EVENTS OP 1801. 



881 



\ .1.: Suceejwfal trial of smokeless powder 



.Ulls. 



g& France: Attempted aaMHination of oAoiala i>y 



Bean* of infernal machines. 



i Mayor entertains the Aim-r- 

 - Fuir delegates lit it diiiiii-r. 

 ^_'t"ii : Senator Quay resigns the chair- 



:|ii>t'tlu- Ucjilllilicali National Kxccutivc Com 



arnl Col. Dudley rcsiirns the trciiMircrship. 



ml: Prohibition State Convention held at 



u. Strike of switchmen on the " Hitf Four" 



. is end* in t'ailurt). Saratoga, N. Y.: Annual 



tin' PajHjr Manufacturer*' Association. 

 Atururt 1. Washington: Reciprocity treaty with 

 BanDomlngo made public. Switzerland: Six hun- 

 dredth anniv i T.-ary <>1 National independence. 



, ntiick\ : State election carried l>y the Demo- 

 The World's Fair Commission reaches Merlin. 

 !. letroit: Twenty tit'tli annual reunion of the 

 (irand Army of the Republic; about 40,000 men 

 tor niirude. I'tali : First election under na- 

 tional party lines; result close, Imt slightly in favor 

 of Democrats. Ocean (irove, N. J. : Quarter centen- 

 nialot'tlie Freed i lien's Aid and Southern Education 



ty (Methodist I. 



,". The White Star steamer Majestic broke the 

 ocean record from Queenstown to Sandy Hook ; time, 

 five days, eighteen hours, eight minutes. Kentucky: 

 Tlie new Constitution adopted by nearly 100,000 ma- 

 jority. Washington : Twenty-first annual conven- 

 tion of tin- Catholic Total Abstinence Society. Bos- 

 ton: Convention of the Army and Navy Union. De- 

 troit: Ninth annual meeting of the Woman's Relief 

 Corps, (irand Army of the Republic. St Louis: 

 Third annual meeting of the Letter Carriers' Asso- 

 ciation. Chautauqua, N. Y. : Opening of the annual 



:!>ly. 



i;. Xantasket Beach, Moss. : Meeting of the Na- 

 tional I'.ar Association. Capt. John Palmer, of Al- 

 kiiiv. elected commander-in-chief Grand Anuy of 



tile ll'-pllblic. 



7. Two vessels seized in Bering Sea for unlawful 

 sealing. 



10. London : International Congress of Hygiene 

 and Demography opened. Berne, Switzerland : In- 

 ternational (ieograpliical Congress begins its ses- 

 sion. 



11. Washington: Fourteenth annual meeting of the 

 Society of Mieroscopiste. Shasta, Cul. : Secret-serv- 

 ice officials break up illicit opium works managed by 

 Chinamen. Springfield, Mass. : Meeting of the Na- 

 tional Association of Fire Engineers. Gettysburg, 

 Pa, : Fourth annual convention of the Patriotic Sons 

 of America. Canada: Charges of corruption in the 

 Department of Public Works ; Sir Hector Langevin 

 denies the charges and resigns. 



12. Cambridge, Ma>>.: Heath of James Russell 

 Lowell. Cleveland, Ohio: The Association of Fac- 

 tory Inspectors, United States and Canada, holds its 

 fifth annual meeting. Washington : Annual meeting 

 of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 



l: 1 .. ISurmah: The Senaputty of Manipur hanged 

 by order of a British court of inquiry. 



19. Bennington, Vt : Battle monument transferred 

 to the State with imposing ceremonies; speeches by 

 the President and others. Washington: Meeting of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. The Teutonic runs from Queenstown to 

 Sandy Hook in five days sixteen hours thirty-one 

 minutes, beatinir all previous records. St. Louis, Mo. : 

 National Convention of Railway Postal Clerks. Eng- 

 land: The French fleet arrives at ('owes. 



20. Milwaukee, Wis. : Cardinal (iiM>ons delivers 

 the pallium to Archbishop Katzer with -nat cere- 

 mony. 



21. The President visits Saratoga, N. Y. England : 

 Review of French and English fleets by the Queen 

 otf Cowes. 



-'I. Washington, D. C. : Meeting of the Society of 

 Geologists. Africa: Defeat of dervishes by Kmin 

 Pasha. Peru: Cabinet crisis; the ministry 'resigns. 



