Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-03

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mont, Mo. Nov. 16).
Jan. 2-Earthquake in Achalkalak, Russia,
destroyed 10 villages; 500 lives lost
Queen Victoria opened.
Feb. 3-Most terrible heat ever experienced
in Buenos Ayres; SO deaths from sun
stroke.
25-Mexican troops and Yaqui Indians fight
near Potam; 800 Mexicans killed and
wounded.
Mar. 1-Earthquakes do great damage in
southern Mexico.
15-Cork and Limerick Qre.) city corpora
lions refuse to issue address of welcome
2-Tqrkey prohibits imports of American
APR. i4-Pari exposition opened.
2ICollapse of bridge at Paris exposition
causes 9 deaths.
May Fourth centenary of Brazil's dis
covery ceieDrated al mo Janeiro. .
11-Czar abolishes deportation to Siberia of
Russian %convicts and forbids sentencing
of prisoners without trial.
Jun SIN India $4,000 people receiving
famine relief.
21-Count Mouravief, Russian minister of
foreign affairs, dies in St. Petersburg.
Jul. Lafayette statue, gift of American
children. presented to France by Commits
29-King Humbert of Italy. aged Sc. assas-
sina ted at Monza by Bressi.
l. uuhc VI odAS-SODuISp III -Eoh
of Queen Victoria. dies at Coburg.
Aug. italian cabinet swears allegiance
to King, Victor Emmanuel III.
Turk troops massacre 200 Armenians
at Spaghank.--.Funeral of King Hum
bert at Rome.
0-Lor Chief Justice Russell of England
dies at London; aged 6S-
1S-Lord Roberts appointed commander in
chief of British army to succeed Lord
Wolseley.
29-Bressi sentenced to life Imprisonment
for assasstnating Humbert.
ing TO usurp Persia's throne, defeated and
imprisoned.
s-Duke d'Abruzzi of Italy returns from
arctic region after having gone within
241 miles of pole.
&-Marshal &c Campos, formerly capt. gen.
of Cuba, dies at ZarauZ, Spain.
of Marlborough named lord lieu
tenant of Ireland.
Oct parliament dissolved.
10-Cn1ted states receives 2,745 awards at
Paris exposition, more than any other
foreign country.
cellorship of Germany; Von Buelow
named to succeed him.
19-Lord Curzon says famine has caused,
SOC, 900 deaths in India.
29,,Ten killed and 200 injured during Lon
don's boisterous welcome of returning
Nov. 7-Sir Chas. Upper defeated in
Canadian election; liberals overwhelm-
ingly successful.
exposition closed.
2~-Typhoon at Tourane. Japan; 100 lives
SO-Oscar Wilde, Apostle of .estheticism,"
dies in Paris.
Dec. Pres. Diaz of Mexico inaugurated
EFlood in river Tiber causes $500. 600
7-Russian consuIs in Turkey report kill
ing of hundreds of ArmenianS daily.
S-Yaqui Indians ambush Mexicans, kill
ing 80 in Another revolution in
Venezuela.
The War I'm h Transvaal.
Jan. 1-Gen. French takes C~olesburg.
1O-Roberts and Kitchener land at Cape
Town.
12-Gen. Butler begins second attempt to
24-Gen. Warren captures spion kop....
Gen. Woodgate killed.
26-Spion kOp abandoned.
Feb. 9-Buller checked in third attempt
to relieve Ladysmith; 1,7F7 lost in the
1A-Roberts pushes over Orange Free
15-Gen. French enters Kimberley.
27-CrOnje with 1000 men surrenders at
Paardeberg.
.2S-Ladysmith relieved.
Mar. 1S-Salisbury rejects peace oNertures
15NRoberts enters B1oemfontein. steyn
moves capital to Kroonstadt.
&c Joubert dies in Pretoria.
Apr. 6-Boers capture five companies Brit
ish troops near Bloemfontein.
10-Battle of Meerkatsfontein; British
lose 600 killed and wounded and 900 are
taken prisoners.
S@Boers driven from
t2-Roberts occupies Kroonstadt without
opposition.
1sHMafeking relieved. ending siege of zs
nNBritfsh enter Johannesburg.
Jun 3-Kruger shifts seat of government
SRoberts takes Pretoria. Battalion of
Irish yeomanry captured by Beers in
capture 500 British at Roodeval
....Boer capital at Machadodorp.
train and 100 Highianders.
3o-Gen. Prinsloo with 5000 Beers sur
renders Internationally at Fouriesburg-
Aug. 1-Commandants Rouse. Fontenel,
Deploy, Potgrieter and Joubert with
their troops surrender to English.
ivier, a Boer leader.
Sep. eRoberts proclaims Transvaal
Ervdenburg CAPTURED by British.
1o-Builer inficts heavy loss on Beers at
Spitz kop.
oners to have been taken from Beers.
19-Kruger embarks at Lorenzo Marques
on Dutch cruiser. sailing for Holland.
part of Orange River Colony.
Nov. British defeat De Wet. taking
receives extraordinary well
come on landing at Marseilles.
Loubet welcomes Kruger to
Paris.
surrender 400 men and two
guns to Beers at D~ewetsdorp. south
30-Roberts turns over command of troops
in South Africa to Lord Kitchener.
Dec. SGerman emperor announces in
ability to receive Kruger.
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
11-British parliament votes $S0.o 900, 900 to
continue war.
take 10 British at Zastron....
De Wet captures and destroys immense
quantities of supplies and ammunition.
Seen. Knox abandons pursuit of De Wet
and seeks to stem tide of Boer invasion
of Cape Colony and Natal.
INVADERS occupy Colesburg.
22-Boers occupy Britstown.
26-Boer surprise and capture British cav
airy squadron near Brftstown.
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