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THE PTPTSBURG D1HPXTGH,, THURSDAY, JAWART 1891,
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tlon. Homewood Park stockholders meet and
desire to keep It as It Is. The Baltimore and
Ohio pays pii, 000 ror a clot of land at Glen
wood. SO Black diphtheria raptor In the schools at St.
Clair and the Board of Health considers the
advisability of closing them. The Kallroad
Grievance Committee sign an agreement and
submit it to tbe companies. Many charges
made against the officers of the Granite Bute
Association. Tbe elephant for Schenley Part
I arrives. Jack GlUon arrested for trying to
I sell some or the city property. First annual
national convention of the non-Partisan W.
J C. 1. U. at the North Avenue M. E. Cnurch.
U-Chlef AsessorCase estimates that the valua
tion or city property for the tax levy of 1891
will exceed by ei.ouo.oco that of 1S90. when It
aggregated .OuO,ooo. Committee on Finance
recommends the purchasing or nine acres ad
joining Highland Park, Allegheny to In
crease her Indebtedness $500,000 In order to
Improve streets, 'the question or eight hours
In the building trades to be settled by arbitra
tion. Two men ground up under the wheels
nfa locomotive at lUnkln while engaged In a
fnendlv tussle. Banquet to the members or
the Law and Order League at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel
22 German Catholics or bt. Joseph's Church, Al
rlegneuv, prerer their own tongue to English.
A contractor blamesMalone for delay or work
ud the Government building. Homeopaths
want admission to the Allegheny General
Hospital. Law and Order convention closes
with a mass meeting at old City HalL
3-Thoinas Kernan. fcr.. killed by an accident at
the Clinton Blast Furnace. Anarchists hold
services at Larajctte Hall. Manuracturers
think that the condition or labor will work
against the plate plants
2 1 -.lames E. ilver. convicted or murder In the
second degree, and a sensation caused by al
leged attempts to tamper with tbe Jury. James
J- nrlght killed In Law renccvllle b) James Cox
during a quarrel, the latter escaping. Urlnlty
English i. angelical Lutheran Church, Soutb
sldc. dedicated. Bad roads clog city industries
and Impede countrv traffic
25 liilrloen wholesale liquor dealers charged
with doing a retail business, superintendent
Malone removed, and Joseph A. Patllson
tuccccds-hlin 'Ihouias lawcett iSons, coal
operators, embarrassed. Drillers on the South
side strike pure water. Councils discuss parks
and bridges. Burnhamnot to manage Pitts
burg's ball club,
Si Natural gas men sav prices may go np to B0
cents per l.ltO leet. Painters kick agalust tbe
ctglit-liour flcht. Prlddy challenges the world
to run aTout race.
27 Window class workers threaten to leave, the
Knights. Granite Mate Provident Association
defendants held lu heavy ball. Martin O'Toole
killed by Hungarians at McKeesport. Mur
derer Eillian applies ror a new trial.
2" Henry Fhlpvf gives flO.000 to buv books Jor the
Carnegie Liorary. Eighteenth Hesrluicut
ofhcersludorse Captain McClelland for Adju
tant General. First Ward Public School
Llbrarv and Gymnasium opened. The
Eighteenth ward football team defeats the
Allegheny Athletes illlam Coltman, round
nilurcl In a coal car at Wilson Grove, dies at
tBc W est Penu Hospital.
19 lUddv McGraw and James Dobson escape
lroia tUterslde FenltentUrv. The first cold
suap buds gas not equal to ti e demand More
v lWay In Allegheny's Improvement ordinance.
"Trial begun belore Mayor Wyman or lire
tthier Jones.
30 J udges W hit and Magee decide that work on
k the sabbath Is not always unnecessary, and
4TItcharge an oil driller. Mamie I Itzpatrlck,
f Allegheny, saves her lather lrom belugrobbed
ai d prohibit mnrdered. Cox, the murderer
orJames LtirigtiC vapturcd lu Chicago. MUs
Mnrv Mckcc. ofoaklaud, chosen Secretary or
tin lelu,:"s Daughters ot Ainctira Wooster
.ti'd W .islilii,.ton-Jeitcrsou rootball teams play
and each claim ietorv.
DKCKMBER.
1 Two Chinamen baptized at the Fourth Wenue
Baptist Uiun.li. Mrs. Kite Gass, or Alle-i-lien.
while insane, pours oil over herself
and then applies tin match, secretary Tracy
make a contract with Carnegie lor steel
armor.
2 Allegheny Council accept Henrt Phlpps',
Jr.. girt.") W IUtler. a Granite state Asso
ciation agent, arrested lor Iraud. Cltj uff.
eUls file a demurrer to the bill or W J.How
ard, suits entered against wholesale liquor
dealers to rvtowr mercantile taxes. 1B
question tr admitting women to the Method
ist Conrereiirc ideeldcd atlirm-itiel bj tlie
wotueii or Allegheny eouuts- TheDuquesue
Theater opened.
S Controller Morrow assures a reduction of at
least one mill on city taxe. J fainter X
Sons testing a new process or puddling by the
use or Lima nil.
4 Mr. and and Mrs. Irwin burned to death dur
lugailrcat Muth street and Penu atcnue.
Mork of the Lake Erie eaml rapidly ap
protehlng completion. Football players rorm
a league
5 Knehonses burned on Liberty street, opposite
tbeseveuth At enue Hotel, ouc tlremau killed
and several wounded. Frant J. W elsel
ejected PieMdenl or the Itandall Club. Local
N. L. baseball men agree to dissolve tLelr
club
6 Hag present i to ""le High school by Ben
Franklin '-on I Jr O. U A.M. B. i O.
vardmenjit Olsu t.nd strike. The He passed
in the AllegUenv Railroad Committee.
7 Dense fog envelopes Pittsburg and Alle
gheny. Imposing eeremoule-s at the Cathe
dral ieoteuIug 'squire t.einhaur wants the
Alderinanic sj stein rerormed. Pittsburg
'Iraitlon Coiupan) claims Grant street rights.
i 8 sw Itch men ou the Baltimore and Ohio threaten
to te up the road. Olhcials prepare estimates
for the next n-cal ear. Hlleenth annual
iieelins of the Soiiet lor the Improvement of
the Poor.
9 Mavor Gourlev opens the fair for the benefit of
Littery II. lirst fallor sunn. Cardinal Glb
lictns hold a reception at the episcopal resl
leiiee. 10 Tuo ileitis In Plum township or children
whose parents believed in faith cure Plau to
form an international club or newspaper
w urkcrs
11 1 I Haugbey, or the V. L. Baeder Glue
Coiipanj, aireiedror mlsapnropnatlugf-iO,-003.
Citv Attorhev Uphinstone thinks Alio
ghen will remain in Its present clas.. Ihe
Oliver Iron and steel Companv proposes to re
turn to coal Annual meeting Pennsylvania
Association orirotllug Horse Breeders.
li i Heemargarlue dealers compelled to pay the
Governmejit license. Trouble between the
W lihciows over the Uuqueue Hotel manaire
ment. guilders jiropose to enlorce the hre
escape law. Mr. Jvern, ew ork member or
the Baeder Glue Comptnv. under balk
U Mr an Wagoner addresses public teachers
upon teaching diawlug b) lorm. Western
Asportation frootbill la?ague organized Plate
glae. matiurnclurers talk or combining. An
other laige hotel project.
11 lhe exposition we.l proves a gaser. B.
It. Woltl. Jr , bnllds a ehurch ror the East
Lnd Ur.CC llerman, southside, tendered
the Heatierv or the Xew Orleans Medical Col
leg". Ldwaid ,aughey, oi stowe township,
thrown Hum his wagon bv bad roids and
kllle I. late glass Jobbers not to cut prices.
15 Hundreds uf pension applications being filed
under the act or June ST. Duqucsne Companv
expeetsto carry passengers wlthiu a month".
B. .to. striking swltihmen still exorcss con
fidence. Bauin's rctrigerator has a public
test.
IB Stanley lectures In Pittsburg. More time to
be given In the Alleghtny lltch School tests.
Michael 1 inner, a.tagraut, hangs himselr In a
station house.
17 'llie rarmers" I eigue demand equal taxes
lrom the next Lcgis'-ture. Vallev turuace
ven tlirealeu to shut down unless coke Is re
duced. Mcket steel a success at the Home
stead works. Ihe Coroner's Jury hold two
road supervisors responsible lor the death or
Caughej. .
IS A great snovstorm delays traffic and docs
much damage In the two cities. Loal switch
men and jardmen make a new move on their
res lective companies. John C. BrosI brought
back rrom Canada.
19 Miss hate Drexel, "sister Catharine," per
fect? the plans for the new charitable order to
wlm.il the will riti" her fortune or ($.000,000.
W est era Union and telephone companies esti
mate their storm loss at t-AUW.
SO During the past year 8,000 deeds were made
for building lots. Superintendent W'lnn, or
the Allegheny fire alarm. kHUd bv a wire In
midair. Boroughs In the county have a hard
time to make both ends meet.
21-Bullding trades will ask for eig'it hours and
more pay on March 1. Manager Clarke, of tt e
Western Union, resigns. Tony .Ncuelt's res
taurant to give wav lor a music store. Louise
Llebcndorter. while HSieep, walks down the
Ivnoxvlllc Incline. Beaver signs Allegheny's
certificate s a second class cltv.
22 Local members of the Legislature solid ror
Camerou. Parents orchildreu complain of the
present methods of education. The grip
reappears In Pittsburg. Local baseball people
organize a conso Idaled club. Citizens make
a lorinal demand lor the Investigation of the
workhouse management.
tt Talk over giving A lleghen v county a Board of
Tax Uevlsion similar to that of Philadelphia.
Three million bushels of coal read
to no down the river Tllelavcrsdemand nine
hours a day. Ihetoroner'sjurvln tbectseof
Superintendent W'lnn denounces overhead
wires. Judge btowc object to the manner In
which the workhouse petition was presented
to the grand Jury.
il Glass manuracturers In court for violating the
child labor act. James Stevenson. 101 years
old, ol the W est End, reported as sick and
destitute to the Hoard or Health. Mayor
Gourley's message to he preseuted at Councils
January meeting. W orkhouse Superintendent
Earner asks tor an Investigation. Judge
Acue.on fixes tbe value or lock and dam o. 7
at J. 09. 000.
&-Frank Aldrlch sentenced to the penitentiary
for robbing old Mr. Lemon or Allegheny, free
on a pardon. Fourteen persons killed by car
wheels during the) ear. Local railroad yards
to be lighted by electricity, secretary Kobert
Watchorn, of the United Miners, resigns.
tt McClelland detests McCabe In 13-mlle walk
ing contest. Heavy snow storm Interferes
with travel. Italian counterfeiters held for
trial.
17 Sirs. Fannie Lewis, or Irwin, accidentally
shot and killed by her husband. Carnegie
Library Committeemen oppose the bchen
ley Park site. Allegheny lormally accepts
Beaver's proclamation,
ts Marshals chosen ror tbe Jr. O.U. A.M. Build
ing delayed by cold snap. Bar meeting favors
Judge Acheson. lemperance revival at Stan
dard Theater.
S Mayor Gourley sent his first anneal message to
Councils. Allegheny county legislative caucus
decides to support Cameron.
30 Monongahela Presbytery of theU. 1. Church
meets. Chief Blgelow, of the Department or
Public Works, estimates his expenses at
p, 000, 000 more than In 1890. The Coroner re
ports 23 murders in Allegheny county during
the year.
THE REVIEW OF POLITICS.
