SECOND PART.
PITTSBima, THimSDAT, JANTTABY '), 189(,
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Chronological Review of the
Important Events of 1890 in
Readable Shape.
THE WORLD AS IN A MIRROR.
A Becord That Shows How Past
This Busj Universe Travels.
THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION.
A Period Full of Occurrences That Will
Interest Coming Generations.
UBIGS OP PEACE AND PEOSPEEiTT
The old year has passed and gone with its
joys and sorrows, its good end its b,ad deeds,
and with its great events, and there hare
been many that have tended either to the
weal or the woe of the human race. The
record of events, when calmly reviewed,
will show what a busy age this is great
things happen, they are a sensation for a
lew days, and then give way to something
of fresher interest. It is a world that lives
in the present and the future, but a valuable
lesson may be learned by turning over the
pages of the past, for it is only then that
people may realize how fast they are travel
ing. The year has been one of comparative
I prosperity in this country, though other na
tions have not fared so well. It has shown
crc.it advance in the methods and appli
ances of civilization, ana it has been full of
surprises. The compilation which follows
gives a rapid glance of the occurences of
1SU0, so sub-divided that the reader can
have no difficulty in finding any one event
in which he may be specially interested.
JANUARY.
1 The Baltimore and Obio Railroad first to
cross the Hudson to Staten Island. Royal
Palace at Laeken, Belgium, burned. A
bomb thrown by a Sicilian as an attempt to
assassinate the Monarch'of Italy. The
Philadelphia Press locks ont its union men.
2 Ward McAllister's Sew Year's hall a most
magnificent triumph. Wool crowers ap
pear before the Honse Tariff Committee.
An unsuccessful attempt to kill Rev.
Father Kelly, of Oneida, by unknown per
sons. Editor Mclnery, of the Limerick
Leader, convicted of intimidation.
S Trouble expected if Colombian authorities
persist in seizing American, merchantmen.
The arrest of Pierre Gross at Warsaw, re
veals evidence of plots to murder the Czar
and bis entire family. New York police
a utbotities close the pool rooms of that city.
4 English sjndicates invest 32.000,000 in the
United States in past 18 months. England
alarmed at the spread of the Russian in
fluenza; ten thousand cases reported in
London. Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Bra
zil, insane, forty thousand cases of la
grippe reported from Chicago.
6 Thomas II. Chapman, a Newark miser, who
leaves 150,000 to his niece, disinherits his
wife and daughter. Congress requires
months to settle the question ot the
World's Fair. A split in the G. A. R.
tfcreateewl.ln Sew Orleans. -
6 A severe blizzard sweeps over Kansas and
Missouri. Marquis of Salisbury demands
5ronipt satisfaction for Serpo Pinto's acts,
he American Association formally organ
ized lor the season.
7 Dowager Empress Augusta, aged 78 years,
dies. The city building at Lewlston. Me,
destroyed by fire; lots, over $250,000. Boston
and New York report the influenza worse
than ever before. New crematory opened
atTroy.N.Y.
6 A ride upon a rail given Johnston Calhonn,
an aged and wealthy citizen of Hoolrstown,
Beaver county, for ill treating his young
and pretty wife. Hiss Purcell and Dr.
Kmflin committed to Jail for the murder of
the doctor's wife at Trenton, N. J. Kufus
fc Kngler's furniture establishment. Kan
dusky, O., destroyed by fire; loss, $70,000. .
9 Hon. U, a. llricc, of Lima, nominated on
the second ballot for United States Senator.
Congressman H. P. Cheathiuanxolored, of
North Carolina, in danger of losing bis seat
owing to the exodus of negroes from the
South. Dr. Kniffln and Miss Purcell re
leased on bail. Street duel at Heflin. Ala.,
in tthich Samuel C Creamer, Marshal,
shoots and kills Dock Bell.
JO Capitalists uurcnase 600 acres of ground at
New Brighton for manufacturing plants.
Farnell's letter to the Board of Guardians
of Enuis. County Clare, Ireland, stolen.
Washington City presents her claim for tbe
World's Fair. White and black school
childreu fight for the possession of a school
house at Alton. 111. New trial asked for
the Cronln murders.
II Influenza in Europe abating. Imposing
ceremonies attend the funeral of tbe Dow
acer Empress Augusta, at Berlin. New
York and Chicago have their innings before
the Senate World's Fair Committee.
12 C clone visits St. Louis; four lives lost and
many injured; enormous damage to prop
erty. Storms raging all over the West.
.England insulted; a Portuguese mob attack
the British embassy at Lisbon. Tbe name
of Richard Brown, Youngstown, forged for
32,000. Jlis Purcell declares herself jnno
coutintbe Kniflin murder case. Palace
steamer City of Worcester went ashore
near Bartlett's reef. Conn.; 50 passengers
rescued by the lifeboats.
IS Five hundred newsboys strike at Buffalo,
N. Y. Canada Web Company's factory, Ni
agara, Ont., blown down; 150 girls narrowly
escape. General Master Workman Pow
derly arrested on the charge of conspiracy.
A case of strawberries, tbe first of the sea.
son. shipped from Charleston, 8. C, to New
York. Wilkinsburg school destroyed by
Are; loss, 15,000. Mickey Welch signs a
League contract.
14 Republicans lu Portugal stronger than
ever and hard to keep in check. Kunze. of
Cronin murder fame, granted a new triad;
the other three prisoners sentenced to
prison for life. President Harrison's first
state reception a success. Train of cars
struck by hurricane near Montreal and
blown from the track; 12 persons seriously
Injured.
15 fortuguese indignation against Englandbe
coming more intense. Tbe House refuse 8
to pay salaries lost by Silcott's defalcation.
Powderly accepts service on the warrant.
Pittsburg Phil loses $10,000 on tbe season.
Kmin Pasha has a relapse and supposed to
be dying. Superintendent Porter recom
mends George T. Oliver, of Pittsburg, as
Census Supervisor. Tbo House Committee
in favor of a special World's Fair Commit
tee. 16 The Ohio ballot box sensation being inves
tigated by Congress. Compromise ot the
Stewart will case. The Johnstown Flood
Commission winding up its work; loss of
lire estimated at 2,500: nearly $3,000,000 con
tributed. The New York bucket shop tick
ers stopped. The National and Eastern
glass manufacturers elect officers. Comlskey
a Brotherhood man. The Ward injunction
case left with Judge O'Brien.
17 Dead body of W. C. Rogers, millionaire, in
a London botel three weeks after death.
All railway employes on the Vanderbilt
system unite for strength; 100.000 members.
Portuguese Republicans issue a manifesto.
G. G. Green, millionaire patent medicine
maker, Woodbury, N. J., orders all non
union men out of his glassworks. Prof. J.
M. DaCosta talks of la grippe and its
cure. Congressman Morse, Mass., kicks ou
the inter-State commerce law. Organiza
tion of the State Non-Partisan W. U. T, U.
completed.
18 General Master Workman Powderly ar
rested and gives bail in tbe conspiracy case.
An English trust purchases five potteries at
I r en ton, N, j., and 11 atKast Liverpool, O.;
price. 15.000.000. The Czar takes to drink.
Abraham Lincoln. American Minister's
on, moved from Versailles to London, In
order to save his life. Influenza epidemic
fast losing its hold in Europe. George H.
,an Tassel!, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, short about 13,000; dismissed
Irnm tbo order. Chinese ready to goto
work cleaning streets in Now York. Theo
logical students must serve time in tbe
German army. The son of the Kins of
A urtemburz dies in poverty m Washing
ton. 19 John Ruskln, famous English literary
leader, hopelessly msane. Troublo feared
In connection with the strikes in Beljrium;
military In readiness. Clemens Muler, New
York, taxed 12.000 for trifling with Miss
Caroline J. Cammerer's affections. Parson
VSST1 ei!m;r",gIon V Eu"pen trip. $32,
000. Billy Barnio slated to manage the
ONE YEAH
HISTORY
Senators. Lares hotel burned at Frugal
ity, P.; loss. $50,000.
SO New Government of Brazil seeks to nego
tiate tbe loan of $10,000,000 to meet obliga
tions. Military in Paris called on to keep
order at a session of the Deputies. Central
Paciflo trains blockaded in the snow for
six days; worst snow storms in ten years.
Expert testimony fails to solve the Kniffln
murder mystery. Ohio miners favor amal
gamation with tbe Knights of Labor.
Pioneer Pottery Works. "Wellsville, de
stroyed by Are; loss, 67,000.
21 American potters not selling out to the En
glish. An express car near Tulare, Col,
robbed of $25,000 by two masked men, who
csoape; a tramp who tried to give the alarm
Is fatally shot. Miss Nellie Bly arrives at
San Francisco at 9:30 A. IL, and starts on
the overland journey by special train over
the Southern Pacific aud Atlantic and
Paciflo routes. Ellison Mounts, one of tho
Hatfield gang, makes a confession of mur
der. 22 Fight between the rival factions of the Pol
ish Church at Plymouth. Pa., reaches a hor
rible stage; number of bodies dug from the
cemetery by Poles. Opening of tbo Non
partisan W. C. T. U. Convention at Cleve
land. Just settlement of tbe Samoan ques
tion secured by recent treaty. Bridecwater
Gas Company makes a big strike at Bakers
town. United States Potters' Association
elect officers. Bones ot three more victims
of tbe Johnstown flood found at Coopers
dale. .
23 Grangers ask to share the benefits manu
facturers receive. Striking glassblowers In
South J ersey victorious. Progressive Union
makes concession to secure consolidation of
Ohio miners. Henry M. Jackson. New
York, gets six years for embezzling 510,000.
