Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 35, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 January 1894 — Page 6

A BUSY YEAR. of Many Things That Hap* pened During 1893. i Most Important of the Hoary Baal* W Failure*—Startling Casualties and Crimee—Historic Kronto at .the Co* Inmbian Exposition, Etc. BUSINESS FAILURES. Feb 1—First national bank of Little Bock, Feb. SO—Fanners’ bank at Harrisburg. PlM Feb 23-Gale City national bank at Atlanta, la.; IbaO.OJOL Mar. 13—Kansas Trust ft Banking company t Atchison; »8J0.«00.... Atchison House Fursblng company, of Boston; 8l.5J0.O00. ? Mar. 14—Alabama national bank at Mobtla Mar. 25—Commercial national bank, of NashTills, Term.: 1500,0X1 Mar. 80—Mechanics’ savings bank at Nashville, Tenn.. *5X1000 Apr. 4—Crocker. Fisk ft Co, milling firm of Minneapolis: 11,200.000. Apr. 25— In Sioux City, la. Union Stock Taras company, 1800.000, and Union Loan and Trust company. 3745,000 May 8—Chemical national bunk of Chicago, vrlth branch at Jackson park. H.000,0(Xi.... Hubert H. Warner, patent medicine manufacturer at Rochester. N. Y.. 1500,000 May 11—Columbia national hunk. In Chicago, •1,00j,000....Capital national bank at Inuanapolis, 31,000,000 (Resumed June 10) May 13—Failure of Columbia national back In Chicago caused failure of banks at RussiaTille, Grcentown, Oxford, Morristown, Arcadia, Spicelacd, Orleans. Hebron, Brookston, Dunkirk, Geneva. Boswell, Knox West Lebanon and Greenwood in Indiana; at Richland, Edwardsburg, Lawton, Rockford and Charlevoix In Michigan; Bank of Oregon, Win; Bunk of Casey, lit, and Bank at Clearmojint, O.... Big idepartment store of Frank A . Lappen ft Ca ana furniture store of Lappen Furniture company in Milwaukee; G00,(XU Whisky firm of wTk Thomas ft Son; *6)0,000 May 23—Elmira (N. Y.) national bank. May 24—David C Robinson, of Elmira, N. Y. t 31.500,000. May 26—Charles Foster, of Fostoria, G. exisecretary of the United States treasury; *600,ooa May 27—Coal firm of Weaver, Getz ft Ca, ot •Chicago; 1500,COO. June 1—Merchants' national bank in Tacoma; !3600,000 Plank in ton bank of Milwaukee; H,100,000 June 6—Washington national (resumed July *6), Washington savings and Citizens' national banks at Spokane Fails, Wash. June 13—Bank at Burr Oak. Kan., ar.d Peoi’a guarantee savings bank at Kansas City, S? June 13—Nashville (Tenn.) Savings Co., 8282,876.. ... American national bank at Omaha, 86j0,400 (resumed Sep L) June 14— Lake county bank at Painesylllc, O. 1.. .. Citizens’ bonk at Fairmount. Ind. June 15— Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank at iFairmount, Ind....City bank at Parsons, Kan ... Exchange bank at Weston, O :.. First inational back at Kansas City, Kan. June 16—First national bank of Grundy 'Center, la. June 10—Kanawha Lumber Ca at Boston, for 3785.000... Oil Well Supply Ca, of Pitts1 burgh. Pa; 31,100,000....Bank failures reported (at Chattanooga Tenn., and atPlainvilie, Kan. June 20— University bank (resumed July 10) fond City savings bank at Los Angeles. Cal. June 21—First national, .Southern California national (resumed Julyr 10); Broadway (resumed Juno 27) ara East side banks, all at :Los Angeles. Cal., tfbd at San Diego the Consolidated national bank and the Savings bank ....Citizens’ saving? bank of Portsmouth, O.;

June 22—Bank closed at Santa Anna, San Diego (resumed June 26), Pomona and Ontario, la California, and at Greenville. Mich. June 23—State bank at Minneapolis, Minn., First national bank at San Bernardino, CaL (resumed July 21), People's home savings bank at San Francisco. June 25—Bank of New England at Minneapolis Minn.. .Bank of New City, Kan.;..Queen City bank at Buffalo. N. Y.; <2,228.754 June 27—Second national bank of Ashland, Ky. (resumed July21)....American Exchange hank of Minneapolis, Minn. Juno 28—Union Trust company,of Sioux City, la.: 1350.(XX)_State bank of Lockhavcn. Pa. June 23—Pine county bank at Bincklcy, Minn., and branch bank at Sandstone. June 30—Bank of Clear Creek county at Georgetown, CoL; 1233,000 July 1—Exchange bank at Webb City, Mo_ First national at Ouray, Col. (resumed Oct 18.) July 3—American national, bank of Leadvillc, CoL: (342,WX). July 5—American savings bank at Pueblo, Col....Findley county bank at Garden City, Kan....loobies county bank at Worthing tor Minn. July 8—Bank at Lcsucur, Minn_Northern national at Big Rapids, Mich....Citizens' bank at Winneconnc, Wis. July 10—Chamberlain Investment company at Denver: (2,382,118_Banking house of W. F. Thornton & Son at Snelbyville, 111.; 1500,0(X). July It—Kansas City (Me.) safe deposit and savings bank; 81,700,(XX)....North Galveston (Tex.) Land & Improvement association: 8500,000. July 12—Bank of Commerce at Springfield, Mo.; 8176.000_Bank of Barnett, Kan. July 13—Nebraska savings bank at Lincoln: *100,000. July 14—National bank of Kansas City, Mo.; tl.O0O.CCO (resumed OcL 4.).... Franklin savings bank of Kansas City.... Schleisinger syndicate, large operators in oro at Ishpeming, Mich.... W. H. Bush and N. M. Tator, lessees of Brown Palace hotel in Denver; 8650,0)0. July 15—Northern bank at Kansas City. Kan.; t3is,ooa July 17—People’s savings bank (?1.350.000), Colorado savings and Rocky Mountain dime and dollar savings bank, at Denver.... Missouri national bank (resumed July 31) of Kansas City; 1700,000. July 18—In Kansas, Citizens’ bank of Kan3as City, Bank of Richmond, Farmers' and Merchants' bank of CMa wo tom le and First national bank (resumed Aug. 15) and People s savings bank of Fort Scott....Three national banks, the Union (resumed Aug. 10). the Commercial and the National bank of commerce (resumed Aug. 17), and the Mercantile (resumed Aug. 23). the Capital and the North Denver banks, in

