EVENTS OF 1891. 



test against the appointment of Mr. Blair as minister 

 to China. 



6 New York : Journeymen painters strike for eight 

 hours and $8.!>0 a day. Kirtland, Ohio: Thirty- 

 ninth annual conference of the Reorganized Church 

 >f Latter-Uay Saints. New York: The Methodist 

 Episcopal Conference votes against the admission of 

 women as delegates. India: Kevolt against British 

 rule in the Punjab. Bridgeport, Conn. : Death of P. 

 T. Barnum (see OBITUARIES). 



8. Washington : Opening of the centennial celebra- 

 tion of the Patent Office. Xynn, Mass. : Strike of the 

 morocco workers ends in defeat. Marion, Ind. : Strike 

 of tram way employ 6s for better wages. New Hamp- 

 shire : Passage of "Australian"' ballot law by the State 

 Senate. Indiana: Prof. Coulter appointed President 

 of the State University. Cambridge, Mass. : The 

 Harvard overseers vote against shortening the uni- 

 versity course. 



y. Kansas : Two towns have elected women as po- 

 lice justices. Pennsylvania : Several deputy sheriffs 

 arrested on charges of murder at the coke riots of 

 April 2. India: British troops under Lieut. Grant 

 defeat a force of insurgent Manipuris. 



10. Washington : Formation of a National Associ- 

 ation of Inventors. New York city : Celebration of 

 the fiftieth anniversary of the New York " Tribune." 

 Pittsburg, Pa. : The convention of miners and opera- 

 tors fails to agree as to the eight-hour question. Wash- 

 ington: Lorenzo Crounse, of Nebraska, appointed 

 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. A company of 

 surveyors sails for Central America to examine the 

 route to connect North and South America by rail. 



11. Kentucky: Adjournment of the State Constitu- 

 tional Convention. New Hampshire : Adjournment 

 of the State Legislature. Chili : Successes reported 

 on the part of the Congressionalists. 



13. Burlington, Iowa: Saloon keepers resist the 

 execution of the liquor law.. The "grip " is epidemic 

 in the United States as well as in Europe and Great 

 Britain. England : Riotous weavers at Bradford are 

 dispersed by troops. 



14. Pennsylvania: The Lower House passes an 

 " Australian " ballot bill. Turkey : A Russian war- 

 ship with railroad materials and workmen for the 

 Black Sea is stopped at the Dardanelles. The Presi- 

 dent leaves Washington for a trip through the South- 

 ern States. 



15. The President visits Chattanooga and Atlanta. 

 Secretary Tracy inaugurates a system of civil-service 

 reform in the navy yards. Chili : The Congres- 

 sional troops defeat a Government force at Copiapo. 



16. The President is well received on the route 

 through Alabama. 



17. Rhode Island : Justice Charles Matteson is 

 elected Chief Justice by the State Legislature. 



18. The President reaches Galveston, Texas, and is 

 received by the authorities. Pennsylvania : Fight 

 between coke strikers and sheriff's posse. Newark, 

 N. J : Strike declared off in the Clark Thread Works, 

 most of the men resume work. 



20. Army : Col. A. V. Kantz promoted brigadier- 

 general vice Gibbons, retired. Africa: A British 

 steamer was fired upon by the Portuguese. 



21-24. Washington: Annual meeting of the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences. 



21. Cincinnati : Annual meeting of the League of 

 Republican Clubs. The President at El Paso, Texas ; 

 Mexicans join Americans in the reception. London : 

 Mutinous conduct in the Grenadier Guards. Africa : 

 Natives in Portuguese Guinea revolt and raise the 

 French Hag. Navy : Commander Reiter, disciplined 

 because of the Barrundia affair, is restored to duty 

 in command of the Thetis. The President passes 

 through Tucson, Arizona, to Los Angelos, Cat Con- 

 nellsville, Pa. : More fighting in the coke region. 



