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

fused TO do. ana after hard fighting I
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me aiIt9 th'cred inc capitai
aug - 10 ma the legations under
siege and the Chinese court in flight.
Peace commissioners ,,-er. o-,,,,in+o,1
-,
10y HHhd anu the allleu powers. the
lat fr being instructed to secure the
punishment Of tho leaders Of tho mt
raves % Tr,ro oil IL - -. g.
az NY - "ioii'H III
H'iIhi'E ana guarantees Tor Inc pres
rryatiOn or order in the future.
JANUARY.
2 ohituarr: Gen Zsnas Il. Bliss. Z. :. A. re-
tired. 10 Washington.
4 Earthquake: villages dc.:rorsI and lun.
drots q lives lost d. the Eres.au Tr4nscaI-
'asa-
3. Obituary: Dr. william 4 Hammond. formerly
surgeon g-arrI! o. aTrIv. 10 Washington:
aged - Johr Albert. called 1He American
S'raflEaril-.' bro Philadelphia. aged %.
Fire; IL" Mer HlHfs and Planter warehouse
burned N Il aul1uIs loss. 500 600.
C South Afr,eap va. bner a't-sk On the Brit
i-ii Inns. i-adF smith. heavy fighting and cas-
U1lf.es and r'i'Hi-" - the boer-.
T. Rev NT- tdSlnI MrCiyan, noted Catholic
pr'e-t and orator. a. Ne"h"rg, y y; aged e.
G pt-tl-fEi Alfred r. Bur. veteran editor q
tn Hartford IIrHn-. DO Hartford. aged -.
p fersoral. \ loving cup made ~ 200 dimes
pre- enicd 20 AamiTll Dewey in Washington.
I-f's IN NJ" l"Fh 'itF. dwelling 90 Joseph J.
Pulitzer prorr.e''r 81 Tie World. ias-. $780,
~
ST'rt.'-; IT'ET I.@oFfrn won IT, worlds
lrl'.'r ~eishi '..-Hri-nship' defeating George
b.''" 900 in""ls-
~ o. team Cen H1'r'y HeFHdon M1ury motel
90. '.r'i' ''t'T'I,' u Peoria. iI.--: aged -
l'-...,''i tIa'' ,i W. i-''7 i'o" "''"'
II Obituary. Ur. James Martincau. the distin-
Eri-aed Unitarian divine: eyed So
H. Cen George a. sharpe. noted Federal w.t.
'rIr, 60 EtHrs,on. =. =. aged -
Is s-ipNr.'S- Tie oil tluS steamer HolgoiInd
went fa"n at 81. Mary y F.. with Ler
crow o.. 20
ohrHaFs: George W. Stevens. noted English
War correspondent. al Lad, smith. South A.
Ti.I: AGED 80
IL South African War: The left wing Of Cen.
Buffers army crossed tire TIrcla west q Co.
Isr,o 20 turn the hocr position west Of Lady
smith. the result was tbs battle at spioa Hop.
20. obituary. JDha RGsAiu. the usteI English au-
thor and critic. near London. age -.
81. Obituary. Richard Dodtridge Bla~l more. the
noted English novelist. at Lonsforth. Eng
Iaud; aged -
%. South African Var British attack AZ Spi0n
Kop in the night. tHc position ,lrturrd.
Obituary: DormJu -. Eaton. noted as n civil
service rcforIucr. in New York city; aged -.
- Tirc: l. blocks Of dwellings burned at Homo
lulu. 400 people u.1dc homeless
e5. south African War: Gen. Butler retired his
army south % the Tu=ca after abandoning
LIS Judgment on Spiou hop; she British met
with heavy loss
70. Obituary: T. V. SmallCy. well known authc:
sud writer. at II. Paul. aged 50.
British parliament met.
30. William CoebcI. contestant Tor the governor
ship Of Kentucky. mortaIIy wounded in the
capitol grounds at Frankfort by an assIssin's
bullet; the result q = bitter political contest.
,,,.upr.u
l. Fires; At Youngstown. o: stores destroyed.
with loss Of S5igo3o. TIE Dickinson Arms
/ 60. 81 Little Roci- burned out. wlth loss Of
Sijo.ooo. Al Dayton. .. block Of business
buildings burned. with loss Of sIo).0oo-
Obituary: The Marquis Of Gucens0cTTy. noted au-
ihCrity on boxing. ~ London: aged 81.
s. Explosion: FIRE started 10y an explosion in the
factory Of the Hopkins & Allen Arms CO. at
Norwich. Conn, caused a loss 81 sIooo,op0-
Obituary: cen W W. AFcrc.i. noted Federal
y y: a-c@ - William CocbcI. Democratic
claimant FOR tine g., eruo-sIsip Of kentucky. o.
wounds received GA Dan. -.
T. Fire: blocks burned In tie retail district Of
g. south African War: Buffers army crossed the
Tus,Ia uoriHward, fzutiuE at Potcietcr-s
Irift.
Ol4tfars. Col w II. Glider arctic explorer
AMI journalist ar Narrsst5vn. y. ); aged g..
G. Fire. - Isttlc Rock; loss. S25l.oJo.
Sou.h African War; Heavy fighting on the Tu-
rela line
: ouituar,: Charles Francis FcIu. known as
the ..-rrllcs,-' PAINTER. AZ brussels: aged %.
s south African War. BuHsr-- army rccrosseI
the Iuscla suutI.wlrd after sharp lighting.
Accident: BILLED iu a wreck orr size Chicago
and Northwestern a, Fur,' River. Mica
Fire. Al Escarllsa Mich. loss Of $4,000 by
the burning nf o ,,avlauN4re r-aut-
10 Roland q. Mullu,lN found guilty q murder
in tfs tr.t drcrrr
i. Ssut, African War. Cen. Roberts column en-
tered trr Orange Free state aud began the
movement FOR faulins tue Beer line On the
Moddsr river
IS. Fire: The Pi;t,b-rE Glass Cos plant dam
aged 20 the cyteat % $1,000
&c. ScutH AfrIlIu War JIe siege OF Kimberley
raised hE tie Advance q Roberts column; Te-