President Gompers opposes child labor.
Demands of tbe Punxsutawney miners re
fused. Pennsylvania Memorial Home for
Disabled Soldiers dedicated. Von der Abe
offers to sell for $5,000.
21 Sixteen families evicted in the Punxsutaw
ney district. Four million dollars expended
In drilling wells In Washington county in
1SS9. German press bitter in its denuncia
tion of the Samoan treaty. "Old Hutch" a
victim of conspiracy among tbe clerks of the
Chicago Board of Trade to tbe tune of 250,
000. 25 Miss Elizabeth Cochrane, known as Nellie
Bly, completes her trip around the world;
time 72 days. 6 hours ana 10 minutes. West
lnghouse secures control ot the New York
subways for electric lighting. Benson, tbe
"jubilee plunger," arrested for forgery.
Dom Pedro anxions to return to Brazil.
Socialistic bill badly beaten in the Reich
stag. Ex-Sheriff and Ex-City Clerk of
Youngstown indloted on tbe charge of em
bezzlement. S8 David Alexander, Philadelphia, religious
maniac shoots, intending to kill Bishop
Whltaker, in St. John's Protestant Episco
pal Cbnrch. Great gales creating havoc
throughout England and Wales. Suicide
George Lounsberry's shortage amounts to
$10,000. Body of Joseph G. Uitman, miss
ing, Philadelphia banker, found -floating in
the Schuylkill. Albuqueique postoffice
robbed of f 10.000.
27 Big strike on at the Birmingham, Ala.,
rolling mill. Queen Victoria suffering from
an attack of influenza. Judge Brewer ren
ders his first opinions as a member of the
Supreme Court. The grip very bad in
Crawford county. William W. Hinson,
formerly agent of the United States Ex
press Company at Youngstown, and who
stole $7,500, tries to commit suicide at Cold
water. Mien., after confessing.
2S National Builders' Convention recommend
pay by tbe hour to meet the elgbt-hour
question. A Chicago police officer gives
away the secrets of the department; spies
among the Anarchists. Master Painters
and Decorators meet at Reading. Mr. Hor
sey, of Nevada, proposes a measure making
bonds tbe basis of circulation. Tbe decis
ion of Jndge O'Brien in tbe famous Ward
injunction case was given in favor of Ward.
29 The new Republic of Brazil formally recog
nized by President Harrison. Tbe League
to sue seven Brotherhood clubs for dam
ages. Builders' Association Indorses the
pay-by-the-bour system, but refuses to fix
tbe length of a day.
30 Slick gang of schemers, with comparatively
little money, wreck three banks in New
York. Spaulding Iron Works, near Steu
benville, in the bands of a receiver; a fail
ure with sensational features, involving
32,000,000. Four flouring mills near Detroit
secured by English capitalists. Miss Eliza
beth Bisland completes her tour around
the world 4 davs, 10 hours and 37 minutes
behind Nellie Blv.
LSI Peter J. Claassen, tho barik wrecker, gives
uimaeu up, out not sent to "jait uavia
Alexander pleads guilty of tbe attempt to
assassinate Bishop Whitaker. Aid for Ire
land; au appeal to tbe Land League meets
prompt response. At Phlllipsbnrg a hovel
vacated by an old German is purchased by
a young man who discovers a hidden treas
ure. FEBRUARY.
I Lynching a Dakota plan to disprove stories
of destitution. Minister Robeiro, of the
Brazilian Cabinet, resigns and Francisco
Urizero appointed in his stead. Coroner's
jury release Captain Scbuettler who shot
Robert Gibbons in self-defense in Chicago.
Ben Gardner publicly cowhides E. J. Norris
in the streets of Augusta, Ga. Rev. J. R
Sturgls, Methodist, of Richmond, Va- sus
pended for writing a love letter to a mar
ried lady. Decrease of 312,245,895 in the
public debt during January.
2 Fierce church riot in Buffalo; 2,000 Polish
women defy priest and policemen. Cora La
Hannue, Sister Margaret Mary, elopes from
tbe Notre Dame College. Sac Francisco,
and is married to Charles Perkin;.
3 Supreme Court holds that beneficence and
insurance differ; suit to annul a beneficial
association the cause. The Times compro
mise their suit against Parnoll for 5,000.
One hundred years since the organization
of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Johann Kopowski arrested in Chicago on
tbe charge of robbing tbe German Govern
ment of 15,000 marks. Bv a vote of moro
than 2 to 1 the New York Presbytery favors
a revision of the Westminstet confession of
faith; Chicago Presbytery also declare for a
revision. Supreme Court decides polygamy
a crime.
4 Joseph P. Murphy, one of the largest wool
manufacturers in Philadelphia, failed for
about $1,000,000; failure attributed to ex
cessive duties on raw materials. Who died
first, husband or wife? the question raised
in several contested will cases crowing out
of the Johnstown flood; -nearly 300 cases
taken before the Orphans' Court of Cam
bria county for settlement. Celebration of
the centennial ot the United States Su
preme Court, at New York. Secretary
Tracy recovers sufficiently to take a fare
well look at his wile and daughter.
6 F. A. Walton, a trusted clerk tn the office
of tbe Pacific Express Company, Dallas,
Tex., missing, also a package containing
$35,000. A Mongolian's wife elopes from San
Francisco to New York in the disguise of
an American dude, only to be recaptured.
Samoan treaty regarded at Berlin as a tri
umph for Blaine. Early morning fire at
Brooklyn leaves 60 families homeless; loss
8200,000.
6 Stated that other banks than the Lenox
Hill, Equitable and Sixth National were
concerned In the wrecking conspiracy.
Lawyer Moses Solomon, Chicago, secures
au order for tbe reopening ot tbe famous
Anarchist .case; Neebe, Flelden and
Schwab expected to be freed, Mrs. O. E.
Bailey, a widow, Denver.robbed of $5,000
by two masked men. Remarkably high
stage of water in the Mississippi.
7 The New York bank wreckers engage, in a
desperate effort to escape prosecution by
making restitution. Due d'Orleans ap
pears in Paris, contrary to French law, and
is arrested; royal manifesto discovered on
his person. Leading lawyers take no stook
in the Anarchists' appeal to the Supremo
Court. Difficulties in tbe coke regions set
tled; schedule adopted and ratified to be in
force one year. English capitalists secure
a two-third interest in the Forepaugh clr
cua for $1,000,000.
9 Former palace of Marguerite of Bavaria
burned. Masked men drag two Mormon
elders from their beds, in Marlon county,
Ala ana coyer'them with tar and dry
leaves.
10 Legal lottery tbe prize sought in North Da
kota as tbe ultimate object of apolitical
conspiracy; the Sioux reservation thrown
open to the settlers. Sensational evidence
given against Banker Claassen in the bank
wrecking case. Ellis Bard, Lincoln. Pa.,
cashier of the Lincoln National Bank, de
faulter to the extent or $25,000. The Chi
cago and Philadelphia Presbyteries vote
against the revision ot faith.
U Ireland's great battle in Parliament "on; the
forgery confessed: telling speeches by Har
court, Labouebere. Gladstone and tbe Irish
leader himself. One thousand political
funerals the estimated result of the
Dakota lottery bribers. Colonel Burke,
Louisiana's missing treasurer. In Costa
Rica with $253,000, engaged in extensive en
terprises. Fire destroys handsome build
jDCJJn Huntington, W. Val, valued at
12 Military withdrawn and fnlly 6,000 people
enterthe Sioux reservation. Sir Charles
William Siemens' heir sued In Jbtladel
phla to recover $75,000. William A, McKim
appointed postmaster at Oil City. Oil
found near Beaver Falls, causing great ex
citement IS Twomportant events in-Matbodlsmcele-brated
in New York centennial of the
Methodist Book Concern and tbe seven
tieth anniversary of tbe missionary society.
Tbe Parnell Commission refuses to make a
direct decision, but jrtvesa lot of ancient
history. Oklahoma bill passes through tbe
Senate. The grand jury And nobill against
tbe doctor or Miss Purcell in the Kniffln
case.
14 Walking delegates In New York sued for
causing a strike of carpenters. Chinamen
discover gold in untold quantities in tbe
Celestial Empire. New House rules adopted
by a vote of 161 to 145. United States
Marshal W. B. Sanders enticed into taking
a ride at Qalhcy, Fix, and murdered.
Clever cracksmen relieve the national bank
at Salem, BL. of $25,000.
15 By a mock marriage tbe widow of General
Rlckell, ot Massachusetts, is swindled out
of her fortune. Farmers in Stevens county,
Kan., in destitute circumstances. The
grand jury in Bangor, Me., jef use to return
liauor indictments. Isaac Sawtello makes
a partial confession to an officer in jail, im
plicating two other persons.
16 High tribute of respect paid to the victim
of the Kilraln-Muldoon party. Lobster
fishermen send a volley at the tug Invinci
ble. Saloons in Denver closed for the first
time on Sunday,
17 The World's Fair project not abandoned in
New York; a mighty meeting refuses to
take no for an answer. Parnellites ridi
culed for their radical ohange of front.
Snowdrifts 18 feet deep on California rail
road tracks.
18 Important arrest of a supposed Cronln sus
pect in St. Louis, after a long and weary
search. Operations of a Philadelphia fe
male forger amonnt to over $100,0(0. Riot
at a German Socialist meeting. -An Irish
member of tbe House of Commons de
mands an Inquiry into charges ot crnelty in
the treatment of Dynamiter Daly. Jack
Dempsey defeats McCarthy in 28 rounds.