jL/enver. July 10—In Colorado at Denver State national, Gorman national and People’s nation*, banks (resumed Aug. 10). July 21—Commercial bank In Milwaukee; tt«5dB50i -♦ July 22—In Milwaukee the Milwaukee national (resumed Sop. 2) and the South Side •avingB bank.... State national bank at KnoxTille, Tenn_First national bank at Russelll Kaa. j July 24—City national bank at Louisville, Ky. L... Citizens’ bank at Conners vi He, Ind. { July 23—Wisconsin Fire & Marine comfpany's bank in Milwaukee.... Bristol Banking Trust company at Knoxville, Tenn.... In.dlanapolis national bank.... Bank of Commerce at Indianapolis, Ind_At Louisville, Merchants’ national, Louisville deposit and Fourth ;national (resumed Aug. 23* banka a Lx* 'Llui ^luoiuiivu nmwuow. July 23—German exchs<nge bank at Portage, rfria. July 27—Oregon natloual bank at Portland ....Farmers’ bank at Mount Sterling, Ky.... Bank of Sparta, Wis . .First national and Montana national banks at Helena, Mont.... National Granite state tank at Exeter, N. H. ....First national at Middlesboro, Ky.... -Traders' bank at Mount Sterling, Ky; July 28—First national bank at Great Falls, 'Mont....Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank at Covington, Ind....German-American bank at port Washington. Wis.... Seymour’s bank at -Chippewa Falls, Wis. July 36-First national bank at Kankakee, HI.... Dollar savings’ bank at Youngstown. Q .Citizens’ Savings and Loan association at !Akron, O Commercial bank at Eau Claire, -Wl3.... Savings bank at Bara boo, Wis— First ‘national at Ashland, Wis. I July 31—First national bank at Portland. Ore. '....First national bank at The Dalles, Ore.... Pendleton savings tank J Ore.... Springfield, savings bank. Mo.... Akron savings bank. G ... Park national bank, Livingston, Mont '! Aug. 1—In Chicago, following members of I board of trade: John Cudahy, E. W. Bailey & Co., Wright & Haughey, A Helmholtz & Co., J. G. Stevens & Co., North American Provision company: liabilities amounted to nearly $4,003,000 ...Seven Comers bank at St Paul, Minn ... Safety Deposit & Trust company at ^V-El Paso (Tex.) national bank ...First nationsd at Birmingham, Ala.... Savings hank St Anthony, Kan..In Chicago,^ following mit A|lbUVUJ| --7 board of trade firms: D. Eggleston & Son company, G G. Parker & Co., Thomas Craig; liabilities exceeded 81,003,000. t Aug. 4 -Equitable Acoident Insurance comT>any dr Denver ...Tbs James H. Walker big 2rj goods concern of Chicago; £2,400,000.... ■ . . _ •_l a a DntMmnnn Inn f 11. Airy KUVU9 wuveiu v» — -I— first national bonk at Hammond, Ind.... Citizens’ national bank at Muncie, Ind....First national bank »t Plattoville, Win....Exchange ‘bank at Colby, Wis. Aug. 5—Bank of St James, Minn....State bank at Mapleton. Minn,.. Exchange national *?bank at Wheeling, W. Va....Farmers’ and Traders’ bank at Lean, la—Garden Grovo /la > bank....Citizens’ bank at David City, la. Auk 7—Bank of North Branch, Minn....National bank of S.urgis, Mich....Greene oounty bank fit Hprtagfield, Ma Aug 8—Bank of Wellsbury, Pa....Madison souare bank In New York....Barron countv t£nU at Rice Lake, Wis....T. H.Hotch^s& Ca of New York stock exchange; *800,000. Hubert It Coleman, Lebanon (Pa.) iron king; *,,000,060.

Aug. ft—Bask of Colfax. Whsh....£l ttton county bank of Sonora. Tux....Come rets! bank cf Mir.nea.polls, Minn....Union ni onal bank of Nashville. Tenn. Aug. 10—American national bank at : 'ashTllle, Tenn. (resumed Sep. 1)....Caldwell ounty exchange bank at Kingston, Mo. ...Ext ! sage bank at Polo. Mo. Aug. IS—Prairie city bank at Terre II tule, Ind.... Jcslah MorrisA Ca. private ba.nl rsat Montgomery. Ala; M.100,000...People's >ank at Lev is burg, Tenn Aug. 14—Citizens’ national b ank at Attic Ind. ....Bank of Springfield. Mo....People's Citizens' and Commercial banks tit Pulaska, enn ....A. R. Beck Lumber company atSout Chicago. Ill: *36). wa Aug. 13—Hartford bank of Phormix. A. Northern Pad tic Ball way company Aug. 16—Union national bank at Racine, Yfl% .... Banks at River Palls and Ellsworth, is. Aug. 17—First national bank at Dubuqu <, la. (resumed Aug. SO)....National bank of : outh Pena at Hyndman. Pa....Bank at Ai any. Mo....Oliver Iron A Steel company of liltsburgh. Pa.; *700,000 ...Standard Wagon :ompany at Cincinnati; 1700.000 j Aug 21—Samuel W. Clark; lumber det sr of Zanesville. O.: {1,500,0)0. Aug 84—Navarro Mill company in San IF’raacisco,. *1000,000....Dillon national bat at Helena, Monk Aug 85—Ford county and First na onal banks at Paxton, HI Aug. 28—First national bark of York.Nc George C. Cribb, dealer in agricultural Implements in Milwaukee; *6)0.00). Aug. 30— Nicaragua Canal Construction company of New York. Sep 1— Equitable Mortgage Ca of Mis url, st New York; £19,000,000.... Denver (Col.) savings bank; 1670.000. Sop. 18—Cripp£n. Lawrer ce & Ca, Denver loan concern; <1.000,000 | Sep 19— Mast Bufford A I Burwell Car age company at St Paul; *1,800,1)00 Oct 6—Merchants* bank off Lock port, N. Y. Oct 18—National bank at Hutchinson, Km, *133,000 Nov. 1—Jihnes C. Savcry. proprietor o' the largest hotel in Iowa, assigned at New York; tl,000,000 Nov. 82—American Casualty company in New York; tl.70U.OW Dee. 11—Receivers appoin ted for agricul’ :ral Implement establishment of C. Aultman t . Ca st Canton, O.; 91,000,000. Dea 15—Crane Iron compiny of Philadelphia* *700, ooa

CASUALTIES. Jan. 11—Explosion in coal mine at King, CoL, killed 24 men. Jan. 21—Death of 30 persons caused by axplosion resulting from a railway collision nefcr Alton, HL Feb. 0—County farm insane asylum .t ear Dover, N. H., burned. 41 inmates perishin in flames. Mar. 3—Thirty-three pers ons killed in cyclone in Georgia... Seven persons killed by cycione in Marion, Miss. Mar. 23—Every person in town of Kelly. Miss, killed in cyclone; 23 persons also kii ied in Tunica and Cleveland. Apr. 12— Twa persons killed at Rockport, Ind.; 17 others at Robinsville. Miss; nine at Coudray, eight at Hawkins bank, live at Lexington, two at Stan bury and five at Page, lot its of Missouri, by cyclones and windstorms Apr. 14—Cyclone striking Thibodeans, La., killed 15 persons....Thirty men reported kilied by explosions in Homesterd, Terra and Hi^,'laland mines near Dead wood, S. D. Apr. 18—Seven persons killed in cyclone at Boles, Ark....Nearly fc) persons killed in cyclone in Jasper, Clarke and Jones counties Apr. 2b—Nine lives lost in storm on Lake Michigan near Chicago.... Waterworks crib at Milwaukee washed away by storm, and 14 men perished. Apr. £5—Seventy-five persons reported dead as result of cyclone in Oklahoma territory.... Ten persons killed in railroad wreck near Somerset, Pa. May 25—Twenty persons killed in cyclone which destroyed town of Ladonia. Mo June 9—Twenty-two clerks killed by tt falling through of floors in Ford’s theater building, in Washington, used by pension and record division of the war department June 21—Twenty persons killed In cyclone in Jefferson county, Kan_Seven persons killed by lightning striking a circus tent at River Fulls, Wis. July 6—Cyclone starting at Quimby, la., killed 13 persons....Seven persons drowned by capsizing of yacht in Gravesend bay near New York. July 13—In fire on world’s fair grounds at Chicago 2) men perished..’.. Man, wife and four children drowned in flood on border of Kansas and Cherokee stripi ♦ Aug. 19—Over lk) persons supposed to have perished in hurricane on Atlantic coast r Aug. 28—in terrific storm along the Atlantic seaboard—principally on and off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia—it was estimated fully 1,503 people perished_By capsizing of gteht in Lake Champlain, six persons of Port enry, N. Y. ..drowned. Sep 29—Michigamme river breakingthrough Mansfield iron mine near Crystal Falls, Mich., drowned 28 employes. Oct, 2—Nearly 2,000 persons reported killed in terrible storm in portions of the southern states along tho gulf. Oct 14—At Magnolia Beach S. C. cyclone killed 15 persons_lju^orm that swept entire chain of lakes 20 pcjfifons perished ...By'sinking of steamer new Dunkirk, N. Y., 18 persons drowned. Oct 2J—Near Battle Creek, Mich., In Grand Trunk yards, 20 people killed in railway collision. Oct 31—Wolves killed and ate 20 men new Shensi, Wash Nov. 7—Steamers Albany and Philadelphia collided on Lake Huron off Point aux Barques drowning 24 seamen. Dec. 15—Fourth span of bridge ovor the Ohio from Louisville, Ky., to Jeffersonville. Ind.. fell, killing 33 workmen.... Wreck on the New York & Pennsylvania road six miles north of Dunkirk, N. Y.t caused eight deaths.

