Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-12-31

mortal day cncmemoratcd. Cnc3e Charts
Decker, an Indiana pioneer and the Oldest
survivor q the civil war. died at valpazai-
%; aged &c.
= Disaster: A Hudson River railroad express
plunged into the river near Garrisons, N.
T.; % killed. many injured.
Convention: Tue biennial meeting Of tho
worlds v. C. Z. q. opened in Toronto.
6hfpwrcck: Steam schooner Caspar wrecked
o. Point Arena, CAL. 10 Sailors drowned.
Il Obituary: Prof. Francis Turner Palgrave
OF Oxford university; aged g.
q Destructive storm on the Atlantic coast
from Long Island to Hnttcras
Obituary: John Sartain, artist and cncraver
q rcputc. In Philadelphia; aged 50,
z. Fires: Omces Of the Wabash railroad burn.
ed in st. Louis; loss, $0O.WO The woclfel
Co.'S immense tannery at Morris, Ills, de-
stroyed; loss, $225,0O
Obituary: The Duchess Of Teck, Princess
Mary OF CHmbridgc, at Richmond, Eng
land. Thomas q. Alvord. noted New York
politician. II Syracuse; aged 81.
Reunion: The twenty ninth annual meeting
OF the Society Of the Army of the Ten
ncsscc begun In Milwaukee.
b Fire: Sturgis grain elevator burned OF Buf.
falo; loss over tsOO,0W
v. C. T. U. opened Mt Buffalo. Annual
meeting Of the Association Of Colleyiafe
Alumnw opened at Detroit.
n Obituary: Henry George, social reformcr.
in New York city; aged Is Sir Hercules
Robinson, former chief commissioner of
Cape Colony, in London; aged %.
Do Accident: miners suffocated in the Dia.
mond SHIFT at Scranton, Fa.
NOVEMBER.
I. Onion Pacific railroad sold at Omaha TO re.
organization commit % for $Ss, 58l, G11a16
Col. J. r. NJ. Chard, V. c., hero Of Rorkc's
Drift, died at Taunton. England.
4 Fire: Central hotel and Cory block burned
at Marlboro, Mass. loss, $l50,ON.
Accident: 4 killed and I. injured in the
wreck Of vestibule express ON the Chcsa.
peakc end Ohio railroad ncar Chnrlottcs-
Vile, We.
Obituary: Gen. Themes L. CIinghnm, noted
Confederate veteran, Mt Morgantown, n.
c. DR.. 6. R. Sheffield. inventor Of the
tooth crown, died in New London. Conn.,
8. Attempt to assassinntc DIR. Moraes, prcsi-
dent Of Rrazil.
Q. Fire: $4,000 FRO at Tcxarkana. Ark.
2. Obituary: Cornelius O'Connor, California
capitalist, in Sun Francisco; aged GO.
Fires: Hotel San Marco Mt st. Augustine,
Fla. burned; los. $2jO.Oo0. Asl5O 600 blaze
In Louisville.
Shipwrcck: Transit steamer Idaho foundcrcd
on Lake Erie; 10 snilors drowned
& Obituary: Gen. James c. Dunno, U. g. A.,
retired. in New York city. Rear Admiral
Alexander Calder Rhind, L. &. N, retired.
noted war veteran, In New York city;
aged "a.
O Convention: Tho annual general assembly,
Knights Of Labor. bcgan Mt Louisville.
10 Fire: Large machine works burned ut Mid
dlcboro, KY; loss, $sO0,O0O
Criminal: Mrs. Augusta Mack. companion
Of the accused murderer Martin Thorn,
appeared rs a witness against Thorn mt his
trial in Long Island City.
e. Fire: The ''Lion" department store burned
in Milwaukee,; loss, S2OO.0O
Obituary: John Bognald Burgess, distin-
guished painter, in London; aged c.
L. Sporting: The annual football game be-
tween Harvard and Yale ut Cambridge,
Mass. resulted in tic: score. OtoO
Obituary: Henry q Dorr, brother of Thomas
Wilson Dorr o. DORIS rebellion" memory,
in New York city; ngcd q. Homer A.
Hibbartl. wealthy pioneer Of Chicago. in
That city; aged %. John NJ. I.nngston, Ia
nous colorcd lawyer, congressman and
diplomat, first American negro elected to
Office, in Washington; aged 6.
II. Obituary DR.. Thomas Wilson Evans, known
throughout the world as ..the American
dentist in Paris" friend Of Napoleon Ill
and Empress Eugcnic, in Paris aged "a.
Is. Obituary: Nine. Verdi, for % years the
consort Of the famous composer, died at
Rome.
10. Business troubles: The Delta County bank
> Of Delta. Colo, suspended.
Obituary: Robert II. Steele, capitalist and
railroad promoter, at st. Johns, Mich. !;
agcd G5.
II. Obituary: Rev. George Hendricks Hough-
ton. rector of the Church Of the Transfigu-
ration Cthe "Littlc Church Around the Cor
ner'o, in New York city; ngcd ~.
Miscellaneous: Terrific gales and shipwrecls
In tho Mediterranean. German warships
landed troops and guns in China with Los-
tile intent.
Is Fire: Steamer Bluff City Of st. Louis
burned ut Chester. Ills. loss. 10000.
10. Fire: In the business portion Of London;
loss, SIS, 900.
70 Obituary: Prof. Henry Calderwood OF Edin-
burgh university in Edinburgh; aged O..
Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at football
In New York; score. o too
Il. Obituary: Prof. William Seymour Tyler,
formerly Of Amherst college, ut Amherst,
Mass. aged 81. Gen. Albert OTdway, not
ed Federal veteran, In New York; ugcd s..
% Fire: 10 buildings burned ut Pensacola. Fla. ::
loss, $4,000.
sporting: Michael defeated Stnrbuck In %
mile cycle race at Madison Square Garden,
New York; time, J0m. 70 LIS.
Obituary: DR.. Miner Raymond. tho Oldest
Theological instructor in tho United States,
at Evanston, Ills: aged 81.
q. Political riot in Vienna.
DECEMBER.
]. Personal: Justice Stephen Field retired
from tho bench of the United States su.
prcme court after a yenrs' service
Accident: 81 coal miners killed in mn explo-
sion at Homburg, Bavaria.
z Obituary: Judge d. u. Belden, one Of Colo
RADIOS pioneers, at Denver; aged 20.
g. Fire: Tho Brick" Pomeroy block and nm
opera house burned ut Lacrosse, Wis loss,
$aO,OO0.
Sporting: Slosson won tho final game in the
billiard tournament In New York city over
Schaefer, Ives, Daily and Sutton.
I. Obituary: Adolph Ncuendorf, well known
German musical composer und director, in
New York city; !. .e,i a.
Accident: killed and injured in trolley
collision at Birmingham, Mich.
T. Obituary: Mrs. Alice Wellington Rollins,
well known writer, near New York city !;
aged 80.
d Obituary: Louis Mayer, q noted musical
artist and composer. in 1T. Louis; aged 20.
.. n. Dc FourtOu, French statesman, died in
Paris.
Q. DR.. Campbell Morfitt, distinguished Amcri-
can chemist in London, died in that city.
3. Obituary: William Blalkely, English comic
actor, known in America, in London. Renr
Admiral Joseph F. Green, L. s. NJ, retired,
In Brooklinc, Mass; aged, 50.
IL. Obituary Hon. Charles Freshman, noted
Ohio politician capifalist and turf ,,,fro-,