22. New Orleans : A general strike ordered of the 

 building trades unions. Detroit : Traffic almost en- ' 

 tirely suspended on the tram lines, owing to the 

 strike of the employe's. James S. Clarkson chosen 

 President of the Republican National League. 



23. Detroit : The tram-car strikers successfully 

 defy the police, rails are turn up in various parts of 

 the city. Chicago : A strike of laborers at the World's 

 Fair site ends. Chili : The Government suffers ;i de- 

 feat at Iquiqui. Wisconsin appropriates $65,000 for 

 the World's Fair. 



24-26. Scranton, Pa. : Convention of the Interna- 

 tional Young Women's Christian Association. 



24. Germany : Death of Count Von Moltke (see 

 OBITUARIES). India : The Manipuri insurgents are 

 subdued by the British and severely punished. 

 Portugal accedes to England's ultimatum in regard 

 to the African question. Washington : Meeting of 

 managers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer 

 Soldiers ; General W. B. Franklin chosen president. 



25. The President reached San Francisco. Detroit : 

 The tramway strike ends with mutual consent to ar- 

 bitration. Employe's of the Michigan Car Works 

 (Detroit) strike for shorter hours. Chili: The Con- 

 gressional man-of-war Blanco Encalada blown up by 

 a torpedo, 200 killed. 



26. Washington : Secretary Noble appoints a com- 

 mission to adjust differences between the Indians of 

 South Dakota. 



27. The President reviews the school children of 

 San Francisco and the detachment of regulars of the 

 Presidio garrison. New York : Ground broken for 

 the foundation of the Grant monument. The South- 

 ern Memorial Day was observed by survivors of the 

 Confederacy. 



28. China formally objects to. the Hon. Henrv W. 

 Blair, as minister from the United States. Wash- 

 ington: Forty -fifth annual meeting of superintend- 

 ents of aylums for the insane. India: British 

 forces have entered Manipur after sharp fighting. 



29. New York : Organization of American tin-plate 

 manufacturers. Denver, Col. : A verdict of " not 

 guilty " returned in the Millington murder case, one 

 of the most noted trials ever held in the West. 



30. The President arrived at Monterey. Hartford, 

 Conn. : Congress of the American Sons of the Revo- 

 lution. The Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D., chosen 

 Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts. Cana- 

 da : Opening of the Dominion Parliament. 



May 1. Riotous labor agitation expected throughout 

 Christendom and repressive measures taken where 

 possible. Many strikes for higher wages in this 

 country, but only one riot (at Cleveland). In Europe 

 troops were called out in Italy, France, and elsewhere. 

 The President returned to San Francisco. Another 

 Russian man-of-war stopped at the Dardanelles. 

 2. The President entertained at a banquet at San 

 Francisco. Washington: Annual meeting of the 

 American Academy of Medicine. Europe: Labor 

 riots in Belgium and France. Chili : The Congres- 

 sional party have secured control of eight provinces 

 and organized a government. Italy : A "green book " 

 has been issued on the New Orleans lynching. Lon- 

 don : Naval exhibition opened by the Prince of Wales. 



4. The President sails for Oregon. Two coke strik- 

 ers killed by deputy sheriffs in the Connellsville 

 region. Pennsylvania: Celebration of the one hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the arrival of the first Polish 

 immigrants. 



5. The President is received at Salem and Port- 

 land, Ore. Nebraska : The Supreme Court (State) 

 decides in favor of Thayer, the Republican claimant 

 of the Governorship. 



6. Sari Diego, Cal. : Steamer Itata seized by the 

 United States marshal at the request of the Chilian 

 minister. Kansas City : Twenty-ninth Convention 

 of the Young Men's Christian Association. Pitts- 

 burg : The National Convention of Machinists votes 

 to exclude negroes from membership. 



7. San Diego : The Chilian steamer Itata puts to 

 sea carrying the United States deputy marshal. The 

 President begins his return journey to the eastward 

 over the Northern Pacific Railroad. Honduras: An 

 insurrection announced. 



8. The President visits the State capital of Idaho. 

 Philadelphia : Failure of the Spring Garden National 



