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

{. Obituary: DAVID "a WeiiS, thS SCoH'
omist at Norwich. Conn.
Z. Political: Cuban assembly organized
at Santa Cruz del Sur
g. Fires: At Sacramento the railway
shops of the Southern Pacific burned:
loss. seOo.ooo 40 buildings burned in
Pitkin. Colo: loss. sloo,0oo
Political: Theodore Roosevelt elected
governor of New York.
Obituary: Max Alvary. German tenor;
aged 10.
Convention: General assembly knights
of Labor met in Chicago.
10. Riot deaths in n race war between
negroes and whites at Wilmington.
n. g.
IL Fires: Explosion at the burning OF a
store at Hanover Corners. Mass, kill
ed men and injured several
Convention: The w. e. T L. national
body began its annual session at st.
Paul. -,ng,t-
Is. Obituary: Virginia Dreher, the actress,
at Phenix a. T. Clara Fisher Mae
der. of the old school players OF
the American stage. at Meiuchen, n. j.
Sporting: The Yale-Princeton annual
football game won by Princeton at
Princeton; score, to 0.
Personal: Earl of Mimic took the oath
as governor general of Canada.
Is. Collision: On the Grand Trunk rail-
road near Murray Hin. Canada; u
persons killed.
16. Obituary: Rev DR.. Samuel Colcord
Bartlett former president of Dart
aged 81.
Ethel MarIowe died while performing
the stage of the KIiickerb booker
theater in New York city.
Il. Obituary: DIR. Stephen II. Tying. once
prominent Episcopal divine and later
president of the American chamber of
commerce in Paris: aged 5S, 3
Shipwreck: The British ship Atalanta
wrecked of the Oregon coast; % sea-
men drowned
Convention: The National Firernan's as
ISOLATION began its annual session in
Chicago
IS. Herman Heinrich Meier. founder of
the North German Lloyd Steamship
company. died in Bremen: aged 50.
John Ernst Worrell Kelly. inventor of
the motor, died in Philadelphia; aged
10 Sporting: Yale defeated by Harvard in
the annual football game at New Ha-
ven; score. II to Q.
Fire: Starin's shipyards at West
Brighton, N Y. partly destroyed; loss.
si000c0.
Obituary: Gen. Don Carlos Buell.. a not
ed Federal leader of the western army.
near Rockfort. Ky; aged so.
20. Obituary: Sir John Fowler. noted civil
engineer, in London.
Fire: Perry, Ia: the business section
partly destroyed: loss. $3.50, Co.,
q. Storms: Blizzard and extreme cold in
the northwest.
Spanish War: The American peace COM
missioners announced that the United
States demand a treaty of cession of
the entire Philippine archipelago upon
payment TO Spain of so, 900.
%. Fire: In San Francisco. the famous
Baldwin hotel destroyed; 10 deaths;
financial loss about $l,5O0,O00
Obituary: ]. X. Hamilton Wilcox. Noted
an agitator of female suffrage. in
New York city; aged sc.
Explosion: At the Hercules Powder
works. near Ashburn. Mo: deaths.
"a. Sporting: At Franklin field. Philadel-
phia. Pennsylvania defeated Cornell at
football. scoring II to 6.
Shipwreck: Off Bcachy head. England.
steamer Fitzjames foundered 10 sail
orS drowned.
Is. Obituary: Gen. Andrew T. McReyn-
olds, veteran Of the Mexican and civil
wars at Muskegon, Mich; aged 81.
Spanish War: First American garrison
for Havana. led by Gen. Francis Vim
ton Greene. landed at Mariana wharf.
q. Storms: Blizzard of wind and snow
the middle Atlantic and New Eng
land coast; southern France and north
ern Italy also storm swept.
Obituary: Charles w. Couldock, the old
est actor on the American stage. in
New York city; aged So. Prof. George
James Altman. well known biologist.
in London; aged IS. Mrs. Hugh Reginald
Haweis. noted English advocate of
womans rights. in London.
Sh:pwreck: SO vessels wrecked on the
New England coast; about 20 seamen
lost. exclusive of the crew of the
Portland of the Portland Packet line.
which went down on her trip from
Boston to Portland with 161 souls.
%. Disaster: The great hall of a new COL
1egeg near Turin collapsed. carrying
= down the whole assembly: many kill
81 Cd and injured. among them bishops.
Spanish War: The Spanish commission
ers delivered their reply to the Ameri
can demand of Nov. p. surrendering
the Philippines for $50, oO0.OC0.
Explosion: IL employees killed and in
jured by the explosion Of ammunition
at Havana.
Fires: In Kansas City. Keith's furniture
house burned loss s240. eco The Frank
lin Stamp mill at Hancock. Mich, de-
stroyed; loss $50 900.
30. Spanish War: Ramon Blanco ex-cap-
tain general of Cuba, sailed from Ha-
vana for Spain.
Shipwreck: Steamer Ainsworth wrecked
near Balfour. Il. c.: persons drown
ed.
DECEMBER.
1. Fire: Normal university near Lincoln,
Neb.. burned; loss. 100000
3. Explosion: men killed by the burst
ing of feed pipe on the Texan
steamer Alamo in New York harbor.
Obituary: Mary Jane Parker Champney
formerly well known actress. at the
Edwin Forrest home. Philadelphia
aged G8.
T. Storms: Fiercest gale of the year on
the Atlantic coast.
Fires: Home Life building. one OF New
6orks ''skyscrapers. damaged by
fire, which caused a loss of 81. 900 600.
At Eufaula. !. T. business portion
burned. causing loss of $50. COO
6. Political: Last session of the Fifty |
fifth congress opened.
6. Convention: Farmers National con-
gress opened at Fort Worth, Tex.
Fire: Weyauwega. Wis. destroyed by !
fire; loss $50 COO
Z. Fires: S125.0Oo fire at Danbury. Conn. |
Obituary: Maj r. z. McEhrath a news |
paper man once associated with Hor-
ace Greeley. in New York city: aged 81. |
?. killed and injured in an explosion |
at the Dupont Powder works, Will |