The Forrest City times., 1908-01-03
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Jan. 5--Moroeean army captured Zinat.
 kaisuh' stronghold and he and follow
 CTS fed t0 mountains.
 6-Ghlnese trading quarter Of Hancock
 det stated by fire loss about g. coo 9Q0.
 at Teheran.
 u-Ttdal wave devastated some of Dutch
 East indian islands. hundreds Of per 5-E,arthq4ake followed by fire partly de-
 stroyed Kingston, Jamaica, over 199o
 swept islands of Sanar and Leyte,
 Philippines. 100 lives lost.
 S-Rear Admiral Davis landed force of
 Ameflcan marines at Kingston. lanai
 ca, to which Gov. Swettcnham objected.
 avis promptly sailed away 2= British officials virtually apologized
 for conduct of Gov. SwettenhaIn toward
 Admiral Davis
 z2-TidaI wave In Dutch East Indies en-
 salfed Island of Sina4u, drowning loo = E.xplosions of fire damp in mine near
 9s.afar 4eekI Prussia, killed I4s miners.
 III. L. |. LagercrantZ appointed min Feb. l-Butlsh steamer CIa.erlng went
 ashore near HartlepooI. England, 4 s-S- 4 Alexaudrovsly. governor Of Pen
 "a Russia assassinated
 l6-Cookton. North Australia. destroyed
 by hurricane, damage of Sz91d qo0
 caused British steamer Or4anaa sank
 in collision near CardIu. Wales "A per
 sons drowned. ,..GoFeTnor of port of 2l Mau steamer Berlin from England
 wrecked off Hook Of Holland in ter rtoe saie l@ persons drowned Mar f-GaF. S#etteaaam af Jamaica, re-
 a-Sued post ll=t-t5 =ase persons buried
 lE lar is44i- in Algeria.
 s=ttressu UQgsr of commons defeated
 Woman GH4Ze b.aE
 IL ieteaa.= premier of Bulgaria. assas-
 @t5ri 1- ~H54-
 l. Powder Ua-azfues on hoard French
 hat.zsslp Ieaa g<p.Haea at IouIau. 2
 .Esl- and 2IaNer5 killed and
 H.rH Gs 3a .ttd.
 Mar Is-go4ut I.ams8orG. former Rus
 ID minister of foreign affairs. died at 2 Ns6arasaan forces captured strongly
 f3rtHed HaadIrau town of Ch8luteca
 and President Eouilla lied In boat c4-M PobIedonostseff eX -proeurator- gen
 eral of holy synod, d4ed at St. Peters Apr s-strixers at Lodz. Russia. killed
 ten worAmen for attempting 10 resume ll-Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Cro-
 mer as plenlpotentiary Of Great Britain
 to Egypt, who resigned. Floods in H-Honduran city of Amapla surrendered 10 N!caraguans; President BoniIla took refuge on American cruiser
 lG-At least five important towns in Mex
 leo destroyed and scores killed by earthquake.
 q 4-Treaty of peace betwen Nicaragua and Salvador signed at Amapla May l-TeTrife hurricane causes loss of
 millions Of dollars and death of several persons At Campcche, 6-About $500 Turkish troops practically auuihilated in battle with rebels in Province of Yemen, Turkish Arabia 9.heir 10 throne of SpaIn born to Queen Victoria. at Madrid i Ninety miners lost lives in fire in copper mine al Netardena Mexico | I-Cossacks killed q innocent men al Iodz Russia, in connection with a rob bery
 l Jun l5-Russian douna dissolved by czar and elections for new parliament or dered First session of The Hague 1 peace conference held. z7-By burning of native thoater in Hong Kong 5Qu Chinese pershed. ! Jul l5-Attempt made to assasslnata President Fallieres of France. latter is-Gen. Alkhanor ex governor general of Tifiis. and two others blown 10
 pieces by bomb hurled at carriage in which they were riding. at Alexandro-
 pol. Russia.
 IS Emperor of Corea decided to abdlcats throne
 Aug About 100 men killed and wounded in revolt of Corean troops enraged at decree disbandlng them, when they at tack Japanese iH Seoul. l 6-Cassabianea, Morocco. bombarded by French cruisers.
 l a-Moorish troops rep-rsed with heavy l loss in two desperate attempts 10 rush French camp outside Cassablanca and invade city.
 Z7-Cci Ivauhoff. governor Of Eiborg prison and vicious foe of tcrrorists, assasxsn-
 ated " bomb in St. IetersburE 1 Sep. striking dock labprefs of Ant l werp burned lumber yard and ware
 houses. loss estimated SI.0QQ, to