EVENTS OF 1801. 



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N< u Y..rk : Death of Gen. Williuni Tccumsch 



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' .irlislc, I'M. : A delegation of sioux chiefs \i-itf 

 , rum. lit Indi.m .-.-ho,, U. Full Kiv.-r. ' 



. ends tin- weavers' strike ut tin- ('<.rn-ll 



9 .nth l>ak. tu: 1. II. Kyle elected United States 



\rliiiu't"ii. Va. : Interment of the late Admiral 

 Pi"\ idencc, l;. I.: Meeting ut' tin- National 

 trie l.iirhi As-o, iation. Caroline Islands: A 

 i-h torn repulsed b\ natives, losing 1'J'i men. 



niicsota: Tlie American Base-ball Associa- 

 i withdraw* from the national agreement. 



i k : Funeral obsequies of Urn. Sher- 

 ..n.l: Tin- House of Common* reject., a 

 lion tor diaeatabliahment in Wales. Egypt: Os- 



ina defeated at Tokar. 



21. Idaho: Tin- Legislature passes an "Australian" 

 lot liill. Rhode Island: Charles II. Page elected 

 her of Congress. Egypt: Battle with Osman 

 a's forces near Tokar, the Egyptians victorious. 

 .:shin.rton : Meeting of the Women's Na- 

 al Council, Frances E. Willard, President 

 88 (Monday). General celebration of Washington's 

 "iday. Kansas City : Meeting of delegates t'avor- 

 ncral federation of labor. Resignation of the 

 jian Cabinet Formation of a new Servian 

 ministn. 

 _'4. Oklahoma Territory: Large immigration of 



a from Arkansas. 

 _'.">. I nited States of Brazil : Gen. de Fonseca elected 



lent 



_'''.. Nebraska: Passage of a strict maximum freight 

 bill. Chili: Capture and pillage of Iquiqui by the 

 Congressional party. England : Launch ot two men- 

 of war at I'ortMiioiith ; the Queen names them^Royal 

 Arthur and Koyal Sovereign. Ireland: Trial of 

 "Tim" I leak's libel suit against the Insuppressi- 

 ble begins at Dublin, with accompanying riots. 



27. Washington: Henry W. Blair, of New Hamp- 

 shire, appointed minister to China, Truxton Bcale, 

 of California, minister to Persia, and Morton A. 

 Knapp, of New York, Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sioner. 



28 Satisfactory test of the new gunboat Benning- 

 ton. England: Fight with strikers at the Albeit 

 Ih.cks, several killed. 



March 2. Centenary of John Wesley's death ; Meth- 

 odist* celebrate the event all over the world ; a statue 

 in his honor is unveiled in London; Archdeacon 

 Farrar, of the Church of England, makes the address. 

 Roman Catholics celebrate the eighty-first birthday 

 of the Pope. Providence, R. I. : Strike of 300 weav- 

 ers because of reduced wages. 



Washington: Gold medal of the Life-saving 

 Service awarded to Capt. Alfred Mitchell, ot Buffalo, 

 for gallantry in saving the crew of the steamer Annie 

 Young in October, 1890. One hundredth anniversary 

 of the approval by Washington of the act authorizing 

 a mint at Philadelphia. The President signs an act 

 authorizing a new mint building in the same city. 

 Chili: A detachment of Government troops desert 

 ;.nd join the Congressional forces. 



4. Washington : Adjournment of the Fifty-first 

 ( '"iiirress g-ine die by limitation of its term ; the Copy- 

 right Kill was passed among its last acts. 



'.. Pennsylvania : The Monongahela Valley coal- 

 miners' strike for fair wages ends in a victory "for the 

 strikers. Army : Enlistment of 2,000 Indians author- 

 ized by the Secretary of War. Navy : ( Mticial ac- 

 ceptance of United States cruisers San 'Francisco and 

 Philadelphia. Alabama: Raid of Government offi- 

 cers; arrest of 30 "moonshiners." Africa: A Gtar 

 man expedition under Baron von Wissmann nearly 

 exterminates a native tribe. Chili: Bloody battle 

 fought, Congressional troops victorious. 