DME PEATUEES OF THE HEVEE-EHD-ZHOt
ETEIEE TOE SUPEEMACY.
ill Elections Made Famous by a Iteroln
tion That Elects a Democratic Governor
In Pennsylvania and Gives a Big Opposi
tion Majority at 'Washington.
Jibe past year has been tbe most impor-
Un a political sense since toe last rresi-
""
dental contest, Tbe election! -were hotly
contested and resulted in tbe selection of
Democratic Governors and Leclslttures in
several Republican States, and an over
vrbelrning Democratic majority in the Na
tional House of Representatives.
JAKTJABY.
I Benjamin Folsom to be retained as Consul at
bhefleld, Eng. Koger Q. Mills, of Texas,
spoke at the annual dinner or the Massachu
setts Tsn-lfl? Kerorm League. Bitter teellng
between two leading Senatorial candidates In
Ohio.
Z-benatorial candidates In Ohio hurrying to
Columbus. Ex-Senator Cole declares himself
not In the Gubernatorial race.
4 Kx-Lieutetmnt Governor chauncey F. Black,
President of the Democratic societies, ap
points club committees.
5 senators Quay and Cameron recommend C C.
Harrison, of Philadelphia, as Minister to
Bussla.
6-Hon. J. H. Bookwalter withdraws his name
from the Ohio Senatorial contest. Ohio Legis
lature organizes.
8 Senators Voorhees and Edmonds have a lively
tilt over Colonel Dudley and bis "blocks of
five" letter. Brice leads In the Ohio Senatorial
fight.
9 congressman Bay to nominate the McKees
port postmaster.
10 Senator John E. Beybarn named as tbe suc
cessor or Judge Kelley. Congressman Edward
b. Oshorn endorsed lor Governor by Luzerne
county ltepubllcans.
14-Calvinfa. Brice elected United States Senator
bv the Ohio Legislature.
IS Senator Quay's slate goes through In Phila
delphia city convention.
IG-Hepublicau Senatorial caucus at Pes Moines,
Iowa, nominates Senator Allison, Chairman
lklsner. to succeed hlmseir.
17 Democrats In the Iowa Legislature offer to
compromise to break a dead lock.
IS witness Wood swears ex-Governor Foraker
knew the ballot-box contract was a forgery.
19 Wharton Barker, leader or an Eastern scheme
to bolt the Bepuslican ticket at the State elec
tion. 20-Henry A Phillips, Chief of the middle divis
ion of the Pension Office, asked to resign,
refuses to do so, prererrlug the executioner's
ax. Congressman Osborne out Tor Governor,
but will head no Independent bolt.
21 Speaker Beed refuses to name tellers In the
Itduse who might prove his count wrong.
Colonel W HUatn i. Thompson appointed post
master at McKeesport. Ex-Governor Paul
son won't say be Is not a candidate for Gov
ernor. 9
2-Grover Cleveland talks plainly or 1891 and his
own possible candidacy Plttsbure politi
cians call on President Harrison and secre
tary w lndom In the interest or George bhep
pard for Bank Examiner. Kliner re-elected
state Chairman.
13-DIsappoIuted aspirants for the McKeesport
postottice have ft In for Congressman Kay.
General GolTs side orthe Gubernatorial case
. presented to the Legislature of W est Virginia.
25-Wallace and Delamater have the Inside track
for the Gubernatorial nomination.
26 Postmaster General W'anamakcr ambitious to
fill senator Cameron's shoes.
27 Senator Deltmater secures the two Cambria
county delegates to tbe State Convention,
itandallltcs meet dereat at the Philadelphia
primaries.
28 Lx-Governor Pattlson willing to accept, if
nominated.
29 Deadlock In the Ohio Legislature broken.
Speaker Beed raises a row In Congress; the
wildest scenes In Congress for many years:
angry men shake their lists at him and call his
count In question. General Hastings hustles
lor Delaware county's delegates. Blanche K..
Bruce appointed Kecorder of Deeds for the
District ot Columbia.
30 Speaker Beed stands by his determination to
declare a quorum when he sees one. Senator
Far well gives the public his private opinion of
the President. Senator Vance claims the South
can settle tbe negro question without help.
Lieutenant Governor Lampson, of Ohio, ousted
trom office '
31 Third day of the great fight In the House of
BcDrescntatlves, between the breaker and the
minority was the stormiest ofalf ; Beed refuses
1 to entertain a motion to adjourn: Democrats
consider an attempt to impeach the Speaker.
FEBKDABY.
I Speaker Peed succeeds in discouraging the
minority: calm follows tbe three days' storm.
x-Presldcnt Cleveland comes out strongly
for tariff and ballot reroTn. Ex-sollcltor
General Jenks speaks ofCleveland as the party
leader.
2 Speaker Heed Issues an address of explanation
to the public
3 ltepubllcans in the House of Kepresentatl 'es
succeed In getting a quorum orthelr own and
seat Charles B smith, or West Virginia. Ex
Speaker Carlisle sets forth the position of the
minority.
1 -Filibustering again attempted In the Houss by
the minority. Judge Fleming declared Governor-elect
of W est Virginia.
6 Heed's Congressional rales? right. Is the de
claration of tbe Bepubl'can caucus: Lampson
decides not to carry the Ohio contest to the Su
preme Court.
6 senator Ldmunds quits the Committee on For
eigu Uelatlons. ew York Chamber of Com
merce objects to McKlnley's tariff bill.
7 lorakerreluses to longer &ubmit to abuse In
the ballot box case, lndepeudent Democrats
and Mugwumps oppose Senator Gorman's re
election. Iowa legislators strive to break the
deadlock by a compromise. Center and ad
joining counties solid lor Hastings.
S W arm reception given Adjutant General Hast
ings at Johnstown. Democrats give their rea
sons for objecting to the new rules.
10 The New York Hortd attacks Senator Quay.
Hastings mum about politics, but working
hard. Charles Emory Smith nominated as
Minister to Russia, iorter Wood told a wit
ness that the ballot box contract w as a scheme
to catch roraker. Debate upon Heed's new
rules commences.
II Senator Hoar Introduced a bill providing that
all congressional elections must be held In the
present districts.
12 o Ohio Congressman willing to father the
antl-gerrymanderlng bill. Ex-President
Cleveland gives his views on ballot, civil
service and tariff reforms. Democrats of Ohio
unanimous on the question ofredlstrlctlng the
State.
13 Ohio Democrats fight over the proposed ger
rymander 14 Southern colored Republicans denounce Har
rison's administration. Ohio Democrats ar
range a gerrymandering bill without regard
to Congress.
15 Virginia ltepubllcans kicking because or the
division or the spoils, 'ihe bearing in the
Montana contest involving two,scats In the
United states Senate commenced. Kussell
Harrison makes a speech at Atlanta.
19 General elections lor members or Parliament
cansc anxiety In Germany, Compromise
effected and the long deadlock In the Iowa
Legislature Is broken.
20 Duties upon sugar aud wool cause the Ways
and Means Committee considerable trouble.
The assassination or Saunders rurnlshes the
subject ror an exceedingly warm debate In
the senate.
21 Any number of Congressmen oppose tbe
World's ralr bill, desiring no rail- at alL
The usual Government roaiorltv in the Belch
stag vanishes and Bismarck defeated.
23 Leading Democrats cherish the hope that they
have a chance to carry Pcnnsv lvania.
21-The Windy City victorious In the Initial con
test or the World's Fair battle; on tbe eighth
ballot the Western hustlers succeed by a
scratch: Democrats make a fierce effort to se
cure the site for New York; Quay forces the
Southern Republican members into line.
25 A member oi the -New i ork delegation alleges
that Chicago bought votes enough to turn the
scaleln favor or Chicago.
26 DefiantDemocrats rush a gerrymander through
the Ohio Assembly.
27 Speaker Reed counts a quorum for the purpose
of unseating Pendleton, or West Virginia, and
the Democrats will carry tbe case to the su
preme Court.
3IABCH.
2 The delegates or the State Bepubllcan League
Clubs leave lor .Nashville.
3 The Crawrord Coqnty Senator gets an enthus
iastic send-off rrom his mends at Meadvllle.
4 A reference to Blaine at the National League
Convention at i.ashvllle received with pro
nounced applause. Senator W Ullam B. Alli
son re-elected In Iowa.
5 W. L. Scott declares himself for Pattlson. A
Bepubllcan Meter votes with the Democrats
upon the Arkansas contested election case.
W arm welcome extended by the South to the
Bepubllcan League clubs. Wanamaker be
lieves the poker-plavlug charges agalust Cap
tain Thompson and wants a new man named.
6 The Renubllean Leaguers take a flrtnv trln
through the cities ol tbe South. Delamater.
oeciarcs in tavor oi oauoi reionn.
7 Unless senator Quay names a new man Instead
of Captain Thompson for postmaster at Mc
Keesport Tostniaster General Wanamaker
will.
9 Senators anxious to get rid of Blair's educa
tional bill.
10 Senator Buchanan Introduces a novel measure
to split the Prc6idental vote In Ohio.
U Senator Bay has a small -row with Captain
-tftone about the McKeesport postoffice.
12 Florida Democrats demand protection on
oranges. Hastings and Delamater both pres
ent at areccntlon to Charles Emory Smith.
IS William L. Scott hustling to secure the nomi
nation for ex-Governor Pattlson. Wallace In
the field for Governor.
14 Cleveland the Issue In a fierce debate In the
House. Friends or the Chicago Fair bill
afraid or a trap In Congress.
IS The real contest between the Democratic lead
ers In Pennsylvania Is over the choice ot dele
gates to the next .National Democratic Con
vention. ,
16 Lieutenant Governor Black not hustling, but
would not decline the nomination for Gov
ernor. 17 Congressmen Daliell and Bayne say the emi
gration officials ought to be Investigated.
Stone's friends prevent the election of Dele
mater delegates. Governor Campbell, of Ohio,
calls on the Itandall Club and Is their guest for
five hours.
IS Democratic leaders gather at Philadelphia to
periect the plans ror coming State canvass.
Republicans of Center county resolve for Hast
ings. 20 Commissioner Baum In hot water, having a
fight on with Assistant Secretary Bussy: a
number of employes fired, but promptly rein
stated. Leaders alarmed because of lack or
progress or Important legislation In Congress.
Evarts opposes Harrison.
22 Two Bepubllcan members of the Elections
Committee declare against the McComa
measure. Must be a new man
as none of the applicants named can be ap-
?olntcd Postmaster of McKeesport.
be World's Fair bill passes the Hodse.
Sherman's anti-trust bill amended in the Sen
ate. 26-Violators of the civil service arrested In
Washington for solicitation of 'campaign
funds. Opposition to lngalls' amendment to
the anti-trust bill leads him to score the
Southern senators.
27 Adjutant General Hastings receives a warm
welcome In Philadelphia. Senator Quay re
turns to Washington after a two months' so
;.urn In Florida.
18-MaJor General D.E.HcMesappolntedBuerlff of
Ivew York In place of James flack. Quayhas
many callers, but refuses a public reception.
Andrews, Hastings and Delamater and others
watching the Philadelphia delegation,
29 George Khlras HI, makes a formal announce
ment of his candidacy against Colonel Tom
Bayne. Quay wining that there should be an
otier primary In Cambria county, Delama
ter') friends assert he has sufficient delegates
to win. ......
SI The Bepubllcan members of the
Ways and Means tommjttce present
a revised tariff bill which mat many changes
lnexlsttng legislation; Republican Congress
men delighted, while their Democratic breth
ren take an entirely different view or the bill.
Quay claims to have no preference among the
gubernatorial candidates.