19 French engineers Irom Panama talk dis
oouragmgly abont De Lesseps' ditch, Con
gressional investigation into tbe workings
of the Civil Service Commission com
menced. 20 Grand Jury Indicts three of tho New York
bank wreckers. A socialist victory the
significant result ot tbe general elections in
Germany. William F. Kimball, cashier
and bookkeeper, a defaulter to tbe amount
of 310,000 in Chicago.
21 Sixteen women crusaders on trial in Tren
ton, Mo. The National Encampment of
the Union Veteran Legion elect officers.
Hunger stares tbe Punxsutawney miners
in tbe face, but they remain determined.
22 Riotous students of the Wabash College,
Crawfordsviller Ind., have a general battle,
in which the uolice are vanquished and the
college President knocked senseless. Jere
miah Newman, steward in tbe Monmouth
Almshouse, charged with terrible cruelty
to inmates. Henry Lebos. a wife murderer,
dies in the Reading jail from wounds In
flicted by his own hands. Claassen fc Sim
mons, New York bank wreckers, out on
bail. The crusaders in Trenton, Mo., found
guilty and fined $5 each. John Gilbert, Bar
naul's giant, wedded at Scranton.
23 Walton, the defaulting express clerk, ar
retted in Canada; of $35,080 stolen only
$4,000 found.
24 Uharges of crnelty to the Irish tenantry
heaped upon tbe Tory Government. A
Clan-na-Gael convention at Philadelphia
expels the Triangle and Camp 20; tbe Cronin
murder denounced.
25 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, A. O. U. W.,
meets at Willlamsport. Boston Ideals
clyirus girls on a strike. Minister Lincoln's
son reported in a dying condition. Mrs.
Julia Llppincott connected with Treasurer
Wigton in note shaving. Another meeting
of the Pennsylvania Revenue Commission.
23 Millionaire James McCombs, Wilmington,
engaged a female detective to help htm se
cure a divorce. Virginia butchers secure a
law that all foreign dressed beef most be
Inspected and taxed one cent a ponnd. Tbe
League enters suit against Buck Ewing in
the United States Court. Oleomargarine
denounced by the dairymen's convention at
Meadvllle. George N. Clark, murderer of
Drover McCausland, hanged at Waynes
burg. 27 C C. Mohnoy arrested at Red Bank for
"green goods" swindling. Obio river ex
ceedingly high at Cincinnati; the situation
alarming. Johnstown physicians greatly
mystified over a strange case of poisoning.
28 Mrs. Matilda L. Case, a wealthy Brooklyn
widow, aged 53, weds George J. Boles, aged
19. Silcott, the defaulting cashier, arrested
Jn Toledo, Ore. Indians refuse to accept
supplies except ns an absolute gratuity.
Rivers at Cincinnati still on tbe rise; much
damage done; raging floods in several por
tions of the South.
MARCH.
1 Any number of children under the age re
quired bylaw are found at work in factories
throughout Pennsylvania. George P.
Brown, head of a Boston wool firm, found
short $JL7C0,S40; he was trusted implicitly
and bandied over 850,000, 000 in four years.
2 A parochial school donated as an addition
to the public school system of St. Paul.
New i ork catcbes tbe tail end or a blizzard.
Rivers at Cincinnati receding. The body of
George W. Liscomb found in the Ohio
river; accidentally drowned.
3 Richard A. E. Goebler. bunkoed in New,
York, starts on their trail with a belt full of
revolvers and lands three of the gang in jail.
Philadelphia License Court jndgos insist
upon full returns of licensed andunllcensed
liquor sellers. A design selected for a
monument in honor of General Hartrauf L
La Coney acquitted.
4 Hope that the Imprisoned miters in the
Wiikesbarre colliery may have eacaped
through unused workings. A reward of
5,000 offered for evidence to sustain tbe
Parnell letters, after tbe forgery was
Sroven. A destructive lire in the heart of
roa dway; loss $35,000.
5 The Ways and Means Commutes will not
place the duty on steel rails lower than $13
per ton, Illinois miners in convention. Dr
Willis McCray, Franklin, elopes with a cab
driver's daughter and leaves bis wife desti
tute. League magnates still in session at
Cleveland,
6 The,League magnates adopt a 10-club sched
ule and adjourn. Darned e speaks in New
York in the interest of the New York Free
Library. Tbe Ohio gerrymander passes tho
Senate, and is now a law. Window glass
men meet and increase the price list 5 per
cent. Pennsylvania Railroad abolishes
grade crossings In Philadelphia.
7 Kire in a tenement house in New York; fam
ily nearly smothered. A Canadian Pacific
train stalled by snow In the northern part of
Maine. A cave-in at Plymouth wrecks sev
eral bouses and badly scares tbe inmates.
Rev. M. L. Fritcb, Reading, head of four
congregations, arrested on charge of grand
larceny.
8 A Pittsburg ami New York glue concern
goes to tbe wall. A pitched battle between
Italian thieves and a constable's posse at
Wampum, Pa. Hundreds ot boomers con
gregatlng preparing to invado tho Cherokee
strip. Five prisoners escape from tbe
Uniontown jail. Al. Graham, Auditor of
Warren county, O., defaulter, sentenced to
imprisonment for IS years and pay a fine of
$126,422 18.
9 Two cents the net earnings of a Scranton
coal miner for tho month of February;
numbers make less than $1. Fishermen
rescned at soa after being five days without
food or water. Detroit nas a Sunday flro
which cost $250,000. "Cyclone" Duryoa
jumps tbe Brotherhood and signs with the
Cincinnati League. The Dominion of Can
ada after American iron.
10 A break in the levee near Arkansas City
causing gi eat alarm. The Mayor aud police
prevent a mob from securing a prisoner at
Columbia, S. C Senator Stanford intro
duced a bill far tbe Government to lend
money at a low rate tn tbe farmers.
11 Eleven accusers confront Captain McCalla
as men who havo reason to complain ot
harsh treatment. Old Monougabela's dams
and locks north $1000,000. Brotherhood
League magnates adopt their schedule.
Tbe State blind orphans complain of not
netting cnouzh to eat.
12 The levee breaks- above Arkansas City and
threatens the lower district. The lottery
measure defeated in the North Dakota Leg
islature. Students of tho female college at
Columbus, Miss., object to tbe president,
aud their action is sustained by a portion of
tho faculty. The P. R. R. secures control
of the old "Monon" route, 600 miles.
13 Rivers in tue South raging, levees breaking
and millions of dollars worth of property
imperilled. A little girl stripped and
whipped with a double rattan at .the Phila
delphia Institution for tbe Blind. Ex
amining committee find Treasurer Nolan,
of Missouri, is short $32,745 69, Walter
Hewitt tries to buy tbo Detroit club.
14 Twenty thousand excited boomers invade
tbe Cherokee outlet. New York cracker
concerns bought out by one company, who
pays $3,500,000. Sawtelle's case closed. The
South gives tbe Presidental partyaheartv
welcome. Thousands of men at work
strengthening tho lovees. By a close vote
the Maryland Senate cobbles tbe Chesa
peake Canal far a railroad. Association
schedule adopted.
15 First session of the International Labor
, Conference) held in' Congress Hall of tbo
Chancellor's palace. Forty thousand con
tract laborers said to have passed through
Castle Garden in a few months. Levees
breaking all aloug the lower rivers and the
back country being flooded. The Presi
dent issues a proclamation for the boomers
to leave tbe Cherokeo strip.
16 A Now York walking delegate has an ob
noxious employer and 18. non-union men ar
rested for working on Sunday; tbe magis
trate discharges them. Harry W. King,
Prerect of tbe Pennsylvania Institution for
tbe Instruction of the Blind, is arrested on
a serious charge brought by the scholars.
Social clubs of Philadelphia closed on Sun
day. 17 New York's grand jury returns a numberof
indictments against prominent officials for
malfeasance in office. Business people at
Bellevernon jubilant over the prospect of a
blc iron plant at that place. No division
encampment .for the N. G. P. Tbe flood
destroys the fairest portion ot North-Louisiana.
IS Revenue bills prepared bytbe Republican
Ways and Means Committee practically
completed, Tbe body of Mrs. Thomas
Bog ges", shlpaed from Allegbeuy to Scran -
J
ton, fails to arrive; the husband also miss
ing and charged, with murder; his arrest
ordered. The case of Private D. P. Wild
being investigated at Cblcaeo.
19 Conductor Houghtallng held for the Lake
Shore disaster. Grand jnry making a
searching investigation of Mayor Grant's
officials. Bishop Esher on trial before a
church court at Reading, charged with un
christian conduct. J. F, Flummer & Co.,
extensive New York drvgoods firm, fall for
$1,000,000. General von Caprlvi appointed
Chancellor of the German Empire. Chicago
police have no facts about the death of
Jennie Bingham.
20 Mrs. Llppincott enters denial of all charges
made against her. The William A. Baeder
Glue Company sold by the Sheriff at New
"York. The resignation of Bismarck has
shaken all Europe and early war is pre
dicted. The work of clearing the debris of
the Indianapolis flro suspended until tbe
tottering walls are torn down; Mrs. Wood
ruff, wite of one of tbe Ill-fated firemen,
waits for the body and refuses to rest. A
four-wire line from Chicago to Cleveland
gobbled by the Western Union. Cokers
confident of a good trade and. building
many new ovens. Blair's educational bill
beaten in the Senate.
21 Bishop J. J. Esher convicted of falsehood,
slander and stirring up strife. Wiikesbarre
receives many offers ot assistance for the
starving miners. Supreme Court of New
York decides execution by electricity tn be
legal. Major General George Crook, U. S.
