COMPILED BY GEO. E. PLUMBE, A. B., LL. B. ELEVENTH YEAR. ISSUED BY THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS COMPANY. THE CHICAGO QUARTERLY OF THE CHICAGO RECORD and THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY AT CHICAGO, ILL., BY THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS Co. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR. VOL. 2, NO. 2. JANUARY, 1895. ENTERED AT THE CHICAGO POSTOFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. PREFACE. Few years in times of profound peace have been so crowded with stirring political and social events as 1894. The year opened with serious and disastrous labor troubles, which continued, with almost unabated intensity, until the middle of July. Political disturbances over the tariff controversy in congress created as much interest as any legislative action in our national history, while the November elections were a surprise to all parties. The democrats claim the republican majorities were the result of democrats failing to vote. The voluminous election tables in the almanac show whether this claim is well founded. Add to these disturbances the financial panic, which caused so much distress during the whole year up to the first of October, and the year 1894 becomes the most interesting of any in our history since the close of the war. THE DAILY NEWS ALMANAC for 1895 contains an impartial discussion of most of these great events. Besides these there are articles upon many subjects that have engrossed a considerable share of public attention, among which are proportional representation, referendum, Coxeyism, the Bluefields incident, the Hawaiian republic, party strength in congress, history of the agitation over honorary titles, state laws upon arbitration in labor troubles, the Guttenberg liquor system and many others. The present issue is singularly rich in statistics bearing upon the tariff, gold and silver, our commerce and trade, pensions, national finances, agricultural statistics, mortgage indebtedness and many other subjects of prime importance to every citizen. The election tables are comprehensive and full, showing the vote of every congressional district in each state and giving the new congress complete. It is believed that the work is as fair, exact and accurate as it is possible to make so comprehensive a volume in the time that can be devoted to its compilation. CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 1, 1895. 1895. NOTE.-The time given in this Almanac is local mean time, except when otherwise indicated. ECLIPSES. In the year 1895 there will be five eclipses, three of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. A Total Eclipse of the Moon. March 10-11. Visible entire to North and South America, and the Atlantic Ocean, and more or less to Europe, Africa, and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Occurring as follows: First contact of shadow, 54 degrees from south point of the Moon's limb towards the east. Magnitude of Eclipse 1.627. (Moon's diameter 1.) II. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, March 26. Visible to North America east of Fredericton, N. B., to Greenland, the extreme western edge of Europe and the North Atlantic Ocean. III. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, August 20. Invisible to America. Visible to Russia. IV. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, September 3-4. Visible entire to North and South America, and in part to portions of Europe, Africa, Australia, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Occurring in Central time as follows: Commences on the 3d at 8 h. 48 m. P. M. and ends on the 4th at 3 h. 6 m. A. M. First contact of shadow, 54 degrees from north point of the Moon's limb towards the east. Magnitude of Eclipse 1.557. (Moon's diameter = 1.) = V. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun. September 19. Invisible to America. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and neighboring South Pacific Ocean. THE FOUR SEASONS. Visible to eastern MERCURY will be Evening Star about February 9, June 4, and October 1; and Morning Star about March 24, July 22 and November 10. VENUS will be Evening Star till September 19; and then Morning Star the rest of the year. JUPITER will be Evening Star till July 10; and then Morning Star the rest of the year. January is named from Janus, an ancient Roman divinity, and was added to the Roman Čalendar 713 B. C. AMERICAN HISTORY. Slaves emancipated, 1863. Alabama seceded, 1861. Webster's reply to Hayne.1830 2d MONTH. FEBRUARY. February is named from Roman divinity Februus (Pluto), or Februa (Juno), and was added to Roman Calendar about 713 B. C. AMERICAN HISTORY. Chicago, Iowa, Neb., N.Y., Pa., S.Wis. S. Mich., N. Ill., Ind., O. Sun Sun Moon rises sets. R.&S. H.M. H.M. H. M. Battle of Cowan's Ford, 1781.7 145 14 morn St. Louis, S. Ill., Va., Ky., Mo., Kan., Col., Cal., Ind., Ohio. Sun Sun Moon rises sets. R.& S. 28 DAYS. St. Paul, N. E. Wis. and Mich., N.E. New York, Minn., Or. Sun Sun Moon rises sets. R.& S. H.M. H.M. 7 225 87 20 5 8 H.M. H.M. H. M. 75 22 morn H. 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