EVENTS OP 1893. 



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provisional government established ; all fumim pow- 



LVC Knglaiid. rcciiLtiii/c the new (KIM riinii'iil. 

 17. Pennsylvania, I'nitcd States Senator Quay re 

 elected b\ the Lcni.-latmv. Kiry pt : The Khedive ap- 

 jioint.s a new minism . 



is. N< \\ York: Kd"ward Blurphy, Jr., elected to the 



1'iiitcd States Senate. Kgvpt : 'I'hc Kin-dive yields 

 to llif demands of tlic English and dismisses his new 

 ministry, Germany : Socialists hold disorderly meet- 

 iiiL'.- In Berlin. 



I 1 .', .liidirc i;. \i. Nelson declares that the Chinese 

 exclusion net is tmciin.-titutional. Kiiirland : The 

 French ambassador protests against British interfer- 

 ence in Kirypt. Belgium: A large body of riotous 

 oils workmen dispersed by troops. 



L'I>. Pennsylvania: Hugh t. Dernpsey, master 

 workman of the Knights of Labor, found guilty in 

 tlu Homestead poisoning case. Washington: An- 

 uual session of the National Board of Trade. Hol- 

 land : Kiotous procecdin-rs in Amsterdam. 



I;L'. Rome: Attempts made by supposed anarchists 

 to blow up a hotel. Several large banking houses 

 seriously cmharnij-cd. 



24. Re-enforcements of British troops sentto Egypt. 



25. Kansas: Populists and Democrats combine to 

 elect John Martin United States Senator. Lord Duf- 

 ferin rea.-smvs the French Government in regard to 

 British occupation of Kirypt. Germany: Marriage at 

 Berlin of 1'rineess Margaret, sister of the Emperor, 

 and Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse. 



_'ii. Boston : The National Divorce Kefonn League 

 in .session. Italy : The bank scandals involve many 

 prominent names. 



_'T. Wisconsin: Congressman Mitchell elected Unit- 

 ed States Senator. Paris: Bills of accusation in the 

 Panama matter returned against 14 prominent men. 



30. Washington : The British minister protests 

 against the action of the United States in Hawaii. 



31. Meeting of the British Parliament; Mr. Glad- 

 stone takes the oath as Prime Minister. 



February 1. Hawaii: Mr. Stevens, the American 

 minuter, assumes a temporary protectorate on the part 

 of the I'nited States pending the result of negotia- 

 tions at Washington. 



2. Michigan : Both branches of the Legislature pass 

 an act repealing the Miner election law. Illinois: An 

 act passed rcpeaJing the compulsory school law. 



;;. Arrival of the Hawaiian commissioners in Wash- 

 ington. Dartmouth College : Rev. Dr. W. J. Tucker 

 elected president. 



4. Pine Ridge Agency : Encounter between Indi- 

 ans and cowboys, 4 cowboys killed. United States 

 of Colombia : Riots at Bogota result in the death of 

 something like 100 persons, ~>o() wounded. 



8. Washington : The electoral vote counted in the 

 House of Representatives ; G rover Cleveland declared 

 President. Texas: An alleged murderer lynched 

 near Hickory ereek. 



9. Paris: Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps and 

 others, including Eitfel, sentenced to imprisonment 

 and fine for their connection with the Panama scandal. 



10. Mississippi : Two negro boys hanged by a mob 

 in A mite County. 



11. Washington: The Hawaiian commissioners call 

 officially upon the President. Kngland : The Queen's 

 .speech read officially in the House of Commons. 



17. Kansas: The rival Houses of the Legislature 

 reach a peaceful settlement, leaving the Republicans 

 in possession. 



18. Alabama : Both branches of the Legislature 

 adopt an Australian ballot svstem. Wyoming: Ad- 

 journment of the State Legislature. Homestead, PH.: 

 The jury in the case of Hu-rh O'Donnell, a strike 

 leader charged with murder, find him Not guilty. 



19. Rome: Sixty thousand people gather In St. Pe- 

 ter's to attend the Pope's jubilee mass. 



20. North Dakota: W. N. Roach chosen United 

 States Senator. 



_M. Rome: A director in the National Bank makes 

 a statement Implicating many prominent statesmen in 

 the existing -scandals. 



