EVKNTS OP 1892. 



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tor women, University of Pennsylvania. Belgium : 



hists anvsted. 



be 1'iesi, It-lit signs the Chinese Exclusion Mil. 



HIT : Two women eloctod alternate delegates 



>iatc Kf]iiililic;in convention. Allwriy, N. V. : 



Tin- llcv. llcnn iialiricls, I). 1)., consecrated as Human 



('utliolic Bishop c.r < i^leiislmrg. 



inland : Conviction of an anarchist editor tor 

 melting t<> murder. Two explosions of anarchLst 

 !.oml on the ( "iitincnt. 



...tilication ot' the Bering Sea arbitration agree- 

 ment between (ireat Britain and the United M. 



N Hartford, Conn.: Dedication of St. Joseph's 

 Roman Catholic Cathedral. Hungary : Anarchists 

 wreck with dynamite the house of a notary. 

 '.'. A number of labor strikes ordered. 



10. Memorial Day celebrated throughout the late 

 i crate States. New York : Convention of the 



National Order of Hibernians in Tammany Hall. 



11. Atlanta. Ga. : Meeting of the Brotherhood of 

 motive Engineers. Chicago: Convention of 



Women's Clubs. New York: Annual meeting 

 American Tract Society. Cincinnati: Ministerial 

 cont'erunce, Church of the New Jerusalem. Bath, 

 Me. : Launch of United States gunboat Castine. 



12. Memphis, Tenn. : Opening of the cantilever 

 bridge across the Mississippi (see ENGINEERING). 

 Charleston, S. C. : Meeting of the Supreme Lodge, 

 Knights of Honor. Hermitage, Tenn. : Opening of 



1 crate Soldiers' Home. Hungary: Anarchists' 

 at tempt to blow up a crowded tram car in Buda 

 Perth. 



13. France : Anarchists wreck with dynamite a 

 house at Lens. 



14. France : Anarchists wreck another house in 

 Paris. 



16. Lakewood, N. J. : Meeting of the American 

 Library Association. 



17. Washington : Congress of the National Art 

 Association. Several lynchings, mostly of negroes in 

 the Southern States. 



18. Cornell University : Prof. J. G. Schurman 

 elct t.d president, vice Aaams, resigned. The French 

 in Tonquin capture a pirate stronghold, losing 58 

 men and killing 125. 



1'J. Portland, Ore. : One hundred and fourth Gen- 

 eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. 



jo. Washington: Reciprocity announced between 

 the United States and Guatemala. Baltimore : The 

 city presents a service of plate to the United States 

 cruiser Baltimore. Charlotte, N. C. : Celebration of 

 the one hundred and seventeenth anniversary of the 

 Mecklenburg declaration of independence. 



24. Washington : The British minister gives a re- 

 ception on the seventy-second anniversary of Queen 

 Victoria's birth. Sixty-sixth anniversary ot the 

 Congregational Home Missionary Society. Atlanta, 

 Ga. : The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers re- 

 elect P. M. Arthur Grand Chief for a term of four 

 years. Boston : Annual meeting of the American 

 Unitarian Association. England : Prince Leopold 

 receives the title of Duke of York. 



25. Allegheny, Pa.: General Assembly of the United 

 Pnebytenan Church. Nebraska: Twenty-fifth an- 

 niversary of admission as a State. Palatka, Flo. : 

 Two tram robbers killed by a sheriff's posse. Dallas, 

 Texas: A strong mob of lynchers attacks the jail. 

 but is repulsed by the sheriff and deputies, several 

 wounded. London : Celebration of the Queen's 

 liirtliduy. Denmark: Golden wedding of the King 

 and Queen. 



26. Arkansas Hot Springs: General Assembly ot 

 the Presbyterian Church, South. Washington : The 

 President receives 700 delegates of the Congrega- 

 tional Home Missionary Society. Reciprocity an- 

 nounced between Austria-Hungary and the United 

 States. 



27. Great Britain assumes a protectorate over the 

 Cillicrt Islands in the south Pacific. Philadelphia: 

 May anniversaries of the Baptist Church. 