CHIMES. Jan. 4—At Bakersvll.e, N. C. in struggle to prevent a lynching 11 oi sheriff’s posse and 11 of mob were killed. Jan. 10—Jury at Pittsburgh found guilty the 10 Duquesne strikers charged with not Jaa 14—Befog told that he must go to work Thcmas KiUlay fatally shot bis father, mother and sister iu Philadelphia Jaa 00—District Master Workman Hugh Dempsey, K. of L., found guilty in Pittsburgh of giving poiSon at Homestead with intent to kill. T Jaa 25—Charles Burg shot Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Whipple at Butte. Mont, then killed himself. Mar. 22—William Frazier killed his wife, her sister and cut off his baby’s leg at Riteman, la.... At Laramie, Wyo.. W. J. Hunter shot his wife fatally and then killed himself. Mar. 28—Choctaw feud resulted In encounter at Antlers, IT.; 10 persons tilled_Edward Sterrett, of Auburn, Neb., shot his wife, then killed himself. , Apr. 30—Joseph liaison killed his wife and seven children near St Augustine, Tex., then himself; insanity. May 15—In battle at Dawson, Pa., between Hungarians and officers, nine of the former were killed and seven of the latter fatally * May 20—At Marietttk, O., George Lankford killed his wife, then himself: domestic trouble. June 14—Near Pleasant Hill, W. Va., Mrs. Philip Kerch killed four of her children, then herself; insanity. July 7—D. S. Krieder, wife and to \r children butchered at Condo* N- D., by Albert Baumberger. July 21—In a fight between state troops and outlaws, in Wise county, Va, four soldiers and six outlaws fatally wounded....W. R. Shoemaker, of Metropolis, 111, killed George and Richard Lukens, then himself July 23—Allen E. Jones, living near Texarkana, Ark., beat out the brains of his wife and three children, then killed himself; partial inJuly SO—Employes of Northwestern Pacific Elevator Co. of Minnesota charged with issuing forged duplicate grain certificates and victimizing 73 New England banks to extent of sltSOJ.(XU Aug. 5—William and Ed Conrad, suspectod of killing their father last winter, opened fire on a mob which purposed to lynch them, killing five of the men, in Boone township, Ind. Aug 11—In battle with citizens of Clark county, Ala, 13 of the Meachim gang were killed. Sep. 1—In fight between deputy marshals and remnants of Starr and Dalton gangs near Ingalls, Q T., seven outlaws and three officers mortally wounded Sep 5—Marshall Bosworth, of Smtthwyn, S. D.,killed hiB wife and throe children and himselt Sep 11—Train robbers secured i!50,0^0 near Kendallville, Ind., on. Lake Shore road. Sep 15—Robbers secured 475,000 cash from Mineral Range passenger train in Michigan, near Boston station. Sep 19—Entire family of Denson Wrat ten of six persons found murdered in home near Washington, Ind. „ , , Sep 20—Bent on hanging Thomas Smith, a negro prisoner at Roanoke, Va., mob and soldiery clashed, 11 of former being killed. Oct £8—Carter H. Haralson, mayor of Chicago. killed by Patrick E. Prendergast Nov. 16—At Doadwood, S. D., Joseph Thas killed his wife, two other persons and himselt. Nov. 24—Jesse D. O. Smith killed his divorced wife, another woman, then fatally shot himself. at Kankakee, 111 Nov. 25—Clinton Jordon killed his wife, father-in law, motiier-in-law, sister-in-law and shot himself, near Seymour, Ind. Nov. 28—Mvron 4. King killed his wife and himself at Grand Rapids, Mlch£ domestic trouble. Deo. 4—0. B. Sawyer, of Palestine, TM, shot Ms wife and killed himself; business uwhbles.

Dec 8—Charles Crannels killed bin wife end thot himself at Oreeacaatle. lod. Dec. 13-Josepb Sims, of Dover, Term., killed bis wife end himself; domestic trouble* nm vJan. 1 ft—Fire starting ia wool store of Becht Bros, ft Ca is Boston caused loss of t2.00J.000. Jan. 23—Wheat elevator at South St Louis destroyed; tl,5JQ,000 Feb 2—Five weekly newspaper offices in Topeka. Kao. Mar. 10— Flames among business buildings in Boston caused loss of 14.500,000. Mar. 10—Tremont temple of Boston totally destroyed; 1500.QCO Mar. 21—Planet mill at Llttb9el& Hi-, destroyed: 1700,000. Apr. 7—Lumber company’s plant at Iron ton, a. and 30 dwellings; H70.G0O May 11—One-half of Spring Lake. Mich., destroyed. May 2ft— Fire destroyed 275 buildings and their property at Saginaw, Mich.; fOOl.OOO. May 2s—Sugar reunery at Baltimore. Md.; ti.ooo.ooa June 7—Nearly entire business portion of Fargo, N. D.; C3.500.00p. June 13— In Wisconsin, Virginia and Mountain Iron destroyed by forest Ores and Mesaba, Bawabik and Merritt partially destroyed. J uly 10—Cold-storage building at world’s fair grounds, Chicago; 1500,000 July 13—Many notable buildings and business houses at Prineeton, Ind....Maln building of John Morrell* ft Ca's packing house at Ottumwa, la.; t&<0.000 Aug. 4—Forest fires spread oyer 14 farms in Alpena county, Mich, with immense loss. Aug. 13—Two incendiary fires in Minneapolis destroyed property amounting to tl.5JO.OCO Aug. 11 —Cnates worth elevator at Buffalo, N. Y.; tl.5pO.OJO Aug. 24--At South Chicago, 23 acres of buildings: <600.000 Sep. 14—Forest fires in northern Wisconsin destroyed hsmes and belongings of 50 farmers. Sep. 15—Forest fires in northern Wisconsin rendered hundreds homeless and did damage to forests estimated at 46,000,000 Sep. 16—Fire starting in fiourtng mill destroyed two-thirds of Patterson, Q. Sep. 17—Fore U tires in Wisconsin covered over 233 square miles. Sep. 25—Three solid blocks of retail stores in St Joseph, Ma; *1,000,000 Oct 12— Four blocks of buildings in Sioux City, la.: 1400,030 Oct 18—Damage of 13,500,000 caused in New York by blaze ia wall paper factory and several tenement blocks. Nov. 14— Business portion of Portland, Ark. Nov. 16—Business portion of Brooklyn, Wis Nov. 17—Entire business portion of Grand xlidge. 111 Nov. 18—Western Storage company’s building at Kansas City; ROO.JOj. Nov. 20—Property valued at 1830,000 destroyed at Jonesville, Ala Nov. 21—Business block* at Springfield, Mass: S2.0C0.00l Nov. 23—Edson, Moore ft Co.. Detroit. Mich.. wholesale dry-goods merchants: 6783,000. Nov. 21—Two theaters and hotel in Columbus, O.; 11,003.030 / Dec. 14—-The Arcade and several blocks at Buffalo, N. Y.; 8750000 Dec. 17—Terminal Elevator company’s buildings at Buffalo. N. Y.; 61,000,000 Dec. 20—Business portion of Waxahachie, Tea

