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EVENTS OF 1893. 



of the order of Good Templars. Philadelphia : Eight- 

 eenth annual convention of the Knights of St. John 

 of Malta. Chicago : Odd-Fellows' day at the Fair. 



day 



livers an address. 



28. Chicago : Opening of a convention of Spirit- 

 ualists. Congresses of several religious denominations. 



29. Spain : Discovery of an anarchist bomb fac- 

 tory in Barcelona. 



30. Labor riot at Auburn, Me. 



October 1. Final settlement announced of the Siam- 

 ese difficulty. 



2. Spain: More attempts to explode dynamite 

 bombs at Barcelona. 



. 3. St. Louis: Meeting of the Pan-American Bi- 

 metallic Convention. Morocco : The Spanish garri- 

 son at Melilla attacked by a large force of Moors, 18 

 Spaniards killed and 35 wounded. The Moors re- 

 pulsed. England : Opening of the English congress 

 at Birmingham. Belgium : Spread of the strike 

 among coal miners. Alabama : Troops called out by 

 the Governor to quell riots of railroad strikers. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. : A bronze statue of Alexander Ham- 

 ilton unveiled. Morocco : Strong Spanish re-enforce- 

 ments sent to the garrison at Melilla. South Africa : 

 A warlike native tribe, the Matabeles, attack the 

 British outposts. 



5. Massachusetts: The Rev. Dr. William Lawrence 

 consecrated Episcopal Bishop of the State. Indiana : 

 Twenty-fourth Convention of the Evangelical Lu- 

 theran Church opened at Fort Wayne. Buffalo, N. Y. : 

 Meeting of the Society of the Free Baptist Church. 

 Brazil : Bombardment of Rio continues. Belgium : 

 Collapse of the coal mirjers' strike. 



6. Spain : Execution of an anarchist at Barcelona. 



7. Cnicago : Celebration of Poland's day at the 

 World's Fair. India : Seven native mutineers blown 

 from the cannon's mouth in Cabul. 



9. Washington : Meeting of the Supreme Court. 

 Chicago day at the World's Fair, more than 700,000 

 people present. Bohemia : Attempt on the part of 

 anarchists to blow up a railroad tram. 



10. California : Meeting of the Irrigation Congress 

 at Los Angeles. New York : Meeting of the annual 

 convention of the Commercial Travelers' Associ- 

 ation of Syracuse. Massachusetts : Eighty-fourth 

 annual meeting of the American Board of Commis- 

 sioners for Foreign Missions at Worcester. Centennial 

 of Williams College. Chicago: North Dakota day at 

 the World's Fair ; Public Health Congress in the Art 

 Building. Brazil : Bombardment of Rio continues. 



11. New York : Annual Indian Congress at Lake 

 Mohonk. Chicago : Connecticut day at the Fair. 



12. New York : Celebration of the fiftieth anniver- 

 sary of the Jewish order .of B'nai B'rith. England : 

 British miners lately on strike return to work at the 

 old wages, having essentially gained their point 

 against the owners. The International Peace League 

 urges Mr. Gladstone to introduce a bill in Parliament 

 fav'oring a permanent international court of arbitra- 

 tion. Soutn Africa : Sharp lighting has taken place 

 between the British and the Matabeles. 



13. The Union Pacific Railway passes into the 

 hands of receivers. New York : The American 

 .yacht Vigilant wins the third of the series of races 

 for the America's cup off Sandy Hook, thus defeating 

 the Valkyrie and retaining the cup for the New 

 York Yacht Club. Ohio : Trial of the Rev. Dr. H. P. 

 Smith, of Lane Theological Seminary, for heresy. 

 France : Enthusiastic reception of Russian war ships 

 at Toulon. Guatemala : The President dissolves Con- 

 gress and assumes dictatorship. 



14. Washington: Meeting of the National Associ- 

 ation of Local Preachers 01 the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church. 



16. Chicago : Second biennial convention of the 

 World's Women's Christian Temperance Union. 