7. The President appoints James II. Beatty to be 

 district .judge for Idaho. Rochester, N. Y. : Lockout 

 of clothing manufacturers, atl'eeting many thousand 

 people. Indianapolis : 1,500 carpenters idle because 



of the Huildiritf Trade* Council, chili : Government 

 tr".,|.- 'I. -leal, .i .it p../.. Almonte. 



u. Wasbin. Appropriate* $100.000 for tin 



Colombian Exhibition. Africa: >w native* killed 

 b\ a French ex|-dition on the Niger. 



. France accept* the invitation to participata in 

 the Columbian K.xhiliitioii. Jamaica, L. I.: I'olich 

 cloak-makers attack their employer, throwing vitriol. 



li. Illinois: John M. Palmer (Eepablican) rh4-r 

 Dnit0d States Senator rice Kurwell. Kilfore, Kv.: 

 t'. men killed and several wounded at a dance. \V'u*h- 

 iiiL'ton; -I liattulioiw (colored) of the National Guard 

 disbanded because Congress failed to make an appro- 

 priation for armories. 



la. Providence, H. I. : Strike of 800 weaver* againxt 

 alleged excessive tiiK-s for iiujH-rfcet work. Knjflurul : 

 The House of Commons vote* u large credit for tin- 

 famine in Ireland. 



18. California : Anti-Chinese bill pawed by the 

 lower house (see article on CALIFORNIA) ; vote, 49 to 

 6. New Orleans : The jury fails to convict a num- 

 ber of Italians accused of the murder of < '1 i-f . 

 li' > llennessy; popular indignation at alleged mis- 

 carriage of justice. 



14. New Orleans, La. : 11 Italians, believed to be- 

 long to the murderous " Mafia" society, lynched in the 

 pansh prison. Bridgeport, Conn. : P. T. Barn um 

 presents a building to the historical and scientific 

 societies of the city. 



15. The Italian minister officially protests againM 

 the New Orleans lynching. California : Funeral of 

 the late Senator Hearst at San Francisco. Ireland : 

 Election fight at Newry. 



16. The Rev. Howard MacQueary (Presbyterian), 

 of Canton, Ohio, found guilty of heresy. New burgh, 

 N. Y. : Dedication of a monument, "known as the 

 Tower of Liberty, built by Government and State aid. 



17. Conversation by telephone between London and 

 Paris. Death of Jerome Napoleon, Bonapartist heir 

 to the crown of France. His second son, Louis, ih 

 designated by will as head of the house of Bonaparte. 



20. Indianapolis: The strike of journeymen printers 

 ends in compromise. Philadelphia: Keystone Nation- 

 al Bank closed by the Comptroller of the Currency. 



21. Oxford defeats Cambridge in the annual boat 

 race on the Thames, England. IjJewfoundland : Great 

 excitement and indignation against the proposed ac- 

 tion of the English Parliament Washington : Death 

 of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, late Confederate Suites 

 Army. 



24. Maine : The Legislature adopts an "Australian " 

 ballot system. The republic of Honduras agrees to 

 participate in the Columbian Exposition. 



25. Great Britain accepts the President's invita- 

 tion to participate in the Columbian Exposition. 



26. California appropriates $300,000 for the Colum- 

 bian Exposition. 



27. Chicago: Strike ends by agreement between 

 the boss carpenters and journeymen through a con- 

 ference committee. 



28. Holyoke, Mass : Chinese students assaulted by 

 a mob. 



30. India: Nearly 500 native troops in the British 

 service have been killed by insurgents. Connellsville, 

 Pa: Coke strikers doti-o\ the t ipany's property. 



31. Italy indicates her'feeling in the matter or the 

 New Orleans lynchinir by recalling Baron Fava, 

 minister resident at Washington. 



April 1. Rhode Island State election: No choice in 

 many cases of officers and legislators. Maine : Passage 

 of a strict law regarding liquor traffic. New Hamp- 

 shire appropriate.-. *|n,tMm for the Columbian F.xposi- 

 tion. Chill : Flections result in a Liberal victory. 



J. Connellsville, Pa.: Fiirht between coke strikers 

 and deputy sheriffs. 11 killed, 40 wounded. 



:;. Pennsylvania: Two regiments of the National 

 Guard on duty at Connellsville to suppress ritinir. 

 Washington : Strike of journeyman printers for in- 

 crease of wages. 



4. Arkansas and Maine: State Leg! stature* adjourn. 



5. San Francisco : Chinese merchants formally pro- 



