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

tlne =. Hewitt, superior OF the community
Of Pausist fathers, in New York city; aged
{ Fire: In Akron. O., the sl.aftins depart
ment Of the Akron Iron and Steel Co. :
works destroy cd: loss, 100000 d
Z The strike order Of the national executive
board Of tho United Mine Workers Of
America was cSeyed by from 1000 to Is,
90 Of the 1900 miners In the Pittshurg
district. :
:. Explosion: persons killed and BADLY
wounded near Hartsville, Tenn.
Obituary: Hon. William 8. Grocsbeck, the
d -sinsuishcd Ohioan, in Cincinnati; aged
81
8 Obituary: Senator Isham q. Harris -pi
Tennessee. in Washington; aged 20.
= Obituary: Dr.. Samuel b. Halliday, former
assistant pastor Of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, at Orange, n. J.; aged 6
U. Acronaut Audree's expedition to the north
pole; ascent made July 10.
Obituary: Daniel 0reenleaf THOMPSON, law.
yer and writer. in View York; aged s.
Sporting: The Friar won the Realization
stakes at Shccpshcad Bay. " Iso
II. Fire: The Berlin IN. H. Mills Co. y saw
and grist mills destroyed; loss, $4,000.
L. Obituary: Nicholas c. Crcede, q million
aire mine owner, in Los Angeles; aged 81.
Gen. n. F. Wentworth, noted Maine politi.
cal leader and prominent war veteran in
Kittery, Me-; aged -.
IL Disaster: persons drowned by the burst.
ing Of two reservoirs at Mattcnwan, N. Y.
Obituary: Frank Mclaughlin. founder ot
the Philadelphia Times and its publisher
and business manager, in Philadelphia
agcd6o. Gen. John F. Farnsworth. Federal
veteran. in Washington; aged "a. IN :,
u Obituary Gen. Philip Regis de Trobriand.
veteran officer Of the Federal army, at
Bayport, n. Y.
~ Obituary: Gen. Joseph Conrad, q noted
Federal veteran who saved the life Of Sher-
lean at Mission Ridge, in Atlantic City
aged g.
~ Lieut.. q. E. Peary and party sailed on
board the steamer Hone from Boston.
bound for northern Greenland.
- Obituary: Jean Ingelow, the poet and nov.
elist, in London. Edhem Pasha woundes:
by an Internal machine.
-. Mr.. Whitclaw Reid, special envoy Of tho
United States TO the queens diamond iubi.
Ice, gave notable dinner in London; the
Prince Of Wales was among those present
= The new tariff bill went into effect after
midnight.
Explosion: On the steamer Nutmeg State a,
bridgeport, Conn. q men killed and In
iurcd. y !
Sporting: Harvard defeated Brown and
Princeton beat Cornell at football.
n Obituary: Clarence A. Seward, Q web
known New York lawyer, Mt Geneva, N.
T.; aged w. Gen. Lafayette McIawS q
Confederate officer and Mexican war vet.
Gran, in Savannah; aged &C.
q. Fire: Two large factory buildings occupied
by William Reed s. Co., Rowland Bros,
Pass Bros. and the Yonkers Silk %. Dc.
stroycd ut Yonkers, N. Y. loss, 100000
%. Accident: Express train on the Big -Four
road wrecked near Thorntown, Ind cngi-
nccr and fireman killed.
AUGUST.
I. Fire: The Pioneer Fircproof Construction
Co. plant at Ottawa. Ills, destroyed loss,
10000.
The MoraviAn church at Emaus, LehiCh
county, Pa, celebrated tic one hundred
md fifticth anniversary of its organization
2. Miscellaneous: The Goldcnrod Silk CO. II
Paterson, N. j., failed liabilities, slc8,0iO
Marie Sccbach, the illustrious German nc.
trcss, died at st. Moritz, in the Ensadinc;
aged g.
