Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-14
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CHRONOLOGICAL.
Brief Notes of the More Important
Happenings Of 1895.
THE YEAR At HOME AND ABROAD.
Financial and Industrial Interests-Nots
BILE Disasters of Various Kinds-Crimes
and Lynchings-The Political Arena
SpOrtsman's Column.
FOREIGN.

Jan. S--Dr. Jameson with force of $50 men
defeated in battle with Transvaal Beers.
menians killed by kurds.
Jan. 1l-Armenian advices say that in
provinces OF l1arpoet ana Dlarhekir 40
towns have been destroyed and l0,S4o Ar
menians killed.
Jan. 15--Premier Greenway's liberal gov
ernmeut in Manitoba returned to power by
a large majority on ational school issue
Jan. 17-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 L. S
fer assistance.
Feb. 1S-Uprising of Coreans against i'm
peilai orqer forbidding cues resulted in
murder OF premier and officials and flight
OF king and queen to Russian legation.
FEB 15--President Dole grants ex-Queen
LlliouAalant fun pardon.
Feb. 25-Reports from Consfantinople tell
of fresh nlassacres at Malatia and other
points of Armenia.
Mar. 1-Ofhce of American consul az
barcelona stoned, because U. $. senate
passed resolutions favorable to Cuban bel
ligerents.
Mar 2-spain apologies for outrage on
consulate at Barcelona, offering TO make
PREPARATION
Mar. 4-Practical annihilation of Italian
army in Abyssinia forced Crispi cabinet to
resign.
Mar. S-New Italian ministry formed with
Marquis di Rudini as premier and Gen.
Ricotti as minister of war
Mar. 11-Definite statistics of fighting at
Adowa show Italian loss of II, 500 killed and
Mar 2o-Khalifa declares holy war
against Egypt
Apr. 22-Freneh cabinet resigned.
May 1-Nazir-ed-Din shah of Persia, as
sassnated near Teheran.
May 26-Emperor Nicholas Alexandra
witch. autocrat of all the Russias and En-
press Alexandra Feodorovna crowned in
Moscow. Over 100 lives lost by giving way
of bridge at Victoria, b. c.
nf of
at a popular feast in honor of cars coro-
nation caused death of 3, 500 persons; j..
June S-Musaffer-ed-Din, new shah of
Persia, enthroned at Teheran.
June 11-John Hays Hammond, Col.
Rhodes, George Farrar and J. w Leonard
released from Pretoria Jail on paying fine
Of $125, 900 each
June 17-Tidal wave on island of Yesso.
Japan, drowned go COO people
July S-Sir Charles Upper and cabinet
resign at Ottawa. Ont.
July 1S-Porfirio Diaz reelected president
Aug. 5-Consuls and missionaries esti-
mate that fully 100000 deaths have oc-
CURED in Armenia due to massacres and
Sept. 24-At Kemah. near Erzingan. 1000
Armenians murdered.
Oct. civilian Morris, poet. author and
designer, died in London; aged 90.
Oct. CIGAR and czarina of Russia re-
ceived in Paris.
Oct. S-George du Maurier, artist. novel
list, author of '"Trilby," died in London;
aged 60.
oct. Zb-AdVlceS from turkey tell OF mas
sacre at Egin; 1900 Armenians slain.
Nov. 9-Near San Jose, Cuba, 10 nom
combatants butchered by Spaniards.
Nov. 12-Gen. Weyier and troops driven
from camp by insurgents at Pinar del
Rio, Cuba, with loss of "a killed
Nov. H-Afassacre of 500 near Diarbekir.
Armenia.
Dec 3-Province of Mamouret-Ul-Aziz
raided by 10000 Kurds, pillaging villages
and massacring inhabitants
Dec 7-Antonio Maceo, Cuban insurgent
leader invited to a Spanish conference,
treacherously slain in ambush.
Dec. 11-Reported that Venezuela will
withhold consent TO Dine Salisbury
treaty.