Reproduced by permission from Harper's Weekly. Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. SCENE AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY. From a drawing made by the late Charles S. Reinhart. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT-AMERICAN. August 19.-The first session of the eighth Canadian Parliament meets at Ottawa; J. D. Edgar is unanimously elected Speaker. August 20.-The gold-standard Democrats of Kentucky nominate presidential electors and choose delegates to Indianapolis. August 22.-The resignation of Hoke Smith as Secretary of the Interior is reported in Washington. August 24.-President Cleveland announces the appoinment of ex-Governor David R. Francis of Missouri as Secretary of the Interior, to succeed Hoke Smith, resigned. August 25.-Ninth annual convention of Republican League Clubs in Milwaukee.... New York Republicans assemble at Saratoga.... Candidate Bryan dines with Senator Hill and delivers a political address at Albany.... The "National Democrats" of Illinois nominate Gen. John C. Black for Governor and choose delegates to Indianapolis...." National Democrats " assemble in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida and California, and choose delegates to the Indianapolis convention.... Harris, the candidate of the half breeds, is elected Governor of the Chickasaw nation in Indian Territory. August 26.-Major William McKinley accepts the Re. publican nomination for the Presidency in a formal letter.... New York Republicans nominate Congressman Frank S. Black for Governor, Timothy L. Woodruff for Lieutenant-Governor, and Irving G. Vann for Judge of Court of Appeals....The Populists, silver men and Bryan Democrats in Michigan reach an agreement on State and electoral tickets....The "National Democrats" of New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa and Washington choose delegates to the Indianapolis convention. August 27.-Ex-President Harrison addresses a mass meeting in New York City.... Washington Republicans nominate P. C. Sullivan for Governor...." National Democrats " in Alabama, Missouri, Virginia, Michigan and Louisiana choose delegates to Indianapolis; in Michigan a full State ticket is nominated, headed by Rufus C. Sprague for Governor. Agust 29.-" National Democrats " in Virginia choose delegates to Indianapolis and nominate presidential electors...The State Democratic Committee of Massachusetts by a vote of 22 to 14 indorses the candidacy of Bryan and Sewall. August 31.-Gold-standard Democrats in New York and Arkansas choose delegates to Indianapolis. September 1.-Republicans carry the Vermont election by a largely increased plurality over that of 1892. September 2.-The "National Democrats " assemble in National Convention at Indianapolis; ex-Governor Flower of New York is made temporary chairman and Senator Cafery of Louisiana permanent chairman.... Connecticut Republicans meet in State Convention in Hartford. September 3.-The "National Democrats " at Indianapolis nominate Senator John M. Palmer of Illinois for President and Gen. Simon B. Buckner of Kentucky for Vice President, and adopt a gold-standard platform.... New Hampshire Republicans nominate George A. Ramsdell for Governor. September 7.-Democrats carry the Arkansas election by a large plurality. September 8.-W. J. Bryan is notified at Lincoln, Neb., of his nomination for the Presidency by the National Silver Party.....Colorado Populists nominate exGovernor Davis H. Waite for Governor.. In the South Carolina Democratic primaries for the Senatorship, Judge Earle is chosen by a small majority over Governor Evans. September 9.-Candidate Hobart's letter accepting the Republican nomination for Vice-President is made public; Mr. Bryan makes public his letter accepting the Chicago Democratic nomination for President. September 10.-North Carolina Republicans and Populists agree on a plan of action. September 12.-Senator Palmer and General Buckner are formally notified at Louisville, Ky., of their nomination by the "National Democrats" for President and Vice-President; President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle send messages of sympathy with the "National Democratic" movement. September 14 -In the Maine election the Republicans win by a plurality of nearly 50,000. September 17.-New York Democrats nominate John Boyd Thacher for Governor POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT-FOREIGN. August 25.-Hamed bin Thwain, Sultan of Zanzibar, dies and Said Khalid seizes the palace and proclaims himself Sultan. August 26.-The Italian Government orders the sus pension of emigration to Brazil.... Serious riot in Constantinople; appalling massacres of Armenians, 2,000 killed....Italians in Rio de Janeiro are attacked by mobs.... Mr. William C. Green appointed British agent in the South African Republic. August 27.-The Armenian revolutionists who captured the Ottoman bank in Constantinople surrender. August 28.-A ministerial crisis in Japan results in the resignation of Premier Ito and other members of the cabinet; the Emperor appoints Count Kuroda acting Premier. August 31.-The rebellion against the Spanish Government in the Philippine Islands is renewed.... An Italian Atlantic Squadron is formed to protect Italian interests in South America. September 3.-The Chilian Congress by a vote of 62 to 60 proclaims Errazuriz President of the Republic for the term of five years. September 6.-The Spanish elections for members of the councils of Madrid and other provinces result generally in favor of the government candidates. September 7.