PRESIDENTS. Taylor. Ohio Thomas Ewing.. ment. PRESIDENTS. 64 Date of Ap Cabinet Officers. Realdences. point ment. 1849 Grant. ......... Columbus Delano........... Ohio... 1870 James A. Pearce..... Md..... 1850 Zachariah Chandler...... Mich... 1875 Thos. M. T. M'Kernon.. Pa. 1850 Hayes................. Carl Schurz... Mo...... 1877 Alexander H. H. Stuart Va 1850 Garfield ...... Samuel J. Kirkwood.... Iowa... 1881 Pierce....... Robert McClelland........ Mich... 1853 Arthur...... Henry M. Teller............ Colo... 1882 Buchanan... Jacob Thompson....... Miss 1857 Cleveland Lucius Q. C. Lamar...... Miss... 1885 Caleb B. Smith.............. John P. Usher............... Lincoln Johnson 64 44 ... Ind ... David R. Francis. 1866 McKinley ... Cornelius N. Bliss. Ohio..... 1869 James Harlan................ Iowa... 1865 Wis.... ................. Ga...... 1893 Mo..... 1896 N. Y 1897 Thomas W. Gilmer Va 1844 John Y. Mason............. Va 1848 William B. Preston 1849 William A. Graham...... N. C 1850 John P. Kennedy ......... Md...... 1852 James C. Dobbin N. C... 1853 1857 1861 44 1865 Adolph E. Borie.. Pa....... 1869 La........ 1881 1841 Cleveland... William C. Whitney...... N. Y... 1885 Va...... 1841 Harrison Benjamin F Tracy... SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE. 1889 Ala 1893 Mass... 1897 Cleveland Norman J. Colman......Mo...... 1889 Cleveland ... J. Sterling Morton......... Neb.... 1893 Harrison... Jeremiah M. Rusk........ 1889 McKinley. James Wilson................ Iowa... 1897 ⚫ The Postmaster-General was not considered & Cabinet officer until 1829. ATTORNEYS-CENERAL. Washington Edmund Randolph....... Va ..... 1789||Madison...... PRESIDENTS. Tyler Polk. 46 66 Taylor. ment. PRESIDENTS. John J. Crittenden....... Ky 1841 Johnson Isaac Toucey. Reverdy Johnson..... 46 66 Cabinet Officers. William M. Evarts....... N. Y... 1868 ...... Ebenezer R. Hoar......... Mass... 1869 Amos T. Ackerman.... Ga 1870 Va 1845 ..........George H. Williams...... Ore.... 1871 Me..... 1846 66 Edwards Pierrepont N. Y... 1875 Ct....... 1848 Alphonso Taft Ohio... 1876 Md. 1849 Hayes....... Charles Devens....... Mass... 1877 Ky 1850 Garfield Wayne MacVeagh..... Pa... 1881 Mass... 1853 Arthur. Benjamin H. Brewster.. 1881 Pa...... 1857 Cleveland ... Augustus H. Garland... Ark.... 1885 Edwin M. Stanton......... Ohio... 1860 Harrison.... William H. H. Miller... Ind..... 1889 Edward Bates........ Mo...... 1861 Cleveland Richard Olney.... Titian J. Coffey(ad, in.). Pa 1863 Judson Harmon.... ......James Speed Ky 1864 McKinley... Joseph McKenna....... James Speed.................. Ky 1865 .. ...John W. Griggs.... 44 ......Henry Stanbery... JOhio... 1866 Caleb Cushing......... Buchanan Jeremiah S. Black..... 46 NOTE-Since the foundation of the Government, the individual States have been represented the following number of times in Cabinet positions: Massachusetts, 30; New York, 29; Pennsylvania, 25; Virginia, 22; Ohio, 20; Maryland, 16; Kentucky, 15; Connecticut, 9; Indiana, 9; Georgia, 8; Tennessee, 8; Illinois, 7; Maine, 6; South Carolina, 6: Missouri, 6; Delaware, 5; Wisconsin, 5; Michigan, 5; New Jersey, 5; Mississippi, 4; North Carolina, 4; Iowa, 4; Louisiana, 8; Minnesota, 3; New Hampshire, 3; West Virginia, 3; Vermont, 2; Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 1; Colorado,1; Nebraska, 1; Callfornia, 1; Oregon, 1. The States which have not been represented in the Cabinet are: Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming. Regents' Examinations in 1898. REGENTS examinations under the control of the University of the State of New York (office, Albany, N. Y.) will be held in 1898 at the following times and places: January 24-28 inclusive, at New York, and about 400 academies and high schools; 61 subjects. March 28-95 inclusive, at New York, and about 400 academies and high schools; 25 subjects. June 18-17 inclusive, at New York, and about 495 academies and high schools; all (79) subjects. Sept. 27-29 inclusive, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo; 29 subjects. Sept. examinations are for professional and technical students only. Morning session begins 9.15 AM.Afternoon session begins 1.15PM. UNIVERSITY CREDENTIALS, Passcard-Any study. Preliminary (preacademic) certificate-Reading, writing, spelling, element ary English, arithmetic, geography. MEDICAL STUDENT (also dental student certificate and veterinary student certificate)-For matriculants prior to May 9, 1898, for any 20 counts, allowing 10 for the preliminaries, not including reading and