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EVENTS OF 1898. 



pudiates all responsibility for American losses in 

 Armenia. Russia occupies Niu-Chwang. 



9. Norwegian steamers Aladdin and Bergen cap- 

 tured by blockading squadron and taken to Key 

 West. Frederick, Md. : Statue erected in memory 

 of Francis Scott Key, author of " The Star-Spangled 

 Banner." 



10. Peace protocol drawn up in Washington. 

 United States Weather Service established in the 

 West Indies. Great Britain: The Hon. George N. 

 Curzon appointed Viceroy of India to succeed the 

 Earl of Elgin. 



11. San Francisc-o: United States commissioners 

 sail for Honolulu. Brussels: Encounter between 

 police and anarchists. 



12. Peace protocol signed by representatives of 

 the United States and Spain; hostilities at once 

 suspended and an armistice proclaimed; duration 

 of hostilities one hundred and fourteen days (see 

 April 21). Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua 

 agree to form the United States of Central America 

 under one President. Newfoundland: Lieut.-Col. 

 McCullum appointed Governor to succeed Sir Her- 

 bert Murray. Honolulu : The American flag raised 

 at Hawaii and the annexation treaty ratified. 



13. Manila surrenders to the army and navy of 

 the United States, and the land forces take posses- 

 sion of the city ; no disorder or pillage ; 5 killed, 

 43 wounded, 7,000 prisoners. Naval attack on 

 Man/anillo stopped on receipt of peace orders from 

 Washington. United States steamship San Fran- 

 cisco struck by a shell from the Havana batteries. 

 Engagement with Spanish battery near Arbonito, 

 Puerto Rico. Indianapolis : National meeting of 

 the League of American Wheelmen. 



14. Several transports with returning troops ar- 

 rive at Montauk Point. Canada : International 

 yacht race, Canadian 20-footer Dominion wins 

 against the American Challenger, at Dorval, (Que- 

 bec, the winning boat rigged as a catamaran. 



16. Washington : The President appoints mili- 

 tary commissions for Cuba and Puerto Rico. Col. 

 John Hay succeeds Secretary Day as Secretary of 

 State. Mustering out of volunteers begins. 



17. President Faure and President McKinley ex- 

 change congratulations over the new French cable. 



18. Paris: Military trial of Count Esterhazy or- 

 dered. Santiago : Increase of local police force on 

 account of lawlessness. 



19. Washington: Orders issued for collection of 

 customs in Puerto Rico. Saratoga, N. V. : National 

 conference for foreign policy of the United States. 

 Russia contracts with the Cramps of Philadelphia 

 to build 2 battle ships and 3 protected cruisers. 

 Guatemala: Revolution ended by the death of Gen. 

 Morales. 



20. New York : Arrival of Admiral Sampson's 

 fleet ami review of the ship* in the North river. 



22. Washington : General orders issued for phys- 

 ical examination of volunteers prior to muster out, 

 records to be preserved for the protection of the 

 Pension Office. 



23. Manila: Gen. M errit t relinquishes his com- 

 mand to Gen. Otis and assumes duties as military 

 governor. Canadian-American Commission meets 

 at Quebec, Lord Herschel chosen president. Den- 

 ver: Annual meeting of the American Bankers' 

 Association. 



Jl. Mystic, Conn.: Annual meeting of the Uni- 

 versal P"eace Union. Puerto Rico : Saloons closed 

 in the interest of order. 



25. Gen. Shatter sails for home, leaving Gen. 

 I-iawton in command of Santiago. The British 

 Government appoints a commission to investigate 

 French fishery rights in Newfoundland. 



26. Street fight in Manila between United States 

 soldiers and natives, several killed on both sides. 



27. Constitution adopted for the United Sfates of 

 Central America and a Provisional Government or- 

 ganized. Russia : By order of the Czar, a confer- 

 ence looking to international disarmament is pro- 

 posed to the great powers. 



29. New York : The Seventy-first Regiment 

 reaches home and marches from the Battery to 

 Thirty-fourth Street. Dangerous riots reported in 

 the Barbadoes Islands among lawless negroes. 



30. Gen. Merritt and staff leave Manila for Paris. 

 Austria-Hungary : Agreement between the Prime 

 Ministers looking to closer political union. China: 

 Rebels reported in force near Canton. 



31. Rear-Admiral Schley, Gen. Gordon, and other 

 officials sail for Puerto Rico to fix terms of surren- 

 der and evacuation. Release of Spanish prisoners 

 at Annapolis and Portsmouth. Paris : Col. Henry 

 commits suicide after having confessed a forgery in 

 the Dreyfus case (see March 2). 



September 2. Egypt : Battle of Omdurman 

 Anglo-Egyptian forces, under Gen. Sir Herbert 

 Kitchener, 22,000 strong ; dervishes, 50,000 strong ; 

 the latter totally routed, with estimated loss of 

 27,000 killed and wounded; British and Egyptian 

 loss, 387. Canada : Temporary adjournment of the 

 Canadian-American Commission at Quebec. 



4. English and Egyptian flags raised over the 

 scene of Gen. Gordon's assassination at Khartoum. 

 Cincinnati: Thirty-second encampment of t In- 

 Grand Army of the Republic. Spain : Reassem- 

 bly of the Cortes. Holland : Coronation ceremonies 

 of Queen Wilhelmina at Amsterdam. 



5. Arkansas: State election carried by Demo- 

 crats. 



6. Crete: Fighting between Mussulmans and 

 Christians ; British naval forces interfere. Hol- 

 land : Enthronement of Wilhelmina. England : 

 Tower erected at Brandon Hill to commemorate 

 the discovery of America by John Cabot. Ver- 

 mont : State election carried by Republicans. 



7. China : Li-Hung-Chang again deposed. 



8. Cincinnati : Col. James A. Sexton elected 

 Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the 

 Republic. Guatemala: Manuel Estrada Cabrera 

 elected President. 



10. Assassination of the Empress of Austria at 

 Geneva, Switzerland, by an anarchist. Africa : A 

 Fsench force under Major Marchand discovered at 

 Fashoda. Spain : The Senate ratifies the peace pro- 

 tocol. 



12. Maine : Republicans carry the State elections. 



13. Cervera and his officers sail for Spain. Lo- 

 renzo Snow chosen president of the Mormon 

 Church. 



14. Spain : Adjournment of the Cortes. 



17. I nited States Peace Commission sails for 

 Paris. Austria : Funeral of the Empress at Vi- 

 enna. 



20. Quebec, Canada : The joint high commis- 

 sion of the United States and Canada reassembles. 

 Africa : Gen. Kitchener hoists the British flag over 

 Fashoda. 



21. A draft of 400 seamen sails to re-enforco 

 Dewey at Manila. Quebec: Monument unveiled in 

 memory of Champlain, the French pioneer (inc? 

 1635). " China: Imperial edict announces abdica- 

 tion of the Emperor in favor of Dowager Km 

 press. 



22. China: Dr. W. P. Martin, an American mi.- 

 sionary, appointed President of the Imperial Uni- 

 versity. American missionaries near Hai-Nan fen ed 

 to flee for safety on account of the insurgents. 



23. Italy : Mount Vesuvius in eruption. 



25. Spanish battle ship Maria Teresa raised un- 

 der direction of Lieut. Hobson. 



27. Washington : First formal meeting of t.h. 1 

 War Investigating Committee. France : Dreyfus 





