Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-06

1S Evic''onr at Glcnbeigh, Ireland caused
much bitterness
81 Randolph Churchill attacked Tory ministry
In British commons.
FEBRuARy-HoME.
4. President Cleveland signed the interstate
commerce bill
z. 81 10000 authorized by the United States
for purposes of coast defense.
H. Dependent pension bill vetoed by President
Cleveland.
% Sherman gave notice of his impending
resignation of the presidency pro TEN. of the
United States senate.
2i Attempt to pass dependent pension bill over
the presidents veto failed.
%. Ingalls, seated as president pro TEN. of the
United States senate.
FEBRuARy-FoREIeN.
H. Parnell defeated in the English commons.
81. Elections in Germany; the government Sc
cured majority and the septennate passed
a few days later
MARcH-HoME
2. United States congress voted to investigate
the Pacific railroad
81. o. s. Strauss, of New York. appointed
United States minister to Turkey
81. Charles S. Farchild, assistant secretary of
the United States treasury, appointed to fill the
secretaryship of the treasury, vice Manning re-
signed.
MARcH-FoREIGN.
4. First reading of the crimes act in the British
parliament
g. Hicks Beach resigned the chief secretaryshp
for Ireland; later Balfour was chosen for the
place
90. Emperor William of Germany celebrated
his Goth birthday.
APRIL-FoREIGN
1. Crimes act passed by the British parliament.
81 Arrest of NJ. Schnaebeles, special French
commissioner, at Pagny- Sur NIoselle by Germans.
Schnaebeles was released on the Goth
"a William O'Bren denounced Lord lands
downe's policy with his tenants, and threatened
to go to Canada and agitate the question there;
Landsdowne being governor general of Canada,
the idea was that he would yield rather than sub
init to O'Briens appeal to Canada.
MAY-FoREIGN
TO- William O'Brien went to Montreal Quebec.
II. French cabinet resigned.
Is. DeFreycnct failed to form new cabinet.
Is. William O'Brien mobbed at Toronto Ont
20. William o 'Brien mobbed ut Kingston, Ont.
%. William OBrien fired upon at Kingston,
Ont.
rs. NJ. Rouvier formed new cabinet
90. Riots in France because Gen Bouanger had
been relieved of the war portfolio and sent from
Paris.
JuHE-FoREIGN.
II. Gladstonians withdrew from the British
house of commons.
II. william OBrien returned to Ireland
10. Queen Victoria's jubilee began and lasted
several days.
30. Revolution reported in the Sandwich Islands.
JULY-FoREIGN.
g. Bulgarian throne offered to Prince Ferdi-
nand
IS. Experimental mobilization bill passed in
French chamber of deputies Later the mobiliza-
ton OF the troops was successfully accomplished.
10. Queen Victoria approved Irish coercion bill.
20. Gen. Boulanger, angered by Jules Ferry's
criticisms, challenged the latter to fight a duel
They didn't fght.-Dublin proclaimed under the
crimes act.
AUeusT--HoME
g. New York Socialists put out of the United
Labor party.
10. New York United Labor party nominated
Henry George for secretary of state.
AUeUsT-FoREIGN
IA. Ferdinand assumed the throne of Bulgaria
Russia protested and has ever since protested,
but Ferdinand still remains on the throne.
"a. O'Brien arrested
sEPTEMBER-HoME
g. New York Socialists form the Progressive
Labor party.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
D. British police fire on league meeting at
Mitchellstown, Ireland, killing several people
oCToBER-FoREIGN
IA. Boulanger arrested for completely In the
French decoration scandal. This was nasty
mess, duplicating NJ Wilson, sor-in-law to Presi-
dent Grevy; Gen. Caffarel, Nine. Limouzin, etc,
ton.
NovESBER-HoME
& Election in most states. The principal vic
tories were won in New York by the Democrats
and Ohio by the Republicans. Both parties
claimed the greater aggregate gains.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
e. O'Brien ordered to wear prison garb by
prison authorities He refused and being left
without his clothing some days later went with
out his clothes till friend struggled in q suit for
him.
10. Alexander Of Russia and Bismarck met In
Germany, and it was discovered that forged dis
patches attributed to Germany had been shown
the car, which had led to complications likely to
bring on hostilites. The Princess Clementine
mother of Ferdinand, now king of Bulgaria. was
suspected of being the author of these dispatches
DEcEMBER-HoME
5. Fiftieth session of the United States congress
convened; Carlisle made speaker.-United States
supreme court decided in favor of the Prohibi-
tionsts.
g. President Cleveland sent his annual message
TO the United States senate.
z. James g. Blaine issued an interview from
Paris in answer to President Ceveland's mes
sage.
s. Date of holding Republican nominating con-
vention fixed June 10, at Chicago.
DEcEMBER-FoREIGN
2. Lord Mayor Sullivan, of Dublin, locked up
for publishing league meetings; he was released
shortly afterward, but was arrested again.--M.
Grevy, president of the French republic re-
signed.
8. NJ. sadi,Carnot elected president of the
French republic.
10. Attempted murder of Jules Ferry by a
French crank.
II. French cabinet formed by NJ. Tirard