Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-31

erick Ferdinand LSw-, ex-governor Of Gan.
fornia and OK minister to China. az San
Francisco; sgci a. Grief James r. Code
fray last surviving chief OF the Miami
tribe Of Indians, at Fort Wayne.
2. Obituary: Thaddeus Davids. pioneer in
scaling wax and wafer manufacturer. at
New Rochelle; aged 3d.
s. Fire: The Knox Express company and
Adams Express company stables burned IN
Washington: lbs. over s.000O 8 fremen
killed and over 200 horses burned
Obituary: Rev. Dr. J. b. Mccullough. well
known Methodist preacher and editor, nj
Chester Heights camp. Pa aged a.
%. Fire: Box factory. Norton. Mass: loss.
$4,000
Disaster: Superintendent Addison q. Mason
Of the Lehich Valley collicrics and Foreman
William Wilson Of the Exeter coliiery killed
in a cage accident at Pittston. Pa.
Obituary: Gen. Alfred J. Plcasonton. disfin-
guishcd Union cavalry leader. In Philadel-
phia: aged 50.
q. Fires: 90 business places at Celina. O.. de-
s;roycd; loss. $4,000. The town of Phil.
lips, Wis, wiped out by forest Ere. icav-
ing 3.0oo people homeless: loss. u.ssoooo;
about - persons lost their lives.
2 Fires: 90 buildings and business concerns
destroyed Mt Belle Plain. Ia. loss, f&so.o0.
Oil tank works burned nt Fort Wayne: loss.
$1,000. Oshkosh, Wis. lumber yard and
several bu1fu1DEs. ip>r- siSo.st i bnso
ings at Brooklyn. Ia loss. s125.om.
Obituary: James Muilignn Of Blaine "Muili.
gan letter" notcricty. in Boston. Cardinal
Lcdochowsii, an old and determined enc
my OF Bismarck, at Luccrne: aged a.
-. Obituary: John A. McDor all. once IN
nous artist and friend of Poe. Willis. Irving
and others. at Newark. y. J.: aged s..
Archduke William Francis Charles OF Aus
tria. In Vienna
50. Fires: is business houses and residences
destroyed at Eagle Grove. In. loss. SO
90 s3O.Op worth 81 lumber and other
property DESTROYED at Minneapolis. Cooper.
Tex. Mayo college; loss. $4,000.
Obituary: Y alter Pater eminent English -
sayist. ct Oxford; aged s..
AUGUST.
/. Fire: s30OOo worth of property IN ths
lumber district Of Chicago.
Obituary: Joseph Holt, formerly n cahinc'
officer and judge advocate general undei
President Lincoln. at Washington: aged Z.
Miscellaneous: Japan declared war upon
China. The twenfy-fourth annual conven
tion Of the Catholic Total Abstinence So
ciety Of America opened at ST. Paul.
2 Fires: The business center of Iamoure. n
D.. destroyed: loss, s3o,oO. firenieI
killed and o injured in the burning Of
spinning mill in Philadelphia Alien
Opera House, jamestown, \. v; loss. $50.
8 Fires: business portion of Marion. Ia ;lo>s
$4,000. The business part OF Lake View
destroyed; loss. siO0.0D0. A FIRE in the busi
ness section of Farmer City, Ills. loss, $50.
600
Obituary: George Illness. noted American
landscape painter, in Scotland: aged az.
G. Fires: A bridge and other property At -
Paul: loss. sl3O.oD. 20 business houses an
three residences at Adair. Ia
Obituary: Ex-Gov. Austin Blair, Michigan
war governor" at Jac.-son; aged q
DR.. !. c. Long. professor Of church histor
at Grocer seminary, Chester, Pa. at Char
lottevillc. Va: aged 60 Henry f. lnslcy
one of the pioneer photographers Of Amer
lea. in Roclland county. y. Y: aged -.
Z. Fire: Pueblo, Colo, grocery warehouse
loss. s2J0.00o.
Obituary: Auguste Nicolas Cain. famou
French sculptor Of anir:als in Paris: age
-
The National Association OF Dentists bega
its annual session at Fort Monroe.
| s. Fire: STRIKERS pottery at San Jose. Cal
loss. nearly sl0j,Vo.
Obituary: Joseph 2. Wightman, an early SCI
tier at Burlington. la, in Chicago: aged .
| 8. Fires: Pigeon, a small town III ELK count,
| Pa. destrcyed. Clifford. Ills. wiped GU
| Minneapolis. -he Coliseum: loss, Zoo.
The heaviest hailstorm in the history of r.
| we're. Mass, prevailed. causing great d
strrction OF garden crops and windo
| glass. Stones fen measuring :. Of an inc
TO IL inches in diameter.
| Disaster: j. passengers burned 20 death AZ
| asseverely injured In n tresfle wreck on u
| Chicago, lock Island and -'acific near LII
coin. Neb.
1 IL. Obituary: John Quincy Adams, son
| Charles francis Adams and grandson
President Adams. af Quincy, Mass: aged
| L.. Fire: The Eawley silk mills at Port Jervi
| n. ", destroyed; loss. $4,000.
Obituary: Charles Robinson. the first Cover
or elected by the Free State party Of Ia
sas. ut Lawrence; aged 80. John p. Ray,
| prominent New England manufacturer n
steel railway capitalist: aged "a
| IS. Obituary: Col. John Atkins. editor OF i
| Rocky Mountain News. at Denver: aged
George Pa-kes. a well known actor, at {
Edwin Forrest home. Burton c. Coo
lawyer and Statesman OF Illinois. at Eyai
| ton: aged as.
q. Fire: Drug plant and wholesale grocc
destroyed nj Memphis; loss. 5000
The ninth annual cncainpmcnt Of the Uni
Veterans union held at Rochester.
20. Fire: Two blocks destroyed at BOWL
Green. Ky: loss. sljo.0o.
Obituary: stephen X. Fowler. n well l<no'
francier of New York and New Orlea
| Mt Bedford, Mass. aged g..
%. Obituary: Judge Norman l. Freeman. |
oldest court reporter in the United Sta,
at Springfield. Ills.
| Wash: 3s miners suffocated.
Obituary: Ami Benedict Davenport. m
and influential citizen Of Brooklyn.
| Brooklyn; aged 81.
o5. Obituary: John Newell. president OF I
Lake Shore railroad. at Youngstown.
aged 81.
Sporting: The Butterflies won the Fuiuri
| Brooklyn.
g. Obituary: Mrs. Celia Thaxtcr. poet. at
OF Shoals: aged s..
Political: The new tariff bill became 4 law
midnight without the signature Of
| president.
2S Obituary: Benson J. Sherwood. one o.
best known stage carpenters in this col
try. ut Ar,l;yvilie. n. Y: aged 81. II
". G. Howelis father Of the novelist.
jefferson. o. aged ~. Simon Stevens
prominent lawyer in New York city. :
meriy Of Pennsylvania and washingi
in New York: ngei On.
%. Fire: The town Of Eliston, Mon. destroy
loss. sl0oOo.
SEPTEMBER.
]. Obituary: Gen. Nathaniel =. Banks. q
tinguished Union soldier. at Naltins
! Mass. aged a.. Samuel .kirl<wood. low
"war" governor. 1t Des Moincs. aged