Union Pacific Railroad, building of, 22, 24, 25; celebration of completion, 25; scandals of, 61; extended to Denver, 74; a national project, 142, 143; extended to the Gulf and into Oregon, 145; reconstructed by Harriman, 294. United Mine Workers of America, 300. United States Steel Corporation, 297, 298. Utah, polygamy in, 154; admitted to the Union, 240, 290. Vallandigham, Clement L., 4. Venezuela, boundary dispute with Great Britain, 230-32; before the Hague Court, 284. Villard, Henry, 144, 145. Virginia, readmitted to Union, 47. Waite, Gov. Davis H., 222, 228. Wanamaker, John, 172, 253. Washington, becomes a State, 152. Washington, Booker T., 202, 290. Watson, Thomas E., 193, 238. Watterson, Henry, 56. Weaver, James B., Greenback-Labor candidate for the Presidency, 101; leader in the People's Party, 209; Presidential candidate, 211, 216. Wells, David A., 116. Western Federation of Miners, in Cripple Creek strike, 301. Weyler, Gen. Valeriano, 260, 261, 263. Wheeler, William A., Vice-President with Hayes, 83. Whiskey Ring, the, 62, 81. Whiskey and Sugar Trusts, 166. Wiley, Dr. Harvey, 314, 328. Wilson, Henry, Vice-President in Grant's second term, 57. Wilson, James, 314, 328. Wilson, William L., 215; leader in tariff revision, 139, 220, 221; on free silver, 229. Wilson, Woodrow, career of, 336, 337; nominated by Democrats for Presidency, 337; elected, 338; delivers message to Congress in person, 339; a coercive leader, 339; attitude toward Mexico, 340; neutrality in European war, 341, 342. Windom, William L., 102, 172. Woman suffrage, adopted by several States, 250, 334. Wood, Gen. Leonard, 270, 282. Woodford, Gen. Stewart L., Minister to Spain, 262, 263. Wright, Carroll D., Commissioner of Labor, 122. Wyoming, made a Territory, 149; a State, 152, 250. Yellow fever, suppressed in Cuba, 282.