EVENTS OF 1893. 



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_".i. Siuiii accepts tin- terms of the French ulti- 

 inatum. 



August 1. Collapse of the Chicago provision deal ; 

 Ilium ftdlOTMOf OOnuniavkni house.-. ; irrcut excitement 

 in the Board of Trade. The Sianic.-c Government 

 gives the guarantees demanded l>v France. 



11. Switzerland : Meeting of the International Sociul- 

 i.>t ( 'oiiu'iv.-s at Zurich. 



7. Washington: Tho Fifty-third Congress meets 

 in extra session. 



8. New York : The Chemical Bank, one of the 

 strongest in tho country, is unable to lill its weekly 

 orders for currency in small denominations. 



9. New York : Madison Square Bank suspends. 



10. Ohio : Lawrence T. Neul nominated for Govern- 

 or by the Democrats. Cuba : General E. Calluja ap- 

 pointed Governor-General. 



12. Launch of the United States cruiser Minne- 

 apolis at Crump's shipyard, Philadelphia. Rhode 

 Island : The Supreme Court decides in favor of the 

 Republicans in the legislative controversy. 



13. Riots in Bombay, India; all available troops 

 called out to suppress the disturbance. 



14. Pittsburg, Pa. : Several large steel and iron 

 mills resume work. 



l.V San Francisco: Arrival of United States Min- 

 ister Blount on his return to Washington. Receivers 

 appointed for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Paris : 

 Announcement of the finding of the Bering Sea 

 Tribunal (see BERING SEA ARBITRATION). Argentina. 

 South America: Martial law proclaimed in conse- 

 quence of revolution. 



17. New York : Much excitement among Hebrew 

 laborers on the east side of the city. Police reserves 

 called out. Franco: Fatal encounter between French 

 and Italian workmen in Aigues-Mortes. 



18. Chicago: Celebration of Austria's 'dav. 



20. New Jersey : Interdenominational Bible Con- 

 gress at Asbury Park. 



22. New York: An encounter between anarchists 

 and socialists averted by the police. Chicago : Con- 

 vention of French Canadians. 



23. New York : Meeting of anarchists broken up by 

 the police. South Carolina: The first liquor dispen- 

 sary opens at Charleston under the new law. Eng- 

 land : Lord Dunraven's yacht Valkyrie sails for 

 New York to compete for the America's cup. 



24. New York : Mass meeting in favor of silver and 

 against the repeal of the Sherman act. 



25. Chicago : The colored people celebrate their 

 special day at the Exposition. Italy : Fighting be- 

 tween strikers and troops in Naples. 



28. Repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman 

 law. 



29. Spain : Fatal riots in San Sebastian. Denmark : 

 The King receives a visit from the Russian Czar. 

 Africa: A native fort captured by German troops 

 with considerable sacrifice of life. 



80. St. Louis : Seventh annual convention of the 

 International Sunday-School Union. Nicaragua : A 

 receiver appointed for the canal company. Wiscon- 

 sin : Sixteenth annual meeting of the American Bar 

 Association ut Milwaukee. Kansas: Coal-miners' 

 strike ends with nothing gained. 



31. Chicago: After numerous contradictory findings 

 and orders, it is decided that the Fair shall be open on 

 Sunday. England : End of the great coal strike. 



September 1. England: The Home- Rule bill passes 

 the House of Commons, 801 to 267 ; read in the House 

 of Lords. Prussia : Meeting of the Emperor of Ger- 

 many and the Crown Prince of Italy at Coblentz. 

 Indianapolis : Annual meeting of the Grand Army of 

 the Republic ; about 25,000 men present Kansas : 

 Express train robbed near Mound Vallev. 



".. Washington: The President asked to arbitrate 

 between the Argentine Republic and Brazil. 



1. General observation of Labor Day. Pittsburg, 

 Pa.: General resumption of work by the Carnegie 

 Mills. Washington: Meeting of the Pan- 



American Medical Congress. The German and 



Chinese ambassadors present their credential*. Ire- 

 land : ''>II:.T:SB of trades unions in SCSMOM ut Belfast. 

