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Title: The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: University Society, New York
Subjects: Children's literature Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries Literature Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York. : University Society
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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,but the spread of the plague is prevented.—Grov-er Cleveland is again elected President, andAdlai E. Stevenson is elected Vice-President. 1893—President Cleveland is inaugurated)\Iarch 4.—The Worlds Columbian Exposition,in commemoration of the 400th anniversary ofthe discovery of America, is held at Chicago.—The Hawaiian Islands depose Queen Liliuokalani,and form a republic. President Cleveland triesto restore the Queen.—The ballot is given towomen in Colorado. 1894—The \\ilson Tariff Law, reducing dutieson most imports, is passed by Congress.—A strikeof railroad employees begins at Chicago. Presi-dent Cleveland sends troops to stop rioting. 1895—-President Cleveland interferes in a dis-pute between England and Venezuela regardingthe boundary-line separating British Guianafrom Venezuela. He insists that the MonroeDoctrine be observed and the matter arbitrated.(It was arbitrated, mainly in favor of Great Brit-ain, in 1899.) 1896—The Presidential campaign of this year
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265 266 EVENTS OF OUR COUNTRYS HISTORY is exciting. The Democrats nominate WilliamJ. Bryan, of Nebraska, who stands for the freeand unlimited coinage of silver. The Republi-can candidate, William McKinley, of Ohio, iselected. 1897—President McKinley is inauguratedMarch 4.—The Dingley Tariff Law, raising theimport duties on nearly all items, is enacted byCongress.—Congress votes $50,000 to relieve thestarving Cubans who had been cruelly treatedby Spain. 1898—The United States battleship IMaineis destroyed by an explosion in Havana harbor,February 15. Of her crew 266 men are killed.—The United States declares war against Spain,and prepares for the invasion of Cuba.—Commodore Dewey captures Manila, in thePhilippine Islands, and destroys the Spanish fleetin the bay, May i.—Dewey is made Admiralof the Navy.—On June 22 an army of 16,000 menlands at Daiquiri, Cuba, and marches on Santi-ago.—The Spanish fleet, bottled up in the har-bor of Santiago for nearly two months, trie

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