The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-01-05

Russian convicts and forbids sentencing
of prisoners without trial
famine relief.
2i-Count Mouraviefr, Russian minister of
foreign affairs dies in ST peteIsSsrE et
children, presented to France by Commits
29--King Humbert of Italy. aged Sc. assas-
sinated at Monza by Bressi.
Aug. 2-Italian cabinet swears allegiance
to King Victor Emmanuel III.
9-Turkish troops massacre 200 Armenians
at spaghank... Funeral of King Hum
bert at Rome.
1s--Lord Roberts appointed commander In
Snief OF British army to succeed LORD
Sep. I-Ali Mahomet Bay, rebel leader seek
ing to usurp Persia's throne. defeated and
e-Duke d'Abruzzi of Italy returns from
arctic region after having gone within
Oct. s-Canadian parliament dissolved.
17-Prince Won aHohenlohe resigns cham
cellorship of Germany; Won Buelow
1s--Lord .Curzon says famine has caused
| 500 900 deaths in India.
Nov. 7.--sir Chas Tupper defeated in
| Canadian election; liberals overwhelm-
| ingly successful.
| 12-Paris exposition closed.
2s-Typhoon at Tourane. Japan; 1000 lives
Dec. 2--Pres. Diaz of Mexico inaugurated
4-Fiood in river riber causes H,5Oo.ooo
7-Russian consuis in Turkey report kill
ing of hundreds Of Armenians daily, -,
25-Yaqui Indians ambush Mexicaps. kill
ing 30 in Sonora. :. Another revolution in
| Venezuela.
The War in the Transvaal.
Jan. l-Gen. French takes Colesburg.
10-Roberts and Kitchener land at Cape
N-Gen. Warren captures Spion kop....
Gen. Woodgate killed.
26-Spion kop abandoned.
Feb 9-Buller checked in third attempt
to relieve Ladysmith: l.17 lost in the
three advances.
i4-Roberts pushes over Orange Free
l5-Gen. French enters Kimberley.
T-Cronje with 1000 men surrenders at
sPaerdeneTgefi -.,,ovsa
Mar. 13-Salisbury rejects peace overtures
i5NRoberts enters Bloemfontein. .steyn
moves capital to Kroonstadt.
2s-Gen. Joubert dies in Pretoria.
Apr. 6-Boers capture five companies Brit
ish troops near Bloemfontein. .
lose 800 killed and wounded and 800 are
| taken prisoners.
2SBeers driven i, from WepepWer;; W; ~,v.-
12-Roberts occupies Kroonstadt without
1sHMafeking relieved. ending siege of III
s1-British enter Johannesburg.
Jun 3-Kruger shifts seat of government
from Pretoria to Lyderburg.
6Roberts takes Pretoria. :. Battalion Of
Irish yeomanry captured by Beers In
| Orange Free STATE.
Jul 23-De Wet captures British supply
train and 100 Highlanders.
30-(ien. Prinsloo with 5000 Beers sur.
renders unconditionally at Fouriesburg
Deploy, Potgrieter and Joubert with
their troops surrender to English.
. Sep. &Roberts prociaims Transvaa
7-Lydenburg captured by British.
10-Builer infiicts heavy loss on Beers a
Spitz kop.
+. Oct. 7-Roberts reports 5000 British pris
oners to have been taken from Beers.
19-Kruger embarks at Lorenzo Marques
on Dutch cruiser, sailing for Holland.
5 2?-Renewed Boer activity in southern
part OF Orange River Colony.
/. Nov. 9-British defeat De Wet. takini
100 prisoners.
22-Kruger receives extraordinary vel
e come on landing at Marseilles.
D 29-British surrender 400 men and tw,
guns to Beers at Dewetsdorp. south
:. west OF Bloemfontein.
. In South Africa to Lord Kitchener.
; Dec. 2-German emperor announces In
ability to receive Kruger.
3-Emperor Francis Joseph refuses to re
: ceive visit from Kruger.
. Scar writes to Kruger. expressing sym
pathy, but announces inability to re
ceive him or aid cause.
;, | 15-Boers take 10 British at Zastron..
De Wet captures and destroys immens
quantities of supplies and ammunition
and seeks to stem tide of boer invasio
of Cape Colony and Natal.
20-Boer invaders occupy Colesburg.
!: S-Boers occupy Britstown.
. | 6-Boers surprise and capture British cav
airy squadron near Britstown.