Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-31
ACROSS THE MAIN.

ACROSS THE MAIN.
 JANUARY. 10. NJ Floquet elected president of French cham Der of deputies, Plot to assassnate the czar discovered. New Years festivities suspended. 20. William O'Brien released from Tullamore jail 9. Socialists who were holding a meeting in Lon don dispersed by the police.
 Louise Michel shot by a crank at Havre France. 24 John Bright wrote letter denouncing Glad stone and his political methods, 3O Bismarck refused to Lord Randolph Churchill, on the ground of overwork.
 FEBRUARY. 8. Prince Bismarck made an emphatic statement
 in favor of peace.
 Callan and Harkns, dynamiters, convicted and sentenced in London to fifteen years i'm
 priSOnment.
 A. AustroGerman treaty of 1879 published,
 causing much excitement. B. Riot of miners at Rio Tinto, Spain g. A military loan bill providing for an increase
 of 100000 men in the army and exchange of
 290,OOOO00 marks passed the German reich
 stag.
 Lord Landsdowne appointed governor general
 of India. Lord Stanley appointed to Canada 9. Operation of tracheotomy performed upon the
 crown prince Of Germany. 10. Verdict of the coroner's jury in the Mitchels
 town Ireland, eviction case set aside. Lord Dufferin resigned the vice royalty of
 India
 19 Riots ct Guyaquil, Panama Several killed
 many wounded
 15 The English reported to have seized rich DOT
 ton of Venezuela.
 Douglas Pyne M. P, sentenced to threo
 months imprisonment. 1s Memorial window in St. Margaret's church.
 London, to John Milton, gift of George W, Childs, unveiled. MARCH. l. Daniel Wilson, son-in-law of President Grevy, of France, convicted of swindling in connec- tion with the sale of decorations F. Prince Oscar of Sweden and Miss Monck mar ried at Bournemouth 90 Gen. Cafarel convicted and sentenced to pay a fine for comphcity in the French decoration scandal Mime. Lhnousin imprisoned 25. Trial of Gen. Boulanger by court martial de cided against him. 26. NJ. Wilson won his on appeal in connec tion with the French decoration frauds, l 30. M Tirard premier of France, resigned APRIL 1 9 German frontier police increased precautions and refused admittance to the Alsace-Lorraint of any persons not provided with authority. | New French cabinet officially announced M Floquet, prime minister; M. Goblet, minister of foreign affairs; M. de Freycinet, minister of war. l rea at meeting of the League which had beel proclaimed l Q. Gen Boulanger elected to the chamber O l deputies from the department of the Dardogne ! He declined to serve. l 1Q Malietoa, king of Samoa, left prisoner a | Cameroons, Africa, by the Germans ! 15. Boulanger elected to the chamber of deputie l from the department Du Nord- 19. Insurrection in Roumania. Peasants killed b
 troops and villages burned. Boulanger took his seat in the chamber 0 deputies.
 20 Many strikes reported in Germany. Demonstration by 1,5oo students in Pari against Boulanger Serious riot; many iI l jured
 SO Much comment In England and Ireland owe I the pope's decree against the plan of can paign-
 l B. William O'Brien sentenced in Dublin to thre months imprisonment for violating the crime An uprising of Socialist Democrats feared ! Berlin. il. John Dillon, M P, sentenced to six month l imprisonment, without hard labor 14 The Brazilian senate passed the bill abolishir l slavery which was passed by the chamber deputies the previous week. l Lord Wolseley having declared in the Britis E house of lords that if a hostile army of 1000 men were to land in England, she would be | it's mercy Lord Salisbury replied censuri1 | Lord Wolseley. The discussion was caused the result of the British naval maneuvers. F. Irish Catholic members Of the English parll
 ment issued Q manifesto declining to reco D nze the right of the Holy See to interfe
  k their political affairs
 21 Anti Chinese agitation In New South Wal l. and New Zealand assumed alarming te
 dency, % Much trouble from bandits reported fire
 Cuba.
 g. First train passed over Trans Caspian railro r to Samaracand, causing serious riots JUNE
 15. Dom Pedro of Brazil reported recovered IT 23 Two French journalists expelled from Der g. for libeling the royal family. 6 French senate passed credit of 470,OOO,(
 francs for war preparations
 24 papal encyclicai under this date reiterat
 the former decree against boycotting and t ). plan of campaign
 JULY. B. The jury in the O'DonnenLondon Times Ii
 suit returned a verdict in favor of The Tim
 z Alliance reported between Germany and s' gium.
 O. The electors chosen June 25, formally elec
 Gen Porfirio Diaz as president of Mexico of 12 Gen. Boulanger, in the French chamber
 deputies, told the premier he lied, and left
 fore he could be censured. H. 13. Boulanger and Floquet fought duel
 langer stuck through the neck. " 20 Dr. Ridley, who attended Mr. Vaudeville,
 F., in Tullamore jail, committed suicide. Id 26. Ninth centennial of Russa's Christianizat
 celebrated at Kief. l.. 31. MT. ParnelI charged that Mr. Chamberlain
 vulged state secrets in 1885. Lively TOW of the house of commons in consequence.
 Graak Strira on in Paris