FOREIGN. Jan. 6—M. Charles de Lesseps and M. Marius Fontaine make confessions in prison implicating prominent men in the Panama canai steal. Jam 13—Robbers tired a temple at Kam Li. China, which was tilled with natives, and 1,400 people perished. . Jan. 28—Hawaii’s government overthrown. Queen Liliuokalani deposed, and provisional government, headed by President S. B. Dole, petitioned the United States to annex the islands. Jan. 31—British parliament convened. Feb, 0—In Panama canal cases defendants fn mil pillM uf swindling and breach or trust, and senteiiceft\as follows: M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, imprisonment for five years, fined 5,000 francs,: Charles de Lesseps,- five years in prison anti a tine of 3,750 francs: M. Marius Fontaine o.nd M. Cotter each two years and a fine of 3,750 francs, and M. Eiffel two years and a fine of 30,000 trancs. Feb, 24—M. Jules Ferry elected president of French senate. Mar. 17—M. Jules Ferry, president of the French senate, died in Paris: aged at. Mar. 23—Oxford boat crew won by two lengths its twenty-seventh victory over Cambridge on the Thames at London. Mar. 27—M. Cballemel Lacour elected president of French senate Apr. 4—New cabinet formed In France, with M. Dupuy as premier_Commercial bank of Australia at Melbourne failed: tCJ,0JJ,03d. Apr. 12— The English, Scottish and Au«traK ian charter bank at London failed for ^40.t>jO,U)0. Apr. 13—U. S. Das lowered from government building at Honoiula>.,aad, the protectorate officially Uedl-ired *V\an end by Commissioner Blount, leaving punfib affairs in sole co Urol of provisional government. Apr. H—A bloodless coup d’etat effected at Belgrade and King Alexauder L, who had be-; fore governed through regents, assumed control.... Report from Zanzibar announced killing of Emin Pasha in battle iu eastern Africa. Apr. 23—In Mexico rebels captured Guerrero, killing Odd federals and Santa Tomas ... Australia joint stock bank failed for §6o,OOJ,OGd at London. Apr. 25-Londoa chartered hank of Australia suspends. • Apr. 29—National bank of Australia at Melbourne failed for £7.500.000 ...In battle between government forces and revolutionists tear San Luis, Brazil, 8) > men were killed. May 2—over 400 villages in* China Hooded by a rise in River Hoangho and hundreds of persons reported drowned....Nineteen thousand employes in jute mills in Dundee, Scotland, went on strise

lUiiy 9—tuiuuiui UUUK Jl AU9U a: iria, Victoria, suspended: 116,000),OiXX May 8—Position oi poet laureate in England, m de vacant by Lord Tennyson’s death, offered to John Rnskin....Gen Manuel Gonzales, exp sident of Mexico, died in City or Mexico, agedTd lay 9—Bank of Victoria at Melbourne suspended: 84>tMU.OOOi May IS—la Australia Bank.of North Queensland and Queensland national bank suspended; 14 509,000. May 31—Isinglass won great English derby. .1 me S-'-Ville Marie convent at Monklands, near Montreal burned: *1,000,00ft ' J une 23—H. M. si Victoria, flagship of Vice At roiral George G Tryon, K. C. B, commander of the Mediterranean station, was sun into and Bunk by the Camperdown, drowning ; 58 of the ofi cers and crew including the vico admiral J; oe 24—Goldsbrough. Mort & Co-, Melbourne (Australia) bankers suspended: £3,500,009. July 30— Siamese government, to prevent war, accepted ail terms of Preach ultimatum. Aug. 15—Court of arbitration on subject of dispute between United States and Great Britain to rights of Beal tisliing la Behring sea decided i:i t avoir of Great Britain one very point of real dispute Sep. 18—Lord Aberdeen 6worn in as governor ger ral of Canada in legislative ceuncil chamber a t Quebec. Oci. 7— Bombarding again resumed bv rebels at Rio Janeiro with great loss to life and property. Ck:t. IT—Field Marshal Maurice de Mahon, ex-president of France, died in Paris; aged89 he Uranov a rehe* vessel, suuk by Kio Jaut iro forts: many hvt s lost Oct. 18—Charles F. crounoa, eminent French coinpteer, die J at Parts, aged 75$ > Oct. 31—Steamer Republics rammed transport Rio de Janeiro, which was conveying l.luO troops to Santos, and 600 men went down with transport.... Forty of crew of armed steamer Uran . killed by shell from Rio. Not-. 3—King Lobengula reported captured by B> i :ish troops; 3.0J0 Matabeles killed in recent l attics Nov. 4—At Santander. Spain, ship Volo, loader with dynamite, caught tire and exploded; 1,0 0 persons killed. Nov 8— During a theatrical performance ai Barcelona, Spain, explosion of bomb thrown by anarch sts killed ;3 persons. Nov 13—Floods in southwestern Japan causee 1.557 deaths. Nov. 18—Luring terrific storm throughout British islands 237 persons were drowned. Nov. 4—Italian cabinet all resigned. Nov. 5—Owing to dissensions over socialism and pr. posed income tax, French ministry reS*fleeS)—Bomb thrown by anarchist in French chamber of deputies injured 89 members. INDUSTRIAL. Jan. :19—State troops ordered out to quell riot ceased by strikers in Brooks locomotive works at Dunkirk, N. Y. Mar. i«rStr.ke of the 7,000 miners in the Monon tfela (Pa.) valley ends with victory to employo rs. Apr. 19—Strike of 12 hours duration ended jeaccfi lyat world’s fair grounds; over 6,000 union men involved. Apr. 21—Strike of Santa Fe mechanics at Topeka. Kan., which began Apr. 8, declared off, the ter: s making it a complete victory for the compaii . . , Apr. —Decision of striking miners in Pittsburgh district to accept last year’s wage scale has cat onal effect, preventing prospective strike cl 30,090 miners in the United States. May i -In Ohio. 29,000 miners struck for 5cent ad ince per ton in price Juno 2—In combats with striking quarrymen, ::ien were injured between Romeo and several Lemon June: nine-ho m Because of workmen's demand for a day some 70 furniture manufacturers in Cinci lati shat dowc. July 1 - Iron mills at Youngstown, a, shut threw 7,090 men out el work. ting dov

