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

ed; loss, s200.O0O- The Platz leather plant
burned at Racine, Wis; loss, 100000.
20. etorm: Heavy freshets in the eastern and
central states caused by excessive rainfall;
loss Of 100000 along the Ohio.
%. The town Of Chester. Mass. inundated by the
bursting Of dam at Mddlefeld.
%. China: The German brigade under Gen. Ket-
tier defeated the Chinese at the Great Wall.
driving them into the province OF shdnsi-
Obituary; Dan Costello. the noted circus clown.
in New York city; aged g.
Is. Catastrophe: By explosion in the electro
chemical works at Greishein, Germany. 20
people were killed and 100 injured.
rs. Fire: At Latrobe. Pa, the plant of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Co. burned; loss, $3.50. 900.
Obituary: James Douglas Reid. pioneer in es-
tablishing the American electric telegraph
system, in New York city.
%. Sporting: His Erninence won the Kentucky
Derby at Louisville.
so. Sporting: McGovern defeated the 'Omahn
KID for the featherweight championship OF
the world ct San Francisco.
MAY.
4. Fire: I4s blocks burned in Jacksonville, Fla;
loss (estimated), sl5.OOo.OOo.
Sporting: Banastar won the Metropolitan Handi-
cap at Morris park
5. Fire: In Philadelphia, Webb & Co.'s ware
house burned; loss over $500, 600.
z. Fire: Loss OF 100000 by the burning Of the
Fifeld Tool plant at Lowell, Mass; loss, $780,
0Oo
0. Financial: Panic in Wall street over a corner
in Northern Pacific.
Il. Sporting Santoi won the English Jubilee.
u. Fire: Del Ray, suburb Of Detroit, swept by
flames; loss, $4,000.
Is. shipwreck: Steamer City Of Paducah sank at
Grand Tower. III. carrying down passengers
and % sailors.
Is. Explosion: 6 miners killed and fatally In
iured at the Georges Creek Coal and Iron
Co., Pennington. W. Va.
10. Fire: At Elizabeth, y. j., the American
steam laundry burned; loss 100000.
Labor Troubles: During a trolley strike at Al
bany the militia fred into crowd. killing
citizens.
Is. Fire: Thomas D. wannamaker's country house
at Meadowbrook Farms destroyed; loss (esti-
mated). s5OOOOO.
10. Obituary: " W. Pretorius. first president OF
the Transvaal Republic, at Johannesburg; aged
50.
90 Obituary: Gen. Fitz John Porter. L. S. A.
retired a noted Federal leader during the
civil war. at Morristown, n. j.: aged 70.
Pan-Amcrican Exposition: The fair opened to
the public.
% Floods: lives lost and property valued at
sl,oOo.OOO destroyed by floods in East Tennes-
see.
Obituary: Ex-Congressman Charles 4. Boutelle
OF Maine. a noted Republican leader, at
Waverly, Mass: aged G.
%. shipwreck: The Norwegian bark Elsie run
down of Sable island by the steamer Ohio Of
the Wilson line and II Of the crew lost.
p. Explosion: Over 80 deaths by explosion in the
Universal colliery. Wales.
Shipwreck: Steamer Baltimore lost in 4 storm
on Lake Huron. near Au Sable; u sailors lost.
IS. Sporting; Conroy won the Brooklyn Handi-
cap at Gravesend.
&C. Accident: killed and many injured in
trolley crash at Albany.
q. Explosion: p miners killed by an explosion
in the Richland mine, near Dayton. Team.
so. Drowning Accident: : picniclers drowned by
the loss Of a rowboat at Flat Rock dam,
Schuylkill river. PHILADELPHIA
81. South African War: The British under Gen.
Knox lost Ia killed and wounded in des-
johannesburg railroad, with Bocrs under Gen
Deiary.
2 Fire: The town Of Jasper. Jasper county,
Tex, destroyed; loss, 100000.
Obituary: James a. Hcrne, noted American
character actor, in New York city; aged 6l.
s. Sporting: Volodyovsky the English DERBY.
g. Obituary: Rev. William GLAND Bourne. an old
time writer. poet and G.. A. r. editor, at
Montclair, y. j.; aged s..
z. Sporting: Cap and Bells ii. won the Oaks
Stakes at Epson.
Storm: u people killed and many injured by
hail and cloudburst in oklahoma.
o. Obituary: Edward Moran. noted painter cf
marine and landscape scenes, in New York
city; aged p.
TO- Disaster: 10 deaths in a mine explosion in
the Port Royal mines at Port Royal, Pa.
Obituary: Walter Besant, noted English novel
list and author, in London; aged 65. Robert
Buchanan. English poet, novelist and dram
atist, in London; aged 60.
r. South African War: The Transyaal Beers
prised the Australian Mounted rifles in camp
near Wolmansrust. killing and wounding 80
officers and men and capturing two pompons.
II. Fires: At West Baden, Ind. the West Baden
hotel destroyed; loss. 100000. In Lynn,
Mass, the Empire theater burned; loss, $780,
600.
10 Obituary: Gen. Max Weber, German vet
eran of the American civil war, in New York
city; aged II
Sporting: Alcedo won the Suburban Handicap,
at Sheepshead Bay.
IL. Cheri won the Grand Prix at Longchamps.
Is. Obituary: Hazen S. Pingrce, ex-governor Of
Michigan, in London; aged CT. Louis Aldrich.
noted American actor, at Kennebunkport, Me-;
aged SO.
10 Obituary: Gen. John p. Turchin, noted vet
OF the civil war, at Anna, Ill; aged 30.
20. Obituary: Gen. Robert Nugcnt, noted Irish
brigade leader in the civil war, in New York
city; aged a.
Fires: In st. Louis. the Sel,les saddlery plant
and other property destroyed; loss, s5OO,oOo
At Bear Lake. Mimi, the mill Of the Tower
Lumber Co. destroyed; loss, $4,000.
Tornado: people killed and many injured by
windstorm in the Reya Paha valley, Nebraska
21. Political Assassination: Hoshi Toru, noted
japanese statesman. formerly minister TO
Washington, assassinated for political reasons
Disaster: Il deaths from fireworks explosion
at Paterson, n j.
% Shipwreck: 6 deaths in the wrecking of the
British bark Falkland of the coast Of Califor-
mia. Bishops rock.
sporting; hooert "aodeh won the Omeago
Derby.
Tornado: At Pittsburg, deaths, and property
valued at $4,000 destroyed
Fire: In Newark, y. J., brush factory and
other property burned; loss, 100000
"a. Obituary: Gen. Hans Lothar Sohweinitz,
noted German soldier and diplomat, at Cassel,
Prussia: aged 20.
Flood Disaster: &c deaths by rainstorm foods
in the Elk Horn valley, W. Va.
Is. Obituary: DR.. Joseph Flavius Cook formerly
noted lecturer and writer, at Ticonderoga,
n. Y; aged CO.
81. Financial Troubles: The Seventh National
bank OF New York city suspended payment.
Sporting: Yale the varsity race Har-
ward at New London; time, % 81.
2s. Financial Troubles: Marquand & Co., pro-
motors in New York city, failed, with heavy
liabilities
20. Fire: In the business district Of Bradford,
Pa; loss, 100000.
30. Personal: Mai. Gen. W. R. shafter retired