EVENTS IN 1899. 



under the peace treaty, the Hon. Bellamy Storer. 

 formally received by the Queen Regent. 



22. France: A new ministry formed by M. VVal- 

 deck-Rousseau. 



20. London: Opening of the International Coun- 

 cil of Women. Launch of the yacht Shamrock 

 on the Thames. 



29. Belgium: Riotous demonstrations against 

 the electoral reform bill. New London, Conn.: 

 Harvard wins in three boat races with Yale. 



July 1. France: Capt. Dreyfus lands and is 

 transferred to the military prison at Rennes to 

 await retrial. \Vashington: Conclusion of a reci- 

 procity treaty with Jamaica. 



3. Spain: Adjournment of the Senate after rati- 

 fying the treaty of peace with the United 

 States. 



4. France: The Chamber of Deputies adjourns 

 after sustaining the Government's decision not 

 to debate the wages of workingmen and the hours 

 of labor. 



5. Detroit: The State Supreme Court declares un- 

 constitutional the law providing for the purchase 

 by the city of the street-railroad system. 



*(>. Philippine Islands: Spanish commissioners 

 secure the release of prisoners held by insurgents. 

 Servia: An attempt made to assassinate ex- 

 King Milan in Belgrade. England: The House 

 of Commons adopts the Lords' amendment ex- 

 cluding women from membership in the county 

 council. Gen. Joseph Wheeler ordered to report 

 for duty in the Philippines. Detroit: Annual con- 

 vention of the Society of Christian Endeavor. 



10. Servia: Martial law declared throughout 

 the department of Belgrade. The United States 

 Government refuses to consider claims of Austro- 

 Hungarian subjects in the recent miners' riots at 

 Hazleton, Pa. 



11. Russia: The Czar declares his brother, 

 Grand Duke Michael Alexandro witch, heir to the 

 throne since the death of the Grand Duke George. 

 Washington: An order is issued extending the 

 protection of the American flag to vessels owned 

 in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. California: 

 Meeting of the National Educational Association 

 at Los Angeles. 



12. Cuba: Quarantine established at the city 

 of Santiago to check the yellow fever; Gov.-Gen. 

 Brooke reforms the Spanish incommunicando sys- 

 tem of imprisonment. 



13. England: The House of Commons passes 

 the tithe-rent-rating bill. 



17. Washington: The new German ambassador, 

 Herr Von Schwartzenstein, presents his creden- 

 tials to the President. Manila: American news- 

 paper correspondents unite in a protest against 

 the military censorship of the press. 



18. Washington (State) : Arrival of $6,000,000 

 in gold dust from Alaska. South African Repub- 

 lic: The Government provides for a seven-year 

 franchise and to permit the naturalization of sons 



of Outlanders. 



19. Washington: Resignation of Russell A. 

 Alger as Secretary of War. 



20. Chicago: Meeting of the Democratic Na- 

 tional Committee. 



21. Paris: Opening of the Venezuela arbitration 

 case before the Joint Tribunal. Louisiana: Five 

 Italians charged with murder arc hanged by a 

 mob. Washington : An official denial is published 

 of the charges of American newspaper correspond- 

 ents in Manila. 



22. Washington: Elihu Root, of New York, ap- 

 pointed Secretary of War in place of Mr. Alger. 

 resigned. England: In an international athletic 



mtest Oxford and Cambridge show themselves 

 superior to Yale and Harvard. Opening of Wag- 



ner Festival at Bayreuth. Cleveland, Ohio : State 

 troops called out to preserve order in connection 

 with the street-railroad strike. Washington: 

 Reciprocity treaties signed between the United 

 States and several of the British West Indian 

 colonies. 



22-24. Manila: Arrival of the United States 

 transports Zealandia and Sheridan with re-en- 

 forcements for Gen. Otis. 



24. Washington: Reciprocity treaty signed be- 

 tween United States and France. Crete: The 

 English withdraw their protectorate, leaving the 

 island under the governorship of Prince George 

 of Greece. 



25. England: Launch of the battle ship Venge- 

 ance. France: Launch of the battle ship Suf- 

 fren at Brest; she is the largest vessel in the 

 F,rench navy. Philippine Islands: Gen. Otis pro- 

 claims a provisional government for the island 

 of Negros. 



26. Samoan Islands: An agreement reached 

 abolishing the kingship and agreeing to govern- 

 ment by an administrator with a council. Santo 

 Domingo: Assassination of President Heureaux. 



28. Washington : A postal convention is adopted 

 with the Government of Peru. 



30. England: Two balloonists cross the English 

 Channel, landing at Dieppe, after reaching an alti- 

 tude of 10,000 feet. Washington Territory: Re- 

 turn of the Alaskan Scientific Expedition to 

 Seattle. 



31. Ex- Secretary Alger issues a statement de- 

 fending his course while at the head of the War 

 Department. England: The Archbishops of Can- 

 terbury and York decide against the use of in- 

 cense and processional lights in the Church of 

 England. Sir Julian Pauncefote, ambassador to 

 the United States, raised to the peerage. 



August 1. Washington: Secretary Root as- 

 sumes charge of the War Department. Cuba: 

 Gen. Ludlow suppresses a Cuban newspaper for 

 seditious language. Canada: Thomas Bain 

 elected Speaker of the Dominion House of Com- 

 mons. 



2. Santo Domingo: Two of the assassins of 

 President Heureaux executed. 



5, Spain: The court-martial at Madrid acquits 

 Gens. Toral and Pa re j a for the surrender of San- 

 tiago to the forces of the United States. 



7. France: Beginning of the second trial by 

 court-martial of Alfred Dreyfus. 



8. South Africa: The Transvaal Parliament 

 authorizes the Government in time of war to 

 call upon every inhabitant for military service, 

 and rejects English proposition for inquiry into 

 alleged wrongs of foreigners. 



9. England: Parliament adjourns. 



10. Mexico: War breaks out with the formi- 

 dable Yaqui Indians. 



12. New York: Richard Croker, the Tammany 

 leader, declares in favor of Bryan and against the 

 Government's policy in the Philippines. 



14. France: An attempt made to assassinate 

 M. Labori, leading counsel for Dreyfus.. 



15. Paris: Anti- Jewish riots break out. Rus- 

 sia: The Czar declares the newly acquired Chi- 

 nese port of Talien-Wan open for all nations. 

 President McKinley addresses the Roman Catholic 

 Summer School on one of the islands of Lake 

 Champlain. Boston: Annual meeting of the 

 League of American Wheelmen. 



16. France: The Dreyfus court refuses post- 

 ponement of the trial on account of the shooting 

 of M. Labori. 



17. Army: The enlistment ordered of 10 new 

 regiments of United States volunteers and their 

 colonels are appointed by the War Department. 



