Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-31
THE YEARS MISCELLANY.
A Record Of Notable Events 1t Home
and Abroad.

a Record Of Notable Events 1t Home
and Abroad.
FEBRUARY.
5. Prot. Loisettc. teacher Of mental culture.
died in San Francisco.
Lady Francesca Wilde. mother Of Oscar
Wilde. died in London.
II. Isaac Murphy, celebrated negro Jockey.
died at Lexington, ny.
MARCH.
]. Riotous demonstrations In Spain AGAINST
the United States
l. John s. Hoey. famous shot. died Ut Long
Branch.
o. George Richmond. portrait artist. died.
u. william Q. Judge. president OF tho Thco-
sophicai Society Of America, died in New
a Jennie r. Kimball. manager OF the Kim.
ball Opera Co., died ut st. Paul.
APRIL
]. The Chinese Anglo-6crman loan Of ciam.-
90 closed IN London.
IL. Count Won Katie mortaiiy wounded Baron
Won Schroeder In pistol duel In Berlin.
z. leaders OF the nat, 1ral reform, ens,,,,,,c
including the American. John HAYS Han
mond. sentenced TO death for high treason
at Pretoria.
!. The shah Of Persia nssassinatcd.
4. Kate Stokes stctson. widow OF John stc.-
son. the theatrical manager. died In Bosr
9. 3. K. Hahn, general manarcr.os the Man.
haitian Elevated railway. killed mt Clifton,
NY.
~ Death sentence upon the Transsasl reform
leaders committed.
81 Angeline. daughter OF Chief Seattle II
WASHINGTON and n heroine CT the plains,
died in Seattle.
.. Sylvester II. Roper. inventor Of n steam
bicycle. died while riding his FIRST machine
ut Cambridge. Mass.
Z. Austin Corbin. the railway magnatc, killed
In runaway Mt Newport; II. l.; aged ss.
3. Frank Mayo. the actor. died on board q
train in Nebraska; aged 81.
~. Tsou- Hsi. mother Of the emperor OF China,
died.
20. 9th anniversary Of the accession OF Queen
Victoria observed in England.
2 Sir Augustus Harris. theatrical manager.
died at Folkestone. England.
u Mrs. Mary Alice Almont Livingston Flcm-
ing acquitted OF the charge Of numbering
her mother in New York city.
~ Lorillard Kip. well known soicety club and
sporting man, died In New York city.
u John ". Kelly, actor and song writer. died
in New York city.
July.
L Daniel De Foe. lineal descendant Of tho
great author. died in san Francisco.
4 DR.. George Rimmell, famous sporting man,
known as "Gwinno Price," died in ST.
Louis: aged "a
q. British stormed and captured Motoppo
Hills. tho Mstabele stronghold.
a Jameson, the Transvaal raider, and his
Officers found guilty.
AUGUST.
Y. George Cromwell, I'm old railway engineer
on the coast, died IN san Francisco.
Ii Dr. Manson, arctic Explorer, reached Var
doe, an island of Norway.
IL Yacht Isolde run down by tho Meteor in
m fhaou na~< Iy..r.
er Of the Isolde, killed.
q. Harry Hill, once "a noted sporting charac-
ter in New York city. died AZ Corona. y. Y.
SEPTEMBER
10. Is killed in q fight between the Yorag
Turkey party and softas at Galata.
q. Collins Bey, who married the widow of p.
7. Barnum. died suddenly in Cons;anti-
nople.
~ Bessie Bellwood a noted music hall singer
OF London, died in that city.
OCTOBER.
IL Jane Dugan, aged lIS, died in PHILADELPHIA
ID The army correspondent MEMORIAL dedi-
Gated At Gapiand. Md.
u. DR.. Henry s. Tanner, once noted NJ n go
day faster" burned TO death a; Akron, o.
The .. 5. cruiser Raleigh captured the fiji
clustering steamer Dauntlcss and her tend
er, the Il. L. Mallory. on the Florida coast.
~. Money lO per cent on call on wah street.
NOVEMBER.
". Frank r. Arbuckle. prominent mine own
er and politician Of Colorado. found dead
under suspacious circumstances In Now
York city.
DECEMBER
Date reported for the death Of Msceo. the
Cuban leader.
!. Congress opened
Z Scar Face Charlie. n Modoc chief Of Candy
massacre notofiety, died On the reserva-
ton in the Indian Territory.
Resolutions favoring Cuban undergraduates In
troduced In the U. b. senate.
u Marie barberi, tho Italian girl convicted
OF numbering Der lover. acquitted In New
York on . second trial
IL Mme. Josephine Jarocka, grandnsccs Of
Count Pulaski Of Revolutionary fame. COM
mifted suicide In New York city.
10. derrmann. the magician. died on board Q
train near Salamanca. y. y.