4 Fire: Is flrcmcn seriously injured at the
fire Of the H. ". Jayne Chemical works,
Philadelphia; loss, $1,000.
The eighteenth annual national meet Of the
l.. A. VI. in Philadelphia.
8 Fire: TIE Northwestern grain elevator in
Chicago destroyed by Gre; 8 persons killed
loss, SNO,OOG
The price Of silver in New York declined to
JS'A centS pNr ounce bid.
g Obituary: Samuel r. Baker, well known
Mason Of ElmiIa, n. Y, in that city.
:. Explosion: So pcople killed and large
number injured at Rustchulk, Bulgaria. .
Obituary Peter Jay Munro Van Cortlandt,
adcsccndnnt Of several old families of New
York, in Spokane, WASH; aged &c. Agrio!
Pnur, organizer md leader of the Licdcr.
kranz society, in New York; aged %.
8. Obituary: Senior Canovns del Castillo, prime
minister Of Spain, assassinated ut Santa
Agucda by an anarchist. william Lamb
Pickncll, the celebrated Boston artist, al
Marblehead, Mass. /; aged Is.
The annual convention Of the National Chris.
tim alliance begun at Cleveland.
9. Fire: Planning mill. dry kiln, lumber yard,
store and q number Of tenement houses,
also small bridges, burned at Barnum,
Polk county. Tex. loss, $a50.0O0.
II Obituary: Samuel Chester Reid, son ;oi
Capt. Reid, the naval warrior, in Washing
ton; aged a.. Sir Isaac Holden, NJ. p, in.
ventor Of the lucifcr match and Of cartinQ
machine for wool, in England.
Is Fire: The saw and planning mills Of tho Tu.
mis- Lumber Co. Mt Baltimore destroyed Us
lightning; loss. 100000.
The Count Of Turin and Prince Henri Of Or.
Leans fought duel with swords near Paris
Prince Henri seriously wounded.
IL. Fire: The lumber yard Of the Gerry Lum-
Der Co. in Eagle River, Wis, destroyed
loss, $4,000.
Conventions: The twenty third annual con.
vention Of the American Bankers associa.
tion met in Detroit. Tho thirteenth nnnunl
convention Of the Society Of American
Florists opened in Providence.
Obituary: David G.. Swain, y. 8. A., re.
tired, judge advocate general, in Washing.
ton; aged g. AZ
u. The ninth annual convention Of the Yoxnc
Peoples Christian union OF the United
II Presbyterian church met in Indianapolis!
Obituary: Gen. william Ward. noted red.
crnlvctcrnn, in Newark. N. J. aged 81.
10. The National Temperance society in ses.
sion in Saratoga.
%. Fire: Henry G. White & Sons large wooden
mill Mt Chapachct, X. l., destroyed. to-
Rether with several houses; loss, $aO0,OC0
Miscellaneous: Tho twenty eighth reunion Of
the SOcicty Of the Army Of the Potomac
held In Troy, n. Y. Angiolillo, the assassi,l
:, Of Scnor Canovas, executed Mt San Sehus.
tian.
2. Sporting: Michael defeated Ssarbuck II, a
% mile cycle race Mt Manhattan Beach
time, IN. ON. II 35s. Star Pointer outpaccd
Joe Pntchcn at Chicago: best mile. 2ye
9. Fire: The phosphate works Of l. p. Thom.
rs sons = Co., ut Psulsboro. destroyed
loss, ss2s,m.
Obituary: James Reynolds, one Of the lead.
ing spirits in the cid Fcnian Brotherhood,
in New York city. us
3 Explosion: 3 men killed and injured by q
boiler in Cairo. Ills.
Miscellaneous: Thirty FIRST annual cncamp-
mc1t Of the @. A. r. opened in Buffalo.
Curly Chief, one Of the most noted Pnwnec
Indians, died near Perry. O. T.; aged 100
"a. Fire: The Salamander Brick works at Wood.
bridge, n. J., destroyed: loss 100000.
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