The Forrest City times., 1897-01-08
FOREIGN.

Jan. 3-Dr Jameson with force of 750 men defeated in battle with Transvaal Boers.
 Jan. 4-Near Aintab, Asia Minor 900 Ar menians killed by kurds.
 Jan. n-Armenian asvices say that in provinces or Harpoot and Diarbekir i76 towns have been destroyed and l5.S45 Ar menians killed.
 Jan. l5--Premier Greenway's liberal gov ernment Tn Manitoba returned to power by large majority on national school issue.
 Jan. lI-Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campos resigns command of Spanish army in Cuba.
 Jan. 26-Lord (Sir Frederic) Leighton, president of Royal academy. dies in Lon don; aged 65.
 Jan. 30-John Hays Hammond, American imprisoned in Transvaal. appeals to U. s for assistance.
 Feb. lS-Uprising of Coreans against im- perial order forbidding cues resulted in murder of premier and officials and flight of king and queen to Russian legation.
 Feb, l5-President Dole grants ex-Queen Ill1oukaiani full pardon. Feb. 25-Reports from Constantinop!e tell of fresh massacres at Maiatia and other points of Armenia.
 Mar 1-Ofiice of American consul at Barcelona stoned, because U $. senate passed resolutions favorable to Cuban bel
 Mar. 2-Spain apologies for outrage on consulate at Barcelona. offering to mako
 Mar 4-Practical annihilation of Italian army in Abyssinla forced Crispi cabinet to resign.
 Mar S-New Italian ministry formed with Marquis di Rudini as premier and Gen. Rieott as minister of war.
 Mar. u-Definite statistics of fighting at Adowa show Italian loss of l2.5O0 killed and wounded.
 Mar 2O-Khalifa declares holy war against Egypt May 1-Nazir-e ed-Din, shah of Persia, as- sassinated near Teheran. June 3-Persimmon, prince of Wales colt, won English Derby at Epson.
 May 26-Emperor Nicholas Alexandro- witch, autocrat of all the Russias. and En- press Alexandra Feodorovna crowned in lnc hxysy yfxrff, of bridge at Victoria. B. c. May 30-Stampede of people at Moscow at a popular feast in honor of czars coro. nation caused death of 3GO0 persons. June S-Musaff er-ed-Din, new shah of Persia, enthroned at Teheran June u-John Hays Hammond, Col Rhodes, George Farrar and J. W. Leonard released from Pretoria jail on paying tine of Sl25.000 each.
 Japan, drowned 30, 900 people. July S-Sir Charles Tupper and cabinet resign at Ottawa, Ont.
 July lS-Porfrio Diaz reelected president of Mexico.
 Sept. 24-At Kemah. near Erzingan. 2.OOo ArhlenianS murdered. Oct civilian Morris, poet, author and designer. died in London; aged 62.
 Oct, Gear and czarina of Russia re-
 Oct. S-George du Maurier. artist, novel, ist, author of ''Trilby." died in London
 Oct. z6-Advices from Turkey tell of mas sacre at Egin; 2,00O Armenians slain
 Nov. 9-Near San Jose. Cuba. IS non- combatants Dutchered by Spaniards.
 Nov l2-Gen. Weyler and troops driven from camp by insurgents al Pinar del Rio. Cuba, with loss of S4 killed Nov H-Massacre of 800 near Diarbekir Armenia.
 Dec. S-Province of Mamouret- Ul-Aziz and massacring inhabitants. Dec. 7-Antonio Maceo, Cuban insurgent leader. invited to a, Spanish, conference. treacherously slain in ambush.
 Dec. l7-Dr Adolph Dancher elected pres ioent of Swiss confederation Violent earthquake In British Isles. Dec. 2-Amnesty granted Armenian pris- oners not sentenced to death for murder fin Constantinople. .Mohammedan rebellion in northern China ended.
 INDUSTRIAL. Feb. 1-Indefinite closing of collieries in western anthracite coal fields of Pennsyl- vania makes l5,O00 men and boys idle
 Feb. 17-Large clothing manufacturers in Chicago declared their independence of
 Mar. l6.Clothng cutters. and trimmers' strike in Chicago renders 25,O00 idle. Arr s-No mill of Lawrence s,w Manufae, .co operatives thrown out of work.
 Apr. a-In Indiana. 1000 miners in bi-
 May 4-Milwaukee street car lines tied up by strike of employees for increase In
 June l7-Middiesex wooden min at Lowell. Mass. closed indefinitely; 1000 thrown out of work
 June is-Printers' strike in Minneapolis settled by agreement to arbitrate. June 27-Braddock (Pa) wire works closed; 1000 men thrown out of work. June 30-Pendlng settlement of wage scale every iron mill in Mahoning valley in Ohio closes; $500 men affected. July 2-One killed and many wounded in riot between strikers and police at Brown Hoisting X Conveying Co in Cleveland 1: troops called out July 2l-Brotherhood of Tailors in New York strike. involving 12.000 workmen. Aug. 4-Rioting at Brown hoisting works in Cleveland drew fire of militia Aug. 12-StrIke ordered in ohio where men work for less than scale rates. and in all mines operated under contract lease system.
 Aug. 25-Locked out men of Brown Hoist ing 4 Conveying Co.'S. works al Cleveland voted to return to work.