Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-31

HISTORY
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elected commander IN chief OF the q
A. r. at Boston.
Russo-Japanese War: Gen Stoessea
Russian commandant at Port Arthur.
refused to surrender the post. a. de-
manded by the japanese Commander
on the 18TH
20. Russo-Japanese War: The Russian
cruiser Novfk. which got away from
Port Arthur in the eortie OF the feet
on Aug. 10. sunk on Sakhaiin by
japanese cruisers.
T. Storm: Is persons killed in a tornado
which devastated a region around st.
Paul and Minneapolis; loss In property
estimated at s.. 10000.
Is. Russo-Japanese War: Russians re-
pulsed repeated attacks by the Japa-
nese at Port Arthur: the assajlants
lost enormously. 1000 In killed being
one estimate. Beginning of the battle
Of LiaCyang: Russians driven north
ward.
Obituary: John Rogers. widely known
as the sculptor of the Rogers
groups" at New Canaan, Conn: aged
75.
Sporting: -Jeffries defeated Munroe in q
bout for the worlds championship at
San Francisco.
q. Sporting: Artful won the Futurity
race
d Political: NJ. Piehve. Russian minister
OF the interior. assassinated in War
saw.
- Sporting: Darrell paced a mile in 2:02N
at Providence. r. l.. lowering the
worlds record for mares without .
pacenaker.
Russo-Japanese War: Gen. Kuropatkin
concentrated his army at Liaoyang.
on both banks of the Taitse river.
30. Accident: killed and . injured in q
wreck on the Grand Trunk at Rich
mond. Que.
Russo-Japanese War: Desperate Japa-
nese attacks repulsed by the Russians
at Liaoyang-
SEPTEMBER.
I. Russo-Japanese War: Gen. Kuropat-
kin maintained his position south of
Liaoyang against fierce attacks by the
Japanese under Oku and Nodzu.
2 Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese
army led by Gen. Kuroki crossed the
Taitse east of Liaoyang. turning the
Russian left flank.
8. Fire: AT Memphis Tenn. loss of $780,
600 by flames in the wholesale district.
Accident: 6 people killed and 10 injur-
ed in a wreck on the Wabash road In
the suburbs of St. Louis.
Russo-Japanese War: Gen. Kuroki de-
feated the Russians northeast of Lao
yang.
T. Russo-Japanese War: The Russians
abandoned the south bank OF the Tai
tse at Liaoyang.
5. Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese
left and center armies (Oku and Nod
zu) crossed to the north bank of the
Taitse and attacked Kuropatkin's
army on the right rear.
g. Army Maneuvers: Beginning of the
sham campaign at Manassas. Va. the
United States regulars and state mill
tia participating.
Accident: 4 killed and 30 injured in
at
dleton. Mo.
T. Russo-Japanese War: Kuropatkin
abandoned his position at I.iaoyang
and Yentat retreating northward.
Obituary: Sara Stevens. an actress
who played with Laura Keene in "Our
American Cousin in the sixties. at
St. Paul. Mimi: aged 20. Rev. DR..
George c. Lorimer. prominent Baptist
clergyman, in Boston: aged &C.
Convention: International congress of
chemists met in New York city. In
ternationai geographic congress metin
st. Louis.
.. Accident: killed and AZ injured in
wreck on the Seaboard Air line at
Portsmouth. Va.
Sporting: Prince Alert established n
new worlds record for pacing geld
ings. at Syracuse. N. Y. going a mile
in 1914.
Fire: Flames in the business district of
Progreso. Mexico. caused a loss of
81, 200. 600.
0. Tibet: Treaty embodying the terms de-
manded by England signed At L-assa-
RuSSO-JapaneSe War: The Russian
warship Lena entered the port of San |
Francisco.
3. Interparliamentary peace congress
opened at St. Louis.
Russo-Japanese War: The cruiser Lena |
at San Francisco ordered dismantled |
and held for the Russian government |
until peace is declared.
!. Obituary: Prof. Daniel Willard Fiske. |
noted American educator, at Florence, |
Italy; aged 73 Prince Herbert Bis
marck, eldest son of the late Prince |
Bismarck. Germany's Iron Chancel- |
lor." at Friedrichsruh; aged IS.
/ Convention: The Sth international con-
gress of arts and sciences met at St.
Louis.
!. Explosion: 10 killed and many injured
by dynamite explosion at Melrose.
Mass.
: Shipwreck: The schooner Alvira D.
Wright Of Bangor. Me. lost off Mon
tauk Point. L. l.; sailors drowned
Perces. called the Red Statesman"
and the Napoleon of Indians" at |
Spokane Wash; aged 20. Benjamin
M. Everhart. noted American botanist.
at West Chester. Pa: aged g.
Russo-Japanese War: Final repulse OF
series of Japanese assaults on Port
Arthur which began the 18th.
Accident: 62 people killed and 125 in
Jured in collision on the Southern
railway at New Market, Tenn.
Russo-Japanese War: Gen. Gripen-
berg. noted Russian general. appointed
to command the cars Second Man. |
churian army The Circumbaikal
railway. closing a gap in the Trans
siberian line leading from Russia to
the seat of war in Manchuria. opened
to military trains.
Obituary: Admiral Fernando p. Gil
more, u. 8. N, retired. in New York
city: aged 6S.
Obituary: Lafcadio Hearn. journalist
and author. noted for his works on
Japan. at Yokohama: aged 81
Obituary: George Frisbie Hoar. United
States senator from Massachusetts,. at
Worcester; aged n.
OCTOBER.
Obituary: Sir William Harcourt Sue
cessor to Gladstone as Liberal leader
in the British house of commons. in
London: aged IS.
Convention: 18th international peace
congress opened its session in Boston. J.
Obituary: Henry c. Payne, United