Vermont: The Governor aii|-iint Uedtic Id Procter to 

 succeed Mr. Edmunds in the l'nit.-d Mate- Senate, 

 '.'."i. The President visit* St. A I ban*, Vt., making 



-peeeh,-, n|| the WUV. 



J<;. The President makes addrcmtcM at Richmond. 

 tiry. Mont|M-lier, Plainlldd, and St. .John* 

 bury, Vt, Boston: Meeting of tin- Aiinri... 

 Association. Ocean (irove: Camp meeting. 



e-oplc on the ground. Knd of rtrike .,n the Lake 

 rie and Western Railway and at Peoria, 111. Min- 

 neapolis: Meeting of Boned Veterans. 



.'7. The President makes speeches at Bellows Falls 

 and elsewhere in Vermont 



28. Chili: Valparaiso surrenders to the Congres- 

 sional forces; American, Knglish, French, and (icr- 

 man forces assist in preserving order. 



29. Coal-miners strike at Duquoin, Iowa, ended by 

 mutual agreement after lasting five months. 



81. Chili: Santiago taken by the Congressionalists ; 

 lliirlit of Balmaeeda ; the war practical Iv ends. Sara- 

 toga, N. Y. : Meeting of the American Social Science 

 Association. Tennessee : Extra session of the Legis- 

 lature to consider the convict system. A Russian 

 man-of-war pennitted to pass through the Darda- 

 nelles. 



September 1. China: Anti-foreign riot at Tehang, 

 the British consulate and the American missionary 

 house destroyed. Another riot at Lung-Chow. Rec- 

 iprocity with Spain goes into effect Kentucky : (iov. 

 Brown inaugurated at Frankfort. Chicago: Union 

 cabinet makers strike for eight hours a day. Train 

 robbed by seven masked men near Cotopaxi, Cal. 



_'. State Prohibition Convention of New York meets 

 at Albany. Meeting of National Columbian Com- 

 mission in Chicago. 



:(. Hamilton College: Horace B. Silliman chosen 

 president Gettysburg: Three monuments dedicated 

 to Illinois regiments. Austria and France : Autum- 

 nal army mano3uvres begun. 



4. Chili : A provisional government formed with 

 Jorge Montt as President The President appoints 

 John S. Durham, of Pennsylvania, to be minister to 

 Hayti vice Frederick Douglass, resigned. 



5. Germany removes restriction on the importation 

 of American pork. Creedmoor, N. Y. : The New- 

 York team wins the Interstate Rifle Match. 



6. Colored cotton pickers organize in Texas to 

 secure better pay. 



7. The President officially recognizes the new Gov- 

 ernment of Chili. England : Trades Union Congress 

 opens at Newcastle. The Hague : Opening of Inter- 

 national Agricultural Congress. General Alikhanotf 

 arrested in Afgahnistan as a Russian spy. 



8. Groton, Conn. : Celebration of the one hundred 

 and tenth anniversary of the Battle of Groton Heights. 

 Denmark removes prohibition against the importation 

 of American pork. The City of New York breaks 

 the record of quick trips to the eastward ; Japan moil* 

 reach Queenstown in twenty days from Yokohama. 



9. New York : State Republican Convention meete 

 at Rochester. Strike of freight conductors, Louisville 

 and Nashville Railroad. 



10. National Association of Railway Postal Clerks 

 meets at Watertown, N. Y. China : Anti-American 

 riot at Tehang. International Electrical Convention 

 in Montreal closes. 



12. Emily Huntington Miller chosen Principal of 

 the Women's College, North Western 1'niversity. 



13. 'The Pacific mail steamer China reaches San 

 Francisco in twelve days eleven hours fifty-five min- 

 utes from Yokohama. 



11. St. Louis. Mo.: Met ting of the Brotherhood of 

 Telegraphers. Indianapolis, Ind. : Meeting <>!' the 

 Coopers' International I nioii. A British force lands 

 on tne Turkish island of Mitylenc. causing much ex- 

 citement throughout Europe. 



15. New York : State Democratic Convention meets 

 at Saratoga. Florida: R. II. M. Davidson appointed 

 United States Senator r/<v Call, decea.-cd. Wnsh- 

 inirton: The Presidt nt returns from Caj>c Mn>. 

 The United States Veterinary Association invvts. 



