The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-07

Dec 25 1887 March 2-Act to COM
pei railroads to use automatic couplers
and air brakes on all cars approved
April 12-American Railway union organ.
lied at Chicago.
May l-World's Columbian exposition
Aug. 15-Behring sea court of arbitration
reported. Right of U. S. to a closed sea
Oct. obstructive storm on Gulf of Mex
leo caused loss of over 1000 lives.
Oct 30-World's Columbian exposition
closed. Total number of admissions, ~
Nov. Act repeating silver purchase law
approved
1894
March 25-J. S. Coxey's. army of the COM
monweal started from Massilon, O., for
Washington.
April 23-General strike of mine workers
throughout the country, against reduc..
ton of wages. 1t involved nearly 200 900
men, and was partially successful at the
end of two months.
June 26-Sympathetic strike ordered on all
western railroads by American Railway
union. 1t lasted two months.
June 2S-Act creating Labor Day." first
Oct 7-Oliver Wendell Holmes died at Bos.
ton, aged Sc.
1898.
May 20-Supreme court decided income tax
May 2S-secretary Of State Walter Q.
Gresham died, aged SO.
Oct. 7-Wm Wetmore Story, American
uAPNOA OiAN outilOA, uiSu III lldly, dSGu
Dec. 26-New tariff bill passed.
1896.
March 2-Cuban insurgents recognized as
beligerents by concurrent resolution Of
house and senate.
June 1S-United States and England agreed
to arbitrate Venezuelan boundary dis
July Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe died.
Aug. 17-Gold discovered In Yukon district
of Alaska by Geo. Mccormack.
Nov. 3-Twenty-eighth presidential cleo
ton. William Mckinley received 710IS23
popular and 27l electoral votes; william
Jennings Bryan, 6,5l1 073 popular and 11d
electoral votes.
Jan. 11-Arbitration treaty between United
States and England signed.
July 7-Dingley tariff bill passed.
June 16-Hawaiiana annexation treaty signed
at Washington. Islands formally annexed
July 7.
Feb. 15-Battleship Maine destroyed in Ha-
vana harbor by explosion; 266 officers and
men killed.
April 2O-Spanish minister, Polo de Bernade.
April 2l-Minister Woodford left Madrid.
April 22-Blockade of Cuban ports began.
April 2S-President calls for 125, 900 volun-
May spanish squadron destroyed at Ma
Mia by American squadron under Com.
Dewey. Spanish loss, 400; American loss.
June 22-Gen. Shafter with e,000 troops
landed in Cuba.
June 30-Ladrone islands seized by U. 8.
ship Charleston.
July 1-2-Battles of FL Caney Ell Paso and
San Juan fought. Spanish driven back to
Santiago and siege began.
July 3-Spanish squadron destroyed or
Santiago Spanish loss. 600 killed, 6sa
July S-Philippine republic proclaimed by
Aguinaldo.
July 17-Santiago surrendered to American
army.
July 25-Gen. Miles landed in Porto Rico
with American army.
July 26-Spain sued for peace.
Aug. 12-Peace protocol signed.
Aug. 13-City of Manila captured by Amer.
leans.
Jan. 1-Island of Cuba transferred to Unit
ed States by Spain.
jan 6-Peace treaty between United States
and Spain ratified by senate; vote, 81 to q.
March 30-Malolos, seat of Filipino govern
ment, captured by American troops under
Gen. Macarthur
Dec. 19-Maj. Gen. Henry w. Lawton killed
in Philippines
1900.
June-Twelfth census taken; population
rs, 295 200.
Sept. S-Galveston. Tex, practically de-
stroyed by West Indian hurricane; loss
of life estimated at between 5000 and S.OO0.
Sept. l7-Strike OF anthracite coal miners
in Pennsylvania began.
Nov 6-Twenty- ninth presidential cleo
ton. William Mckinley received 1872 cleo
toral votes and William ], Bryan ia