The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-06

Apl e-Thirsesn mon killed By expiosioa II
nitro;Slyeertns factory. Freiburg. Saxony.
ApL x0-Pearl-nshin neet On coast Of Ana,
traiis destroyed by huiricsne. SO lives lost.
s.s.%sr Oh Chsunsi Hsrsor ,o Ns1souSS SnS
May lover TO- mon killed BY explosions n
coal mine q Nsnsimo. British Columbia.
Nay s.r,res in Hungary destroy many lives
Nay li-Stcamer Benton reported wrecked
near AalaccA and 40 lives lost
May l7-Five men executed 1t ST. Peters
burg for attempt to sssassinste Czar....
French Cabinet resigned.
May is-strhke in Belgium spreading; ls.-
UO men struck In center district.
-. H S-Bank tn CITY OF Mexico robbed Of
May 3a-Sixty eighth birthday Of Queen
Victoria celebrated throughout Europe.
burned, IS persons killed and many injured
May seEExplosion in coal mine ut Blsntyre,
Scotland, killed 10 men.
and houses destroyed BY iondsiide near snirs
n:gen, Switzerland
June e-Steamer Sir John Lawrence, with
40 passenger reported lost on coast Of India
June s-F4ry lives lost BY explosion in coal
mine at Gelsen-Kirohen, Germany. =. Her
mann, famous prestidigitaterr, died at Caris-
June 1O-vernome. ~Asis. destroyed by earth
quake Over 100 people killed.
drowning over 100 pilgrims. Losses by foods
in Hungary computed ut s6,00G.OOO.
June 21-Fiftieth anniversary Queen Vic
toria's ascension to British throne celebrated
July 6-Tract OF land sank in lake at Zug,
Switzerland, drowning 10 people:
July 7-Prince Ferdinand, Of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, elected Prince Of Bulgaria.
July 1l-Cholera spreading rapidly in Italy.
-. .Conflagrat;oh at Witepsk. Russia, rendered
thousands homeless and caused loss OF 100000
July 14-Herr Krupp, famous gun-maker, died
at Essen, Prussia.
July ia dozen people fatally burned in COL
lision near St. Thomas, Ont.
July 19-British Parliament passed the Irish
Crimes bill.
July al-Four Thousand people made home
less by fire at Svenzjauy, Russia.
July 25-Eight hundred lives lost in Bay of
Bengal by wreck.
July sjIFifty thousand people starving at
Adcna, Italy, from failure Of crops.
Aug. 1-Katkoff, Russian politician md jour-
nalst died at Moscow, aged 50.
Aug. 3-Over loo lives lost by foods in China.
Aug. 6-Warehouse in London burned; loss,
Aug. 15-Great fire at Scutari, Asia, destroyed
1,OOO buildings.
Aug. 2s-At regatta at London Il people fell
from barge and were drowned.
Aug. 25-John Ruskin English author, report
ed insane.
Sept; Sire in Royal Theater, Exeter, Eng,
over 49, people killed.
Sept i9-Recent Hoods in Nile made $40 fam
lilies destitute and destroyed e 500 600 property.
Oct. 3-Ainee, famous Opera-bouffe singer,
died ut Pars.
Oct. lin riot at Plevna. Russia, "a persons
killed and 30 wounded.
Oct. 12-Quelito. Mexico. destroyed by storm.
Oct 17-Childs' Shakespeare memorial fount-
ain dedicated at SIratfOru-upon-Avon.
Oct. 1S-Number lives lost in recent fire at
Hsnkow, China, reported at LOO and property
destroyed at 2,OC0.OOO taels.
Oct. 3l-Loss by floods in Cuba H. ,0oo....
MQFmOnS N tai Sh
community in Turkey.
Nov. a-Municipal elections in England favor
able to Gladstonians. Jenny Lind died in
Nov. alderman Crown Prince officially re-
ported to have cancer in throat and recovery
improbable.
Nov iI-Floods in Hon-Nau. China, destroyed
1000 lives and made hundreds Of thousands
destitute.
Nov. i9-French Cabinet resigned. :. Dutch
steamer Scholten sunk on Dover Over 1U lives
Nor. so-Thrteen men killed by choke damp
In colliery at Ponembia, Silesia.
fenced TO months imprisonment for printing
in his paper reports Of suppressed branches OF
National League. President Grevy, Of
France resigns.
Dec. Earthquake destroyed Besignane,
Spain; 70 lives lost. -. NJ Sadi-Carnot elected
to succeed President Grevy. OF France.
Dec. 5-Death Of Lord Lyons. British Am
bassador to France.
Dec. 9-Armstroug Brothers h Co., extensive
iron operators, Glasgow, Scotland, failed.
Dec. lO-Attempt in Paris nv man named
Aubertinc to asssssinate ex-Prime Minister
Jules Ferry.
Dec. I'm Tirard succeeds in forming new
Cabinet for France.
Dec. l5-Advices received Of destruction IN
December OF Ching ChOw and 10 other cities
in China by bursting OF banks Of Yellow river.
Thousands Of lives lost and millions OF peo-
pie reported starving
Dec. 21-News received OF the wrccking of
seventy vessels and loss III twenty one lives in
storm OF the West Indies.
Dec. a-Revolution in Guatemala put down.