Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-31
RECORD OF AN EvENTFUL
YEAR THROUGHOUT WORLD
Enormus Treasure Lost by Storm and Flood
Notable Obituary Roll Matters I'm
portant in History.


effects of a pistol shot wound inflicted
by Lieut.. Gov. Tilman.
aO- Obituary: Julian Ralph. well known
newspaper correspondent, in New York
city; aged So
q. Fire: At West Superior. Wis, the
keystone block burned; loss. $4,000.
Accident: "A killed and many injured in
rear end collision on the Jersey Cen
trail r. r. near Graceland, n. J.
q. Accident: 20 killed and many injured
in a collision on the Southern Pacific
near Tucson, Ariz.
Obituaries: Robert Planquette composer
of the Chimes of Normandy and
similar operas. in Paris; aged 3d. Au-
gusta Holmes. Irish pianist and COM
poser, author of Hero and Leander''
and other popular symphonies. in Par
is; aged SO.
d. Fire: In San Francisco; loss of nearly
$l,000000 by the burning of a depart
nent store.
Sea Disaster: Is men drowned by the de-
struction of the torpedo boat destroyer
Orwell off Corfu, Greece.
FEBRUARY.
l. Shipwreck: "a sailors drowned in the
wreck of the Norwegian steamer
Avona at Lemvig, Denmark
). Cyclone: Violent storm swept over In
diana. Illinois and Ohio.
Obituary: Henry Laurens Dawes. for
merry United States senator from Mas
sachusetts, at Pittsfield; aged sc.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Frank Wildes,
.
Boston in the battle of Manila. at San
Francisco; aged 90.
= Obituary: Edna Lyall Miss Ada Ellen
BaylD. the novelist. at Eastbourne.
England.
IL Obituary: Mrs. c. c. Chaffee. owner of
the famous fugitive slave, bred Scott,
at Springfield. Mass; aged IS.
Fire: At Rock Island, ILL.,; loss of nearly
900 by the burning of a storehouse
of the U. s. arsenal.
T. Obituary: Rev. DIR. J. L. NJ Curry, ex-
minister to Spain and we'll known edu-
Gator, at Charlotte. n. c.; aged IS.
IS China: 500 imperial soldiers massacr
by rebels in the province of Kwangsi.
Shipwreck: 20 lives lost by the wrecking
of the steamer Olive in a cyclone on
Chowan river, North Carolina.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Lewis Wood
Robinson. U. s. N. retired. civil war
veteran, in Philadelphia; aged 63.
10 Fire: At Marion Ill; loss. $4,000
Accident: school children killed and
many injured by collision of a trolley
car with Il steam railway train at
Newark, y. j. wOrkmen killed and
seriously injured by explosion in the
naval magazine, Fort Lafayette, New
York harbor.
90 Fire Disaster: 10 deaths by the burn
ing of Hotel Clifton. Cedar Rapids, Ia.
q. Convention: Annual congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
in Washington.
%. Fire: At st. Joseph, Mich, the Cooper
Wells Knitting works destroyed; loss.
500 900.
&c Obituary: James McCreery. called the
dean of dry goods merchants, in New
York city; aged a.
Fire: In Cincinnati half of the richest
square in the business district burned;
loss nearly S2.OO0OO0.
2. Obituary: DR.. Richard Gordon Calling,
inventor of the famous machine gun,
in New York city; aged IS.
IS. Accident: killed and many injured in
a wreck on the Cincinnati Southern
near LenOir CITY Tenn.
Fire: In Halifax; loss of sS00OOO in the
business district.
Obituary: Gen. w. L. Smith ('Baldy'O,
noted Federal veteran of the civil war,
in Philadelphia; aged Ga Rear Ad-
miral William Hardness. U. S. N, re-
tired, noted mathematician and astron-
omer. in Jersey City, n. j.; aged &C.
MARCH.
q Accident: killed and Is injured by
explosion at the Portland cement
works, New Village. n. ].
g. FIRE: Portland. Ore; loss. s1SO.OOO
f. Obituary: Joseph Henry Shorthouse.
author of John Inglesant' and other
popular novels, in London; aged SO.
T. Accidents: 10 men drowned by the cap
sizing of a ferryboat at Speir Falls,
n. Y. Z people killed by the collapse
of a roof during fire at Montreal.
s. Obituary: James H. Blount, commits
sioner paramount to Hawaii under
Cleveland, at Macon, Ga. Gen. w. B.
Franklin, noted veteran of the civil
war. at Hartford. Conn; aged so.
9. Accident: A score of people killed and
many injured by the explosion of
burning oil tanks at Clean, N. Y.
10. Fire: The Victoria dock burned at
Portland, Ore. loss. 100000.
Obituary: Andrew c. Wheeler. an old
time newspaper correspondent distin-
guished under the name Nym Crinlle,
near New York: aged e.
10. Obituary: Very Rev. DR.. George G..
Bradley. LII. D.. dean of Westminster
abbey. at the coronation of Edward
VII, in London; aged S.
a. Obituary: NJ. Legouve, noted French
dramatist. author of "Adrienne Lee
couvreur.'' in Paris; aged %.
II. Political: The Panama canal treaty
ratified by the senate.
is. Obituary: Gen. Schuyler Hamilton,
grandson of Alexander Hamilton and
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars,
in New York city: aged 49,
19. Political: Cuban treaty ratified by the
u. S. senate.
Fire: At Pepperell, Mass, a score of
buildings burned; loss, $500, 600
20. Fire: Hentsch's bonded warehouse at
Sydney, N. S. w. Quilted by flames;
loss, S2.50O.OOO.
Accident: killed and many injured by
collision of the steamer Plymouth
with the City of Taunton off Gulf is
land. Long Island sound.
Obituary: Charles Godfrey Leland,
old time humorist, author of the 'Hans
Breitmann's Ballads, at Florence,
Italy; aged rs. Col. William p. Wood.
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars.
noted as a secret agent of Secretary
Stanton, in Washington: aged 81
p. Obituary: The Very Rev. Frederick
William Farrar, dean of Canterbury
and noted writer. in London; aged p.
%. Accident: men killed by coal gas ex-
pIosion at Athens. Ill.
Is. Fires: The Hayden building and other
property destroyed in Rochester, N.
Y; loss. 100000. Opera house burned
at Toronto; loss. $4,000.
Sf,e r1a16
a British army hero, killed himself in
Paris.
Fire: The American Cycle Co.'S plant
destroyed at Akron, O., loss $250.000-
q. Obituary: n. K. Fairbank. noted Chi
cago Spectator. in that city; aged a.
3. Accident: IL people drowned in Hood
at Greenville. Miss.
Fire: At Tyler. Tex; loss. 100000.
.. Obituary: G.. w. Swift, head of the
Swift Packing Co. in Chicago: aged 63.
90 Obituary: Gen. ". H. Jackson. Con-
federate veteran and noted agricultur-
fist, near Nashville. Tenn; aged IS.
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