waii.
Special Commissioner.
Queen Liliuokalani.
Queen Renounces Throne.
President Cleveland's
Venezuelan Message.
Measures to Preserve National Credit.
Venezuelan Boundary Commission.
Lexow Committee Investigation in New York City.
Reform Ticket Elected.
Greater New York.
American Protective Association.

CHAPTER VIII. LABOR AND THE RAILWAYS

The March of the Coxey Army.
Arrest of Leaders.
The American Railway Union
Strike.
Refusal of Pullman Company to Arbitrate.
Association of General Managers.
Federal Injunction.
Federal Riot Proclamation and Troops Detailed.
Governor Altgeld's Protest.
Debs.
"Government by Injunction."
Commission of Investigation.
General Allotment of Indian Lands Under the Dawes Act.

CHAPTER IX. NEWEST DIXIE

Harmony Between North and South.
Consecration of Chickamauga-Chattanooga Military Park.
Agricultural Development in the South.
Manufactures.
Natural Products.
Southern Characteristics.
The "Black Belt."
Montgomery Conference on the Negro Question.
Lynching.
Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute.
Negro Population.

CHAPTER X. THE MEN AND THE ISSUE IN 1896

Free Silver Coinage Issue in the Campaign.
Republican Convention in St. Louis.
The Money Plank in the Platform.
Withdrawal of Senator Teller and Free Silver Delegates.
William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart Nominated for
President and Vice-President.
Sketch of Life of William McKinley.
Democratic Convention Held in Chicago.
Demand for Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver.
William J. Bryan Makes "Cross of Gold" Speech.
Delegates Refuse to Vote.
W. J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall Nominated.
Sketch of William J. Bryan.
Thomas Watson Nominated for Vice-President by Populist Convention.
National or Gold Democratic Ticket.
Speeches Made by Candidates.
Result of the Election.

CHAPTER XI. MR. MCKINLEY'S ADMINISTRATION

John Sherman, William R. Day, and John Hay as Secretary of State.
Other Members of Cabinet.
Revival of Business in 1897.
Gold Discovery in Yukon, Klondike, and Cape Nome.
Alaskan Boundary Controversy Between United States and Great Britain.
Joint High Commission Canvasses Boundary and Sealing Question.
Estimate of Loss to Seal Herd.
Sealskins Ordered Confiscated and Destroyed at United States Ports.
Hawaiian Islands Annexed.
Special Envoys to the Powers Appointed
to Consider International Bi-Metallism.
President Withdraws Positions from the Classified Service.
Extra Session of