Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-04

] Joseph lG. Brown at Atlanta, Ga.; aged f0. 1 Dec. 4-Ex-Gov. Leon Abbott of New Jer- sey, in Jersey City; aged 5s. Ex-Goy. Oddenl Bowie, of Maryland, at Bowie. l Dec 15-Robert Louis Stevenson. novelist, in i Samoa; aged A.
 POLITICAL. SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND
 EDUCATIONAL. l Jan Civilian Lindsay reelected D. s. sen-i ] ator from Kentucky Rival senates organ
 Jan. i53senate rejected nomination of Will ] liam B Hornblower, of New York to be assoc 1 uel Biatchford, deceased,
 Jan 17--Iowa legislature elected John IL i Gear 0. S. senator.
 Jan is-senator WalthaI,s fAIissA resIgna- ! tion announced ... Cornelius N Bliss elected president of American Protective Tariff league
 Feb. Wilson tariR bill, with the incomel l by vote of POI to 40
 l Minister Stevens and sustaining Hawaiian policy of MT. Cleveland adopted in lower house. l of congress by vote of 115 to bz A J Mel Laurin elected U. s. senator from Mississippi. Feb. 6--Battleship Kearsarge wrecked on jRancoder reef in Gulf of Mexico m Federal elections repeal bill signed by president Feb. 0-Marion Butler, of North Carolina, elected president of National Farmers alli-i anee, in session in Topeka, Kan. Feb. t6-U. 5, senate rejected nomination of w. H. Peckham for associate justice Of su-F preme court Feb. Ia-5enator Edward b White of Touisi- ana, nominated and confirmed as associate jus. tiee of the D. s. supreme court. .. Charles H. i Luscomb, of New York elected president oil League of American Wheelmen, in session at Louisville e... National Woman Suffrage asso- l. citation, in 26th annual session in Washington, 1 reelected Susan B. Anthony as president.
 Feb. 9 At meeting in New York Newspa-. per Publishers association elected | w. Scott of Chicago, president;
 president Of Daughters of American Revolu-. tion, In session in Washington. Feb. 26-Interstate commerce law decided by. ,Judp0 ffrOSSCuD Of CbieapO InOneratfVa and of
 Mar, 7-Fewton c. Blanchard appointed U. S. senator from Louisiana, vice Judge White re- signed.
 Mar. 8--Daniel Coughlin acquitted of charge of eomplictty in Cronin murder in Chicago
 Apr. 2-Patriek Walsh, of Augusta, Ga, ap-. pointed to succeed the late Senator sGolquit5 i House of representatives seated John J. 0'NeiI from St, Louis ln place of Charles |. Joy ..i City election in Spring Hill, Ean., gave all municipal offices to women
 Apr. 4-Enorb to pass setgniorage over pres-l ident's veto failed in the house by e vote of Id to I14... MT. Hillborn (rep., Cab unseated as member of congress in favor of MT. English
 Apr. b-Bfassachusetts senate defeated housel bill for woman suffrage. ...Gov. Tillman pro- claimed South Carolina insurreetion at an.
 Apr. f4-Madelfne Pollard awarded s15, 600 int damage suit against Congressman w. c. ?. BreclKinrldge, at Washington
 Apr. 19-Ex-Gov J. I. Jarvis appointed asI U $. senator to succeed the late Senator Vance, from North Carolina
 Apr. 90-Gen Horace Porter reelected pres- ident of Sons of the Revolution iii annual con- gress at Washington.
 May 2--Gen. Jacob Cox chosen to succeed ex-l President Harrison as commander of the Loyal Legion in session ct Cincinnati .... Grand eoun- ell of the American Protective association met ct Des M0ines Ia,
 May 5-John Patton, Jr of Grand Rapids, Pdiehg qppofnted U > senator to succeed the
 May 8-Maj. Gen 0, O. Howard elected pres- ident of National Temperance society.
