Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
POLITICAL. SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND
EDUCATIONAL,

Feb2-Venezuela arbitration treaty signed
| IN Wash1ngton; commission to consist OF
| I. s.. and Lord Herschell and Sir Robt.
Collins for Great Britain. these to select q
| fifth member
| Feb s-Nebraska legislature defeated bill
| tuition.
Feb Ill B. Potter (N. W elected pres,-
dent League of American Wheelmen. at AL
Feb1s-Woman suffrage amendment lost
| in Nevada legislature Is to 5.
Feb l7-First national congress Of moth
ers ever held Assem- bled in Washington @o
delegates present: Mann Pase Va.) elect
ed president National Farmers Alliance
a9s qnHn Hda s. WasRinseg
president-general Daughters OF American
Revolution. at Washington.
| Mar ?Mark Hanna (rep., o. appointed
Mar tWm Mckinley (oo and Garret
A. Hobart IN. J.) inaugurated president
and 4d.: vice RP president of [. S. before Chief
Mar 5-Senate confirms cabinet appoint
| ments: Secretary Of state, John Sherman
| (02: secretary of treasury, Lyman ]. Gage
{Mich.); attorneygeneral. JOS. McKenna
| (Cal); postmaster-general, Jas. A. Gary
(Md3: secretary Of navy. Jno. D. Long
Bliss (N: -: secretary Of agriculture. Jas.
Wilson Qa.).
Mar 15-Fifty-tifth congress convened in
l.. q.
| speaker Of house Of representatives
Mar 22-U. s. supreme court decided Jus
t!ces Field. Gray, Shiras and White dis
| sentng) that agreement Of Trans-Missouri
Freight association to maintain rates with
IN its territory was violation OF antitrust
law Of 1890.
cos to 122) Dingley tariff bill.
l. APP. .e-Carter H. Harrison (deEn) son Of
late Mayor Harrison. elected mayor of Chi
cago.
Apr Elisha Dyer trep) elected governor
Apr 13-President names Senator VOL
Vice President Stevenson di.} as commits a
sioners to international monetary confer
ence.
Apr 2o-At Mobile, Ala, s2d international
| convention of Y. NJ. c. A. convenes.
Apr 27-Grant monument inaugural pa
| rade witnessed by 2,ooo,ooo people: battle
ships Of many nations atoms Participate in naval
| tomb.
Apr 2s-william J. Deboe (rep, Ky) elect
| ed to Z. s. senate
opened at Nashville.
May Sc. S. senate refused (i3 to 20 to
| ratify general arbitration treaty with Eng
land. Universal postal congress convenes
sented.
| May 1eAmerican Baptist Home Mission
| ary society in annual session in Pittsburgh.
May 2oHC. S. senate passed al to 10 reso-
luton recognizing Cuban belligerency...
House of representatives unanimously ap-
propriates $4,000 <or relief Of American eft
izens in Cuba %. National Good Citizen 3
| convention in Nashville. Tenn. adopted res
| olutions tending to promotion Of good cit
! izenship. >. One hundred and ninth general
assembly Of Presbyterian church meets at
| Eagle Lake. Ind.
governor Of Oklahoma
| Jun A1nternationa! Sommercial confer
| ley speaking.
| Jun 15Universal postal congress ad-
| journed.
| Jun 16-Stewart L. Woodford CN. Y.) ap-
| pointed minister to Spain.
| Jun H-American Railway union (E. Y.
| Debs, pres.) changed name Of organization
| to Social Democracy of America" and
adopted declaration Of principles outlining
proposed scheme for cooperative COM
| monwealth.
Jun 2sLGen. Jno B. Gordon reelected gen,
| eral comma nder Of United Confederate vet.
eranS, at Nashville, Tenn.
| Jul 7-Tarin bill passes Q. s. senate 50 It
| 23....Young Peoples Society of Christian
| Endeavor convention opens in II stimuli
| taneous meetings in San Francisco.
Jul 1HLeonard ]. Crawford (Ky.) elected
president Of National Republican league. Al
Jul fredericksburg congress, at Sal
| Lake City, adopts resolutions favoring Ha
! waiian annexation. construction of Mic
! aragua canal. recognition Of Cuba and fre<
Jul is-House Of representatives, adoupte<
QS5 to 11g conference report on tariff bill. =