writing, for matriculants prior to May 13, 1895, for arithmetic, elementary English, geography, spelling, United States history, English composi tion, and physics, or any 50 counts, allowing 14 for the preliminarles; for matriculants prior to January 1, 1896, for any 12 academic counts for matriculants prior to January 1, 1897, for any 24 academic counts. But all matriculants after January 1, 1897, must secure 48 academic counts. LAW STUDENT CERTIFICATE-Advanced English, English composition, first year Latin, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, English history, United States history, civics, economics, or any 48 academic or higher (not including professional or technical) counts. The foregoing rule took effect January 1, 1895. All students who had begun their law course or clerkship before January 1, 1895, as shown by the law school or Court of Appeal records, may secure a certificate under the 1899 requirements, viz.: English composition, first year Latin, arithmetic, geometry, English and United States history, and civics, or any 30 counts, allowing 14 for preliminaries. ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES-All preliminaries and any 94, 36, 48, 60, etc., counts, if one-sixth of the first 24, 36, and 48 counts are in English. First Year Certificate-No certificate is issued for 12 counts unless it includes first year English (or English composition and 2 other English counts), United States history, and drawing, and either 4 counts in mathematics or physiology and hygiene, and 2 optional counts. The first year in any foreign language may be substituted for first year English. There is no limit of time, but all credentials issued by the University are good till cancelled for cause. Studies necessary to obtain any credential may be passed at different examinations. Seventy-five per cent of correct answers is required in all subjects. Answer papers will be reviewed in the regents' office, and all papers below standard will be returned to the candidates. For those accepted passcards will be issued. Candidates not attending schools in which regents' examinations are held should send notice at least 10 days in advance, stating at what time and in what studies they wish to be examined, that required desk room may be provided at the most convenient place. Candidates who fail to send this advance notice can be admitted only so far as there are unoccupied seats. Certificates Without Examinations-Candidates having credentials which can be accepted in place of examinations for law, medical, dental, or veterinary certificates should send them to the examination department. If accepted the proper certificate will be sent. MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. The regents shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of $25 and submits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath, If required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 8. Has the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine in this State; 4. Has studied medicine not less than four full school years of at least nine months each, including four satisfactory courses of at least six months each in four different calendar years in a medical school registered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory standard. This requirement takes effect January 1, 1898, and does not apply to students matriculated before that date who receive their degree before January 1, 1909; 5. Evidence that applicant has received the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine from some registered medical school, or a diploma or license conferring full night to practise medicine in some foreign country (original credentials). Examinations for license to practise medicine in this State will be held as follows: January 25-28, April 5-8, May 17-20, June 14-17, September 27-30, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.) Subjects Tuesday, morning, anatomy; afternoon, physiology and hygiene. Wednesday, morning, chemistry; afternoon, surgery. Thursday, morning, obstetrics; afternoon, pathology and diagnosis. Friday, morning, therapeutics. LAW EXAMINATIONS IN 1898, To entitle an applicant to an examination as an attorney and counselor he shall pay to the examiners a fee of $15, and he must prove (15 days in advance) to the satisfaction of the State Board of Law Examiners: 1. That he is a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of age, and a resident of the State, and that he has not been examined for admission to practice and been refused admission and license within three months immediately preceding, which proof must be made by his own affidavit. 