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1859. Oregon admitted to the Union, February 14. Jos. Holt was appointed Postmaster-General, March 14. The Boston "Commercial Bulletin" appeared. Col. Drake sank the first successful oil well near Titusville, Pa. Severe frost in the northern part of the United States, June 4. Denver "Rockey Mountain News" appeared. John Brown captured Harper's Ferry and attmpted to liberate the slaves; Le was captured, tried, and hung, December 2.
1860. The Republicans, at Chicago, May 16, nominated Abraham Lincoln, for President, and Hannibal Hamlin for Vice-President. The American Party, at Baltimore, May 19, nominated John Bell for President, and Ed Everett for Vice-President. The President vetoed the Homestead Bill, which would have given settlers land for 25 cents an acre. The Douglass Democrats, at Baltimore, June 18, nominated Stephen A. Douglass for President, and H. V. Johnson for Vice-President. The Southern Democrats, at Baltimore, June 28, nominated John C. Breckenridge for President and Jos. Lane for Vice-President. Philip S. Thomas was appointed Secretary of Treasury, December 12. Jeremiah S. Black was appointed Secretary of State, December 17. The "Crittenden Compromise" was offered December 18. Ed. M. Stanton was appointed Attorney-General, December 20. South Carolina seceded from the Union, December 20. Popula- tion 31,443,321.
1861. Confederates fired on the "Star of the West" January 9th, beginning the Civil War. Mississippi seceded Jannary 9; Florida seceded January 10; Alabama seceded January 11. John A. Dix was appointed Secretary of Treasury January 11, and O. S. Holt, Secretary of War, January 18. Georgia seceded January 19; Louisiana seceded January 26. Kansas admitted to Union January 29. Texas seceded February 1. The Confederate States of America were formed at Montgomery, Ala., February, with Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H Stephens as Vice-President. - Horatio King was appointed Postmaster-General February 12. Abraham Lincoln, President; Hannibal Hamilton, Vice-President; Wni. H. Seward, Secretary of State; Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of Treasury; Simon Cameron, Secretary of War; Ed. Bates, Attorney-General; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy; Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General; Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior. Major Anderson evaucated Fort Sumpter, April 14. Virginia seceded April 17. The Confederates took Harper's Ferry, April 18. The "Plug nglies" of Baltimore attacked the Sixth Massachusetts regiment, April 19. The Confederates took the Norfolk Navy Yard, April 20. Arkansas seceded, May 6; North Carolina seceded May 20. Col. Ellsworth was shot at Alexandria, Virginia, May 24. Tennessee seceded, June 8. Beauregard defeated McDowell at Bull Run, July 21. General Lyon was defeated and killed at
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Wilson's Creek, August 10. Fort Hatteras was captured, August 29. The Fed- erals were defeated at Ball's Bluff, October 21. Major-General Geo. B. Mcclellan appointed November 1. Point Royal captured November 7. Captain Chas. Wilkes of the "San Jacinto" took from the "Trent" John Slidell and John Y. Mason, November 8.
1862. Slidell and Mason released, January 1. Ed. M. Stanton appointed Secretary of War, January 15. Grant took Fort Donelson, February 16. "Green- bachs" were made a legal tender. Duel of the "Monitor" and the "Merimac" March 9. Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7. Commodore Farragut and General Butler took New Orleans, April 25. Bureau of Agriculture created, May 15. Battle of Fair Oaks, May 31. Sionx Indian Massacre in Minnesota. Seven Days' battle, June 25 to July 1. Major-General Henry W. Halleck appointed July 23. Jackson defeated Pope at Bull Run, August 30. Battle of Antietam, September 17. Lee defeated Burnside at Fredericksburg, December 13. Rosecrans defeated Bragg at Murfreesboro, December 31.
1863. Proclamation of Emancipation, freeing all slaves in seceded states, went into effect, January1. John P Usher was appointed Secretary of the Interior, january 8. Act establishing National Banks was passed, February 23. Habeas Corpus Act suspended. Conscription Act passed, March 3. Battle of Chancellorsville, May 3. West Virginia admitted to the Union, June 19. Titian J. Coffee appointed Attorney-General, June 22. Free mail delivery established, July 1. Meads repulsed Lee at Gettysburg, July 1-3. Grant took Vicksburg, July 4. Draft riots in New York City, July 13-16. Letter postage made uniform at three cents. New Orleans "Times" appeared. Battle of Chickamauga, Sep- tember 19. Battle of Chattanooga, November 23-25.
