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EVENTS OF 1891. 



15. The President proclaims a close sealing season 

 in Bering Sea. The diplomatic correspondence pub- 

 lished. 



16. Ohio: State Republican Convention meets at 

 Columbus; William McKinley, Jr., nominated for 

 Governor. Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill 

 celebrated in Boston, and by the Sons and Daughters 

 of the Revolution in Brooklyn, N. Y. Pensacola, 

 Fla. : Dedication of a monument to the Confederate 

 dead. Canada : A new ministry formed, with J. J. 

 C. Abbott as Premier. 



18. The President and his family go to Cape May 

 for the summer. Commencement exercises at Cornell, 

 Colgate, Dickinson, and other colleges. Wisconsin: 

 The Kev. Isaac L. Nicholson, D. D., of Philadelphia, 

 elected Bishop of Milwaukee (Protestant Episcopal). 

 Bering Sea: Three British cruisers co-operate with the 

 American squadron in protecting the seal fisheries. 

 London : The Government was defeated in a vote on 

 the factory bill. 



20. Chili: Government troops desert to the Con- 

 gressional party. Chicago: Strike of architectural 

 iron workers. Announcement of a customs league 

 between Germany, Austro-Hungary, Italy, and Swit- 

 zerland. 



22. Labor riots in France and Hungary. 



23. Texas: Rain-making experiments under the 

 management of the Agricultural Department. Com- 

 mencement exercises at Harvard, Yale, Wellesley, 

 Amherst., Dartmouth, and other colleges. 



24. Brooklyn: Bronze statue unveiled of Henry 

 Ward Beecher. Fordham, N. Y. : Statue unveiled of 

 Archbishop Hughes at St. John's College. Otumwa, 

 la. : The Democratic State Convention renominates 

 Gov. Boies. 



26. Harvard defeats Yale in the annual boat race at 

 New London. 



27. The one hundred and thirteenth anniversary of 

 the Battle of Monmouth celebrated on the battle-field 

 by the Sons of the Revolution. Pittsburg : Strike of 

 stone masons ends, 500 men returning to work at 

 the old rates. China : A considerable fleet of Euro- 

 pean gunboats is gathering to protect foreign residents. 

 Chili : Commanders of United States vessels are noti- 

 fied that it is unsafe for American sailors to go ashore, 

 owing to the lawless state of affairs. 



29. A lake mysteriously appears in the lowlands of 

 the Colorado desert. Prince George of Greece arrives 

 at Chicago. 



30. Washington : The Weather Bureau is trans- 

 ferred to the Agricultural Department. Canada : The 

 widow of Sir John A. Macdonald has been raised to 

 the peerage. 



July 1. The President announces that Great Britain, 

 France, Belgium, and Switzerland have taken action 

 regarding the Copyright act. Ohio : 2,000 coal min- 

 ers strike in the " railroad mines " for nine hours a 

 day and the " Columbus scale " ; 600 mill hands at 

 Cleveland strike for the " amalgamated scale." Col- 

 orado : The Pike's Peak Railroad is opened for pas- 

 senger traffic. Birmingham, Conn.: St. James's Epis- 

 copal Church celebrates its one hundred and fiftieth 

 anniversary : a tablet was unveiled in honor of the 

 Rev. Richard Mansfield, D. D.. rector for seventy-two 

 years (1748-1820). Canada : Dominion Day observed 

 throughout the province. 



2. Washington: W. E. Simonds, of Connecticut, 

 appointed Commissioner of Patents, vice Mitchell, re- 

 signed ; A. L. Snowden, of Pennsylvania, minister to 

 Greece ; R. Pacheco, of California, minister to Guate- 

 mala: Alexander Walker, United States marshal for 

 New York (eastern district). Chili : The Congressional 

 army occupies Huasco. Prince George of Greece is 

 loyally welcomed by Greek residents of New York. 



3. Buffalo: Meeting of the Society of the Army of 

 the Potomac. Frederick Douglass resigns his post as 

 minister to Hayti. The Emperor of Germany touches 

 at the Hague and Rotterdam, and sails for England. 



