EVENTS OF 1803. 



to 162; the Emperor immediately dissolves the 



Kcichstug. Paris: 1'niti-tl Male-, .\inl>ii.--:i<li- Kii-ti.-i 

 ;!.-, his credentials t President Cani'it. 



7. 'I'lu- President unini un. -I-.-, tliut hen-after the 

 White House will he olowd to office teekMV, Knir- 

 luiid : Great denidnstnttidii in favor of the eight-hour 

 working day held in Hyde Park; similar iiK-Hiii^s 

 in other laix'e cities of Great Hritain. Bomb explo- 

 sion in Four Courts, Dublin. Detroit: Kighth un- 

 iiu ul convention of the National League of Musiciana. 

 HMttohOMtti : Opening of the Borden triul. 



'.'. Thf President appoints James II. Blount, of 

 Georgia, to succeed .Idhii L. Stevens as the rcpn-seiit- 

 ativc of tin- I'nitcd States at Hawaii. Mi'dii'al In- 

 spector .1. 1J. Tryon a]>]'dintcd surgeon general of the 

 I nitcd States navy. Three colored men lynched in 

 Arkansas. Australia: The Bank of Victoria, at Mel- 

 liouriie, suspends. \vitli liabilities of $11,000,000. 



1". I.fiuisvilli-, Ky. : Mcetingof the National League 

 of Republican Clubs. Paris: Sir Charles Russell 

 begins the presentation of the British ease before the 

 Bering Sea Tribunal. London : Queen Victoria 

 opens the British Imperial Institute; it is announced 

 a> iu-r lust public appearance. 



11. Nicaragua : A revolution is said to have been 

 practically successful. Canada: The Earl of Aber- 

 deen beoon^M Governor-General. New York: En- 

 gine No. 999 runs at the rate of 112i miles an hour on 

 the Central Railroad. 



12. A large number of Western banks suspend, fol- 

 lowing the failure of the Columbia National Bank at 

 Chicago. Controversy begins regarding Sunday 

 opening of the Fair grounds. The new steamship 

 Campagniu reaches Queeristown in 5 days, 17 hours, 

 and 27 minutes from New York, breaking the record 

 for the eastward passage. 



15. The Supreme Court of the United States affirms 

 the constitutionality of the Chinese exclusion act. 

 Chicago : Opening of the Women's Congress. 



16. Another lynching near North Indianapolis. 

 Failure of the City of Melbourne Bank, Australia. 



17. Australia: The Royal Bank, Queensland, fails. 



18. Washington: The one hundred and thira Gen- 

 eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Georgia : 

 Meeting of the Southern Presbyterian General Assem- 

 bly at Macon. The General Government purchases 

 the Cherokee strip lying between Kansas and Okla- 

 homa for $8,500,000. Germany : The Emperor Wil- 

 liam unveils a monument to his grandfather. A treaty 

 of commerce concluded between Spain and Ger- 

 many. 



19. Washington: The President and Mrs. Cleve- 

 land give a reception to Presbyterian delegates. 

 New York : The Spanish Infanta* Eulalie received 

 in New York. England : The dock laborers' strike 

 has been settled. Italy : Resignation of the Cabinet. 

 Russia : A new order issued expelling Hebrews from 

 the Asiatic provinces. 



20. Washington: The Infanta Eulalie received by 

 the President and Mrs. Cleveland. 



22. Trial trip of the United States cruiser New 

 York. A speed of 21-09 knots developed, win- 

 ning for her builders a large premium. Italy : The 

 Cabinet reconstructed, with Signor Gioletti as Presi- 

 dent of the Council. Emrland : Knormous demon- 

 stration in favor of the Irish Nationalists in Ihde 

 Park. 



23. Washington: The Spanish Infanta entertained 

 at the White House at a state dinner. Michigan: A 

 supposed murderer taken from jail at Corunna and 

 1\ itched. Paris: Acrimonious discussions between 

 tne Knulish and American representatives In-fore the 

 Mi-ring Sea Tribunal. 



_'(. Georgia: A monument to the memorv ot Alex 

 under II. Stephens unveiled at Liberty Hall. 



~2'>. The Spanish Infanta returns 'to New York. 

 England: The Royal Thames Yacht Club Regatta 

 won by Britannia. Poland: A great Nihilist plot dis- 

 covered at Warsaw ; more than 100 arrests made. 

