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Show Jan. 23-An attempt! $f C3Ri) to overthrow 1'or- I u . Wl 1 tugal monarch and I V- I'saA J I proclaim republic I V (kCZM I frustrated. Plot 1 I wits to assassinate ?&isin I Premier Franco. VrtVjTiMii?. Feb, 1-Klng Carlos tcBfmr nnd Crown Prince Jf' Luiz Philippe ot ny XAjaj FI l'ortugnl shot to III WILHtLM M dentil on streets of vl" 1 Lisbon, whllu returning re-turning from fete, by revolutionist. 2 Manuel 11. proclaimed king ot Portugal. Portu-gal. 3 Premier Franco resigned and fled from Portugal, being succeeded by Admiral Do Amaral. 7 Funeral of King Carlos and Crown Prlnco l.ulz held In Lisbon, 20 Lieut-Gen. Stoessel condemned to die In St. Petersburg, for surrender of Port Arthur to Japanese. 28 Attempt to assassinate shad of Persia Per-sia at Tehoron fulled, threo persons being be-ing killed... .At mine neur San Junn do Salinas, Mexico, 70 killed by explosion, Mar. 7 Japan's ultimatum In Tntsil Kuril Ku-ril seizure by Chinese presented to lat-ter's lat-ter's government nt 1'ekln. IS Fire In business section Buliln, Brazil, Bra-zil, caused 11,000,000 loss und killed seven. 18 Lleut.-aon. Smirnoff wounded In St. Petersburg duel with Lieut. -Gen. Fock, whoso bravery In Port Arthur defense had been questioned. 23 Steumcr Matsu and Hldeyoshl In collision col-lision near lladnkode, Japan, cost 300 lives. 27 Chllapn, Mexico, destroyed by earth-quake earth-quake shocks, and 500 persons killed. Apr. 4 Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Bunncrmnn resigned as prlino minister or Great Britain nnd his resignation wns accepted accept-ed by the king. 13-Floods ut Hankow, China, kilted 2,000 persons. 19 Italian squadron prepared tor demonstration demon-stration In Turkish waters. 22 8lr Henry Cumpbell-Hannormnn, former for-mer British premier, died In London. 23 Lleut.-Gcn. Llnevltch. iilde-de-ciimp to Kmperor Nicholas, died In St. Petersburg. Peters-burg. 24 The duke do Chaulncs, who married Miss Theodora Shouts, died suddenly lu Paris. 26-Brltlsh cruiser Gladiator collided with American liner, St. Paul, off Islo of Wight, 28 perishing.... Hair of Notro Dame da Salette, Ontario, burled under un-der landslide, 30 bring killed. 29 Threo thousand Christian Armenians massacred by Kurds In Persia..., Jap-uneso Jap-uneso cruiser Matsushlina sunk off Pescadores Pes-cadores Islands by explosion which killed 259. May 4 Ferry boat capsized nenr Ilykhorf In tbo government of Mohlleff, drowning drown-ing 120. 6- Young Slanuel formnlly sworo allegiance alle-giance as king of Portugal. 21 Neur Antwerp 60 persons kilted In railway collision. 24 Francois Coppee. noted French poet and dramatist, tiled. 28 Fire In Klang-I.l coal mines In China suffocated 1,000. Jun. 2 Gen, Sir Hedovers Duller, Boer war general, died In London. 4 Cloudburst at Guanajuato, Mex., killed 20 persons.,,. Forty snips wrecked and 270 pearl Ushers drowned In typhoon off Australian coast. 15 Fifty Japaneso bouts wrecked In storm, 350 men being drowned. Jul. 2 Explosion of gus In mine at Wuso-vo, Wuso-vo, Russia, killed 200 miners. 5 Four hundred buildings ut Port 1111 Prince, I lay tl, destroyed by fire. Aug. 5 Said Pushu, grand vizier of Turkey, Tur-key, resigned and sultan formed a new cabinet. Sep. 20 Central Telephone building und postolllce nt Purls, France, destroyed by tire; loss, 15.000.000. Oct. 5 Independence of Bulgaria proclaimed, pro-claimed, severing bonds of Turkey; Prince Ferdinand proclaimed czur. 7- Island of Crete proclaimed union with a recce. 20Typhoon on Chinese coast cost lives of 3,000 persons. Nov 6 Japanese steamer, Talsh Mnru, sunk in storm. 150 drowning. 8- Vlctorlen Surdou, France's most fu-mnus fu-mnus playwright, died. 13 Umperor of China died after long Illness Ill-ness In Peking, Prlnco Chun made regent re-gent of the cmplrti and Pu Will, heir-presumptive. heir-presumptive. II Tsze Hsl An. dowager empress of China, died suddenly In Peking nnd Prlnco Pu-WI, three years old, was placed on llio throne. 25 British steamer Sardinia burned near Valotta, Multu, 123 persons perishing, 30 Jupunesu steamers collided off Chefoo, Chlnn. und 700 persons, Including Americans Ameri-cans and Europeans, drowned. Dec. 2 Nord Alexis, president of Haytl, deposed by people nnd fled Port au Prince, his departure being followed by n night of wild looting In which 12 persons per-sons were killed. Gen. Legitime proclaimed pro-claimed president. .. .Pu-YI, three-year- old son of Prince Chun, wns crowned k j emperor of China nnd ascended th throne 11 Gen Simon raptured town ot Q0- nalves without resistance. 13 Dulrh cruiser seized Venezuelan guardshlp. 15- Dutih battleship captured anothet Venezuelan guardshlp, 16- Venezuelans rose against Castro, burning burn-ing his statues nnd plundering Caracas. aji m 17- Gen. Anton Simon elected president 1 of Haytl. 21- Acting President Gomez of Venezuela: oustrd Castro cabinet. 22- Cnstro charged with plot to assassin-nte assassin-nte Gomez, which wns foiled. 24 In Berlin. Cnstro issued statement, abandoning claims to Venezuelan presidency. presi-dency. 23- President Fnlllercs of France attacked by crazed politician. ' 26 Haron Colic, chief of Russian secret political police, killed In battle with revolutionists |