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EVENTS OF 1890. 



27. Iowa : Horace Boies (Democrat) inaugurated 

 Governor. United States steamer Enterprise reaches 

 New York with the body of the late George H. Pen- 

 dleton. Germany : Prfnce Bismarck prohibits the 

 sale of West African territory. 



28. The North American Commercial Company se- 

 cures the Alaskan fur-seal rights. 



March 2. Rome : The Pope celebrates his eightieth 

 birthday. 



3. Germany: Several election riots. Dahomey, 

 West Africa : Fighting between French and natives. 



4. Iowa : William B. Allison re-elected to the United 

 States Senate. National League of Republican Clubs 

 meets at Nashville, Tenn. (adjourns March 5). Scot- 

 land : Great railway bridge opened over the Firth of 

 Forth. 



6. Africa: Fighting between the natives and the 

 French in Dahomey, and natives and Germans in 

 East Africa. Hungary : A ministerial crisis arises 

 on the question of naturalizing the venerable Louis 

 Kossuth. 



7. United States steamship Concord launched from 

 Roach's yard, at Chester, Pa. New York city: Con- 

 tract awarded for constructing a tunnel under the 

 East river. England- Portugal : Negotiations regard- 

 ing the African trouble have failed. 



12. Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad 

 bought by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. 

 Canada : the Birchalls, husband and wife, arraigned 

 for the murder of the Englishman Benwell. 



13. Peru : A political campaign results in rioting 

 and bloodshed. 



H. New York : The Flack divorce trial begun. 

 France : The ministry resigns. 



15. Germany : The Labor Conference begins its 

 sessions at Berlin (adjourns March 29). The Presi- 

 dent warns "boomers" to leave the "Cherokee 

 strip." Africa: A Fren<jh garrison besieged by 30,- 

 000 Dahomans. The President and Mrs. Harrison 

 visit Florida. 



16. France: A new Cabinet formed, M. Freycinet 

 President of the Council. England : General strike 

 among the miners causes an advance in the price of 

 coal. 



17. Germany : Prince Bismarck and his son Her- 

 bert tender their resignations. 



18. Germany : The Emperor accepts Prince Bis- 

 marck's resignation. 



19. United States steamship Newark launched from 

 Cramp's yard, Philadelphia. McCalla court of in- 

 quiry begins at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Germany : 

 General von Caprivi is appointed Chancellor of the 

 Empire Dice Bismarck, resigned. 



20. Germany : The Emperor makes Bismarck a field 

 marshal and offers him a dukedom ; he appoints Her- 

 bert Bismarck Minister of Foreign Affairs. 



21. New York: The Court of Appeals decides that 

 execution by electricity is constitutional. England: 

 The House of Lords adopts the report of the Pamell 

 Commission. 



22. New York : The defendants in the Flack di- 

 vorce case found guilty. 



23. Large numbers of "boomers" invade the 

 Cherokee strip. 



25. Scotland: Strike of the Glasgow dockmen fails. 



26. England : Oxford wins in the University Boat 

 Race. New York : Sheriff Flack resigns. 



27. England : London dockmen on strike. 



28. New York : Gen. Daniel E. Sickles appointed 

 sheriff vice Flack, resigned. 



29. London : 10,000 shoemakers go on strike. 

 Spain : 40,000 factory hands go on strike. 



30. Annual meeting of the American Tract Society 

 in Washington. Germany : Bismarck's birthday cel- 

 ebrated in Berlin. Strikes become more threatening 

 in Europe. Portugal : An election results favorably 

 to the Government. 



81. New York : Gov. Hill vetoes the Saxton Ballot- 

 Reform bill. 



April 1. Messrs. Swayne and Stripling confirmed 

 respectively as circuit judge and United States attor- 



ney, both for the Northern District of Florida. Bills 

 introduced in the Senate to regulate the sale of *dul- 

 terated beer and to make a public park of Bedlow's 

 Island. Chicago : 1,000 plumbers go on strike. 



2. The Australian ballot system is successfully in- 

 troduced at a State election in Rhode Island and at 

 local elections in Missouri and Wisconsin. Russia: 

 Excitement and rioting among university students at 

 St. Petersburg. 



5. Iowa : "Local option" defeated in the House of 

 Representatives (51 to 49). Mormons hold their an- 

 nual meeting in Utah. 



7. Chicago : Nearly 7,000 carpenters strike for 

 shorter hours and higher wages. 



8. Austria: Rioting by strikers in Vienna. Russia: 

 28 students expelled from the university for rioting. 



9. Canada: The Government decides to renew the 

 modus mvendi for a year. In the Dominion House 

 of Commons reciprocity is defeated. 



10. Spain : Anti-Carlist riots at Valencia. 



11. New York: 1,200 men strike to sustain their 

 " walking delegates." 



12. Chicago : Panic in the Board of Trade. Con- 

 gress presents a gold medal to Joseph Frances, in- 

 ventor of life-saving appliances. The Cushing tor- 

 pedo boat is accepted by the Government. Florida : 

 Subtropical Exhibition closes at Jacksonville. Ger- 

 many : The Samoan treaty ratified at Berlin. 



13. Argentine Confederation: The Ministry re- 

 signs. 



14. The Supreme Court sustains the act of United 

 States Deputy Marshal Nagle in taking life in defend- 

 ing Judge Field. Chicago: The carpenters' strike 

 extends to other building trades. Peru : Bermudez 

 elected President. Russia: The Grand Duke Nicho- 

 las is arrested for revolutionary affiliations. 



15. Prussia: Opening of the Diet. 



16. Reunion of the Loyal Legion in Philadelphia. 

 Chicago : Building industries completely stopped by 

 the strike. New York : Convention of Working 

 Girls. 



17. The American Philosophical Society commemo- 

 rates the anniversary of Franklin's death. New 

 York : The Working Girls' Convention adjourns. 

 Austria : Fight between striking miners and troops. 

 Brazil : Religious instruction suppressed in the public 

 schools. 



18. Kentucky: Fight between State militia and 

 Harlan County outlaws. France: Henry M. Stanley 

 reaches Paris. Cuba: Bandits create a reign of ter- 

 ror. Africa : The King of Dahomey assumes the of- 

 fensive on the frontier of French territory. 



19. Samoan treaty signed at Apia. Portugal: The 

 King opens the Cortes. 



21 Africa: Portuguese advance checked to await 

 negotiation with England. 



22. Chicago : Strike riots and many arrests. Af- 

 rica : A French force beaten by the Dahomans. 



23. Federation of women's clubs : Convention 

 meets. Africa : The French win a pitched battle 

 with the Dahomans. 



24. Anti-Semitic riot in Galicia. 



25. Arkansas : Investigation of the Clayton-Breck- 

 enridge case at Little Rock. The President signs the 

 relief resolution appropriating $150,000 for the Mis- 

 sissippi sufferers. Germany : The Emperor visits 

 Queen Victoria at Darmstadt. Chicago : Strike riots 

 repeated. 



26. Stanley reaches London. The Supreme Court 

 decides that the Iowa "original-package" seizures 

 are unconstitutional. 



28. Representatives of ten American republics sign 

 the arbitration treaty. 



29. France: Arrest of the Marquis de Mores and 

 other Anarchists. Africa: Completion of the Dela- 

 goa Bay Railroad. Canada : The bill extending the 

 modus vivendi passes the Dominion Senate. 



30. New York: Washington Memorial Arch begun. 

 France : Discovery of a plot to declare the Duke of Or- 

 leans king. Paraguay : Revolution breaks out, and 

 there is fighting between the factions. 



