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EVENTS OF 1883. (FEBKUABY, MAECH.) 



deaths from starvation in Ireland. Belgian Chamber 

 sanctions the introduction of the Flemish language in 

 the intermediate schools of Flanders. Closure of 

 Servian Skuptchina. Death of Gustave Dore". 



24. Senatorial elections in New Jersey and Kansas, 

 return of McPherson and Plumb. In New Guinea 16 

 sailors are slaughtered by cannibals. 



25. Audience of the Eussian minister De Giers with 

 the Austrian Emperor. Naval appropriation bill 

 passed hi the House. 



26. Embezzlements in the Municipal Gas-Works of 

 Philadelphia discovered. 



27. Bowen and Tabor elected to represent Colorado 

 in the Senate. New York State Senate confirms the 

 Governor's appointments of Eailroad Commissioners. 

 The German bark Admiral Prince Adalbert wrecked 

 off the coast of Wales. 



28. The French Cabinet resigns. Mutiny of con- 

 victs in Cork Harbor. Hungarian Chamber rejects a 

 proposition to repeal the emancipation of the Jews. 



29. French Ministry newly organized with Fallieres 

 for Premier. Wrecks on the English coast. Duration 

 of International Tribunals in Egypt prolonged till 

 Feb. 1, 1884. 



30. Fatal snow-slide in Colorado. Switzerland re- 

 jects the naturalization treaty proposed by the United 

 States. 



31. Gen. Manderson elected Senator for Nebraska. 

 Strike of 3,500 workmen in Limoges, France. Gen. 

 Thibaudin appointed French Minister of War. Ees- 

 toration of King Cetewayo in Zululand. 



February 1. Election of D. M. Sabin to the United 

 States Senate hi Minnesota. 



2. Eesolution in favor of the preservation of forests 

 adopted by New York Legislature. French Cham- 

 ber passes the expulsion bill against royal families. 

 Steamer Kenmure Castle foundered in the Bay of 

 Biscay. 



3. Inundations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. 



4. Severe earthquake at Agram. Spanish Cortes 

 refuse to abolish parliamentary oaths. 



5. Colvin nominated Financial Adviser to the 

 Egyptian Government. 



7. Arrest of Payne, organizer of the Oklahama 

 raids. 



8. The Spanish Government emancipate 40,000 

 slaves in Cuba. Opening of Danube Conference at 

 London. 



9. Death of William E. Dodge. Government pro- 

 posal of biennial budgets rejected by the German 

 Reichstag. 



10. Death of Marshall Jewell. 



11. Breaking of a dam in Louisville, and destruc- 

 tion of life and property. 



12. Prince Jerome Napoleon released from confine- 

 ment. Coronation of King Kalakaua in Honolulu. 



13. Minister Fallieres proffers the resignation of the 

 French interim ministry. Death of Eichard Wagner. 



14. Death of E. D. Morgan. 



15. British Parliament meets. French Chamber 

 adopts the pretenders' bill of Barbey. 



16. Bill to return Japanese indemnity passed by 

 the Senate. The New York Legislature passes the 

 tenement-house cigar bill, and the bill to reduce ele- 

 vated-railroad fares. A mining accident in Illinois 

 causes the loss of 80 lives. Ukase of the Czar on 

 amending laws relating to the Jews. 



17. The Legislature of Pennsylvania rejects the 

 prohibition amendment. The Jeannette investigation 

 ends in the adoption of a report approving the con- 

 duct of all members of the expedition. Carey appears 

 as a witness for the crown in the Dublin criminal in- 

 vestigation. French Senate rejects the expulsion bill. 

 Norwegian Storthing meets. 



18. The tariff bill passed by the United States Sen- 

 ate. Adverse vote on the measure in the House of 

 Eepresentatives. Appointment by the President of 

 the Civil-Service Commission. President Gre>y ac- 

 cepts the resignation of the Cabinet, and charges 

 Jules Ferry with the formation of a Ministry. 