-The Spanish Cortes adjourns without date. September 9.-Fifteen hundred troops leave Spain for the Philippine Islands. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. August 20.-The State Department at Washington forwards to Spain the petitions for pardon addressed to the Spanish Government by the friends of the men arrested on the Competitor. August 22.-The International Copyright Congress opens at Berne.... A new scheme of reforms is sent to the Porte by the Ambassadors of the Powers. August 26.-The British Consul in Zanzibar sends an ultimatum to Said Khalid demanding his surrender. August 27.-British warships bombard the palace of the Sultan in Zanzibar; Said Khalid flees to the German Consulate.... The Czar and Czarina of Russia visit Vienna and are greeted there by the Emperor and Empress of Austria. August 28.-The British Consul in Zanzibar asks the German Consul to surrender Said Khalid. August 29.--The Brazilian Government promises Italy that steps will be taken to punish the persons who recently insulted the Italian flag....Ambassadors of the Powers warn the Sultan that he endangers his Empire by suffering the continuance of the existing anarchy under the connivance of the Imperial troops. August 31.-Houses of Americans are attacked near Constantinople; all the Armenian servants are mur dered. September 2.-It is announced that the recently negotiated Franco-Russian treaty provides only for defensive co-operation, making no provisions for joint offensive action. September 5.-The Czar and Czarina are the guests of Emperor William at Breslau. September 6.-The Porte makes reply to the collective note from the Powers in regard to the recent massacres, putting all the blame upon the Armenians. September 9.-The text of the Powers' protest to the Sultan is made public. INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DOINGS. August 19.-The directors of the Third Avenue Railroad Company, New York City, vote to increase the capital stock from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000. August 24.-The Union Steel Company of Alexandria, Ind., is placed in the hands of a receiver; the company is capitalized at $1,500,000.... The Linthicum Carriage Company of Defiance, Ohio, incorporated, with a capital stock of $100,000, fails. August 25.-Engagements of more gold for importation are announced. August 26.-Hilton, Hughes & Co. of New York City close their store and make an assignment for the benefit of their creditors; about 1,700 employees are thrown out of employment. August 27-The George H. Taylor Company, paper dealers of Chicago, fail with liabilities estimated at $150.000. August 31.-The Clyde and Belfast shipbuilders concede to their employees the advance in wages demanded. September 1.-The Furness, Layland & Wilson Steamship Companies consolidate their interests in the carrying trade between the United States and England, forming a new company with a capital stock of $5,000,000. September 2. -Captain-General Weyler, at Havana, decrees the compulsory circulation of bank-notes at par with gold, which now has a premium of 12 per cent. September 4.-The First National Bank of Helena, Mont., closes its doors. September 7.-Meeting of the Trades Union Congress in Edinburgh. September 9.-The Union National Bank of New Orleans closes its doors. September 11.-The suspension of the fourth New Orleans bank within a few days is announced. OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THE MONTH. August 20.-Lord Chief Justice Russell of England addresses the American Bar Association at Saratoga on international arbitration.... News is received from Dr. Nansen's exploring steamer Fram.... Charles H. Lanson makes a successful experiment with an air ship at Portland, Me. August 26.-Fire at Ontonagon, Mich., destroys property to the value of $1,500,000, and renders 2,000 persons homeless. August 27.-The United States cruiser Brooklyn, on her official trial trip, makes an average speed of 21.91 knots an hour, thus earning a premium of $350,000 for her builders. August 28.-Viceroy Li Hung Chang arrives in New York City....The Catholic Congress at Dortmund, Prussia, passes a resolution warning German Catholics against emigrating to the United States under present economic conditions. August 29.-Viceroy Li Hung Chang is presented to President Cleveland. August 30.-Li Hung Chang visits the tomb of General Grant in New York City. August 31.-The American Social Science Association meets at Saratoga. September 1.-An international convention of representatives of the Irish race meets in London. September 2.-The new British armored battleship Cæsar is launched from the Portsmouth dock yards. September 3.-The thirtieth national encampment of the G. A. R. is opened at St. Paul, Minn. September 4.-Major Thaddeus S. Clarkson of Nebraska is chosen Commader-in-Chief of the G. A. R..... Dr. Gallagher, the released Irish prisoner, arrives in New York City. September 6.-By the fall of an opera house wall at Benton Harbor, Mich., during a fire, eleven firemen are crushed to death and several others injured. September 10.-A cyclone does much damage in Paris. September 13.-P. J. Tynan, known as "Number One," is arrested in France on the charge of being concerned in the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke in Dublin in 1882. September 14.-Several dynamiters are arrested in Europe, and the London police assert the existence of a general conspiracy. OBITUARY. August 19.