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11. A religious excitement develops among the 

 Indians of the Northwest. Altoona, Pa : Successful- 

 strike of miners for higher wages. San Francisco : 

 Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- 

 men, representing a membership of 19,000 men. 

 Switzerland : A revolution breaks out in the Canton 

 of Ticino. Australia : General movement in favor of 

 the federation of the British colonies. 



12. Financial stringency in London and New York 

 largely due to excessive investments by English capi- 

 talists in South American securities. Switzerland: 

 End of the rebellion in Ticino. The Baltimore, with 

 John Ericsson's body, reaches Stockholm. 



13. England : An advance in wages is conceded to 

 the Southampton strikers. Europe : The Triple Al- 

 liance extended to 1897. 



14. Stockholm : Imposing ceremonies at the obse- 

 quies of Capt. Ericsson. Manitoba : Extensive petro- 

 leum discoveries along Athabasca river. Brussels : 

 Working Men's Sutfrage Congress. 



1 6. Brazil : The elections result in victory for the 

 Government. Ireland : Lord Wolseley is assigned to 

 command the British forces. Paris : Meeting of the 

 International Commercial Congress. 



17. Ohio : The Society of the Army of the Cumber- 

 land meets at Toledo. New York Central Railroad 

 strike declared off. Portugal : The Cabinet resigns on 

 account of the African treaty with England. 



18. Troy, N. Y. : Indictment of three tram 

 wreckers in connection with the New York Central 

 strike. Philadelphia : Twenty-sixth annual meeting 

 of the Homoeopathic Medical Society. Ireland: John 

 Dillon and William O'Brien arrested for conspiracy. 



19. Ireland : Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien released 

 on bail. Australia: Serious strike riots in Sydney, 

 80,000 men said to be on strike in the colony. 

 Egypt : Threatened outbreak in the vicinity of 

 Suakim. 



20. New York : Bronze statue ot Horace Greeley 

 unveiled in front of the "Tribune" building, J. Q. 

 A. Ward, sculptor. Society Islands : Fighting be- 

 tween natives and French marines ; France estab- 

 lishes a protectorate over the islands. Italy : A 

 statue of the late King Victor Emanuel unveiled at 

 Florence by his son Humbert. 



21. Troy, N. Y. : The arrested train wreckers 

 make partial confessions. _ Paris: Opening of an, 

 anti-slavery congress, Cardinal Lavigerie presiding. 



22. Pittsburg : Congress of German Catholics. 

 Boston : Reunion of the old abolitionists. Canada : 

 Trial of J. R. Birchall for the murder of F. C. Ben- 

 well begins at Woodstock. Riots in India, thirteen 

 persons killed and many wounded before order was 

 restored. 



25. Ireland : Fight between the police and the pop- 

 ulace at Tipperary on account of the recent arrests. 



26. Massachusetts : Great musical festival at Wor- 

 cester. Cincinnati : The National Prison Congress 

 begins its business meetings. Fort Sill, Dakota: 

 Reports of a general Indian uprising. Morocco : 

 The rebels have been defeated, but great loss of life 

 has occurred. 



28. France : Extended strikes among operatives in 

 lace factories. 



29. New York : International Convention of Iron 

 and Steel Manufacturers, large delegation present 

 from Great Britain. Providence, R. I. : Celebration 

 of the one hundredth anniversary of the introduction 

 of cotton spinning into America* The American In- 

 stitute of Mining Engineers meets in New York. 

 Canada: Conviction of Birchall for the murder of 

 Benwell at Woodstock. 



October 1. Vermont : The Legislature meets. Con- 

 gress adjourns sine die. New York : The building 

 trades remove the boycott from the Hudson river 

 brick yards. Virginia : Large reunion of Confederate 

 veterans at Winchester. 



2. Treaty of Peace signed between Germany and 

 Zanzibar. Austria : The Emperor of Germany visits 

 Vienna. 



3. The Comte de Paris and son arrive in New York 



with several attendants, and are welcomed by old 

 army associates. Ireland : A disorderly scene occurs 

 at the trial of Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien. 



4. The Navy Department formally accepts the new 

 cruiser San Francisco. Wyoming: Gold discovered 

 in Carbon County. 



5. A treaty of peace concluded between France and 

 the King of Dahomey. 



6. The new McKinley tariff goes into effect. 



7. Alleghany City, Pa. : Presbyterian Commits 

 tee on the Revision of the Westminster Confession. 



8. Illinois : The President addresses the veterans 

 of his brigade at Galesburg. The British fleet enters 

 the Zambesi river, disregarding the protest of Port- 

 ugal. 



9. Brazil : The general election passed off quietly, 

 and was favorable to the Government (vote, 180,000 

 to 60,000). Germany : The Emperor returns from his 

 visit to Austria. 



10. The Rev. Dr. Storrs re-elected President of the 

 American Board. Justice Miller of the Supreme 

 Court stricken with paralysis. Pittsburg, Pa. : 

 The Iron and Steel men hold a convention and ad- 

 journ. Ireland: Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien make 

 their escape. 



11. New i'ork : The Christian Alliance in session, 

 Rev. A. B. Simpson elected president. Washing- 

 ton : Meeting of the American Amateur Union of 

 Athletes. 



12. Germany : A congress of Socialists begins at 

 Halle. 



13. A British regiment mutinies on the Island of 

 Guernsey. Holland : The royal physicians declare 



' the King is incapable of reigning. Portugal : A 

 Cabinet formed, with Gen. Chrysostoras as Pre- 



that the K 

 new 



14. London : Imposing funeral services of Mrs. 

 Booth.of the Salvation Army. 



15. Trial of the Andover heresy case before the 

 Massachusetts Supreme Court. Buffalo, N. Y. : An- 

 nual meeting of the American Street Railway Associ- 

 ation. St. Louis : Annual meeting of the military 

 order of the Loyal Legion. San Francisco : The 

 American Brewers' Association incorporated with a 

 capital of $3,000,000. Pittsburg, Pa. : The Inter- 

 national Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers or- 

 ganizes. Baltimore : The centennial of the estab- 

 lishment of the Carmelite order in America cele- 

 brated. 



16. Kansas City Mo. : A Pacific Railway train 

 robbed by three highwaymen within the city limits. 



1 7. Boston : Meeting of the Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Women. Africa : The Sultan of Zan- 

 zibar sells to Germany certain of his sovereign rights. 



18. Adjournment of the Socialist Congress at Halle. 

 Belgium : The municipal elections result favorably to 

 Liberals and Socialists. 



21. Boston : Centennial celebration of the establish- 

 ment of Methodism in New England. 



22. Dedication of soldiers' monuments at Green- 

 wich, Conn., and Kingston, N. Y. Discovery of nat- 

 ural gas near Florence, Ala. Rochester, N. Y. : 

 Church Congress of Universalists, nearly all States in 

 the Union represented. Nashville, Tenn. : Meeting 

 of the American Humane Society. Washington : 

 Meeting of the American Institute of Architects. 



23. Statue of Maj.-Gen. John Starke unveiled at 

 Concord, N. H. The Methodist centenary in Boston 

 ends with a grand banquet. 



25. The President receives the iron and steel dele- 

 gates at the White House. 



26. The United States minister to Turkey demands 

 satisfaction for the arrest of an American citizen. 

 New York: The hundred and twenty- fourth anni- 

 versary of the Old John Street Methodist Church cele- 

 brated. 



27. Secretary Noble refuses a re-enumeration of the 

 population of the city of New York. 



November 4. Elections in thirty-nine States, result- 

 ing in large Democratic gains. (See articles on the 

 different States.) 



