See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY): A. D. 1897 (JANUARY). BRITISH EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE, The: A. D. 1898. Reorganization. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (RHODESIA AND THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY): A. D. 1898 (FEBRUARY). BRITISH EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE, The: A. D. 1900. Administration extended over Barotsiland. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (RHODESIA): A. D. 1900 (SEPTEMBER). BRONX, The Borough of the. See (in this volume) NEW YORK CITY: A. D. 1896-1897. BROOKE, General John R.: Military Governor of Cuba. Report. See (in this volume) CUBA: A. D. 1898-1899 (DECEMBER-OCTOBER). Commanding in Porto Rico. See (in this volume) PORTO RICO: A. D. 1898-1899 (OCTOBER-OCTOBER). BROOKLYN: Absorption in Greater New York. See (in this volume) NEW YORK CITY: A. D. 1896-1897. Tunnel from New York. See (in this volume) NEW YORK CITY: A. D. 1900 (JANUARY-SEPTEMBER). BRUGES: A. D. 1900. The new canal from the city to the sea. "On the 25th day of February, the inauguration of the new canal was celebrated at Bruges. … The canal runs from Zeebrugge, a port on the North Sea 14.29 miles north of Ostend, to the city of Bruges, a total distance of 7.46 miles. The work is now so far completed that vessels of a draft of 25 feet can enter and pass to the port of Bruges. The locks are fully completed, as well as three-fifths of the wharf wall at Bruges; when finished, the wharf wall will have a total length of 1,575 feet. The canal has a width of 72 feet 6 inches at the bottom and 229 feet 4 inches at the water level and will have, when completed, a depth of 26 feet 3 inches; this will also be the depth of the interior port and of the great basin of Bruges. Bruges is an old, inland deep-water port, having connection with the sea by canal from Ostend, but this only for vessels of very light draft." _United States Consular Reports, July, 1900, page 346._ BRUSSELS: A. D. 1898. Sugar Conference. See (in this volume) SUGAR BOUNTIES. BRUSSELS: The General Act of. See (in this volume) AFRICA: A. D. 1899 (JUNE). BRYAN, William J.: Candidacy for the American Presidency. His speech of acceptance, 1900. See (in this volume) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1896 (JUNE-NOVEMBER); and 1900 (MAY-NOVEMBER). BUBONIC PLAGUE, The. See (in this volume) PLAGUE. BUDA-PESTH: A. D. 1896. Celebration of the Hungarian Millennium. See (in this volume) AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: A. D. 1896. BUDDHA, Gautama: Discovery of his birthplace and his tomb, with personal relics.