The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-01-07
FOREIGN.
brief Mention OF the Most Important
Happenings Outside Our own Land.

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.
2-Algiers under mob rule; over 100 jews
killed.
Feb. 2-Gen. Santos j. Zelaya inaugurated
second time president Nicaragua. I'm
portaton of American fresh fruit into
Germany prohibited. Car said to have
obtained entire control in Chinese af-
fairs.
e.senor sagasta, replying to official note
fix date for her complete pacifcation Of
Cuba. Turks capture several Thes-
salian villages, killing 100 people.
8-Earthquakes continue at Balikesen,
Asia; 1000 rendered homeless and 100
killed. :. ". s. marines landed at San
Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, to protect
American consulate on account OF revolu-
ton.
10-Japan notifies China she intends perma-
nently to occupy Wei-HaiWei.. /. Gen.
Morales declared president Guatemala;
Assassin Oscar Salinger shot,
l9-China agrees to open all inland waters
to steamers OF all nations.
ON Emile lola found guilty in Paris OF
making libelous comment upon conduct
of Esterhazy court-martial; sentence one
years Imprisonment and fine of 3,000f.
Mar. l-Ontario's vote continues liberals in
office.
Fresh rebellion breaks out in Philip.
pine islands; SO Spanish soldiers killed.
Sire at Manila destroys $1,000, 900 prop
erty.
3l-Capt. Gen. Blanco revokes reconcen.
tration orders in Havana, Matanzas,
-Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara. ;. French
court Of appeals RENTS punishment of
Apr. 2-Great Britain seizes Chusan island
oil east coast of China.
9-Reports of recent massacre at Ana
toia, Turkey, say parents of 10000 chill
dren were killed and 40 churches de.
stroyed.
May 4-Thirty persons killed in bread riot
in Rome.
PAT London, British council Of w. c.
t. U. reflects President Lady Henry
Somerset. .Moret, Gullon, Xiqnena and
Bermejo, members Spanish cabinet, re-
ls-New Spanish cabinet formed, Sagasta,
premier.
l9-William Ewart Gladstone dies at Ha-
warden castle, England.
Jun. 2-Fire at Peshawir, India, destroys
1000 houses; $20, 000, 900 damage.
4-Protocol agreed on between Russia and
8-Siun Flu made capital of China instead
of Picking. Over 1,500 people said to
have drowned in storm off Mi Yoke,
Japan.
I'm. Ribot selected to form new French
cabinet.
pointed encouragement of Canada.
30-Prince Bismarck dies at Friedrichsruh,
Germany, aged 83.
Aug. l-Empress dowager of China openly
takes to herself direction of empires af-
fairs, relieving emperor Of all real power
3l-Lieut. Col. Henry, chief witness
against Capt. Dreyfus, commits suicide
near Paris after confessing to forgery
of document he had offered at the
Dreyfus trial.
Sep. 3-Egyptian forces under Sir Herbert
Kitchener defeat dervishes in great bat
tie at Omdurman, on the Nile. M.
Cavaignac, minister of war for France,
resigns because of disagreement with his
colleagues who favor Dreyfus revision.
5-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 Mussul-
mans and British, and British warship
threw shells, destroying part of the city;
about coo people were either burned or
massacred.
l0-Elizabeth Amelia Eugena, empress of
Austria, assassinated at Geneva, Swift
erland. :. Business section Of NewNWest-
minister, b. c., burned; S2,500,000.
A-Kingston, capital of St. Vincent, in
West Indies, partially destroyed by cy-
clone; 300 lives lost. :. Hurricane sweeps
over Barbados, in Windward group Of
Lesser Antilles; 200 killed and 10000 rem
dered homeless
26-French cabinet decides for Dreyfus re.
vision.
2s-.Queen Louise of Denmark dies at Copen-
hagen, aged 80.
Oct. 6-Han Kow, China, nearly destroyed
by fire; $500 people said to have persisted
9-Lord Salisbury issues ultimatum to
France to order Maj. Marchand out Of
Fashoda, in Nile valley.
25-French ministry resigns owing to re-
fusal 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 avertins
war with England.
Dec. l9-Chinese rebels massacre French
priest and 100 converts at Chun- Yang.