Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-31

the Peu1Vlvania railFuod near P1teuoufG.
= oHttuazy: Dr.. Albert +. Foote. distinguish.
ed mineralogist, expired suddenly while 1t
the Atlanta exposition.
II. Fire: Holland Radiator works in oremen.
Ind. destroyed by 1re: los. Sl5oOm
u. Prof Thomas Coates, leader Of the 1fst
circus band in America. died At Eastoa.
Pa
IL Fire: campbeus. N Y, hamlet in steubsn
county, destroyed by fire.
Obituary: Gen. William ]. Landrum, veter-
an Of the Mexican and civil wars. ut Ian
caster. KY; aged o.. F. L. Pope. noted
electrical engineer, killed by shock in his
cellar at Great Darlington, Mass.
Disaster: killed and Il injured by . runa-
way trolley car at Pittsburg.
II. Obituary: Gen. Erasmus d. Keyes, prom
inent Union general in lS6s, at Nice.
France: aged IS. Clara Doty Bates, the
suthoress. in Chicago. Andrew ]. Mould
er, pioneer educator Of San Francisco, in
that city; aged 90.
Is. Obituary: Franklin Davis, q well known
and most successful nurseryman, at Wav-
erly, Md. aged 66.
16 Personal: Gen. John Gibbon elected com.
mander in chief Military Order Of the 10y
nj legion.
II. Fire: At Champaign, Ills, Empire Cordase
mill DESTROYED by fire: loss. $4,000.
IL. Fires: At Manchester, O., 90 stores, 20
dwellings. churches, banks and Masonic
hall burned; loss, $4,000. A $4,000 fire
In New Orleans. Fire swept blocks in
Creole. Colo, and destroyed property valu-
ed at Sl50,OOO.
The national ". C. T. U. convened in Balti.
more.
10. Fire: Atlanta suffered a loss of sion ono nv
fire.
Obituary: John ". Mackay, Jr. killed while
racing in France.
| 20. Fire: 0 squares burned in New Orleans;
1.UO people homeless; loss nearly $500, 600
Obituary: Henry Augustus Loop, well known
1 ~ (faOrUp. QOo1G oh>ol
Elan. the first woman settler in ChicaRo
died in that city.
q. Fire: Town of Bagwell, Tex, destroyed BIZ
fire; loss, $1,000
Obituary: Gen. Thomas G. Pitcher, q. 8. A.,
retired, at Fort Bayard. n. NJ. aged a.
Ashacl Clark kendrick, D. D., LII. D., not
cd Greek scholar, at Rochester; aged So
Oliver Ames. ex-governor Of Massachusetts,,
| In North Easton: aged 81.
| q. Fire: 10 buildings destroyed in Madison,
Wis. loss, $500
| Obituary: Signor Bought. celebrated italian
author. scholar and statesman, at Naples;
| aged 81.
"a. Obituary: Ex-U. 8. Senator Charles h. Van
| Wyck Of Nebraska, in Washington; aged u.
| Is. Obituary: Charles Halle, noted pianist. in
Manchester; aged IS.
q. Lynching mob fired upon by militia at
Tiffin, o.; 9 killed.
| %. 10 inches of snow fell at Negaunee, Mich.
| 90. Fire: Lagonda hotel burned at Springfield,
o.; loss, 100000. At Columbus, Ga, the
girls high school and II residences were
burned.
NOVEMBER.
| I. Criminal: Durant convicted of the murder
of Blanche Lamont at San Francisco.
| 2. Criminal: Holmes convicted Of the murder
| of Pitezel.
8. Disaster: killed and Is or 80 injured in q
| wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio near
| Wheeling.
| T. Fire: business blocks burned at Decatur
Ills. : loss s250, 900 to $4,000.
Obituary: Eugene Field, the popular journal
| ist and verse writer, in Chicago: aged Is
5. Fire: The Empire bank and Manhattan
Savings bank burned in New York city: q
fremen injured loss, s15O.000
Obituary: William Libby, former partner OF
| A. T. Stewart in New York city: aged "a.
Rachel Cantor, the oldest living actress in
| the United States at Worcester; aged g.
| g. Obituary: Mrs. d. p. Bowers, well known
actress. at Washington: aged g.
Disaster: 40 killed and 70 wounded by an
explosion in Detroit. The Evening Journal
Office wrecked; loss $4,000.
| Personal: Duke of Marlborough married to
Consuelo Vanderbilt in New York.
The Erie railway sold under foreclosure for
$20,O00OO.
2. Obituary. Rear Admiral Robert Wilson
Shufeldt, U. S. N, in Washington; aged 70.
Thirty third congress Of the Society For the
| Advancement of Women met in New Or
| Sporting: The single scull race for the
worlds championship won by Gaudaur al
Austin, Tex.
Q. Obituary: DIR. Robert Battey, originator Of
the ''Battey operation" in surgery, al
Rome, Ga: aged 81. W. Rhode Hill, q not
| ed citizen of Atlanta, in that city: aged 63
| IL. Obituary: Henry q. Ashton inventor OF
the Ashton safety valve, ut Somerville
| Mass. aged ~.
Personal: The eightieth birthday Of Eliza
/ hafh (,ndv tod lxyu las
gathering in New York.
Miscellaneous: The thirteenth Baptist con.
gress Of the United States opened at Provi
| dence.
Ii. A daughter born to the car and czarina Of
| Russia.
l6. Obituary: Rev. DR.. Samuel Smith, author
| Of America" in Boston: aged 81.
Disaster: An electric car fell into q draw al
Cleveland: 10 deaths.
II. Fires: A $4,000 fire at Meridian, Miss
Banner brewery burned at Cincinnati.
IL. Fire: 81 600 barrels Of naphtha burned al
Whiting, Ind. ; 8 deaths.
ID. Fire: Factory building burned at Dallas
Tex. loss, $75,0OO.
Obituary: Cardinal Bonaparte. grandson OF
Lucien. at Rome: aged 81.
| 70. Fire: The Parker block burned at Lowell
Mass. loss. $220,OO0.
Obituary: Rustem Pasha, Turkish embassa
dor to Great Britain, in London.
Il. Fire: IL firms burned out in Chicago firs
ana many lives imperfled: loss, $500 900.
Obituary: Sir Henry Ponsonby, private sec
Rotary to Queen Victoria. at Cowes, Eng
land; aged 20.
Miscellaneous: Calvert Vaux, a noted Ameri
can landscape architect, found drowned In
New York bay. Verdict Of not guilty in
the sensational Hannigan murder trial In
New York.
| y. Fire: 5 deaths in a fire in the Dry Goods
and Wooden Exchange building in Chicago
loss, $l00.0OO.
q. Obituary: n. Bartholemy Saint Hilaire
prominent in French literature, in Paris
aged gu.
Il Obituary: Maurice Frederick De Haas noted
marine artist. i'm New York city; aged s.
Edwin A. Meyers. a veteran newspaper
man OF Pittsburg. in that city: aged 81.
Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at New
York; score - to 10. Pennsylvania defeated
Harvard at football by a score Of II to H.
.. Disaster: II deaths by AN explosion Of car
tridges at Barcelona, Spain.
Convention: The eighth annual session Of
the Transmississipi congress began i'm Ona-
ha: ~ states and territories represented.
| q. Obituary: Alexandra Dumas. noted French
writer and author OF Camille" in Paris
aged Il. Rev Octavius Brooks Frothing-
ham. noted Unitarian in Boston; aged 20.
3. Obituary. Gen. Thomas Jordan, a promi-
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