CABINET OFFICERS, 17TH ADMINISTRATION—1881-5. Secretaries of State-James G. Blaine, Maine; Fredrick T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey.

Secretaries of the Treasury-William Windom, Minnesota; Charles J. Folger, New York.

Secretary of War-Robert T. Lincoln, Illinois. Secretary of the Navy-William H. Hunt, Louisiana; William E. Chandler, New Hampshire.

Secretary of the Interior-Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa; Henry M. Teller, Col.

Postmasters General-Thomas L. James, New York; Timothy C. Howe, Wisconsin; Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana.

Attorneys General.-Wayne McVeagh, Pennsylvania; Benjamin Harris Brewster, Pennsylvania.

[Biography of President Cleveland see page 535.] THOMAS ANDREWS HENDRICKS, Vice-President of United States and Ex-Governor of Indiana, was born near Zanesville, Ohio, September 7, 1819. In 1841 graduated from Hanover College, was admitted to the bar in 1843, at the age of 28 was chosen a member of the State Legislature, represented the Indianapolis district for 5 years in Congress, was chosen United States Senator for the term ending March, 1869, was elected Governor of his State in 1872, was nominated for Vice-President on the ticket with Samuel J. Tilden for President, and although the ticket got a majority of popular votes, the Electoral Commission, because of alleged frauds, decided in favor of Hayes and Wheeler. Was again nominated for the Vice-Presidency in 1884, on the ticket with Grover Cleveland, was elected, entered upon office March 4, 1884, and died November 25, 1885.

Popular and Electoral Vote.-18th Administration.

Thirty-eight States voting. Whole number Electors 401. FOR PRESIDent.

Grover Cleveland, 4,911,017 Votes. Electoral Votes, 219

Important Events-18th Administration. 1885, May 22. The Revised Old Testament published simultaneously in London and New York.

July 4. The Mormons in Salt Lake City place the U. S.
flag at half-mast.

July 23. Gen. Grant died at Mt. McGregor, N. Y. Aged 63.
Aug. 8. Gen. Grant interred at Riverside Park, N. Y.
Aug. 14. The first of the International Yacht races won
by the Puritan (American) over the Genesta (English).
Aug. 29. First cable road opened in New York city.
Oct. 13. Flood Rock, at Hell Gate, N. Y.,
blown up.
Nov. 25. Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the
United States, dies. Aged 66.

1886, Feb. 9. Feb. 12.

Gen. W. S. Hancock, U. S. A., dies. Aged 62.
Horatio Seymour dies. Aged 76.

Feb. 18. John B. Gough dies. Aged 69.

March 8-31. Labor troubles throughout the U. S.
May 4.

Fighting between Anarchists and the police of Chicago; 5 policemen killed by dynamite bombs and 20 of the mob shot by the police.

May 8-17. The Canadian Government seizes American
fishing vessels.
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June 2.

President Cleveland married to Miss Frances Aug. 4. Samuel J. Tilden dies. Aged 72.

Nov. 18. 1887, Feb. 4.

Aug. 31. Earthquake shocks felt throughout North
America, the city of Charleston partially destroyed.
Oct. 28. The Colossal Statue "Liberty Lighting the
World," on Bedloe's Island, N. Y. harbor, unveiled.
Chester A. Arthur, ex-Pres. of the U. S., dies.
Interstate Commerce Bill becomes a law.
R. R. disaster at White River, Vt.; 60 lives lost.
President vetoed the Dependent Pension Bill.
Woman Suffrage went into effect in Kansas.
Henry Ward Beecher dies. Aged 74.

Feb. 5.

Feb. 11.

Feb. 16.
March 9.

March 14.

Falling bridge on Boston and Providence R.

R. causes the loss of 30 lives.

April 12.

June 16.

St. Augustine, Florida, devastated by fire. President Cleveland rescinds the order to restore the captured Confederate flags.

June 20. Fidelity National Bank, Cincinnati, failed with $6,000,000 liabilities.

Aug. 16. Railroad accident at Chatsworth, Ill.; 180
persons killed, 200 injured.

Sept. 15-17. The Centennial of adoption of the U. S.
Constitution, celebrated in Philadelphia.

Oct. 4-17. The A. B. C. F. M. at Springfield, Mass.,
affirmed the doctrine of non-probation after death.
Nov. 10. Lingg, the Chicago Anarchist, committed
suicide by exploding dynamite in his mouth.

Nov. 11. Anarchists (4) executed at Chicago.

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1888, Jan. 9. U. S. Government work begins on the ship canal connecting the Harlem and Hudson Rivers. Jan. 19. Woman Suffrage becomes a law in Wyoming. March 12. A great blizzard of wind and snow and consequent suffering in New England and Middle States. March 23. Death of Chief Justice Waite. April 25. New Haven, Conn., celebrates its 250th anniJune 7. President Cleveland receives the unanimous vote of the St. Louis Convention for re-election. June 25. Harrison and Morton nominated for President and Vice-President by the Republicans at Chicago. July 1. U. S. Treasury estimate of Fractional Currency lost or destroyed, $8,375,934.

July 2-4.

Reunion of Federal and Confederate veterans and unveiling of monuments on Gettysburg battlefield. CABINET OFFICERS, 18TH ADMINISTRATION-1885-9. Secretary of State-Thomas Francis Bayard, Del. Secretaries of the Treasury-Daniel S. Manning, New York; Charles S. Fairchild, New York.

Secretary of War-William C. Endicott, Massachusetts. Secretary of the Navy-Wm. C. Whitney, New York. Secretaries of the Interior-Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Mississippi; William F. Vilas, Wisconsin.

Postmaster General-William F. Vilas, Wisconsin; Don M. Dickinson, Michigan.

NATIONAL EXPENSES AND DEBT, 18TH ADMINISTRATION.