EVENTS OF 1885. (NOVEMBER.) 



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legal proceedings against the Bell Telephone Com- 

 pany are stopped. 



10. Death of Cardinal McCloskey. 



11. Conflict of races in Louisiana. Sir Henry 

 Drummond Wolff comes to an agreement with the 

 Turkish Government in relation to Egypt. 



12. A family feud in Pennsylvania leads to three 

 murders. 



13. The Republicans are victorious in the Ohio 

 State elections. Flagrant election frauds in Cincin- 

 nati. 



14. The President removes the Chief-Justice of 

 New Mexico, who made S. A. Dorsey a jury com- 

 missioner. The General Government adopts meas- 

 ures to prevent the introduction of the small-pox from 

 Canada. Count Hatzfeld appointed German ambas- 

 sador to London. The Indian Government sends an 

 ultimatum to King Thebaw of Burmah. 



16. The Danish Folkething rejects the budget. 



17. The National Prison Reform Association meets 

 in Detroit. The French Republicans win at the sec- 

 ondary elections for the Chamber of Deputies. 



19. The Anglo - Turkish convention respecting 

 Egypt is signed. 



20. Death of ex-Assistant Postmaster-General Hay. 

 Attack on Count Taafe by the Left, in the Austrian 

 Reichsrath. 



21. The Governor of "Washington Territory makes 

 a report on the subject of the anti-Chinese movement 

 on the Pacific slope. Attempted assassination of the 

 Danish Premier Estrup by the type-setter Rasmus- 

 sen. Prince Albert of Prussia chosen Regent of 

 Brunswick. 



22. The conference of the Latin Monetary Union 

 resumes its sittings 'in Paris. Prince Waldemar of 

 Denmark is married, with pompous ceremonies, to 

 the Princess Marie of Orleans, at the castle of Eu. 



23. The General Land-Office takes measures against 

 speculators in the public lands. Chinese cigar-mak- 

 ers in San Francisco go on strike. 



24. The completion of the unfinished ships is or- 

 dered by the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary 

 of the Interior calls in conference the parties inter- 

 ested in the Bell Telephone suits. The Emperor of 

 Austria's address to the Delegations dwells on the 

 necessity of restoring the status quo. 



25. The alcohol bfll is ratified by the Swiss cantons 

 by a great majority. 



26. Civil - Service Commissioner Thoman resigns. 

 French victory over the Black Flags in Tonquin. 



27. The President refuses to give any more audi- 

 ences to office-seekers. 



28. Signal - Service officials in Fort Myers are 

 summoned before a court-martial for insubordi- 

 nation. 



29. Death of Gen. McClellan. In the elections to 

 the Prussian Landtag the Liberals lose heavily, but 

 the Conservatives do not obtain the expected gains. 

 Attempt on the life of Freycinet by a madman. 



30. William E. Smith, of New York, is appointed 

 to the place of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 

 Coon, who was removed. A suit against the Atlantic 

 and Pacific Railroad Company rescues for settlers 

 5,000,000 acres of land. 



November 1. The Pope issues an Encyclical on the 

 constitution of a Christian state. 



3. The result of the State elections in New York is 

 the election of the Democratic Governor Hill and of 

 ^ Jarge Republican majority in the Legislature. In 

 Virginia the Democratic State ticket is successful and 

 a Democratic majority is secured in the Legislature. 

 Connecticut elects a Republican Legislature. In Mas- 

 sachusetts the Republicans carry the elections and 

 secure a Republican administration and Legislature. 

 The Republicans are victorious also hi Pennsylvania, 

 Nebraska, and Iowa. 



4. Reorganization of the Civil-Service Commission 

 bv the appointment of Edgerton, Trenholm, and Ea- 

 ton as commissioners. Acquittal of the perpetrators 



of anti-Chinese outrages in Seattle, Washington Ter- 

 ritory. The "Dolphin " dispute is settled by a com- 

 promise with John Roach. 



5. End of the protracted strike in the Hocking val- 

 ley. Arrest of a number of dynamite conspirators in 

 St. Louis. The extended conference of ambassadors 

 in Constantinople is opened. Prince Alexander of 

 Bulgaria is cashiered by the Czar as honorary colonel 

 in the Russian army_. 



6. Baron Conrad is relieved from the post of Aus- 

 trian Minister of Education, and is succeeded by Dr. 

 Gautsch. 



7. A proclamation issued by the President against 

 anti-Chinese excesses on the Pacific coast. Several 

 German-Americans staying on the island of Fohr, 

 neat Schleswig, are notified to leave the country. Ed- 

 itor Stead and his_accomplices are found guilty of the 

 abduction of the girl Armstrong. 



8. A dangerous strike of freight-handlers at Gal- 

 veston, Texas, is settled by arbitration. 



9. The Oregon Legislature meets for an extra ses- 

 sion. Prince Hohenlohe, the new Stadtholder of the 

 Imperial Province, enters Strasburg. Gladstone be- 

 gins his Midlothian campaign. Partial reconstruc- 

 tion of the French Cabinet. 



10. The Kansas prohibition law is declared consti- 

 tutional. Decision in the Konighoff riot case pro- 

 nounced at Koniggratz. 



11. The National Association of Free-traders and 

 Tariff Reformers meets in Chicago. Gladstone makes 

 his first arreat campaign speech. 



12. TJie grand jury of Seattle, Washington Terri- 

 tory, indict thirteen persons for anti-Chinese disturb- 

 ances. Federal troops sent again to protect the In- 

 dian Territory from the Oklahoma boomers. 



18. General Prendergast receives orders to march 

 into Burmah. 



14. Servia declares war on Bulgaria and marches 

 into Bulgarian territory. Floquet elected Speaker ot 

 the French Chamber of Deputies. 



16. Brisson announces his programme in the French 

 Chamber. 



17. A progressive declaration of principles is adopt- 

 ed in a synod of rabbis of the Reformed Hebrews. 

 The Anarchist Lieske beheaded. Close of the Aus- 

 tro-Hungarian Delegations. Servian victory at Torn. 



18. In Holland a working-man is elected to the 

 States-General for the first time. 



19. Regulation of the Australian mail service in 

 accordance with a new arrangement with the Austral- 

 asian colonies. The term for the ratification of the 

 commercial treaty with Mexico is prolonged until 

 May 20, 1886. After a three days' battle at Slivnitza, 

 the Servians are compelled to 'retreat. The Balkan 

 Conference declares in favor of sending a Turkish 

 special plenipotentiary to Philippopolis. Opening of 

 the German Reichstag. 



21. Parnell issues a manifesto recommending Irish 

 electors to cast their votes for the Conservatives. 



22. At the instance of Mormons, United States offi- 

 cials are arested on charges of immorality in Salt Lake 

 City. The conference of the powers in Constantino- 

 ple agrees upon a protocol demanding the formal res- 

 toration of the status quo ante. 



24. Snow-storms in Pennsylvania and northern 

 New York. In Atlanta, Ga., complete prohibition 

 is adopted. The contest in Cincinnati over the sen- 

 atorial election is decided in favor of the Republi- 

 can candidates. The Servians have retired from Bul- 

 garian territory. General Jovanovich commits sui- 

 cide. The English elections begin with a gain for the 

 Conservatives. General Prendergast advances upon 

 Mandalay. 



25. Commissioner of Education Eaton sends in his 

 resignation. King Milan, under pressure from the 

 powers, proposes an armistice. Death of King Al- 

 fonso of Spain ; Queen Christina proclaimed Regent. 

 Ministerial crisis in France over the Tonquin ques- 

 tion. 



26. Death of Marshal Serrano. 



