Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-31

ton began at Denver
Disaster: IS killed, q missing by the
falling of a bridge into the st. Law
renee river at Hogansburg. n. Y.
s. Fire: At Memphis grain elevator and
mills destroyed: loss, S2i2oO
Obituary: Gen John Kemp Miner. U.
s. A. retired, at Washington; aged 81.
g. Fire: At Newport, r. l., the Ocean
House destroyed.
Spanish War: American peace commits
BON completed, consisting of Senators
Gray of Delaware. Frye of Maine and
Davis of Minnesota. ~eN-Secretary of
State w. r. Day and Whitelaw Reid.
IL Fire: At I.ivermore Falls Ne. 81
buildings destroyed: loss. SI25.0o0
Hurricane: Appalling loss of life in the
British West Indies
Empress Elizabeth of Austria killed by
an italian anarchist at Geneva.
II. Fire: At Jerome. A. T. $50 residences
and % stores destroyed and many
lives lost: property loss about sI.eoo.-
900.
Explosion: In Philadelphia. killed. IL
injured. L missing, and houses de-
Il. Fire: AT New Westminster. b. c. 800
buildings destroyed: loss. s2.5oo.Ooo.
Conventions: The National Council Or
der of the Red Men began its annual
convention in Indianapolis. 18th an
nual encampnlent of the Sons of Vet
Grams opened at Omaha
ld- Obituary: Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Has
ken. who was wounded three times at
FL Caney. at Columbus, o.
II Obituary: Rev. DR.. John Hall. the
noted Presbyterian divine. at Belfast;
aged 60.
Is Obituary: Miss Winnie Davis daugh-
ter OF jefferson Davis, at Narragan-
sett Pier. Capt. Allyn Capron. whose
battery sheled the Spaniards out of
their Lighthouses at FL Caney, at
Fort Myer. Va.
u. The 18th annual session of the SOW
ereign grand lodge I. o. o. F. opened
in Boston.
90. Explosion: In the Union elevator at To-
ledo: missing and killed; loss. $780,
81. a monument to Samuel de Champlain,
the French explorer. unveiled at Que
bee.
%. Personal: Abdication of the emperor
of China in favor of the dowager
empress.
%. Explosion: In a mine at Brownsville,
Pa; S lives lost.
Obituary: Col Richard Malcolm John
ston. the southern novelist, in Balti-
more: aged 90.
&c. The ashes of Columbus exhumed at
Havana by the Spaniards.
Tornado: At Tonawanda. n. Y. much
property destroyed; several persons in
Obituary: Fanny Davenport. the well
known actress. at Duxbury. Mass.
2s. Fire: At North Weymouth. Mass;
loss. 5000. COO.
Obituary: Thomas F. Bayard. statesman
and diplomat, at Dedham. Mass; aged
20.
%. Obituary: Louise. queen of Denmark,
at Copenhagen: aged 81.
80. Sporting: Tod Sloane. n noted Aneri-
can jockey. won out of events at
the Newmarket races.
Personal: Col. John Hay was sworn into
office as secretary of state.
OCTOBER.
/. Spanish War: First joint conference
of the American and Spanish peace
commissioners.
q Cyclone: South Carolina and Georgia
coasts devastated and over 100 lives
lost; Brunswick. Ga. inundated.
Obituary: Caroline Miskel Hoyt. the
actress, IN New York city; aged %.
5. Fire: At GAINESVILLE. Tenn; over
$4,000 loss by the burning of ware
houses and other buildings.
Indian Troubles: Maj Wilkinson. U. s.
A. and several soldiers killed near
Bear Island. Mimi. by Pillager Indians.
Conventions: National meeting of the
Protestant Episcopal church in the
United States opened in Washington.
6. Obituary: Rev. DIR. Cunningham Geike.
noted as Bible commentator, in Lon
don; aged "A.
won Teu1eD. American author, in
Munich. Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall of
New York city. in that city: aged 70.
Foreign: Strike Of 6O.O00 worllmen in
Paris.
8. Fire: At Atlantic City; block of build
ings destroyed. causing a loss OF .s2Oe.-
eco. Z
IL. Persona: The emperor and empress
of Germany set out on their journey
to Palestine.
Strikers Riot: At virden. Ills. 10 men
killed and Is wounded in the trouble
over imported negro labor.
10. Fire: At Macon; loss. s125. 900.
a. Shipwreck: The Mohegan of the At
lantic Transport line wrecked on the
Cornish coast, off Falmouth out of
200 passengers and crew only 81 es-
capped.
Is. Obituary: f. ]. Henly the actor at
Lake PlGcide
Fire: In Dawson City; 40 buildings
burned; loss. $500. 600.
4. Accident: On the Great Central rail-
way of England; killed and 13 in
jured at Barnet Junction.
9. Spanish War: Military occupation of
Porto Rico completed by the raising
of the United States flag over the pub
lie buildings at San Juan; peace jubi-
lee opened in Chicago.
Q. Obituary: Harold Frederic American
journalist and novelist. in London;
aged a.
%. Fire: At Dallas; loss $4,000 by the
burning OF the establishment of the
Texas Drug Co.
2. Accident: On the Rock Island rail-
road near Fort Worth, Tex; deaths
Race Riot: IA negroes and / white kill
ed in conflict near Harperville. Miss.
T. Personal: Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt.
I. s. A. married in London TO Miss
Spanish War: Porto Rico evacuated
and the last Spanish troops sailed for
Spain.
Fire: In South Brooklyn flames caused |
loss OF $500. 900 by the destruction of |
? city blocks. with docks. wharfs and |
Y sssels-
). Philadelphia peace jubilee opened.
Obituary Chavannes, noted French |
painter, in Paris: aged 80.
Political: Cabinet crisis in France; de- |
feat of the government in the Dreyfus |
case and resignation of the ministry.
D. ShipWreck: On Lake Michigan the |
steamer L. F. Doty went down with |
crew of 16 men.
l. Shipwreck: On Lake Ontario the |
schooner st. Peters was lost and /
persons drowned.
Obituary: Silas Sadler Packard edu-
Gator. founder of Packard's college, in
New York city: aged ~.
!. obituary: Williams Kingsford. LII. D..
T. Il s., noted as one of Canada's
great historians. in Ottawa; aged %.
Col. George E Waring tho sanitary