 May ll-P. J. oCennor elected president Of National Order of Htbernians at Omaha ....F Mrs. Charles Henrotin, of Chicago. elected president of General Federation of Women's clubs at Philadelphia.
 May 14--Don Caflery reelected to the U S. senate from Louisiana.
 May 22-Pan- n-Anlerican Blnetalltc assocta- ton. representing United States, South and Central America and Mexico met In Washing
 May 23-Gov Northen, of Georgia, elected president Of American Baptist Educational SOL oiety in session at Saratoga N. Y.
 May 25-American Congress of Liberal Reh gious Societies organized in Chicago. with Rev. II w. Thomas as president.
 June 8-Robert Bonner, of New York, re- elected president of Scotch-Irish society at
 June 1l~c ". Hazard of Alonongahela, Pa.,5 chosen regent by supreme council of the Royal
 June Ia-Ex-Gov. George P. Wetnore elect ed by Rhode Island legislature to U. s. senate.
 June 13-A. C. Loring, of Minnesota, elected
 iae9 June s1-Gen. A. s. Webb, of New York, elected president of the Army of the Potomac,
 June 9s4John 4. Leo, of St Louis, elected president of Commercial Travellers Protective
 June S7-W ". Trace of Illinois, elected president of National Republican league, at Denver.
 July 8-Tarlff bfll passed the senate as amended by vote of 34 to 39. Prendergastj murderer of Carter E. Harrison, found sane and sentenced to be executed. Midwinter fair at San Francisco closedi total attendance since opening, 2,I40 l54.
 July 5-Albert A. Stanley, of Ann Arbor, Mich, elected president of the music teachers national convention In New York.
 July l7-Hih allowing Utah statehood signed
 Aug. s-Rev J M Cleary, of Minneapolis, elected president of Catholic Total Abstinence union at St. Paul.
 Aug. 6-IIepublio of Hawaii formally recog- nized by the United States.
 Aug. 13-Hous6 of representatives agreed to the Wilson tariff bill as amendedby the senate
 Aug %3-Col. William D. Bnndy, of Ohio, elected commander in ehiefo Sons of Veterans at Davenport h.
 Aug 27-Tariff bill became law without presidents signature.
 Aug s2s-Both houses of congress adjourned sine die
 governor of Vermont by 26o90 majority.
 Sep. i0-Ii. B Cleaves reelected governor of
 Sep. i3-CoL Thomas c. Lawler. of Rock ford, H., elected commander in chief of G. A. R. at Pittsburgh. Daughters of Veterans elected Mrs. Ellen II, Walker, Of Worcester, Mass as president ... Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to c, A. R., elected Mrs. Emma R Wallace, of Chicago, as president.
 Sep. I8-John W. Stebbins, of Maryland, elected grand sire of sovereign grand lodge of odd fellows at Chattanooga, Tenn. Sep. l9-Frank F. Sargent elected grand master of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, at Harrisburg
 Sep 2f-C. Il. Blakely, of Chicago, elected president of the United Typothete, Tt Phila- Sep 22-winiam c. Owens declared the democratic nominee for congress from Ash land (Ky.) district
 Sep. 25-Charles Owens, of New York elect- ed president of United Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners, at Indianapolis.
 Oct. 4-Society of the Army of the Tennessee elected Gen. Greuville M. Dodge, of Iowa, in annual session at Council Bluffs, Ia.
 Oct. 6-Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, ] in annual convention in Boston, elected James 1 Needhaul, of Philadelphia grand master. l Oct. Il.-J, J. Shortall, of Chicago, reelected | president of American Humane society in ses- sion at Evansville Ind ....J. J. r, 0delI, Of Ghi- cago, elected president of American Bankers association, in session at Baltimore. Nov Collection returns gave republican ma- | iorities in New York, New Jersey. Gonnecti- l cutt, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Dal1o- l ta, South Dakota, California, Minnesota 1 Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Illinois, Indiana, 1 Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, | West Virginia Washington, Idaho, Montana, ATrtSr 1Ixs