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

y. crtninal: 1adge Yorke (l6arxare4 Dryp-
d1lel, ocfreoRs murdered n philndelphia
by James b Gentry.
n Fires: Business pisces burned at Hamilton,
N Y: loss, $4,000
Obituary: Eliza D. Hamili. one Of Chicago'a
Oldest residents; aged s.
Conventions: The annual convention Of Su.
perintendents' National association con-
vened in Cleveland. The fourth congress
OF the Daughters OF the Revolution opened
in Washington.
D. Obituary: Frederick Douglass at Washing
ton: ngcd a..
u. Obituary: Ex-Gov. BENJAMIN F. Prescott
OF New Hampshire at Epptng, N. H.; aged
Convention: The ninth annual convention Of
the Newspaper Publisher association met
in New York.
z Fire: several cottages and boarding houses
burned At Hot Springs
q Personal; Gen. Matt ". Ransom. senator
from North Carolina, appointed minister
to Mexico.
u Obituary: Gen. Joseph B. Carr . promi.
nent Union veteran, in Troy, N. Y: aged
Criminal: Capt Howgate, accused Of em.
bezzlemenf and forgery, acquitted.
- Conventions: The National Dairy asso-
citation met in annual session at Washing
ton The third annual session Of butter
ana cheese makers began at Rockford Ills.
=. Obituary: Ex-Judge Richard OJ3orman.
once prominent Fenian, in New York
city: aged "a
MARCH.
!. Fire: Reno hotel burned at Norfolk, Neh,
loss. $65, 600.
Disaster: IS killed. 20 injured ON the Inter
oceanic railway near the City Of Mexico
train down an embankment
:. FIRES: The business portion OF the town of
Noche. N. d., burned: loss, 81, OOO China
company's works burned at Akron, o,
loss s0SsW0 A 100000 fire at Bethalto.
Obituary: Prof. John Stuart Blackie Of the
University Of Edinburgh. in that city: aged
s..
9. Fire: A 81, 25c. 900 fire in Toronto, the third
great ccnfingration in two months; dozen
large business houses. hotel and church de-
stroyed.
4 Fires: Electric power house burned at
Edgewater, Ills. loss, $4,000. A $780, O
loss by fire at Salina, Kan.
obituary: Colonel ". G. Coup the veteran
snowman. at Jacksonville, Fla: aged g.
new DANIEL Nrooman, pioneer mission
airy OF China, in San Francisco; aged IS
Personal: Anna Gould. youngest daughter of
the late Jay Gould, married Count de Cas-
tellane of France.
:. Obituary: Col. David Ramsey Clendennin.
veteran distinguished in the cavalry
ScNsiCess at 1aleSDurH, Ills. aged to,
Disaster: Block of buildings DESTROYED by m
explosion Of natural gas at Anderson, Ind.
loss. 500, 200.
Personal: William X. Vanderbilt, the noted
railway mngnate and multimillionaire, di-
vorcod by his wife ON statutory grounds in
New York city.
Q. Obituary: Edwin Forbes, a well known
American artist and veteran war CORE.
spondent with the Union armies in New
York city; aged Sc.
:. Obituary: Hyde Clark. famous linguist
and scientist. in London: aged 20.
3. Obituary: Frederick f. Sickles an engineer
and inventor, in Kansas City.
Disaster: The Cincinnati and New Orleans
packet Longfellow struck q channel span
OF the Chesapeake bridge at Cincinnati
and went down in minutes; lives lost
and about 20 people saved by n tug
II. Obituary: Cesare Canter, Italian historian
and Liberal. at Milan; aged 90. John f.
Temple. noted abolitionist, in Chicago
aged 70 Worth, the famous dressmaker.
in Paris: aged 20.
Commercial Travellers Mutual Accident a..
sociation OF America held its twelfth annual
session at Utica, Y.
Il. Fire: Tivoli hall and other properties burn.
ed In Brooklyn; loss, S225 OO.
Strikers riot Mt New Orleans; s negroes kill
ed Mt their work.
70. Fire: Large buildings burned in Kansas
City; loss, $4,000.
16. Fire: City hall at Saco, Me- damaged S50 /.
60 by fire.
Obituary: Rev. DIR. John W. Broadus, presi-
dent OF the Baptist theological seminary at
Louisville, in thut city; aged IL.
Il. Fires: Rodgers & Co.'S elevator and WARE
house burned in st. Louis: loss. $780, 00 A
building occupied by newspaper and news
concerns burned at Cleveland: loss SI50
Co., men killed and injured at the
burning Of the Wabash roundhouse in To.
ledo.
Obituary: Capt. D. I. Ezekiel, president Min.
ing exchange, in Denver.
ID. Fire: Business block burned At Perry O.
t.; loss $4,000.
10. Fire: u buildings burned in Burlington.
VT; loss $50, 900.
Obituary: Gen. Adam Badeau, Grants mill.
tary secretary, biographer. etc., at Ridge
wood, N. j.: aged G5.
20. Fire: A 500, 600 fire at Peoria, Ills.
Obituary: Gen. Philip st. George Cooke
prominent army veteran. in Detroit; aged
Disaster: 90 miners killed by an explosion at
Evanston, Wy.
Personal: Gen. Neal Dow, the apostle of pro-
day.
q. Fires: 500, 600 worth Of cotton burned in
the yards Of the international Cotton press
New Orleans. Warehouse and elevator
burned at Sioux City. In. /; loss, 100000.
Obituary: Prof. Henry Coppee. LII. D., Of
A<ohABo eAAASCIUAtys ~ 0oSu1cQeUlp Ia. 8Reu
"a
e. Obituary: Richard vaux. prominent Phil
adelphian: aged g.
3 Disaster: deaths at q IRE in the st. James
hotel, Denver.
"a Fires: Reeds packing plant in Kansas City
burned; loss, 81, 900 600. hotels q church
and bank burned at Decatur, Mich.
Political: Ii Hung Chang, China's pesce en-.
voy, shot by japanese in Simonoseki.
q. Fire: 10 business houses and other property
burned in Milwaukee: loss. 81, 0C0, 600.
Obituary: Prof. James E. Oliver, well known
mathematician at Cornell university, in
Ithaca, n. Y.
g. Fires: = buildings burned at st. AuRus-
tine. Fla. Sc buildings burned at Canase-
raRa, N. Y: loss. $l35, 900.
o. Obituary: Arson G. Messing, noted German
editor. in Chicago; aged az. Mrs. Psran
Stevens, noted leader Of society. i'll New
York city.
APRIL.
2. Fire: The business portion of the CITY Of
st. Charles destroyed by fire: loss, &lOOOO0
Obituary: David n. Stone, formerly editor
OF The Journal Of Commerce, in New York
city. aged ss.
Disaster: s workmen killed and s injured BY
= boiler explosion 1t Woburn, Mass.
3. Henry Harmon. noted abolitionist. at