Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-07
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Jan. 3-Dr Jameson with force Of $50 men
defeated in battle with Transvaal Beers.
Jan. 4Near Aintab, Asia Minor, 800 Ar
Jan. 11-Armenian asvtces say that In
provinces of Harpoot and Diarbekir l76
towns have been destroyed and 1855 Ar
Jan 15-Premier Greenway's liberal gov
ernment in Manitoba returned to power by
a large ma jOrity on national school issue.
Jan. 17-Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campos
resigns &c command mar S Of Spanish army in Cuba
president Of Royal academy. dies in Lon
Jan S0-John Hays Hammond, American
imprisoned in Transvaal appeals to U. s,
for assistance.
Feb. 13-Uprising of Coreans against i'm
perial order forbfdding cues resulted in
murder of premier and officials and flight
Feb. 1-President Dole grants eX-Queen
LiIioukalani full! pardon:
Feb. 25-Reports from Constantinople tell
Of fresh massacres at Malatia and other
points of Armenia.
Barcelona stoned, because U. S. senate
passed resolutions favorable to Cuban bel
Mar. 2-spain apologies for outrage on
consulate at Barcelona, offering to mako
Mar HPracticaI annihilation of Italian
army in Abyssinia forced Crispi cabinet to
Mar s-New Italian ministry formed with
Marquis di Rudini as premier and Gen.
Mar n-Definite statistics of fighting at
Adowa show italian loss of L. 500 killed and
Mar. 2O-Khalifa declares holy war
Apr. 2aCFrench cabinet resigned.
May 1-Nazir-ed- Din. shah Of Persia. as
sassinated near Teheran:
WON onh English perby at f EPSON. s eoi
May 26-Emperor Nicholas Alexandra
press press Alexandra Feodorovna crowned in
Moscow. over 100 lives lost by giving way
May Rrgog sestam Eeaea Of people at Moscow
at a popular feast in honor of cars coro-
June S~Musaff er-ed-Din. new shah of
Persia, enthroned at Teheran
Rhodes, George Farrar and ]. w. Leonard
released from Pretoria jail on paying line
June l7-Tidal wave on island of Yesso
Japan. drowned 80, goo people.
July isSPorfirio Diaz reelected presiden,
sept. &At Kemah. near Erzingan. 2.oa
Arnienians murdered.
designer. died in London: aged g. ' anu
Oct, 6ECzar and czarina of Russia re-
OCT. s-George du Maurier. artist. novel
list. author Of ''Trilby.'' died in London:
Oct. 1e-Advices from Turkey tell Of mas
sasre at Egin: 1000 Armenians slain.
combatants butchered by Spaniards.
Nov. 12-Gen. Weyler and troops driven
Kfo C GImp with oss o 81 Eiled del
Nov. N-Massacre of 500 near Diarbekir.
Dec; &Proytncs of Mamouret-Ul,Aziz
raided by 10000 Kurds. pilaging villages
and massacring INHABITANTS;
leader. invited to a Spanish conference.
treacherously slain in ambush.
ieent OF, Swiss .confederation....V Violent
earthquake in British Isles.
oners not sentenced to death for e murder in
| Constantinople.. .Mohammedan rebellion
! in northern China ended
INDUSTRIAL
| Feb. 1-Indef1nite closing of collieries in
western anthracite coal fields of Pennsyl-
Feb. 17-Large clothing manufacturers in
Chicago declared their independence OF
Mar. 1s@clothing cutters and trimmers'
strike in Chicago renders $4,000 idle.
Apr sCNo mill Of Law .Is Manufa oe0
| operatives thrown out of work
Apr. Sin Indiana. 1000 miners In BIZ
May 4Milwaukee street car lines tied
up by strike of employees for increase in
| June 17-NIiddlesex wooden mill at Lowell.
| Mass, closed indefinitely; 1000 thrown out
June Is-Printers' strike In Minneapolis
June 2EBraddock PaJ wire works
| June Spending settlement of wage scale
every iron mill in Mahoning valley in Ohio
July Zone killed and many wounded ir
| riot between strikers and police at Brown
Hosting & Conveying Co. in Cleveland;
July 21-Brotherhood of TafIors in New
York strike: involving 1900 workmen-
| Aug 4Rioting a Brown hosting works
in Cleveland drew fire of militia
Aug. 12-Strike ordered in Ohio where
men work for less than scale rates. and in
Aug. 2SLocked out men OF Brown Hoist
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