L"J. New York : The President and other Government 

 officials take part in the ceremony of hoi-ting the 

 American lla^' on the steamer <'itv of New York. 



mrivali tlair "" Uie steamer ( ItV 01 >ew 1 ork. 



j::. NVa-shington : .Meetiiur of tin- American Bime- 

 tallic League. Paris: First meeting of the Bering 

 Sea ( 'ommis.sion, adjourned to March ^;;. 



_'.'.. Tin- President issues a call for an extra session 

 of the Senate on March 4. Kansas: The State 8u- 

 preme Court decides that the Republican House i the 

 legally constituted body. 



i~. Home: Twenty-six anarchists arrested while at 

 work in a bomb factory. 



2N. Philadelphia : Launch of the United States bat- 

 tle ship Indiana. 



Maron 1. Arrival in New York of the Princess Kai- 

 ulani, of Hawaii, to present herehiims before the Pres- 

 ident. The President receives Gen. Canevaro, the 

 ne_w Permian minister; also Mr. Haenpjens, the new 

 minister from Hayti. 



_'. Washington: Arrival of President-elect Cleve- 

 land and his party. Ireland : A large Orange or anti- 

 Nationalist meeting held in Belfast. Rome : Celebra- 

 tion of the Pope's eighty-third birthday. 



3. Washington : President-elect Cleveland and 

 Mrs. Cleveland dine at the White House, according 

 to custom. Homestead, Pa. : The two men charged 

 with conspiracy to poison nonunion workmen plead 

 guilty to the indictment. 



4. Grover Cleveland inaugurated President of the 

 United States. Homestead, Pa. : The indicted poi- 

 soners sentenced to seven vears in the Penitentiary. 

 England; Celebration of tne arrival of the American 

 line steamer New York at Southampton. 



6. Zanzibar: An attempted seizure of the throne 

 defeated by the British. 



7. Washington : Most of the members of the new 

 Cabinet take the oath of office. 



9. The President recalls the Hawaiian annexation 

 treaty submitted by his official predecessor. 



11. New Jersey: The State Legislature adjourns 

 sine die after passing a bill prohibiting horse racing 

 in the winter months. Washington ( State i: The 

 Governor appoints Mr. Allen United States Senator. 



13. Washington: The Hawaiian princess received 

 unofficially at the White House by the President 

 and Mrs. Cleveland. 



14. East Africa: Fighting between the German 

 and native tribes. India: British troops along the 

 northern frontier have subjugated a number of the 

 most warlike hill tribes and strengthened their ap- 

 proaches against Russian encroachments; the British 

 lost 23 killed and '_'() wounded. 



l(i. London: The Russo-Jewish committee has sent 

 an appeal throughout Europe to Hebrew financiers to 

 refuse all Russian loans. 



17. A dynamite bomb explodes in the official resi- 

 dence of the I'nited States minister at Rome. 



18. Rome : A lighted dynamite bomb found on 

 the steps of the Palazzo A'lfieri. It is extinguished 

 before explosion. Tennessee: A desperado and mur- 

 derer taken from the jail in Jacksborough and hanged 

 by a mob. 



20. Special Representative Blount sails from San 

 Francisco for Honolulu. I'nited States Minister 

 Bayard appointed ambassador to the Court of St 

 James. 



21. Rhode Island: The Republicans nominate D. 

 Kus.-.ell Brown tor Governor; the Democrats nom- 

 inate David S. Baker. Paris : The Panama trials end 

 with the conviction of Charles de Lesseps, M. Bai- 

 haut, and M. Blondin; the other defendants are ac- 

 quitted. Dynamite outraires continue in Rome. Ha- 

 vana : The two Columbus caravels arrive from Spain. 

 Russia: Assassination of the Mayor of MOM-OW. 



_'_:. Knirland : I'niversity boat nice; Oxford wins. 



J.'5. Paris: M. Schalleiuel - Lacour elected to the 

 French Academy in place of Ernest Kenan. 



_'4. It is officially announced that the British repre 

 seiitative in the I'nited States is to be raised to the 

 rank of ambassador (this announcement was followed 

 within a few days by similar action on the part of 



