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| 1894–96 |
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| Government bonds were sold in an effort to maintain the gold reserve. Finding that repeal of the Silver Purchase Act did not stop the outflow of gold, the treasury, to obtain gold, arranged for sale of bonds by banks in Jan. and Nov. 1894. | 1 |
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| 1894 |
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| The opening of B. F. Keith's New Boston Theater symbolized the arrival of the vaudeville era in American mass entertainment. | 2 |
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| Aug. 18 |
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| The Carey Act granted 1 million acres of land each to Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming to encourage irrigation by state action. In 1908 they each received another million acres. | 3 |
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| Aug. 27 |
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| The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act retained the protective principle, although duties were lowered to about 40 percent. It contained a provision for a 2 percent tax on incomes above $4,000. | 4 |
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