Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31

In August the porte was required to give
| reparation for burning of houses Of American
missionaries in Asia Minor.
On November % representatives from this
| country met delegates from the leading coun-
tries of Europe ct Brussels to confer on estab-
| fishing ratio Of equality between gold and
| silver. After being In session until December
IL the conference adjourned until May without
\ q result.
Gen. NJ. C. Meiss was the first prominent
man to die in the year, passing away January 2;
Tswik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, the Duke of
Clarence, Cardinals Manning and simeoni, JUS
| tice Bradley, "Richslieu" Robinson and Rev.
Charles H. Spurgeon also passed away in the
same month. Other prominent deaths Of the
year were Sir Morrell Mackenzie, Sir James
Card, Noah Porter, Edwards Pierrepont, Walt
| Whitman, Roswell Smith, Senator Barbour,
Field, eHPresident Fonseca Of Brazil, George
William Curtis. Daniel Dougherty, John G..
Whittier, Cardinal Howard, Pat 8. Gilmore,
Tennyson, Lieut.. Schwatka, Theodore Chiids,
| Cardinal Lavigiere, Henry NJ. Hoyt, Jay Gould,
Senator R. L. Gibson, Leopold Morse, Orange
Judd
CRIMINAL RECORD.
The murder Of Freda Ward by Alice Mitchell
at Memphis on January Is was the most inter-
~eNAA~ a. Vim fcySAoAobASoA Potue VI VIC" VI
| any during the year. The two girls were ap-
parently the most devoted Of friends and yet
one murdered the other, cut her throat and
seemed without grief The jury decided her to
be insane and sent her to asylum. The muir
der of Andrew J. Borden and his wife of Fall
River, Mass, on August 4 Vas the other re-
markable crime of the year. 1t was a most
mysterious affair committed in daylight, yet
no traces were left. Suspicion pointed to their
daughter. Lizzie. who failed to account salts
factorily for her movements on he morning OF
the crime aud she was indicted and now lies in
not yet shown sufficient motive. but all its
case has not been made known.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Strikes have been frequent both at home and
abroad. the cotton spinners' and the miners
strikes in England, involving hundreds of thou
sands of men, and the Homestead and Ceur
'Alene mining strikes in this country being
the events most prominent. The Homestead
strike grew out Of the refusal Of the Amalga-
mated Association to accept the new scale of the
Carnegie Steel Company. The steel works
thereupon, on July /, shut down, but the men
retained control. Efforts Of the officials to &C.
cupy the works were in vain until Oh the morn
ing of July Pinkerton watchmen we're sent on
barge to the mill. They were fired upon by
the men and after a long battle surrendered.
Gov. Pattison thereupon ordered the military
to Homestead and established order. Workme en-
were put III the mill and protected, and at
length the strike ordered off. Charges
have been made that cooks in the interest of the
strikers poisoned a number OF the non-union
workmen. This has yet to be proved.
About the same time the miners at Ceur
'AIene, Idaho, struck on account Of the en-
ploymcnt of non union men. They terrorizcd
the latter so with dynamite explosions that
they were glad to leave. The President had to
order out the United States troops before peace
was restored.
In August freight handlers at Buffalo struck
and were joined by the switchmen. Mob law
ruled until the governor ordered the National
Guard to the scene Seeing that there was no
hope the strike was declared of. About the
same time the free miners in Tennessee
leased the convict miners and attacked the mi
litia sent to guard the latter. In this CASE too,
the government prevailed.
THE CHOLERA.
The cholera was first noticed about April in
India. Leaving in its track thousands of vic
Tins it swept through Afghanistan, Persia,
Russia and eastern Europe and in July there
we're 5000 cases in Russia within four DAYS
BY the middle of August 4 900 were daily diving
in that country. Toward the close Of that
month precautions were taken at New York.
The baggage of em2rants wss disinfected.
The cholera reached Hamburg. The sanitary
authorities in New York set to work to clean the
city, and the same order was given throughout
the country. By the latter part Of August
there were 40 deaths day at Havre. The
disease began to appear in London, Glasgow
and Liverpool. On August 81 the Moravia
reached New York with cases on board, 20
having died during the passage. President
Harrison at once issued a proclamation order
ing 20 days quarantine OF immigrant vessels
from infected ports. Cabin passengers on the
Normannia and the Rugia. although we'll, we're
subjected to considerable discomfort in conse-
quence. In response to their protests Gov.
Flower purchased Fire Island Hotel as place Of
detention for them. The people of Islip forcibly
opposed their landing, and it was only when
the troops were called out that they submitted
Quarters were fitted up at Sandy Hook for the
steerage passengers, and after that time passen-
gers were removed from the vessels on arriv-
ing. There were several cases in the CITY of
New York, but the sanitary precautions had
been so thorough and the quarantine so strict
that there was no epidemic. Nevertheless the
chamber OF commerce of New York has de-
cided that the work of the health officer WIS
imperfect, and has adopted a report favoring
national system Of quarantine.
COLUMBIA CELEBRATIONS.
The celebration of the four hundredth ami
versary Of Columbus great discovery was begun
at Cadiz on July 81. On August exercises
were held at Palos, Spain, in memory Of Column
bus departure. The exercises were religious
and maritime and attracted thousands, while
the entire civilized world looked on with inter-
est. On September 16 the Italian societies of
New York laid the corner stone of Columbus
statue. On October a weeks celebration be-
gan in New York. Meanwhile the Queen Regent
Of Spain and the young king had arrived at
Huelva, the port Of Palos, to take part in i'm
posing cerem onies there. Genoa also. the birth
place Of the discoverer, held celebration in
his honor. In New York there were parades-
naval. military, civic, allegoric and torchlight-
and such celebration Gotham had never
before known. This was followed on October
II by the dedication Of the worlds Columbian
exposition at Chicago. Hundreds of thousands
wore present. Odes, orations and music COM
prissd the ceremonies of momentous occa-
sion. During the year all the nations, in one
way or another, paid tribute to the memory Of
Columbus.
Jackson knocked out Frank Slavin on May
80 in ten rounds, winning $40, 900. Yale de-
feated Harvard at New London July l. Arthur
I. Renney swan a mile July 80 in 27.O6 2-5
minutes. Gaudaur defeated Stephenson, three
miles. in 20. 03 minutes Nancy Hanks lowered
the trotting record to 204 on September 28 A.
A. Zimmerman rode q mile on bicycle in
2.o6 As on September g. Stamboul lowered the
stallion record to 2.0S on November 9. Corbett
defeated Sullivan, the American champion
pugilist, on September Z. Boston won the base
ball cham Dionshin Yale defaa,ad pr;rca<o, "a