17. National encampment of the Medal of Honor 

 Legion in New York. Paris: Reception of the Rus- 



sian naval officers. Rome : A mob of anarchists 

 breaks up a political meeting and burns the theater 

 in which it was held. 



18. Chicago : Meeting of the Supreme Council of 

 Masons. Twentieth annual convention of the National 

 Women's Christian Temperance Union. Baltimore : 

 Celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Cardi- 

 nal Gibbons's elevation to the episcopate. 



19. Trenton, N. J. : Unveiling of the battle monu- 

 ment with appropriate ceremonies. Chicago : Con- 

 gress of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, and Good 

 Roads in session. Baltimore, Md. : Celebration by 

 the Societies of Colonial Dames and the Sons of the 

 American Revolution. 



20. The Cunard steamers Campagnia and Lucania 

 respectively, break the westward and eastward rec- 

 ords for quick voyages. South Africa: Continued 

 fighting between the British and Matabeles. Moroc- 

 co : About 12,000 Spanish troops are now available 

 for the reduction of the Moors. 



23. Chicago : Opening of the Missionary Council ot 

 the Protestant Episcopal Church Congress of Real- 

 Estate Men. Washington : The United States Su- 



Ereme Court decides that the State of South Carolina 

 as a right to the word " Palmetto " as a trade-mark 

 under the new liquor law. 



24. Michigan: The Supreme Court decides that 

 the recent law permitting women to vote at municipal 

 elections is unconstitutional. Illinois: Forty-seventh 

 annual meeting of the American Missionary Associ- 

 ation at Elgin. Paris : The visiting Russian naval 

 officers depart for Lyons. 



25. Acting Rear-Admiral Stanton recalled from the 

 command of the South American squadron for salut- 

 ing the flag of the Brazilian insurgents. 



26. Launch of the United States battle ship Ore- 

 gon at San Francisco. Germany : Mr. Runyon pre- 

 sents his credentials to the Emperor as ambassador 

 for the United States. 



27. Boston : Session of the Brotherhood of Rail- 

 road trainmen. 



28. Chicago : Assassination of Mayor Carter Harri- 

 son at his nome. Morocco : Engagement between 

 the Spanish and Moorish forces ; heavy loss of the 

 Spaniards. Palestine: Fatal riot in the Church of 

 the Nativity, Bethlehem. 



30. Chicago : Close of the World's Fair, the in- 

 tended ceremonies being much curtailed because ol 

 Mayor Harrison's assassination. Russia : The forma- 

 tion is ordered of 15 new reserve brigades, adding 

 150,000 men to the army. Switzerland : A general 

 election results in defeat for the socialists. 



November 1. South Africa : The British have gained 

 decided advantages over the Matabeles, capturing their 

 principal town. Morocco : Continued fighting be- 

 tween the Spaniards and tribesmen. 



2. England : Reassembling of Parliament. 



3. England : Mr. Gladstone announces that he will 

 favor a bill providing a board of arbitration in the 

 matter of strikes. 



4. Chicago : Members of the City Council almost 

 come to blows over the election of a successor for 

 Mayor Harrison. 



6. Washington: Appointment of Brigadier-General 

 George B. Ruggles to be Adjutant-General, vice Ad- 

 jutant-General Williams, retired. France : A riot at 

 Marseilles by striking tramway men. 



7. Mississippi : Indicted members of the White Cap 

 Association burn the courthouse and all the county 

 records. 



8. Montreal : The chiefs of several Indian tribes 

 meet to form a confederacy of North American In- 

 dians independent of the United States and Canadian 

 governments. Spain : Anarchist outrage at Barce- 

 lona, 30 killed, 80 hurt, in a theatre. 



9. An extradition treaty ratified between the United 

 States and Norway. Spain : Further anarchist out-, 

 rages in Barcelona, 50 arrests made. South Africa : 

 Desperate engagement between the British and Mata- 

 beles ; the British use their repeating guns, and about 

 2,000 natives are killed ; slight British loss. 