-Josiah Dwight Whitney, professor of geology at Harvard, 77.... Ex-Congressman Ransom W. Dunham of Chicago, 58.... Dr. Charles Lotin Hildreth, poet and story writer, 40....Hon. William Douglas Balfour, Provincial Secretary in the Ontario Government. ....Curtis Coe Nichols of Boston, one of the early Massachusetts Republicans, 82. August 20.-Prof. Alexander Henry Green, the distinguished English geologist, 64.... M. Julius Lange of Copenhagen University, 58 August 21.-Dr. Charles G. Raue of Philadelphia, a leading homœopathist, 76. August 24.-Nicholas Rüdinger, professor of anatomy at Munich, 64....Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, second Baron de Mauley, 81. August 25.-Hamed bin Thwain bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, 40....Benoni Irwin, a well-known New York portrait painter, 56. August 26.-Sir Rcbert Stuart, 80. August 27.-Lewis Steward, an Illinois pioneer, 72. August 28.-Wordsworth Thompson, the well-known American genre and historical painter, 56....Baron Jérome Frédéric Pichon, French author and bibliophile, 84. August 30.-Prince Lobanoff Rostovsky, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 71.... Charles Stanley Reinhart, American illustrator and painter, 52. September 1.-Charles E. Warburton, proprietor of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, 61. September 2.-Prof. Lorenzo Niles Fowler, phrenologist, 85....Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D.D., historian of Cambridge, Mass., 94. September 3.-Commander John Stark Newell, U. S. N. TRE LATE ENOCH PRATT OF BALTIMORE. September 10.-Prof Luigi Paimieri, the celebrated Italian meteorologist, 89....James Lewis, American comedian, 57. September 11.-Prof. Francis James Child of Harvard, 71. September 12.-Gen. James D. Morgan of Illinois, 86. ...Prof. J. E. Munro of Manchester, England. September 14.-Charles L. Chapin, one of the first operators of the Morse system of telegraphy, 69. September 16.-Ex-Congressman James N. Ashley of Toledo, O., 72. September 17.-Enoch Pratt, the millionaire philanthropist of Balimore, 88. FORTHCOMING EVENTS. THE PRINCETON SESQUICENTENNIAL. Elaborate arrangements are being made for the susquicentennial celebration of Princeton University, October 20 to 22, 1896, the first charter of the old College of New Jersey having been signed October 22, 1746. In another part of this magazine will be found a description of "Princeton After One Hundred and Fifty Years." Undoubtedly this will be one of the most important college anniversaries that have occurred since the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth birthday of Harvard in 1886. Many distinguished guests are expected. THE GALESBURG CELEBRATION OF THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE. One of the most interesting events of the autumn will be the celebration by Knox College, at Galesburg, Ill., of the anniversary of the debate at Galesburg, October 7, 1858, between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. The exercises will begin at two o'clock in the afternoon of October 7, with an oration by Chauncey M. Depew of New York, followed by addresses from The annual meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions will be held at Toledo, Ohio, October 6 to 9, the annual sermon being preached by the Rev. Edward M. Packard of Syracuse, with the usual address by Dr. Richard S. Storrs of Brooklyn, president of the board. The American Missionary Association will hold its annual meeting in Boston, October 22, and will be ad. dressed by Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court and other prominent speakers. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of the Protestant Episcopal Church will meet at Pittsburg, October 10 to 14. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Robert T. Lincoln, ex-Governor Horace Boies, and other distinguished men The debate which is to be thus commemorated at Galesburg was one of the most important in the famous series which took place on the occasion of the joint canvass by Lincoln and Douglas for the United States senatorship. Many persons who heard the original debate are still living in the vicinity of Galesburg, and will doubtless be present at this anniversary celebration. RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS. The general convention of the Christian Church (commonly known as "Disciples ") will be held at Springfield, Ill., October 18 to 23, 1896. DESIGN OF CHICAGO'S NEW POST OFFICE. Courtesy of McClure's Magazine. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. This meeting will probably be attended by about one thousand laymen from different parts of the country. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS OF LIBERAL RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. This organization, of which Dr. H. W. Thomas of Chicago is president, Ccl. T. W. Higginson, Drs. Hirsch, Savage, Heber Newton and William M. Salter are vicepresidents, and Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago secretary, will hold its third annual meeting in Plymouth Church, Indianapolis, November 17, 18 and 19. Rev. Philip S. Moxom of Springfield, Mass., preaches the opening sermon. Among other speakers are: Edwin D. Mead of Boston, Revs. Reed Stuart of Detroit, William C. Gannett of Rochester, Drs. Hirsch, Canfield and Thomas of Chicago, Dr. Rexford of Columbus, Ohio, and many other prominent representatives of various denominations. The Congress is a direct outcome of the Parliament spirit, the initiatory step being taken during that meeting. |