A., dies ot beart failure in Chicago. Johns
town alarmed by tbe bleb stage of water.
Jao k McAullffe defeats Jimmy Carroll in a
47-round battle at San Francisco.
22 Henry S, Ives appeared before tbe investi
gating committee at N ew York and testified
that he paid $10,000 for special privileges in
Ludlow Street Jail. Sheriff Flack and bis
son found guilty of conspiracy in obtaining
a divorce from Mrs. Flack. Pete Conway
signs with Ward's Brooklyn team.
23 Miners in Scranton and the adjoining terri
tory seed assistance. After a score ot
years a Mormon Is convicted of th most
brutal double murder at Frovo, Utah. A
Northumberland, Pa., woman refuses to
believe ber daughter dead and stopped- the
funeral; she keeps tbe body in tbe house
from February 23 until Maich 23. Carroll
willing to fight McAuliffo for $10,000.
24 Count do Montercoli arrosted in Philadel
phia for distributing libelous circulars at
tacking bis wife. Miss Virginia Knox. Bal
four introduces a measure for tbe purchase
of land in Erin; every farmer to own his
farm. Sheriff Flack impeached. Rev. R.
J. Shinu, Morris City, III., while speaking of
tbe uncertainty of life, falls down dead.
John M. Ward-again downs the National
League in Dunlap's case,
25 Tammany leaders in New York become ter
rified; Ricbard Croker. tbe leader, asked to
return from Europe, Genuine case of yel
low fever reportod near Reading, Fa. En
thusiastic meeting at Washington in tbe in
terest of the National Methodist Episcopal
University.
26 Chairman Conger ready to report the Win
dom bill. Sheriff Flack, ot New York, re
signs when he sees imprisonment ahead of
him. Remains of General Robert Schenck
burled at Dayton, levee in front of Sklp
wltb. Miss., breaks and residents flee for
their lives. Prince Bismarck given an
ovation on the occasion of bis farewell
audience with the Emperor. Judge Wal
lace decides "Buck" Ewing a free man.
27 Pupils or the Philadelphia Institution for
tbe Benefit of the Blind found to have been
at Principal Battles' mercy. A count in
New Yorb convicted or grand larceny and
sent five years to prison. A bill to admit
Wyoming to statehood passes tbe House.
28 More legislation necessary to keep ont tbe
Chinese. Depew and Vanderbilt embark
in a scheme to harness Niagara.
29 A woman's club to be organized by blch so.
ciely in Philadelphia. Commodore Miller,
near Lima, O., relieved of $1,500 be had just
drawn from bank. Prince Bismarck's re
tirement from affairs of State marked by
a grand ovation from the people of Berlin.
The Queen and leading 'members of tbe
royal family abroad, leaving the English
Government without a head.
30 An explosion in the engine1 room of the
City of Paris disables the steamer and she
drifts at the mercy of tbe sea for 60 hours:
fine weather all that saved the 1,000 souls
tbat were on board. Residents living in
trees in tbe flooded districts of Arkansas.
Mrs. Kate Waldruff, of Buffalo, uses red
pepper and a whip on a man who deceived
her.
81 Tbe Standard OU Company's natural gas
stock pays a dividend of 27 per con:. Tbe
voice of Hon. W. E. Gladstone beard by an '
tAmrJcananalerreeln Now-York oy means
of a phonograph. The levee at Greenville
gives way, causing a tremendous flood.
After a warm discussion tbe Senate passes
the dependent pension bill. Over 4,000
Hungarians arrive at Castle Garden inside
24 hours. Heavy fall ot snow at Louts villo
causes much suffering to the stricken ones.
APRIL.
1 Secretary of the State Liquor Dealers'
Association worked by a Prohibltlen orgin,
to whom be gave away the inside story of
the Pennsylvania campaign. Loss from
the cyclone at Fayettevllle, Tenn., amounts
to $250,000. La Blanche matched to fight
younc Mitchell.
2 At least 1,000 persons homeless and hungry
lu tbo Missfss.ppl valley. The Greeley
homestead burned. Prince of Wales quite
feeble. A Cbicagn thief makes a bold at
tempt to rob a dlamonl merchant in the
Palmer House. Contributions for Louis
ville's tornado sufferers amonn; to $130,000.
3 One man holds up a stage in Lower Cali
fornia; was after a big haul but only got
' SIS. Missouri women arm themselves with
rifles and axes and capture a wagon load of
beer. Tno failure of the Asliton mil's,
Reading, Pa., quite a heavy blow; LOOO per
sons affected.
4 Stockholders of tho Chicago Exposition
have an animated quarrel over tho directory.
A vessel from Rio quarantined at Balti
more, having yellow fever on board. Nellie
Bly sick in ftrie.
6 A bomb or Doison reported to have been tho
.cause of tl,e Czar'j illness. Large beer
brewers of Iiosto.i combine with a capital of
$11,000,000. Trenton citizens to lite the mort-
?age on Mrs. Parn ell's home,
nventor Keeley's new motive force tested
in the presence ot experts and pronounced
a success. The Pittsburg and Western
purchase tbo Toledo, Delphos and Western;
a short routti between Pittsburg and Chi
cago. Chlciigo carpenters strike for eight
hours a day. Montercoli distributed
another infamous circular and is arrested.
Mamie -Starr, arrested for poisoning a
Chicago family, tells such peculiar tones
the police are at sea. v
.7 Suspension of a New York Stock Exchange
firm caused by a dead partner's defalcation.
Seven thousand carpenters out on strike in
Chicago. Moses Fralcy loads up with May
wheat at St. Louis until he is swamped
financially.
8 J. Monroo Shallenberger disappears from
Doylestown with S7o,000in cash. Carpenters'
strike at Chicago growing. Congressman
Phelan sends a challenge to duel Editor
John M. Fleming who refuses. Loner
rivers rising. Oil men in conference in
Now York.
9 J. Monroo shallenberger still missing and
$100,000 will not cover tho shortage. Mer
chants of Arkansas City doing business on
scaffolds, the whole town under uatcr. The
Conemaugli river at Johnstown the highest
since the flod. Zach Taylor aud three
others banted.
10 Valencia captured by anti-Carllst rioters,
who attack aud bura churches and hotels.
Emperor William's physicians say he has
but about ten years to live. Banker Ward's
wife dies suddenly. New York carpenters
demand eight hours work and a full day's
pay. low.t Legislature refuses to disturb
the prohibitory law. Carpenters strike in
. Chicago still on. Randall's physicians can
do nothing but make tbe end easy.
11 Twentv-flfth anniversary ot the California,
Pa., Normal School, Tbo Ohio Senate
pas.es a bill fixing a lower rate for passen
ger charges per mile Princess of Wales
falling. Hon. Samuel J, Randall's last mo
ments approaching. Large strike amon
members of the bnildine trades in New
York. Desperate attack of Sing Sing con
victs npon their guards.
12 Miss Virginia Knox tells tho story of Mon
tercoli'g cruelty to her. Europe alarmed by
arrangements for a monster demonstration
In May by labor organizations. Evicted
Irish tenants build a new town. Twenty
three labor unions in New York have de
clared for eight hours- '
13 A tank containing LOOO barrels of water
falls through tbe Park Theater, Philadel
phia, Miners assemble at Columbus to ar
range scale, Boston building trades issue
an order affecting 20,000 men. Nothing but
water greets tbe eye from a boat moving
down tbo Mississippi. Isaac B. Sawtello
confesses to the killing of his brother.
14 Aiocialistic call in Europe to unite on May
liu demanding shorter hours and more
money. James J. Cnrbett, the California
wonder, spends a pleasant four rounds
punchlne our Dom full of boles. Intimated
that Judge Hilton knew facts that put A.
T. Stewart in bis power. The Players'
League, of Pitlsbnrg, defeated by Chicago.
15 All Chicago building operations paralyzed
by the carpenters' strike. Eight hundred
carpenters out on strike at Indianapolis.
Carnegie cabght for 820.000 la tbo failure of
the Detroit Spring Works. Tbe twenty
fifth anniversary of the death of Abraham
Lincoln observed by the, Loyal Loglon ot
tbe United States at Philadelphia.
16 Powderly charges that officials make no
efforts to stop alien labor from entering.
Miners and operators' committee fall to
come to terms at Cincinnati. Chicago and
Indianapolis carponters still firm, i, Mont
comery ward and wife separate.- The Re
publican tariff bill presented tn Conrress.
with sugar free of duty; the majority report
explains and defends the bill while the
Democrats attack tbv measure as a whole.
17 The new South Penn Railroad organized
with capital ot $20,000,000. Tales of destitu
tion in tbe Mississippi Valley still being re
ceived. Samuel Jefferies. Gaffney City, 8.
C, arrested for a murder committed 25
years previous. Louis Franke & Co., New
York silk firm, fall for $1,000,000. Miners at
inter-State convention, Columbus, fix tbo
yearly scale.
IS President Gompers states everything is in
readiness for the elghf hour battle May 1.
Castlo Garden closed. Cuba-terrorized by
bandits. A verdict of guilty found against
ex-Prefect King. Tbe union of Presby
terian churches postponed. Chicago boss
carpenters think the strike may peter out.
Rev. J.C. Mowers, a minister at intercourse,
Pa., charged with forgery.
19 Grand Duke Constantlne, a member of the
Royal family, joins the Nihilists. Euro
pean governments await the first of May
with anxiety. Jobn Wilkes Booth not dead,
so says Louise Worcester, of Birmingham,
Ala., tbe woman who wasonoe" nearest his
heart. Arrangements for the execution of
Kemmler by electricity at Auburn,are com-
leted. Emperor William makes a flying
luropean trip.