9. That he has studied law in the manner and according to the conditions prescribed for a period of three years, except that if the applicant is a gradnate of any college or university his period of study may be two years instead of three; and except also that persons who have been admitted as attorneys in the highest court of original jurisdiction of another State or country, and have remained therein as practicing attorneys for at least one year, may be admitted to such examination after a period of law study of one year within this State. 8. That the applicant has passed the regents' examination or its equivalent must be proved by the production of a certified copy of the regents' certificate filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The examinations of all persons applying to be admitted to practice as attorneys and counselors in the Courts of Record of the State of New York will be held at 9 a. M. as follows: 1st Dept-In Manhattan Boro', at Court-House of Appellate Division, 111 Fifth Ave., Jan. 15 and June 11. 2d Dept.-In Brooklyn Boro', at Court-House, Jan. 15 and June 11. 3d Dept-In Albany, at Court-House, City Hall, Jan. 12 and June 14. 4th Dept In Rochester, at Court-House, Jan. 12 and June 14. Special-for 1st and 2d Dept. only-In Manhattan Boro', at Court-House of Appellate Division, 111 Fifth Ave., April 16. For the State-at-Large-In Syracuse, at Court-House, October 12. Address communications concerning law examinations to F. M. Danaher, Secretary. Albany, N.Y. Record of Events in 1897. Jan. Jan. 5. A British trading expedition was murdered by the King of Benin, Central Africa. Jan. 10. Count Muravieff was appointed Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jan. 11. A treaty of arbitration between the United States and Great Britain was signed at Washington by Secretary Olney and Ambassador Pauncefote. Jan. 12 The National Monetary Conference met at Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 12 J. Pierpont Morgan presented $1,000,000 to the New York Lying-In Hospital. Jan. 18. The Spanish gunboat Relampago was destroyed by Cuban torpedoes. Jan. 23. A convention to promote coast defences and harbor improvement was held at Tampa, Fla. Feb. 2. The Pennsylvania State Capitol at Harrisburg was burned. Feb. 8. A Greek squadron arrived at Canea, Crete. The union of Greece and Crete was proclaimed at Halepa. April 8. At the breaking down of a piazza at St. Augustine, Fla., from which he was speaking, William J. Bryan and 200 people were injured. April 9. Peru suspended the coinage of silver. April 9. Mayor Strong vetoed the Greater New York Charter bill. April 13. The Greater New York Charter was passed by the New York State Senate, notwithstanding Mayor Strong's veto, by a vote of 34 to 10, the Assembly having previously passed it 106 to 32. April 16. Cashier Stickney, of the Somersworth (N. H.) bank, was murdered by robbers and bank money was carried off. VApril 17. War was declared by Turkey against Greece. April 18. The Greek Legislative Assembly declared its acceptance of the war with Turkey. April 22. An attempt was made to assassinate King Humbert of Italy at Rome. April 24. The Turks captured Domokos in Thessaly after a sanguinary battle in Milouna Pass. April 27. Memorial services at the dedication of Feb. 8-11 United States naval vessels executed the new tomb of General Grant at New York were a sham blockade of Charleston, S. C. accompanied by a great military and naval display. Feb. 9. The bill to regulate immigration was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, 217 to 37. It was vetoed by the President. Feb. 10. The electoral vote was counted by Congress, and McKinley and Hobart formally chosen President and Vice-President. Feb. 10. The Bradley Martin fancy-dress ball at the Hotel Waldorf, New York, took place. Feb. 21. The insurgents at Canea, Crete, were bombarded by the fleet of the powers. Feb. 22 Fort Voukouleis, in Crete, was captured from the Turks by the Greek troops. Feb. 22. The new Corcoran Art Gallery at Washington was opened to the public. Feb. 23. The powers ordered Greece to withdraw from Crete. March 1. Japan adopted a gold standard. March 2. The Lord Mayor of London gave a banquet to the retiring United States Ambassador Bayard. March 4. William McKinley was inaugurated President of the United States. March 4. By the explosion of gas mains at Boylston