APB1X.
1-Senator Qnavbada conference with General
HastlngaTand dined with Mayor Filler. Will
lam A. Wallace announces positively that he
Is a candidate for Governer. George W. Peck,
or PeckU Sun, elected Mayor ot lllwaukee.
First election In Missouri under the Australian
system. A woman's ticket made election ex
citing in Kansas. ...,,
2 The bill providing for the admission of Idaho
passes the House: Democrats rerused to vote,
and Speaker Beed counted a quorum.
SWallsce prepared to fight. Republicans In
Iowa meet tn conftrence and declare prohini
tlon not a success. Democrats of Iowa Intro
duce a measure In the Legislature permitting
the sale of Honor. ,
6-Mrs. W.W. Dudley declines to recognize Mrs-
,, Benjamin Harrison. The Mayor and post
master at Irondalc, Ala., boycotted because
Republicans. , .. ...
7 Prominent Republicans avow openly they will
oppose Delamater on tbe ground that he rep
resents bosslsm. J. S. Clarfcson, First Assist
ant Postmaster General, decldes-to retire Jfcne
1. Buckeye municipal elections result la many
surprises. .. .
8 Representative Bavne presents a petition in
ravorof civil service reform. The Mon'ana
election cases In the Senate. Greene county
delegates Instructed for Wallace.
9-Senator Turple grows warm In discussing tne
Montana election contest, and uses some vig
orous language. The Democratic State com
mittee meets. , . .
U Congressman Dalzell says Lee's open letter to
President Harrison contains the truth; he also
says that unless Quay is unloaded by the Re
publican party that they will be unloaded.
Quay Insists that he Is not interfering In the
State contest.
11-Treasurer Houston. President Harrlsonls close
personal friend, announces that Harrison Is in
the field for re-election.
1J-Lawrence county goes against Delamater.
The Bepubllcan lead In tbe House Increased
from 3 to 23. .
15-Quay thanked and Delamater Indorsed at
Shenandoah. Sixteen Republican Congress
men enter a protest against the McKlnley
tariff bill. Captain Thompson still hopes to
convert the Postmaster General.
U-Kepubllcan state Committee summons to the
State Committee meeting. Montooth popular
In Lycoming. Dalzell for Paxsou for Gover
nor. B, D. Layton Instructed to report In
New York for duty.
18 Congressman Culbertson's fences endangered
by a fierce fight for the spoils. Abusive
eplthetsr-hurled at each other by Editor Dana
and ex-President Cleveland.
19 Delamater in the Gubernatorial fight to the
finish and confident or victory,1 Hastings
club organized at Harrisbnrg.
21 Republican Congressmen hold a vigorous cau
cus on the sliver question. The Chicago
World's Fair hill passes the Senate.
22 Quay makes another recommendation in Dal
zelt's territory. Businessmen or Philadelphia
hold a meeting to boost Hastings.
23 benatorsChandler surprises his colleagues by
Introducing a resolptlon which practically
adopts Beed's rules. The Republican State
Committee decide the convention shall be held
at Harrisbnrg. Senator Quay warmly com
mended. 24 A New York paper asserts Quay will resign
the chairmanship or the National Republican
Committee Mav 7. Democrats In the Senate to
resist anv Federal election bill. Captain
Thompson's nomination for postmaster at Mc
Keesport withdrawn,
25 Quay will say nothing about the report or his
resignation. A hilt lor "booae' lor the Civil
Service Commission canses a kick lu Congress.
Quar, Beed, Clarkson aud others on the toad
to Pittsburg.
23-Flrst Assistant Postmaster General James
S. Clarkson says a thorough Renubllean
party organ Is needed: he thinks or start
fug one. Ihe Mississippi floods start a flood or
oratory in the House. The new club house or
the Union Republican Club of Allegheny
County opened.
29 Republican Congressmen held acaucusand de
cided to rush partisan legislation, aud force
the kickers Into line. Blackburn made a vig
orous defense or the established rnles and pre
cedents In the Senate.
30 After a hot fight the Honse passed the Morrill
Mil giving an increase or S40,CM).(l0d In pen
sions In a letter to Major McKlnley Chair
man Beaumont, or tbe Legislative Committee,
K. ofL., condemns the issuing of silver cer
tificates. MAT,
State Democratic Convention called for July 2.
J. W. Bailie and W . C Cronneraeyer, or Mc
Keesport, willing to go to Congress. Thomas
W. Palmer declines to run for Governor ol
Mtehlgan.
2 Alderman James McAbee and City Central
Committeeman M. J. Corcoran arrested In
Chicago for election frauds. Ex-President
Cleveland In Washington to consult with
party lrlends.
5 Reed admits that an early adjournment or
Congress Is Impossible. Illinois Senators mad
because the President Ignored them In the ap
pointment or General Daniel Dustln Assistant
'treasurer or the United States at Chicago.
Governor Hill approves the N ew York electoral
reform bill. Various rarmers' organizations
or Illinois rorm a political union.
4 Primary elections In Armstrong connty result
In victory lor Quay men. Brosins renominated
for Congress In Lancaster. Clinton county
Instructs for General D. H. Hastings.
Mr. McConiaa' gerrymandering- bill reported
to Congress despite protests of Democrats.
6 Carlisle, Breckinridge and McCreeryInthe
race to succeed senator Beck. Efforts made
to bring out a candidate ror Congress against
F B. Tavlor, or Youngstown.
6 Ex-Speaker Boyer sworn tn as State Treasurer.
Pressure brought on Carlisle to Induce him to
remain In the House. Broslus way ahead In
the Congressional fight in Lancaster. Clarion
gives Delamater the highest figures.
7 senator Quay says Pattlson Is the strongest
Democratic candidate,
8 McKlnlev opens the debate on the tariff hl'I.
William McAleerdereated at the Democratic
primaries lq the '1 hlrd Congressional district,
Philadelphia. Tbe Democratic Convention of
the t Iftb Ohio Congressional district denounce
rcaeral control of elections. Republicans
show their anxiety to control the next House,
and express the belief that the McKlnley bill
- will help them.
9 Ex-Speaker Carlisle announces his candidacy
for the United State' benate.
10 Senator McAleer, with a deputy sheriff and a
writ of mandamus, stops the Democratic Con
gressional Convention at Philadelphia, and
tne case to go to court. Eight candidates In the
field lor senator Beck's place. Ihe retirement
of Senator Ouay from the National Chairman
ship agitating politicians in Washington.
11 Stone believed to have deleated Delamater at
the primaries in McKean county, but be easily
carries Eric. Judge Mayer, at Philadelphia,
refuses to grant the mandamus asked for by
the friends or McAleer. ElmlraPatrtotfcbons
or America withdraw from the order, alleging
that It is a Knownothlng bodv. The Commit
tee on Constitution or the State Patrlotio
League agree upon a constitution, which de
clares for tbe use of practical politics In tbe
defeat or men and measures hostile to Ameri
can Inst tutlons.
U Indications at Washington point to the con
clusion that President Harrison Is Hard at
work lor a second term. Quay opposes the
candidacy ol Congressman Culbertson ror re
election from the Erie' district. McAleer
withdraws In the Third Congressional district
lu ravorofBlchard Vaux.
13 Senators and Bepresentatlvcs do not expect to
reapportion the Congressional districts this
session. Richard Vaux nominated in- tbe
Third Congressional district. Delamater dele
gates carrv Erie and Venango counties.
14 stone captures the delegates from McKean
county. Hart and Todd decline to run ror
("ougressinthi- Washington district, leaving
the field to Acheson. Butterworth attacks the
tin plate features orthe McKlnley hill.
15 EX-Coiigressman Galllnger, or New Hamp
shire, who seconded Harrison's nomination,
denounces the Ingratitude or the President.
bena,tor Wallace -ays that be Is neither Tor nor
against Cleveland Negroejat Birmingham.
Ala . take possession of a Republican meeting
and elect delegates to the State Convention
while the whites elect another set. Prohibi
tionists of Butler county demand a national
prohibition law. .
17 John G. Carlisle elected to succeed IT. S. Sen
ator Beck. Ihe Democratic Committee or
Blair connty splits on the nomination or dele
gates to the state Convention. Quay sa)s that
Delamater ami Pattlson will be the nominees
for Governor, "ft allaee declares for a secret
ballot. Hiram DeWalr, prohibitionist, nomi
nated for Congress In the Xhird district,
18 Primary elections In York comity result in a
Hastings victory.
19 Southern Democrats In Congress arranging a
course of action to dereat the t ederal election
law. Tbe original package Issue takes pro
hibition into polities In Iowa.
20 Ex-Congressman W L. Scott savs Mr. Pattl
son must be the Democratic nominee.
21 Wallace rites a letter telling why farmers
should not oppose hlui ror Governor. Richard
Vaux chosen to succeed Samuel J. Randall la
Congress. Leonard Rhone. Master of the
State Grange of Pennsylvania, Issues an ad
dress against Delamater.
2! Foraker will accept thi temporary chairman
ship or the Ohio State Convention.
24-At the banquet given by the Norfolk Club, of
Boston. First Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson said that the Republicans should go
Into the south with a strong hand.
25 Delamater carries Indiana connty. while Stone
carries liedrora and itutier: Elk elected unln
structed delegates, Montooth gets the vote of
Grceu, and In the Democratic primaries Pat
tlson carries Mercer.
26 Returns from 54 county primaries show a
Delamater strength or 42 delegates
27Hastlngs secures the Cumberland county dele
gates irud stone beats Delamater two to one In
Butler.
28 Autl-Delamater delegates elected In Frank
lin. Montooth and Pattlson the favorites In
W estmoreland. Wallace fights ror the Phlla.
delphla delegation.
30 Richard Quavnomlnated'Iorthe Legislature
at Beaver. Delaware county Instructs for
Pattlson.
SI Philadelphia delegates to the Democratic State
Convention wantthe meeting postponed for a
week. A split In the Bepubllcan ranks In
New York between tbe Piatt and antl-Platt
people.
JUJTE.
1-Perry and Lebanon counties go for Hastings.
Thomas G, Jones nominated for Governor of
Alabama by the Democrats.
2 Democratic delegates tn Fayette to be In
structed for Pattlson.
X Federal election laws considered by tbe Be
publlcan Representative caucus. Quay holds
a conference with Republican leaders at Philadelphia-
Perry county Republicans Indorse
Hastings. Repqb'lcan Congressmen criticise
the President for snubbing them.
4 Philadelphia delegates, while nominally for
Hastings, will obey Quay's behests. Oregon
Democrats secure the Governor, while tbe Re
publicans elect the Congressmen and Legisla
ture, in the contested election case or Miller
vrrsns Elliot, from the Seventh South Caro
lina district. Ihe Elections Committee de
nounce Hie state regulation ana registration
laws as unconstitutional.
5 Democrats, of Illinois and Maine nominate
their Btatf tickets. Congressman Springer
nominates; for the ninth time. Republicans of
Alabama nominate Noble Hmltbson for Gov
ernor, stone and Eutan both say they will
stand.
S-Mayor Fitler. or Philadelphia, thinks Dela
mater Is tbe weakest candidate. Culbertson
beaten for Congress In Crawford and Erie.
7-Ex-FoitmasteriIarrtty says Pattlson wUl get
50 Philadelphia delegates; that he will be nom
inated and elected. Both the South Carolina
Senators oppose the farmers' movement.
Stone wants togo to Congress, but Is willing
to take his chances at new primaries.
g Hastings gets the Chester county delegates,
while those from Westmoreland are for Mon
tooth, or anyone to heat Delamater. Pattl-
mnn Attfata V-11.ha a ,na n nnlnr.
