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The court further held that the question at 

 issue was not, Where is the majority ot Immanuel 

 Church of the East Pennsylvania Conference? 

 but. Which of the parties to this litigation ad- 

 heres to the General Conference. Ecclesiastical 

 standing, and not numbers, determines the title 

 to and the right of control over property held 

 for the use of the Evangelical Association. 



Immediately on the publication of this deci- 

 sion, a general convention of the East Pennsyl- 

 vania (minority) Conference, within the bounds 

 of which the Reading church is situated, was 

 called to meet at Reading, Oct. 10, to be com- 

 posed of all the ministers of the conference and 

 one layman from each pastoral charge. At this 

 convention resolutions were passed adhering to 

 the acts of the Philadelphia General Conference 

 and recognizing the officers chosen by it, and 

 declaring that the time had come for the con- 

 ference to accept the dissolution that had been 

 forced upon it by the majority party and the 

 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and to declare 

 all connection with the Evangelical Associa- 

 tion dissolved. The name " United Evangelical 

 Church " was adopted, to serve until a general 

 conference to be called for all the minority con- 

 ferences should decide finally upon a name ; and 

 a call was made for a General Conference to 

 meet at Naperville, 111., on the last Thursday in 

 November, 1894. The Central Pennsylvania 

 Conference met in extra session at Lewisburg, 

 Pa.. Oct. 16, and took similar action. 



[For the proceedings of the General Confer- 

 ence thus called, see the article UNITED EVAN- 

 GELICAL CHURCH.] 



EVENTS OF 1894. As recorded in the fol- 

 lowing pages the story of the year seems made 

 up largely of trifles. * Strikes, riots, and crimes 

 that are well-nigh forgotten, meetings of socie- 

 ties of Avhich one never heard before all these 

 seem trivial when compared with the great events 

 of history : and yet probably the most insignifi- 

 cant item in these paragraphs is a marked event 

 for several thousand persons. Such conspicuous 

 occurrences as the Oriental and Brazilian wars, 

 the great strike of the summer months, and 

 the Armenian atrocities, must be sought under 

 their respective headings in the body of the 

 "Annual/' So, too, with DISASTERS, which will 

 be found recorded under that head ; so also with 

 the more important of the athletic contests and 

 the interesting series of yacht races between the 

 "Britannia" and the "Vigilant," which in their 

 day occupied a large share of the attention of the 

 English-speaking world. While, from the nature 

 of the sources of information, such a summary as 

 this can neither be absolutely complete nor infal- 

 libly accurate, it presents upon the whole a very 

 suggestive record of the world's daily life. 



January 1. Chili: The Government declines an ex- 

 tention of time for the United States Claims Commis- 

 sion. England: Formal opening of the Manchester 

 Ship Canal. 



2. Homestead, Pa. : The Carne.de Steel Works re- 

 open, employing 2,500 men. Scotland: A conference 

 of the Scottish Labor party adopts a resolution favor- 

 ing woman suffrage. 



3,4. Sicily: Serious antitax disturbances; 40,000 

 Italian troops called out ; a general state of siege de- 

 clared in consequence. 



5. New Orleans : The Antilottery League vigor- 

 ously engaged in opposing the schemes that have suc- 

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ceeded the Louisiana Lottery. Sicily : Encounter 

 between the rioters and the troops, 40 killed. Africa : 

 Encounter between English and French troops in 

 Sierra Leone, the French having mistaken the Eng- 

 lishmen for natives. 



6. Santo Domingo : Official notice that the insur- 

 rection is ended, and that the shooting of American 

 sailors was a mistake. Buffalo : Arrest of a United 

 States pension attorney and his office staff, charged 

 with frauds said to aggregate about $1,000.000. 



7. Chicago : By order of the newly elected mayor, 

 all gambling houses in the city closed. France : 

 General election of Senators. 



8. Hawaii : News arrives that the United States 

 minister has formally demanded the restoration of the 

 Queen. 



9. New Jersey : Separate State Senates organized 

 by Democrats and Republicans at Trenton; the Gov- 

 ernor recognizes the Democratic Senate. Germany : 

 Troops called out in Berlin to disperse a riotous mob 

 of the unemployed. Italy : Ruvo, one of the ancient 

 cities, in the possession of the mob. 



10. New Jersey : Republican Senators force an en- 

 trance into the Senate chamber. France: Conviction 

 and sentence to death of the anarchist who threw a 

 bomb in the French Chamber of Deputies on Dec. 9. 

 Italy : Troops fire upon a mob at Corapo, 7 killed, 

 many hurt. 



Ill Washington: Meeting of the Republican Na- 

 tional Committee, Joseph II. Manly chosen chairman 

 of the executive committee. Florida : A prize fight 

 announced between Corbett and Mitchell ; the Gov- 

 ernor prohibits it. 



12. Ohio : A colored man lynched for murder at 

 West Union, not far from Cincinnati. England : Ad- 

 journment of the House of Commons after passing 

 the Parish Councils bill. 



13. Africa : British troops defeat a force of 4,000 

 natives in Sierra Leone. 



14. Brazil : Engagement between the insurgent and 

 Government forces in Rio harbor; no decisive result. 

 Sicily : Fatal conflict between troops and working- 

 men. 



15. Washington : Secretary of the Treasury Car- 

 lisle announces his intention to issue bonds under the 

 Act of 1875. 



16. New Jersey : The rival senatorial bodies ap- 

 point conference committees. New York : Meeting 

 of the State Bar Association at Albany. Italy : Fight- 

 ing between troops and anarchists at Carrara, 10 

 killed, many hurt. Prussia: Opening of the Diet by 

 the Emperor. Austria : The Government decides to 

 build and operate the Vienna City Railway. 



17. Washington : The Secretary of the Treasury 

 offers a $50,000,000 loan for public subscription, ac- 

 cording to his announced intention. A brother of ex- 

 President Harrison, nominated for a survivorship of 

 customs at Kansas City, is rejected by th*e Senate. 

 Kansas : Mrs. Anna Austen 'elected Mayor of Pleas- 

 anton. New York city : Annual meeting of the 

 American Society of 'Civil Engineers. Italy : A 

 state of siege proclaimed at Carrara. 



18. Official trial of United States cruiser Olympia ; 

 she attains a speed of 21-69 knots, earning a premium 

 of $300,000. New York city : Annual meeting of the 

 American Protective Tariff League, Cornelius N. 

 Bliss re-elected president. Germany : Rioting in 

 Berlin, and encounters between the police and the 

 mob. Spain : Destitute workingmen and anarchists 

 commit depredations in various provinces. 



19. Chicago : Annual convention of the National 

 Farmers' Alliance. Officers of the Knights of Labor 

 begin proceedings to enjoin the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury from issuing bonds. Africa: Another defeat of 

 natives by the British in Sierra Leone. 



21. Florida : Troops ordered to Jacksonville by the 

 Governor, to prevent the Mitchell-Corbett prize fight. 

 Brazil : The insurgent forces receive large accessions 

 from the South. 



22. Italy : Arrest of 300 anarchists in the Carrara 

 district; general disarmament of workingmen and 