and Tremont streets, Boston, fifty persons were killed and injured. March 7. Queen Ranavalona III. of Madagascar was exiled by the French conquerors of the island. March 21. The blockade of Crete by the fleets of the powers began. March 22 A tornado at Arlington, Ga., caused the death of eight school children. March 22. Emperor William unveiled a statue of his grandfather on the centenary of the latter at Berlin. March 25. There was fighting near Malaxa, Crete, between the Christians and Turks. March 25. The massacre of 700 Armenians at Takat, in Anatolia, was reported. March 27. General Ruis Rivera, the Cuban commander, was captured by the Spaniards. March 30. A cyclone at Chandler, Okla., killed thirty-five people and injured many. March 80. There was desultory fighting on the frontier of Macedonia, between Turks and Greek adventurers. April 5. The Congress at Venezuela ratified the boundary arbitration treaty with Great Britain. April & Afire at Knoxville, Tenn., destroyed Ave lives and $2,000,000 in property. April 28. A flood at Guthrie, Okla., drowned a large number of people. April 29. The Delyannis ministry in Greece resigned, and was succeeded by the Ralll ministry. April 29. The log of the Mayflower was transferred from British possession to the American Ambassador at London. May and June. The plague ravaged Bombay, India May 1. The Tennessee Centennial Exposition was formally opened. May 2. Congress of the Universal Postal Union opened at Washington, D. C. May 3. A fire at Pittsburgh, Pa., destroyed property valued at $3,000,000. May 3. Foreclosure sale of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad took place at Gallup, N. Mex. May 4. By the burning of a charity bazaar in Rue Jean Goujon, Paris, some 180 persons, mostly of the French aristocracy, lost their lives. May 5. The United States Senate rejected the treaty of arbitration with Great Britain. May 6. The bi-centennial jubilee of Trinity Church, New York, was celebrated. May 6. The Turks occupied Pharsalos after a battle. May 7. The French line steamship Ville de St. Nazaire foundered at sea off Cape Hatteras, with a loss of many lives. May 8. Volo was occupied by the Turkish army. May 10. The Brussels Exposition was opened. May 10. The United States Supreme Court decided the Berliner patent case in favor of the Bell Telephone Company. May 11. The representatives of the powers intervened in the Turko-Greek war. Greece accepted their terms and ordered the withdrawal of her forces from Crete. May 15. The Washington statuary of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati was unveiled by the President at Philadelphia amid extensive ceremonies. May 18. Turkey agreed to an armistice with Greece. May 19. Oscar Wilde was released from prison after serving a two years' sentence. RECORD OF EVENTS IN 1897-Continued. May 20. The United States Senate passed a joint resolution recognizing the belligerency of Cuba by a vote of 41 to 14. May 21. A memorial bust of Sir Walter Scott was unveiled in Westminster Abbey. May 21. Cambridge University refused to confer degrees on women by a vote of 1,713 to 662. May 30. A tally-ho coach with pleasure riders was run into by a train on the Long Island Railroad, New York, and twenty people were killed and injured. May 31. A severe earthquake shock was felt in the Central States. May 31. A battle monument at West Point was unvelled with ceremonies. May 31. A chess match was played by telegraph between members of the United States House of Representatives and British House of Commons. June 2 The International Commercial ('onference at Philadelphia was opened by the President. June 4. A mob of lynchers at Urbana, O., was fired upon by the militia and four persons killed. June 11. The President visited the Nashville Centennial Exposition. June 12. Earthquakes in Central India destroyed many lives and property. June 13. A bomb was exploded near the carriage of President Faure, of France. June 14. The Venezuela boundary treaty between Great Britain and Venezuela was ratified at Washington. June 15. Immigrant buildings on Ellis Island, New York harbor, were destroyed by fire. June 16. Princeton University conferred the degree of LL. D. on ex-President Cleveland. June 20. Queen Victoria began the celebration of her jubilee, which was observed throughout the empire; services were held at St. Paul's Cathedral. June 23. Great naval review near Portsmouth, England, in honor of the Queen's jubilee. June 80. The Pan-Anglican Conference of Church of England and