EVENTS OF 1886. 



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26. Riots in Amsterdam, lasting two days ; cause 

 proiiibition of popular games on Sunday. Military 

 called out; 20 killed, 80 wounded. 



27. Court of Claims begins settlement of the Ala- 

 bama depredation cases. 



28. Cigar-makers to the number of 3,500 locked 

 out by manufacturers in New York. The Spanish 

 Cortes passes a resolution recommending the libera- 

 tion of the 26,000 slaves still held in Cuba. (See 

 Oct. 27.) Kollin M. Squire, Commissioner of PUD lie 

 Works in New York city, arraigned by the mayor. 

 Fortifications bill passed by Senate. 



30. Morrison resolution providing for disposing of 

 the Treasury surplus passed by the Senate. Any 

 surplus above $100,000,000 to be used for the redemp- 

 tion of United States bonds, whenever such surplus 

 exceeds $10,000,000 (not signed by the President). 

 Interstate commerce bill (Reagan's) passed by the 

 House. 



31. Alien landlords bill passed by House. Pen- 

 sions to veterans wounded in arm, hand, leg, or foot, 

 increased 25 per cent, by vote of the House. 



August 1. Elections in France ; 847 Republicans, 411 

 Conservatives returned ; second elections required in 

 177 districts. An aerolite, weighing 90 pounds, fell 

 near Sandusky, Ohio. Letter published showing that 

 Street Commissioner Eollin M. Squire, of New York, 

 made a corrupt political bargain with a contractor on 

 the Croton Aqueduct. Mexico decides to try Cut- 

 ting for an offense committed in the United States. 



2. The University of Heidelberg celebrates its 

 500th anniversary. The President signs the oleo- 

 margarine tax-bill. Election in Alabama; Thomas 

 Seay and the entire Democratic State ticket elected. 

 New ships bill passed by the House. Secretary of 

 State Bayard submits to Congress the correspondence 

 in the Cutting case. Fitz-Jphn Porter reinstated in 

 the United States Army, with the rank of colonel, 

 after twenty-two years under sentence of dismissal for 

 disobedience of orders. 



3. The new English ministry receive the seals of 

 office ; for list of the ministry, see GREAT BRITAIN. 

 River and harbor bill adoptea in joint conference. 

 Snow fell in eastern New England. Grand Army of 

 the Republic holds its annual national encampment 

 in San Francisco. A. P. Williams (Republican) 

 elected United States Senator from California. 



4. Trial of Commissioner Squire begum in New 

 York. 



5. Gold discovered near Abington, Mass. Adjourn- 

 ment of Forty-ninth Congress at the end of its first 

 Bession. Total number of bills and joint resolutions : 

 House, 10,228; Senate, 2,974; passed, 987; bills, 

 originating in the House, 746, and 241 in the Senate. 

 The President vetoed 115 bills, mostly private pen- 

 sions and public buildings : the total of the appropri- 

 ations were $264,783,579. 



6. Cutting found guilty by a Mexican court, and 

 sentenced to pay $600 fine and suffer one year's im- 

 prisonment. 



7. Riots in Belfast, Ireland, lasting three days, be- 

 tween the opponents and advocates of Home Rule ; 

 13 killed, 130 injured. 



8. Two men pass the Niagara whirlpool in a cask. 



9. Collector of Customs Hedden, of New York, re- 

 signs. 



10. Daniel Magone, of Malone, N. Y., is appointed 

 collector of customs in New York city. Maurice B. 

 Flynn and Commissioner Rollin M. Squire indicted 

 for conspiracy in New York city. Lock-out of 4,000 

 factory operatives in Augusta, Ga. 



12. Strike in Chicago stock-yards. 



14. Gen. Sedgwick is sent to Mexico as a special 

 envoy in the Cutting case. 



15. New Anglo-Spanish treaty goes into effect. 



16. Petroleum discovered in France. 



19. Irish National League meets in Chicago. James 

 C. Scott killed in an attempt to swim Niagara rapids 

 in a cork jacket. Cholera epidemic in Italy. 



