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Show FOREIGN So ' " Jnn. 5 Moroccnn army captured Klnat, Halsull's stronghold, and ho and followers follow-ers lied lo mountains. 6 Chlneso trading quarter of Bnncock devastated by tiro; loss about $3,000,000. 8 MuznfTar-Ed-DIn, shah of Pcrslu, died at Teheran. 11 Tidal wavo devnstnted somo of Dutch East Indian iBlands; hundreds of persons per-sons perished. . 15 Enrthquuka followed by fire partly destroyed de-stroyed Kingston, Jamuica; over 1,000 persons killed and Injured. ...Typhoon swept Islands of Ramar and I.eyte, Philippines; 100 Uvea lust. 18 llear-Ailmlrul Davis landed forco of American marines at Kingston, Jamaica, Jamai-ca, to which Gov. Swettenhain objected; Davis promptly sailed uwuy, 21 British olllclals virtually apologized for conduct of Gov. Swettenhum toward Admiral Davis. 22 Tidal wave In Dutch East Indies engulfed en-gulfed Island of Slnialu, drowning 1,500 persons. 28 Exploslonk of fire dump In mine near Saarbruerk, Prussia, killed 148 miners., ..11. L. F, Uigurcrnntz nppo.nted minister min-ister of Sweden to Unltod States. Feb. 1 British steamer Claverlng went ashore near Hartlepool, Englund; of crew drowned. 8 8. A. Alexundrovsky, governor of Pen-zu, Pen-zu, llusslu, assassinated. 16 Cookton. North Ausualla, destroyed by hurricane: damage of 12,000,000 caused. ...British steamer Orlanda sank In collision near Cardiff, Wales; 14 persons per-sons drowned. ,, .Governor of port of Baku murdered. 21 Mall .steamer Berlin from England wrecked off Hook of Holland In terrific ter-rific gnle: 128 persons drowned. Mar. 4 Gov. Swettenhum of Jamaica, resigned re-signed post..,.EIghty-llve persons burled by landslide. In Algeria. (English house of commons dotcated woman's suffrage bill. 11 M. Petkoff, premier of Bulgaria, assassinated assas-sinated at Sotlu. 12 Powder magazines on board French battleship Ienu exploded nt Toulon; 103 bluejackets and olllccrs killed and hundreds Injured, Mar. 19 Count Lnmsdorff, former Russian Rus-sian minister of forulgn u flairs, died at H.ui ltnumo. 22 NlenrttBiinn forces captured strongly fortified llonduriin town of Choluteca nnd President Bonllln lied In boat. 21 M. Pobledonostheff, ex-procurator-gen-erul of holy synod, died at St. Petersburg. Peters-burg. Apr. C Strikers nt Lodz, Russia, kilted ten workmen for attempting to resume work. It Sir Eldon Oorst succeeded I.ord Cro-mer Cro-mer ns plenipotentiary of Great Britain to Egypt, who resigned... .Floods In Turkey caused death of 200. 12 lloudurun city of Amapla surrendered to Nlcurugutins; President Bonllla took refuge on American cruiser. 16 At least five Important towns In Mexico Mex-ico destroyed and scores killed by earthquake. 24 Treaty of peace bctwen Nicaragua and Salvador signed at Amapla. May l Terrific hurricane causes loss of millions of dollars nnd death of several persons at Cniiipeche, 6 About 6,500 Turkish troops practically 'annihilated In battle with rebels In Province of Yemen, Turkish Arabia. 9 Heir to throne of Spain born to Queen Vletorlu, at Madrid. 11 Ninety miners lost lives In fire In Copper mine at Velardena, Mexico. 17 Cossacks killed 21 Innocent men nt Lodz. Russia, In connection with a robbery. rob-bery. Jun. IS Russian douma llasotved by czar and elections for nw parliament ordered.. or-dered.. .First session of The Hague peace conference held, 1 27i-Hy burning of native theater In Hongr Kong 600 Chinese perished. Jul. 15 Attempt made to assassinate President Fallleres of Franc latter uninjured. 16 Gen. Allkhnnoff. ex-governor-general of Tlflls. and two others blown to pieces by bomb hurled at cnrrlage In which they were riding, at Alexundro-pot, Alexundro-pot, Russia. 18 Emperor of Corea decided to abdicate throne. Aug. 1 About 100 men killed and wounded In revolt of Corean troops enraged at decree disbanding them, when they attack at-tack Japanese In Seoul. C Cassablanca, Morocco, bombarded by French crulsera. 9 Moorish troops repulsed with heavy loss In two desperate attempts to rush French camp outside Cassablancu und Invade city. 27-Col. I vanlioff . governor of Vlborg prison, and vicious foe of terrorists, assassinated assassin-ated by bomb In St. Petersburg, Bep. 4-Strlklng dock laborers of Antwerp Ant-werp burned lumber yard and warehouses: ware-houses: loss estimated $ 1,000, OOu. 17 Over 40 men killed or Injured by ex-tploslon. ex-tploslon. on Japanese battleship Kash- Ima, near Kure. 21 Gen. Drude burned Moorish camps near Cassablanca. 23 Delegates of threo Important tribes of Moors ncccpted terms of peace by French and hostilities censed. 24 Strike of Antwerp dock laborers, on since June, ended with sweeping victory for employers. 27 Overflow of Otonashlgawa river, In Japan, cost lives of 600. Oct. 5 Explosion In ammunition factory at Osaka, Japan, killed 63 girls and injured in-jured over 60. 18 Hague peace conference ended. 25 Gen. Maxlmoffsky, director of prisons of ministry of Interior of Russia, assassinated assas-sinated by woman In St. Petersburg. 31 Town of Knratagh, Russian Turke-slnn, Turke-slnn, destroyed by a landslide following earthquake: 14,000 persons perish. Nov, 8 Hurricane caused great damage at Marseilles, France; several people killed. 9 Fire at Iqulnuo. Chill, caused $1,000,000 loss and rendered 2.000 persons homeless. Dec. 8 Oscar II., king of Sweden, died at Stockholm nnd Crown Prince austave V. succeeded to throne. |