20. Panic in a German Catholic school in New York ; 

 15 children killed. Count Corti demands of the 

 Porte satisfaction for insults to Italian consul in 

 Tripoli, under threat of naval action. 



21. Army appropriation bill passes the Senate. 

 Burning of the steamer Morro Castle in Charleston 

 Harbor. Loss of United States steamer Ashuelot ; 11 

 drowned. The German Federal Council adopt the 

 resolution prohibiting the importation of American 

 pork. New French Cabinet constituted by Ferry. 



23. Mutiny of prisoners, and burning of the Peni- 

 tentiary in Jefferson City, Mo. Prof. Swift, of Eoch- 

 ester, N. Y., discovers a" new comet. 



24. The Senate adopts revenue bill intended to re- 

 duce customs and taxes $25,000,000. John W. Foster, 

 of Indiana, appointed Minister to Spain. Escape of 

 20 prisoners from the Arkansas State Prison. Decree 

 of Servian King on new organization of the army. 



25. The Orleans princes in the French army are 

 retired from active service. 



26. Bankruptcy of a Eoman Catholic church in 

 Lawrence, Mass., and loss of trust -funds. 



27. Senate bill of revenue reform referred by the 

 House of Eepresentatives to a commission. Bill 

 against the adulteration of teas passed in Congress. 



28. The Secretary of State informs the Senate that 

 the Government disapproves the attitude taken at 

 Lima by Mr. Partridge, in joining the representatives 

 of England, France, and Italy in a friendly inter- 

 vention between Chili and Peru. Silver wedding of 

 the German Crown Prince. Edhem Pasha appointed 

 Turkish Minister of the Interior. 



March 1. Belgian Chamber refuses to cut down the 

 bishops' salaries. Decree of resumption of specie 



Biyments signed by King of Italy. Eesignation of 

 utch Ministry. 



2. Veto of the five-cent elevated railroad fare bill by 

 Governor Cleveland. 



3. Eetirement of David Davis from the presidency 

 of the Senate ; Senator Edmunds chosen his successor. 

 Passage of the tariff act. Senate tables river and har- 

 bor appropriation bill. 



4. Tariff act signed by the President. Adjourn- 

 ment of Congress. Steamboat Yazoo sunk in the Mis- 

 sissippi, and 16 lives lost. Death of Governor A. H. 

 Stephens at Atlanta. 



5. Decision by the United States Supreme Court 

 that a State can not be sued by another State for 

 claims assigned to it by citizens. James S. Boynton, 

 President of the Georgia State Senate, sworn in as Gov- 

 ernor in the place of Alexander H. Stephens, deceased. 

 Eesignation of the Prussian Minister of War, Von 

 Kameke. 



6. Eevision of the Constitution negatived by the 

 French Chamber. Gale on British coast, 135 fisher- 

 men lost. 



7. Coalition of Democrats and Greenbackers in 

 Michigan declare for free trade. Bronsard von Schel- 

 lendorf appointed Prussian Minister of War. 



8. Eetirement of the German Naval Minister, Von 

 Stosch. 



9. Louise Michel leads a demonstration of unem- 

 ployed working-men in Paris, and instigates a bread 

 riot. The steamer Navarre, sailing between Copen- 

 hagen and Leith, goes down with 65 persons on board. 

 In' Andalusia 1,200 persons are arrested on the charge 

 of conspiracy as members of the Black Hand Associa- 

 tion. 



10. Danube Convention signed in London. Death 

 of Coumoundouros, Greek ex-Minister. 



11. Death of Prince Gortchakoff. 



12. Turkish Government gives notice of termina- 

 tion of treaties of commerce with the United States, 

 Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Den- 

 mark. 



1"4. The murderer Dukes acquitted by a jurv in 

 Uniontown, Pa. Parnell's amendment to the land 

 act rejected by the British Parliament. Discovery in 

 St. Petersburg of defalcations by officials amounting 

 to 11,000,000 rubles. 



