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EVENTS OF 1885. (MAY, JUNE.) 



Italian Government to receive him, is appointed Min- 

 ister to Vienna. Aizpuru surrenders unconditionally 

 to the Government troops in Panama. 



May 1. Four constables shot by cattle- thieves in the 

 Indian Territory. The Peruvian Government troops 

 defeated by Caceres at Ayacucho. The Irish bishops 

 and the cardinals confer in Rome. Earthquake-shocks 

 in Austria. 



2. The Mormons address a petition and complaint 

 to the President. Opening of the Hungarian Na- 

 tional Exposition at Buda-Pesth. A new ministry 

 formed in Greece. The International Exhibition at 

 Antwerp opened. Eruption of Vesuvius. 



3. A treaty concluded at Bogota between the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States and the Colombian Gov- 

 ernment for the joint preservation of order on the 

 Isthmus. Kiel and his half-breeds beaten by Gen. 

 Middleton at Battleford. The decree for the sup- 

 pression of the " Bosphore " rescinded, and an apology 

 made to France by the Egyptian Government. 



4. Decision of the Supreme Court against repudi- 

 ation in Tennessee and Virginia. ^Reunion of Union 

 and Confederate veterans on the Gettysburg battle- 

 field. A labor disturbance suppressed by the militia 

 in Leman, 111. ; several strikers killed. A new An- 

 glo-Russian agreement announced. Col. Otter's flying 

 column attacks Poundmaker's Indians in Manitoba. 

 Gen. Lumsden recalled. 



5. The Oklahoma boomers retire. A ruffian hi 

 Colorado shot, after killing seven persons. Delaforgc, 

 of the Extreme Left, chosen Vice-President of the 

 French Chamber. 



6. A forest protection bill passed in the New York 

 Legislature. Postmaster Palmer, in Chicago, re- 

 moved. 



7. The printing of one and two dollar greenbacks 

 is stopped. An assault of the Colombian rebels on 

 Cartagena repelled. Death of Charles Rogier, Bel- 

 gian ex-minister. 



8. After a long debate hi the Chamber, the Italian 

 Government receive a vote of confidence in regard to 

 their colonial policy. 



9. Conviction of Mormons in Utah. Gen. Middle- 

 ton attacks Kiel's headquarters at Batoche. Closure 

 of the Prussian Landtag. 



10. The Italian minister, Mancini, offers his resig- 

 nation. 



11. The British Parliament votes the war credit. 

 The English Government announces the abandon- 

 ment of the intended advance into the Soudan, and 

 the withdrawal of the expeditionary force to Assouan 

 and Wady Haifa. Gen. Middleton renews the attack 

 on Batoche and routs the half-breeds. 



12. Commissioner of Agriculture Colinan charges 

 his predecessor with mismanagement. The redistri- 

 bution bill passes the House ot Commons. 



13. The President receives a deputation of Mor- 

 mons. 



14. Postmaster-General Vilas issues a circular to 

 members of Congress in relation to " offensive par- 

 tisans" in the post-offices. Louis Kiel surrenders 

 himself. 



15. End of the regular session of the New York 

 Legislature, and calling of an extraordinary session 

 by Gov. Hill. Cyclones and water-spouts in Ne- 

 braska and Kansas. Embarkation of the British 

 troops at Suakin ordered. Reconstitution of the Ser- 

 vian ministry. The German Reichstag adjourns after 

 passing^ the tariff bills. 



16. Bankruptcy of Major Burke, Director-General 

 of the New Orleans Exhibition. 



17. A band of Apaches go upon the war-path in 

 New Mexico ; depredations are committed in Arizona 

 also by Indians. President Zaldivar, of San Salva- 

 dor, resigns. 



18. The decision in the Ford murder-trial confirmed 

 by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The last section 

 of the Canadian Pacific Railroad completed. The 

 evacuation of Suakin begun. Rupture of the Anglo- 

 Spanish commercial treaty negotiations. Cunning- 



ham and Burton, the London dynamiters, condemned 

 to imprisonment for life. 



