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EVENTS OF 1883. (OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.) 



in the Niederwald, commemorating the victory of 

 1870-'71. 



29. Powder-explosion in San Francisco ; 40 China- 

 men killed. King Alfonso insulted in Paris on his 

 return from Germany. 



October 1. Reduction of letter-postage from three 

 to two cents goes into operation. 



3. The question of the escutcheons in Croatia set- 

 tled. Pittsburg Exposition Building burned. 



4. The Norwegian Ministry indicted. Dissolution 

 of the Servian Skuptchina. 



6. Bicentenary of the Germans in America. Resig- 

 nation of the French Minister of War, Tibaudin. 



7. Mormon conference upholds polygamy. 



9. Republican success in Iowa. Victory of the 

 Democrats in Ohio ; Hoadley elected Governor ; pro- 

 hibition amendment defeated. Yellow fever in Ala- 

 bama. 



10. Attempt on the life of the Bulgarian Minister of 

 the Interior. 



11. Project of uniform time proposed by a conven- 

 tion at Chicago. Amnesty declared by the Khedive. 

 Spanish Ministry resigns ; Posada-Herrera forms a 

 Cabinet. 



13. Northern Pacific railroad opened to traffic. 



14. $13,000,000 three per cent, bonds called in by 

 the Secretary of the Treasury. The new Spanish 

 Ministry enter on their duties. 



15. The Supreme Court decision that important 

 provisions of the Civil Eights Act are unconstitutional. 

 Return of the Czar to St. Petersburg. Earthquake 

 in Asia Minor. In Ermersleben, Germany, 110 per- 

 sons are attacked with trichinosis. 



16. Collision between Slavs and Magyars in Hun- 

 gary- 



17. Southern colored people protest against recent 

 decisions of the Federal courts. 



18. Centennial Celebration in Newburg. Acquittal 

 of ex-Senator Sessions of bribery in the New York 

 Legislature. 



20. Signing of treaty of peace between Chili and 

 Peru at Ancon. 



21. Cabinet changes in Portugal. 



23. Reassembly of the French Chambers. Adjourn- 

 ment of the Austro-Hungarian Delegations. Fresh 

 outbreak of cholera in Egypt. Iglesias enters Lima. 

 New Portuguese Cabinet, with Pereira de Mello as 

 Premier and Minister of War. 



24. Marquis of Lansdowne assumes office as Gov- 

 ernor-General of Canada. Prolongation of the miner 

 state of siege in German cities. 



27. The Apaches deliver themselves up in Mexico. 



29. E. M. Bell, of Iowa, appointed Supervising 

 Architect of the Treasury. Failures in Liverpool. 



30. The Utah Commission recommends stringent 

 measures against polygamy. Dynamite explosions in 

 the Underground railway in London. 



31. Luther celebration in Worms and Wittemberg 

 Close of the Fishery Exhibition in London. Labor 

 Congress in Paris. Tonquin debate in the French 

 Assembly results in a vote of confidence. Collision 

 of the steamer Holy head with the ship Alhambra in 

 St. George's Channel. 



November 1. Gen. Sherman retired from the chief 

 command of the army, and Gen. Sheridan assumes 

 command.' _ Orange riot in Londonderry. 



2. Collision between whites and negroes in Vir- 

 cpnia. Grand jury of St. Louis indicted. 



3. Close of Vienna Electrical Exhibition. Rebellion 

 in Afghanistan. 



5. Hurricane in Springfield, Mo. Insurrection in 

 Servia. Egyptian army in the Soudan annihilated by 

 the followers of the False Prophet. 



6. State elections : Democratic success in New York 

 (except the Secretary of State), New Jersey, Mary- 

 land, Virginia, and Mississippi Republican victories 

 m Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Minne- 

 sota, and Nebraska. 



. 7. Mine-explosion in the Moorfield colliery at Act- 

 rmgton, England ; 63 victims. 



8. Wreck of the Iris off the Spanish coast ; 35 lives 

 lost. Beginning of the investigation of the Grcely re- 

 lief expedition. Roof of the Wisconsin State Capitol 

 falls in. 



9. Fire in Shenandoah, Pa. ; 200 families homeless. 



10. Luther centennial celebrated in Germany, 

 America, Austria, and England. 



11. Republican demonstration in Madrid. 



12. Gale in Chesapeake Bay, and more than 20 lives 

 lost. Court Chaplain Stocker, German anti-Semitic 

 leader, hissed in London. 



14. Meeting of De Giers and Bismarck. Comple- 

 tion of the Arlberg tunnel. 



15. Closing of iron-works in Pittsburg.. 



17. Call ot the Secretary of the Treasury for $10,- 

 000,000 more of three per cents. The German Crown 

 Prince departs on his journey to Spain. 



18. Normal time introduced in the United States 

 and Canada. Excesses of the striking miners in 

 Michigan. British steamer Condor with 18 men lost 

 off the coast of Holland. Death of Safvet Pasha at 

 Constantinople. 



19. Challemel-Lacour resigns ; Ferry takes the 

 portfolio of Foreign Affairs and Fallieres becomes the 

 Minister of Public Instruction. 



20. Poole the Fenian condemned to death. Sink- 

 ing of a steamer and loss of 50 lives in Lake Superior. 

 Anti-German demonstration in Prague. 



22. Cordial reception of the German Crown Prince 

 in Spain. 



23. Arrest of the German Socialist Wolf for dyna- 

 mite conspiracy in London. 



24. Sergeant Mason pardoned. 



27. The German Emperor declares the European 

 peace secured. Removal of the prohibition of Ameri- 

 can pork in France. 



29. The American bishops close their labors in 

 Rome. 



30. Address to the people issued by the Democratic 

 State Committee of Virginia. _ The Pennsylvania 

 Legislature passes the apportionment bill. The 

 Hungarian Lower House adopt the Government pro- 

 ject for legalizing mixed marriages. Agreement be- 

 tween Lesseps and the English ship-owners arrived at. 



December 1. O'Donnell condemned to death. 



2. Meeting of Congress. Carlisle elected Speaker 

 of the House of Representatives. Understanding 

 between the European Governments with respect to 

 the protection of Europeans in China. Protestants 

 mobbed in Ireland. 



4. The President's annual message. The Austrian 

 Reichsrath meets. The French bombard several towns 

 in Madagascar. 



6. The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourns at last. 

 Secret ballot rejected by the Prussian House of Dep- 

 uties. 



7. Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy. 

 Restoration of the Bishop of Limburg. Dr. Welti 

 elected Swiss Federal President. Duel between the 

 Italian politicians Nicotera and Lovito. 



8. The Australian colonies resolve in favor of un- 

 ion. 



10. Committees of the United States Senate reor- 

 ganized. The House of Representatives resolves in 

 favor of intervention in the case of O'Donnell. The 

 French Chamber passes the Tonquin vote of credit. 



11. The Hungarian House of Magnates defeats the 

 mixed marriage bill. The Irish national testimonial 

 (38,000) presented to Parnell. Peace declared be- 

 tween Chili and Bolivia. 



12. Session of the Republican National Committee 

 and choice of Chicago for the next national conven- 

 tion. 



13. The Dwight insurance case decided against the 

 companies. Murder of the King of Anam. 



14. Bloodshed at New Orleans primary elections. 



15. Wages reduced in the iron and steel industry. 

 Opening of the session of the Spanish Cortes. A 

 police official murdered by Socialists in Vienna. 



17. Vote of censure against Puttkammer in the 



