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EVENTS OF 1890. 



8. New York: The American Committee for the 

 Relief of Famine in Ireland suspends operations at 

 the request of the Irish delegates. The body of 

 Abraham Lincoln, son of the United States Minister 

 to England, deposited in the Lincoln mausoleum at 

 Springfield. 111. Father Ignatius, the English mis- 

 sionary monk, is refused the use of Episcopalian pul- 

 pits in Massachusetts. 



9. Germany : 3,000 shoemakers thrown out of em- 

 ployment at Erfurt. 



10. Denver, Col. : General Assembly of the Knights 

 of Labor meets. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien are re- 

 ceived enthusiastically in New York, and large money 

 subscriptions are raised. London : There is much dis- 

 satisfaction over the new American tariff law. 



11. The Episcopal Church Congress opens its ses- 

 sions in Philadelphia. The Baptist Congress of min- 

 isters meets at New Haven, Conn. The eleventh 

 annual convention of the Society of Mechanical En- 

 gineers meets in Richmond, Va. In London and New 

 York there is great financial excitement. 



12. The North River Bank of New York suspends 

 payment, and two failures are announced at the Stock 

 Exchange. Wyoming : The first State Legislature 

 meets in Cheyenne. 



15. Culmination of the financial panic in London ; 

 the old firm of Baring Brothers is only saved by vol- 

 untary aid of the Bank of England, the Rothchilds, 

 and others. The trial of the O'Snea divorce case be- 

 gins in London, involving Mr. Parnell, the Irish 

 Nationalist leader. 



16. Brazil celebrates the first anniversary of the 

 republic. 



17. London banks guarantee 15.000,000 sterling for 

 the Baring Brothers. Russia : Troops fire upon riot- 

 ers near Moscow, 100 wounded ; three Nihilists sen- 

 tenced to deatjj in St. Petersburg. 



18. Launch of the United States armored cruiser 

 Maine at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the largest ves- 

 sel as yet built in America. Political excitement runs 

 very high in England and Ireland regarding the claims 

 of Parnell as an Irish leader. 



19. General concentration of troops at Pine Ridge 

 Indian Agency, to overawe the Indian tribes. Ire- 

 laud: Dillon and O'Brien sentenced to six months' 

 imprisonment for conspiracy. Chicago: Reorgani- 

 zation of the American Harvester Company, with 

 capital stock of $35,000,000. 



20. Fighting between United States troops and Sioux 

 Indians near Pine Ridge Agency. Mr. Parnell refuses 

 to resign his leadership of the Irish Nationalists. 



22. Immediate danger of further financial disaster is 

 averted. Springfield, Mass. : Harvard defeats Yale at 

 fool-ball. Prof. Koch, the discoverer of the alleged 

 cure for consumption, is specially honored by the Em- 

 peror of Germany. 



23. Hostile Indians concentrate in the Bad Lands, 

 and threaten the Pine Ridge Agency. General elec- 

 tions are held throughout Italy for the Chamber of 

 Deputies. Death of the King of Holland. 



the championship. 



27. Mr. Parnell issues a manifesto to the Irish peo- 

 ple, reaffirming his right to the leadership. Railway 

 traffic delayed in England by a heavy snow-fall. 



29. Chicago: Enthusiastic greeting to the Irish 

 envoys. 



30. The Irish delegates issue a manifesto favoring 

 the retirement of Parnell. 



December 1. Congress meets, President's message 

 read in both Houses ; new Senators and Representa- 

 tives sworn in ; several bills introduced in the House. 

 Oklahoma: Many desperate characters escape from 

 the jail at Guthrie. Meeting of Irish Home Rulers 

 in Parliament to take action in Parnell case. 



2. Ocala, Florida : Meeting of the Supreme Council 

 of the National Farmers' Alliance. Continued threat- 

 ening demonstrations on the part of the Indians; all 

 available troops are hurried forward. 



3. Ireland : The Catholic priesthood declare against 

 Parnell. 