1864. General U. S. Grant commissioned, March 9. Assay office established at Denver. Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6. Battle of Spottsylvania Court House, May 12. The Radicals, at Cleveland, May 31, nominated J. C. Fremont for President, and John C. Cochrane for Vice-President. Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3. The Republicans at Baltimore, June 6, nominated Lincoln for Presi- dent, and Johnson for Vice-President. The "Kearsarge" sank the "Alabama," June 19. Wm. P. Fessenden was appointed Secretary of Treasury, July 1. Farragut (ntered Mobile Bay, August 5. The Democrats, at Chicago, August 29, nominated G. B. MeClellan for President, and George H. Pendleton for Vice- President. Sherman took Atlanta, September 2. Wm. Dennison was appointed Postmaster-General, September 24. Nevada was admitted to the Union, October 31. James Speed appointed Attorney-General,December 2. Salmon P. Chase appointed, December 6. Sherman took Savannah, December 21. Public debt, $2,680,647,869.
1865. The San Francisco "Chronicle" appeared, January 16. Freedmen's Bureau established, March 3. Abraham Lincoln President; Andrew Johnson, Vice-President; Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State; Hugh McCulloch, Secretary or Treasury; Ed. M. Stanton, Secretary of War; James Speed, Attorney-General; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy; Wm. Dennison, Postmaster-General; Jolin P. Usher, Secretary of the Interior. Grant took Petersburg, April 2, and Richmond, April 3. Lee surrendered, April 9. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, Apri: 14. Andrew Johnson took oath of office, April 15. Jeff Davis captured, May 10. Kirby Smith surrendered, May 26, ending the Civil War. The San Francisco "Examiner" appeared. The "Reconstruction Committee" was appointed, December 4.
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1866. Reciprocity Treaty with Canada ended, March 17. Grand Army of the Republic was organized by Dr. Benj. F. Stephenson, at Decatur, Illinois, April 6. Civil Rights Law was passed over the President's veto, April 9. Fenians raided Canada. $15,000,000 fire in Portland, Maine. Tennessee re- admitted into the Union, July 23. Henry Stanbery appointed Tttorney-General, July 23. Alexander W. Randall appointed Postmaster-General, July 25. Orville H. Browning appointed Secretary of Interior, July 27. The Atlantic cable was successfully put down, and first message sent July 29. The first encampment of the G. A. R. was held at Indianapolis, November 20. The "Carpet Baggers" began to work the South.
1867. Mr. Ashley charged the President with "high crimes and misde- menors," January 7. Nebraska was admitted to the Union, March 1. The Tenure of Office Act was passed over the President's veto, March 2, which forbade the Presdient to dismiss Cabinet Officers without the Senate's consent. Congress passed a bill over the President's veto, March 2, dividing the dis- organized States into military districts. Alaska purchased from Russia for $7,200,000. President made General Grant Secretary of War, August 12, dis- piacing Mr. Stanton. The Grangers, "Patrons of Industry" formed in Wash- ington.
1868. Senate re-installed Mr. Stanton as Secretary of War, January 14. The President again displaced Mr. Stanton, February 21, making General Thomas Secretary of War. Congress impeached the President, February 24. Trial of impeachment begun March 5. Navy Yord established at League Island, Pa. The first Grange was opened at Fredonia, N. Y., April 16. President de- clared "not guilty," May 16. The Republicans, at Chicago, May 20, nominated U. S. Grant for President, and Schuyler Colfax, for Vice-President. John M. Schofield was appointed Secretary of War, May 28. The Democrats, at New Torl, July 4, nominated Horatio Seymour for President and Francis P. Blair for Vice-President. The fourteenth amendment to the constitution declared in force, July 28. The St. Paul "Despatch" appeared. The Ku-Klux-Klan was formed in Tennessee. The Kansas City "Times" appeared.
