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peasants. Germany : Large meetings of the unem- 

 ployed in Berlin. 



23. New Jersey : The Republican Senate rejects the 

 Governor's proposition to settle the controversy. 

 Washington : Twenty-fourth annual convention^ of 

 the National Board of Trade. Chicago: Convention 

 of the National Brick Manufacturers' Association. 



24. Tennessee : Escape of ,~>o convicts from the pris- 

 on at Cold Creek ; several were shot by the guards. 

 Ohio : Strike of 10,000 miners. 



25. Florida: The prize iight takes place at Jackson- 

 ville without interference, Corbett winning; both 

 men arrested after the fight. Africa : French troops 

 oceupv Timbuctoo, in the western Soudan. 



26. Capture of a large counterfeiting outfit by 

 United States detectives in New York city. Ger- 

 many : Prince Bismarck visits Berlin after a long ab- 

 sence, and is received with great enthusiasm, both by 

 the Emperor and the populace. Egypt: The Khe- 

 dive agrees to apologize for having criticised the 

 military appearance '"of British soldiers. France: 

 The Government pays to the Italian ambassador 

 80,000 francs indemnity for the recent massacre of 

 Italian workingmen. 



27. Pennsylvania: A mob of striking miners, all 

 foreigners, destroy property at Brantville and else- 

 where. California : Formal opening of the Mid- 

 winter Fair at San Francisco. France : Fifty socialist 

 deputies cheer for the Commune, and are forcibly 

 ejected from the House. 



29. Italy : Burglars break into the American lega- 

 tion at Rome and attempt to set fire to the premises. 



30. Washington : Judge Cox denies the application 

 of the Knights of Labor for an injunction restraining 

 the new issue of bonds. Pennsylvania : 20 riotous 

 coal miners held for trial at Mansfield. Brazil : Amer- 

 ican merchant vessels fired upon by insurgent war 

 ships in the harbor of Rio; Admiral Benton returns 

 the fire and compels the insurgent admiral to ask for 

 quarter. Canada : Opening of the winter carnival 

 at Quebec. 



February 1. Washington : Bids for the new bond 

 issue aggregate more than $58,000,000. 



2. Vermont : Consecration of the Rev. Dr. C. A. 

 Hall as bishop, at Bennington. England : The Par- 

 nellites issue a manifesto declaring that the rule of 

 the Liberal Government in Ireland is a failure. 



3. Brazil : Seizure of an English tugboat loaded 

 with dynamite in the harbor of Rio. 



5. Washington: Adjournment for one month of the 

 Supreme Court. France : Execution of the anarchist 

 bomb thrower in Paris. 



6. Egypt: The Khedive opens the session of the 

 General' Assembly. Canada: A large majority votes 

 for prohibition in Ontario. 



7. France: Opening of an International Sanitary 

 Conference in Paris. 



8. Washington: The President signs a bill repeal- 

 ing the laws for Federal control of Federal elections. 



9. Brazil : Discovery of a plot to assassinate Presi- 

 dent Peixoto ; the conspirators summarily arrested, 

 tried, and shot. 



10. Washington: Representatives of Brazil and the 

 Argentine Republic submit the case of the inter- 

 national boundary dispute to President Cleveland, 

 who will act as arbitrator. Ohio : The striking coal 

 miners, in convention at Columbus, agree by a large 

 vote to accept a compromise. Germany : The Russb- 

 German commercial treaty signed at Berlin. Africa : 

 News received in London of the death of King 

 Lobengula, who has made such a protracted fight 

 against the English. 



11. South America: War has broken out between 

 Peru and Ecuador. 



12. Pennsylvania: The trial begun of 58 foreigners 

 charged with rioting in the Mansfield valley. Eng- 

 land : Mr. Gladstone announces his intention of ap- 

 pealing to the country ; the House of Commons re- 

 sumes" its sessions. France : A young anarchist 

 throws a bomb in a Parisian cafe, the explosion in- 

 juring 20 persons. 