19. Gen. Logan chosen United States Senator hi 

 Illinois after a long contest. The siege of Cartagena 

 raised by Colombian troops. Visit hi Vienna of the 

 King of Servia. 



20. Death of ex -Secretary Frelinghuysen. The 

 Hungarian Parliament closes its session^ Germany, 

 France, Austria, and Russia protest against the tax- 

 ation of Egyptian coupons. 



21. The evacuation of Domrola by the British be- 

 gun. The German New Guinea Association char- 

 tered. 



22. The New York Legislature adjourns after enact- 

 ing a census bill. Skirmish with Indian marauders 

 inlthe Mogallon mountains. Death of Victor Hugo. 



23. Lord Rosebery in Berlin. 



24. Conflict between Paris Socialists and police in 

 Pere Lachaise cemetery. 



25. Fight between United States troops and Gero- 

 nimo's Indians on the Blue river in Arizona. Secre- 

 tary Whitney orders an investigation of the Mare 

 Island navy -yard. In accordance with a judgment of 

 the Federal Court hi Richmond, the Virginia treasury 

 officials are compelled to honor the coupons of State 

 bonds. 



26. Surrender of Poundmaker. The King and 

 Queen of Roumania in Vienna. 



27. Severe tornado in Waco. Texas. Ceremonious 

 inauguration of the canal leading to the port of St. 

 Petersburg. General election in Austria begins. 

 Victory of the Government forces over Caceres at 

 Huancayo. Gen. Strange attacks Big Bear hi Mani- 

 toba, and is driven back. 



28. Lockout of laborers in numerous iron-mills of 

 Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other States. 



29. Bank failure in Philadelphia. 



30. The Russian Government adopts a conciliatory 

 attitude on the question of Zulfikar Pass, thus dis- 

 pelling the fears of a war. Close of the World's Fair 

 in New Orleans. 



31. Destructive earthquake at Serinagur hi Cash- 

 mere. 



June 1. Funeral of Victor Hugo in Paris. Anti- 

 Semitic election riots in Vienna. 



2. A riot of striking Italian and Hungarian laborers 

 occurs at Pottsville, Pa. Death of Prince Curl Anton 

 of Hohenzollern. 



3. Terri^e cyclone at Aden, destroying the Ger- 

 man war-ship "Augusta" and many other vessels. 



4. The cholera appears in Valencia. The Swiss 

 authorities expel twenty-one Anarchists. 



5. John Aufdemorte, an employe" in the New Or- 

 leans sub-treasury, embezzles $13,000, and flees to 

 Mexico. 



6. Sir Peter Lumsden's return to London. Cholera 

 breaks out in the province of Valencia and neighbor- 

 ing districts. 



8. Cyclone in Dubuque, Iowa. Small-pox epidemic 

 in Montreal ; sanitary precautions taken by the New 

 York Board of Health. The bill to establish scrutin 

 de liste passes the French Chamber. The British 

 ministry defeated in the vote on the beer and spirit 

 duties. 



9. United States Marshal Lot Wright removed. 

 Signature of the Franco-Chinese treaty of peace. 



10. Mr. Gladstone announces in the Commons tn 

 intention of the ministry to hand in their resigna- 

 tions. The Suez Canal blockaded by the sinking of 

 a bagger. 



ll."Foraker nominated for the governorship by the 

 Republicans of Ohio. Cholera breaks out in Madrid. 



12. Land Commissioner Sparks recommends 1 

 abrogation of the Maxwell land grant in New Mexico 

 The postal subsidy for the trans-oceanic mail servi 

 rendered non-effective by the decision of the E: 

 tive. Disturbance in Springvale, Maine, caused c 

 the enforcement of prohibition. The Queen accepts 

 the resignation of the British Cabinet, and calls or 

 the Marquis of Salisbury to form a new ministry. 



