At the U.S. Department of State building in Washington, United States Secretary of State John Hay, and British Ambassador to the United States Lord Pauncefote signed a treaty to amend the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, in order to permit construction of the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
At a conference in the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, Republican and Democratic party leaders agreed that Republican Governor William S. Taylor and Lt. Gov. John Marshall would defer to the Kentucky legislature to decide whether Taylor, or J. C. W. Beckham, should be Governor of Kentucky.