 Italy : several anarchists arrested in Naples. 



26. Texas : Masked robbers hold up a train at 

 VOL. xxxni. 19 A 



('civilian and rob the exprem car. New York: A 



bull given in honor of the Spanish Infanta. 



27. New Orleans: The body of .li tli -r-oii Davw 

 disinterred preparatory t<> its transfer to Richmond. 



2\ Australia : The prime ministers of the dim rent 

 colonies recommend the adoption of uniform banking 

 laws, in view of the recent financial disasters. 



fc'.'. The trial of Prof. Brigif.s for heresy beirins 

 liclnrc the Presbyterian General Assembly. Gradu- 

 ation week at the United State- Naval Academy. 



80. Washington (State): Steamer Haitian Repub- 

 lic seized foramnggung opium at Seattle. 



31. Prof. Briggs convicted of In n >y by the 

 Presbyterian General Assembly; vote, 883 to 116. 

 RichmoudfVa. : the remains of Jt-ncrson Davis buried 

 in llolywood Cemetery. Nicaragua: A treaty of 

 peace signed with the revolutionists, and a provi- 

 sional government formed. 



Jnne 1. Washington: The Presbyterian General 

 Assembly suspends Dr. Briggs from the ministry. 

 New Castle, Pu. : Meeting of the sixty-fourth annual 

 Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of 

 North America. Rhode Island : The Senate refuses to 

 meet with the House of Representatives, and adjourns 

 till January. Hawaii : L. A. Thurston appointed 

 minister to the United States by the Provisional 

 Government. 



2. Rhode Island: The. Governor prorogues the ses- 

 sion of the Legislature in consequence of the action 

 of the Senate. Annapolis, Md. : The graduating ca- 

 dets of the Naval Academy receive their diplomas. 



3. Illinois: A negro taken from the jail at Decatur 

 and lynched. Tennessee: The impeachment trial of 

 Judge Dubose, of Memphis, results in his con- 

 viction. 



4. The Duke of Edinburgh has been made admiral 

 of the British fleet. 



5. New York city: Charles W. Drayton appointed 

 postmaster. Kentucky : The office of a local-option 

 temperance paper in Cuttlettsburg blown up with 

 dynamite. Chicago : Opening of the Temperance 

 Congress; Convention of the Anti-Trust Society, rep- 

 resenting 24 States. 



6. Chicago : Runs on several of the city savings banks. 

 Many failures of banks reported from various parts of 

 the country. The Spanisli Infanta reached Chicago 

 and was suitably received. Washington : Official pro- 

 mulgation of the Russian extradition treaty. Arkan- 

 sas : A band of 6 men, heavily armed, rob the People's 

 Bank at Little Rock ; six men wounded in the fight 

 that follows. 



7. Ohio: Opening of the Republican State Con- 

 vention at Columbus. Minnesota: Convention of the 

 International Reciprocity League at St. Paul. 



8. Chicago : The Princess Eulalie visits the World's 

 Fair. Annual meeting of the National Printing As- 

 sociation. Ohio: Gov. MeKinley and the present 

 State officers unanimously renominated. 



9. Washington, D. C. : The new Hawaiian minis- 

 ter, Mr. Thurston, is presented to the President. 

 Chicago : Strike and riot on the works of the drain- 

 age canal; several men killed and many hurt. 



10. Chief-Juslice Fuller issues a stay of proceed- 

 ings in the World's Fair Sunday-closing case. 



11. Indiana: A desperado named Hawkins, with 80 

 followers, attacks Shelbyville, and a bloody tight 

 ensues. 



12. Chicago: Forty-first Annual Convention of the 

 International Tvpographicul I'nion; Meeting of the 

 International Union of Charities, Correction, and 

 Philanthropy. Antwerp: The residence of the pub- 

 lic prosecutor damaged by a dynamite explosion of 

 supposed anarchist origin. 



13. Kernstown, Va. : A neirro man lynched. 



It. Washington: Baron Favn. minister from Italy, 

 presented to the President in his new rank of am- 

 tiassador. 



l.'i. Chicago: German dny at the Fair; dedication 

 of the national building. Germany : Election for the 

 Krich.-tai: i see article on QKXMAITT). 



16. Chicago: Congress of the American Sons of the 



