho 

 Maine Court of Inquiry closes its sessions and sends 

 its report to Washington. 



23. Newport News, Va. : Launch of the battlo 

 ships Kentucky and Kearsarge. Italy : The Cham- 

 ber of Deputies censures ex-Premier Crispi for 

 complicity in bank frauds. Egypt: The Anglo- 

 Egyptian army defeats the dervishes in two en- 

 gagoments near Atbara. 



24. Washington: The Navy Department purchase 5 

 a number of auxiliary yachts and tugs. Germany : 

 Large naval credits voted in the Reichstag. Spain : 

 The Government announces a loan of about 50.- 

 000,000 pesetas from the Bank of Spain. 



25. Washington : Report of the Maine Court of ^ 

 Inquiry made public. 



26. Washington: A defense board appointed t 

 secure harmonious action between the army ani 



