EVENTS OF 1894. 



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of his retirement, and declines a peerage ; he recom- 

 mends Lord Rosebery as his political successor. 

 Nicaragua : Landing of a British force at Bluelields 

 to support the independence of the reigning chief. 

 Koine : The Tope celebrates his 84th birthday. 



3. It is announced that in January the President 

 assessed heavy damages against the Carnegie Steel 

 Company for failure to furnish armor plates of suf- 

 ficient excellence. West Virginia: Striking miners 

 burn the railroad bridge and commit other lawless 

 acts. England : The Queen accepts Mr. Gladstone's 

 resignation, and Lord Kosebery is installed as Pre- 

 mier. Italy : The Chamber of Deputies, after a long 

 and stormy session concerning the revolt in Sicily, 

 votes confidence in the Government by 342 to 45. 



4. The Attorney-General gives an opinion to the 

 effect that the Commissioner of Pensions can not, 

 under any circumstances, suspend a pension without 

 thirty days' notice. New York : Annual Convention 

 of the Independent Order B'nai Brith opens its 

 sessions. 



5. Washington: Reopening of the United States 

 Supreme Court. 



0. Toledo, Ohio: Annual convention of the Su- 

 preme Council of the Patrons of Industry. Philadel- 

 phia: The new battle ship Indiana starts on her 

 trial trip. Stanford- University, California : Ex-Presi- 

 dent Harrison begins his course of lectures on Ameri- 

 can law. Troy, N. Y. : Two men killed in a dis^urb- 

 ance at the polls. England : Lord Kosebery formally 

 installed in the office of Prime Minister. 



7. Virginia: The Australian ballot bill becomes a 

 law. Ohio : An agreement is reached at Beleaire 

 whereby 7,000 coal miners will resume work. Africa : 

 Kenewed hostilities between the English and the 

 Portuguese on the Zambesi river. Sumatra: Fight- 

 ing between the Dutch and the native tribes. 



s. Washington: Beginning of the Breckinridge- 

 Pollard trial Yor breach of promise. Italy: Anarch- 

 ists explode a bomb in front of the Italian Chamber 

 of Deputies; 8 persons hurt. England: The Par- 

 nellites issue a manifesto denouncing the new Eng- 

 lish Cabinet. Spain: The Cabinet resigns. China: 

 Anti-missionary riots at Huchow. 



0. Africa: A British force of 34 men surrounded 

 and killed by tribesmen in Assan, after a gallant re- 

 sistance of two days and nights. Brazil: British 

 merchant vessels accept the protection of American 

 men-of-war, although an English fleet is present in 

 the harbor. 



10. West Virginia : One of the riotous miners held 

 for murder, and 19 admitted to bail. France: The 

 international yacht race off Cannes results in a vic- 

 tory for the Prince of Wales's cutter Britannia. 

 Spain : Two ecclesiastics killed by the explosion of 

 a dynamite bomb. France : A new project is an- 

 nounced to undertake the completion of the Panama 

 Canal. 



11. The Emperor of Japan celebrates his silver 

 wedding. 



12. Paris : An anarchist explodes a bomb in a 

 hotel, 20 persons hurt. Washington : The Postmaster- 

 General has signed a parcels-post convention with 

 Newfoundland. Chicago: Navigation opens on the 

 Great Lakes. Brazil : Admiral Dana, the insurgent 

 commander, opens negotiations for surrender. Eng- 

 land : Parliament reassembles ; Mr. Justin McCarthy 

 is re-elected chairman of the Irish party. Spain : 

 A new Cabinet organized by the Premier, Senor 

 Sagasta. 



13. Pittsburg;: The order of American Mechanics 

 applies for an injunction to prevent uniformed nuns 

 from teaching in the public schools. Paterson : 

 Riotous proceedings on the part of the striking silk 

 weavers. Ohio : The Legislature adopts a resolution 

 favoring biennial sessions. Washington : The cigar- 

 rnakers of the United States form a national associa- 

 tion. Brazil: The negotiations for surrender fail, 

 and hostilities are resumed. 