July 20—Closing down of sliver mines inCat -orado threw 30,000 men out of work. July 26— Alexander Smith & Son’s carpe mills st Yonkers. N. Y., shutting down threv MUO hands oat of work_Taousands of persons oat of work from closing of several lsrgo factories to Lewiston. Me., .and Worcester, July B-Owr l,lWora ©■at of work from, dosing of Stnirg<rSilklaiUs nt Paterson, if. J _Jewelr^manufacturers In Plain fill e, Kortu Attleboro and Attleboro. Mass, closing shop threw XOjO persons out of work. «r July S3—Vermillion mines in Minnesota shotting down threw 2,003 men oat of work. July 29—Waltham (Mass.) watch factory dosed, down. i July 31—Amoskeag mills at Manchester, NT. H-, closing down threw 8.000 men oat of work ....Cleveland (O.) Roiling Mill Ca, closing its Elate, wire and rod mills and steel wotks threw 000 men ont of work. Aug 2—By shotting down of IS New England mills dO.CTpersons thrown ou t of work. Aug. 4—Pennsylvania iron millers instructed superintendents to employ hereafter only Americans. ... Bromley’s* worsted goods mill at Phil adelphla closed, throwing out of work 3,(WO per^Aug. 5—In Pall Riser (Mass.) factories abont 793,000 spindles stopped, throwing out of work 3,000 persons. Aug. 11—At "New Orleans Herashelm’s cigar factory. Maginnis' cotton mills and Fisher’s sawmills, employing 2,033 hands, closed. Aug. 17—Over 5,030 unemployed men in New York smashed doors and windows and took forcible possession of a hall....Pennsylvania railroad shops in Altoona, Pa, employing 8,000 men. ordered to work half tune. 4 Aug 19—Thousands of persons JShrown ont of work by closing of most of the mills of Fall River. Mass. Nov. 16—By shutting down of Iron mines in Gogebic range, Mich., 20,003 reduced to starvation. Nov. 18—Employes of Lehigh Valley road wenton strike. Dec. 5-Lehigh Valley railroad strike declared oS. Dec. 0—Gen. Alger induced owners of mines In Michigan pcninsulg to open mines and employ starving men.

METEOROLOGY. Mar. 10—Several villages flooded by breaking of Immense gorge in Susquehanna river, W ilkesbarre. Pa. Mar. 13—Ihousanda of acres Inundated by the giving wav of dams at Howlandavtlle, Pl^Tawell and Otsego, Mich. Apr. 11—Business and one-half of reside nce portion of Parker, Na, destroyed by cyclone ....City of Akron, lx. almost entirely wrecked by cyclone, the storm following Sioux valley south to Westfield with much damage.... Willis, Everest and Powhatt&n, townsof southern Kansas, laid in ruins by cyclone. Apr. 13—Saline, Mich., entirely wiped on. by cyclone....Hillsboro, lnd., almost completely blown away by tornado. Apr. 17—Village of Gravel ton, lnd., completely blown away by tornado Apr. 21—Cyclone in Virginia did great c arnage at Danviile, South Boston, Martinsville, Greensboro and other towns. May 3—Village of Lakeview washed away and 25,003 acres inundated by breaking of ’vest bank of Lewiston reservoir near Huntsville O.: damage$1,000.000....Damaging tornado in -<exington and Newbury counties, N. C. May 17—Heavy rains caused flood at Erie, PA, doing about Cl,001,000 worth of damage. Losses also from high water at Titusville, Oil City, Beaver Falls, New Castle and other Pennsylvania towns. » May 23—Terrific windstorm destroyed 11,000,0>j worth of property In Lima, O . and vicinity. and did much damage at Findlay. Fremont and other places. May 23—In central Missouri, cyclone entirely destroyed Ladonia, killing 20 people and much property destroyed at Moberly, Sedalia, Brookfield and other places. May 27—Heavy damage from floods due to excessive rainfalls done to planters throughout Tennessee. Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana .... Recent floods in Louisiana left 10.000 people homeless and hungry in East Carroll, Moorehouse, West Carroll and Madison parishes June 2—Near Cotton Plant, Ark., cyclone spread death and destruction_Great damage to life and property by cyclone in Huntingdon, Falcon. Camden and Trumble, Tenn.... Eldorado. Ark., destroyed by cyclone. J uly 6—Cyclone in Iowa, did immense damage to life and property^n Calhoun, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Idx Sac and Pocahontas counties: loss conservatively placed at 480A6U0: 53 lives lost in Pomeroy alone. J uly 27—Great damage to life and prope ,'ty at P.eblo. Col, by floods..,.Heavy fall ot snow in Brewst°r county, Tex Aug. 23—Cyclone swept Kernesviile, N C _Gee of the most terrible storms, both in server! ty and in extent, ever reported raged along the whole Atlantic seaboard of the United states. Losses in life, property. orop3 and vessels were enormous....Light frost in South Dakota, northwest Iowa and northern Nebraska. Aug. 23—Meteor falling at Delevan, Wis.f caused Are destroying li buildings.... Nearly entire apple crop destroyed, corn crop swept I down and great damage caused to grapes by gale in western New York and eastern Ohio_ Business portion of Baltimore, Md., flooded by storm with great damage. Sep. 14—Intense hgat caused 152 prostrations at fair grounds in Chicago; thermometer stood at 95 degrees. Sep 19—Village of Crlglersville, Vx, almost wiped out bv flood in Robinson river. Oct 2—One of most destructive storms in years in portions of southern states along the gulf: nearly 20J3 lives lost Oct 15—Heavy frost throughout lower Mississippi valley with great injury to cotton.

