Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-13
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 sweCr 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.
24-Algiers 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. Car said to have
obtained entire control in Chinese at
fairs.
from Gen Woodford, says Spain cannot
fix date for her complete pacifcation of
Cuba. Turks capture several Thes-
salian villages, killing 100 people.
s-Earthquakes continue at Balikesen,
killed. u. s. marines landed at San
Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, to protect
American consulate on account of revolu-
ton
l0-Japan notifies China she intends perma-
nently to occupy Wei-Hai-Wei.. Gen.
Morales declared president Guatemala;
Assassin Oscar Salinger shot.
7-Constantinople 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.
19-China agrees to open all inland waters
to steamers of all nations.
23-M. Emile lola found, guilty in Paris OF
making hbelous comment upon conduct
of Esterhazy court-martial; sentence one
years imprisonment and fine of 3,000f.
Mar; 1-Ontario's vote continues liberals in
office.
Fresh rebellion breaks out in Philip
pine islands; So Spanish soldiers killed.
Sire at Manila destroys S5,oOO, 900 prop
erty.
31-Capt Gen. Blanco revokes reconcen-
tration orders in Havana, MatanZas,
Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara. French
court of appeals RENTS punishment of
Emile lola.
Apr. 2-Great Britain SEXES Chusan island
off east coast of China.
9CRepOrts OF a recent massacre at Ana
tolla, Turkey, say parents of 40 600 chill
dren were killed and 40 churches de-
stroyed.
20 Queen regent opens Spanish cortes, and
blames U. S. for existing hostile condi-
tions.
May Thirty persons killed in bread riot
s-Many persons killed in bread riots in
Milan, Italy.
Pat London. British council of W. C.
7. q. reflects President Lady Henry
Somerset. :. .Moret, Gullon, Xiquena and
Bermejo, members Spanish cabinet, re-
ls-New Spanish cabinet formed. Sagasta,
premier.
1s-William Ewart Gladstone dies at Ha-
warden castle, England.
Jun. 2-Fire at Peshawir, India, destroys
1000 houses; $50 ,OOO, 900 damage.
Protocol agreed on between Russia and
Japan recognizes independence of Corea.
6-Siun Flu made capital of China instead
of Picking. Over 800 people said to
have drowned in storm off Mi Yoke,
Japan.
S-French cabinet resigns. E. T. Hooley.
prominent company promoter. fails in
London for 81, 600, 900.
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 scortes closed and martial law
proclaimed.
25-Gilbert John Elliott. earl of Mimic. ap-
pointed encouragement 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.
S1-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. 3Egyptian forces under Sir Herbert
Kitchener defeat dervishes in great bat
tie at Ondurman, on the Nile. -. NJ.
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. Zuriinden, mill
tary governor of Paris, made French min
lister of war.
e-Riot at Gambia. Crete, between Mussul-
mans and British, and British warship
threy shells, destroying part of the city:
about 600 people were either burned or
mastered
lo-Elizabeth Amelia Eugena, empress of
Austria. assassinated at Geneva, Switz-
erland. Business section of New West
minister, B. c., burned: s. 800, 900.
14-kingston, capital of ST. Vincent, in
West Indies, partially destroyed by cy-
clone: 800 lives lost Hurricane svveeDa