 5. Indianapolis : Grand parade of veterans ut the 

 national encampment. Arrival announced of the 

 I'carv expedition in Greenland on Aug. 3. Russia: 

 About 100 suspected NihiliMs arrested in Mo-.-ow. 

 Washington : The President opens the Pun- American 

 Medical < 'on- 



7. Brazil : "General revolt of the navy under du- 

 b-ad of Admiral Mello. Germany : The Emperor 

 abolishes the exceptional laws heretofore enforced 

 in Alsace-Lorraine. Spain: Dynamite bombs thrown 

 by rioters in the streets of Villa Nuevu. England: 

 Tne House of Lords rejects the Home-Rule bill ; vote. 

 419 to 41. The Campugniu lowers the ocean record 

 from Sandy Hook to Queenstown by nearly three 

 hours. Brazil : Bombardment of Rio" threatened by 

 the navy. 



8. England : The House of Lords rejects the Home- 

 Rule bill. 



9. Washington, D. C. : A daughter born to the 

 President and Mrs. Cleveland in the White House. 



11. Chicago : Opening of the Parliament of Re- 

 ligions. 



12. Masked robbers hold up a train on the Lake 

 Shore road in Indiana ; the engineer shot and dyna- 

 mite used to blow up the express car. New York : 

 A convention called by the Board of Trade passes 

 resolutions approving the President's message and 

 urging the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. 



13. Indiana : Several arrests made in connection 

 with the recent train robbery. Montreal : The Pres- 

 bytery has found Prof. Campbell guilty of heresy. 



14. Chicago: Celebration of Ohio day at the 

 World's Fair. Washington: A convention of colored 

 Baptists from all parts of the country. Detroit, Mich. : 

 Annual convention of the St. Andrew's Brotherhood. 

 Brazil : Bombardment of the forts at Rio by the 

 Revolutionists. 



15. Michigan : Train robbers holdup a train on the 

 Mineral Range Railroad. 



16. Opening of the Cherokee strip to settlers; about 

 100,000 persons compete for land claims ; many are 

 hurtj some killed. Chicago: Celebration of New 

 Mexico and Texas day. 



17. Louisiana: Four negroes lynched. Dubuque : 

 Investiture of the Roman Catholic Archbishop llen- 

 nesy, Monsignor Satolli being present 



18. Brazil : Renewal of the oombardment of Rio. 

 Washington: Anniversary of the foundation of the 

 Capitol. 



19. Chicago: Opening of the Congress of Evangel- 

 ical Associations. Philadelphia: Arrest of IK- nry S. 

 Cochran for robbing the Lnited States mint. New 

 Mexico : Meeting of the Southwest Silver Convention 

 at Albuquerque. New York : Second annual confer- 

 ence of Christian Prohibitionists. 



20. Virginia: A mob attacks the jail at Roanoke, 

 and is repulsed, with a loss of 7 killed and several 

 wounded. 



21. Virginia: Second and successful attack upon 

 the jail at Roanoke; the negro who caused the riot 

 taken out and hanged. Illinois : A train held up by 

 robbers on the Central road; 1 robber and 3 trainmen 

 shot; no booty secured. Chicago: Organization of 

 the Brotherhood of Christian Unity as a result of the 

 Parliament of Religions. Cleveland. Ohio : Twenty- 

 fourth annual reunion of the Army of the Cumberland. 



22. England : Adjournment of Parliament. 



23. Washington: The Attorney-General announces 

 that the Treasury Department will pay expenses for 

 deporting the Chinese. 



24. Vienna : Arrest of 14 anarchists and discovery 

 of many dvnamite bombs. Spain : During a military 

 review at Barcelona anarchists throw bombs at the 

 commanding officers; 1 soldier killed and others 

 wounded ; the offenders arrested. 



_'.">. Missouri: A gang of robbers hold up a train 

 near St. Joseph; -2 of them killed and 4 captured. 

 26. Hartford, Conn. : Thirtieth annual convention 



