E VENTS OP 1898. 



case reopened and ordered before the Court of 

 Cassation. Great Britain : Gen. Sir Herbert Kitch- 

 ener raised to the peerage. Havana: Remains of 

 Columbus exhumed with ecclesiastical ceremonies 

 prior to removal to Spain. 



27. It is reported that all European war ships 

 have left Manila. 



28. Paris : Reception to Spanish and American 

 Peace Commissioners by the French Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs. Negotiations opened by the Brit- 

 ish ambassador in regard to the occupation of 

 Fashoda by the French. 



29. Illinois: State troops called out to maintain 

 order among striking miners at Parna. Crete : 

 Ultimatum of the European powers presented to 

 the Sultan. Canada: A prohibitory liquor law car- 

 ried by a small majority. 



30. Washington : Col. John Hay appointed Secre- 

 tary of State. 



October 1. Paris : First meeting of the Spanish 

 and American Peace Commission, held by courtesy 

 of the French Government in the Foreign Office. 



2. Gen. Merritt and staff reach Paris, his testi- 

 mony in regard to the Philippine Islands being 

 desired by the Peace Commissioners. China : Brit- 

 ish and Russian marine guards landed at Pekin to 

 protect European interests. American cruisers 

 ordered to Chinese waters for l;ke purpose. 



3. China : Foreign ministers at Pekin hold an 

 emergency meeting for mutual protection. Wash- 

 ington : The President appoints David J. Hill, of 

 New York, Assistant Secretary of State in place of 

 J. B. Moore. 



4. Paris : President Faure tenders an official re- 

 ception to the Spanish and American Peace Com- 

 missioners at the Elise. Virginia : Launch of 

 United States battle ship Illinois at Newport News. 



."). Minnesota: Indian outbreak in the Leach Lake 

 Reservation, caused by tyrannical treatment of 

 white settlers ; Major Wilkinson and five United 

 States soldiers killed, nine wounded, outbreak sup- 

 pressed. Washington ; Triennial Convention of the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church. Paris: Proceedings 

 begun for reopening the Dreyfus case. Georgia : 

 Democrats carry the State election. 



6. Paris : Street encounter between police and 

 strikers, one killed. Jamaica : Riots among ne- 

 groes ; police and white troops ordered to the 

 Scene. 



7. Washington : Orders issued reorganizing the 

 military departments of the array. China: Addi- 

 tional Russian. English, and German troops arrive 

 at Pekin to protect European residents. 



9. Calcutta: An official announcement declares 

 that the plague is at an end. 



10. Quebec : Adjournment of the joint high com- 

 mission to Nov. 1. 



11. The President and a large party start for 

 Omaha, much speech-making by the way. Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. : Triennial conclave of Knights Templars. 

 Paris : The strike among building trades becomes 

 general. Cuba : The American flag hoisted over 

 Manzanillo. 



12. New York: United States battle ships Oregon 

 and Iowa sail for Manila. Chaplain Maclntyre, of the 

 Oregon, dismissed from the navy for improper criti- 

 cism of his superiors. Germany : The Emperor and 

 Empress leave Berlin for a prolonged tour in the 

 Orient. Illinois : The introduction of negro labor- 

 ers in the coal-mining regions provokes riots, in 

 which 13 are killed and 25 wounded. 



14. Egypt : Nine Italian anarchists arrested in 

 Alexandria supposed to be organizing a plot for 

 the assassination of the German Emperor. 



17. President McKinley receives the degree of 

 doctor of laws from the University of Chicago. 

 Puerto Rico : The United States forces take formal 



possession of the island by raising the flag over 

 San Juan. Washington : Government Industrial 

 Commission organized with Senator Kyle as chair- 

 man. Chicago: Opening of the Peace Jubilee in 

 the Auditorium. Vermont : Re-election of Senator 

 Proctor. Crete : Seven Turks hanged for murder 

 of British soldiers. 



19. Chicago : Peace Jubilee parade reviewed by 

 the President. Manila : Admiral Dewey forbids 

 the Philippine insurgents to fly their flag on ships. 

 Great activity in French and English navy yards in 

 consequence of the Fashoda incident. 



20. China : A French missionary and several 

 Chinese Catholics massacred at Pahung. A Rus- 

 sian garrison occupies the town of Niu-Chwang. 



21. Washington : Return of the President and 

 his party. Santiago : Gen. Wood issues a proclama- 

 tion guaranteeing personal rights. South Africa : 

 Fighting between the Transvaal troops and a native 

 tribe. 



22. Harpersville, Miss. : Fourteen negroes and one 

 white man killed in a race conflict. 



23. Philadelphia : Beginning of Peace Jubilee. 

 Paris : Official reply issued to British claims of 

 Fashoda. Austria: Fatal cases of the bubonic 

 plague appear in the hospitals. China : Native 

 soldiers attack British engineers near Han-Kow. 



24. Egypt : Further arrests of Italian anarchists 

 at Heifa and Alexandria. London : Marriage of 

 Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A., and Miss Laura 

 Williams. 



25. Cuba : Gen. Calixto Garcia chosen chairman 

 of the National Assembly. France : Resignation of 

 the Cabinet ; riotous disorder in the streets of 

 Paris. Washington: Adjournment of the Protes- 

 tant Episcopal Convention. 



27. London : Enthusiastic reception of Gen. Lord 

 Kitchener, of Khartoum. 



28. San Francisco : Nearly 900 troops sail for 

 Manila. 



29. Paris: The Court of Cassation decides to 

 grant a revision of the Dreyfus case, but does not 

 order his release pending trial. Palestine : The 

 German Emperor and suite enter Jerusalem through 

 the Jaffa Gate. Crete: Five more Turks executed 

 for participation in the murder of British soldiers. 



30. Paris : Count Esterhazy expelled from the 

 Legion of Honor. Vienna: Additional deaths 

 from the bubonic plague. Russia : It is officially 

 announced that all the great powers will take part 

 in the disarmament conference. 



31. Paris: American Peace Commissioners pre- 

 sent a demand for the Philippine Islands. A new 

 French ministry is installed under M. Dupuy. 



November 1. In a notable speech at Worcester. 

 Mass., Senator Hoar protests against expansion. 

 France: It is announced that Major Marchand will 

 be recalled from Fashoda. Battle ship Maria Teresa 

 abandoned in a gale at sea near San Salvador. 



4. London : Banquet to Gen. Lord Kitchener at 

 the Guild Hall ; Lord Salisbury announces that 

 France will withdraw from Fashoda. 



5. The Maria Teresa drifts ashore on Cat Island. 



6. St. Louis : The city council passes a curfew 

 bill requiring children under sixteen to be at home 

 by nine o'clock in summer and eight o'clock in 

 winter. 



7. Turks expelled from Crete by the British and 

 Russians. 



8. Elections of greater or less importance in 42 

 States (for details see articles on the different 

 States). Dallas, Texas : Six men killed in election 

 affrays. South Carolina : Election riots at Phoenix, 

 8 negroes killed. England: A coroner's jury 

 charges two Christian scientists with manslaughter. 

 Harold Frederic, the author, having died under 

 their treatment. 