1869. Ulysses S. Grant, President; Schuyler Colfax, Vice-President ; Elihu B. Washburne, Secretary of State; George S. Boutwell, Secretary of Treasury; John A. Rawlins, Secretary of War; Ebenezer R. Hoar, Attorney-General; Adolph F. Borie, Secretary of Navy; John A. J. Croswell, Postmaster-General; Jacob D. Cox, Secretary of Interior. Gen. W. T. Sherman commissioned, March 8. Hamilton Fish appointed Secretary of State, March 11. Last tie of Union Pacific Railroad laid at Ogden, May 10. G. A. R. met in Cincinnati, May 12. Peace Jubilee held in Boston, June 15. George M. Robeson appointed Secretary of Navy, June 25. The Dubuque Telegraph established, July 7. Wm. T. Sherman appointed Secretary of War, September 9. "Black Friday" in Wall Street, New York, September 24. Wm. W. Belknap appointed Secre- tary of War, October 25. Knights of Labor organized in Philadelphia. Louis- ville "Commercial" appeared.
1870. Weather Bureau established, February 9. Fifteenth amendment to the constitution in force, March 30. G. A. R. met in Washington, May 11. Philadelphia "Record" appeared, May 14. Department of Justice, created, June 22. Amos T. Ackerman appointed Attorney-General, June 23. Mint established at Carson City. Columbus Denalo appointed Secretary of Interior, November 1. Population 38,558,371.
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1871. In January all the states were represented in Congress for the first time since 1860. Reform in Civil Service authorized March3. Los Angeles "Express" appeared. "Joint High Commission" met in Washington, May 8, and decided that hatters in dispute between the United States and Great Britain be referred to a tribunal of arbitration. G. A. R. met in Boston, May 10. Los Angeles "Herald" appeared. Omaha "Bee" appeared. $200,000,000 fire in Chicago, October 9. Great forest fires in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. George H. Williams, appointed Attorney-General, December 14. Tribunal of Arbitration met at Geneva, Switzerland, December 15.
1872. Ed. S. Stokes shot James Fisk, in New York, January 6. Chicago "Inter-Ocean" appeared, March 25. Post cards were introduced. The Limeral Republicans at Cincinnati, May 1, nominated Horace Greely for President and B. Gratz for Vice-President. The G. A. R. met in Cleveland, May 8. The Amnesty bill was passed, May 22. The Republicans at Philadelphia, June 5. nominated Grant for President and Henry Wilson for Vice-President. The Democrats, at Baltimore, July 9, endorsed the nomination of the Liberal Repub- licans. The Tribunal of Arbitration decided, September 14, that Great Britain pay the United Staes $15,500,000 for losses of Confederate cruisers. Horace Greely died, November 29. "Credit Mobilier" investigation was begun.
1873. President's salary was raised from $25,000 to $50,000 and Congress- men's from $5,000 to $7,500, "Salay grab," March 3. U. S. Grant, President; Henry Wilson, Vice-President; Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; Wm. A. Rich- ardson, Secretary of Treasury; Wm. of the "Virginius," November 8. Wm. Marcy Tweed, Tammany "boss" W. Belknap, Secretary of War; Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior. The G. A. R. met at New Haven, May 14th. New Haven "Union" appeared. Great financial panic. The "tramp" began to show itself. Spaniards, at Santiago de Cuba, murdered 53 sailors.
1874. Salaries of Congressmen reduced to $5,000, January 30. Morrison R. Waite born January 21. Lewis Miller, of Oiho, and Rev. Dr. J. H. Vincent of New York, originated the Chautauqua Assembly. The G. A. R. met at Harris- burg, May 13. Benjamin H. Bristow was appointed Secretary of Treasury, June 4. Charley Ross, four years old, was abducted from his home at German- town, Pa., July1. The St. Louis and Illinois bridge, the first metal arched bridge int the world, devised by Captain Jas. B. Eads, opened July 4. James W. Marshall was appointed Postmaster-General, July 7. Marshall Jewell was ap- pointed Postmaster-General, August 24. Public .debt, $2,232,284,531.
