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EVENTS OF 1886. 



made it necessary in several instances to call 

 out the State militia in different sections of the 

 country, and at one time the General Govern- 

 ment was obliged to furnish regular troops to 

 escort the mails. In politics, too, the labor 

 organizations have developed unprecedented 

 strength, polling in New York city alone more 

 than 68,000 votes for their favorite candidate. 

 A special paper on the strikes of the year will 

 be found in its proper place. In Europe, too, 

 the labor agitation, combined, as in America, 

 with threatenings of socialism and anarchy, 

 has held a marked prominence in the history 

 of the times. The abduction and forced abdi- 

 cation of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria, and 

 the consequent complication of affairs in the 

 Balkan states, point to the need of wiser di- 

 plomacy on the part of the European powers 

 than has thus far obtained. In France, the 

 expulsion of the Orleans princes was one of 

 the most conspicuous incidents of the year. In 

 England the defeat of Mr. Gladstone in a direct 

 appeal to the people on the test question of the 

 Irish land bill was the most important politi- 

 cal event/ The United States experienced the 

 severest earthquake-shock that has occurred 

 since the settlement of the country, and they 

 were visited by an unusual number of violent 

 storms. The list of events that follows affords 

 a journal of the world's history during the 

 year, omitting " Disasters," which will be 

 found under that heading : 



January 1. David B. Hill (Democrat) inaugurated 

 Governor of New York at Albany, and Fitz-Hugh 

 Lee (Democrat) Governor of Virginia at Richmond. 

 Annexation of Burmah, and proposed cession to Chi- 

 na of the upper part of the province, announced by 

 the British Government. Revolutionary disturbances 

 in Spain ; the revolutionists attempt to destroy a rail- 

 way-bridge, but are prevented, and some of them capt- 

 ured. Revolutionists gain control of the city of Mata- 

 moros, Mexico. 



2. The Council of the Cherokee nation passes reso- 

 lutions denying the jurisdiction of the United States 

 over Cherokee lands. ^ Bulgaria and Eastern Roume- 

 lia agree to form a union. 



4. Celebration at Berlin of the twenty-fifth anni- 

 versary of the accession of William III to the throne of 

 Prussia. Women vote for the first time in Toronto, 

 Canada. Greece protests against the union of Bulga- 

 ria and Roumelia. Riotous proceedings in the Con- 

 gress at Santiago de Chili. 



5. Congress reassembles after the holiday recess ; 

 790 bills introduced in the lower House. Great dam- 

 ages by flood throughout the northern tier of the Unit- 

 ed States. The Supreme Court of Connecticut de- 

 cides that students of Yale College, resident in New 

 Haven only aa such, are not entitled to vote. Edmund 

 L. Pitts chosen President of the New York State Sen- 

 ate and Gen. James W. Husted Speaker of the State 

 Assembly. Hostilities between Orangemen and Cath- 

 olics at Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Treaty of 

 p^eace ratified between the French in Madagascar and 

 the native tribes with whom they have been at war. 



6. A native claimant of the Burmese throne threat- 

 ens the English forces at Mandalay. Forty alleged 

 Nihilists arrested in Russia. 



7. Anew French Cabinet announced with M. de 

 Freycinet as President of the Council. In the House 

 of Representatives Speaker Carlisle announces the 

 committees. 



8. New York Board of Aldermen of 1884 are charged 



with having granted a charter to the Broadway Street 

 Railroad in consideration of $300,000, equally divided 

 among them. A French missionary and 500 native 

 Christians massacred in Annam. The Utah bill passed 

 by the Senate. A meeting of 5,000 unemployed per- 

 sons hi Glasgow, Scotland. No Socialistic measures 

 proposed. It was determined to petition the wealth- 

 ier classes to devise methods of relief. Russia refuses 

 to guarantee the independence of a union between Bul- 

 garia and Eastern Roumelia. 



9. The Jesuits are expelled from Monaco. 



10. Servia, Bulgaria, and Greece are required to dis- 

 arm by the European powers, with the understanding 

 that Turkey shall do likewise. Spanish protocol signed 

 regarding the occupation of the Caroline Islands. 



11. At a meeting of Irish Nationalists in Dublin it 

 was resolved to continue the struggle for the rights of 

 Ireland. German man-of-war u Albatross " occupies 

 the principal port of the Samoan Islands. The Ger- 

 man Emperor signs spirits monopoly bill. Spanish 

 republican rebels seize one of the torts at Carthagena, 

 and make their escape when threatened by troops. 

 John B. Foraker inaugurated Governor of Ohio. 



13. John Sherman re-elected United States Senator 

 from Ohio. M. Floquet re-elected President of the 

 French Chamber of Deputies. Burmese natives in 

 strong force threaten to attack the British at Manda- 

 lay. Nine Democrats representing Hamilton county. 

 Ohio, in the Ohio House of Representatives, adjudged 

 to have been illegally elected, and nine Republicans 

 installed in their places. British Parliament opens. 

 Prussian Diet opens. Capt. John G. Walker , U. S. N., 

 is confirmed by the Senate as chief of the Bureau of 

 Navigation. Appointments confirmed of more than 

 150 postmasters. 



14. The Bavarian Cabinet resigns. 



15. President Grevy signs a decree granting amnes- 

 ty to persons convicted of political offenses against 

 France since 1870. Water-famine in Cleveland, Ohio. 



18. Judicial salary bill passed by the Senate. 



19. An alleged murderer lynched by masked men 

 in Indiana. Irish Landleague meets in Dublin. 

 The presidential succession bill as proposed bv Sen- 

 ator Hoar, of Massachusetts, having passed the llouse, 

 January 15, is signed by the President. Cigar-makers 

 in New York to the number of 8,000 refuse to accept 

 a new pay schedule, and are locked out by the manu- 

 facturers. 



20. Official opening of the Mersey river tunnel, 

 connecting Liverpool and Birkenhead, England. 



21. Capt. Emmet Crawford, U. S. A., while pur- 

 suing a band of Apache Indians, is killed in an en- 

 counter with Mexicans. 



25. Gen. Barillas elected President of Guatemala. 



26. In the British House of Commons the Salisbury 

 Government suffers defeat. Annual convention of 

 the National Guard of New York State. 



27. New York State Senate orders inquiry into the 

 Broadway Railroad franchise. Resignation of British 

 Cabinet. 



28. Exposure of the Pan Electric scandal. 



30. Supreme Court of New York decides that the 

 projectors of the Broadway Railroad Company must 

 stand examination. Schaefer beats Vigneaux hi con- 

 test for billiard championship. 



31. M. Gre"yy, President of the French Republic, 

 enters upon his second term of seven years. 



February 3. New British ministry announced, with 

 Mr. Gladstone as Premier. 



4. Strike for twelve hours a day on several of the 

 principal railroads in New York city ; demands of 

 the strikers ultimately granted. 



6. Senate investigation of the Broadway franchise 

 begins. Cholera at Tarifa, Spain. 



8. Socialist disturbances in London, with rioting in 

 Trafalgar Square ; demonstrations continue several 

 days. Anti-Chinese agitation in Alaska. 



10. Spanish Republic; its thirteenth anniversary 

 celebrated at Madrid. 



