FARMERS' CONGRESS. 



898 



10. Secretary (ircshnrn report* in favor of restoring 

 tin- monarchy in Hawaii. 



1 1. Kentucky : Robbers hold up a truin on the Illi- 

 noi* ( Vntriil Kailroad. 



1'J. ( 'hicairo : Anarchists arc permitted to commcm 

 uratt- tin- executions (bllowinfftoe llayinarkct nN of 

 six years ago. New York : Coii^n >.-, of the Salvation 

 Army in session. 



It. Georgia: Opening of the K: xposition in Augusta. 

 Trial trip <>t' tin- new I'nitcd States cruiser Colum- 

 bia, on" Marhlehcad ; she proven to be the fastest 

 war \ c.-sd artout. Illinois: A train robbery attempt- 

 ed near Lincoln. 



l.'i. New York: Annual session of the National 

 Grunge I'litrons of Husbandry (Grangers). London: 

 The Bank of Kngland u lurge loser through one of its 

 trusted ottieiuls. 



16. Philadelphia: General Assembly of the Knights 

 of Labor in session. 



19. Strike of trainmen, Lchigh Valley railroad. 



20. Washington : Correspondence relating to II a- 

 wuiiun urt'a|rs made public. The Supreme Court de- 

 cides that the Great Lakes are included under the 

 term " high seas." New York: The Brazilian dyna- 

 mite cruiser Nictlieroy sails for her destination. 



21. Washington : Permanent headquarters estab- 

 lished for the Republican National Committee. Iowa : 

 A criminal taken from the courtroom at Ottumwa 

 and lynched by a mob. 



25. Washington : Further publications of the Ha- 

 waiian correspondence. New York : The Brazilian 

 warship America sails for the South. The Nathan 

 Hale monument unveiled. Yale defeats Harvard at 

 football, Springfield, Mass. 



26. Philadelphia : Resignation of Master- Workman 

 Powderly of the Knights of Labor. He is succeeded 

 by J. T. Sovereign, or Iowa. 



27. Scotland : The strike of the coal miners has 

 raised the price of coal 25 per cent., and threatens all 

 branches of trade. 



28. South Carolina: Meeting of the Legislature. 

 England : Memorial to James Russell Lowell unveiled 

 in Westminster Abbey. 



30. New York city : Princeton defeats Y'ale at 

 football. Cambridge : Harvard defeats the Universi- 

 ty of Pennsylvania. Russia : Troops are sent to close 

 a Catholic church at Krosche^ a riot ensues, 20 are 

 killed, 100 wounded. 



December 1. Brazil: Admiral Mello leaves Rio har- 

 bor with his flagship. 



2. Annapolis Naval Academy: The West Point 

 football eleven defeated by the naval cadets. 



8. London: Anarchist meeting dispersed by the 

 police in Trafalgar Square. 



4. The Smircmc Court decide* that the alien con- 

 tract labor law is constitutional. Scotland: More 

 than lon.ooo miners on strike. 



'.". I'urif-: An anarchist attempts to Mow up the 

 Chamber of Deputies while the House was in M Vion ; 

 no fatal results, but many injured ; the perj>etrator In 

 arrested. 



12. Savannah, (iu. : Session of the National Farm 

 ere' Congress, 20 States represented. Kngland : 

 Another meeting of the unemployed di*i>ersed in 

 London. 



18. Chicago: The American Federation of Labor 

 adopts resolutions approving the imarchiMs. 



14. Announcement of the arriv.d of the Brazilian 

 cruiser Nictheroy at Brazil. 



15. Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, sails for 

 home from San Francisco, probably anticipating trou- 

 ble in consequence of the recently announced Admin- 

 istration policy. Washington, D. C. : J. 8. Morton, 

 Secretary of Agriculture in President Cleveland's 

 Cabinet, has been elected President of the American 

 Forestry Association. 



17. Paris: A number of dynamite cartridges dis- 

 covered. 



1 s. The President sends to Congress a message on 

 the Hawaiian business. Texas: Four train robbers 

 confess their crime and are each sentenced to thirty- 

 five years' imprisonment Italy : An antitax riot in 

 Palermo. 



26. Christmas: Commemorative services held 

 throughout Christendom. Riot between Austrians 

 and Magyars at Berringer, Pa. ; attempt to blow up 

 with dynamite a house where a wedding ceretnony 

 was in progress ; a fight ensues, many severely in- 

 iured. Spain: Further arrests of anarchists in Bar. e 

 lona. Italy : A_ntitax riots in Sicily, Palermo, and 

 elsewhere ; 6 killed, 24 wounded, military reserves 

 called out. 



26. The United States cruiser New York sails for 

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Alleged negro riot at Wild- 

 wood, Fla. 



27. Spain : Panic in the opera house at Madrid ; 

 cause, tne alleged attempt of a dynamiter to throw a 

 bomb. New York city : Dr. Parkhurst appears in 

 court as a witness to prove negligence on the part of 

 the police. 



28. Africa: A large number of hostile tribesmen 

 surrender to the Spanish authorities. 



30. France and Spain sign a commercial conven- 

 tion. 



F 



FARMERS' CONGRESS. The thirteenth 

 annual session of the Farmers' Congress of the 

 United States met at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 12, 

 1893. The representation is the same as that of 

 the Congress of the United States, with the ad- 

 dition of a representative from each State agri- 

 cultural society and each agricultural college, 

 all appointed and commissioned by the govern- 

 ors of the various States. The session was 

 called to order at the Guards' Armory by Vice- 

 President Hon. D. G. Puree, and welcomed to 

 Georgia by Major P. M. Weldrem. whose speech 

 was responded to by Judge C. B. Rounds, of 

 Maine. J. T. Wade and Mayor McDonough gave 

 the congress a hearty welcome in behalf of the 

 Georgia State Agricultural Society and the city 

 nl Savannah, and were responded to by Colonel 

 Needham, of Massachusetts, and by Secretary 

 Clayton, of Iowa. The roll-call showed the 

 presence of representatives from 30 States. 



The hospitalities of the city were extended to 

 the body, and invitations were received and ac- 

 cepted to visit the Telfair Art Gallery, Georgia 

 Historical Society, Savannah Board of Trade, 

 Guards and Oglethorpe clubrooms, and other 

 places of interest. 



The second day the congress accepted an in- 

 vitation to board the steamship " City of Macon," 

 and was taken down Savannah river and out on 

 the Atlantic Ocean. Returning, they were ban- 

 queted on board ship, and received at the wharf- 

 age of the city by a display of flags and the 

 blowing of whistles from vessels representing 

 nearly all nations. 



The following subjects were discussed during 

 the three-days' SI-VM, ,ii : "Interstate Impendence 

 of Business Relations," by Mr. Needhnni, of 

 Massachusetts; " Agriculture South and West." 

 by Mr. Burkitt, of Mississippi; "Organized Co- 

 operation," by Mr. Slaughter, of Tennessee ; " Oar 



