Iron County register., 1899-01-05

12-Marcus A. Hanna fO.) elected o. @.
senator-..M- ID. Ratchford at Column
bus, o., elected pres. United Mine Work
ers Union Of America
13-Gov. Leslie III. Shaw. (Ia-l inaugurated
....American Anti-SaiooG league at Co
lnmbus, o., elects Hiram Price lIa-l pres.
N-U. S Senate confirms nomination Of
Joseph McKenna for supreme court asso-
ciate justice.
22-Gov. Griggs On. J.) nominated q. S. at
torney-general.
21Louis Emery McComas trep-, Md elect
ed y. S. senator. National Stock
Growers, association in session at Den
yer....Goy. Shaw (Ia-1 presides over
monetary convention at indianapolis
Feb. l-U. S. Senator 7. B. Turley tTenn.l
reelected.
l0-League Of American Wheelmen In ma
tional assembly At ST. Louis; L S. Potter
lANational American Women's Suffrage
association In 18th annual convention
Senior Louis Polo Bernabe succeeds de
l8-Mrs. Lillian NJ n. Stevens (Me.1 sue
ceeds the late Miss Frances Willard Al
pres. W. c. I. Z.
Mar. 2National pure food and drug con-
gress in Washington.
23J. Sterling Morton, former secretary
of agriculture, elected at Chicago pres
National Sound Money league.
24-U. S. battleships Kentucky and Kear-
sarge launched at Newport News, Va.
Apr. League of Bimetallic Clubs OF Ohio
valley In convention at indianapolis
elects j. p. Tarwin (Ky-) pres.
2l-Postmaster-General Gary resigns and
Chas. z. Smith (Philadelphia) chosen to
25-Sec of State Sherman resigns and Ii
succeeded by Asst. Sec. Day, of Can
May 5-Delegates to national congress OF
mothers received at white house by Mrs.
Mckinley.
-Battleship Alabama launched at Phila-
delphia.
30-U. S. and France conclude first COM
mercial treaty under Dingley tariff law
Congressman William Y. Sullivan ap-
pointed to succeed late Senator Walthali.
of Mississippi.
Jun. Trans Mississippi and international
exposition opened at Omaha
7-Bill for removal of all political disa BIZ
ities of ex-confederates signed by pres.
Wisconsin's semi-centennial celebration
opened at Madison.
15-Lower house of congress adopts coo TO
9l) resolution to annex Hawaii.
July l-President signs bankruptcy bliI-
6-U. S. Senate passes house resolution for
annexation of Hawaii.
S-Pres appoints Senators Cullom tIIl.D
and Morgan (Ala.), Representative HIT
nl-1, and Pres. Dole and Chief Justice
Judd (Hawaii) commissioners for Ha.
waii. Congress adjourns.
l+International convention Baptist i oung
Peoples union In Buffalo.
22-Ferdinand W. Peck (Chicago) appointed
u. S. commissioner to Paris exposition
Aug. l-Gov. Joseph T. Johnston (Ala-D ]
reelected.
q-National meet League Of American
Wheelmen at Indianapolis.
16-Ambassador Hay accepts portfolio OF
secretary of state
26-Thos G. Sample (Pa.) elected supreme
chancellor Knights of Pythias, at Indian
apolis.
Sep. Army of Potomac in 18th annual re-
union at Niagara Falls, N. Y Nation
al irrigation congress, at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Sol james A. Sexton lChlcago) elected
commander in chief grand army at Gin
cinnati; Philadelphia chosen for next
encampment.
I5-Gov. Elerbee fdem-, s. CD, reelected.
l6-Sec of State Day resigns.
20-A. s. Pinkerton Mass elected grand
sire sovereign lodge /. 0. O. T. at Boston.
Oct. 5Allen D. Gambler tdem.) elected gov.
of Georgia Trouble between Indians
and government resulted in battle at
Bear island point, Mimi; soldiers, ]
Indian policeman and 80 Indians killed.
l5-Trouble at Bear island, Mimi, ends by
surrender of Indiana
30-Trans-Mississippi exposition at Omaha
closed; $4oo.o 900 remained for the stocis
Nov. s = General elections resulted as
follows: A republican majority in con-
gress; republicans elected governors In
4. Y, Conn, Cal, o., Pa, Mass, Mich.
Wis, n. H., n. J., New, Neb, n. D.,
Kan and Wyo.; democrats elected gov
ernors in Col, Tex, Tenn, s. CT S. D.
and Mimi; on minor Offices republicans
secured Ind, Ill, Ia, o, R. l., Del,
Wash, n NJ. and w. Va; democrats
secured Mo-, Mont, Utah, Ga, n. C..
La, KY, Ala, Ark, Fla, Md, Miss. and
Va; Minn. allows woman suffrage In
school elections
Dec. SClosing session 56th congress opened
at Washington and presidents message
read
Nomination of Sec of State Hay con-
frmed :. National Nonpartisan w. G.
T. u. at Cleveland; Mrs II. III. 1ngham
elected pres
l5-Pres. Mckinley guest of honor at At
lanta's peace jubilee.
l6-National Civil Service Reform ASST at
Baltimore; Carl Schurz elected president.
20-Sec Bliss of Int. dept resigns; Ethan a
Hitchcock (St Louis) to succeed him. -.
Sam1 Gompers reelected pres Amer.
Fed of Labor, at Kansas City.
25-Pres names delegates to cars uni
versal peace conference
26-Rear Admiral Bunce retired