The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-10
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Ian. B. Moroccan army captured Zinat, |
! Raisuli's stronghold, and he and follow
| ers fled to mountains.
| 6-Chinese trading quarter OF Ban aS oC6
devastated by fire; loss about S5VVV,VVo; ,
| X-Muzaffar- Ed Din, shah OF Persia, a4eo
at Teheran,
| u-Tidal wave devastated some Of Dutch
East Indian islands; hundreds OF per-
sons persisted.
stroyed Kingston, JaNaica; over lOo
persons Killed and inJUred...; ~ phoor
swept ISLANDS OF samar ana Leyte'
Phil ppines. 100 lives lost.
! 'lS-Rear- Adm.ra Davis landed force OF
| American marines at Kingston, Jamai-
ca, to which Gov. Swettenham. objected;
Davis promptly sailed away.
2l-British officials Vlrtuaily apo!o o,.S.i
for conduct of GOV. Swettenham toward
= Admiral Davis.
2eHTidal wave in Dutch East Indies en-
gulfed Island of S4malu, drowning LOW
2spPIIXpiosion. of nre damp in mine near
Saarbrueck, Prussia killed las miners.
H. l.. f. LagerCrantz appointed min
lister OF Sweden to United States.
Feb british steamer Ciayerlns Wen1
ashore near Hartlepool. England; y
Of crew drowned.
SIS. A. Alexandrovsky, governor OF Pen
"a. Russia, assaSsinated.
16-Cookton, North Australia. destroyed
: by hurricane; damage OF 100000
l caused -. British steamer Orlando sank
in collision near Cardiff, Wales; IA per.
sons drowned. Governor OF port OF
9 Baku murdered.
. olNMail steamer Berlin from England
, wrecked off Hook of Holland in ter
q rifle gale Us persons drowned.
: Mar. 4NGov. Swettenham of Jamaica, re-
: gjgred post. :. t,ighty-tive persons buried
by landslide in Algeria.
= S--English house of commons defeateo
T. womans suffrage bill.
: I'M. Petkoff, premier of Bulgaria, assas'
. i s.nated at Sofia w.,
II 12-PoWder magazines on poaTo IRE rlen ~
battleship lena exploded at Iouion III
It bluejaCk9ts and officers killed ant
g hundreds injured.
Mar, l9-Count Lamsdorff, former Rus
ID sian minister of foreign affairs, died a
s. san Raemo.
22~Nicaraguan forces captured strongl!
lie fortified Honduran town of Choluteci
and President Bonlla fled in boat.
er 24-M. Pobedonostset, eN-procurator- gen
eral Of holy synod, died at 81. Peters
m ADJ Dr. Z 6b-strHers at LODI, Russia, kiIle
to len workmen for attempting to resum
fe 11@Sir Eldon Gorst succeeded Lord Gre
st ner as plenipotentiary of Great Brital
to Egypt, who resigned. Floods i
or Turkey caused death Of eco.
12-Honduran city Of Amapla surrendere
ed to NicaraSuans; President Bonilia too
IS refuge on American cruiser.
la, l6-At least Ave important towns in Me-
"a. leo destroyed and scores killed b
IS earthquake.
at ana Salvador signed at Amapla.
on Nav l-Terrific hurricane causes loss
millions of dollars and death Of sever
ed persons at CaU;pcche.
,or 6-About $500 Turkish troops practical
aruihilated in battle Win rebels
Province of Yemen. ,'iriztsh Arabia.
9-Her to throne Of Spain born to Quet
~ Victoria, at MADRID.
11-Ninety miners lost lives N IRE
! conper mine at Veiardena, Mexico.
- T-CosgaCIs killed q innocent men
LODI, Russia, in connection with 70
" mn 15-Russlan douma dissolved by CT
4 and elections for new parliament {
dered. First session of The Has
peace conference held
ain BY burning of native theater in Ho
Kong 500 Chinese persisted.
=. Jul. l5-AttempEt made to assassin ;hl
der President Faliteres OF France, lat
teel 1su u4;e3 Aiikhanon, ex-governor-genel
NJ Tifis. and two others blown
to pieces by bomb hurled at carriage
AT which they were riding at Alexand
line 1SPpEmperor of Corea decided TO abdici
INN Aug About 100 men killed and wount
in revolt Of Corean troops enraged
line decree dsbanding them, when they
tack Japanese II Seoul
Tide s-CassablanCa, Morocco, bombarded
dis French cruisers.
g-Moorish troops repulsed with hea
hing loss in two desperate attempts to ri
mer Freneh camp outslue Cdssapiauca
invade city.
q to z7mCol. Ivanhor, governor Of viborg pris
and vicious foe Of terrorists. assass
100. ated by bomb In st. Petersburg
Sep. 4-Strikng dock laborers 81 A
II Werp burned lumber yard ana wa
houses; loss estimated 81, Goo ,00l