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

well. s. c.; aged 60. C. H. Byrne.
noted baseball expert, in New York
city, at the age Of So.
g. Fire: Hardware and dry goods store
burned at Denison. Tex: loss. 500. oOo-
Obituary: Moses p. Handy. well known
journalist. at Berlin. Nd; aged 81
T. Tornado: 81 lives lost at Fort Smith
Obituary: Mary Cowden Clarke. author
of Shakespeare Concordance, in Genoa:
aged So.
"a Obituary: Rev. c. l.. Dodgson lewis
CARROLL. author of Alice In Wonder
land" in London; aged IS
I6. Obituary: TT. Hon G. +. Villiers. 'Fa-
Their Of the House of Commons" who
sat continuously from ISIS. in London
Hon Benjamin Butterworth. o. s.
commissioner of patents. at Thomas
vile. Ga: aged &c. Gen G c. Augur.
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars,
in Washington; aged Il.
IS. Obituary: Ella Bassett Washington,
great-grandniece OF George Washing
ton, in New York city
10. Fire: 20 buildings burned at Ransburg,
- Cal. loss. $40. 600.
= Obituary: Very Rev. Henry George Lid
dell. noted English clergyman and
Greek photographer. In London; aged
81
D. Foreign: Chamber of deputies in Paris
dispersed by a riot growing ont of the
Dreyfus case.
.. Miscellaneous: Capt. Thomas r. Hines.
q noted ex-Confederate. called the
brains OF Morsan's cavalry corps"
died at Frankfort. Ky. Cuban hlibJs-
tering schooner Title foundered of
Earnegat: men lost.
"a Batueship Maine ordered TO Havana
Obituary: Rev. Dr. Michael j. Cramer.
brothcr-Ia-law OF Gen Grant. at Car
lfsle. Pa: aged q.
p. Fires: Union elevator. filed with grain.
burned in East ST. Louis: loss. 81 CO.,
01O. lives sacrificed and property
loss OF s22J. 900 al the burning OF the
Great Eastern block. Spokane. Wash.
Conventions: National Stock Growers
convention began 1t Denver. Sd an
nual convention Of the National Asso-
citation OF Manufacturers of the United
States began In New York city.
John Laird. the English shipbuilder
who turned out the Confederate cruis-
or Alabama. died in London
q. Gen. Aranguren. the Cuban leader,
killed by the Span!ards..
30. Admiral Daniel Lawrence Braine. L.
S ". retired, died in Brooklyn; aged
FEBRUARY.
l. Fires: L. S. Rubber Co, at NauGa-
tuck. Conn. burned out: loss. 100000.
In the burning of the Alvord House.
Gloversville. y. y. persons persisted
ShipwrCck: Channel Queen. mail steam
ship. wrecked of the Isle OF Wight; 20
lives lost.
Storms: Billiards in New England. the
west and Canada.
.. The Mcintyre block burned ct Winni-
g. Y. NJ. g. \. building burned ut Scran-
Ton. Pa: loss. SlCo.OO0.
g. firernen killed BY the collapse OF n
burning b;ading IN Boston
6. Fires: Highland Park hotel burned at
Aiken. S. g.: loss. $4,000 Loss OF
$4,000 by flames in Savannah. the Ro-
man Catholic cathedral burned.
7. The famous De LONE letter made pub
lie.
8 Miscellaneous: George Lord. the old
est Mason in the world. died at San
Ecrnardino. Cal. at the age of 81.
President Barrios OF the republic of
Guatemala assassinated.
Convention: South and west CONNER
ciaI congress met at Tampa. Fla.
9. Fire: At Fort Worth. Tex; loss. $3.50
Accident: % people killed in panic in
q synagogue a Idziencioi. Russia.
Convention: Annual assembly l. \. W.
held at st. Louis.
10 Fire: il deaths and property loss of
81 10000 by the burning of storage
warehouse and other buildings i'll
Pittsburc.
Obituary. Rev. DR.. William 4. Hitch
cock. well known Episcopal divine. in
New York city; aged 81.
!. Fire: Polo Club building and Atalanta
casino burned in New York city.
"a. Spanish Troubles: Senior Polo Y Ber-
nabc appointed Spanish minister to the
United States 20 succeed De LONE.
Convention: 18th annual convention OF
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association opened in Washing
ton.
3. The L. 6. battleship Maine wrecked
by explosion in Havana harbor: 25G OF
the officers ard crew lost their lives.
s. Ship DiSa stcrS: In the burning of the
British steamer Legislator at sea
sailors lost. French steamer F'lacahat
wrecked OF Canary Islands; 81 lives
lost.
g. Obituary: Frances Z. Willard, the well
known temperance advocate. in New
York city; aged 20.
Convention: WOman's national press
congress met in Washington.
l. Shipwreck: Is sailors drowned at the
wreck.ng of the British ship Asia off
Nantucket.
. Convention: Continental congress
Daughters Of American Revolution
met in Washington.
3. Conviction I'm Paris OF lola on charge
of libel i'm Dreyfus case; sentence. 1
years imprisonment and a fine of 5000
francs.
;. Fire: American Tobacco Co. of Louis
willie burned out: loss. $3.50 900.
6. Fire: In night fire ~ Charleston. s.
g. lives were lost.
Accident: An omnibus in Chicago COL
Hded with n Grand Trunk train; :
passengers killed.
:. Obituary: Gen. w. Il. Taliaferro. an
cx-Confederate and Mexican war vet
eran. in Gloucester county. Va; aged
sc. William NJ SinEeriy. the Philadel-
phia capitalist and editor. in that city:
aged e6.
s Explosion: At the Kalamazoo Chem |
Obituary. John Thomas Scharf. histor-
ical writer. who served in the Confed- !
crate army. in New York city; aged %. |
MARCH.
/ Obituary: Prof William A Rodgers |
of Colby university. noted astronomer: |
aged &C.
!. Shipwreck: drowned by the capsizing |
of the schooner Speedwen near Key |
West.
!; Col. Henry wounded by Col. Picquart |
in "A duel growing out OF the Zola trial 4
IN Paris.
Foreign. China agreed to lease Port \
Arthur and fallen Wan 10 Russia for /
- years
! Obituary: Hugh ]. Jswett. a railway 1
nnanc!er ard manager. in Augusta,
Ga. aged 81
CaveIlotte. a popular Italian poet. killed |
by the editor OF the Gazetta di Nene-
zia in a sword duel.
:. Obituary: Gen Nelson b Sweitzer. Z |
s A. retired. in Washington: aged s.
!. Fire Al Providence: loss. $1,000.