28. Newfoundland and Canada agree to remove 



the duties recently imposed by their n-M 

 Legislatures. Paris: Anarchist* formally rth< 

 continue their warfare againM, the rt-Ht or the world; 

 dynamite explosion at Cnmmentry. 



li'j. Wilmington, I)el.: Reunion of railroad men, 

 represent in tr the <'> great order*. < 

 tionof the Bohemian soldiers' monument. 



80. Rochester, N. Y. : Soldiers' monument un- 

 veiled, the President and other distinguished (.'nest* 

 pnscnt. Portland, Ore.: tin- 1'renbyterian < 



ly remands the Briggs ease, and the I Hion 

 Seminary wise, to New York. New Orleans : monu- 

 ment unveiled to Chief-of-Polico lie-messy, mur- 

 dered by the Italian Malia in 1881. 



31. Columbia. S. C. : Meeting of negroes to protest 

 against lynch law and the crimes that provoke it* 

 action. 



June 1. United States Military Academy graduation 

 exercises. Asbury Park, N. J. : Annual meeting of 

 the Reformed Church. Kentucky : One hundredth 

 anniversary of admission as a State, celebrated at 

 Lexington. 



2. Gettysburg, Pa. : u High-water-Mark " monu- 

 ment dedicated on the battle-field. 



8. Cedar Rapids, Iowa : Annual convention of the 

 German Baptist Brethren (Duukards). 



4. Mr. Blaine resigns the Secretaryship of State. 

 Chicago : Formation of a national protective league 

 among colored men. 



7. Minneapolis: Opening of the Republican Na- 

 tional Convention. Germany : The Emperor receives 

 the Czar of Russia at Kiel. 



10. Milwaukee : Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw 

 Reid receive the Republican nominations for Presi- 

 dent and Vice-Presiaent. Spain : Troops called out 

 to quell riots. 



13. Washington : Meeting of the American Insti- 

 tute of Homoeopathy. Philadelphia: Meeting of the 

 International Typographical Union. 



15. Scranton, Pa. : Meeting of the Society of the 

 Army of the Potomac, Gen. Horace Porter chosen 

 president. 



17. Ireland : Ulster convention in opposition to 

 home rule at Belfast, 10,000 delegates present 



21. Chicago : Meeting of the Democratic National 

 Convention. 



23. Chicago : Grover Cleveland and Adlai Steven- 

 son nominated as President and Vice-President bv 

 the Democratic National Convention. India: revolt 

 in Afghanistan. 



24. Bethlehem, Pa. : Sesquicentennial anniversary 

 celebrated. 



25. England : Mr. Gladstone slightly injured by a 

 missile thrown at him in Chester. 



28. Norfolk, Va. : Launch of United States battle 

 ship Texas at the Navy Yard. Jersey City : Thirteen 

 ballot-box stutters convicted and sent to the State 

 Prison, 7 sent to the Penitentiary. Great Britain: 

 Parliament dissolved. 



29. Washington: John W. Foster, of Indiana, ap- 

 pointed Secretary of State, vice Blaine. resigned; the 

 President appoint* Gen. E. M. Scofleld acting Secre- 

 tary of War. 



30. Cincinnati: Gen. John Bidwell, of California, 

 nominated for President by the Prohibitionists, 

 Dr. J. B. Cranfill, of Texas, for Vice- President ( July 1). 

 Homestead, Pa. : The Carnegie Steel Works close, 

 ton-shilling a threatened strike by a lockout Ire- 

 land: Numerous election fights in the dill'erviit dis- 

 tricts. 



July 1. About 100,000 iron workers idle because of 

 labor troubles with the Amalgamated Association. 

 New London, Conn. : Annual Yale-Harvard boat 

 race, Yale wins. Cholera appears in Paris (see arti- 

 cle CHOLERA). 



2. Nebraska : The People's party meets in nation- 

 al convention at Omaha. 



8. Patereon, N. J., celebrates ita centennial anni- 

 versary. Ireland: Many persons hurt at political 

 meetings. 



4. Omaha: The People's party in convention 



