May 4.—The Federal Grand Jury, at Jackson, Miss., indicts 300 for whitecapping, the specific charges being the intimidation of Government homesteaders. Police of Chicago ask the Sheriff of Cook County to aid them in quelling riots. International congress of railways formally opened at Washington by Vice-President Fairbanks. May 5.—On account of the teamsters’ strike, a food and fuel famine is feared in Chicago. May 6.—Employers in Chicago accuse the police of siding with the union men in the present strike. The largest floating drydock in the world is completed at the Maryland Steel Works yards for the United States Government. The dock will be towed to the Philippines after it is tested. May 7.—Twelve thousand and thirty-nine immigrants, chiefly Italians, reach New York. _Russo-Japanese War_ April 8.—The Russian Baltic fleet, in command of Admiral Rojestvensky, reaches the China Sea. April 11.—A battle expected between the fleets of Rojestvensky and Togo. Japan makes Formosa a naval base and closes the port of Kelung. Tokio reports that Japan expects to have 1,000,000 men in the field before November. April 13.—The Russians strengthen Vladivostok and prepare for a long siege. April 14.—The Russian hospital ship _Orel_, bearing the sick of Rojestvensky’s fleet, after taking on board coal, provisions and medical supplies, leaves Saigon, Cochin China. Eighteen vessels of the Russian Baltic fleet enter Kamranh Bay, Cochin China. April 15.—Japanese say Togo will not attack the Russian fleet until he is confident of being able to annihilate it. April 16.—Japan proclaims defense zones surrounding the Pescadore, Okinawa, Oshima and Emi islands. Captured Japanese spies place the Japanese armies at 400,000 and the losses in Mukden battles at 100,000. April 17.—The Russian fleet reported at Kamranh Bay taking on supplies. April 18.—The Russian fleet reported off the Philippines and the Japanese near Sampaloc. April 19.—Japan makes vigorous protest to France against the use of French ports by the Russians. Situation in Manchuria unchanged. Occasional light skirmishes. Japs victorious in small engagements along the Yalu. Despatches from Harbin state that Chinese bandits have made frequent attempts to cut the railroad. April 20.—France assures Japan that she will remain neutral. Czar orders Rojestvensky to leave Kamranh Bay. April 21.—France instructs her agents in Indo-China to assure the neutrality of France in Indo-Chinese waters. Russian fleet leaves Kamranh Bay. April 23.—The Russian Government places orders with the Krupps for 1,000 guns. April 24.—The rainy season in Manchuria has increased the infectious cases in the Russian army. The movements of both the Japanese and Russian fleets closely guarded.