20. Seven Chicago Anarchists found guilty of mur- 

 der and sentenced to be hanged, and one to be im- 

 prisoned for life. 



21. Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, forced to abdi- 

 cate by conspirators. W. J. Kendall survives the 

 passage of Niagara rapids in a cork vest. 



23. Exposition at Minneapolis opened, the machin- 

 ery being set in motion by Mrs. Grover Cleveland by 

 telegraph from the Adirondack woods in New York. 

 Cutting released by the Mexican authorities because 

 the plaintiff did not appear against him : Mexico 

 offered no abatement of the law holding foreigners 

 responsible for offenses committed outside of Mexican 

 jurisdiction. Prince Alexander returns to Bulgaria, 

 and is recrowned by the officers of the army. 



25. Gen. John Newton, United States Engineer 

 Corps, appointed Commissioner of Public Works in 

 New York city. 



29. Monster demonstration of Socialists in London ; 

 the police fail to disperse the crowd. 



September 1, American schooner Everett Steele 

 seized by the Canadian authorities for violation of the 

 fishery laws. 



4, Prince Alexander again forced to abdicate by 

 the Czar of Russia. Geronimo's band of Apache In- 

 dians surrenders to Gen. Miles in Arizona. 



6, Election in Arkansas ; Democratic majority, 20,- 

 000. 



7. Election in Vermont. Republican majority, 18,- 

 000. Bi-centennial of Woodstock, Conn. Interna- 

 tional yacht-race for the America's cup. Contest- 

 ants : Mayflower ^American), Galatea (British). The 

 American boat wins (second race with same result, 

 Sept. 11). 



10, Irish land bill of Mr. Parnell read for the first 

 time in the House of Commons. Natural gas discov- 

 ered near Ellenville, N. Y. 



13i English fishing-boats seized by French authori- 

 ties. Election in Maine. Republican plurality, 13,- 

 000 ; Joseph R. Bodwell chosen Governor. 



15, Cholera epidemic in Austria. 



18, Yacht -race off Newport, R. I. Winners in 

 their respective classes : Sloops, Mayflower ; schoon- 

 ers, Gitana ; second-class sloops, Thetis ; third-class 

 sloops, Clara. 



19, Knights Templar hold their triennial conclave 

 in St. Louis. 



20, The Mayor of Philadelphia impeached by the 

 Common Council. 



21, Irish land bill (Mr. Parnell's) defeated in the 

 House of Commons (202 to 297). Strike of 90,000 

 cotton-spinners in England. 



22, Labor riot at Peabody, Mass. 



23, Henry George nominated for Mayor of New 

 York bv the Central Labor Union, and indorsed by 

 60,000 individual nominations sent by postal-card. 

 Battle between the French and Chinese pirates near 

 Hooloc, Tonquin ; 500 pirates reported killed. 



24, The Corporation of Cork, Ireland, refused an 

 address of welcome to the Lord-Lieutenant. 



30, Jefferson Davis publishes a letter charging Gen. 

 Sherman with falsehood. Pleuro-pneumonia among 

 cattle in Chicago ; $75,000 worth slaughtered. Plot 

 frustrated to blow up the Russian Czar. Bulgaria re- 

 fused Russia's ultimatum. Prussia and the Vatican 

 sign an agreement regulating the management of ec- 

 clesiastical affairs within the kingdom. 



October 1. The Third Avenue Elevated Railroad 

 the busiest in New York city reduces its fares from 

 10 cents to 5 cents. American sloop Thetis beats Eng- 

 lish cutter Stranger in a race off Marblehead. 



4. Knights of Labor hold their convention at Rich- 

 mond, Va., and are addressed by Governor Lee. Sil- 

 ver certificates ($1) issued by the United States 

 Treasury. 



5. English cutter Stranger beats American sloop 

 Thetis in a race off Marblehead. Court of Appeals 

 affirms the sentence of Alderman Jaehne. 



