making the civil war more intense in this country. June 11 Britain annexes Tongaland, between Zululand and Mozambique. The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race is held, sometimes called the first automobile race in history. June 20 The Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea to the Baltic across the base of the Jutland peninsula in Germany, is officially opened. The Treaty of Amapala establishes the union of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador (which ends in 1898). June 28 – The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules that James Reavis's claim to the Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent". July–September July 10–11 – The Doukhobors' pacifist protests culminate in the "burning of the arms" in the South Caucasus. July 15 – Archie MacLaren scores an English County Championship cricket record innings of 424 for Lancashire, against Somerset, at Taunton. This record lasted until 1994. July 31 – The Basque Nationalist Party (Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco) is founded by Sabino Arana. August 7 – The Aljaž Tower, a symbol of the Slovenes, is erected on Mount Triglav. August 10 – The first ever indoor promenade concert, origin of The Proms, is held at the Queen's Hall in London, opening a series conducted by Henry Wood. August 19 – American frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman, in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. August 29 The Northern Rugby Football Union (the modern-day Rugby Football League) is formed at a meeting of 21 rugby clubs at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in the north of England, leading to the creation of the sport of rugby league football. The Mat Salleh Rebellion in North Borneo is incited. September – Shelbourne F.C. is founded in Dublin, Ireland. September 3 – The first professional American football game is played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club (Latrobe wins 12–0). September 7 – The first game of what will become known as rugby league football is played in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season. September 18 Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Compromise speech. Daniel David Palmer performs the first chiropractic spinal adjustment, on Harvey Lillard, whose complaint was partial deafness after an injury. September 24–October 3 – the Automobile Club de France sponsors the longest race to date, a event, from Bordeaux to Agen and back. Because it is held in ten