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

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1 the Cuban people.
! Z. Obituary: Henry L. Clinton. noted criminal
lawyer. in View YORK CITY; aged 50 Angus
Tin DAILY, American thearer manager in Lon
don. aged 81. Margaret Ann Cusack. the
MIN OF Kenmsre.' in London. Gen. W =
Walker. noted Mexican and Confederate vet
Gran. az Atlanta
Fire: AZ Augusta Ga; loss. ssJo.ooo
9. Fioos High water marx reached in the Colo
rado river, Texas. IS drowned
.. Sporting: Jefries defeated FitzsiEnu1ons for
The worlds championship at Coney Island
10. The yacht Colunbis. built 70 defend the
Americas cup launched at Bristol, r. i.
obituary: Capt. Henry Niehoi 81 the U. s
mentor Monadnock. at Manila
, II. Fire. In the Armstrong Whitworth Ordnance
Co.'S works at Newcastie-on-Tyue; loss. ST.
oO0,o
Sporting: Perth won the Grand Prix de Paris
Filipino War: Hardest battle 70 date at Las
Pinas between Gen Lswton's division and
the insurgents
Obituary The Rev Dr. William Garden Blaikie
D. D.. L. D.. noted Scotch theolosian. at
North Berwick. Scotland; aged 20.
Il. Cyclone: In the northwestern states: hun
dreds killed and wounded at New Richmond.
Wis. and Herman Neb.
Duke OF Abruzzi's north pole expedition sailed
on the Stella Polare from ChrisJiania. Norway.
II. General celebration OF Flag day.
Obituary: DIR. lawson TAFT pioneer in surgery.
at London; aged 81
Is. Obituary: Prof. Locke Richardson. the Amer
lean elocutionist. in Berlin. Rear Admiral
Pierce Crosby. L. s ". retired, in Wash
ington: aged &C. Congressman Richard Parks
Bland. silver champion. at Lebanon, Mo-;
aged O..
16. Explosion: IL miners killed at the Caledonia
mine, North Sidney, c. b.
Criminal: George B. Barrow. principal in the
Marion Clark abduction case, sentenced to Il
years and 10 months. and Carrie Jones, the
nurse, TO 4 years.
II. Sporting: Imp won the Suburban at Sleeps
head Bay.
Is. Fire: At Greensboro, n. c.. the Benbow
House burned; loss 500, 900.
IL Fire: At kirkwood. Ca, Gen. John B. Cor
don's home, the historic Sutherland, burned.
3. Obituary; John Godfrey Moore, prominent
banker and exchange broker in New York
city; aged 30. Henry B. Plant. founder OF
the Plant system in New York city; aged SO.
-. Fire: At Laurel. Del; loss, 5000. 900.
Obituary: kapiolan widow OF King Kalakaua,
at Honolulu: aged e5-
IS. Shipwreck: Steamer Margaret olwin. founder.
ed of Lorain. Lake Erie: seamen lost.
90. Obituary: Daniel +. Tiemsn, Oldest OF the
surviving exmayors of New York city. at
Audubon Park; aged 81
Sporting: Harvard won three victories over
Yale at New London.
So Obituary: Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte South
worth, the novelist. in Washington; aged so.
Sporting: Charles Murphy. Brooklyn cyclst.
rode the fastest mile on record paced by a
railway engine.
I. Fires: In Brooklyn 10000 cotton bales burned
in storage. Bar Harbor, the Kchoc Valley
clubhouse, a golf and social resort, burned.
academician. novelist and critic. in Paris;
aged 20.
2 Fire: At Summit. N. j.. property in the heart
Of the town valued at $4,000 destroyed.
Obituary: Gen. II. c. Wright, U. s. A, retired.
in Washington; aged 80.
s. DTeyfus returned to France.
4. Fires: In Memphis the famous Gayoso hotel
and other property burned; loss $3.50. 900. At
Paris. Tenn, 20 buildings burned; loss, S175,-
600.
S. Convention: Annual Christian Endesvor gath
ering at Detroit
Obituary: Bishop John P. Newman. noted
Methodist divine and the friend of Grant, at
Saratoga aged So
9. Fires: At Coulterviile, Cal. the town de-
stroyed; loss, s25o.oOo. At Ludinston. Mich.
$4,000 loss by the burning of railroad elc
Filipino War: 10 regiments of U. s. volunteers
ordered TO be raised for the army in the
Philippines.
Personal: Mary Wright sewall of Indianapolis
elected president of the International Council
Of Women at London.
Obituary: Robert Bonner, founder and proprie
tor Of the New York Ledger, in New York
city; aged a..
!. Obituary: George ". Julian. noted western
statesman. at Irvington. Ind; aged 81.
10. Obituary: The Grand Duke George. brother OF
the car and heir to the throne. at St. Peters
burg; aged 81 Judge Wslbridge 4. Field.
eminent Massachusetts, jurist and chief justice,
in Boston; aged g.
is. Fire: a., 600 600 worth Of uniforms and food
supplies destroyed at the Brooklyn navy yard
IL. Fires: Mount Vernon. Ind: 100000 loss
North Bend. Ind. the Addy stone foundry
burned: loss. 100000.
Is. Obituary: Col 4. L. Hawkins, 10th Pennsyl
vania volunteers, on the way home from the
Philippines to san Francisco. Horatio C.
Alger. famous author OF boys stories, at
Satick, Mass; aged s..
ls. Earthquake Severe shock at Rome; Mount
Etna in eruption.
PERSONAL: Gen. Alger rendered his resignation
secretary of war
Obituary: Elizabeth Thompson. noted philan
thropist, at Littlcton, y. H.; aged g.
20. Personal: President Mckinley accepted the
resignation of Secretary Alger. to take effect
Obituary: II. K Thurber. the retired New
York millionaire merchant. at HALEY. Ia;
aged 30.
81. Accident killed and injured by explosion
British torpedo boat destroyer at Lon
don.
Obituary: Robert C. Ingersoll. at DO3bs Ferry.
%. Personal: Ehhu Root OF New York appointed
secretary OF war.
90. Fire: At Toledo; loss OF 1000 900 by the |
burning Of wheat elevator.
-. Obituary: The Rev. DIR. Thomas J. Sawyer.
noted Universaist writer and educator. in
Boston: aged e5.
Is. Obituary: Gideon J. Tucker. an old time poll
ticisn and journalist. founder Of the New
York Daily News in New York city: aged 80. |
20. Gen. Ulises Heureaux. president Of Santo Do |
mngo, asssssinsted. |
20. Obituary: GuEman Blanco. president OF /
Venezuela. in Paris
80. Accident: killed and &c injured in a land l
slide the Erie at Lackawaxen, \. "
81. Storm: The wheat section around Hamilton |
y. D.. damaged to the amount of s25o.oo0 by |
hail.
Obituary: Kate Chase SpraSue. daughter OF /
Salmon p. Chase. a noted Washington belle in /
wartime. in Washington; aged SO. Daniel c. /
Brinton. noted ethnologist and physician, at /
Atlantic City; aged g.
AUGUST.
8 Obituary: George Averod. noted Greek phi |
Ianthropist. at Alexandra. Egypt; aged 20.
g. Disasters: SO passengers KILLED and injured /
by the deTailment of trolley i
Bridgeport, Conn. IL killed and IS injured in /
teiescoping accident at Juvisy. France 200 /
excursiooists Mount Deseret thrown into i
TIE water by the breaking Of gsngDisnE: "a /
GioWned.