1875. The New Orleans "Democrat" appeared. The Philadelphia "Daily Times" appeared, March 13. Edward Pierrepont was appointed Attorney- General, April 26. Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, made Cardinal, April 27th, the first American to get the dignity. The "Whiskey Ring" was exposed in the west, May 1, being a collusion between distillers and revenue officers to defraud the government. The G. A. R. met in Chicago, May 12. Captain James B. Eads began to build petties, and parallel piers at the mouth of the Mississippi. Zachariah Chandler appointed Secretary of Interior, October 19.
1876. Alphonso Taft was appointed Secretary of War, March 8. The President opened the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, May 10. The Greenbackers, at Indianadolis, May 17, nominated Peter Cooper for President and Sam. F. Cary for Vice-President. James D. Cameron was appointed Secre- tary of War. and Alph. Taft Attorney-General, May 22. The Republicans, at Cincinnati, June 14, nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for President and Wm. A.
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Wheeler for Vice-President. General Custer and his column were massacred, June 25. The Democrats, at St. Louis, June 28, nominated Samuel J. Tilden for D'sident, and Thos. A. Hendricks for Vice-President. G. A. R. met in
1877. The Washington "National Tribune" appeared. Electoral Committee Philadelphia, June 30. C. M. B. A. was organized at Niagara Falls, July 3. I.ot MI Marrill appointed Secretary of Treasury, July 7, and James N. Tyner Postmaster-General, July 12. Colorado admitted to the Union, August 1. was created to decide disputed election, January 29. Prof. A. Graham Bell used his telephone, February 13. Rutherford B. Hayes, President; Wm. A. Wheeler, Vice-President; Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of State; John Sherman, Secretary of Treasury; George W. McCrary, Secretary of War; Chas. Devens, Attorney General; Richard W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy; David M. Key, Postmaster-General; Carl Schurz, Secretary of Interior. Thomas A. Edison in- vented the phonograph. G. A. R. met at Providence, June 26. Railroad strikes. Washington "Post" appeared. Halifax Commission decided, November 27, that the United States pay $5,500,000 for fishing privileges for twelve years.
1.78. St. Paul "Globe" appeared, January 15. Bland's silver bill restoring the use and coinage of silver dollars, passed over the President's veto, February 6. The National Labor Party amalgamated with the Greenback Party. The Minneapolis "Journal" appeared. G. A. R. met at Springfield, Mass., June 4. Southern cities were scourged with yellow fever, 4,000 dying in New Orleans. The American Bar Association was organized at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., August 21. The Cleveland "Press" appeared, November 2. Gold sold at par December 17th.
1879. Resumption of special payment, January 1. Women allowed to practice before the Supreme Court, February 15. Hordes of negroes migrated from the South to Kansas. The Salvation Army came to New York. G. A. R. inet at Albany, N. Y., June 17. Bennett, N. Y., sent the "Jeanette" on an ex- ploring trip through Behring Strait. The Denver "Republican" appeared. Alex- ander Ranisey appointed Secretary of War, December 12.
1884. The Pittsburg "Times" appeared, February 2. Hocking Vallek strikes begun. The Republicans, at Chicago. June 7, nominated James A. Garfield for President and Chester A. Arthur for Vice-President. G. A. R. met at Dayton, Ohio, June ». The Greenbackers, at Chicago, June 9, nominated James B. Wea- ver for President and Benjamin J. Chambers for Vice-President. The Prohibi- tionists. aiCleveland, June 17, nominated Neal Dow for President and A. M. Thompson for Vice-President. The Democrats at Cincinnati, June 22, nomin- ated Winfield S. Hancock for President and W. H. English for Vice-President. The obelisk, given by the Khedive of Egypt, arrived in New York, July 21. Horace Maynard appointed Postmaster-General, August 26. The Kansas City "Star" appeared August 19. Population of the United States, 50,155,783.
1881. Nathan Goff appointed Secretary of the Navy, January 6. James A. Garfield, President; Chester A. Arthur, Vice-President; Jas. G. Blaine, Secretary of State; Wmn. H. Windom, Secretary of Treasury; Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War; Wm. H. Hunt, Secretary of Navy; Wawne McVeagh, Attorney-General; Thomas L. James, Postmaster-General; Samuel J. Kirkwood, Secretary of Inter- ior. The Chicago "Record" appeared, March 21. The Chicago "Times-Herald" appeared, May 10. Aurora. Illinois, was the first city in the world to light tis streets with electricity. The "Saturday Globe," of Utica, N. Y. appeared. Guit- eau shot the President, July 2. President Garfield died September 19. C. A.
