The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-01
EVENTS OF 1894
REElEH OF THE NOTABLE HAPPENINGS OF THE YEAR
"A Chronicle Marked by politfcn,
ihhngcs and the Bcaths Os In
NOUS Men Rather Than by
Disasters of Fire or ESnil.
Few Gront CnIanitIcs.

The year 1894, says the Youths
Companion, has nude itself memo
rable for many events of large i'm
portance. No doubt, ms we see OBJ
1ects larger i'll the physical world
when we are near them, so recent
events appear to us in exaggerated
proportions. Yet some of tho oc-
currences ofsthe past year are Ger
talniy great enough to affect the
worlds history.
"A change of rules is ALWAYS an
event that may make the situation
OF nation distinctly better or
worse. The death OF the Russian
Emperor, the assassination of Presl-
dent Carnot, of France, and the
accenssion of Monsieur Casimir- Pc.
rler, the retirement of MIR. Gladstone
from leadership in British politics,
the resignation of CaprIyi in Ger
many, the death of the Sultan of
Morocco and President Nunez. of
I Columbia, and the inauguration of
the first populnrly elected President
OF BraZil-these events have affected
more or less the destinies OF n large
part OF the human race.
Moreover, great war has been.
anu NJ the time we writo is still,
waged between two countrics-one
the most populous in the world.
even exceeding the numbers of the
british Empire with ali its colonies.
the other larger than France.
True, war between Asiatic pow
ers does not involve the most mo.
mentous consequences, but the
present war will surely bring
whole continent more Intimately
into relations with the rest of the
world.
We pass by with the merest men.
ton many other noteworthy occur
rences abroad; the adoption of
revised constitution, with universal
suffrage. i'll Belgium; the formation
! OF constitutional republic in
| Hawan; the general elec tons in
Norway; tho revival OF tho fedora
ton movement in tho Australian
colonies; the completion and
opening OF the great Manchester
| Shlp canal; the terrible tax riots IN
Sicily; the outrages in Armenia;
the bomb throwing by anarchists
In Spain, France and Italy,
At home the greatest political
events OF the year were the passage
OF new tariff act and tho overturn
at the November elections; the
most serious politico social event,
the extensive disorder that. accom-
panied the Pullman strike,
The year has not been prosper
GUS one for merchants and for the
people generally III any part of the
| world. The crops have been, on the
whole, above the average, but not
| sufficiently good to put an end to
the stagnntion i'll manufacturers and
| trade. The signs, nevertheless, are
more hopeful at the end of the year
than they were at the beginning.
Death has rcaped rich harvest
in 1891. We have already men
toned four OF its most conspicuous
victims, bnt even IN the ligher
walks of life there were many
others: Louis kossnth, the vet
eran hungarian patriot; the Comte
de Paris, Legitimate" as well as
Orleanist claimant of the crown of
France; and in our own country
Senators Colquitt, Vance and Stock.
bridge, Gov. Curtin, Gen. Banks
and Robert 9. Winthrop.
Science mOurns the loss of some
OF its greatest men, foremost among
them Herr and Hemboltz, of Ger.
many. Rossi, the great Roman ar
chGologist; Brugsch Bey, the Egyp.
tologlst, and Doctor Brown Seqnard
were each in his own field without
rivals. Better known than any of
these is Count Ferdinand de Les
seps, thu creator OF the SueZ Canal.
70 music and art have been lost
Rubinstein, the composer; Hans Won
Bulow, pianist; Madame Albani.
once great singer; Philip Gilbert
Hamerton and Others.