Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-31

of the G. A. r. met at San Francisco.
IS. Shipwreck: The Chinese cruiser
ITuang-Tai sunk in collision at Hong
kong; the captain and il of the crew
Miscellaneous: Captain Malcolm A Raj
ferty, hero of the list New York in
the San Juan Hill fight. died In Port
of SPAIN Trinidad. Pedro Alvarado,
Mexico's mining king. died at Chi
huahua, leaving an estate of $4,000. 600
20. Personal: Gen. John c. Black Of Illi-
nois elected commander in chief or
the G. A, r.
%. Obituaries: Lord Salisbury. former
premier of England. in London; aged
70. Menotti GaribaIdi. son of the great
Italian patriot, in Rome.
Sporting: The Reliance won the first
race for the Americas cup by I'M IS.
"a. Sporting: Lou Dillon trotted a mile in
minutes at Readville Mass, lower
ing the worlds mile record "a seconds.
Obituary: Bill Arp Nlaj. Charles II.
SMITH. the southern humorist, at At
lanta; aged n.
Is. Sporting: The Reliance beat Shamrock
III. in the second race for the Ameri-
cas- cup by Pm. Us.
&c. Shipwreck: The schooner Willie L.
Newton capsized off South Norwalh,
Conn, carrying down of her crew.
%. Bulgarian Insurrection: 1000 Bulgari-
ans killed in battle with the Turks.
Obituary: Frederick Law Olmstead, fa-
nous landscape artist. at Waverly.
Mass; aged 81.
%. Sporting: Hamburg Belle won the FIl-
turity at Sheepshead Bay.
81. South American Affairs: The ColonO
bian senate rejected the Panama cana3
treaty.
SEPTEMBER.
g. Sporting: Reliance defeated Shamrock
Ill, winning the contest for the Amer
icas cup.
6. Accident: persons killed and 10 inc
jured in a head-on trolley collision at
Pelham. n. II.
II. Fire: At San Francisco; loss of $4,000
by the burning of a Southern Pacific
freight shed.
II. Shipwreck: The steamer Inchulva of
Liverpool wrecked in hurricane near
Boynton. Fla; sailors drowned.
l3. Obituaries: Otto Sarony, widely known
portrait photographer in New York
city; aged SO. Mrs. NJ. E. w. Sher-
wood, noted society woman and writer,
in New York city; aged so.
16. Storm: New York and the neighooring
seacoast swept by a violent hurricane,
accompanied by heavy rain; Is deaths.
II. Storm: The New England coast swept
by a hurricane; many vessels wrecked,
with loss of life.
Shipwreck: The British steamer Mexi-
cano lost on the Florida coast; u
lives lost.
Fire: At Sault Ste. Marie, Mich: loss of
100000 by the burning OF a business
block.
is. Obituary: Prof. Alexander Balm, noted
instructor in logic and English litera-
ture, at Aberdeen. Scotland; aged So
49, Fire: AT Morse. Wis. the town almost
destroyed; loss, $500, COO.
Obituary: Charles b. FarwelI, merchant
prince and former U. S. senator, in
Chicago; aged so.
Sporting: Prince Alert lowered the
worlds pacing record to 1851 at Empire
track, Yonlxers, N. y.
26. Major Delmar trotted mile in min
utes at Yonkers. N. Y, equaling
worlds trotting record held by Lou
Dillon.
81 Accident: A fast mail train on the
Southern r. r. fell 70 feet from a
trestle near DanviHe, Va; persons
killed and injured.
%. Obituary: Frau Marie Geistinger, not
ed actress and singer, at Vienna; aged
e.
30. Obituary: Sir Michael H. Herbert Brit
ish ambassador to the United States at
Davos-Platz. Switzerland; aged 46.
OCTOBER.
3. Storm: The town of St. Charles. Mimi.
ruined by tornado; people killed
and many injured.
Shipwreck: The steamboat Erie L. Hack
ley lost in Green bay, Wisconsin; u
people drowned.
5. Obituary; Gen. Bradley 7. johnson,
well known Confederate veteran and
writer on the war, at Rock Castle,
Va; aged "a
9. Shipwreck: The American whaler Jo-
seph Mania wrecked on the island of
Pco; % lives lost.
Storm: Phenomenal fall of rain along
the north Atlantic coast. followed by
floods.
IL. Obituary: Col Richard Henry Savage.
soldier. author. traveller and scientist.
in New York city; aged 81.
l4-15. Sporting: Fastest heat trotting race
at Lexington, Ky; records, 2:07A,
2:07A, 2:0614, 2:OS1<, 2:O915, 2:1S.
l6. Fire: AT Aberdeen. Wash, $50 build
ings destroyed and several persons
burned to death; loss. $1,OOO,0OO.
Sporting: Dan Patch broke the worlds
record by pacing mile to wagon in
1854 at Lexington, Ky.
Il. Accident: II persons killed and 40 in
jured in a rear end collision on the
Pennsylvania near Trenton, n. ].
Alaskan Boundary: The Alaskan bound
airy tribunal rendered it's decision chief
~ favorable to the United States.
Is. Financial Troubles: The International
Bank and Trust Co of America, of
Mexico City, with branches in the
United States, closed its doors.
10. Financial Troubles: The Maryland
Trust Co. and the Union Trust Co.
failed in Baltimore.
Shipwreck: The steamer South Portland
wrecked on Cape Blanco reef. Oregon;
10 persons lost.
| Sporting; Cresceus lowered the worlds
trotting record, held Jointly by Lou
Dillon and Major DeImar, by trotting
a nile IN l.0SSG at WICHITA ram
20. Convention: The American Missionary
association began it's 57th annuat9meet-
ing at Cleveland.
n. Financial Troubles: The Federal Ma
tional bank of Pittsburg closed by the
comptroller.
q. Financial Troubles: The First National
Bank of Allegheny, Pa. closed its
doors.
Obituary: The Rt. Hon. William Ed
ward Hartpole Lecky, noted English
historian, in London; aged 65.
| Sporting: Dan Patch broke the worlds
record by pacing mile in 1:56H at
Memphis, Tenn.
"a. Sporting: Lou Dillon lowered the
worlds trotting record to 1:5Sh at
Memphis; also at Memphis worlds
pacing record for mares. Darrell to
sullxy, 1854
q. Sporting: Lou Dillon reduced the
worlds trotting record to wagon to 200
at Memphis; also. at Memphis The
Monk and Equity made the worlds
trotting team record to wagon. 2:0S.
q. Fire; AT Bluehelds. Nicaragua; loss,
$S50,000. chiefly to American merchants.