20 The Central Labor Union, New York, re
jects a resolution to declare May 1 a holi
day. After 40 years the missing will of a
Cincinnati millionaire is found in an'old
safe. Stanley the gnest of Kinggand warm
ly received by the populace at Brussels.
Fan-Americans visit Fortress Monroe. Two
men killed in a fight between desperadoes
and citizens in West Virginia. Duncan
Ross defeated by Miller, the Australian
ohamplon.
21 Mr. Parnell moves the rejection of the Irish
land bill in a long speecb. Settlement of
the Chicago carpenters' strike again post
poned. Mayor of Indianapolis asks arbitra
tion for striking carpenters.' Two men en
ter a Louisville Jewelry store and secure
$3,000 worth of diamonds.
22 Chioago tbe scene of a desperate struggle
between organized labor and capital; that
city the place for the test struggle in the
, eight-hour day move. Contractors at In
dianapolis concede tbe demands of the
atnklng carpenters. The commencement
of McCalla's court martial. 3 immy Carroll
defeats Billy Smith in a 14-ronnd battle m
California.
23 Many new recruits swell the ranks of tbe'
Chicago strikers. A new secret union or
ganized by 25,000 miners-in the anthracite
region Tbe joint Republican caucus" de
cides upon a silver bilL Emperor William
decides to suppress all labor demonstrations
In Berlin on May L
24 Labor leaders of Chicago disturbed because
too many worklnginen want to join the
eight-hour movement. An agreement
reached expected to help the Chicago
strikers. Another American vessel seized
by Canadians. Reported riots in Austria.
25 Traffic managers discuss tbe rate question.
An ardent Florida widower forces a widow
to marry him, with the aid of a revolver.
Inspeotor Layton explains the measures
taken to keep out contract laborers. Pre
- feet King sent five years to the peniten
tiary. James Beagle tries to bnrn the
Globe Theater, Washington. Chicago's
striking carpenters show little disposition
to yield.
26 Stanley arrives "in England. European
governments take every precaution to sup
press a May Day outbreak. President
Harrison Issued definite instructions tbat
the Government authority In Florida must
be maintained. Gladstone and Salisbury
dine together in London. Master car-
S enters and journeymen unable to agree in
hlcago.- W. W. .Ginbs. Philadelphia,
effects a consolidation of European and
American gas companies; capital stock,
$50,200,000.
27 McDonald Shoemaker, Wiikesbarre,
wealthy, marries a poor girl to prepare for a
rainy day that might overtake him. Tbe
employes of tbe big Chicago slaughtering
bouses decide to strike May 1.
28 The eight-hour movement spreading over
tbo civilized world; President Gompers
issues a manifesto to the toilers of America:
Chicago carpenters and bosses testing their
strength. O'Donovan Rosea found guilty
of libel. Senator Jobn J. MacFarlane,
President of the American Life Insurance
Company unablo to meet his obligations.
Chief Justice Fuller, of tbe United States
Supreme Court, bands down an opinion
tbat the Iowa statute subjecting incoming
spirits to seizure invades inter-State com
merce; a disssntiug'oplnion given by Jus
tices Gray, Harlan and Brewer.
29 Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, while out
sailing on tbe Florida coast is caught in a
storm and narrowly escapes drownlncr. A
!" writ of a habeas corpus' granted in the
Kemmler case, thus giving him a new Iease
oi me, J. he Chicago carpenters almost all
secure their demands. An advance offered
to 500 coke workers at West Newton, Fa.
Tbe Homestead Bank of New York suc
cumbs. 80 The Bank of America, of Philadelphia, sus
pended operations and late.- made a com
plete assignment; cbmplicationc with the
American Life Insuranc Compan caused
tbe crasb. Two tbousin.l Detroit carp.-u-ters
quit work, demanding eight hours.
Thirty thousand carpenters decide to
parade in Chicagj and Mayor Cregier is
sues a proclamation in behalf of law and
order. Jobn M. Ward and Mrs. Helen
Dauvray Ward sign nrticles.of separation.
MAY.
1 The Bank of America, Philadelphia, sus
' pends and makes an assignment, owing to
complications with the American Life In
surance Company. Ex-Jndge Hilton se
cures Indictments against his accusers. The
Morrill pension bill passes tbe House pro
viding for an increased expenditure of
$40,000,000. Baseballfst Ward separates
from bis wife, Helen Dauvray Ward.
Ralph Beaumont, or tbe Knights of Labor,
writes a letter to McKluley condemning
the proposed issue of silver certificates.
2 Boulangist, demonstration in . Paris sup
pressed by militarv and police. Berlin and
other Gorman cities in a state of siege owing
to fears ot a Socialist uprising. Labor
meetings held in Vienna with doors closed
against tho police. Labor Day in
Chicago celebrated with great enthusi
asm, thousands of men botng In line.
The Gloucester, N. J., National ..Bank,
closely allied to the Bank of America,
suspends. Cbalkley LeConey says tbat be
expects to secure the arrest of Annie's
murderer. Techhelmey.Itau & Co., New
York, sheet manutacturers. fail with lia
bilities of $375,000; assets $100,000 less. Tho
land pursbase bill passes second reading in
the Commons. The Congressional Immi
gration Investigation Committee makes a
report showing that great numbers of un
desirable immigrants are continuously ar
riving despite the law. Senate anti-trust
bill passed the House.
S Tho Merchants Bank, of Atlantic City, the
Fidelity Trust Conipauy of Camden aud tho
Port Norris. N. J., banks Suspuud payment.
All connected iib the defunct Bank of
America. Employes in Chicago of reaper
works', founders, molders. cooper and c.ir
slup hands "struck for fewer hours and
more pav. The two rival Y. W. C. T. U., of
Philadelphia, go to law to see wbloh has a
right to the title. George Reese declines
tho McKeesport postmasterVlilp. Com
mander McCalla, of the Enterprise, testifies
in bis own defense. Moses Fraley, of St.
Louis, compromises with his creditors at 40
cents on tbe dollar. Board of Pardons le
f uso to interfere in the case of tho Nicely
brothers.
4 Two hundred and fifty thousand workmen
parade in London, tho greatest labor dem
onstration Europe ever saw. The English
Government preparing a bill to compensate
those who arc refused a license. Louis E.
Pfeiffer, President, and Joseph Pancoast,
teller, of the Bank of America, arrested for
receiving deposits after knowing tho bank
was insolvent. The St. Louis Merchants'
brldgo across tbe Mississippi formally
'opened. Demands of the Chicago strikers
for eight hours practically agreodto. Gen
eral strike of tbe building trades at Johns
town inaugurated. Hermit, the sensational
Derby winner, dies in England.
5 Germany's new rulers turning from protec
tion to free trade. Tbe Montgomery Na
tional Bank and tho Montgomery Insurance
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, at Nor
ristown. cause resignation of casulcracd
treasurer for using money of the concerhs
without authority. Remains of Dr. Cronin
finally burled In Calvary Cemetery, Chi.
cago.
6 The Cook County Board refuse tq pass tho
bills of special counsel in the Cronln case.
Demand of New York carpenters for
letght hours agreed to, while tbo
strike ot the Chicago carpenters Is
settled by arbitration. Many Ann
Dougherty, whoso pension hill Cleveland
vetoed tries to address tbe United States
- Senate fromthe gallery. Tbe Montgomery
Insurance aud Trust Company, of Nurris
town. closes )'s donr?. Coke worUers in
tbe Monougabela Valley agitating fnr a
general strike or adjustment of grievances
all over tho valley. Argument heard by
the Supreme Court for a now trial in
the case of Kemmler, who was to be, exe
cuted by elehtrlcity, Cumberland's "City
Council agrees to loan the Baltimore and
Ohto road $150,C00. At Republican confer
ence on the tariff it was decided to' lay
asldothe river and barbor appropriation
bill until the former was passed upon. J.
Monroe Shallenberger, tho Doylestown de
faulter, who swindled clients out of $150,000,
arrested in Philadelphia.
7 Real Estate Agent- Lancaster, of Philadel
phia, skips away with $75,000 ot his clients'
money. Boodle Alderman Sayles not to be
found. Temporary officers of the South
Penn road made permanent. S. S. Floyd
& Co., big Chicago bucket .shop concern,
full on account of stoppage ot grain quota
lions. Singer Manufacturing Company's
establishment at Elizabeth, N. J., destroyed
by fire, causing a loss of about $2,000,000.
8 President Louis E. Pfeiffer, Cashier James
S. Dnngan, Assistant Cashier Joshna
Pfeiffer and Teller Wm,H. Hergesheimer,
of the Bank op America, arrested, charged
with attempted fraud. Chamberlnlu In
sists upon tbe wisdom of an Irish land
purchase bill. Chicago coopers go back to
work at tbe old prices, uongressman
Seott agrees to advance miners' wages if the
price of coal goes up. Annual convention
Y. M. C. A. meets at Nashville. The
works of the Bloom Carriage Manufactory
at Scranton burned; loss $160,000. Defaulter
Shallenberger waives a hearing and is com
mitted for trial. Veterans sending letters
to Washington expressing dissatisfaction
with the Morrill pension bill. Nine bnndred
colored waiters at Chicago striker or shorter
hours. The bill authorizing tbe issue of
Treasury notes ou deposit of silver bullion
taken up in the Senate.