(With only about two dnzei. delegates to be
chosen Hasting leads. Enemies of ex-Governor
Foraker In his own party determine to
.v.. ......a ,, ,unj, , qiftMnj wiuti
sauelch him
10 Hastings, Delamater and Andrews meet in
Philadelphia, but do'not talk politics. Frank
Beltzhoover named to succeed Levi Malsh as
Congressman. George Sblras 111. expresses
his Intention of running for Congress.
11 General Bailey, Quay's candidate ror Sergeant
at Arms of tbe Senate, defeated in caucus, and
ex-Congressman Valentine, ol Nebraska,
chosen. Speaker. Beed outlines a compro
mise Federal election plan. Wanamaker de
nies that he is interesting himself against the
caudldacy of Delamater.
IS Maine Republicans renominated Governor
Burleigh. Chester county Democrats Instruct
for Pattlson, while the Republican conferees
of the Tenth district nominate Mathew Grls
wold for Congress.
14 Ex-Bepresenutlye George McGowan, one of
the leading Pnlladelphla Democrats, turns
from Pattlson, to Wallace.
15 A feeling developing In Philadelphia that
Montooth should accept second place under
Delamater.
lS-Montooth carries Fayettei but is defeated in
Somerset. Westmoreland to instruct for Pat
tlson. Nashville, Team, Republicans refuse
to Indorse Harrison.
17 The Bepubllcan Caucus Committee completes
tbe Federals elections bill. General Hastings
says he will use his Influence for Delamater If
there Is no chance for himself.
IS Congressman Scranton renominated: Craw
ford Democrats nominate W. L. Scott for
Congress. Complaint in Alabama that poli
tics are entering Into the ensus.
19 Senator Quay reported to be preparing the
Republican State platform. Wallace insists
that Quay is anxious, for Paulson's nomina
tion. Kisner will resign owing to a pressure
of other business.
to Mayor Fitter wants Delamater dropped and
Hastings substituted. Vermont Republicans
nominate Carroll S. Paige for Governor. Fed
eral elections bill laid before the House.
22 Pattlson adherents In Lycoming county charge
fraud against Wallace's followers. Evident
determination of the Mississippi whites at the
Constitutional Convention to eliminate the
negro as a citizen.
23 Delamater. Stone and Hastings say they are
sure or victory. Charles H. J. Tavlor, a
colored Democrat or Alabama, is making po
litical speeches In that State. Congressman
Culbertson claims that since bis defeat no at
tention Is paid to bis request tor postoffice ap
pointments. Colonel B. B. Blcketts an
nounces that be Is not a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination.
25 George W. Delamater nominated for Govern
or. Republicans of Illinois nominate a State
ticket and Indorse the Federal election law.
27 Lodge opens tbe debate In the House on the
Federal election bill.
28 Wharton Barker, or Philadelphia, predicts
tbatca,OO0RepublIcas will bolt Delamater's
nomination, stenger to present Pattlson's
name to the convention. Northern Demo
cratic members of the House enter a formal
protest agalust the election bill and appeal to
their constltnents.
29-BenresentatIve Ewart, Bepubllcan of North
Carolina, declares lu the House that Southern
elections are fairly conducted Friends or
' Pattlson and Wallace claim their nomination
aud figuring on the balance orthe ticket.
SO Headquarters of tbe leading Democratic can
didates for Governor opened at Scrantoc.
JOLT.
i
1 Pattlson's friends claim bis nomination on the
first ballot. Republicans In tbe House claim a
r majority or ten for the election bill.
2-Pattlson nominated ror Governor. Colonel
Andrew Stewart nominated for Congress by
the Republicans of the Twenty-fourth district.
3 Ihe Federal elections bill passes the House by
a malorlty of six. Maine Democrats adopt a
resolution favoring a new ballot on the pro
hibition question.
4 senators undecided as to the Federal elections
bill. Wallace says he will work on behall of
the ticket named at Scranton, while Wharton
Barker says he will vote lor Pattlson while
remaining a Republican, Major McDowell, of
Mercer, nominated for Congress.
5 Governor Beaver In an interview expresses
no doubt as to Delamater's election. South
Carolina Republicans consider the Idea of
nominating a state ticket. Ihe Union labor
party of Ohio nominate a fiftl State tleket.
'lainmany Hall braves hold a great meeting
and denounce the election, bill,
6It Is thought that rival PresIdenUI aspira
tions win kill the election bill in the Senate.
Quay says that November Is a good ways off,
and Delamater will win.
7 Pattlson decides to take tbe stump in person
accompanied by leading Democratic orators.
Southern men, merchants and politicians to
take action In revenge for the passage ot the
election bill.
IS Report has It that Wallace wanted Judge Silas
M. Clark, or Indiana, nominated for Governor
and W. IT. Hensel for Lieutenant Governor.
Delamater In close consultation with the lead
Jets at Philadelphia, Alabama Grecnbackers
put a State ticket In the field.
9 Andrews denies that Quay wants an independ
ent tleket.
10 Charges of corruption made In connection
with tbe Congressional nomination In the
Mercer district. President Stuart, or the Re
publican League, calls a meeting or the Ex
ecutive Committee to fix a time ror holding
the State Convention. Charles S.Wolfe comes
out against Delamater.
11 At a Senate Democratic caucus word was re
ceived from Calvin S. Brice to talk the election
bill lo death at all hazards. Wallace charges
that Scott would have rormed an independent
tleket had he been nominated. McDowell, the
nominee for Congress In tbe Mercer district,
denies that money was paid to any delegates.
Democrats continue filibustering In the House
over Keeu's quorum counting
Is Henry C. Leo, of Philadelphia, denounces
huth Qnayaud his candidate. William F.
Harrlty resigns the chairmanship or tbe Demo
cratic state Committee. Warwick nominated
ror Congress by the Democrats or the McKln
ley district. Chairman Marshall, of the
Beaver Connty Bepubllcan Committee, calls a
meeting to consider tbe charges of corruption
In tbe congressional Convention. Democrats
In the Senate begin talking against time.
13 John R. Tate makes affidavit that ho was paid
money to vote ror McDowell lor Congress,
'ihe Republican Senate Caucus Committee to
recommend a change In tbe rules lu order to
pass the elections bill,
14 McDowell makes a lonsr statement declaring
that bribe mpney did not come from him.
lo Two politicians or Delaware county arrested
charged with the unlawful use or money for
election purposes. '
16 Democrats at Washington charge that the cen
sus returns have been doctured with Intention
of passing an apportionment bill at this ses
sion of Congress.
17 David McKlnney makes information at New
Castle against Tate. Shaffer and Downing, tbe
delegates who confessed that they were bribed
to vote for McDowell, while a warrant was
sworn out against Attorney Wallace, who Is
alleged to have handled the money. Congress
r man Kerr, of Clearfield, chosen Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee.
19 An appeal made to Delamater to qse his In
fluence to end the trouble tn Qpav's Congress
ional district, which. It Is reared, will injure
the State ticket. Jotiu P. Buchanan, Presi
dent ot the State Farmers' Alliance, nomi
nated for -Governor by the Tennessee Demo
cratf. Politicians In various sections ot the
couutry alarmed at tbe Granger movement.
20 1 lie Republican County Committee of Beaver
renudlatcs tho nomination of McDowell.
21 General J. Hale Sypher. formerly llepnbllcan
Congressman rrom Louisiana, says the pro
posed election law will be a farce.
22 It Is given out that the bolt In Beaver Is a plan
to assure Dick Quay's election to the Legisla
ture. 24-ButIcr County Republican Committee repudi
ates the nomination or McDowell despite his
personal appeal. Chairman Kerr 'nearly
ready to ooeu State headquarters at Philadel
phia. Southern Farmers' Alliance men to
join In the boycott of the North it the elections
bill Is passed. '
25 Blaine's lrlends announce that he will soon
asalu be In the front of the Republican ranks.
It Is claimed that many or thu radical features
or the roree bill will be eliminated by theien
atc. Minnesota Republican Convention op
poses the McKlnley bill, favors the reciprocity
plan and renominates Governor ilerrlam.
John B. Robinson nominated tor Congress by
the Republicans or Delaware county.
28 The name of Mayor bluer, of Philadelphia
belnc mentioned for United States senator.
27 Superintendent Porter denies that Congress
is being prolonged to allow the Republicans to
pass a new apportionment bill, '
SO ihe Mercer county Bepnblican Committee
stand by McDowo 1, Alexander E. Craig
nominated for Connress by tbe Democrats of
the Twenty-fourth district. T. V. Powde ly
takes ground against tbe election bill,
31 'the Prohibitionists, patrons of Industry and
union labor men form a party In Michigan to
- the alarm of other politicians,
AUGUST.
The Lawrenee County Republican Committee
decide to stand by McDowell. An indignation
meeting at Columbus against the election bill.
(Green county Prohibitionists nominate a lull
ticket. Democrats mkea clemiswcen in Ala
bama, Rogers, St Arkansas, severely de
nounces Speaker Beed.
a Resolution adopted by the House asking the
Secretary or the Navy ror tbe reasons for the
increase or force at Kittery Navy Yard.
7 Randolph Blankenburg, of Philadelphia,
writes letters to Quay and Delamater telling
why he will vote for Pattlson. The Iowa Dem
ocrats name Cleveland fur 1802.
V Prohibitionists of Danphin score Harrison and
.Morton on the liquor question.
10 Senator Cameron declares against tlie'electlon
bill, 'ihe rival State Chairmen hard at work
preparing for the campaign, Henry George
expected to stamp the State for Demoerats.
12 First State Conventions of Republicans and
.Democrats held "In Wyoming. Cumberland
county nominates a cold water ticket. Kansas
colored men hold a convention and choose a
candidate for Auditor.
13 Quay willing to sacrifice the election bill in
order to save the tariff measure. Ohio farmers
In convention determine to have a voice In
shaping legislation, Delaware Democrats
nominate astateitlcket and attack tbe force
bll . The Citizen's Alliance supplementary to
the Farmer's Alliance formed In Kansas.
Prohibitionists of Beaver, aod Democrats of
Chester nominate county tickets.
J The Democratic State leaders have a harmon
ious meeting. at Philadelphia to arrange de
tails of the campaign, which is to be formally
opened at Beading, California Republicans
nominate Col, H. H. Markbamfor Goveruor.
IS Lively times in tbe Republican Senatorial
caucus over, tbe force bill. Beed anv Bou
tellesald to be. arrayed against Blajne-and
Hale. Delamater asserts that the clgarges
made by ex-Sen tor -Emery-are nntrne. The
People's party of Iowa holds a convention and
denounces the tariff and force bills and cen
sures Iowa Congressmen. The committee to
Investigate the McDowell Congressional brlb-
. ?;rhrges meets at Beaver.
It Democrats of Nebraska 104 convention con
demn tbe course ol Republicans In Congress.
Ex-Senator Emery sas he will suhtantlate
his charges against Delamater.
17-CbarlesS. Wolfe wU support Pstt son.
Ur-Hoar and Edmunds appeal to tb President to
help them with the force bill. Senator Piatt
trying; to arrange a aeal with Tammany. No
Prohibition slate bss been fixed. . .
20 Ex-Senator Emery declines a nomipation to
Congress, tells why he will f?te for Pattlson
and predicts Delamater's defeat. W. L. Scott
declines a nomination, but names the candi
date. The Democrats or Beaver nominate W.
B. Uunlap for Congress. The State Pemo
crattc Society of Pennsylvania Issues an ap
peal to voters urging the need of reform in
politics.
