Iron County register., 1899-01-05
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Brief Mention OF the Most Important
Happenings Outside Our Own Land.
jan New cabinet of provisional govern
ment In Cuba swear loyalty to Spain at
Havana.
l2-Mobs headed by Spanish officers destroy
newspaper offices IN Havana; Commodore
Bunce ready to go to protection OF Amer
leans. :. British surveying expedition,
consisting of $50 natives, massacred IN
Beloochistan district.
2HAlgiers under mob rule; over 100 Jews
killed
Feb. 2-Gen. Santos ]. Zelaya inaugurated
second time president Nicaragua. I'm
portation of American fresh fruit into
Germany prohibited. Gar said to have
obtained entire control in Chinese at
fairs.
eE-Senor Sagasta, replying to official note
from Gen. Woodford, says Spain cannot
hx date for her complete pacIhcation OF
Cuba Turks capture several Thes-
salian villages, killing 100 people:
SEarthquakes continue at Ballkesen,
Asia; LOCO rendered homeless and I'D
killed. IL. S. marines landed at San
J uan del Sur, Nicaragua, to protect
American consulate on account of revolu-
NDJapan notifies China she intends perma-
nently TO occupy Wei-Hai-Wei.-. Gen.
Morales declared president Guatemala;
Assassin Oscar Salinger shot.
H-Constantinopie advices give accounts
OF murder and horrible torturing Of Bull
garians IN Macedonian villages. AT
Hammerly, Prussia, ITO miners killed by
explosion of fire damp.
19Chlna agrees to open all inland waters
TO steamers of all nations
IN Emile Zola found guilty IN Paris OF
making hbelous comment upon conduct
of Esterhazy court-martial; sentence one
years imprisonment and fine of 8, 3,O00f-
Mar. i-Ontario's vote continues liberals IN
office.
Fresh rebellion breaks out in Philip
pine islands; 53 Spanish soldiers killed.
Sire at Manila destroys S, ,000, 900 prop
erty.
2tChina agrees to Russia's demands, which
include lease for 25 years as fortified
naval base, also of Ta-Lien-Wan for Is
years as an open port with right to
fortify.
3l-Capt. Gen. Blanco revokes reconcen-
tration orders in Havana, Matanzas,
PInar del Rio and Santa Clara. French
court OF appeals RENTS punishment OF
Emile Zola.
Apr. 2-Great Britain seizes Chusan island
of east coast of China.
e-Reports OF recent massacre at Ana
tolIa, Turkey, say parents OF 40 900 chill
dren were killed and 40 churches de-
stroyed.
20-Queen regent opens Spanish cortes, and
blames Z. S. for existing hostile eondi-
May Thirty persons killed in bread riot
S--Many persons killed in bread riots in
Milan, Italy.
2-At London, British council of ". c.
I. Z. reflects President Lady Henry
Somerset. .Moret, Guiion, Xiquena and
Bermejo, members Spanish cabinet, re-
sign.
1s-New Spanish cabinet formed, Sagasta,
premier
19-William Ewart Gladstone dies at Ha-
warden castle, England.
Jun. 2-Fire at Peshawir, India, destroys
4, 900 houses; $40, 900 900 damage.
AProtocol agreed on between Russia and
Japan recognizes independence of Corea
6-SIun Flu made capital of China instead
OF Peking- Over 800 people said to
have drowned in storm off Nj Yoke,
Japan.
S-French cabine: resigns. =. e. 7. Hooley,
prominent company promoter, fails in
London for s., ,0O0, 600
I'M Ribot selected to form new French
cabinet
2l-Launching of new warship Albion a:
Blackwell, Eng, caused rise of a wave
that drowned so people.
24-Spanish cortes closed and martial law
proclaimed.
JUL ll-Rioters attack Catholic and Protes-
I u. d.
25-Glbert Joh- Elliott, earl of Minto, ap-
pointed governor-gen Of Canada.
30-Prince Bismarck dies at Friedrichsruh
Germany, aged SO.
Aug. 1-Empress dowager of China openly
takes to herself direction of empires af-
fairs, relieving emperor OF all real power.
Sl-Lieut. Col. Henry, a chief witness
against Capt. Dreyfus, commits suicide
near Paris after confessing to forgery
OF document he had offered at the
Dreyfus trial.
Sep. eEgyptian forces under Sir Herbert
Kitchener defeat dervishes in great bat
tie at Omdurman, on the Nile. N
Cavaignac, minister of war for France,
resigns because of disagreement with his
colleagues who favor Dreyfus revision.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland crowned
at Amsterdam Gen. Zurlinden, mill
tary governor of Paris, made French min
lister of war.
6-Riot at Gambia, Crete, between Mussu!-
mans and British, and British warship
threw shells, destroying part of the city:
about 800 people were either burned or
massacred.
l0-Elizabeth Amelia Eugena, empress of
Austria, assassinated at Geneva, Switz-
erland- -. Business section of New West
minister, b. C., burned; s., 500, 900.
14-kingston, capital of ST Vincent, in
clone; 300 lives lost. =. Hurricane sweeps
over Barbados, in Windward group of
Lesser Antilles; 200 killed and &C, 1000 rem
dered homeless
I-Sultan orders arms of Mohammedans at
Gambia, Crete, surrendered according to
British demands.
26-French cabinet decides for Dreyfus re-
vision.
Queen Louise of Denmark dies at Copen-
hagen, aged so.
3l-M. Dupuy forms new French cabinet
with himself as premier and minister of
the interior and NJ. de Freycinet minis
ter OF war.
Oct. 6-Han Kow, China, nearly destroyed
by fire; 800 people said to have perished.
9-Lord Salisbury issues ultimatum to
France to order Maj. Marchand out Of
Fashoda, in Nile valley.
ministry resigns owing to re-
fGsal of chamber of deputies to pass vote
OF confidence Pierre Puvis de Cha
vannes, great French painter, dies at
Paris, aged "A.
Nov. France decides to retire from
Fashoda Internationally, thus averting
war with England.
Dec. l9-Chinese rebels massacre French
priest and 100 converts at Chun-Yang.
INDUSTRIAL.
Jan. I7-Strike in New England cotton mills
against reduction in wages affects l00, 900