4. Independence Day celebrated in all parts of 

 the United States and in many foreign countries. 

 Prince George of Greece sails for Europe. England : 



The German Emperor is received in state by the 

 Prince of Wales at Sheerness, and by the Queen at 

 Windsor. 



5. W. K. Vanderbilt's yacht Alva rescues the crew 

 of a wrecked schooner near Newport. England : The 

 Emperor of Germany reviews the household troops. 



6. Steubenville, Ohio: Convention of American 

 glass workers; one of the largest labor parades ever 

 held. England : Marriage, at Windsor Castle, of 

 Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein and Prince 

 Aribert of Anhalt. 



7. Four murderers executed by electricity at Sing 

 Sing, N. Y. Chicago : More than 1,000 delegates 

 meet, representing young people's societies of the 

 Baptist denomination. 



8. The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted $500 

 from the Itata for violation of the navigation laws. 

 Holland : Resignation of the Cabinet. Africa : Arab 

 slave traders routed by Congo Free State troops. 



9. Washington : Prof. T. C. Mendenhall appointed 

 Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 A second libel suit filed against the Itata for violation 

 of the neutrality laws. Lookout Mountain, Tenn. : 

 Session of the Southern Educational Society. 



10. The Squadron of Evolution has a sham battle in 

 Boston harbor, the Massachusetts Naval Reserve par- 

 ticipating. 



11. Minneapolis : Conference of Christian Endeav- 

 or Societies. England : The German Emperor re- 

 viewed regular and volunteer troops at Wimbledon. 

 Representatives of the New York Athletic Club 

 break a record at the games of the London Athletic 

 Club. 



12. Minneapolis : Fourteen thousand delegates pres- 

 ent at the reunion of Christian Endeavor Societies. 



13. Navy : The White Squadron leaves Boston for 

 New York. Boston : The bocialistic Labor party is 

 forbidden to meet on the Common. France : Presi- 

 dent Carnot is fired at by a lunatic in Paris ; the 

 French navy manoeuvres in the Gulf of Lyons and 

 makes a practice attack on Toulon. England : The 

 German Emperor leaves for Scotland. 



14. Toronto, Ontario : Annual convention of the 

 National Education Association of the United States. 

 London : Opening of the International Congrega- 

 tional Council. Buffalo : Annual meeting of the 

 Photographers' Association of America. California : 

 Cargo of the Itata libeled at San Diego. Salt Lake 

 City : Meeting of the Afro-American League. Scot- 

 land : The German Emperor inspects the Forth 

 Bridge and sails for home. France : Anniversary of 

 the fall of the Bastile celebrated throughout France. 

 Chili : Naval engagement off' Valparaiso, the Con- 

 gressionalists victorious. 



16. France : The Chamber of Deputies passes the 

 act admitting American pork. England : The Society 

 of Authors celebrates the adoption of the American 

 Copyright act. 



17. Railroads in the southeastern Mississippi val- 

 ley form an association. 



20. Bryceville, Tenn. : An organized body of near- 

 ly 1,000 miners overawe the militia guard and com- 

 pel the withdrawal of the convict miners. 



21. Lexington, Va. : A statue unveiled of Gen. Stone- 

 wall Jackson, late Confederate States Army; 15,000 

 Confederate veterans present; Gen. Early delivered 

 the oration. 



22. Allegheny, Pa. : Strike of the steel workers 

 ends on the company's terms. London : Mutinous 

 conduct of the Coldstream Guards. 



23. Southampton, Mass., celebrates the one hun- 

 dred and fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation. 

 Judge Coxe, of the United States Circuit Court, de- 

 cides that the Brush Electric Company practically 

 holds a monopoly of the storage-battery business. It 

 is announced that France will return Russian flags 

 captured in the Crimean War. 



24. Dr. William R. Harper is appointed principal 

 of the Chautauqua system. 



25. Barnstable County, Mass. : Reception and ban- 

 quet to ex-President Cleveland at Sandwich. Sandy 



