Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-31


waves in the west thermometer
ranged from 80 to l02 in Nebraska
q. Obituary: Gen. Egbert l.. Viele. noted
officer in the Mexican and civil wars,
in New York city; aged n.
Convention: 18th annual reunion of the
Confederate Veterans at Dallas, Tex.
p Fires: In central Pennsylvania 81 ,500.-
600 worth of property destroyed by
burning forests. At Croghan, n. Y,
% buildings burned; loss. $500. 900.
%. Hurricane: people killed and many
injured at Joplin, Mo.
q. Obituary: j. Sterling Morton eX-sec-
rotary of agriculture and the Father
of Arbor day. in Chicago; aged 20.
Fire: At Glens Falls. N. Y, loss of $780,
600 by flames in the business section.
Is. Obituary: Sol Smith Russell, the actor,
in Washington; aged 81.
so. Fire Panic: killed during fire
alarm in the American Tobacco Co.'S
works. Philadelphia.
MAY.
8. Volcanic Eruption: A flow of lava fol-
lowing eruption of Mont Pelee,
island of Martinique, buried $50 people
and caused great destruction of prop
erty on the outskirts of St Pierre.
Sporting: Arsenal won the metropolitan
Handicap at Norris park, New York.
4. Storms: A cloudburst at FoSS, Okla,
drowned persons and damaged the
town to the amount of S200O00. \
windstorm caused damage of $500, 600 in
St. Louis.
Obituary: Potter Palmer, noted multi
millionaire of Chicago, in that city;
aged 76.
5. Political: The first Cuban congress as
sembled at Havana.
Fire: In New Milford, Conn; loss, $780,.
600.
6. Shipwreck: The British steamer Ca
morta foundered during a cyclone in
the bay of Bengal; over 200 people lost.
Obituary: Rear Admiral William II.
Sampson, u. S. N, retired, in WASH
ingtOn; aged g.. f. Bret Harte, the
author. at Camberley. England; aged
g.
novelist, killed by his brother, Malcolm
Ford. in New York city; aged 81.
Volcanic Disasters: st. Pierre. island of
Martinique, destroyed by the eruption
of the volcano of Mont Pelee; loss of
life estimated over 10000. The same
day the volcano of La Soufriere, is
land of St. Vincent, broke out and de-
stroyed LOO lives. Many vessels lost
in the harbor of st. Pierre.
o. Obituary: DR.. Sir Henry Morton. noted
American scientist, president of the
Stevens Institute of Technology at
Hoboken. n. J., in New York city;
aged &c.
~ Explosion: An explosion of naphtha in
the yards of the Panhandle r. r.
near Pittsburg resulted in heavy loss
of. life and damage amounting to
$500, OO0
Anthracite Strike: The miners of Penn
sylvania went out on strike, de-
manding shorter hours and increased
rates per ton.
IS. Obituary: DR.. William Todd Helmuth.
noted surgeon and homeopathist, in
New York city; aged So
16. Fire: Loss of 100000 by flames in the
Armour lard refinery. Chicago. Loss
of $SOo.oo in a tannery fire at Catta-
raugus. n. Y.
II. Riot: white officers of the law and 6
negroes killed at Pittsburg, a suburb
of Atlanta
trict swept. with a loss of $500, 900
IS. Tornado: At Goliad Tex. about 100
people killed and as many injured.
10. Explosion: go deaths caused by gas
explosion in the Fraterville mine, Coal
Creek, Tenn.
20. Political: President Estrada Palma in
stalled executive of the Cuban re-
public.
Obituary: Z. L. Godkin, noted American
editor, at BriXham, England; aged al.
q. Fire: AT Maysville, KY. the Enter
prise tobacco warehouse burned; loss,
$4,000.
Obituary: Francis Varga. a prominent
officer of Hungary under the revolu-
ton of Kossuth, at Leon. Ia; aged 81.
q. Obituary: Mrs. Lily Martin Spencer.
noted American artist. in New York
city; aged IL. Annie Clark. well known
actress of the Boston Museum Co.. in
Chicago; aged Sc.
Fire: The town of Glover. Halifax coun-
ty, Va, nearly destroyed; loss, S100, 600.
Explosion: over 100 miners persisted by
gas explosion in the Crow s Nest coal
mine at Fernie, =. c.
%. Fire: 800 cars burned in the Buffalo
stockyards; loss. 5000. 600.
"a. Storm: Extensive damage to property
by a severe storm in Illinois, Nebras-
ka, Missouri and Kansas.
Fire: Loss of 100000 at Johnstown. o.
Obituary: Lord Pauncefote, British am
bassador to the United States. in
Washington; aged a.
Sporting: Reina won the Brooklyn
Handicap at Gravesend.
%. Storm: people killed and crops dam
aged to the amount of 100000 by a
violent thunderstorm in Spartanburg
county, S. c.
&c. Obituary: Henry GrevilIe (AIice Marie
Durand). noted French author, in
Paris; aged go. Jean Benjamin Con-
slant, noted French painter. in Paris;
aged Sc.
81 South African War: Terms of peace
signed by the Boer representatives and
the British officials at Pretoria.
JUNE.
q South African War: Terms of peace
published in England. The Transvaal
Beers surrender nationality. accept
small indemnity and pay no war tax.
but secure amnesty for prisoners of
war.
4. Sporting: Ard Patrick won the Eng
lish Derby.
Fire: In Eegerwisch, a suburb of Chi
cago, the Illinois Car Co.'S plant
burned; loss, S1.OOO.OOO.
T. Fire Disaster: 10 killed and 30 injured
at the burning of the sanitarium of
the ST. Luke's society, Chicago.
O. Tornado: % persons killed and many
injured on the White Earth Indian
reservation, Minnesota.
West Point Centennial: Beginning of
the celebration concentrating the
founding of the National Military
academy.
Fire: At Saratoga the Arcade. Citizens
bank block and Theater Saratoga
burned; loss, $500. 900; lives lost
IL Tornado: IL people killed and property
damaged to the amount of s.. 600 600 by
a storm which swept over Illinois.
| L. Fire: Alexander City, Ala, wiped out
by flames; loss, $4,000.
| Il Sporting: Gold Heels won the Suburb
an Handicap at Sheepshead Bay
| IL. Obituary: Very Rev. E. A. Hoffman,
dean of the General Theological semi
Naxu York city PlattshIrP.