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Lawmaking/Litigating By almost unanimous legislation, Vermont becomes the sixth state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
Lawmaking/Litigating In Washington, six-month government figures indicate an hundred million dollar decline in the U.S. national debt
Battles/Soldiers War Department figures indicate that only eleven thousand volunteers remain from its vast Civil War army.
Campaigns/Elections Governor Swann of Maryland removes the Baltimore Police Commissioners board.
Personal William Wright, sitting Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey, dies at his home in Newark.
US/the World The results of the plebiscite confirming Austria's ceding of Venice to Italy are announced.
Campaigns/Elections In Massachusetts, Republicans win smashing victories in the fall state elections.
Campaigns/Elections In Illinois elections, Republicans retain their dominant position in the state legislature.
Campaigns/Elections Kansas Republicans win crushing victories in the state and federal elections.
Campaigns/Elections Michigan Republicans win impressive victories in state elections.
Campaigns/Elections - The "Indiana Colored Convention" is meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.
US/the World King Victor Emanuel enters the city of Venice, newly united with the rest of Italy.
US/the World - On Crete, Turkish troops kill hundreds when they capture the rebel headquarters at the Arkadi Monastery.
US/the World In St. Petersburg, the future Alexander III of Russia marries Princess Dagmar of Denmark.
Lawmaking/Litigating In Milledgeville, Georgia becomes the second state to reject the Fourteenth Amendment.
Crime/Disasters Another armed gang in Kentucky derails a train and robs its passengers.
Crime/Disasters Thirty-eight passengers and crew drown when their ship runs aground in an Irish gale.
Campaigns/Elections Democrats retake the Delaware governor's mansion and retain control of the State Legislature.
Science/Technology - The Leonid Meteor Display make a spectacular appearance over Europe.
Crime/Disasters - In northern England, widespread flooding cause heavy damage but few deaths.
Science/Technology In New York City, an ornate banquet honors Cyrus Field and his Atlantic Cable.
Crime/Disasters Near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a Mississippi steamboat burns and six people are killed.
Education/Culture President Johnson attends the cornerstone dedication of a new Masonic Temple in Baltimore, Maryland.
US/the World A mass meeting in Ontario calls for annexation of parts of Canada to the United States
Personal Cave Johnson, former Postmaster General of the United States, dies at his home in Tennessee.
Crime/Disasters Two steamboats collide on the St. Clair River in Michigan and one sinks with loss of life.
Crime/Disasters In Marion County, Kentucky, a Lebanon midnight lynch mob executes three men
US/the World On the Mexican border, U.S. Army troops make a brief incursion into Matamoras
Crime/Disasters In New York's East River, a Brooklyn ferry burns but all aboard are saved.
Business/Industry New railroad bridge across the Susquehanna speeds up the journey from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.