21 Major Losch, oi Schuylkjll county, charges
that botli the Pennsylvania Senators have
acted In bad faith toward himself. Republican
ktate Convention of Wisconsin, after renomi
nating Governor Hoard favor compulsory edu
cation. Phlladelpbli Independent ltepub
llcans organize lor Pattlson, Tbe Stato Pro
hibition Convention meets at Harrisbnrg and
Charles S. Wolfe declines tbe nomination for
Governor.
22 C. L. Magee, In a New York Interview, says
the Federal election bill should and will pass.
Primaries ordered tor a new convention In the
Twenty-firth district. W. D. Wallace, or N w
Castle, arrested in connection with the bribery
charges. D. F. Delvllle nominated for Gover
nor by California Democrats. The Bepubllcan
Senatorial caucus decides that the election hill
shall go over until the next session, Charles
Miller nominated for Governor by the State
Prohibitionists.
23 Robert E. Pattlson formally accepts tbe Demo
cratic nomination. Democratic Senators
agree that voting on the tariff bill shall not be
delayed unnecessarily.
25 A spirit of revolt growing among the Inde-
Sendents against the candidacy of Delamater.
onth Carolina Democrats may split over the
nomination of Tillman. New York's State
Traoe Assembly putting legislators on rec
ord. 2d Quay favors Emery for tbe succession to Wat
son's vacant seat, Newton Black retires from
the contest in the Twenty-fifth Congressional
district.
27 Major McKlnley renominated for Congress.
tS-Conrerence of independent Republicans at Al
toona for the purpose of organizing an antl
Delamater movement Wisconsin Democrats
nominate George W, Peck for Governor, Ala
bama Republicans reruse to Indorse Harrison.
Ohio Democrats nominate a ticket and adopt
a platform.
29 independent Republicans to stand by all the
nominees except Delamater. Michigan Ite-
publicans nominate James M. Turner for Gov
ernor, Indiana Democratic Convention de
nounces Harrison and the force bill.
39 Blaine delivers a campaign speech In Maine
devoted mainly to reciprocity. Grosvenor de
feated for nomination for Congress in the
TwelftbObfp district,
SEPTEMBER.
1 Delamater scheduled for speeches every day
weeks ahead, while revolts are reported from
every section of tbe State.
2 Arkansas gives double her usual Democratic
majority. Butler Republicans .call for a new
Congressional deal and declare for T. W.
Phillips.
S Chairman Mapes has taken charge of the In
dependent Bepubllcan campaign. Speaker
Heed goes to Maine to look after hts fences.
4 Representative Jieunedv, Bepubllcan of Ohio,
makes a bitter attack upon Senator Quay and
his methods, much to tbe astonishment or the
House. Speaker Beed In a speech at Boston
defends his policy as the presiding officer of
the House.
5 Ihe Lawrence County grand lury declares
that there Is no cause for action lq the famous
Congressional boodle eases. S, G, Glover
nominated for Governor by the Republicans
of Kansas, who also want State control of rail
roads. Reed speaks to his constituents at
Portland. r
6 The seat of Clifton R. Breckinridge, in the
House of Representatives, declared vacant,
but be will again appeal to the people or his
district. Judge McMlchael, at New Castle, to
investigate tbe Copgress onal boodle scandal
in open court. Mayor Fitler has agreed to do
everything in bis power to help Delamater.
7 The Lincoln Committee, an Independent or
ganization or Philadelphia. Issues an address
Fn support or Pattlson. Republicans or the
Twenty-third Congressional district select
Colon el.W. A. Stone to succeed Colonel Bayne,
bis majority over George Shlrss III. being
over 4. ooo.
8 Chairman Mapes, of the Independent Bepnb
lican Committee busy organizing,
9 Speaker Beed carries bis district by nearlv
e,uu majority, aoume mat oi two vears oeiore.
Sift
Magee has a lengthy Interview with Wharton
Barker, a leading Philadelphia Independent.
10 Minnesota Democrats nominate a state ticket
and praise Cleveland's .position upon the
tariff. Edwin H, HalloweU nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of Montgomery
county.
11 Republican members or Congress ravor In
creasing the. basis of representation. Beed
and Boutelle declare war asalnst Blaine and
tbe Maine Senators. Indiana Republican Con
vention indorses Harrison's administration,
and the Michigan Democrats nominate F. B.
Wlnans for Governor, V- '
12 Wyoming holds her first State election, the
Republicans carrying the State officers and
Legislature. The Democratic convention of
South Carolina nominated B. K. Tillman for
Governor.
13 Democrats In the House threaten to obstruct
the tariff bill if anymore partisan legislation
is attempted,
14-Ex-Governor Willlsro E, Cameron, of Vir
ginia, leaves the Republican ranks because of
the election and tariff bills.
IS As a result of the Investigation or the Con-
ressloual bribery the cases or delegates late,
'owning and Shaffer, and Attorney Wallace
are to again go before the Lawrence county
grand Jury,
17 Pattlson opens his campaign at Readlng.where
the Democratic societies held their annual
meeting, Ihe Lawrence and Mercer Connty
Committee appointed tb Inquire Into the brib
ery charges declare their beller that Major
McDowell was honestly nominated. Delamater
attends the annual convention of btate fire
men at Chester,
19 Speaker Reed orders the doors closed In order
to aeep a quorum lu vchu ou iue Xjaugsiuu
Venable contested election case, but Demo
crats force their way out. Charles Miller, the
Prohibition omlnee for Governor, declined
to run. 'thirteen thousand people greet Pattl
son at Ashland,
20 The South Carolina Kepubllcansadopt a plat
form, but decline to nominate a candidste for
Governor, '
22 Democrats already talking about the Speak
ership of tbe next House,
21 Openly admitted In stainethatbothBlalneand
Beed are candidates for the Presidency. Dem
ocrats continue to break a quorum in tbe
House to pievent tbe seating or Langston.
24 Republican State League meets In annual con
vention at Philadelphia. Chairman Andrews
announces that the Republicans will forestall
Emery's charges and publishes what he claims
are copies of tbe documents. Secretary Stone
nominated to succeed Watson. Hie House
gets a Bepubllcan quorum and Lansrston, of
Virginia, and Miller, or south Carolina, are
seated. Thomas W. Phillips nominated for
Congress in the Twenty-fifth district, the
nomination of McDowell nelpg declared void.
25 Independent Republican Slate" Committee
Issues an appeal to the pedple to repndlate the
purely machine politician and corporation
candidate. John D. Gill, or Westmoreland
county, takes Miller's place as the Prohibition
candidate for Governor. Thomas Elliott, of
South Carolina, unseated by the House, Is re
26 Democratic Stato Chairman Kerr knocked out
lor Congress, Krebs, of Clarion, being nomi
nated In his place. AN Illlam McAleer nomi
nated to succeed Vanx In the Ihlrd district.
Kx-Governor Foster nominated in the Eighth
Ohio district.
27 Ex-senator Emery, at Bradford, produces tbe
B roots of his charges agalus,t Delamater,
elamater 6ays Emery's charges contain noth
ing not already known, and that tbe accusa
tions ale raise. Vaux nominated as an Inde
pendent Democrat In the 'third Congressional
district,
SO Pattlson and Black at Emery's home arpuse
much euthusiasm.
OCTOBEB.
l-Pattlson. In his tour In the western part of the
state, greeted by many thousands, ol people.
Congressman Brunner renominated by the
Democrats at Heading. Delamater starts rrom
Philadelphia on a two weeks' campaigning
tour.
2 Edmunds and Hoar want the force bill passed
In December. Lincoln Independent Repub
licans Issue an address to the soldiers or tbe
State.
3 The Ohio campaign opened at Canton with a
speech by Governor Campbell
4 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Com
mittee running a caumalgn ofeducatiou. Del
amater speaks at Meadvllle. Republican con
lerees In the Beaver-Washington Senatotlal
district tail to nominate, and the rival candi
dates. Colonel Hawkins and Samuel P, White
will run independently in their respective
counties,
5 Governor Campbell local! an extra session of
the Ohio Legislature to wipe out tbe Cincin
nati Board ot Public improvements,
6 Many Democrats believe that ex8ecretary
Whitney, of New York, will be a rorroldable
candidate for the Presidency, while Repub
licans think Depew would be a good man to
meet him In battle.
7 The Lincoln lndependentUepubllchnsglve out
a letter, calling upon President Harrison to
withdraw all Pennsylvania patronage from
Senator Quay. ....
8 Chairman Kerr proposes to Republican Chair
man Andrews to have both party tickets
rirlnted alike. Delamater calls Emery a nfa
icious liar. Muster Workman Kae 'predicts
25, 000 malorHv for Pattlson..
10 C. s. W olfe takes the stump for Pattlson at
Philadelphia. Quay, Cameron, Cooper and
Andrews In comerence.
ii Homelcw xork Democrats osposed to Cicve-
i- land looking out for a new Issue, since the.
settlement or me sarju,
U-rWallacc addresses a great Pattlson meeting at
Philadelphia. Rev. David 0. Kelly, candidate
of the Prohibition party qlTennessee lor Gov
ernor, gets into trouble with his eonterence
over Ills nomination. The Farmers' Alliance
sweeping everything In Minnesota. Harrison
and Blaiue to help pot Major McKlnley In his
13 Ex-Senator Emery admits that tile Identity of
X, Y and Z has been correctly determined.
Kansas temperance people want the Governor
airnlnst tnrniugovcr Leavenworth offices to rc
subinlssloiilsts.'lJeiisus figures g)vee.unsoatlou
to the Republicans,
14 Hamilton county politicians mad over the
Governor's action in calling a special session
orthe Legislature. Captain John P, Morris,
c-rMiadvlllc .attests the truth or certain state
ment made by Linery agalust Delarhater,
15 Governor Campbell sends to the Ohio Legisla
ture his message telliuvwhy he called the ex
tra session. Quay assumes personal control
oftbeDelamatercampalgn. .....
16 the Beaver delegates who confessed to bribery
In the McDowell case snytliat there was no
boodle In It. Camerou devoting particular at
tention to the Legislative light
ly Andrews .declares that the ehirgcs agalust
Delamater are unworthy or notice. Pattlson
challenges Delamater to meet him In Joint de
hale Reed, Alger and McKlnley speak In the
lS-lJeianiterdWl'nesa joint debste'wlth Fattt-
son, ,
19 Eensel brings out fresh facts to back tiphis
statements of .mismanagement of State
finances. Ex-Governor Foraker makes his
only Pennsylvania speech during tbe earn-
palgn at Erie.
-Chairman Ala
20-ChaIrro.il Mapes thinks Pattlson's majority
will be so big that money cannot wipe It out.
21 Great anxiety at Washington concerning the
complexion of the next House. Minister Lin
coln does not approve of tbe use of bis father's
name by the Independents. The Lower House
or the Ohio Legislature refuses to receive a
message from Governor Campbell, Captain
.Jacob Creps nominated for Congress in the
Twenty-nrst district by the Democrats,
22 The Ohio Senate passes a bill to wipe out the
Cincinnati gang,
25 Governor Campbell secures the enactment of
a law which secures to (nclnnati home rule.
Minister .Lincoln saysbls letter was based on
facts furnished by Chairman Andrews, Many
Congressional districts throughout Pennsyl
vania In doubt.
26 Blaine speaks for McKlnley at Canton.
27 Fierce sf rugglo In W est Virginia for tho polit
ical control of the State.
28-Pattlson has several Philadelphia editors ar
rested for criminal libel and they are held for
court. Emery makes answer to charges
against him made during the oil excitement.