NECROLOGY. Jan. 19—John E. Kenna, United States senator from West Virginia. at Washington; seed 45.... Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, in Washington; a'jan. 17—Rutherford R Hayes, LL. R, nineteenth president of the United States, at Fremont, O. Jan. 23—Associate Justice Lucius Quintus Cinclnnatus Lamar of the United States supreme court, at Macon, Ga.; aged 67—Phillips Brooks. D. D.. bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts, in Boston; aged 5A Jan. 27—James Gillespie Blaine, in Washington; aged 63....Ex-Judge James Campbell, postmaster general in President Pierce’s cabinet. in Philadelphia; aged 81 ; Mar. 22—United States Senator Eli Saulsbury from Delaware, at Dover; aged 73.-/'' Mar. 24—Col Elliot F. Shepard, edit^w of the Mad and Express, in New York. Apr. 10—Congressman-elect James A Tawney from Minnesota fatally injured by falling down a flight of stairs in St. PauL June 6—Edwin Booth, famous tragedian, in New York; aged 6a ) Juno 21—Seuator Leland Stanford from California at Menlo Park; aged 69. ° June 22—William McCoy, minister to Liberia, at Moravia. June 2 ’—Congressman William Mutcliler from Pi.-husvlvanla, at Easton. June so—Anthony J. Drexel, Philadelphia banker and philanthropistT at Carlsbad, Germany. July h—Moses Kellv, ex-secretary of the treasury at Washington; aged 74. J uly 7—Samuel Biatchford, associate cf the United States supreme court, at Newport, R L; aged7A July 13— Congressman Gen. W. H. Enochs of Ohio, in Ironton. J uly 14—Young-Man - .Afraid -of- His - Horses, bead chief of Sioux nation of Indians, at Newcastle. W yo. Aug. 17—Congressman John Logan Chipman, in Detroit, Mich.; aged 63. Sep, 7—Hamilton Fish, ex-governor cf New York and ex-United Slates senator, al Garrison's, N. Y.; aged 85 * Oeu 19— Lucy Stone Blackwell, temperance advocate and woman suffragist, at Dorchester, Mass.; aged7* * Oct. 28—Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago, killed at his home; aged t& Nov. 21—Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Gen. Jeremiah McClair Rusk, at Ylroqua, Wis.; aged 63. Nov. 24—Ex-Gov. John J. Jacob, of West Virginia, at Wheeling; aged W ...Ex-United States Senator Maj. Morgan G Hamilton, at San Diego. Cal; aged 84 Nov. 25—Charles O’Neill, senior congressman, in Philadelphia; aged 72....Gen. Thomas Mutcuhy, hero of 88 'cattles in civil war, at Omaha: aged 8a Dgc. l—Gen- William Lilly, ccngressman at large from Pennsylvania, at Mauch Chunk. Dec. ID—Nathan A. Farwell, ex-United States senator, at Rockland. Me.; aged 82. Dec. 11—Ex-Congressman Jeremiah H Murphy, from Iowa, in Washington; aged 58.... Ex>v. Jacob R Jackson, of West Virginia, at rl'Prdhnw flrrpil I5& Parkersburg; aged 65 POLITICAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Jan. 2—Donaldson CafTery appointed U S. senator by Gov. Foster, of Louisiana, to fill unexpired term of late Senator Gibson, deceased. Jan. 9—Presidential electors chosen in November cast votes as follows: Cleveland, 278; Harrison, 144; Weaver, 22. Popular vote stood: Cleveland, 5,579,734; Harrison, 5,144,409; Weaver, 1.016 659; Bid well. 28A 801. Jan. 13—First regular session cf the twentyfifty annual convention of the National American Woman’s Suffrage association opened in Washington. Jan 17—U- & senators elected as follows: Michigan. Francis R Stocubridge (rep.); Indiana, David Turpie (dem.): Tennessee, W. R Bate (dem.); New York. Edward Murphy (dem.); Massachusetts, Henry Cabot Lodge (rep); Connecticut, Joseph R. Hawley (rep); Maine, Eugene Halo (rep.); Delaware, Georgs Gray (dem.).... George T. Waits duly Installed as governor sf Slew Jarsey. , .

Jan. tt—P. M. Cockrell (dsn.) elected U. 8. senator from Missouri, Steven M. White (dem.) from California. Cushman K. Darts (rep.) from Minneso ta. David Turple (dem.) > from Indiana, and Mattbev & Quay (rep) from Pennsylvania. Jan. St—William M. Stewart reelected 17. S. senator from Nevada, Roger Q. Mills reelected from Texas, Messrs Faulkner and Camden chosen from West V irginia Jan. 25—James Smith chosen U. S. senator from New Jersey.... John Martin (pop) elected U. S. senator by Kansas legislature. Jan. 27—J. l. Miu hell elected U. S. senator from Wisconsin. * Feb. 2—Unwell E. Jackson nominated by the president to fill vacancy on supreme bench left by LI Q. C. Lamar, deceased. •> Feb J—National livestock exchange in annual session la Omalia. Feb 4—Hawaiian xnmntssioaers stats their case to Secretary Ft ster, expressing desire for annexation. Feb 6—Judge ▲! en elected U. S., senator from Nebraska. t „ Feb 9—U. S. senate decided not to repeal Sherman silver law. _' Feb 14—Mr. Cle relftnd announced for his cabinet the followin j name-: Walter Q. Gresham (HI), secretary/>f state; John G. Carlisle (Ky ), secretary of he treasury; Daniel S. Lamont (N. Y.), secre ary of tear; Wilson S. Blssell (N. Y-), postmaster general.... Judge William Lindsay succeeded J. J. Carlisle in U. S. senate from Kentnc ky. Feb 15—At Topeka, Kan., republican house, barred out by artre 1 populists from hall of representatives, took forcible giossession. Militia called out by Gov. Lewelling.... Hoke Smith, of Georgia,' announ eiKps secretary of the interior in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. Feb lft—Gov. Le veiling, at Topeka. Kan., gave republicans pj tsession of legislative hall, and withdrew militia anc deputy marshals, thus affording tetaj orary settlement of difficulty until decided by he courts. Feb. 17—American Newspaper Publishers* Association in annual session in New York elected James W. S cott, of Chicago, president ....J Sterling Mor opof Nebraska, chosen as secretary of agriculture in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. Feb 23—William N. Roach (dem.). of Grand Forks, elected C. S. senator from North

Feb. 23—Hilary L Herbert, of Alabama, chosen as secretai y of the navy, and Richard Olney, of Boston, fc r attorney general. Feb. S3—A. CL Beckwith appointed by Gov. Osborne,^ of Wyoming, as U. S. senator, for next two years, Feb. 21—Mrs. A dial E. Stevenson elected president of the Da ughters of the Revolution in session in Washin: ton Feb. 25—Karsas supreme court decided republican house to b * the legal house of representatives of the st tte. \ Feb, 23—Gov. Mil chell appointed SttmueLPaacoe to act as D. S, 1 enator from Florida Mar. 4—Vice Prei iJent Morton declared the senate adjourned. 1 hen Vice/President Stevenson took oath of of! Ice; Speaker Crisp also declared the house of representatives adjourned. ....Grover Cleveland Inaugurated as twentyfourth president o ’ the United States—Lee Mantle (rep), of Butte, appointed U. S. senator from Montana >y Gov. Rickards. Mar. 10—Governor of Washington appointed John B. Allen to s lcceed himself in U. S, senate, Mar. 28—Mr Ma jderson resigned position of president pro tern, of U. S. senate, and Mr. Harris, of Tenness ee, was elected in his place, Apr. 3—James H Eckels (111.) nominated by president to be comptroller of the currency. Li Apr. 4—Carter Harrison (dem.) elected may or of Chicago with Id, XU plurality. Apr. 6— Dedication ceremonies of the great Mormon temple at Sal t Lake City begun. Apr. 15—Extraordinary session of U- S. penate adjourned sine die. Apr. 1$— Samuel Pascoe elected U. S. senator from Florida, to st.ccted himself. Apr. 2ft—Carl Schurz elected at New York president of National Civil Service Reform league. May 4—Rev. Wi liam Lawrence, of Boston, chosen bishop of Massachusetts 10 succeed late Phillip Brooks. May lft^Nationt 1 convention of Republican League clubs me at Louisville, Ky ...G. N. -Riercc, of Dayton O., elected president of the ■A’oung Men's Chri Ulan association in tbirtleth international con erition at Indianapolis — President appointed James A. Blount, of Georgia, minister ,0 Hawaii. May 15—U. S. supreme court declared Geary Chinese exclusion act constitutional. May IS)—John A. Cockerell, of New York, elected president of press clubs in convention st St Paul. May 21—Walter Williams, of Columbia, Ma, elected president of the National Editorial association at Chicago , May t"0—E. Nelson Blake, of Massachusetts, elected president of Baptist Home Missionary society, in session at Denver. May 31—In sixty-ninth annual meeting ip Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. Home Missionary society of the United States elected Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S. A, president... Presbyterian general assembly, in session at Washington, found Charles A. Briggs guilty of heresy by vote of 333 to lift. June 1 ♦-Presbyterian general assembly In Washington suspended Charles 4k- Briggs from the ministry. June 3—Marsden Bellamy, of Wilmington, N. CL, elected supreme dictator of the Knights of Honor, in session at Milwaukee.... John A. Lee. of St. Louis elected president of the Travelers’ Protective association, in session at Peoria, Ilk June lld-L. CL Starrs, cf Michigan, elected president of conference of charities and corrections In Chicago June 14—F. C. Camp tell of Minneapolis, elected most worshipful grand master of Loyal Orange Lodge of America, in session at Minneapolis. *

