Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-31
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q Fires: Dewins q Sons lumber yard and
factory. with adjoining buildings, destroy
ed by frc at Kalamazoo, Mich. loss. &20,-
NO. The Leonard silk mill at Florence,
Mass, destroyed by fire: loss nearly $780,
OOo
n Firci CHaeron, ". Va, almost wholly de-
stroyed BY fire: relief train from Wheel
ing wrecked and men killed.
Obituary: William Steinhart, q pioneer mef.
chant Of California in San Francisco; aged
II. Obituary: Prof. Daniel Kirkwood, IL. D.,
late Of the Indiana State university, ct Riv.
erside, Cal. aged 81.
u. Obituary: TheOpilus Adam wylie. emeritus
professor Of ancient languages in the Uni
versity Of Indiana, at Bloomington, Ind. !:
aged IS.
Miscellaneous: Christian Endeavor annual
convention opened in Boston. Destructive
storms and tornadoes in Minnesota and
Oklahoma.
Ia Obituary: Henry Prouse Cooper. formerly
well known New York tailor, in New
York: aged 80. Senior Gorilla, noted Span
ish republican leader, at Madrid: aged 81.
IA. Obituary: Rev. Alonzo A. Miner. d. D.,
pastor emeritus Of the Second Universalist
church and a prominent prohibitionist In
Boston: aged 81.
Disaster: A so horsepower engine exploded at
Fall River, Mass, wrecking a 3 story build
ing; 4 people killed and z injured.
Personal: Harriet Beecher Stowe celebrated
her eighty fourth birthday at Hartford.
Ii. Fire: At bridgeport, O., fire destroyed
wholesale drug store, hotel, banks and
several retail establishments; loss, 500. 900.
Is. Fires: An incendiary fire destroyed a
church. newspaper Offices and several
stores; loss, $222a5, 900. Jacobs Third Avenue
thcater burned in New York.
The Worlds Woman's Christian conference
opened in London.
Il. Miscellaneous: The Harlem ship canal con-
Meeting North river with Long Island sound
opened with ceremonies.
10. Obituary: ". H. Shieffelin, head Of the
great drug firm, in New York city; aged
20. Fire: Power house and cars Of the street
railway in Seattle, Wash, burned; loss,
$2UO,OOO.
q. Obituary: Henry B. Houston, "father Of
transportation interests in Pennsylvania, u
in Philadelphia; aged s5.
Emperor William laid the keystone Of the
Kaiser Wilhelm (Kiel) canal.
q. The soldier bicycle courier Matthey ended
his l314 days ride from New York to Chi
cago.
"a. Miscellaneous: Lord Rosebery and his
ministry resigned. Columbia won the tri.
angular boat race at Poughlseersie over
Cornell and Pennsylvania.
Obituary: Thomas Henry Huxley, the scient.
ist, at Eastborne. England: aged 20 years.
25 Obituary: NJ. d. Boruck, a pioneer editor
Of California, in San Francisco; aged 81.
Philip Phillips, the evangelist, in Della
ware, o.; aged 81.
q. Fire: San Francisco swept u the largest
fire known there in over 10 years.
g. Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard by 81
lengths at New London. Conn.
prnf Thpr H,.~1 L.
scientist. ut Eastbourne, England; aged 20
Ex-Prcsident Peixoto Of Brazil, near Rio
Janeiro; aged SO. Daniel Cady Eaton. pro
fessor OF botany at Yale, in New Haven
aged 81. Gen. Green Clay Smith, Union
veteran. at Washington: aged G..
JULY.
4 Disaster: At Elkhart. Ind. bridge fell
under a crowd witnessing boat race; 81
injured.
Miscellaneous: 43 deaths in the region west
Of and adjoining the Mississippi by cloud
bursts and lightning. postoffice burglars
-killoran. Allen and Russell-broke out OF
Ludlow Street Jail, New York. Mob at
tackled an A. p. A. parade in Boston.
s. Obituary: Alexander Hester, Americas
greatest daguerreotypist, died at Evanston
Ills.
g. Fires: Lumber plant burned Mt Scotia
CAL: loss. S25O,0OO. At Duluth, Mimi
100000 loss in n warehouse fire. bust
ness places burned in Oswego, n. Y: loss
sl5O,Op
.. Terrific storm at Chicago and on Lake
Michigan; many deaths reported.
Q. Obituary: David A. Daboll, publisher Of
Daboll's Almanac, at New London, Conn.
aged s.
Disaster: 10 killed and 80 injured in a rea,
end collision on the Grand Trunk at Craig
Head, Quebec.
10. Fire: Fatal fire at Detroit: g deaths.
Ohitrary Allen Doffihono fatl, oR r..
Millerites, at Hartford; aged IS.
Disaster: Over 100 people injured at Allan
tic City by the collapse Of the old casino.
Sporting: Cornell beaten by Trinity hall a
Henley for Grand Challenge cup.
II. Obituary: Miolan Carvalho, famous French
prima donna and the original Marguerite
at Dieppe.
Convention: Convention Of the United Soci
cties Of Christian Endeavor opened in Bos
ton.
II. Obituary: DR.. Norton 6. Townshend
emeritus professor of agriculture in tn,
state university, at Columbus, o.; aged 20
Is. Fire: Steamer Cibola burned at Lewiston
n. ": loss, about <25O.0O0.
l6. Fire: Business portion OF Alta Vista wipet
out by fire: less. $s5.U0
Obituary: Sta,nbrlof. cxprcmier OF Bull
garin, by Assassination. at sofia; aged 40.
II. Fire: , firy,la.. killed and IL injured at
fire in Cincinnati: property loss. $50 900.
Is. Obituary: Charles Emanuel Schcnck, ex
president Of Switzerland. ut Bern; aged 20
Convention: Fifth international convention
Of the BAPTIST Young Peoples Union o
America opened in Baltimore.
Personal: Henry Irving. Walter Besant an,
Lewis Morris knighted by the queen.
q. Fire SSuO, UO loss by burning OF an oil mil
in Chicago.
Disaster: I50lives lost by steamboat collision
in the gulf Of Genoa.
%. Obituary: Ex-Gov. Alexander II. Rice o
Massachusetts, died at Melrosc. Prof. Ru
doif Gneist. eminent German scholar ant
professor, instructor of the reigning kai
ser. at Berlin: aged 20.
"a. Fires: Y. II. Z. A. building in Washington
burned: loss. 5000. Ironton tO.) water
works destroyed by FIRE: loss. 500. 00C.
Obituary: James Bum. chief of the SHINE
cock Indians. at Southampton. n. Y; ages
about 81. Rev. Edward Beechcr, one Of tn
famous seven brothers, in Brooklyn; age,
.2.
.. Obituary: DIR. Anthony Wilson Thorald
bishop Of Winchester, mt Surrey, England
aged ~.
q. Obituary: Col. Alfred NJ. Wood, mayor o
Brooklyn during the war. in that city
aged ~.
.. Obituary: John Barbee Minor, IL. D., pro
fessor of common and statute law in tn
University of Virginia at Charlottesville
aged 81.
50. Fort Scott Tex, flooded by sudden pre-