29 Lincoln Independent Republicans come out
with a final appeal to voters. Thorns . H.
Greevy nominated by tbe Democrats In the
'.twentieth Congressional district, Laborand
Alliance men meet at Beaver and nominate an
Assembly aud county ticket.
So Warrants out for tbe arrest of Beading Ball
road bosses who waqt to- compel employes to
yote against Pattlson. poprdery comes ont
squarely for Pattlson.
Sl-'ljie charges made In the Philadelphia inquirer
against Pattlson retracted,
NOVEMBER.
1 Chairman Mapes estimates a majority ol 30,000
for Pattlson. 'the Bepnblican Congressional
Committee In an address claims congress.
Original packages the great political Issue
throughout Kansas.
2-Blaine at Philadelphia couples tbe Guberna
torlonal fight with the Presidents! battle of
18X1. Pattison holds a great wind up meeting
In Philadelphia. Mnch uncertainly as to the
result In the OblolCongresslonal Districts.
S Andrews claims the State by 35,000. -while
some of Pattlson's adherents place their fa
vorite's fiyuies as high as 45,000. A prominent
Bepubllcan of I'lilladelphia'arrcsted for bri
bery. Powell Claytou doing his pest to pre
vent the election or Breckinridge.
4 Pattlson elected Governor of Pennsylvania,
and the Democrats capture Congress by an
overwhelming majority; many other election
surprises. S
5 The new ballot law worked well In New York,
6 Pattlson's majority estimated at from 15,000
to 13,000. Democratic majority In the House
estimated at 141. McKlnley defeated by a
small majority- Ex-President Cleveland says
the result of the elections Is a harbinger of
tariff charges.
7 Party leaders busily explaining how the elec
tion results came about, while Democratic
Congressmen are picking out candidates for
bpeaktr. Men of all parties tender congratu
lations to Ex-Senator Emery.
8 The Democratic majority In tbe House placed
at 162. Philadelphia Independents hunting
down tbe crooked voters.
9 Politicians discussing the- make-up of Pattl
son's Cabinet, McKlnley thinks tbe gerry
mander In his district was unfair,
10 Bepubllcan National Committee to meet and
consider Quay's resignation.
11 Republican leaders centering On Blaine for
President in 1892.
13-Speaker Reed says women were an Important
factor In the election result, while Senator
bherman thinks that business enterprises will
be delayed.
16 Emery comes out against Delamater as a Sen
atorial candidate. Massachusetts Democrats
at a banquet cheer themselves hoarse over
Cleveland.
19 Leaders unite In saying that Don Cameron's
seat Is not In danger. Cleveland congratu-
- lates Pattlson upon hts election. General
John B. Gordon elected United States Senator.
20 Chris Magee consults with the party leaders at
Philadelphia and comes ont for Cameron for
Senator. Senator Dolph says the election bill
will not pass. '
21 Governor Pattlson said tq have selected hts
cabinet with William P. Harrlty at Its bead.
. 'lalk about Wanamaker. succeeding Pattlson.
22 William Fllnn, In it New York Interview, says
Pennsylvania wquld give Blaine 100.0CO ma
jority. According to Andrews, Delamater Is
not a Senatorial candidate.
23 Quaker City legislators declare for Cameron,
lngalls has only a slim chance for re-election.
21 Federal elections hills to be a bone or conten
tion when Congress meets.
27 Both parties Inclined to flirt with the Farm
ers' Alliance. Kassett may succeed Quay as
National Cnalrman.
2b la'k In Democratic ranks of opposition to
Harrlty.
29 Farmers' Alliance men disgusted over Senator
Pugh's re-election,
SO-General Gordon elected V. S. Senator amid
great enthusiasm. According to Powderly, a
People's party soon to be organized. Ex
Senator Emery does not mean to retire from
politics.
DECEMBER.
1-Stated that Quay will not resign the Chair
manship of the National .Committee. Blaine
and Cleveland said not to be acceptable to the
Farmers' Alliance.
2 Republican Congressmen assert that tbey will
hustle the elections bill.
3 Political differences crop out among members
Of tbe Alliance Asseuibly. Ber.ate Republicans
decide to uso the cloture in passing tbe elec
tions bllL y
4-Farmers' Alliance denounce the elections bilL
True bills found as a result or the bribery
charges in the Twenty-flrtb Congressional dls-
trlcu
5-Governor Tillman. In his Inaugural address,
asserts that the whites will remain masters ot
the South, larmers' Alliance issue a mani
festo for a convention of the National Union
partv in February. '92.
6-Iblrd party question separates Western from
Southern farmers at the Alliance Convention.
Democrats scared over the condition of the ap
portionment bill.
7-PresIdental booms both for Cleveland and Hill
sprout at Philadelphia.
8 Farmers' Alliance formulate their demands as
to what they want Congress to do.
10-Th c elections bill expected to have somerough
sailing In tbe Senate.
11 Bepubllcan Senators bold a caucus over the
elections bill but reach no conclusion. A new
Immigration bill to be reported to the House.
IS indications of tie abandonment of tbe elec
tions bill. Congressman Langstoff says the
colored people are solving the race question by
quietly leaving the South,
13 Quay and Cameron consult with the Repub
lican leaders at Philadelphia. Lively debate in
the Senate over theelections bill.
19 Doom of the elections bill finally sealed by tbe
action of King Caucus.
23 lngalls professes confidence in bis re-election.
29 Senator lngalls personally conducting his
campaign for re-election.
SO Senators Wolcott and Teller. Republicans,
speak In opposition to the elections bill.
THE RECORD OF HORRORS,
ACCIDENTS AND CBUIES THAT DAEK
EHED TEE TEAE JUST PASSED.
Disasters on Laud and Sea That Have Sent
Sorrow to Thousands of Households,
While the FacjD ot Crime Baa Been
Filled to Kcpletlon.
There have been but few days In the past
year on which some beart-stirrintr tragedy
has not occurred. Ihe period has had its
quota of disasters, while of crime it has
produced no more than preceding years,
JANUARY.
1 George P. Smith, watchman at Massachusetts
State Prison, suicides while suffering rrom la
grippe. Albert btcrn and W. H. Engel
knocked rrom trestle at ohousetown, by P, &
L. E. train ana billed, lire In a pauper
school In London causes lossor28ilves. Ham
ilton A lton, or Pittsburg, struck by a train
and killed, at Frisco, Beaver County. Andrew
Petri? killed In the Port Royal coal mine.
2 John Illrchbaum, of Economv. killed by ex-
Eloslon or natural gas. Milton English,
eaver Falls, crushed to death between cars.
S Mrs. Myra Knlffln, wire of Dr. Arthur B.
Knlffin, found murdered In bed at Trenton, N.
J. rive pet sons killed by a snow-slide at Sierra
-Stephen a Plant, a frenchman. orHaverhlll,
N. 3.. beats his grandchildren to death with a
hammer. Ueorge Korns, Lima, v., killed
while coupling cars. ..,.
6 Wreck train dashes into a creek at Wellsboro,
Pa., killing two men and injuring 18 others.
Edward Church, aged 17 years, pQlsonsa ram
ilyorflvobyputtlug roueh on rats in bread.
Adam WoHgang, yardmaster. Tyrone run
over by an engine and killed. Two unknown
Hungarians run over and killed at Ben's
T-A. J. Clark. Jr.. of Tehama. Cal., shoots and
kills his brother, Johnston Clark.
8 Henry Ward, eolored, who murdered W, H.
Benson, of Norway, La., taken from Jail and
lynched. . .......
9 Fourteen laborers go down to death In a
caisson, which sunk In quicksand in tbe rtver
at Louisville, Ky. TUo wall of a church in
Brooklyn falls, killing two persons and in
juring uthers, Over 260 Chinamen slaughtered
by the collapse era theater at Hunting.
10 Wiley Porter, orsteubenvllle, drives a three
horse team Into the river to wash them
anil Porter and the animals are drowned.
Michael elsh barued to death and six others
seriously Injured by the explosion of a metal
lurnace at Lucy Furnace. John Drake. acci
dentally shoots and kills his mother.
11 Michael Cbcsire, and Michael Fasqurll mil
over lu tho II. A O. yards and seriously In
jured, faeorge Rlchey, sowlckly, Jumps from
' train a d Is killed.
12 Wesley Elklns, aged 13, pleads guilty to tbe
murder or hs rather and stepmother at
Ukader, la., and Is sentenced to prison for
lite.
Ij-Ubrlel Kelley. of Allegheny, has both legj
eut off on the Pennsylvania Railroad at liar-
- risbnrg. An engineer looses control of a train,
which is wrecked and Willis Cook, brakeman,
mangled to death, at Cumberland, Md.
14-1 our Polish children meet death by sufiocation
at Eric. Daniel Davis, farmer, Springfield,.
U.. shot and killed by John Jones.
15 Wesley irancis, ot Pittsburg, killed br a
boiler explosion at Fallston and 15 others seri
ously injured. George Patrick, or Columbia,
b. c. aecldontally shoots aud kills his sister,
and is afterward presented from suicldlnir.
Joseph Valenski and John Voosualla attack
John Loske with an iron bar, crushing lu his
skull, killing htm Instantly, at Wllkesbarre.
18 Premature explosion kills four men and badly
injures several others near Nashville. Ten n.
Miss Laura Dixon, Elizabeth, N. J., suicides
because of a former sweetheart's offer of mar-,
rlage to another,. Mrs. McLean. Warsaw,
Minn ., kills her fodr children and uses poison.
17 Vestibule train runs Into an accommodation
on the C H. D. It. R.. near ClocInnatL'and
cars catch lire: four persons burned to death
-and many Injured. John Moore, Canensbnrr,
killed by the blowing ont pf a plqg In an oil
1S-.A S-year-old child near Qalnsville, Tex., eaten
bywllithngs. I. Unzcr attempts to get on a
freight train at Bock Point. Pa., and Is cut la
two.
19 'lwu sons of Charles Miller, Abbeyville, Ala.,
dip a 4-year-old brother Into a tub of scalding
water, causing death. John Law, Borne. N.
Y shoots his 'wife and attempts to shoot bis
son. Two prospectors near Fort Davis, Tex.,
murdered by Mexicans.
20 Terrible tales or brutality told by heror
Drake, from the State Institution for the
Training of tbe Blind, Jacksonvlllo, III, A
230.foot span of a bridge In Warren county,
O., talis, kilting William Debondaud Injuring
several otucr workmen. George FeUI, Sr.,
. nxd SSyears, or the West End, struck by tile
Lake Erie exnress at Saw Mill run and killed.
'lhomasMcCogney. aged S3 years, living near
i, .iiiimuir ., tans liltl! lc uicuui4itt-
ally roasted alive,
21 John Gorley. St. Johns. N. F., burned to death
while trying to rescue his three children who
perish with him. Bernard Koegll, New York,
did not know it was loaded and snoots his
7-year-old nephew. Two Baltimore and Ohio
freight trains run together at Glen Eastou. W.
Va., and William King, conductor. Is killed.
22 Michael Pophoff, a Ituslau, or New York,
shoots and kill? Mary Petrikoysky, becsnse
she refused to marry him. John Schlelp, Law
rcucpvllle, killed by the explosion of gas,
house wrecked and nine persons badlr In
jured. Two little girls named Walker run
down by a passenger train nearYerner, one
of them killed instantly, the other badly hurt,
23 Nicholas Meyer, Chicago, shoots and kills his
wire and then blows out his own brains.