June 15—D. H. Mm of New York. elected right worthy grand chief of Internationa!. Supreme Lodge of Good Templars in session at Des Moines la.... international Typographical union reelected, at Chicago^ W. & Prescott, of Toronto, president June 16—Gen. Horace Porter, of New York, elected president of Sons of the American Revolution, in session at Chicago June 26—Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, pardoned Schwab, Fielden and Neebe. anarchists sentenced to Joliet charged with complicity in Haymarket massacre of May 4. 1888. June 27—Nelson A. Miles (U. S. A.) elected president of Society of ihnAroy of the Potomac, in session at Boston. Jane 29—Annual convention of the Epworth league met in Cleveland. June 39—President Cleveland issued proclamation for congress to convene in extraordinary session on August 7. July 14—Baptist young people, at Indianapolis, reelected John H. Chapman, of Chicago president. July 21—Senate of national union in Mission in Detroit Mich., elected H. T. Brian,of Washington, president ' 1 July 22—Ex-Gov. George C. Perkins, of San Francisco, appointed United States senator to succeed the late Lelan.l Stanford. Aug. 2—Silver convention in Chicago adopted platform declaring against all legislation in demonetizing silver and restricting coinage thereof, also against policy of United States being made dependent upon policy of any foreign country, >' .. Aug. 7—Both houses of the Fif ty-thiid congress met in extraordinary session id Washington; Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, ele ted speaker of the house, j Aug. 15—National encampment of Sons of Veterans at Cincinnati f Aug. 17—Supreme council of American LeSon of Honor in session in Milwaukee elected M. Gwinneli, Of Newark, N. J„ supreme commander. Aug. 21—internatioral botanical congress, in cession in Madison, Wis., elected Prof. E. L Greene, of University of California, president Aug. 23—U. S. senate decided by vote of 32 to 29 that Mr. Mantle, of Montana; and Mr. Allen, of Washington, were lot entitled to seals, and that state governors have no fight to fill vacancies where lcglsla ures adjourn without doing so_House of representatives passed in favor of uuconditiona repeal of silver purchase clause of Sherman bill by vote of 210 to 110. Sep, 1—Judge Thor as Cooley, of Michigan, elected president of i merican Bar association, in session at Milwaui ee. * Sep. 14—B. F. Jac Jhs, of Chicago, elected president at internal anal Sunday school convention at St Louis. Sep, ft—Grand arm , la annual encampment at Indianapolis, ele . ted . John G. Adams, of Lynn, Mass, comma! dcr in chief, and decided to have ’94 encampm at at Pittsburgh. Sep, 7—In session at Indianapolis ladies of Grand Army of the Republic elected Mrs. Amanda J. Withern, of Minnesota, as president Woman's Reli-: { Corps selected Sarah C. Mink.of New York, as president....National encampment of gran, army adjourned. Sep, 9—At noon P: 'Sident Cleveland for the second time became father to a girl baby. Sep. 16—Nearly 100 000 persons made race for land in the Cherokee strip. Sep, 18—Centennia anniversary of the laying of the capitol’s corne: stone at Washington observed.'' ' . ■ ■ %, Sea 19—President ,ent nominations to senate an follows; W. B. E irnblower, ©f New York, for associate°iustice i supreme court; James J. Van Alen, of Rhode stand, for ambassador to Italy . . Sep, 21—Supreme council. 23d degree. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite masons, in 8lst annual session, at Chic; go ... Society of the Army of the Cumberland, it annual session in Cleveland, reelected Gen. W. & Rosecrans as president. Oct ID—‘Tucker bil. to repeal federal election law passed in U. S, ouso of represents lives by vote of 200 to 101. Oct II—Gen. Loci' s Fairchild, of Wisconsin,; elected commander i chief of Loyal Legion at an-tual meeting in C dcago, Oct 13—After «: tlnuous session of forty hours U. S. senate u journed 1:45 a. m. without

lotig on MU lor oaooQdlctotM.' ft tStmr puihase lav. O l 18—M. M. White. of Cincinnati, dhteM incident of American Bankers' tvs*sciatica, a*) ■Chi; ago....Monoment at Trenton. N. <3., tm honor of Washington’s victory ol l«f, nnveilod-! Oct. SO—National Woman’Christian Tempos1*! anca union reelected Prances £. Willard prt>air den ; at Chicago. j Oct 30—Three months’ campaign in U- & sea-, ate (or unconditional silver repeal ended tor Siskins of Vouchees’ bill: vote 43 to 32.... Pr*a4 eat nominated Edwin P. Uhl, of Michigan. MR be assistant secretary of state. - Nov. 1 —U. S. house of representative** passed senate silver bill bp vote or 1UWN and! pre ident signed it - Nov. 2—At fourth annual eonven don in Cbtean go of nonpartisan W. C T. U. Kn Ellen JL4 PhUnev, of Cleveland, elected president , Nov. 3—Both houses of congee h adjourcedS sine die.... President issued proclamation naming Thursday. November 30k as <L,y of thaatae, giving. Nov. T—Election returns gave T“aimer from): for .secretary of slate in New York 35.000 pi«N rali y; Eartlett for Judge, 80,703, and a reptiv lican legislature. In Pennsylvania Jacksoaa (rep.) had 128,000 plurality for state treasure*. Kepublicans gained New Jersey icgisiatuzst Oreonbalge (rep.) for governor of Massaeimsett:* had 31.000 plurality. In OMo Gov. M»- - ’Klc ey reelected by 80.000 piuraliy. Ia Iowa Jac soa (rep) for governor suited by 35,000 piurility. Democrats carried Maryland, K* tucl;y and Virginia, and populists Nebraska. Nov. 27—Knights of Labor in general asset bly at Philadelphia elected J. R !k»vereign. of Iowa, master workman, Tice T. V. Powderiy. resigned. Dec. 2—J. J. Van Alen decline) appointment as ambassador to Italy. ** Dec. 4—Both houses convene^ in first session of Fifty-third congress, and'prcaidem’s message read. ' Deo. 13—House passed bill admitting Utah to statehood with amendment prohibiting polygamy forever. ■' V .• Dec. 14— Farmers’ national congress at Savannah, Ga., elected D. F. Claytot. of Iowa, as president. Dec 15—House of representatives voted MS to 61 jo admit Arizona as a state! Dec. 17—American Federation of Labor in sessi a in Chicago reelected Samuel Gompesa president. Dec 18— Both houses of congress received president's message on the Hawaiian matter. Dec. 19—Virginia legislature elected Gen.a Eppa Hunton to U. S. senate for sport M and Thomas S. Martin for long term.

