Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-30


Y; loss. S5oo, 600
Obituary: Frof Robert wilhelm Ererhard Bur
cen, distinguished German chemist. at Heidel
berg; aged s.
H. Walter weIlunaa and the survivors of hi
polar expedition arrived at Tromso. Norway
from F-anzJoscf Land.
ls. Obituary: Gen Thomas Alfred Davies. vel
ersa OF the civil war, at OSdensburg. y Y.
aged 90 SIR Charles Lennon Peel, K @ B.
noted Conservative. st London; aged IS.
20. Obituary: Isaac Mcclellan. known as tn
sportsnen's poet. At Greenpoint, \. Y; age
IS
OF the town destroyed; loss. 100000.
~ Sculptor Caspar BuberI died suddenly Will
working the Dewey triumPhal arch i
New York.
-. Obituary: Judge Henry Hilton. heir to A.
Stewards riches, at Saratoga; aged IS.
g.. Giovanni Turini. sculptor engaged in model
ing on The Dewey triumphal arch, died SUD
denly in New York
IS Accident: workmen killed by the falling Q
arches at the new Chicago Coliseum
so. Fire: Al Topper Lake. n y. le9 building
DESTROYED causing loss OF $4,000.
81 Fire: At Holyoke. Mass, the stationery estab
lishment OF Parsons Green & Co. burned
causing loss of $500. 900.
SEPTEMBER.
3. Fire: In Kansas City: loss, sejo,ooo.
4. Convention: The thirty-third national en-
campment c. A. Il. met in Philadelphia.
!. Personal: Col. Albert D. Shaw, department {
New York. elected commander in chief of til
6. A. II.
Fire: A. Garden City. y. Y, the late A.
Stewards pet scheme. the Garden City hots
burned
Convention: The national encampment Sons
Veterans met in Detroit.
6. Obituary; Rear Admiral Henry F. Picking,
S. n, veteran OF the civil war. at Charl
ton; aged SO. Stephen Digger. one OF L
coins surviving friends at New Salem. In
at Sullivan. Ind :. aged 81. James b. Eus
ambassador to France under Cleveland.
Newport; aged Is.
0. Dreyfus convicted and sentenced 10 10 &c
imprisonment.
IL Obituary: Cornelius Vanderbilt, head of
family in the third generation. in New
city; aged 56.
IS Storm: Destructive hurricane in Bermuda.
Is. Fires: At Seattle. Wash; loss. $l65,0o0.
Lincoln, Neb.. Masonic temple, st. Pi
Methodist church and several blocks bur
loss, $500. 600.
IL. Fire: At Promised Land n. Y. the Amer
Fisheries Co. burned out; loss. $500. 600.
Riot: noaulion miners killed at Carter
Ills.
Is Fire: Farnhsm. y. Y. the business Sc.
wiped out; loss over s250,oo0.
10 Fire: At Lowville, n. y, over S25o.00o
in lumber plant fire.
Disaster: so lives lost in the burning OF
passenger steamer Montoya on Magdalens
er, Colombia.
Obituary: Charles Patrick Daily. noted il
IN New loTk city; aged IS.
90 Fire: At Hegeswich. Ills; loss. $4,000.
Earthquake: 1000 people reported kille
Adm. Asia Minor.
Miscellaneous: Harry W. Benton. the
sound telegrspher in America, die,
Denver at the age OF Sc. Dreytus release
pardon.
Obituary: NJ. Scheurer-K estner. former II
senator and a strong champion of Dreyfu
Paris; aged 66.
81. Fire: At Norfolk; loss of 100000 by
burning OF hospital deaths.
Shipwrcck: Loss OF the Dominion steamer S
in the strait OF Belle Isle; Il pssser
drowned
q. Fire; At Salem. Or; loss $4,000 by
burning of planning mill.
IS. Accident: 6 Killed and 10 injured in
collision the Rio Grandc road at
Colo.
Filipino War: \ naval force led by the
Charleston bombsrded Osngspc. on SubiS
and captured insurGent works.
"a. Personal: Julia Dent Grant married TO Pr
Cantacuzene at Newport.
obituary: John Sleeper Clarke. noted Eng
comedian. Vt SuTbiton on Thames
IS. Fire: At Upton. Ind. 100000 loss by
burning OF tin plate mill.
Obituary: Jared II. Flsgg. noted American
trait painter. in New York city; aged So
%. Obituary: Gen. Henry Heth. noted ConfN@
ate soldier. in Washington: aged -.
Earthquake: Island of Cersm; 5000 pc
killed.
20. Naval and marine parade in New York
80. Reception and loving cup presentation
Admiral Dewey by Mayor Van Wyck. follow
by military land parade.
Fire: At Little Rock the State Deaf and Dunn
Mute institute burned; loss, $4,000.
OCTOBER.
1. Fires: At Call. Tex: loss. $4,000. At
Bloomington. Ills. buildings burned; loss.
?. Fire: At Duquen. Ark, 81 buildings burned;
loss. S2jooOO.
Filipino War: \ Filipino attack at Bacoor re-
pulsed by troops under Cen Fred Grant.
s. Fires: At Des Moines the Masonic temple and
other buildings destroyed loss. $50o,oo At
Endeavor. Pa; loss Of $4,000 in lumber
yard FIRE.
S. obituary: Former L s Senator James Har-
Ian, last surviving member Of LincoIn's cabi-
net. at Mount Pleasant. la: aged 20.
Q. Fire: Moiave, Cal. wiped out.
South African War; President Kruger's ulti-
matum demanding arbitration and the recall
Of British re-eniorcements from the Cape.
TO- Fire: In the business section OF New Iberia.
La: loss. $500. 700.
II. Expiration Of the Boer time limit; armies
moved to the Trapsvaal border.
To- South African War: Beers opened the war by
attack on a British armored train.
I3 Fires: In Brooklyn; loss sooo,o by the
burning OF two cotton warehouses. At Has
tings, y. Y. cable works burned; loss. sl25.-
600. At Haverstraw. y. Y, acres Of build
inss burned; loss, 5000. 600
Obituary; Vice Admiral Philip Howard Colomb,
British naval Officer. inventor and writer, in
London: aged IS.
q. Fire: The LOOMS sanitarium burned at Lib
erty. y. Y; loss. 100000.
Disaster: The sound steamer Nutmeg State
burned OF Sands point: several lives lost.
South African War: Fighting began at Mafedns.
Is Fire: At Waterloo. Ia; loss 10000.
South African War: Beers under Gen. Cronie
laid sicSe, to Kimberley
Obituary: Laurence Cronlund. social economist
and author. in Sew York city; aged So.
10. Sporting: Columbia the 6rst race over
the Shamrock by ION. S..
Obituary: Edward Orton. Phi. D.. IL. D., dis
tinguished geologist. at Columbus. O.: aged
20
IL. Sporting: Columbia won the second race. the
Shamrock breaking her topuaxt.
Is. Obituary: Isaac Bird, California pioneer
orchsrdist. at watsonvf1Ie. Cal; aged SO.
g. ". H. Appleton. last of the old circle OF
New York publishers. in New York city;
aged SIS
%. Sporting: TIE Columbia won her third con-
secutive victory over the Shamrock By en-. Iss.
Filipino War: Insurgents routed at San Isidro
by Gen. foung's command.
South African War: Battle at Glencoe; British