Henry Jackson, colored, Harrisbnrg, hangs
himself ralherthan go to the penitentiary for
three years. Richard O'Bourke struck oy a
passenger train at Homestead and killed.
Allen Stewart, Unlontown, falls from awagon.
Is rnu over and killed.
14 George H. Loupsberry, cashier br the New
York City postoffice, a defaulter for $35,009,
commits suicide by shooting. Leaking gas
main the cause of two terrific explosions at
Columbus; 3 killed and SO Injured.
25 Collision on the Savannah and Westernt five
Sersons killed and teveral Injured. Mrs. A.
.Nelson, Abbeyville. 3. C, shoots and kills
her husband and attempts suicide. Ferley W.
Beck, Concord. N, H.. a miser, beaten to
death by unknown parties.
26 t rank Fish, Canandafgna, N. Y., stabs John
Culilnane, killing him. Michael Burns,
brakeman ou the Junction, run over and
killed. At Trap Hill. W. Y.. Tom Snuffer anl
C. B. Trump quarreled; each seized the other
by the lert fiand, while the right held a revol
ver; Trump died.
27 Wreck on the Monon road, near Indianapolis:
rails spread near a trestle, train goes over and
six persons are killed and a large number In
jured. lve-year-old child or Mr?. Eldrldge
Voho, Newport, Pa., burned to death.
28 Henry Bprang, Chartlers township, accident
ally blows his head On with a shotgun. Two
men killed by a nltro-glyeerlne explosion at
Alton, McKean county, and four more killed
aqd a number Injured In a dypamlte explosion
ltearShamokin, Pa,
29 Collision on the Erie railroad at Owego. N.
Y.; three persons killed. Suffering and death
results from the western snow blockade.
Three men killed by a boiler explosion near
Chariestown. W. Va. .
SO Two killed and several tnlured In a crash
caused by a cow on the track at SeymourviUe,
La.
SI Walter Doehme. Chicago, commits suicide by
snooting. Private '1 nomas Mulrooney com
mits suicide hy shooting, at Columbus bar
racks. FEBRUARY.
1 Joseph Bacon, negro, Fola. Mo., shoots an 8-year-Qld
sister, and cuts the bead off his 3-year-old
brother. Henry Brooks, colored,
shot Carrie Drug colored, through Jealousy,
and Deputy Sheriff Dalton. who attempted to
arrest him, killing both at Central City, N.
M. Five men entombed, and a numner seri
ously Injured, by a rail of rock In tbe Nottlng-
Jham shaft.
2 Terrific storms delay the steamship Waesland
and drawn two of her officers. Minnie and
Annie Brock.St. Louis. eat ot a cake sprinkled
with arsenic to kill rits and die. Ten persons
killed, three ratal)y and others seriously
wounded In a fire In an Italian tenement
house at Boston,
3 Sepretary ol the Navy Tracy's elegant home
In Washington gutted by fire; flames not dis
covered In time for the sleeping family toes
cape; In attempting to do so Mrs. Tracy fell
tq the ground from her bedroom window and
died soon arter; Miss Mary Tracy suffocated,
and the French nurse. Miss Josephine Morell,
also died: Secretary 'Iraey rescued badly as
phyxiated, but his life spared.
a Four persons killed by the fall of a church
bell at Montague. A Polish christening near
Scranton results In three deaths and the burn
ing or ten houses.
5 Ijozen Idaho miners overwhelmed by ava
lanches; six persons kriled in one house.
Cashier At . E. Crowley, Farmers' Bank. Sul
livan. Ind., sets Are to a barn, cuts his throat
and Is cremated. Maurice J, Hlckey, aged It
?ears, while attempting to hoard a freight
rain at Brushton. was run over and killed.
S Terrible explosion occurs In a British colliery:
200 miners were canght: latest estimate orthe
dead places the number at 150. Howard Gal
bralth run over and killed on the Panhandle at
Little Washington.
7 John Vlchdoffer, Bellefonte. Fa fatally stabs
John ForckV. Joseph Downing, Butler, Pa ,
scalded to death by tbe collapse of a boiler
flop. An englpe leaves the tracks and plunges
Into the river near Lowell. W. Va. i engineer,
fireman ai.d operator drowned. Engineer Pat
rffc Huranev. Reading, shotbv unknown ner-
sons. Manaxerand Assistant Manager orthe.
West Pennsylvania uias norss, iiiairsvine,
killed bv failing wallsi furious wind storm
wrecks the plant. Nearly 200 lives lost In the
colliery d Isaster at Abersychan.
8 Ransom Floyd, an aged Essex county. N. Y.,
farmer, sold some property for (3.000 and kept
the money In tbe bouse: a masked man enters,
fatally shoots Floyd and kills his wire. J, it.
King, Chicago, outs the throat or Thomas
Balden, his brother-in-law. The works or the
St. Paul Gas Light Company explode. Killing
Daniel Desmond and seriously injuring four
others.
9 A septuagenarian fatally shoots his son and
bis daagbter.in.law at Miami, Mann. A
brakeman on the -N orthern Central leaves a
switch open near Harrisbnrg; one killed and
t-Hfonr fatally Injured. Jennie Whitehead, an
Imbecile 'Inmate ot the State Institute for
jreeoie-Aiinueu iuuiu, uuiuhimws. v., kmucu
to death while In the bath. Jacob it. Slater
and wile drowned In Blnnewater Lake, near
Kingston, N. Y., while attempting to rescue
their four children, who had broken through
the lee and were also drowned. ......
10 Herbert Boger, Scottdale, commits suicide by
xnttimr hia throat. James Delafleld Treaor.
New York, mysteriously murdered by un
known persons.
12-Etta Hlxby. aged 10. Straton. N. Y., hasher
halrcauaht In a pullcyand thescalp torn from
her head, killing her almost instantly. Col
lision on the A, & O. S. Railroad. Coaling.
Ala., killing tb engineer and seriously Injur
ing is nanap.nrcrs. WIllam H. Marsteiler and
wife killed on the P. . Jfc A. Railroad, near
Youngstown.
12 Locomotive boiler explodes on the Pemlcky
road. Cluing cnaries ucnsips sou severely in
juring four others. Jesse Markly, Coune,IM
vlllc, tipple boss, killed by tbe falling ora
smokestack.
14 Alexassport killed In the ring by a member
oftbeKilraln combination. Discovery or tbe
decapitated bodv or Hiram Sawtelle. near East
Bochester. N. i". George P, Bender killed by
the bursting of an emery wheel at the Amer
ican Iron Works. Frank Boru killed while
walking on the track near Greenville.
15-One woman flogged to death In a Siberian
dungeon: a number of Nihilists suicide In
preference to submitting to a similar fate.
Edward Btarkey. East Liverpool, commits
sulcld- by poisoning.
16-Nework officer killed by a train, but his
prisoner escapes unhurt, iorty to 50 deaths
reported among Indians from, tne grin. Lottie
Walters, an Allegheny girl, commits suicide
In Wheeling. Falling of gallery tn a Lon
don church buries a score of people.
17 While attempting to rob a residence at Crest
line, a buMlarls shot dead.
18-lwo track walkers killed near Johnstown.
jaHcnry I.cbo, Hcadln?.-fugltlve wile murderer,
draws a revolver and shoots hlmseir on being
20 A sickening scene enacted at the execution of
Seely Hopkins, neiiciouic, lire rope unuug
aflorhc wis unconscluus aud be was carried
to the scaffold and launched the second time.
Dr. Charles Draper, Zsnesvllle, staads in
front ot a gljss and cuts his throat.
21 Alice Lyneli. Niagara Falls, could not be mar
ried, and therefore took half a box of poison.
Engines collide in California, killing a large
number ol laborers and Injuring many.
22 Forty lives lost, at least, by the giving away
of a ilam lioMlns a big artificial Isk lqthe
Uassayamnpa river. Arizona. Mary E. and
Carrie 'laylur, Newark, N. J., killed In arun-
23-Achild burned to death In a eanal boat In
New York and the rather and mother badly
burned. John II. Dawson, a sexton. Jumps
lrom a steeple In Kearney. Nb,, killing hlm-
21 The" railing or a cupola In Hamburg kills S men
Inliip,, ainr40.
25-1 nomas z'ndra shoots and kills a Ctrl and
then hlmseir at Montgomery, Minn.
MAKCB,
I-Brltlsli steamer Qnetta goe down with, 280
Sersons ou board: all said tp be lost. Inventor
obn Orlscoin, New York, suicided bylnbal-
2 a tvesi'ern outlaw robs a Ksnis bank and is
, ibotdeatllnrealstlnif arrest. Pat J.Desmond,
an ogden desperado, shot aea by - nomas
Todd. A priest severely beaten In Philadel
phia and dies; he refuses to disclose his name.
S-t our colored children burned to death In a
cabin near Greenville. Miss. Seven men and
a bov Imprisoned In a WHkesbarra colliery and
no chance ol escape.
j-Ccorre L. Cage aud Daniel Flsnor, of Nor-
L wlch"N. Y.. while flshiUBQn the -Ice, broke
through alia wcreurowiicti. nuiui vrucaurji,
ueorgetnwn, Del., suicides by taking poison.
5-Mlss Alula I'utqam. though worth fie,", sui
cides became iifruld or destitution. David
Hays and jamciSiitor try to thaw drnauiltc;
an explosion occurs, blowing the building to
piece and killing Havs; Sutor latally tnlured.
6 A train separates and comes together again
near HutNlu. on the Lako Snore, road, with
terrible results! fru:u otaSJ persons reported
killed. A St. Louis man drinks a glass of gin
and seven whlslis on a hot anil dies. ,
T-Clurles Freeman, loerlle, Cal., while In a
drunken frenzy, holds a man's head In a
watering trough until dead, Patriek Crowe,
Chicago, n diamond robber, shoots two officers
and a citizen while trying M escape. James
Mcintosh, with two ladies, drove Into an air
hole In Spirit hike- and were drowned,
8 A thous md persons on tne point of starvation
In Vlrclnli; iiowrV,no muueyaud no food.
11. C Bedell, Cleveland, suicides by shooting.
V Mother and seven chlldroii burnid In their
hfi,i niviF Montreal. Canadai the father re
ceives Injuries which may prove fatal, in at
tempting a rescue-, viinst pwh uiwio uave
a battle- with rciiejrade Indians in Arizona,
killing two, wonndiug one anil capturing two.
Frederick Heckman. chief engineer of the
Black Diamond B0.e( Works, whirled to death
"In ftflrwhiel. ' A 4
.10 Diphtheria ravages the rtnks or Zanesvlfle's
chliarent a wuoie luinuy auuimiaieu,. a
-young 'woman found In a New iprk cellar:
lunnoaed to have been murdered. Bernbard
' fjnmhans murdered for bis money in Peo-
l-T. .41. Ill - T - -
. rVl t"
ll-Janns H. H. Jones, of PltUbnrg, takes ether
In New York, and goes into a church to die: ha
is discovered, and bis life saved. John tt. Pet
tlbone. Scranton. kisses hts wife, bids bar
gpodby,,and blows his brains out.
12 A tralnJumps the track ncr Pembroke. Ont..
and goes over an embankment; several killed
and many injured. Paul Schmidt, an Alle
gheny tanner, suicides at Youngstown.
13 party leaders and followers engage In battle In
Pern, and hundreds are killed.
H-Several railroad men killed by a landslide near
Cumberland, Md, Fast train wrecked near
Newark, u.; one man killed. Two laborers
burned to death at Johnstown.
15 A landslide at Troy, N. Y., kills three persons
and seriously Injures several others.
