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EVENTS OF 1892. 



6. Dickenson College, Carlisle, Pa. : Dedication of 

 a memorial chapel. 



7. Pittsburg, Pa. : Convention of the machinery 

 trades to form a National Union. Guatemala : The 

 President-elect arrested by order of the President. 

 Quebec, Canada : An election results in Conservative 

 victory. 



9. Memphis, Tenn. : Three negro convicts taken 

 from jail and shot by a mob. Washington, D. C. : 

 Conference of postmasters at the invitation of the 

 Postmaster-General. By bequest from Gen. George 

 W. Cullom, the Military Academy at West Point re- 

 ceives $250,000 for a memorial chapel, the Geograph- 

 ical Society $100,000, and the Metropolitan Museum 

 $75,000. 



10. Announced dissolution of the Standard Oil 

 Trust. Twelve thousand bushels of corn from Bloom- 

 ington, 111., and $5,000 from Baltimore, sent to starv- 

 ing peasants in Kussia. France and Spain ratify 

 commercial treaties with the United States. 



11. Washington, D. C. : An exchange of money or- 

 ders arranged between the United States and Austria. 



12. Great Britain: About 400,000 coal miners strike 

 against a reduction of wages. Paris : Anarchists 

 wreck with dynamite the house of a judge. 



13. Washington : The President announces reci- 

 procity with Nicaragua. Vienna : Encounter between 

 the police and starving workmen. 



14. Washington : The President proclaims higher 

 duties against Colombia, Hayti, and Venezuela, un- 

 der the reciprocity act. New York : The steamship 

 Missouri sails for Russia with supplies for starving 

 peasants. Kentucky : Dealing in lottery tickets made 

 a felony by law. Paris : Anarchists explode dyna- 

 mite near occupied army barracks. 



17. England and Denmark appropriate respectively 

 $50,000 and $66,000 for representative exhibits at 

 Chicago. New York gives $300,000 for a State ex- 

 hibit. 



18. Washington : Nine new circuit judges ap- 

 pointed by the President. Two convicted murderers 

 lynched near Gainesville, Va. Paris : Celebration of 

 the Commune anniversary. 



20. Albany, N. Y. : Two hundred and fiftieth an- 

 niversary of the First Reformed Dutch Church. 



21. Chicago : Seven aldermen indicted, and held in 

 $12,000 each, for alleged bribery. Washington : The 

 Interstate Commerce Commission elects William 

 R. Morrison chairman, vice Cooley, resigned. 



22. Wisconsin : The State Supreme Court declares 

 the new apportionment unconstitutional. Texas : 

 Roger Q. Mills chosen United States Senator. 



23. Washington : Receipt of England's refusal to 

 renew the modus vivendi in Bering Sea. Massachu- 

 setts : the Governor's yearly salary fixed at $8,000. 

 Minneapolis : 22,000 barrels of flour sent to the 

 starving Russians. 



24. Homestead, Pa. : Andrew Carnegie promises 

 his workmen a library, hall, and gymnasium, worth 

 $100,000. Paris : A new extradition treaty signed 

 with the United States. 



27. Washington : An agreement reached with the 

 British Government, renewing the modus vivendi. 



30. Boston, Mass. : First State convention of the 

 People's party. 



31. Norfolk, Va. : Launch of the United States 

 cruiser Raleigh at the Navy Yard. Findlay, Ohio : a 

 wife murderer taken from jail and lynched by a mob. 

 Germany : The Reichstag prorogued. India : open- 

 ing of the Bombay water works. 



April 2. Mississippi : Adjournment of the State 

 Legislature. Africa : The King of Dahomey attacks 

 the French possessions. 



3. Russia: The American relief steamer Missouri 

 reaches Libau with provisions. 



5. France and Great Britain agree to continue the 

 modus vivendi as regards the Newfoundland fish- 

 eries. 



6. Election in Rhode Island (see article on that 

 State). Utah : Completion of the Mormon temple at 

 Salt Lake City. 



