The Springdale news., 1889-01-04
FOREIGN.

Jan4-Twenty- five sa lors drowned by wreck ing of American bark at Waterford Ireland. Jan. l0-Durlng fanatical outbreak In prov ince of Fuk en, Ch na, twenty Christian churches burned and converts massacrei
 Jan. 1l-News received that 30,t0) persons in Mon teuegro had been deprived Of food by floods -. Cholera epidem decreas ng m Chil. Jan. 20-Wm. O Br.ea recessed from Tulla-
 more jail.
 Jan. 2i-London ciTorce court decides di- yorce procured m Amer:ca val d in Englan !. Feb. 19-Heavy snow.sto rms in England France and Spain. News received of joss Of 2,0o0 lives by earthquake ln proylnce of Yum Nan, China.
 Feb. 29 9-Mr. Pyne. NJ P, conv cted at Clon- mel, Ireland under Crimes act, and sentenced to SIX weeks Imprisonment. .... Great fall Of snow and destructive avaianches in Northern Italy.
 Mar. 1-M. Wilson, son-:n.,aw of ex-Pres,- dent Greyy, convicted Of eomplicity in Leg on of Honor decoration scandals, and sentenced to two years Imprisonment, 300) francs fine and deprivat on of ciyil rights for i've years. Mar. D. Emperor William, of Germany, died at Berlin, aged 9l years.
 Mar 10-Prze night between Sullivan and Mitchell, near Chantilly, France, ended in . draw after g rounds.
 Mar. l2-At Berlin Freder ok III. formally proclaimed Emperor of Germany.
 Mar 3-Much devastat on caused and many lives lost by floods in Austro- Hungary =. Ter rible snow storm in Canada. Mar. l6-EmperorW lillian 8 funeral at Berlir
 Mar l8-Thirty villages destroyed by floods in Hungary
 Mgr l9-Advlces from China say the ear th- quake shocks in Yum Nan continued three weeks, destroying several towns; at Ken- Shleu 5,oO0 persons were killed.
 Mar. 29-Reported that 150)0 persons were rendered homeless by recent ods in Ger many; damage to property estimated at sy0- 000,000.
 Mar D-French Ministry resign
 Mar. 31-Dan sh Ministry resign, because of trouble caused by deficiency bll. Apr. 2-New French Cabinet organized. Apr. 14-WIll am O Brien, Irish M. P, ar rested and taken 10 Loughrea jail because Of a recent speech ... Richard Howell, of England at Lancaster Eng, won the first of three bicycle races for championsh p Of the world over William A. Rowe, of America. General Bouanger elected to French Chamber of Depu- ties from department of the Nord by 9,000 ma- lority -. Noel, inventor of dynamite died at Cannes, France.
 Apr. 15-Matthew Arnold, poet, critic and scholar, died Of heart disease at Liverpool,
 Apr. iS-British House of Commons passed oll 10 legaiize marriage with deceased wife $ | sister.
 May 5-Advices report destructive hail-storms at Delhi, Moradahao and Racebati India; hun dreds or lives lost, and many houses destroyed. May l1,Arehbshop Lynch died Ut Toronto, Can.. John Dllon Irish M. F., convicted at
 Dublin of violating the Crimes act and sen fenced to six months Imprisonment. May 23-News received Of the burning of 1,S00 houses at Olivo, in Corea, and the loss of many | lives.
 May 29-Completion of great Russian railway into Central Asia.
 l Jun. 5-Over 300 dwellings in Hull, Ont, de
 stroyed by fire; 2,500 persons rendered home l less; loss, S500.000 l Jan. 1l-Spanish Ministry resigned. | Jun. 14-New Cabinet organ zed at Madrid l Spain, with Senor Sagasta as Premier. l Jun. l5-Emperor Frederick, of Germany | died, aged 51.
 l Jun. S-Emperor William, of Germany IS ksued his first proclamation. I Jun. 26-The town of Sundsvall, Sweden, al
 most entirely destroyed by fire. Loss $5 O00. .OOo 1 Jul. .9-Severe earthquake shock extended l from Beleyille to Kingston. Can. l Jul. S-Presdent Diaz reelected by Mexican electoral college. Jul. 13-Gen. Boulanger and M. F1oque | fought duel with swords near Paris; forme | seriously wounded
 Jul. lS-News received of volcanic eruption q | Makwats, Japan, by which 400 lives were los and many other persons injured
 Aug. l0-James O'kelly, Irish journalist an( member Of Parliament, sentenced to fou 1 mon imprisonment for violating Coercion ac
 Aug. 1l-Authentfc reports state that by tn, l eruption of the Bundai-Zan in Japan. July 15
 four villages were bured in the ashes 500 per | sons were Killed, TOO wounded and 9o0 renderet | homeless and destitute
 { Aug. B-Collision between steamers Geise | and Thngvala of Sable Island by which tn | Geiser was sunk and l1S persons were drowned
 Aug. 15-Eleventh conference of the Y. M. ( 1 A. of the world convened at Stockholm. Sweden Aug. T-G' Cat destruction to property an