The Huttig news., 1908-01-04

devastated by fire; loss about ss.Ooo.oOo. Y-Muzaffar- -Ed-Din, shah of Persia, died u-Tidal wave devastated some of Dutch East Indian islands; hundreds of per sons periShed.
 l5-Earthquake followed by fire partly de- stroyed Kingston, Jamaica; over 1000 persons killed and injured. ;Typhoon swept islands of Samar and Leyte, Philippines; 100 lives lost.
 B-Rear-Admiral Davis landed force or American marines at Kingston, Jamai- ca, to which Gov. Swettenham objected; Davis promptly sailed away. ,.., for conduct of Gov. Swettenham toward Admiral Davis.
 22-Tidal wave in Dutch East Indies en- ao persons.
 2sEExpiosions of fire damp in mine near Saarbrueck, Prussia, killed 14S miners. ister of Sweden to United States. Feb. British steamer Clayering went of crew drowned.
 8S. A. Alexandrovsky governor of Pen- ga, Russia, -assassinated.
 16-Cookton,. North Australia, destroyed by hurricane; damage of $2,000OoO caused. .. British steamer Orlando sank in collision near Cardiff, Wales; IA per sons drowned. ..Governor of port of | Baku murdered
 21-Mail steamer Berlin. from England wrecked off Hook of Holland in ter rife gale; 12S persons drowned Mar 4eGov. Swettenham of Jamaica, re- | signed post. .E1Shty-hVe persons buried S-English house of commons defeated woman's suffrage bill.
 I'M. Petkoff premier of Bulgaria, assas- sinated at Sofia.
 12-Powder magazines n--board French battleship lena exploded at Toulon; 103 bluejackets and officers killed and Mar 19-Count Lamsdorff. former Rus sian minister of foreign affairs, died at 22-Nicaraguan forces captured strongly fortified Honduran town of Choluteca and President Bonilla fled in boat. | 24-M. Pobiedonostseff, ex-procurator-g gen eral of holy synod, died at St. Peters Apr s-strixers at Lodz, Russia, killed ten workmen, for attempting to resume 11-Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cro- mer as plenipotentiary of Great Britain | to Egypt, who resigned. Floods in Turkey caused death of 200
 12-Honduran city of Amapla surrendered | to NicaraguanS; President Bon1lla took refuge on American cruiser.
 16-At least five important towns in Mex ico destroyed and scores killed by 24-Treaty of peace between Nicaragua and Salvador signed at Amapla. May Terrific hurricane causes loss O1
 millions of dollars and death of several
 persons at Campeche.
 6fAbout 65OO Turkish troops practically
 Province Ttsiil of Yemen, Turkish Arabia. N 9-Heir to throne of Spain born to Queer
 Victoria, at Madrid.
 11-Ninety miners lost lives in fire 1T
 copper mine at Velardena, Mexico. | 17-Cossacks killed 21 innocent men al
 Lodz, Russia, in connection with rob Jun. 15-Russian douma dissolved by czal
 and elections for new parliament or
 dered First session of The Hague
 peace conference held.
 G7-By burning of native theater in Hons
 Kong 800 Chinese perished.
 Jul 15-Attempt made to assassinat'
 President Fallieres of France; latte
 uninjured.
 1e-Gen Alikhanoff, x-governor-genera
 of Tifis, and two others blown t
 pieces by bomb hurled at carriage il
 which they were riding. at Alexandra 1SNEmperor of Corea decided to abdicat Aug. 1NAbout 100 men killed and wounde,
 in revolt of Corean troops enraged a decree disbanding them, when they at
 tack Japanese in Seoul 6-Cassablanca, Morocco. bombarded b, French cruisers.
 s-Moorish troops repnsed with heav loss in two desperate attempts to rus French camp outside Cassablanca an , 27MCcl. Ivanhoff, governor of viborg prisor
 and vicious foe of terrorists, assassin ated by bomb in St. Petersburg.
 Sep. 4--Striking dock laborers of Ant s werp burned lumber yard and ware
 houses; loss estimated q. 00o. .000. t