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

wagon lowered by Lord Derby, who
went mile in 2:05&-
q. Disaster: 20 villages destroyed and 200
lives lost by landslide in Transcau-
casia, Russia.
Obituary: George NJ Hopkins leading
electrical engineer and editor of the
Scientific American, at Cheshire, Mass.
is. Convention: Young Mems Christian
association worlds congress met at
Christiania. Norway.
Obituary: DR.. Leopold Schenck. famous
Austrian biologist. author of 1.-The De-
termination of Sex" at Schwanberg,
Syria, Austria; aged 62.
19. South American Revolution: Cumana,
Venezuela, captured by insurgents.
Disaster: 105 drowned by the sinking of
pontoon on the Amur river, Siberia.
Fires: lives lost in New York city tene-
ment house fire. Parsons college,
Fairfield. Ia, destroyed.
20. Convention: Universal Peace union
met at Mystic, Conn.
Disaster: Explosion in Delaware Pulp
mills at Wilmington, Del; II killed.
Storm: Cloudburst and tornado at Pana,
ILL.,, caused $150000 damage.
Navy Maneuvers: Beginning of sham
campaign between the blue and white
squadrons off the Atlantic coast.
p. Obituary: Gen. Franz Sigel, famous
German civil war veteran, in New
York city; aged IS.
"a Railroad wreck near Princeton, Ind:
killed.
Mimic Naval War: The invading white
squadron captured by the blue squad
ron off Manchester, Mass.
26. Fire disaster at Gehring, Neb-;
killed.
81 Earthquakes in Mindanao. Philippine
Islands; more than so natives killed.
Obituary: Ada Gray, actress, noted for
her impersonation of Lady Isbael in
East Lynne in Brooklyn. n. Y.
Sporting: Tennis Champion William A.
Larned of America successfully de-
Tended his title by defeating R. F.
Doherty. England, at Newport, r. 1.
Convention: American Bar association
met at Saratoga, N. Y.
IS. Obituary: George Douglas Brown.
English novelist, author of THE
House With the Green Shutters" in
London; aged SO.
20. Sporting: Dan Patch, second horse to
pace n mile in less than minutes,
went that distance in 1884,, within
quarter of a second of the worlds rec
ord. held by Star Pointer.
Fire: Woods Opera House at Bay City.
Mich, burned; 100000 damage.
80. Volcanic Eruption: Mont Pelee, on the
island of Martinique. again erupted;
more than 1o6&fives lost.
Sporting: Futurity. richest stake of the
year, won by Savable at Sheepshead
Bay, New York.
Railroad Disaster: Train on Chicago and
Northwestern r. r. lifted from tie
track by cyclone near Owatonna,
Mimi; killed and go injured.
81. Storm: More than IS vessels and many
lives lost in a gale at Port Elizabeth,
South Africa.
Army and Navy Maneuvers: Beginning
of the mimic war between ships and
forts on the Atlantic coast.
SEPTEMBER.
l. Volcanic Eruption: Over 200 persons
killed by explosions OF Mont Pelee,
Martinique.
Accident: 20 negroes killed and many
injured in a wreck on the Southern
r. r. near Berry. Ala.
2 Obituary: William +. Howe. noted
criminal lawyer. in New York city;
aged "A. Edward Eggleston. author,
near Lake George. y. y; aged Go.
g. Accident to the President: President
RooseveIt's carriage struck by a troll
ley car near Pittsfield, Mass; Will
liam Craig. the presidents guard,
killed and the president and Secretary
Cortelyou injured.
Volcanic Disturbance: Another eruption
of Mont Pelee, Martinique; 1900 re-
ported dead.
Sporting: Running record for mile and
three-siXteenths broken by Scintillant
at the Harlem race track, near Chi
cage; time, 1857 2-5.
4. Fire: The Cincinnati Music hall dam
aged and the Odeon theater destroyed
by fire at Cincinnati; $4,000 loss.
5. Volcanic Disturbance: La Soufriere,
St. Vincent, again in eruption.
Haitian Rebellion: Rebels defeated
troops of provisional government
Obituary: Prof. Rudolf Nirchow, cele-
brated German patholosist in Berlin;
aged 81.
g. Obituary: Philip James Bailey. English
poet author OF "Festus;" aged sc.
Z. Fire: Paper works at Bogota, N. J.,
destroyed; loss. $500, 600
Haitian Rebellion: Haitian gunboat
Crete-a-Pierrot sunk by the German
gunboat Panther; Haitian commander,
Admiral Killick. killed.
s. Obituary: Count de Miranda, husband
of 10 Christine
son, in France. Sir Frederick Abel,
famous English chemist; aged &c.
q. Obituary: William Allen Butler. New
York lawyer and poet. author of
Nothing to Wear" at YOnkers, n. Y.
aged a.
Il Fires: At StonewaII. Miss, cotton
mills; loss. S125, 600 In the Beaumont
CTex) oilfields; loss over 100000.
e. Obituary: Alexander r. Shepherd, for
mer governor of the District of Co
lumbia. i'm Mexico; aged CO.
Fire: Plant of the Bridgeton On j.
Wooden CO. destroyed; loss, 500. 600.
10. Obituary: Gen. John IL Forney, a
noted Confederate veteran, in Ala
bama; aged 73.
Il. Anniversary of President Mckinley s
Death: Memorial services held through
out the United States.
Obituary: Winfield S. Stratton. million
aire miner at Colorado Springs. Colo;
aged So.
Is. Mining Disaster: II lost in an explo-
sion at North Fork, w. Va.
Convention: Odd Fellows convention
opened at Des Moines, la.
Obituary: Horace Gray, former justice
of the u. S. supreme court, at Nahant,
Mass; aged "A.
16. Fire: Coal bunkers, etc. of the Tesla
Coal Co. of Stockton, Cal, destroyed
loss, 5000, 0O0
Steamship Record: Kronprinz Wilhelm
sailed from Cherbourg to New York
in 5 days, IL hours and 81 minutes,
breaking westbound record.
Is. Arctic Exploration: Lieut.. Robert Z.
Peary arrived at Sydney, n. s., on his
return from an unsuccessful attempt
to reach the north pole.
Disaster: Postofiice at Minto N. D., coll
lapsed; 10 buried in the ruin.
10. Disaster: lis negroes killed in panic
in Birmingham, Ala.
Obituary: Marie Henriette, queen OF the
Belgians, at Spa, Belgium; aged Sc.
90. Sporting: +. Carroll Schaeffer of Read