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EVENTS OF 1888. 



aged Europe until 1867, when it disappeared. 

 The epidemic reached the United States in 

 1865, and was most severe in the West, espe- 

 cially at Chicago, St. Louis, and Nashville. 

 The mortality iu the East was comparatively 

 light, the deaths in New York being 583, and 

 in Brooklyn 573. An epidemic of cholera vis- 

 ited the Mississippi valley in 1873. 



EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. The "Family 

 Christian Almanac" of the Evangelical Asso- 

 ciation gives statistics of that body for 1888, of 

 which the following is a summary: Number 

 of conferences (including those of Germany, 

 Switzerland, and the Japan mission), 26 ; whole 

 number of members, 141,853 ; number of bap- 

 tisms 2,560 of adults and 9,528 of infants ; of 

 itinerant preachers, 1,159; of local preachers, 

 647; of churches, 1,916, having a total proba- 

 ble value of $4,561,862; probable value of 

 parsonages, $723,251 ; amount of collections 

 for the Missionary Society, $107,511 ; for the 

 Sunday-school and Tract Union, $2,671 ; for 

 the Orphan Home, $4,614; for "Conference 

 Claimants" (worn-out ministers and the wid- 

 ows and children of deceased ministers), $7,- 

 051 ; number of Sunday-schools, 2,404, with 

 29,910 officers and teachers, and 165,255 pupils ; 

 number of catechetical classes, 723, with 9,358 

 catechumens. 



EVENTS OF 1888. The year was, upon the 

 whole, remarkable for an absence of conspicu- 

 ously noteworthy events. The general election 

 in the United States, resulting in a peaceful 

 revolution in political affairs, was the most im- 

 portant to Americans; while to Europeans, 

 the sickness and death of the two German 

 Emperors was for months the principal subject 

 of interest. The wars that have been waged 

 have been in remote corners of the earth, and 

 most of the victories that have been gained 

 have been in the way of scientific or com- 

 mercial progress. 



January 1. Grand Pontifical high mass celebrated in 

 St. Peter's, Rome, in honor of the Pope's Jubilee the 

 fiftieth anniversary of his consecration as a priest. 



5. Committees announced in the House of Repre- 

 sentatives by Speaker Carlisle. France : Senatorial 

 elections ; the Republicans lost three seats. 



8. Completion of the Mexican International Rail- 

 way. Lucius Q. C. Lamar resigns the Secretaryship 

 of the Interior to accept a seat in the United States 

 Supreme Court. 



11. Kentucky : J. B. Beck re-elected to the United 

 States Senate. 



12. Gen. E. S. Bragg nominated to be United States 

 Minister to Mexico ; confirmed by the Senate. The 

 Senate confirms the following nominations: Don M. 

 Dickinson to be Postmaster- General, William F. 

 Vilas to be Secretary of the Interior. 



16. L. Q. C. Lamar confirmed by the Senate as 

 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. 



17. The President transmitted to Congress the re- 

 ports of the Pacific Railway Commission. Mississip- 

 pi : E. C. Walthall re-elected United States Senator. 



19. The Senate ratified the extradition treaty with 

 the Netherlands, and confirms the appointment of 

 Eugene Semple to be Governor of Washington Terri- 

 tory. 



25. Iowa: J. F. Wilson re-elected United States 

 Senator from Iowa. 



27. House of Representatives passes the Deficiency 

 Appropriation bill as amended by the Senate (ap- 

 proved February 7). 



February 3. Austria- Germany : Treaty of alliance of- 

 ficially announced. 



6. Germany : Prince Bismarck explains to the 

 Reichstag the nature of the Austro-Germanic alliance. 

 Sweden: A new Cabinet formed, with M. Bildt as 

 president. 



8. Germany : The Reichstag passes a new military 

 loan bill, authorizing an army of about 700,000 men 

 and appropriating 280,000,000 marks for the purpose. 



9. England : Opening of Parliament. 



15. Fishery commissioners for the United States, 

 Canada, and Great Britain sign an international treaty 

 at Washington. The Senate passes a bill to aid in thie 

 establishment and temporary support of public schools. 



17. Germany: The Reichstag continues the anti- 

 socialist law for two years. 



29. The House passes a bill authorizing the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury to apply the Treasury surplus to 

 the purchase of United fetates bonds. New Jersey: 

 County Option High License bill passed by the As- 

 sembly over the Governor's veto ; Senate concurs 

 March 6. The Senate passes a bill to provide for the 

 compulsory education of Indian children. 



March 3." The House passes the Military and Postal 

 Telegraph bill. 



4. Tigypt: The British-Egyptian garrison of Suakin 

 repulses an attack of the Arabs. 



8. The Senate passes the Dependent Pensions bill. 



16. Germany: Obsequies of the late Emperor at 

 Charlottcnburg. 



17. France : Gen. Boulanger deprived of his com- 

 mand. 



19. England and Wales: Local Government bill 

 introduced in the House of Commons. The United 

 States Supreme Court confirms the Bell Telephone 

 patent. 



22. Both houses of Congress adopt the Urgent De- 

 ficiencies bill (approved April 2). 



24. Costa Rica-Nicaragua : The President of the 

 United States announced his decision as arbitrator. 



27. France : Gen. Boulanger placed on the retired 

 list, 



29. New York : The Assembly passes the Crosby 

 High License bill. 



30. Brazil : A new ministry formed, with Senor 

 Alfredo as Premier and Minister of Finance. 



31. Spain: Trial by jury approved by the Senate. 

 Ecuador: Gen. Antonio Flores elected President (see 

 June 10). Roumania: A new Cabinet formed, with 

 M. Rosetti as Premier. 



April 1. The Mills Tariff bill introduced in the 

 House of Representatives. 



4. France : A new ministry formed, with M. Floquet 

 as president. Rhode Island: Royal C. Taft elected 

 Governor. 



5. The Senate passes Bond Purchase bill with 

 amendments. 



15. France : Gen. Boulanger elected to the Chamber 

 of Deputies from the Department du Nord by more 

 than 60,000 maiority. 



16. House of Representatives passes resolution to 

 purchase United States bonds with Treasury surplus. 



17. Francis Tillon Nicholls ( Democrat) elected Gov- 

 ernor of Louisiana, 85,786 majority. State election 

 in Louisiana. 



18. Bill to legalize marriage with deceased wile's 

 sister, passed by English House of Commons. The 

 Pope confirms the declaration of the Supreme Congre- 

 gation of the Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition, 

 condemning the use of means known as " the plan of 

 campaign'' and "boycotting" in contests between 

 landlords and tenants in Ireland (see April 20). 



19. Senate passes bill for the admission of Dakota 

 as a State, and for the organization of Lincoln as a 

 Territory. 



20. Papal circular condemning u boycotting," etc., 

 issued to Irish bishops (see April 18). 



