EVENTS OP 1892. 



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.crting <if tho new Liberal Cabinet (see GUKAT 



IK I I A NH). 



; .-nnessce : Kncounter between troops and niin- 

 k. Several killed and wounded on 



I 1 .', rcnncssee : Further skirmishing between troops 



Ullil millers, the hitter being in the end put to flight. 

 I he I'resiilellt i.-silcs u proclamation, levying 



retaliatory toll on all freight in transit to the Dominion 

 of Canada through the St Mary's Canal. Skirmish- 

 in.' continue.- near Coal ('reek, Tenn., 'J killed. KIII:- 

 lunil : g_uecn Victoria's life tlireatened by un insane 

 man in the street. 



Jl. Bullalo : The striking switchmen's blockade be- 

 lieve.l to be permanently broken. Russia: A labor 

 riot suppressed by troops and several persons killed. 

 A train held up and robbed near Augusta, Kan. ; the 

 robbers were almost immediately captured. 



_'_'. Kansas City, Mo. : Annual convention of the 

 (ierman Society of Army Veterans (Deutscher Krieger 

 Hund), 7,000 delegates present. Bern, Switzerland: 

 opening of the International Peace Congress. 



^trikes of switchmen on the great New York 

 and Pennsylvania railroads. Kansas City : Meeting 

 <>f the Knights of Pythias. Gloucester, Mass., cele- 

 brates the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its 

 .settlement. 



Jl. Buffalo : The switchmen's strike declared off. 

 Saratoga, N. Y.: Annual meeting of the American 

 Bar Association. 



25. Richmond, Va. : Corner stone of the new Cham- 

 ber of Commerce laid, with Masonic ceremonies. 

 France : Two anarchist bombs exploded in Trieste. 



_'''.. Washington : Meeting of the Association of 

 Official Agricultural Chemists. 



28. New York : National Convention of the Social- 

 ist Labor party. 



29. Homestead, Pa. : Several additional arrests of 

 Union strikerson charges of conspiracy and aggravated 

 riot. 



30. Additional labor strikes at Pitts burg and New 

 Orleans. 



September 1 . The President orders twenty days' quar- 

 antine for all vessels from cholera-infected ports. The 

 Chinese expulsion act, and the retaliation commercial 

 measures as regards Canada, go into effect. 



2. Homestead, Pa.: Charges of murder and riot 

 preferred against 10 strikers, and several arrests made. 

 New Jersey : 21 persons sentenced to tines and im- 

 prisonment for election frauds in 1889. England : 

 Labor troubles at Northwick, troops called out. Italy : 

 Fitrbt between Radicals and Monarchists at Andna. 

 Many cities in the United States adopt strong meas- 

 ures for protection against cholera. Homestead, Pa. : 

 The house of an artisan in the Carnegie works looted 

 by strikers. 



6. The President formally accepts the Republican 

 nomination for re-election. Hazclton, Ind. : Tho 

 Rev. Sam Small shot in his room, presumably by 

 agents of the liquor interest. France : A confidential 

 clerk in the naval office sentenced to twenty years' 

 penal servitude, and twenty years' banishment for 

 breach of trust. 



7. Prize fight at New Orleans : John L. Sullivan 

 badly beaten by James J. Corbett. Warsaw : An 

 anarchist explodes a bomb in a church, and is alone 

 killed by it 



9. The cholera : The President gives orders to pre- 

 pare Sandv Hook for a quarantine station, and Gov. 

 Flower, or New York, takes like steps on Fire Island. 

 Marinette, Wis. : General strike in tne lumber mills. 



10. Bering Sea: Crews of sealing vessels seized by 

 Russians. 



11. The Peary exploring party are brought back 

 safely to St Johns, N. F.. by the relief steamer Kite. 



12. The cholera : Forcible resistance by the neigh- 

 boring inhabitants to the occupation of Fire Island as 

 a quarantine station. The President notifies the great 

 steamship companies that they must not bring pos- 

 aongers from infected ports. Pittsburg, Pa. : General 

 strike of coal miners against a reduction of pay. 



