Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-31

sept. vice President Arthur took oa.h
or r-'ce as president IN New OK civ
$ yt---F-.-st fire il Huron and San
ii4c couut-es- a-ich-. rendered 2-yt) fam
..es homeless caused loss o. ~ lives
and SUre.d over SO 50 CGTe miles
No. 9-Americau yacht Mischief dc
Icat-d Canadian yacht ''AtalaEta' Al
E-C- for Americas cEp.
Iss2.
Jan. 2--Guiteau. convicted OF murder OF
President Garfield and sentenced 70 be
aa-cf 6-KinSGorn of servia established:
Prince Milan crowned king;
March 2s-Een-y w LOngfellOw died at
Cambridge Mass, aged 20
March 25-ELmuncs law excluding big
ar-1ists and pOlygamtsts from holding
h9rll z7ERaIph Waldo Emerson died at
MAJ G-Biu prohibiting Chinese immisra-
ZION for ten years and Chinese natural
MAJ IS-f.eat. lockwood and sergt.
feIchet 3 degrees . minutes 5 seconds,
July IJ-MrS. Lincoln. vile Of PRESIDENT
Lincoln. died at Springfield. III
Sept. l5-EngIsh army entered caro- IN
triumph after dispensing Egyptian reb-
~. This campaign made E1s.iSIt lnflu-
ence in E-i-pt paramount. and the An
l-Io- French agreement for joint pro
t-c-crate was annulled Nov - 49,.
D.. IN, Gambetta. French statesman.
C.ei ia Paris
NJ 9-PauI Kruger first elected president
o.. the South African republic
M Ne" York and Brooklyn bridge
juno Verdict returned of not guilty
Juiy ly-Strike of telegraph operators be
gan at Pittsburgh. Pa, and spread
D. 90 men who asked for - per cent in
crease Of wages Lasted 20 days ana was
Sept g-NorJheru Pacific railroad finished.
Mo- .THH iui.y opened 20 the trade u
The world.
Feb. wendell Phillips died at Boston,
Ma G-5-Firm of Grant K Ward and
Marine bank failed In New YORK
MAJ i4-Financial crisis occurred ia New
June Lieut. Greedy and six companions
OF Greedy arcti. expedition found alive
in smith sound near SaIe SABINE.
in New York harbor laid
Au- National religion Of Japan else s.
tabli~hec; freedom for al religions guar
Nav. +-Twenty-afth presidential election,
Cleveland received 2l9 electoral and 4
gII.yl7 popular votes. Blaine 1s4 electoral
and . $3.50 popular votes $50
granting universal male suffrage in Eng
land became law.
1855.
Jan. 1S-ScLuyIer CoIfax died at Nanko-
Ia. Nina. aged g.
Jan. 1l-Irish couspirators attempted 70
destroy houses OF parliament and the
Tower in LomdoH win dynamite;
English and Egyptian troops massa-
cred AT khartoun.
Feb. 2I-WashiugtOn monument dedicated.
First foundation stone was laid July 4,
ISIS.
Feb. i-President-elect Cleveland advised
against further purchase and coinage Of
Feb. z5-Conro Free state established by
European powers with King OF Belgium
at Its head.
Feb. 25-Contract labor law passed.
March S-President Arthur approved act
appropriating $3.50. 900 for new ships for
I. : navy This was the beginning OF
March 24-Riei rebellion began in Carada
April 2I-Fivc hundred L. =. troops entered
Panama and arrested leader Of insur-
May l5-Rsviscd version OF the New Tes-
lament published in London
July 7-Pasteur. inoculated first patient
july Gen. I. $. Grant died at Mount
McGregor. y. Y. aged g.
Sept. 1-FiTSt electric railway line in
America from Baltimore to Hampden,
Ma distance : miles. opened
teated English yacht "Genesta'' in race
for America $ cup.
Nov. s-First train on Canadian Pacific
rsIlway from Montreal to Vancouver
The rtgul1r public daily service began
June =. IsS6
NOV IG-I,ouis Ri-l leader of rebellion IN
Canada. executed near Regina.
Nov. 25-AlfOnso MI. OF Spain died. Sue
ceeded by his infant son. Alfonso XIII.
with Queen Marie Christina as regent
Nov. 2J-Eice-P President Thomas \. Hen
bricks died n Indianapolis. Ind. aged So.
Dec. S-Willam H. Vanderbilt died in
New York city. aged Il.
1856.
Feb. 12-CierTna1 East Africa company
chartered. II cedcd all its territorial
rights TO the German government Oct.
March 6-Knights Of Labor struck on