Episcopal bishops began at Lambeth, England. Forty-five American bishops were present. July 2 Coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia went on a strike. July 11. Herr Andrée, with two companions, started in a balloon from the Island of Fromsoe for the discovery of the North Pole. July 22 A statue of General John A. Logan was unveiled in Lake Front Park, Chicago. July 22. Because the corporation of Brown University disapproved of his views on the silver question, President Andrews resigned. The resignation was afterwards recalled. July 24. President McKinley signed the new Tariffact. July 80. Great Britain cancelled its commercial treaty with the German Zollverein. Aug. 5and 6. A tidal wave destroyed many towns and thousands of lives on the coast of Japan. Aug. & Senor Canovas, Prime Minister of Spain, was assassinated by an Anarchist. Aug. 8-11. The Emperor and Empress of Germany visited Russia, as guests of the nation. Aug. 9. The Anglo-Egyptian army captured Abu-Hamid, on the Nile. Aug. 11. The surrender of the King of Benin, Central Africa, to the British was announced. Aug. 14. The Cuban insurgents defeated the Spaniards at Victoria de las Tunas, capturing the town. Aug. 25. It was reported that a treaty offensive and defensive between Russia and France was signed at St. Petersburg this day. Sept. 8. A railroad wreck on the Santa Fé Railroad, near Emporia, Kan., killed and injured thirty persons. Sept. 10. Coal-mine strikers were fired upon and killed by deputy sheriffs at Hazleton, Pa. Sept. 11. The coal-miners' strike in Pennsylvanía, Ohio, and West Virginia was ended by compromise. Sept. 14. The Hawaiian Senate ratified unanimously a treaty of annexation to the United States. Sept. 15. An attempt was made to kill President Diaz, of Mexico. The assailant was hacked to pieces by a mob. Sept. 16. The Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt, gave birth to a son. Sept. 16-20. There was severe fighting on the border of Afghanistan between the British and tribesmen. Sept. 18. A treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece was signed at Constantinople. Oct. 2 Señor Sagasta, Liberal, formed a new Spanish ministry. Oct. 2. The new Spanish ministry ordered the recall of Gen. Weyler from Cuba and appointed Gen. Blanco Captain-General. Oct. 4-12 There was correspondence between Secretary Sherman and Lord Salisbury, British Foreign Minister, over the Behring Sea seal question. Oct, 12 A hurricane in the South Pacific Ocean destroyed many thousand lives. Oct. 13. A jury at Glenville, W. Va., failed to convict the wife of Gov. Atkinson of forgery. Oct. 15 The dome of Robinson's opera house at Cincinnati fell, and caused the death or injury of thirty-five persons in the audience. Oct. 20. The British troops stormed Dargai ridge of the Samana range, northern frontier of India, driving out the tribesmen. The Gordon Highlanders suffered severely. Oct. 21. The Chicago Jury trying Adolph Luetgert, the wife-murderer, disagreed as to his guilt. Oct. 21. The Yerkes telescope was formally dedicated to science at Lake Geneva, Wis. Oct. 24. An express train on the Hudson River Railroad ran into the water near Garrisons and twenty-one persons were killed. Oct. 28. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland at Princeton, N. J. Oct. 29. Henry George died suddenly at New York. Nov. 6. An attempt was made at Rio de Janeiro to assassinate President Moraes. Nov. 8. A treaty to protect the seals in Behring Sea was signed at Washington by representatives of the United States, Russia, and Japan. Nov. 10. Gen. Westmacott's column in the Maidan Valley, northern frontier of India, met with a severe reverse. Nov.15 and 16. A German naval expedition occupied Kaio-chau, China, in retaliation for the massacre of German missionaries Nov. 16. President McKinley signed the treaty adopted by the Universal Postal Congress. Nov. 18. The prisoners taken on the Cuban filibuster Competitor were released by Captain-General Blanco. Nov. 19. A great fire in the Cripplegate quarter of London destroyed $10,000,000 in property. Nov, 21. Yellow fever returns to the SurgeonGeneral of the Marine Hospital service at Washington showed that since the epidimic broke out on the Mississippi coast there were 4,886 cases of fever, of which 446 were fatal. Of these cases 1,837 were in New Orleans, where 14 per cent of the patients died. Nov. 28. The Austrian ministry resigned after disorders in the Reichsrath. Dec. 13. The mother of President McKinley died at Canton, O. |