SPORTING. Feb 4—John S. Johnson lowered amateur *• mile skating record of America at Minneapolis to 15:23 4-5 # ° Mar. T—Austin Gibbons defeat*! Mike Daly in tight at New Orleans for parse c f 120.000. Mar. 8—Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Jim HaS at New Orleans, winning purse of 140,000. Apr. 27—National baseball league opened its session. May 5—Relay bicycle race from Boston to Chicago took ITS hours. May 10—Lookout won Kentucky derby m»S Louisville in 2:®H. June 3—Frank Ires, of America, won inter* national billiard match in London. June 23—Cornell's freshman enw defeated Columbia at New London, Conu, making t miles in 10:08 June 24— Boundless captured American Derby in Chicago: time, 2:35 June 27— Berry won cowboy race to Chlcagot begun at Cbadron. Neb., making the.1,040 mile* in 1 Oltays 15 hours 35 minutes July .—Harvard won college baseball chant* ionship July 15—Columbian 105-yard sprint for American championship won by Morris, if California* in Goshen. Ind., in 9 3-5 seconds; gain 1-6 aeoooil on world’s record. ,4 July 22—Frank Waller, of Indiana, broke 23miio bicycle record, making run in 1 hour • minutes 10 seconds, at Detroit Aug. 3—At Buffalo, N. Y., Hulds, rode fastens mile on record ior live-year-olds in2:38!-i- . Aug. .12—L. S. Meintjes, of South Africa, won 62-mile international championship at bicycle tournament in Chicago: time 2 hou rs 46 minutes, Sep 6—A. A Zimmerman, world’s bicycla champion, went a mile at Springfield, Ot. in 2:05 3-5 Sep II—L. & Meintjes. of South Africa, at Springfield, Mass., lowered 5-tniie bicyci* record to 11:09 2-5 - Sep 13—In bicycle race at Springfield. Mass., Sanger beat Zimmerman, lowering competitive mile to 2:11 1-5 Sep 14—AUx trotted mile a; Chicago, to 2:06.... At Le Mars, la. Free Coinage lowered three-yeur-old pacing record to 2:11 Sep. 24—At Chicago. Frank Ives defeated John Roberts.English cbamnionJn match game of billiards: score. Ives. 6.030: Roberts, 5.3J& Sep 25—George Dixon, world’s f earner weighs champion, defeated Solly Smith, of California, at Conev Island, N. Y. Sep 28—H. C Tyler made new world's bicycl® record at Springfield, Mass, going 2 miles, with standing start, in 4:15 3-5 Sep. 33— League baseball season ended. Boston winning the pennant.- . ■ . . Oct 7—John Roberts, English champion, defeated Frank Ives in billiard match at New York by 1,150 points, himself making 10,03d Oct 13—New York sloop Vigilai fo 3third and last time English ift in 0-mile race for America’s cup: 53 min. 52 see. First race runOci. 7; time. Shfc 32 min. 23 sec., and second race an Oct 9; time, 3 hr. 25 min. Oct ip—At Nashville. Tenn.. Directum trotted heat ta free-for-all In 2 0514, breaking all previous race recordsOct 19—At Nashville. Tenn., May Marshal! made new record for pacing mares, a mile in 2:08»4, la§t defeated iodyfyalb vrte time, 3 hr.

-JUtUUft QUl Ultiun uc vYnrjcai-wi« pacing record at Dallas, Tex. miking a mile to *S& 4—Greenlander at Terre Haute lowered. ' stallion trotting record for - miles to 4:31 Nov. .8—John S, Johnson broke world's bicycle record at Independence, la , going a mOo in 1:553-5 flying start. „ Nov. 25—Yale beat Harvard <1 to Oin annual , football game at Springfield, Mass..,.Jate Shaefer beat Prank Ives in 4.0X>point 14-inch balkline billiard game at Chicsgo; score, 4,(100 to 3.945. WORLD’S PAUL Apr. 22—Argentina, Holland. Germany, Gre*» Britain, Russia, Prance, Italy, Spain. Braxil and the United States participated in Columbian naval review at New York. Apr. 28—Famous Liberty bell arrived fit Chi- * cago from Philadelphia.... Naval review at New York ended with street paiade of marine* 'and bine jackets. May t—World’s Columbian exposition at Chicago opened. President Cleveland starting all the machinery at noon by pressing an electric button. May 12—Local directory decided to open fair on Sundays after May 21. admission being 25 May 15—Women’s congress, first of world's fair auxiliary congresses, opened in Art institute. May id—Local directory decided to abrogate contract with congress b7 which the fair was to have closed on Sundav by returning money and opening the whole exhibition. Mav 21—World’s congress of journalist* opened in Art institute.. Mav 30—World’s medical Congress opened he ? Art institute. June 8—It was decided before Judges Woods* Jenkins and Grosscup of United States circuit court that fair should close.on Sunday. _ June 10—Chief Justice Puller of United ^ States supreme court granted Exposition company supersedeas allowing fair to open the following Sunday. * 4 July 4—Largest attendance for any day *1*0* opening recorded 332,936 admissions. July 10—Cold storage building destroyed by£ fire, 17 persons perishing la the flames. 4 July il—After a protmeteu legal fight. Hi which the Sundav opening question had been carried to the United State? supreme court, and tho case won for Sunday opening the n*- , tional commission voted 51 to 8 for Sunday closing principally on account of the small Sunr day attendance. _ July 12—A fac simile of Leif Erickson's viaing ship arrived in Chicago July 14—Local directory rescinded action of >. May 111 and ordered gates closed on Sunday after the 16thJuly IS—Coroner's jury Investigating eoldr storage lire held Director of V?" or its Burnham, " Fire Marshal Edward W. Murphy, J. li. Skinner and Charles A. McDonald to grand jury tor criminal negligence ^ July 2i—Director General Davis, President Higinbothaifi, Commissioner* St. Clair and Massey and Director C H. Schwab served with notice to appear before Judge Stein tor contempt of court in violoting mjuqetioa against closing gates in Clingaum injunction. July 30—Gates opened in accordance with order of council of administration. Aug. 2—For contempt of court in closing gates July 23 Judge Stem fined officials as fol, lows; Lyman J. Gage. 81.IXD: Charles L Hutchings, il,000; Charles Henretin, ll.Ofcfc William D. Kerfoot, 11,003; Andrew McNally* 11,000; Victor P. Lawson, llilifc Director General Davis, tiiaft Aug 4—Theodore Thomas lendered resig--’-tion as director of music. Aug. 31—Judge /Gosrgin, overriding Jucip.i Dunne and Brentano, oecided :a favor of Sunday opening. i : Sep. 10—World’s parliament of religion*, opened session in Chicago. Sep 27—World’s parliament of religions afc Chicago adjourned. Oct &—Paid admissions on Chicago day 71®,Oct 30—Pair came to sn official end. Paid attendance recorded at 21,277,212; passes, 8,052- . isa Nov. «—World's Columbian commission and. the lady managers adjourned line din.