7. France : Anarchists blow up the police station at 

 Angers. 



8. New Orleans: Convention of United Confederate 

 Veterans. 



9. Rustlers and cowboys at war in Wyoming and 

 Montana. England : Oxford wins the University 

 Boat Race by two and a quarter lengths. 



13. Wyoming : United States troops ordered out to 

 enforce peace between cowboys and " rustlers." 

 Spain : Anarchists explode a bomb in Valencia. Great 

 Britain increases the appropriation for the World's 

 Fair. 



14. The United States Government agrees to pay an 

 indemnity of $25,000 for the New Orleans lynching. 

 Wyoming : Cowboys surrender to United States troops. 

 Spain : Two anarchist bombs exploded at Cadiz. 



15. Dakota's (North and South) surplus Indian 

 lands, amounting to 547,257 acres, opened to settlement 

 at 12 o'clock, noon. 



16. Tennessee : Revolt of convicts at Chickamauga. 

 Revenue steamers Rush and Bear ordered to patrol 

 Bering Sea. Cuba : Anarchist bomb exploded in Ha- 

 vana. 



18. Ohio : The State Legislature adjourned to Janu- 

 ary, 1893. Reading, Pa. : The " First Defenders " of 

 Washington in 1861 hold a reunion. 



20. Spain : Anarchists explode bombs in three 

 towns. 



21. Fight between cowboys and rustlers at Little 

 Powder River, Mont. Washington : A delegation of 

 colored men call upon the President to protest against 

 alleged Southern outrages. New York : The State 

 Legislature adjourns ; 57 Sioux Indians sail for Lon- 

 don to recruit Butt'alo Bill's troupe. Paris: The 

 Cabinet decides upon war with Dahomey. Rome : 

 Conference of the Red Cross Society. 



22. Washington : The President proclaims a renew- 

 al of the modus vivendi as between the United States 

 and Great Britain in the Bering Sea. 



24. Chicago : Meeting of the International Society 

 of Theosophists, Col. H. S. Olcott, president. Many 

 arrests of anarchists in Europe. 



25. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Consecration of Mgr. McDon- 

 nell, Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese. Paris : 

 Anarchists wreck a restaurant with dynamite, killing 

 the proprietor. 



26. Baltimore : Dedication of a new Odd Fellows' 

 Hall, seventy-third anniversary of the order. Paris : 

 Anarchists sentenced to penal servitude for life. 



27. New York : Corner stone of the Grant monu- 

 ment laid with impressive ceremonies. Washing- 

 ton : Corner stone of the Catholic university laid. 



28. Baltimore : Meeting of the Civil Service Reform 

 Association. Atlanta, Ga. : Annual meeting of the 

 Scotch-Irish Society. Four negroes lynched in Ten- 

 nessee for outraging white women. Anarchists very 

 active in Europe ;. Dombs exploded in France, Bel- 

 gium, and Italy. 



30. New York : Congress and dinner of the Sons 

 of the American Revolution. Elizabethport, N. J. : 

 Launch of the United States practice ship Ban- 

 croft. 



May 1. Washington : The President announces reci- 

 procity with Honduras. Chicago : Three anarchist 

 flags seized by the police in the May-Day procession. 

 Europe : Several anarchist bombs exploded in differ- 

 ent places. 



2. Omaha : Methodist General Conference begins 

 its annual session (adjourns May 26). Philadelphia: 

 Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. 

 Labor strikes in several States. The steamer Tyn- 

 hcad sails for Russia with provisions from Washing- 

 ton, D. C. France : Anarchist bombs exploded at 

 Liege. 



3. Waslririgt . 11 : Annual meeting of Superintend- 

 ents of Institutions for the Insane. Newfoundland : 

 The Parliament renews tariff discrimination against 

 Canada. 



4. Pittsburg, Pa. : Annual conference, African Meth- 

 odist Episcopal Zion Church (adjourns May 25). 

 Philadelphia: Opening of the graduate department 