IS Crew of a shipwrecked schooner attempt to
reach the lighthouse near York Spit and are
thrown overboard and five drowned. Three
fishermen lost on Lake Michigan.
17 The roor or burning building In Indianapolis
falls, carrying with it20 f remeo, whose bodies
are burled beneath the blaring ruins: 12 taken
out dead. Mary Ellen Cobly suicides at Har-rlsbursr.
IS Another mnrder mystery In Chicago; police
ivufciug for roe assassin vi nrs. -Dingusm.
Two men killed and another fataBytnlured In
amine explosion at Shenandoah. Three more
bodies recovered tn the Indianapolis horror.
19-Joseph Hodak shoots at his brOtber-In-law
and kills his niece. Adjoining buildings cave
in at the scene of the Indianapolis disaster;
two more men Injured. Five men burned uj
death at the Oefmanla mine. Hurley, Wis.
10 John Bine, Wheeling, suicides by drowning
rather than allow Imaginary pursuers to mur
der him, E. B. McCnrdy. conductor an tbe
L. b W, R. K.. shot and seriously injured by
a negro, named Jake Daniels, whom he was
trylnz to eject from bis train, and be. In torn,
ehot Daniels four times, killing htm.
21 M. A. Cclllns, Chicago, suicides by drowning,
and leaves a utter advocating a wholesale sys
tem of suicide under public eontrol: tbe only
way of regulating the law or supply and de
mand. Walter Campbell shoots his li-year-ald
sweetheart accidentally.
22-LewIs Markwell's daughter. Hlllsboro, Iy.,
suicides because her teacher reproved her. A
fisherman on Lake Erie gives np his. life to
save tnac of his companion, wba Is the son of s
widow.
2Slra a BMggs, Norwich, Conn., attacked by
hts father's hired man who threatens hts Bf.
aud Briggs shoots htm. Fatal collision be-
tween passenger and freight trains at Portage
bridge, N. Y,
21 Colored boy at Louisville loads a pipe with
gunpowder and gives It to bis ene-nv to light.
Who has bis eyes blown out. (Jecil Engllsn
shoots Thomas Fitzgerald, at Sc Lou),
through Jealousy. Ball cartridges used in
stead of blank ones In a sham battle at Holy
oke, and one victim almost loses bis lire.
25 Jlary Giles, New York, while drunk, ents off
her hand and bleeds to death. Three children
cremated at Medicine Lodge. Kan., during
their parents' absence. A boat capsizes near
Wheeling and J. A. Blag Is drowned and Hon.
Joseph S. MllUr receives fatal Injuries.
23 A Baltimore policeman breaks Into a room
and finds the decomposed remains of a woman
supposed to have been dead over it week. A
New York lawyer murdered with a wagon
rung.
27 Western portion of Louisville destroyed by a
terrible cyclone and millions of dollars lost:
report says that from 1,000 to 1,500 pet sons
killed; Falls City Hall blown down and hun
dreds of persons perish in It alone. Drying
starch in a Chicago sugar refinery explsdes
ana causes great lossuf lire; six bodies re
covered and more still in the ruins. Large
portion of tbe West visited by severe balk
wind and snow storms.
23-Harvest of death at Louisville: reports now
say 60O dead and overt OCOlnJured: 1W persons
carried down with the Falls City Hall:great loss
of life and property throughout portions of
Illinois and Indiana; over 150 dwellings at Jcf
fersonvlllo. wrecked. Nine burned corpses re
moved from the Chicago sugar refinery.
29 Louisville mourning her dead: 190 bodies
already recovered; still more victims bdrled
nnder tbe debris, lire persons arrested at
Boston for causing the firs In which 12 lives
were lost.tbe crime was committed for the pur-
$ose of obtaining 7CD Insurance,
wenty-three persons silled in Clay Clty.Kv.,
during Thursday's storm. Snow In Louisville
causes heavy damage to exposed property;
burying the victims. Many persons killed In
Dixon eounty, Kentucky.
Si Hopsah Hnrd, ofCleveland. suicides by shoot
ing. Sister Blanker Jumpsrrom a window dur
ing the fire at St. Joseph's Convent, Mil
waukee, and is killed. Two Italians killed
and a number seriously wounded In a fierce
flgbtnear Sbousetown.
apkh.
1 -A man blown to atoms In the Metallic Cap
AVorks, Montgomery county. Pa. Morris
Marks. New York, suicided.
2-Ueorge Lang, of Egg Harbor City. N. J., sets
fire to bis bouse, attempting to burn his family
aud Is burbed ta death hlmseir.
S Great destruction and suffering all along the
Lower Mississippi; folly a scose reported
drowned. Mrs. LeoHarzof,New Xork, burned
to death. A naked lamp causes an explosion
at Nanttcoke; three menkUled and many In
jured -Horace A. Smller kills one wife In Vew York
and Is found to have two more stUl Uvlng.
Catfish Point levee. Mississippi, gives way:
several lives reported lost. Hugh Urahaio. of
Scranton, shot by a man who was hunting a
victim.
8 Marcus C. Stearns, one of Chicago's mil
lionaires, depressed by the death of his ravorite
daugbter, commits suicide. John O'Hara shot
and Instantly killed, and Martin Faney
serlouslylnjured bya drunken colored man on
Fifth avenue.
6 A. E. Culver, Denver, takes morphine and
then blows ont his brains. The 1-year-old
daughter of Rev. Thomas Cefton, Wichita,
Kan., accidentally hinged In a hammock.
I A eolored woman, naar Beaver Falls, pours
oil on her husband while he sleeps and applies
a match; his lire spared,
S Cyclone sweeps a track half a mile wide
through Notwalk, O.; one person killed and
several Injured. Nine buildings burned at
Llnesvllle. Pa.
Jl Julia Smith drowns herself at Nyack alter
preparing her grave clothes. Two more bodies
recovered from the Conemaugh rlverat Johns
town. Miss Emellue Hill Instantly killed In a
runaway at Mansfield, D.
12 Particulars orthe wreck of the steamer Quetu
show that or those on board 163 were drowned
aad 113 saved. Train wrecked near Borden
toon, N. J., and tbe engineer horrlblvman
glea. Steam barge Shenango discovered In
flames and abandoned by her crew on Lake
Erie.
IS The steamer Handy Boy wrecked on the Saal
naw river; six persons perish. Uscar M.
Robert, of Denver, suicides bv shooting.
Alexander Cuddy, aged 33 years. Detroit, SHU
his wife, aged 30, through Jealousy and then
hangs himself.
14 'two yonug women of Little Compton, Mass..
horsewhipped by a brutal father, A Danish
murderer snips bis victim to America In a cask
as a sample of plaster; the barrel held for duty
when the murderer confesses.
IS Great sufferlngreported throughout Arkansas;
people cannot move abont or even bury tnelr
dead. Human bones dlscoveredsln a lime kiln
at Scottdale; suspicions of foul play.
17 J.J.Grlnnell, Dubuque, skoots George Cor
nell through Jealousy. Joseph CottreiL New
York, in a fit of lealonsy, emptied a bottle of
sulphuric acid In his wife's lace because she
would not live with him. Brother shoots
brother at Mllbtnk, S, D., while bunting
burglars in the dark.
IS S. W. -Stewart, 'lexarkana. shot by !I-year-old
son of B. K. Sweet in tbe latter's saloon.
19 Four men terribly burned by a gas explosion
in a coal mine at Scranton. Ben Elsey.hanged
In Alabama, confessed he was concerned In 21
murders.
20 An Impatient quarryman allledwhlle examine
lug a lighted fuse. John Rhodes shoots his
nephew, William Rhodes, during a lamlly
quarrel. Print to la persons believed to have
lost their lives In an Alabama tornado.
21 Bayou Sara, Ui.. mined by tbe mad rush ol
waters; thousands or feet of the levee give
wav. Andrew Fray, seottsdale. Imagines
there is a conspiracy against him and hangs
hlmseir. William and Agnes Stenart arrested
at McKeesport for putting poison In soup,
which kills a brother ami almost kills three
other members or their family.
22 Fifteen breaks lu the levee lu tbe vicinity of
New Orleans: parts of tbe surrounding coun
try In Imminent danger; residents at Biyuu
Sara roosting in tbe trees. Three person
swept overboard from James Gordon Bennett's
yacht In tne China Sea.
23 one life reported lost In the Mississippi flood
and many-in great danger. Two men killed
and eight others injured in a boiler explosion
at New Castle.
21-Kcnurtcd loss of life In the remote regions of
the Lower Mississippi district: C700 square
miles or Louisiana territory nuder water. A
theater panle In N ew York causes a small boy
to dlool fright. Doan's drugstore, DeUvan,
Wis,, wrecked by dynamite and two men
23 -Vt aters subsiding In the lower hasln. A Texan
Clotidbnrstlnuudalesa small Tillage and de
stroys considerable property: one life lost.
27 Most destructive flood ever known In North
Texas passes through Trinity; much prop
erty destroyed.
23 Governor or Louisiana calls on tbe Govern
ment for ten days' rations. Jealousy causes
two attempted murders and one suicide at
Nyack.
29 The steamer Jl. P, Plant burned near Jack
sonville, Fla,, eauiin tbe lossof three lives. '
soMichael Vlneovlch cut to pieces on the P. 4X;
K. at Homewoud. David Vance, of Mi.
Morris threw stones at an old can containing
Sltro-giyeerlne. and was Instantly killed and
Is mother badly Injured. By tbe falling or a
scaffold at Chicago two bricklayers were;
fatally and eight others seriously injured.
'- MAT.
1-Mrs. Annie Etwaros killed hy an explosion f
nllro-glycerlne In her house at Butler. Thlr-teen.vear-old
David Vance, of Wayoeiburg,
killed wt)Ue throwing stones at a can of nltro
siycurlne. Man, wile and children bnrned ja
their home near Knoxvtile. Tenn.
J-W. W.Rankin, of Pittsburg, suicided In Chi
cago. Richard Sawyer, sailor on steamship
City or Washington, dies In Havana rrom In
juries Inflicted by the engineer, or the ship. By
ihe explosion of blast of dynamite In Georgia
two nvgroes weie killed. E. P- Waljser.or
Brooklyn, edltorof the CoimopaUtan Maaa.
tint, drowned tn the ltoanoke river, while
fishing. , , t, , .
I A sailor lumped from a vessel In Bean fort har
bor to desert but was eaten by sharks before
he could reach land, ...... . ,
S At Atlanta St. Goldman shot and.kllled J. TV.
Howard, of St. Louis.
7Over ioo helpless Inssne persons meet death by
the burning or an asylum near Montreal, Can
ada; a number ol nun lose their lives. The
iiritiih .u iKin Inmates, from Philadelphia '
for Copenhagen, rioi. w uis svug uwira
with her crew or 30 men. , .'Sit
S Engineer and tlremtn killed by explosion of
locomotive boiler near Welllnztou, Kan. Ira ,
Marlett shot and Instantly killed an aged
Quaker named Ashton, near-New Lisbon, O..
because he refitseil to indorse a promissory"
note. While crossing the Ublu river at Wheel
ing in steam yacht Architect Z W. Wells
was drowped by the upsetting of the boat.
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Mrs. James ucacii, ok oviiuscu, .1.4 charges
'that her husband had her confined In tn
asylum on the certificate or a physician who
never examined her.
9 John McCnrdy, or Lebanon, Pa.. "Chained bis
17-year-old daugbter to the floor because she "
was disobedient, and kept her therefor days, ,.'
until the authorities got after him. The pan-
per idiot asylum at Preston, N. Yl, burned. -,
and ten Inmates roosted to death. Five mart
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