Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-12-26

Jan. Observation-Disclosures. president OF
Jan. I'M. Felix Faure elected president
Jan. iS-Hawaiian revolutionists start
battle In which several are killed, but no
Jan. EAT London, Lord Randolph
Churchill, British statesman. died.
Jan. S0.-1n North sea, steamer Eibe
Jan. n.1Wei-Hai-wei. Chinese strong
hold. captured by japanese forces;
Feb. 6.-Queen liituokalanl fornaIiy ab-
Mar i2t-oT Cuba, q Spanish man-of-
| war fires upon American mail steamer AL
Mar. ls.-Great Britain sends Nicaragua
ulttmatum demanding $4,000 for expulsion
| of Minister Hatch.
Apr. 10.-Cuban revolutionary party de-
| clares independence, of Cuba
Apr. 15.-Treaty OF peace between China
and japan signed; It provides Tor Sorea,s
innosa to Japan ana Indemnity of slO0, ooo. 900.
| Apr. tntimates to Japan that
| various conditions in China-Japan treaty
which Russia could not allow to be ex-
ecuted. .
| dyke causes 1S0 deaths. Nicaragua pro-
| tests against Britain's military occupation
Apr. 2S.-Great Britain promises with
drawal of ships from Corinto on Mica
| ragua's agreement to pay So,WU smart
APR o.-Nicaragua accedes to England's
Nay S.Non advice of France, Russia and
NUM- June. t@ SPAN Of ap 5ias Isn III Ps sRaiRRs60oas, mr.
M jun Gn 2s.MLord Rosebery. British premier,
ana cabinet resign, because use Ct e ad dS7ry s wp9e
moned TO form new cabinet.
Jun. 29.-Thomas Henry Huxley, scien-
fist. died in London, aged 10.
mier of Bulgaria. died Of wounds inflicted
by assassins at Sofia.
new parliament TO be made up as follows:
Conservatives, 81: liberal u~nionists, q;
government total. All: liberals, ia; Nc
tai opposition. 25a.
Sep. e.-Cubans defeat ~Spaniards in bat
tie art Puerto Principe
Sep. linear Camaguey, cuba, insur-
gents kill over 700 S~paniards.
Sep. 2S:-At Paris, Prof. Louis Pasteur'
Oct. over 100 killed in riot between
Turks and Armenians in ~Constantinople.
Oct. 1~6.-Japanr complies with Russias
Laio Brazil recognizes Cubans as
Ocf. 2s.IFrench cabinet resigns because
of government defeat in chamber OF depu-
ties during debate on Southern ranWay
scandal In Baiburt district, Turkey, l5c
Oct. 2e'DAifred Austin chosen poet lau-
reate of Great Britain.
Nov. l2.-ViIages of Zeitoun, Bell and
| MARI attacked ana plllluSIGu ny iA1SA
ans; many inhabitants killed.
Nov. 1S.-Anti-Christian agitation mas eN-
tended throughout northern syria; many
murdered at Aleppo.
Nov. 2I.-Alexandre Dumas, noFellst anu
playwright, died in Paris, aged a.
Dec. Mrs. Bliss, of emphis Tenn.
missionary in Armenia, writes that over
1907 900 Armenians have been butchered, ana
that there can be no doubt that outrages
had sultan's sanction. George Augustus
Sala, well-known journalist, died at Brigh-
ton, Eng; aged 81.
Dec. l0-Sultan grants the powers fir,
mans permitting passage or a Secohu
guardsiiip through the DardanelleS. Ar
menian patriarch at Constantlnopi says
number of homeless Armenians In b nortn-
eastern vilayets of Asia Minor IS nearly
500, 600. AT TrebiZond the bIshop ana 9
ecclesiastics burned alive by TURKS; iresh
outrages also in other parts OF ASIA Minor
-. Chloera raging again in Russia.
Dec. 12-British and Italian gunpoats
Dryad and Archimede passed straits OF the
Dardanelles because of disorder at Siam
bout. H.. NJ. Adrien Lachenal elected pres
ident of Swiss republic.
Dec. IA Madrid dispatch
resignation of Gen. Martinez Campos from
command of Spanish army in CUBA, Gen
Weyler to succeed him.
Dec. 15-Over 1000 killed by attack OF
Massais' followers on a caravan near Eli
dora, Africa.
Dec. 20-Sultan orders troops to bombard
and destroy Zeitoun, and massacre its u,
coo Armenian inhabitants.