4. King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Islands, lands 

 at San Francisco from the United States steamship 

 Charleston. Washington : Meeting of the Interconti- 

 nental Railway Commission, representatives present 

 from nearly all the American republics. The Brit- 

 ish House of Commons votes 25,000 for relief of the 

 famine in Ireland. 



5. Jersey City : Four election officers convicted of 

 fraud and sent to jail for eighteen months. Germany 

 recognizes the United States of Brazil. 



6. "Negotiations for the purchase of land from the 

 Cherokee nation ; $10,000,000 oft'ered for 6,500,000 

 acres known as the Cherokee strip. England : Justin 

 McCarthy and 44 other Irish nationalists withdraw 

 from the Parnell faction and organize as a separate 

 party. Mr. Gladstone refuses to treat with the Irish 

 party under Parnell's leadership. 



8. Meeting of the National Board of Trade in New 

 Orleans. Meeting of the American Federation of La- 

 bor at Detroit. 



9. Meeting of the American Sabbath Union in 

 Philadelphia. 



10. Alabama: Strike riot at the Blue Creek coal 

 mine ; an armed force sent to restore order. New- 

 ark, New Jersey : General strike in the thread mills. 

 Opening of the Italian Parliament with a speech by 

 the King. Ireland : Mr. Parnell begins his campaign 

 by forcibly seizing a newspaper office. 



11. Alabama: Strike of the United States Rolling 

 Stock Company for non-payment of wages. Switzer- 

 land : Dr. Welti chosen President of the republic. 

 France : M. de Freycinet elected to the Academy. 



12. A large force of hostile Indians on the war- 

 path ; depredations reported in many quarters. 



13. Unsuccessful trial trip of the cruiser Newark. 



14. Dillon and O'Brien return to Ireland, somewhat 

 discouraged with the aspect of the Irish question in 

 this country. 



15. A party of Indian police sent to arrest Sitting 

 Bull are attacked and compelled to defend themselves ; 

 Sitting Bull and several others are killed ; the Indian 

 police are surrounded, and only rescued by the timely 

 arrival of United States cavalry. 



16. Settlers on the frontier are seeking protection 

 of the army posts, fearing vengeance of hostile In- 

 dians. Rochester, N. Y. : Convention of the Women's 

 Suffrage Association. Ireland : The Parnell campaign 

 opens with several exciting fights, including an assault 

 on Mr. Parnell himself. 



17. Altooua, Pa. : Representatives of 16,000 miners 

 meet to demand increased wag-es. 



18. Idaho: W. J. McConnell and Frederick T. Du- 

 bois are elected to the United States Senate. Bal- 

 timore : Launch of revenue marine steamer Galves- 

 ton. England : The Queen unveils a statue of the 

 late Emperor of Germany. 



19. New Haven, Conn. : Funeral of the late Maior- 

 Gen. Alfred H. Terry. Montana : Execution of four 

 Indian murderers at Missoula. 



20. Perryvillc, N. Y. : Three dynamite shells suc- 

 cessfully fired by Dr. Justin, the inventor. 



21. Ohio : It is announced that the supply of natu- 

 ral gas is failing. 



22. A large band of hostile Indians surrenders near 

 Standing Rock Agency. Ireland : The Kilkenny 

 election goes against Mr. Parnell. Scotland: Strike 

 of railway workmen. 



23. Henry R. Brown, of Michigan, nominated for 

 the Supreme Court, vice Samuel F. Miller, deceased 

 (confirmed by the Senate). Surgeon Charles Suther- 

 land appointed Surgeon-General United States army. 

 Successful trial of the United States cruiser Newark. 



24. The President issues his official invitation to all 

 nations to participate in the World's Fair at Chicago 

 in 1893. Peru: A revolt in favor of Pierola, the ex- 

 dictator, is suppressed ; 40 killed. 



25. Christmas. Part of Sitting Bull's band escapes 

 from their guard and joins the hostile camp. Scot- 

 land : The railway strikers resort to violence. 



