EVENTS OF 1890. 



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January 1. Emancipation Day : Special celebration 

 in South Carolina ; first colored State fair opened in 

 Columbia. Legislatures meet in Massachusetts, Mary- 

 land, and Virginia. 



2. Massachusetts: Inauguration of Gov. Brackett, 



3. The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company 

 buys the Pittsburg, McKeesport, and Bellevernon 

 Railroad for $1,400,000. Spain : Resignation of the 

 ministry. 



4. Portuguese affronts to the British flag reported 

 from Africa. Germany: A Czech conference opens 

 at Vienna. San Salvador: Revolution suppressed. 



6. Associate- Justice Brewer takes his place in the 

 Supreme Court. Both Houses of Congress meet. 

 Russia announces treaty violation by Bulgaria. 



7. New York : The State Legislature meets. The 

 President gives a state dinner to the Vice-President 

 and Cabinet. Germany : Death of the Empress-Dowa- 

 ger Augusta. Africa : Fighting between Germans and 

 Arabs. England-Portugal : Serious complications re- 

 garding the Delagoa Bay affair. 



8. Brazil : Separation of Church and state pro- 

 claimed with religious liberty and equality. 



9. Florida : Sub-tropical Exhibition opens at Jack- 

 sonville. 



11. Germany : Funeral of the Dowager Empress 

 Augusta at Berlin. Russia : A woman Nihilist kills 

 the Chief of Secret Police at Moscow. 



12. Portugal : It is decided to accept England's 

 ultimatum regarding the Delagoa Bay affair. Great 

 popular wrath because of this concession. 



14. Ohio : Calvin S. Brice ( Democrat) elected United 

 States Senator. Maryland : Ephraim K. Wilson 

 (Democrat) re-elected United States Senator. Portu- 

 gal : A new ministry formed. France : M. Floquet 

 elected President of the Chamber of Deputies. Russia : 

 Several officers of the Czar's body guard commit sui- 

 cide. 



15. Afro-American leagues meet in convention at 

 Chicago. New Jersey : The Governor's salary raised 

 to $10,000. Prussia: The Emperor opens the Diet. 

 Egypt : The Khedive bestows decorations upon Stan- 

 Icy and the white officers of the African expedition. 



16. England: The Earl of Euston and Mr. Herbert 

 Gladstone win libel suits against newspapers. 



17. Massachusetts : Lockout of shoe operatives ends 

 at Haverhill. 



^18. Europe: The Duke of Aostn, late King of Spain, 

 dies at Turin. The new Brazilian Republic recognized 

 by the Argentine Confederation. 



19. Publication of the Samoan treaty. Portugal: A 

 public meeting in Lisbon to protest against the action 

 of England. Brazil: Three banking districts created, 

 each with its bank of issue and an aggregate capital 

 of $250,000,000. 



20. Spain : A new ministry formed. Portugal : The 

 demands of England submitted to under protest, the 

 European powers having declined to interfere. Bra- 

 zil : A decree promulgated requiring foreign corpora- 

 tions to import two thirds of their entire capital. 



22. The United States Squadron of Evolution quar- 

 antined at Tangiers because of influenza. 



23. Women's Christian Temperance League organ- 

 ized at Cleveland, Ohio. Delegates of the Knights of 

 Labor and the Progressive Union meet at Columbus, 

 Ohio. Germany : The Reichstag rejects the expulsion 

 clause of the Socialist bill. 



24. National bank incorporated at Rio. Portugal: 

 A meeting for national defense at Lisbon. 



25. Nellie Ely, of the New York " World," fin- 

 ishes her tour around the globe time, 72 days, 6 

 hours, 11 minutes. Pan-American Congress: Dele- 

 gates entertained at Baltimore. Steel steamship 

 Maverick, of the Standard Oil Company, launched 

 at Baltimore. Germany : Socialist bill defeated in the 

 Reichstag (169 to 98). 



26. Brazil and the Argentine Republic conclude a 

 boundary treaty. 