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Arthur installed into President's office, September 20. Chas. J. Folger was appointed Secretary of Treasury, October 27; F. T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary oi State, December 12; Benjamin H. Brewster, Attorney-General, December 16, and Timothy O. Howe, Postmaster-General, December 20.
1882. 100,000 people were made homeless in Louisiana by the inundation of th, Mississippi. Edmund's bill passed, March 22, disfranchising polygamists. Wm. E. Chandler was appointed Secretary of Navy, April 1; and Henry M. Teller Secretary of Interior, April 6. G. A. R. met in Baltimore, June 21. Chas. Guiteau, hang June 30. First meeting of the Chautauqua Literary and Scienti- fic Society, August 12. "Star Route Trial," for fraudelent practices in postal service, in progress, Infantry and Cavalry school opened at Fort Leavenworth.
1883. Act passed to improve the Civil Service, January 16. Postal notes were first issued March 3. Walter Q. Gresham was appointed Postmaster- General, April 3. Brooklyn Bridge, constructed by John A. Roebling, was opened May 24. G. A. R. met at Denver, July 25. Naval ctation established at Port Royal, S. C. Postage on letters, not. more than half ounce, 2 cents. Northern Pacific railroad was completed, September S. The "Buffalo Express," (illustrated) appeared. General Philip H. Sheridan appointed November 1. Standard railroad time went into effect November 1S.
1884. Tornado in Central States, February 9. The Greenbackers, at Indianapolis, May 29, nominated Benjamin F. Butler for President, and A. M. West for Vice-President. The Republicans, at Chicago, June 7, nominated James G. Blaine for President, and John A. Logan Tor Vice-President. The Democrats,, at Chicago, July 8, nominated Grover Cleveland for President and Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President. G. A. R. met at Minneapolis, July 23. The Prohibitionists, at Pittsburg, July 23, nominated John P. St. John for President and Wm. Daniel for Vice-President. Walter Q. Gresham appointed Secretary of the Treasury, September 24; Frank Hatton appointed Postmaster- General, October 14; and Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of Treasury, October 28. Public debt, $1,876,424,275.
1885. The Dubuque Telegraph and Democrat were consolidated under the name of The Telegraph, January 5. Grover Cleveland, President; Thom. A. Hendricks, Vice-President; Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State; Dan. Man- ning, Secretary of Treasury; Wm. C. Endicott, Secretary of War; Wm. C. Whitney, Secretary of Navy; L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of Interior; Wm. F. Vilas, Fostmaster-General; August H. Garland, Attorney-General. Letter post- age was fixed at one ounce or less for two cents. G. A. R. met at Portland, Maine, June 24. General Grant died July 23. The street car strike in St. Louis caused business trouble. The first electric street railway in the United States opened, September 1, from Baltimore to Hampden, Maryland. The Vice- President dying, November 25, Senator John Sherman became President of the Senate. Sudden death of W. H. Vanderbilt, December S, worth $200,000,000.
1886. The Presidential Succession Act was passed, January 19, providing, that, if the President and Vice-President die, the Secretary of State, or the next Cabinet Officer, in order of seniority, shall be President. The year of strikes; employers kept "black list;" employees relied on the "boycott." Civil Service commission organized, April 1. Haymarket riot (anarchists) at Chicago, May 4. President Cleveland married Miss Frances F. Folsom, June 2. Archbishop Gibbons of Baltimore, made Cardinal, June 7. G. A. R. met at San Francisco, August 4. Earthquakes at Charleston, S. C., August 27 to Sept. 1. Statue of
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Liberty, on Bedloe's Island, N. Y., unveiled, October 28. The Brooklyn "Citizen" appeared. Industrial West, newspaper, added to the Weekly Telegraph.
