Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-04

deposed by his body guards and imprison-
ed; his brother Kiwewa made king. A
bloody outbreak against missionaries also
reported
IS. parnel commission resumed sessions
FEBRUARY.
l. Bismarck ordered German commander to
withdraw proclamation in Apis Of martial
law In Samoa
Panama Canal company dissolved
10 Authorship OF letters on Parnellism and crime
partially disclosed before the Parnen COM
mission.
10 Pigott who sold the letters began his evidence
al Pigott badly broken up in crossexaminntion
before the Parnen commission.
2S Pigott disappeared after confessing to forging
some Of the Parnell letters.
Mr. Parnens Scotch suit against The Times
dismissed
y French ministry decided TO suppress the Pa
triotic league because of its action in the
Atchinod matter.
MARCH.
!. Pigott committed suicide in Madrid.
{. King Milan of Servia abdicated in favor of his
son, aged IS.
Germans recaptued Bagamoyo and defeated
the Arabs, with great loss
g Bank of France advanced 10000 francs to
meet withdrawal of deposits of the Compton
d'Escompte
10. King John of Abyssinia and his generals
killed at Netermineh in o fight with tho
dervishes.
IS Times finished its case before the Parnen com
mission.
q. Losses sustained by collapse of the copper
ring amount to S30,OooO0o.
q News that Enlin Pasha had routed COCO der
wishes at Dor, Africa. received.
o. French cabinet decided TO prosecute Boulan-
ger.
News of the Samoan hurricane received;
American ships Nipsic, Vandalia and Tren-
ton and German ships Olga and Adler
beached; American loss of life, officers and
IS men; German loss, officers and SO men.
APRIL
II Trial of Boulanger begun in Paris
"a Weldon extradition bin passed in Canadian
s. Centennial Of French Revolution celebrated at
Versailles and elsewhere; blank cartridge
shot at President Carnot-
e. Paris exposition opened
81 Gen Hyppolite of Hayti, captured Port au
Prince and declared himself president.
JUNE.
:. Can't. wissnan defeated Arabs and destroyed
some Of their villages.
IL Saupan agreement signed In Berlin.
- Trouble at Delagoa bay, Africa, The Portu-
guese, who had rescinded the concession
granted TO the English to build a railroad,
tore up part of the road and fired upon an
English engineer.
8. Egyptians defeated dervishes, killing 500 and
capturing like number; Egyptian loss, 20.
Portugal decided to accept arbitration In the
Delagoa bay affair.
& Treaty Of peace concluded between Mataafa
and Tamasese
it, parnel withdrew from the Parnel commits
sion.
s. Belgium voted 100000 for the new Congo
RR
z, The Duke of Fife and Princess Louise, daugh-
ter OF the Prince of Wales, married
g. French elections; Bouangists defeated
80. Instruction in Honolulu Queled by govern
nlent troops, and baseball player who
pitched hand grenades filled with dyna-
mite among the insurgents.
AUGUST.
10 Tho senate court found Boulanger Henri
Rochefort and Count Dillon guilty of con-
spiracy and sentenced them to be deported
to some fortified place.
~ Ex-King Maletoa reported returned to Samoa
q Legitime left Hayti, having accepted Hippo
lite's terms
Revenue cutter Rush seized two sealers In the
Behring sea
y. Split between the Parnelltes and Radicals
caused by the government Irish university
scheme.
l. DR.. Peters recalled from Africa by the German
government He refused TO obey the sum.
mons.
10. Malietoa returned to power in Samoa Ger.
man support withdrawn from Tamasese
10 News of Eavassa riots received. The Galena
of the United States navy ordered to protect
American lives and property on the island
~ French elections resulted in favor Of the Re-
publicans, but several new elections were
declared necessary.
OCTOBER
q Reballots in France confirmed Republican vic
tories.
n Princess Sophie, of Prussia, and the crown
prince of Greece Constantine, married at
a. Marriage of Prince Hatzfeldt TO Miss Clara
huntington
NOVEMBER.
q. News of the massacre of DR.. Peters and most
Of his African exploring party received.
Close of the PARIS exposition.
.. Prince Albert Victor arrived in India
Is. Revolution in Brazil republic succeeded the
emperor and Dom Pedro sailed for Portugal
The Anti-saverY conference began its sessions
in Brussels
~, Capt Wissman sent word that Stanley arrived
at Mpwawa 150miles inland. Nov. 10.
-. Draft of an Irish bill submitted to committee
Of the English cabinet by Balfour and Lord
Ashburne
DECEMBER
8. The president of Nicaragua signed treaty of
union between the Central American repub-
lies; Costa RIGA alone remains Sin the cold"
4. Henry NJ Stanley and Emin Pasha arrived at
Bagamoyo on the East African coast
s. EInin Pasha fell from a window at Bagamoyo
and received serious injuries
o, Henry M. Stanley arrived at Zanzibar.
Z, Dom Pedro reached Lisbon.
600 employees of the Louvre i'll with fever; the
influenza epidemic spreads from st. Peters
burg TO Berlin, Vienna and London
10. Louis Rnchonnett elected president of Swift
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