Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-31

VIII De done, not ours"
The New President: Vice President Theodore
Roosevelt took the oath Of Office as president
OF the United States at Buffalo. After taking
the oath he proclaimed the following pledge:
In this hour Of deep and terrible national
Bereavement l wish TO state that it shall be
my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the
policy Of President Mckinley fer the peace
and prosperity and honor of our beloved coun-
try"
Is. The Presidents Funeral: Services over the re-
mains of President Mckinley held at
the hilburn house in Buffalo, and the body
was then escorted to city hall, where it lay in
state
1S. The Presidents Remains: The remains of
President Mckinley were taken from Buffalo
to Washington and placed in the White House.
where they lay in state. Later the easket was
removed 10 the capitol, where state funeral
held.
The Presidents Assassin: Leon F. Czolgosz.
alias Fred Nieman, was indicted at Buffalo
for the murder Of President Mckinley.
IL. Convention: The national encampment Of the
Sons Of Veterans opened in Providence.
South African War: companies Of British
mounted infantry ambushed by the Beers at
Scheeper's mex. in the Transvaal, losing 46
killed and wounded and $50 captured
is. The Presidents Removal From Washington:
The funeral train Of President Mckinley reach
ed Canton and the remains lay in state in the
courthouse.
shipwreck: The British torpedo boat destroyer
Cobra foundered in the North sea; IS sailors
drowned.
10 The Presidents Burial: Final honors paid to
the presidents remains at Canton. After re-
hgious services at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church the casket placed in Wood
lawn cemetery. President Roosevelt and the
chief Officers Of the government attended the
Services. Throughout the country there was
q complete suspension of business, and reli-
Eious and special memorial services were held
in every city and town.
90 Obituary: c.. c. Delmonico, the last Of the
family of New York restaursteurs, at Colorado
Springs
81. Obituary: Simon sterne. an authority upon
railroad and constitutional law, in New York
city; aged q.
Accident: 20 passengers killed in a railway
wreck at Bucharest.
g. Fires: The State insane asylum, with out
buildings, burned at Norfolk, Va; loss, $780,
900. Plant of The Standard newspaper burned
At Anaconda, Mon; loss. $4,000.
"a Obituary: Judge Jeremiah Wilson, a noted
Washington lawyer, chief of Schley's counsel
in the inquiry case, at Washington; aged 60.
The Presidents Assassin: Leon T. Czolgosz con-
victed Of the murder OF President Mckinley.
Fire; 10 acres burned over on the northwest
side in Chicago; loss, siOo,eoO'
25 Storm; Is men drowned by a cloudburst in
Preside county, Tex
&C. South African War: Boer attack on Fort
Itala. Natal, repulsed with heavy loss.
Obituary: John G. Nicolay, secretary and biog-
rapher of Lincoln, in Washington; aged 20.
The Presidents Assassin: Leon F. Czolgosz SEN
fenced to be executed during the week Oct.
2S
Of. Fire: The Plymouth Cordage Co. at North
Plymouth. Mass, burned OUT loss, 100000.
Obituary: Kirk y. Armour. head of the Armour
Packing Co., at Kansas City.
%. Philippine Troubles: Company c, 9Th u. S.
infantry. surprised by bolomen at Balagiga,
Sauiar; officers and 40 killed, Is men
wounded and missing.
80 Fire: Muh's pork packing house burned at
Passaic, n. j.; loss, SlI5,o00-
OCTOBER.
!. Obituary: Ashel J. Severance. inventor of the
diamond drill for boring rock, at Denver;
aged -.
2. Fire: business block nearly destroyed at
Alton. H.; loss. SS00,0O1-
Convention: The general convention Of the Epis-
copll church NIT in san Francisco.
8. Obituary: Gen. George ". Getty, veteran Of
the Mexican and civil wars, at Forest Glen,
Md; aged S.
4. Sporting: Race for the Americas cup won by
Columbia 4 time allowance
5. Colombian Revolution: The government troops
defeated force Of rebels on Magdalena river,
killing their leader and 100 men.
s. Convention: Annual reunion Of the Society Of
the Army of the Cumberland met at Louis
vile.
Q. Fire: The Peabody coal yards destroyed in
Chicago; loss, 100000.
10. Obituary: Lorenzo Snow, president Of the
Mormon church, at Salt Lake City; aged 81.
II. Shipwreck: 90 japanese sailors lost in the
wreck Of the steamer TsUruhiko of Goto is
land.
16. Affairs In the Philippines: 400 bolomen
pulsed by 40 soldiers OF the 9th infantry at
Bagajon, island of Samar; 10 Americans and
81 Fihpinos killed.
IS. Obituary: Ex-Governor John s. Pillsbury of
Minnesota, at Minneapolis aged 70.
10. Obituary: Rear Admiral Francis VI. Bunce,
u. S. N, retired, at Hartford, Conn; aged 65.
%. Obituary: Friedrich Preller, famous German
landscape painter, in Dresden; aged Is.
q. Obituary: Prince Murat grandson of Marshal
Murat, Napoleon's famous cavalry general, in
France; aged c..
Fire: At Hammond. Ind, Hammond & Co.'s
packing house destroyed; loss. s., 100000.
25. Accident: miners killed and 20 injured by
explosion in the Buttonwood mine at
WilkcsbarTe, Ia.
South African War: $50 British district troops
mutinied in a fight with SHUTS Boer COM
mando and surrendered in a body.
Fire: Hunt & Wilson's furniture establishment
burned in Philadelphia; Is lives lost and
property damaged to the amount of 100000.
20. Fire; At Delmar. Del; loss of S200.OOO by the
burning of 60 public and business buildings
81. Obituary; George W. Carleton, well known
New York publisher. at Saratoga; aged 20.
u. S. Consul L. w Osborn. who changed the
history OF Samoa during the rivalry for the
throne. at Apia.
%. Race Riot; whites and 81 negroes killed at
Balltown. La
so. South African War: Gen. Botha's Beers at
tackled Col. Bensons British column near
Brakenlaagte, eastern TTRnsvaal, inficting
heavy loss: the British casualties were off,
killed. including Col. Benson, and 13
wounded. and 50 killed and 100 wound
ed; Gen. Botha led the charge in person.
81. Fire: At Newcastle, Wy; loss Of 500, 600 by
the destruction Of block of business build
ings.
NOVEMBER.
Q Obituary: Mai. Alexander Sharp. c. s. A.
retired. brothsr-in-law of Gen. Grant and at
time prominent in Washington military
circles. at the Preside. California; aged &C.
T. Fire: The business center Of Jennings, La,
destroyed; loss $4,000.
Perzonal: n. Santos-Dumont. the French aero
naut received the Deutsch prize of $4,000
for his success in the airship.
5. Political; Seth Low elected mayor of Greater
New York.
The French feet seized 8 ports belonging to
Turkey in order to bring the sultan to terms.
6. Fire: At Hurley. Wis, the Klondike theater
burned. causing a loss of IL lives
z. Personal. The Schley inquiry closed
Obituary; Earl Ii Hung Chang, the foremost
statesman in China and the far east. at Pc
king; aged 70 Adolph Kraus, noted American
rr4,1ntor- ar nauvprs aged 81 Kate