13. San Francisco : Meeting of the Trans Mississippi 

 Congress. Boston: Annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Master Builders. 



14. England: The National Liberal Federation at 

 Portsmouth adopts strong resolutions condemning 

 the House of Lords. Poland: A widespread con- 

 spiracy to establish the freedom of Poland discovered 

 by the police 'in Warsaw. 



15. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Conviction of John Y. Me- 

 Kane for violation of the election laws. England : A 

 foreigner, a presumed anarchist, killed at Greenwich 

 by a bomb with which it is supposed he intended to 

 destroy the observatory. France: Dr. Herz sentenced 

 to pay a tine of 600,000 francs in consequence of his 

 Panama speculations. 



16. California: Southern Pacific express train 

 robbed, 2 trainmen killed, 2 others hurt. New York 

 city : Many large silk factories closed on account of the 

 strike. Pittsburg, Pa. : Thirty-two of the Mansfield 

 rioters found guilty. 



18. Ohio: All the mines in the Massillon district 

 closed by a strike. Germany : A convention of 

 farmers at Berlin denounces Caprivi's tariff policy. 

 England : A large meeting in Trafalgar Square 

 adopts a resolution for the abolition of the House of 

 Lords ; 3 members of Parliament spoke. 



19. Brooklyn: John Y. McKane sentenced to six 

 years' imprisonment. Germany : Chancellor von 

 Caprivi announces the conclusion of a boundary 

 agreement with France ; the Emperor William visits 

 Prince Bismarck. 



20. Boston : A riotous assemblage of unemployed 

 workmen dispersed by the police. Pennsylvania: 

 The Hon. Galusha A. Grow elected congressman at 

 large by 188,000 plurality. California :_ Chris Evans, 

 a notorious bandit, sentenced to life imprisonment. 

 England : Mr. Gladstone makes a speech in the House 

 of Commons, abandoning the Employers' Liability 

 bill. 



21. New York: Arrest of Erastus Wiman, a well- 

 known business man. on charge of forgery. Cornell 

 University: An interclass feud between sophomores 

 and freshmen results in the death of one hired at- 

 tendant and the serious illness of several students. 

 New York : Annual meeting of the American News- 

 paper Publishers' Association. 



22. Washington : Congress of the Association of 

 the Daughters of the American Revolution. 



23. St. Louis, Mo. : The National Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Populists adopts resolutions favoring 

 an income tax. 



24. Michigan : Several State officials indicted for 

 felony and misdemeanor. Nicaragua : The capital of 

 Honduras surrendered. 



26. A naval court of inquiry convenes at Brooklyn 

 Navy Yard to investigate the loss of the Kearsarge. 

 Pittsburg, Pa. : Four Roman Catholic sisters assume 

 their duties as teachers in the public schools. 



27. Ex-President Harrison makes numerous ad- 

 dresses on his way to California. Washington : An- 

 nual convention of the National Electric Light Asso- 

 ciation. Nebraska: The chief of police orders the 

 closing of all gambling houses at Omaha. 



28. Washington : Judge Cox declines to issue an 

 order restraining the pension commissioner from re- 

 ducing the pension of Judge Long. Iowa : The Sen- 

 ate rejects the woman suffrage amendment by a 

 vote of 26 to 20. Baltimore : Conviction of the author 

 of a threatening postal card ; sentenced to eighteen 

 months' imprisonment. London: The Lords re fuse 

 to accept the Commons' rejection of Lord Salisbury's 

 amendment to the Parish Council's bill. 



March 1. Nebraska City: A fine of $200 and costs 

 imposed for the hanging in effigy of a Government 

 official. London: Mr. Gladstone delivers a speech^ 

 that is regarded as distinctly hostile to the House of 

 Lords. Brazil : Seiiors Moraes and Pereira elected 

 President and Vice-President of the republic. 



2. Ohio: 6,000 miners out of work in Jackson 

 County. Paterson, N. J. : General strike among the 

 silk weavers. England : Mr. Gladstone gives notice 



