The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-03
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Jan. Moroccan army captured Zinat,
| Ralsulrs stronghold, and he and follow
! cfs He'd to mountains
! b-thlncSe trading quarter Of Bancock
! devastated by ire, loss about 81 oVO. go.
! SMuzHffar Ed DIN, shah OF Persia. died
! ut Tch"ran.
| li-Tidul wave devastated some OF Dutch
| East Indian Islands, hundreds OF per
sons persisted
B-Enrthquako followed by FIRE partly de-
| Htrpyed Kingston, jamaica, over 1000
persons Killed and Injured. >: Typhoon
| Philippines, 100 lives lost.
| B-Rcar- Admiral Davis landed force of
American marines nj Kingston, Jamai-
ca, to which GOV. Swettonhum objected I;
Davis promptly sailed away.
q British officials virtually apologized
Tor conduct OF Gov swettenham toward
22-Tidai wave in Dutch East Indies en-.
quilted Island Of Slmalu. drowning 1850
persons
Saarbrucck. Prussia, killed lB miners.
III, l.. +, Lagercrantz appointed min
istsr OF Sweden to United States.
Feb. british steamer ClaNcring went
ashore near Hnrtepool, England -
Of crew drowned,
SIS, \. Alcxundrovsky, governor of PEN
"a, Russia, nssassinated.
l6Cool,ton, North Australia. destroyed
by hurricane, damage OF s2UQ1. OIJ
caused H.. British steamer Orlando sank
In collision near Cardiff, Wales; Il per
BaIu murdered.
2l-Mall steamer Berlin from England
wrecked on Hook OF Holland In ter
rifle gale rs persons drowned
Mar 4-CiOv. Swcttcnham OF jamaica. re-
signed post 900. Eighty-fiye persons buried
by landslide In Algeria
b-EnEIish house OF commons defeated
wOman's suffrage bill,
I'm. Petkon, premier Of Bulgaria, assas-
sinatcd at Sofia.
l2-Powder magazines on board French
battl"sEip lena exploded at Toulon 1903
bluclackets and officers killed and
hundreds injured
Mar l9-Count LamsdorT, former Rus
sian minister Of foreign affairs. died at
San Nncmo
q N.caraggan forces captured strongly
fortified Hunduran town OF Choluteca
and President Bonlla fled in boat.
2-M. PoblcdOnOstsrn. -proCurntor- gem
eral OF holy synod. died at ST. Peters
Apr. G-strKcrs at LODI, Russia, killed
ten .wUrkmen for attempting to resume
work
ll-sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Gro
mer as plenipotentinry Of Great Britain
90 Egypt who resigned. Floods in
Turkey caused death OF 200.
p-lionduran city OF Amapla surrendered
TO Nicaraguans. President Bonilla took
refuge on American cruiser.
l6-At least Ave important towns in Mex
leo destroyed and scores killed by
2i-Treaty OF peace between Nicaragua
and Salvador signed ut Amapla.
May l-Torrihc hurricane causes loss OF
millions Of dollars and death OF several
persons at CampeChc,
6-About $500 Turkish troops practically
annihilated IN battle with rebels in
Province Of Yemen, Turkish Arabia.
9-Heir to throne OF Spain born to Queen
Victoria. at Madrid.
il-Nlnrty miners lost lives In FIRE In
copper mine at Vclardena. Mexico.
lI--COssacks killed q innocent men at
Lode. Russia. In connection with a rob-
berry.
Jun l5-Russian doumn dissolved by car
and elections for new parliament or
dcred. First session of The Hague
peace conference held
T-By burning Of native theatcr in Hong
Kong 800 Chinese perished.
Jul !5-Attempt made to assassinate
President Fallicres OF France. latter
I6-Gen. Alkhanoff. x-governor-genera
OF TIfls. and two others blown 10
pieces by bomb hurled at carriage in
which they were riding. at Alexandra
pol. Russia.
iS-Emperor of Corea decided to abdcate
throne
Aug. i-About 100 men killed and wounded
IN revolt of Corcan troops enraged a;
decree dsbanding them, when they at
tack japanese In Seoul.
G-Cassablanca. Morocco, bombarded by
French cruisers.
9-Moorsh troops repuised with heavy
loss in two desperate attempts to rush
French camp outside Cassablanca and
z7--Col. Ivanhoff. governor OF viborg prison.
and Vicious foe OF terrorists, assassin
ated by bomb in st. Petersburg
Sep. t-Striking dock laborers OF Ant.
werp burned lumber yard and we're
houses; loss estimated u.ooo.ooo.