9 Officers of tbe Bank of America held for
court. The striking miners of Northern
Illinois to the nnmber of 15,000 return to
work after being out a month. Three ihons-.
and coal miners in Tioga countv strike for
more wages. Senator Beck buried at Lex
ington. At Columbus Attorney General
Watson instituted suit to annul tho charter
of the Standard Oil Company.
Colonel W. E. Bundy, or Cincinnati, a
.nephew or Governor Foraker, elopes and
marries Miss Eva Leedom, or Adams coun
ty, daughter or tbe Sergeant-at-Arms of the
, national House of .Representatives, axter a
courtship of four days.
10 Latin-American delegates to tbe Pan-American
conference to present Secretary Blaine
with a silver "loving cup." The State begins
action against the American Life Insurance
Company of Philadelphia, alleging fraud.
A large number of well known Americans
present at Queen Victoria's drawing room.
South Carolina Episcopalians protest at tbe
Diocesan Convention against tbe admission
of negro clergymen. Tbe House of Repre-
- sentatives agree to a bill giving Mrs. Par
nell, mother , of Charles Stewart Parnell
and daughter of Admiral Stewart, a pen
sion of $50 a month. An insurance combine
forming In New York to raise rates and
lower brokers' commissions. James Cor
coran, politician and real estate agont, of
Philadelphia, skips, leaving liabilities of
about $50,000r The new timber dry
dock at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, costing $1,000,000, formally opened.
The German miners' congress to meet in
Berlin June 15 to demand a gradual reduc
tion to eight hours a day. Henriette
Utrard, niece of Stephen Girard, found
dead In a garret at Philadelphia. J ourney
men carpenters ot Chicago claim to have
won their strike, nearly 5,000 of their mem
bers being at work.
11 George Francis Train arrived at London 52
days out on bis way around tbe world, and
expects to finish his trip atTaconia jn 62
days, beating all records. English Tories
in-a tangle over the license bill. Prelates
of the English Church countenance modi
fied brotherhoods and sisterhoods. John
Lannon paid $8,000 for a license to run
a saloon in a suburb of Lowell,
Mass., and the first day he opened it took 15
policemen to manage the crowd. Insurance
Commissioner Foster says the stock of
tbe American Lite Insurance Company is
not worth a penny. At thatenuis match at
London Petit, ot Boston, defeats P. Latham,
of the Queens Club, Kensington. Engage
ment ot Miss Winnie Davis to Alfred Wil
kinson, of Syracuse, N. Y., cpnflrmed; it
was kept a secret from Jefferson Davis.
12 Emperor William favors peace, but will
keep up a big standing army to make suro
of it. Stockholders and not bondholders
to be tbe preferred class in tbe finances of
tbe World's Fair. Tbe female municipal
officers of Edgerton, Kan., disgusted with
their newly acquired honors, resign.
Storms in portions ot Missouri destroy
much property, and kill several people.
Right Rev. MonsiguorO'Connell, Rector of
the American College at Rome, the guest
of Archbishop Ryan.
13 George B. Ivessenteneed to the penitentiary
for eight years at Newburyport, Mass., for
forgery to the amount ot 117,000. William
Gould nnder arrest at Albany. N. Y., for
robbing a bank or about $100,000. National
Conference of Charities and Correction
meet in Baltimore. Thousands of Italians
to take the place of Slavonians In tbe Penn
sylvania mines. National Wholesale Drug
gists' Association protest against Senator
Paddock's proprietary medicine bill. Sen
ator Jones makes a three hours' speecb in
favor of his sliver bill. General strike ex
pected in the coke regions growing out of
the troubles at the Valley Works.
11 The original package liquor houses begin
business in Kansas aud Iowa. The Louis
ana Lottery. Company offers the-State $26
000,000' for sTtfCbarfer fdr 25 "years.
American Lite Insurance Company in
the bands of a receiver. Returns
from all but five of the Presbyteries
show tbat 133 have Voted for revision; 69
against, while 6 refused to -vote. Buard ot
Bishops of the Methodist Church com
mends tbe project of a National University
at Washington. Miss Alice G. McKee,
aged 21, admitted to practice at the Warren
bar. Surveyors of the proposed ship canal
reach Greenville, coming down tbe Big
Shenangp.- Andrew Carnegie lays the cor
ner stone of tbe new musle ball. Fifty
seventh street and Seventh avenue, New
York.
15 In the House of- Representatives Mr. By
nnm, of Indiana, acenses James Campbell,
the labor leader, of perjury; but tbe latter
asserts tbat his affidavit was true. Rail
road employes on the Obio and Mississippi
have demands for increased ivages
granted. Residents of Milton celebrate
' tbe tenth anniversary of their big Are.
Home Rulers in tbe Commons advance tbe
Irish agricultural laborers' bill. The New
- York police bunting for Robert L. Wallace,
charged with robbing bis uncle John H.
Wallace ot over $50,000. Frlck Company
miners accept enmoremtso thus averting a
big strike. United States Senator Walcott,
of Colorado, married to Mrs. Frances Met
calfe Bans, of Buffalo.
18 The Senate Judiciary Committee reports a
bill to authorize tbe States to regulate com
merce In liquor. The Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly opens its annual session at
Saratoga. Commander McCalla, or the
United States steamer Enterprise, charged
with cruelty to sailors, suspended from
rank and duty for three years and to retain
bis present number on the list of com
manders while suspended. Castaway II
wins tbe Brooklyn handicap in the presence
of 20,000 people; time 2:1a The Masonic
Temple at Altoona dedicatod with imposing
ceremonies.
If Tbe Increased tariff on glass retained in
General Master Workman Powderly in
dicted in Scranton for conspiracy to defeat
'Edward Gallagher for Senatorial nomina
tion. Tbe Committee op Revision of the
Confession of Faith reports to tbe Prrsby
tertau General Assembly and tbe debate
tbereon begun. Congressman Bontelle to
endeavor to got a bill through Congress al
lowing States to regulate tho liquor traffic.
Mr. Plumb, in tho Sonato, charged that tlTe
Treasury Department wat continually man
ipulated In the interest of New York finan
ciers. Engagement ot Henry M. Stanley
and Miss Dorothy Tonnant announced.
IS Great excitement aud hard words in tho
House, growing out of tbo charges made
against Jamos Campbell by Mr. Bynnm.
Actor Fritz Emmet sned by his wife for
divorce. Margaret Blaine, eldest daugh
ter of the Secretary of State, weds Walter
Damrosch. Motion made in tbe Prcsby.
terlan General Assembly, but not acted
upon, to recommit tbe revision question.
Gigantic revenuo frauds discovered in tho
New York Custom House, and many prom
Ineut men said to be implicated. Emperor
William's speech at Konigsberg said to
Irritate the Russian Government. Ser-geant-at-Arms
Kennedy, of the United
Statc3 Senate, resigns under pressure from
Quay.
19 pounce Bailey, of Sullivan county, marries
a young girl and a few days later elopes
with her mother. Bismarck's Iron rule in
Germany being replaced bv a moro mild
pollcv. George .Francis Train arrives at
New York CO days out on his trip around tho
world.
20 The Supreme Cnnrt renders a decision de
claring that State meat lnspectibn laws in
tended to prevent Importation unconsti
tutional. President Harrison recommends
Congress to take action in regard u con
structing a P,m-Arat:rtean railway. Harry
Maikoe, n well-known Philadelphia broker,
falls for $50,000, Rev. Dr. A. C. Haygood.
of fiheffiold, AU.. and O. P. Fitzgerald, of
Nashville, Tenn., elected Bishops of the
M. E. Church. South. People who drink in
Boston barrooms under -tbo new law must
sit down.
2l Senator Stanford introduces hts bill for the
Government to loan money on farming
Iiuda, Cincinnati's great musical festival
opens. Meeting of the National Medical
Convcntlou at Nashville. Tlie conference
of the Sonihern Methodist Church declares
against liqnorlicene. llills-to remedy the
cmulillun caused by tho Supreme Court
original package decision considered by the
llnu.o Commerce Committee and the full
Senate.
22 Tho McKlnley 'tariff bill parsed the House
by a vote of 164 to 142. two Republicans
Voting with tho Democrat. A gigjntic
plot for a revolution Jn Lower California
unearthed, tho idea being annexation with
the Tin! ted Stales. Connt Di Montercoli
sept to jail toy six months at
Philadelphia for libeling Ins wife.
Virginia Knox. Caruso beer by the car
load bring snipped Into prohibition Maine.
C. F. I- Klnnear, cishior ul the Pcnnsl
vanla Gas Company's oillcs at Warren ar
rested for embezzling $10,000 of tho com
pany's cash. Lyman J. Gage elected Chair
man of Ibe World's Fair Executive Com
mittee. Cardinal Gibbons addresses tbe
National Conference ot Charities and Cor
rection. "
23 Nova Scotia elections show tbat tho people
are in favor of annexation. The Presbyte
rian General-Assembly thi heat of dis-
cussion on tbo revision of creed. J. Monroe
Shallenberger sentenced to 22 year in the
penitentiary for embezzlement and forgery.
Logan county, W. Vs.. in a state of excite
ment over an outbreak ot lawlessness and
murder. Charles Morgan convicted at
Fiiidlar. O., of tho Oman robbery. Billy
Myer knocked out by Andy Bowen In 27
rounds. The House takes np tbe river and
harbor bill.
24 The United States steamer Pensacola re
turns from Africa with the Government
scientific expedition. Charges of corrup
tion made in tbe Kentucky Legislature over
a railroad measure cause great excitement.
Fell, tho New York hank wrecker, con
victed of grand larceny. Colored hotel
waiters demand an Increase in wages.