14. New Jersey : Six of the rioters at Paterson sen- 

 tenced to imprisonment. Brazil : The officers of the 



insurgent fleet escape to sea on a French steamer, de- 

 serting their ships. 



15. Colorado : Gov. Waite calls put the militia to 

 enforce the removal from office of the Board of Fire 

 and Police at Denver ; a conflict ensues between the 

 troops and the police, and United States regulars are 

 called upon to quell the disturbance. Paris : An an- 

 archist explodes a bomb at the entrance of the Church 

 of the Madeleine, several bystanders hurt, the anar- 

 chist himself killed. Canada: Opening of the Do- 

 minion Parliament ; the Governor-General promises a 

 revision of customs duties ; general elections in Nova 

 Scotia return 24 Liberals and 14 Conservatives. 

 Great Britain : The Government appropriates more 

 than 17,000,000 for the-navy. 



16. Birmingham, Ala. : The leaders of the Farmers' 

 Alliance hold a conference for reorganization. Iowa : 

 The local-option bill defeated in the Legislature. 



17. Colorado : Gov. Waite orders State troops to 

 Cripple Creek for the suppression of mining troubles. 

 England : Annual university boat race on the 

 Thames; Oxford wins. 



18. Colorado : Arrests made by State troops at Crip- 

 ple Creek. London : A mass meeting in Trafalgar 

 Square demands the abolition of the House of Lords. 



19. New York : The State Board of Charities pre- 

 fers grave charges against the superintendent of the 

 Reformatory at Ehnira. Colorado : Under compul- 

 sion, the Cripple Creek miners agree to arbitrate, and 

 the State troops are ordered home. 



20. Pennsylvania: Election of Galusha A. Grow, 

 congressman at large ; 188,000 Republican plurality. 

 Boston : A large body of unemployed workingmen 

 march to the State House and demand employment. 

 Holland : Owing to political disagreements the States- 

 General is dissolved and a new election ordered. Bel- 

 gium : Rejection of the new representation measures, 

 and resignation of the Cabinet in consequence. Ger- 

 many : Ratifications of the commercial treaty with 

 Russia exchanged, 



21. The New Jersey Supreme Court decides that 

 the so-called "Republican Senate" is the lawful rep- 

 resentative assemblage. Nebraska: Meeting of the 

 Interstate Irrigation Congress at Omaha. Iowa : 

 Conference of the Bimetalist League at Des Moines. 

 Florida: Annual meeting of the railway passenger 

 agents of America at Palm Beach. 



22. The Republican Senators take possession of the 

 New Jersey Senate chamber in accordance with the 

 decision of the court ; no opposition ottered. Iowa : 

 The House of Representatives grants municipal suf- 

 frage to women by a vote of 51 to 44. Brazil : Presi- 

 dent Peixoto revives the decrees authorizing the exe- 

 cution without trial of all rebels and their abettors. 



23. Hungarian students engage 'in riotous demon- 

 strations against all who do not display emblems of 

 mourning in memory of Kossuth. 



24. Washington: Publication of the text of a new 

 treaty between the United States and China. A 

 movement inaugurated in various parts of the North- 

 ern States, known variously as the "Army of the 

 Commonweal," the " Industrial Army," " Coxeyites," 

 etc., their purpose being to march upon Washington 

 and demand help at the hands of Congress. Mr. 

 T. V. Powderly, lately Grand Master Workman of 

 the Knights of Labor, sues the order for his back pay. 



25. The striking miners of the Kanawha valley, 

 Va., resume work. 



27. New Jersey : The race-track repeal bill passed 

 over the Governor's veto. 



28. Washington : The Democratic Congressional 

 Campaign Committee open headquarters in the city. 



29. England: A bill introduced in the House of 

 Commons to carry out the purpose of the Bering Sea 

 Tribunal. Brazil : The insurrection, having practi- 

 cally failed in the vicinity of Rio, is still prosecuted 

 by Admiral de Mello in the south. 



"30. South Carolina: Three counties in open rebel- 

 lion against the State authorities on account of the 

 liquor law. The President vetoes the Bland Seigni- 

 orage bill. 



