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

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Obituary: Col Julian Scott, civil war veteran
and noted artist at Plainheld. n. j.; aged %
n H. Newell. wartime humorist under the
name Of orpheus c. Kerr, in Brooklyn; aged
65. Prof. John Fiske, philosopher and his
torian. at East Gloucester, Mass; aged 90.
Accidents: Casualties Of the Fourth all over the
United States, 81 killed and 1,6l1 injured.
| Q. Obituary: Prince Hohenlohe, formerly chan
cellor of the German empire, at Ragatz,
Switzerland; aged 81. Prof. Johannes Schmidt,
famous Indo-Gernan scholar at the Berlin
university, in Berlin.
Sporting: The Brighton Handicap, at Brighton,
N Y, by James r. Keene's horse, Teddy.
Obituary: Pierre Lorillard, noted thurman and
millionaire manufacturer, in New York city.
Fire: At Colebrook. n. Y, Is business places
burned; loss. $4,000.
8. Fire: At Great Bend Ind, 1900 acres OF
wheat burned; loss, $780, 900.
10. Fire: At FL Paso, Tex, plant Of the Kansas
City Smelter Co. burned; loss. $4,000.
| Collision: 10 killed and fatally injured by
head on collision on the Chicago and Alton
near Marshall, Mo.
IL. Accident: workmen killed and 10 injured by
the collapse of railway bridge at Ashta-
bula, o.
nalist in San Francisco; aged II. Theodore
Moss. theatrical manager, at Seabright, n. j.;
aged 20.
Fire: business blocks burned at Enid, Okla;
loss, 800, 600.
l6. Fire: At Wichita, Kan. the packing plant OF
Jacob Dold burned; loss, Sl,OOo,00o
II. Fire: At Marshall, Mo-, stores burned; loss,
sl25. 900.
the civil war, at Cold Spring, n. Y; aged 20.
IS. Fire: Foreman & Co.'S lumber plant burned
at Petoskey, Mich; loss, S5oo.OoO.
Yachting Accident: a. T. Colton's yacht We
militia went down in Long Island sound,
drowning the owner. his two daughters, the
captain and sailor.
20. Obituary: Mrs. Kruger wife Of Paul Kruger.
the exiled president Of the Transvaal at Pre-
81. Weather Record: The Thermometer in the
western states affected by drought registered
as follows: Des Moines Ia. los; Chicago 1o3;
Kansas City. 10f; Lincoln. Neb., 1885, Sioux
City. Ia. lO0; st. Louis los; Middlctown, Ia,
1l3; Freepcrt. ILL.,, us; Galena. Ill, lls.
%. Is persons. including the ships captain and
Swedish customs officers. killed by an ex-
plosion board the American schooner
Louise Adelaide at Stockholm.
%. Personal: The sohley court Of inquiry ordered
by Secretary Long.
Is. Political: President Mckinley proclaimed free
trade between Porto Rico and the states.
&c. Weather Record: Light rains brought relief
to the corn belt after 40 days drought.
%. Fire: At Hanover, Pa; loss of 100000 by the
burning OF the American foundry plant.
IS. Venezuelan War: Reported repulse Of Colon
bian invaders by government troops, with
total loss OF 200.
August.
8. Fire: In St. Louis; loss. 100000 by the de-
struction Of the Hofner-LOthman Sash and
Door Co.'S plant.
(. Obituary: Dowager Empress Frederick Of Ger
many, queen Of Emperor Frederick, moth
CT Of the reigning kaiser and eldest daughter
of Queen Victoria, at Cronberg; aged 81.
G. Explosion: 50 killed and 100 injured by raph-
thaline in Philadelphia; buildings demol
ished.
z. Obituary: Cen James s Negley, n noted
leader in the Federal army in the west, at
Plainfeld. y. J.; aged -.
Shipwreck; sailors Of the steamer Kincora
drowned in 4 collision of that ship with the
White Star ocean liner Oceanic in the Irish
channel
South African War: Gen. Kitchener proclaimed
10 the Bocrs in that they would be
banishod from South Africa unless they
rendered before Sept. IS.
0. Obituary: Prince Henri CT Orleans. the AZ
Tican explorer, of Due dc Charities. who
served in the American civil war. at Saigon,
French Cochin China; aged 50.
10. Obituary: lilly Haynes, well known hotel
man. in Boston; aged q. Gen. C. Monkey
Sorrel, chief of staff o. LonsstIeet's Confeder-
ate corps, at Roanoke. Va; aged q.
II. Obituary: Sgnor Crispi, noted Italian states
nan. formerly Of the kings ministers, at
Naples; aged s..
plorer and naturalist, at Stockholm; aged GO.
II. Storm: Destructive storm on the gulf coast,
with loss Of life and heavy damage at New
Orleans.
Obituary: Sir William Laird, noted Scotch iron
master, at Glasgow; aged a.
Fire: At Chipley. Fla. II buildings destroyed,
with loss of 100000.
Accident; Is lives lost in a fire which penned
in and drowned a working party in a new
tunnel crib at Cleveland.
Is. Shipwreck: The Klondike steamer Islander
struck iceberg off Douglas island and went
down with many passengers board; Ct
deaths.
Sporting: Cresceus defeated The Abbot at
Brighton Beach, breaking the trottiag record
for racing; time, 2:O3A.
II. Obituary: Thomas Murphy, formerly a noted
Republican politician end collector of the
port Of New York under Grant, at Long
Branch; aged SO,
10. Explosion: 13 bridge worknlen killed by the
explosion Of a store Of dynamite at Herkimer,
NY.
shipwreck: The steamer Golconda capsized in
the Ohio river near Paducah, KY, drowning
80 people.
20. Explosion and FIRE: killed and Us injured
Nj. '' F'--'' '
Fire: In Richmond. Va, the J. Wright Cigar
Co. building destroyed: loss, $500, 600.
%. Obituary: Gunner Wennerberg, Swedish poet
and composer, at Stockholm; aged 81.
"a. Obituary: Gen. Robert Williams, U. S. A,
retired. who married the widow Of Stephen A
Douglas, at Plainield, y. J. aged %.
90. Convention: The triennal conclave OF the
Knights Templars opened at Louisville.
2s. Explosion: The steamboat City OF Trenton.
plying the Delaware river. exploded her boil
above Philadelphia. killing IL persons and
injuring many others.
90 Accident: killed in a wreck on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at Fairville. y. Y.
so. Obituary: Brig. Gen. William Ludlow q. s.
A, civil veteran distinguished in the
Spanish American war, at Convent N j.
aged So.
Accident: SO killed and Is injured in a wreck
on the Great Northern at NyRek, Mon.
81. Storm: Torrents Of rain flooded Cleveland and
damaged property to the amount Of nearly
81, 100000.
Obituary: LOrimer stOddard, actor and play
wright, of the poet and critic. r. IL
Stoddard. at Sag Harbor, ". Y; aged 80.
Sporting: Yankee the Futurity Stakes at
Sheepshead Bay.
SEPTEMBER.
4. Convention: The Methodist Episcopal con.
gress opened in London.
Q. Attack Upon the President: President Nc
kinley shot while holding a reception in the
Temple Of Music at the Pan-American expo
sition in Buffalo. Two bullets fired from