Lcechburg, Pa., a prohibition town, agitated
over tbo reception of a carload of beer.
The United States, Supreme Court decides
tbat Kemmler must die by electricity.
25 The Hennepin Canal clause retained in the
river and harbor bill. Jobn Connors, a
hostlervarrested in New York as -"Jack tbo
InkSllngcr." Tbe Presbyterian General
Aisembly adopts the report of the Commit
tee on Revision ot Faith. Germany's ne
gotiations with England concerning certain
territories in Africa suddenly suspended
through orders of tbe British Prime Minis
ter. Auditor General McCamont submits a
report to tbe State Revenue Commission,
together with a bill providing for a system
of taxation. Yale defeats the Atlanta
crew of New York by eight lengths.
26 A boycott on pork suggested as a means of
retaliation In Germany on America. Soma
members of Congress predict a deficit or
over $100,000,000. Five men horribly bnrned
by a blast furnace explosion at tbe Illinois
Steel Works. Mansfield King, the Denver
bank burglar, confesses along list of crimes.
Tbe steamship City of Rome wins tbe ocean
race over the Auranla and Alaska. Scores
of building contracts revoked In Chicago
because of the carpenters' strike.
27 Emeline Unrlcb, an old maid of Philadel
phia, charges ber servant and others with
swindling ber out of thousands of dollars
by means of the black art. President Diaz
takes no stock in tbe Lower California
scheme. Five hundred spies reputed to
have been among the Chicago strikers
getting points on violation of alien law con
tracts. Reputed consolidation of tbe
Tbomson-Huuston and Edison Electric
Light Companies. Presbyterian General
Assembly appoints a committee to revise
the confession.
28 Members or the new State Revision Com
mission consider schemes of taxation. Ger
man Catholic societies of Michigan oppose
the Bennett law. Harrison sends a mes
sage to Congress proposing to start an
international nank.
29 Race war likely at Birmingham, Ala- over
th3 right or way on sidewalks. Speaker
Reed closes tbe drinking bar beneath the
House of Representatives. Carpenters Im
ported from Canada to Chicago in violation
of law. Tbe body of Thomas Ktmler, a
wealthy Englishman, fonnd In a Montreal
reservoir; a case of either murder or sui
cide. Boodle Alderman Dempsey returns
to Nefw York from Canada and gives bail in
$40,000. Claassen, the New York bank
wrecker, convicted. George Kenuan insists
tbat bis stories ot Russian atrocities on
prisoners are not colored. Ex-Union and
Confederate soldiers join in a rennlon at
Vick8burg. Christian scientists in national
convention at New York.
30 Maine decides In favor of original packages.
J. M. Ralney's men threaten, to go out un
less he signs the miners' scale. Tbe R. E.
Lee statue unveiled at Richmond, Va.. with
' great ceremony. Two negro convicts escape
from the Trenton, N. J., penitunlary and
are bunted with dogs. Brooklyn tinners de
mand eight hours. Tne Senate adopts a
measure intended to segulate the original
rjackage trade.
31
Negro settlers driven -out or Louisiana;
nobbery wanted. Stanley the guest ot
honor at an American banquet at London.
Corner stone ot tbe Memorial Axcb to
Washington laid in New York. Tbe Gar
field Memorial at Cleveland unveiled in tbe
presence of many thousands of people. Tbe
presence of Prince Arthur ju Toronto, Ont,
attracts little or no attention.
JUNE.
1 London's 14,000 police agitating a movement
for redress of grievances. Gladstone's ad
herents continne to gain ground. LOCO
Mormon converts expected in New York.
The Duke and Duchess ot Cennaught visit
Niagara Falls. Speaker Reed at tbe ban
quet or the Home Market Club. Boston
says there must be no 'rree raw material.
MIbs Aldricb, niece of Senator Aldricb, en
gaged to Mr. Wlldman, of Idaho. Resi
dents of Johnstown bold memorial services
in commemoration of the great flood. John
C. Fite, of Philadelphia, charged with rob
bing his partners of $75,000.
2 Conflict -in Kansas between Federal and
State courts as to original packages.
Reading Railroad men must leave unions or
lose their jobs. The Prime Minister of
Quebec accused ot accepting bribes.
S Frauds alleged in tbe practice ot allowing
Canadians to load cars to be sent from their
country under tbe protection ot tbe U. S.
seals. Alice Settler, 17 years old. arrested
at Kutztown tor stealing a team, tbe owner
of wbicb was attending a funeral. Tbe en-
fagement announced of Temperance Orator
'ranois Murphy and Mrs. Rebecca Fisher,
of Council Bluffs. Charles Kneedler, Phil
adelphia, jues his betrothed to recover $725,
which be alleges she purloined from him.
4 Miss Sarah Elklns, daughter or Stephen B.
Elkins, married to A. C Olyphant, at New
York. Representative Adams, or Illinois,
argues belore tbe committee against tho
duty on tin plate. Large powder house at
Mansfield, O., struck by lightning, causing
tbe loss of a baby's life and tbe serious
injury of her mothor. Big meeting at
Philadelphia to protest against tbe Mc
Klnley bill. Tho Cochran Coke Ovens pur-f-hARprl
bv Onerator J. D. Bovle. Senator
Paddock introduces, a -pure food bill.'
Brewers proaioitea rrom bottling under a
bill passed by tbe Senate.
5 New York Importers present arguments
against tbe tariff bill. Reed orders the
hucksters ont of the' Capitol corridors.
Congressman Tnrpin, of Alabama, unseated
in favor of McDuflie. Frank W. Mcllvaln.
cashier of tbe -Sulpher Deposit Bank, of
Sulpher, skips with $10,000 and tho wire or
another man. Minority stockholders or tbe
Pennsylvania's western lines to object to
' tbe schemes or consolidation. A con
ference of Republican Congressmen
formulates a new -silver bill. Strikers
at Coluinbu". O.. prevent street cars from
running. Tho Etna Rolling Mill
-at Wheeling. W. Va,, sold to an English
syndicate for $750,000. Mrs. Sarah A. Ran
dolph, a resident of New Castle. Pa., ar
rested for attempting to hire a man to kill
Banker William S.Foltz. Ex-CashierC.
J. L. Klnne.ir, of tbe Pennsylvania Gas
W"rk3 at Warren, gots five years for em
bezzlement, t.
6 The result of tbe elections in Ontario show
a Liberal majority. J. D. Wilson and his
wife, Jounic. soparatod for many years by
divorce, are reunited at Lima, O. W. L.
Scott developing new mines in tbe Monon
gabelaand Youghiogbeny valleys. Cbauncey
M. Depcw addressed a large audience at
Chicago, urging haid work to make the
Exposition a success.
7 The project of the proposea ship canal
from Lake Erie to tbe Obio river
pronounced practicable by tbe en
gineering corps. Strong efforts being
, made to inaugurate a general strike in the
Punxsutawney coal district for the district
price. Souator Plumb attacks tbe silver
and tariff bills. Wanamaker opposes an
eight-hour day in the postoffice. Rev.
George Hill. D. D-, of the Blairsviile Pres
bvtery, celebrates his 60th year"as a pastor.
Chicago builders to bo prosocute'd forim-
, porting Canadian labor. The slowness f
the rjenate in acting upon the tariff bill
causes a rise in the price of sugar.
8 Reed's silver bill passes the House and free
coinage defeated. Tbe Western Union
Beef Company, of Deuver. capitalized at
(15,000.000. Genoral uprising iu England
over the hill compensating liquor dealers
who are refused licenses. Miss Pblllppa
Fawcett, ngrd 22. captures tbe highest
honor at Cambridge University. Congress
man Cooper, of Indiana, wants certain
charges against Pension Commissioner
Ha u in Investigated. Grace Gridley, an
Am hoy. 111., girl went to sleep on March 15,
aud baa not smco wakened.
9 The. German Government demanding more
money titan ever to-malntain and Increase
tho mllltnr? force. A cracker pool formed
at Sr. Louis w 1th a capital ot SIS, 000,000. In-
xiranco Commissioner Foster denounces
the manner in wbicb tho American Life
cnuductod business. Chicago stockyards
stockholders to fight against selling out to
au English syndlcite.- Eight seamen of the
Iiiinaii lino arrested In New York for
smuggling. i
10 Tbo Reformod Presbyterian Synod In ses
sion atNow York denounces tbe ViceTPresi
dent for allowing u bar in his Washington
hotel, and praises Wanamaker for banish
ing liquor iroin his table. Tbe Mayor of
Baltimore signs the ordinance transferring
the city stocks lu tbo 1). i O. to j
syndicate. " Debate an. the alien land
ownership bill opened In the House.
Harry Cox, lit Cincinnati, claims that he
bas discovered a method ot producing a
working current of ulcctrlcity directly from
beat. Peck. Martin fc tta. New York
builders, sign tho union scale altera three
years' warfare. Street cars upset by the
strikers at Columbus.
11 An express train is wreoked y robbers
nearTexarkana, Ark., and they get $10,000
from tbe express car. Senator Teller an
pounces tbat he will not consider party lu
tbe vote on the silver, hill. Bid opened at
Washington for over $5,000,000 worth of new
naval vessels. Germany and France said to
be on the most friendly terms.
12 State Board of Agriculture at their, spring
meeting discuss methods of improving
county roads.' Stanford's agricutural loan,
scheme indefinitely postponed by tbe Sent
ate. Rev. Dr. Deems, at tbe meeting of the)
National Temperance Congress, insisted
tbat alcohol is a poison. A British artillery
band refuses to travel on a boat carrying
the Stars and Stripes. Young Robert H.