28. France and Holland are at odds regarding the 

 boundaries of their South American possessions. 



29. The President officially receives the Brazilian 



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deputation. Ohio : Deadlock in the State Senate on 

 the lieutenant-governorship. 



30. Ohio : Lieut.-Gov. Lampson (Republican) un- 

 seated by the Legislature (Democratic). Banking com- 

 plications in New York: Sixth National Bank closed 

 by order of the United States examiner, arrests of offi- 

 cers and brokers. 



31. Satisfactory trial of torpedo boat Cushing. Eng- 

 land : The Duke of Connaught succeeds the Duke of 

 Cambridge as Commander-in-Chief of the British 

 Army. Portugal authorizes the opening of the Delagoa 

 Bay Railway. 



February 1. The " Six Nations " hold a council on 

 Indian citizenship and land in severally. Brazil : 

 The Minister of Commerce resigns, and is succeeded 

 by Senor Ribeiro. Mexico recognizes the Republic of 

 Brazil. 



3. Supreme Court : The Idaho anti-Mormon test- 

 oath law sustained. Chicago : The Presbytery de- 

 clares for a revised Confession of Faith. Columbia 

 College : Seth Low installed president. New York : 

 Presbytery accepts report favoring revised Confession 

 of Faith. National Convention of Colored Men meet 

 at Washington. England : Mr. Parnell's libel suit 

 against the London " Times " is compromised, plaint- 

 iff gets 5,000. 



4. New York city Centennial anniversary of the 

 Supreme Court celebrated. The suspended banks re- 

 sume business. France: Death of the Due de Mont- 

 pensier. England agrees to a conference with Portugal. 



5. New York : The Supreme-Court justices are en- 

 tertained by the Bar Association. Germany : Labor 

 troubles command attention. 



6. Australia : A federation conference opened at 

 Melbourne. Germany-Turkey : A commercial treaty 

 signed. 



7. France : The Duke of Orleans arrested in Paris 

 for violating the decree of bajiishment. 



10. Nevada : The Mormons are defeated in an elec- 

 tion at Salt Lake City. Bulgaria: Many arrests of 

 plotters against the throne. 



11. The Union Pacific and the Chicago and North- 

 western Railroads withdraw from the Interstate Com- 

 merce Association. England : Parliament meets. 



12. Missouri : Exciting temperance crusade in La- 

 throp and vicinity. France: The Duke of Orleans 

 sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Germany : 

 The Socialists, in consideration of imperial rescripts, 

 withdraw their resolution to organize a general strike 

 in May. 



13. 'Georgia : The Chamber of Commerce holds its 

 first annual dinner at Atlanta. The Methodist Book 

 Concern celebrates its centennial at the Metropolitan 

 Opera House, New York. Troops are ordered to the 

 Sioux reservation to keep out white settlers. Great 

 Britain : Report of the Parnell Commission submitted. 



14. Charles Emory Smith confirmed as minister to 

 Russia. 



15. Secretary Windom terminates the contract be- 

 tween the Government and the Immigration Com- 

 mission of New York City. 



16. Hawaiian Islands : A general election resulted 

 in favor of the native party. 



17. British Columbia : A colonial court decides that 

 the United States Government has no jurisdiction in 

 Behring Sea. 



18. National Educational Association Convention 

 opens in New York adjourns Feb. 20. Hungary : 

 Death of Count Andrassy. 



19. American Woman Suffrage Association : An- 

 nual meeting at Washington. New York Legislature : 

 The World's Fair bill passed. Iowa: Legislative 

 deadlock broken by a compromise. Russia demands 

 3,000,000 rubles from Bulgaria. 



20. Alleghany, Pa. : Dedication of the Carnegie Li- 

 brary. Germany : The elections show large Socialist 

 gains. 



21. Missouri: Sixteen persons arraigned for a riot- 

 ous attack on a liquor dealer in Spickardsville. New 

 Hampshire : Memorial Hall and Library dedication at 

 Wolfborough. 