1887. By Act of Congress passed, March 2, the electors of President and Viee-President shall cast their votes on the second Monday in January. Inter- state Commerce Act passed February 3, securing uniform railroad fares for passengers and freight Tenure of Office Act repealed. The Mormon Church was dissolved Mareh 3. Chas. S. Fairchild appointed Secretary of Treasury, April 1. G. A. R. met at St. Louis, September 28. The Rochester, N. Y. "Times" appeared. The anarchists, Engel, Fischer, Parson and Spies were hung in Chicago, November 11. The New York "Press" appeared.
1888. Wm. F. Vilas was appointed as Secretary of State, and Don M. Diekinson, Postmaster-General, January 16th. The Prohibitionists, at Indian- apolis, May 30, nominated Clinton B. Fisk for President, and John A. Brooks for Vice-President. The Democrats, at St. Louis, June 5, nominated Grover Cleveland for President, and Allan G. Thurman for Vice-President. The Repub- licans, at Chicago, June 19, nominated Benjamin Harrison for President, and Levi P. Morion for Vice-President. Melville W. Fuller, July 20. Lieutenant General Jolını McAllister Schofield, August 14. G. A. R. met at Columbus, Ohio, September 12. Lord Sackville West, the British Minister, for writing "Murchison Letter," was dismissed, October 30. The Independent Daily and Weekly added to the Telegraph.
1889. Department of Agriculture was created, February 11, with N. J. Cale- man as Secretary. Benjamin Harrison, President; Levi P. Morton, Vice- President: James G. Blaine, Secretary of State; Wm. Windom, Secretary of Treasury; Pedfield Proctor, Secretary of War; Wm. H. H. Miller, Attorney- General; Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of Navy; John Wanamaker, Postmaster- General; John W. Noble, Secretary of Interior; Jeremiah M. Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture. Oklahoma Territory opened for settlement, April 22. Johnston, Pa., inundated, May 31, and over 2,000 drowned. Catholic University of America established at Washington, D. C. Minneapolis "Times" appeared. G. A. R. met in Milwaukee, August 28. Pan-American Congress met at Washington, Oct. 2. North Dakota and South Dakota admitted to Union, November 3. Montana adn itted to Union, November S. Washington admitted to Union, November 11. The Daily Telegraph installed the first pneumatie tubes in Iowa; also flat and circular stereotyping outfit and Goss Perfeeting Press.
1890. W. C. T. L. organized at Cleveland. January 23. A tornado visited Louisville, March 27. University of Chicago founded. Merchants' Bridge, St. Louis, finished May 3. Aets against Trusts and Combinations passed, July 2. Idaho admitted to Union, July 3. Wyoming admitted to Union, July 7. Con- gress passed Sherman's Silver Purchase and Coinage Act, July 14, empowering the Treasurer to buy 140 tons of silver every month and coin it into dollars. Wm. Kemmler electrocuted at Auburn, N. Y .. August 6. G. A. R. met at Boston, August 13. Mckinley Tariff went into effect, October 6. Population, 62,622,250. The Telegraph installed the first electric motor in Dubuque.
1891. International Monetary Conference in Washington, January 7. Chas. Foster appointed Secretary of Treasury February 25. The International Copyright Act passed, March 3. The citizens of New Orleans lynched eleven Italians for murdering Chief of Police Hennessey. March 14. Death of P. T. Barnum, April 7. G. A. R. met at Detroit, August 5. St. Clair River Tunnel opened September 19. Stephen B. Elkins, appointed Secretary of War, Septem-
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22. Chilians assaulted the crew of the "Baltimore," October 16, for which Chili made reparation.
Great floods in the West. "High Water Mark Monument" at Gettysburg, dedicated June 2. The Republicans, at Minneapolis, June 7, nominated Benj. Harrison for President, and Whitelaw Reid for Vice-President. The Demo- crats, at Chicago, June 21, nominated Grover Cleveland for President, and Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice-President. The Prohibitionists, at Cincinnati, June 29 nominated John Niawell for President and Jas. B. Cranfill for Vice- President. John W. Foster appointed Secretary of State, June 29. The Grand Rapids "flerald" appeared July 1. The People's Party, at Omaha, July 2, nominated Jas. B. Weaver for President and Jas. G. Field for Vice-President. Gold Standard established August 2. G. A. R. met at Washington 21.
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