Wallace, tbe New York defaulter, who was
arrested at Havana, tells how be robbed
his uncle ol $5u,000. Massachusetts State
Senators charged with having received
$10,000 apiece for helping along a railroad
bill. A general uprising of tbe Indians in
Montana, led by the Cheyennee, is feared.
Only 2,750 marriages reported in Pennsyl
vania during tbe year. According totha
report of tbe Secretary of the Common
Wealth SLcountles of the State show an ag
grogate debt of $64,477,880 63.
13 Ex-Attorney General Vilas, at the State
Board ot Agriculture meeting, declared
tbat If the laws of Pennsylvania were as
strict as.tbose of other States In the matter
of railroad taxation the roads would pay
$15,000,000 annually instead ot $1,000,000 as
at present. Tbe House Labor Committee
takes np tbe Jeannette contract labor case.
The UllDois Supreme Court says that buying
wheat on margins is not a legitimate business
transaction. National Wool Growers' Con
vention suggest certain amendments to tbe
MoKlnley bill. The trial of Silverman for
selling liquor in tbe original packages at
Leechburg opens at Kittanning.
14 Silverman acquitted of the charge of sell
ing liquor without a license and of selling
to minors, but round guilty of selling to
persons or known Intemperate habits.
By a vote of 6 to 3 the Louisiana Legislative
Committee decides to' report in favor of the
lottery charter. House Committee on Civil
Service Reform censure Commissioner
Lyman for negligence. Settlement of tho
miners' strike a: Dubois. Tims for general
debate In the Senate on tbe silver bill ex
tended two days. Prominent agriculturists?
show tbe State Board the defects of tha
present system of road laws. New Jersey
finds its convict labor system unprofitable.
15 Charter of tbe North American Company
with capital stock of $50,000,000 filed at
Trenton. Tbe Circuit Court in Kansas de
cides that tbe State courts have no juris
diction in original package cases. Governor
Beaver, in a letter to tbe Sons of Pennsyl
vania at Chicago, says Keystone men don't
appreciate their State until they are away
from home. Actress Marlon Manola re
fuses to be photographed in tights. There
are 538 building associations in Pennsyl
vania according to the report of the Chief
of tbe Bureau of Industrial Statistics.
16 Determined effort to be made to pass the
Torrey bankruptcy bill. Saloon keepers at
Beverly, N. J., excited because they cannot
fet license tbat bava been voted to them,
raucls Hill, Democratic nominee tor Gov
ernor of Maine, dies suddenly. New Jersey
will not allow alien detectives within her
-borders. Cincinnati storm swept and one
man drowned in tbe street.
17 Secretary Blaine writes tbat he Is not op
posed to tree sugar. Distillers and whole-salers-to
fight tho Whisky Trust. During
a debate on Irish questions in the Commons
Mr. Gill called Balfour a liar. Annual
session Junior Order United American
Mechanics at Chicago.
13 The Senate passes the silver bill, party
lines being obliterated. Cleveland switch-
men strike and tie up all tho railroads. Tha
cause ot the accident to tho steamship City
of Paris on her trip to Liverpool unex
plained. Mary Anderson married to Joseph
De Navarro, at London. Hungarians at
Carnegie, Fblpps &. Co.'s steel mills strike
aud tbe works are shut down. Salvator
wins the great Suburban race at Sheeos
head. Increasing business compels tbe Ed
V gar Thomson works, at Braduock, to en
large. Jobn Wanamaker retires from tha
wholesale drvgoods bouse or Hood. Boul
right & Co., Philadelphia.
19 Tbe Senate Finance Committee reports
tbe tariff bill with many changes. During
a Socialist meeting at New York tbnra was
fight over the presence ol a foreigner who
was denounced as a German spy. Funeral
Directors of Pennsylvania meet at Erie..
20 End of tbe switchmen's strike at Cleveland
by the roads making concessions. Heavy
shipments of gold from New York to Ger
many. Ten thousand people celebrate the
anniversary at Valley Forge. The case
against Calvin S. Brice for non-payment of
taxes carried to tbo Ohio Supremo Court.
Blaine earnestly favors reciprocity in a letter
to tbe President.
21 The light began in Chicago against locating
the World's Fair on the Lake Front, Silver
man again starts up tbe original package
business at Leechburg. Powderly accuses
tbe "officers of tbe American Federation, of
falsehood at a meeting in New York.
' President Harrison vetoes a railroad bill
which he says was passed without proper
examination. Salvator and Tenny matched
to raco for $5,000 a side.
22 An uprising in Guanajuanto, Mexico, be
lieved to be tbe beginning of general revolu
tion. Fourteenth annual convention of tba
Central Tnrn Verein at New York. Gom
pers answers Powderly's charges of false
hood and treachery in kind. Uncle Bob, of
Tennessee wins tbe Chicago Derby. Reed
decides tbat the silver bill bad been re
. ferred to the Coinage Committee, and bis
followers sustain him. The Mormon bill
relating to bigamy again passes tbo Senate.
23 Railroad conductors, who are opposed to
strikes, form a new order inNew York to ba
known as tbe Independent Order of Rail
way Conductors.
24 The Senate adopts tbe Conference report on
tbe dependent pension bill. Republican
Senators denounce Blaine for boosting his
reciprocity- policy at the exponse of the Mc
Kinley bill. Richard Croker. the Tam
many boss, testifies before the Farrell Com
mittee at New York. The American system
of elections virtually adopted by the Bra
zilian Republic.
25 The New York Supreme Court sustains tba
derision of tbo lower court in tbe suit
against tho Sugar Trust. Charged at Wash
ington tbat Harrison vetoed tha Arizona
railroad bill to please C. P. Huntington.
Quarter-centnry celebration of Washington
and Jefferson College. Strike ot employes
of tbe Illinois Central Railroad seriously
incommodes traffic
26 The fishermen in tbe Onancock. Va.,
waters nave a regular oattle with the Mary
land fishermen over their respective rights.
Tbo Illegal catching of seals still flourishing
In the Bchnng Seas. Secretary Blaine to
present hi reciprocity views to tho Senate
in modified torm. Tbe House defeats tbe
free coinage amendment by a majority of
17. The Senate debates tbe bill for tho ad
mission of Wyoming. The text of the tariff
bill, together with the cbanges made by tbe
committee, reported to tbe Senate. Salva
tor defeats Tenny at Sbeepshead Bay.
27 While investigating the Jeannette case the
House Labor Committee will also look into '
the Pennsylvania mining, regions. Tha
Illinois Central refuses to remove Superin
tendent Russell, ami a general strike is ex
pected. Tho captain of the City or Paris
censured for carelessness in handling the
vessel. Defaulting Treasurer Hemmlng
way, of Mississippi, sentenced to five years.
Rnorts to the effect tbat Irwin. Pa., is to
be tbe si to of a great glass plant, with a
backing of $10i),O0Q,O0O put up by an English
syndicate. Jacob Atkinson, paymaster of
the A. C. Frlck Coke Company, waylaid
and robbed of $1,100.
28 Firo breaks out again In tbe Hill Farm
mine, causing all hope for the miners to be
given up. Illinois Central Railroad strikers
defeated. Not only liquors, but allkludsof
original packages affected by tbe bill in tbe
House. Bill for tbe admission of Wyoming
passed the Senate. Tbe President signs tbe
dependent pension bill. An English syndi
cate secures control ot Roach's ship
yard at Chester and tbe Morgan Iron Works
at New Y ork. George Dixon, colored, bantam-weight
champion ot America, defeats
Nuno Wallace In London in IS rounds.
29 Several members of the American Society
ot Civil Engineers in session at Cresson
want the report of ihe South Fork Dam
Committee made public. The Louisiana
Lottery Company raises its bid toa quarter
million. Tbe thermometer at Chicago
registers 100 degrees. Edwin WorXPresi
dent ol the defunct Baukof Gloucester.-N.
J., ebased into tbe river by angry deposit
ors. 80 Miss Ida Wakely, tbo nlebt operator at
Swarville station, on the Nickel Plate road,
draws a revolver on a tramp and thus pre
vents the robbery of the station.
JULY,
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plate unite in a trust. Total number off all
ures In the United states since January,
5,401, Louisiana to vote on the lottery ques
tion in tbe fall. John D. Rockefeller gives
$100,000 to thejlaptist Education Society tor
its general work.
2 A minority report made on the substitute
for tbe original package MIL The Navy De
partment nsks bids for building three 8,500
ton coast lino battle ships. St. Louis makes
a formal demand lor a recount. A. E. Jes
sup, of Philadelphia, married to Lady Mil
dred Lyou, seconit daughter of Earl Strath
more. Monument unveiled to Thomas A,
Hendricks, at Indianapolis.
3 The itelief Committee at Dunbar issues an
appeal fnr tho families of the, dead
miners. Mrs. Llppincott lodged la the
Camden. . N. J., jail, charged with
many forgeries. John Barrett appointed
postmaster at Louisville, in place or Vir
ginia C. Thompson, who held tha position
1J years. French merchants urge their
Government to exclude American lard.
4 Census inquiries of tbe most searching
i kind to be sent to manufacturers, Tbo
Fourth celebrated by all classes with great
enthusiasm. The President signs the bill
admitting Idaho. Tbe President aeeepts
tbe use of a cottage at Cresson. 8trikic
cloakmakers in New York attack men. vho
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took their places. Nellie Clark, of Pfovi-1
dence. arrested in New York fornaseiw x -C
forged check tor tS.080. Murderer KessW.
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