13. Tho cholera: Two regiments of the National 

 Guard and a battalion of the naval rotmrve Kent to 



and to protect the quarantine station, rhoctaw 

 Nation: Several men killed in u ]>oliti<-ul fight. Cali- 

 fornia : A sheriff's posjtenear FH-MIO hus-1 men killed 

 and several wounded in an encountvr with train 

 robbcn, 



14. Ireland : Revocation by the Privy Council ot 

 all proclamations made undcr'thc Mental a<-t. 



15. Buffalo: .National League- ot' Republican clubs 

 in convention. Baltimore : Annual reunion of naval 

 veterans. Chattanooga Society of the Army of the 

 Cumberland, annual meeting. 



16. New York: Parade of the Italian societies; 

 cornerstone of Columbus monument laid. Mexico: 

 Opening of Congress by President Diaz. 



17. Gen. James B. Weaver and James G. Field 

 formally accept the nomination of the People's party 

 for President and Vice-President. The late poet- 

 master and assistant postmaster found guilty or as- 

 sessing employees for campaign purpo>e>. ('hoctaw 

 Nation : Tne ringleaders or the late armed opponent* 

 have surrendered. 



18. Buda-Pcsth, Hungary : Celebration of Kossuth's 

 ninetieth birthday. 



19. Washington : Opening of the Grand Army of 

 the Republic encampment. 



20. The Six Companies (Chinese) issue a proclama- 

 tion advising against the registration law. Arkansas : 

 Several negroes killed and wounded in a political 

 tight in Calhoun County. Ireland: Eviction of ten- 

 ants resumed by certain landlords. 



21. Washington : Beginning of the Grand Army 

 encampment, about 300,000 strangers in the city ; 

 meetings also of auxiliary associations, as the Women's 

 Relief Corps. Union Veterans' Union, and Ex-Prisoners 

 of War. Tne special train arrives, conveying the 

 President and family ; Mrs. Harrison is taken to the 

 White House in an army ambulance. 



22. Washington : A. G. Weishart, of Milwaukee, 

 chosen commander in chief of the Grand Army of 

 the Republic, Gen. S. S. Yoder, commander in chief 

 of the Union Veterans. Texas : The Governor pro- 

 claims quarantine against New York and other chol- 

 era-infected ports. Pittsburg, Pa. : Officials of the 

 Carnegie company arrested at the instance of the 

 labor organizations. France : Centennial celebration 

 of the first French Republic. 



23. Washington: Close of the Grand Army en- 

 campment. Georgia : Gen. Weaver declines to ad- 

 dress a meeting at Atlanta, alleging that free speech 

 is not allowed in the South. 



24. Roslyn, Wash. : Brigands enter the town and rob 

 a bank of $10,000, killing 3 citizens and wounding 

 others. 



26. Ex-President Cleveland formally accepts the 

 Democratic nomination for the presidency. Colora- 

 do: Tho People's party ticket indorsed by the Dem- 

 ocrats. Bologna, Spain : 80 alleged anarchist.- ar- 

 rested. A squadron of the British Life Guards muti- 

 late their saddles in protest against excessive drills. 

 London: Six non convicted of literary frauds and 

 sentenced to fines and imprisonment 



28. San Diego Bay, Cal. : Three hundred and fiftieth 

 anniversary celebration of its discovery. New York : 

 Anniversary convention of the Sons of Temperance. 

 Davenport, Iowa: Scottish Rite Masonic Consistory 

 Convention. Spain : Tho Jesuits elect a new general 

 of their order. 



29. Co3ur d'AlSne City, Ida. : Four strikers con- 

 victed of conspiracy, 10 acquitted. Harvard Univer- 

 sity begins its two hundred and fifty-sixth year with 

 2,970 students. England: Stuart Knill, a Roman 

 Catholic, elected Lord Mayor of London. Mexico: 

 Gen. Diaz declared President for four year*. 



80. Toronto, Canada : End of tho Pan- Presbyterian 

 Council. 



81. Cholera: The President issues an order en- 

 forcing twenty days' quarantine from all infevtod port*. 



:isin: Present State officers ronominated by 

 the Democrats. Independence, Iowa : Trotting mare 



