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

Repubiican). 7.caoss1: Parker Demo
craft. 5.o94o9l: Debs (Socialist). 80. ST:
Swallow (Prohibition). e4S.41: Watson
CPopuiisQ. l2i.3Si; Corregan SOCIALIST
Labor. S.519 Total popular vote. H.
6s3. SO. Roosevelts plurality. 2.5H<70.
Electoral vote: Roosevelt. so; Parker.
140.
H. Sporting: Lou Dillon made new
worlds trotting record OF 2:o1 at Men,
phis.
Obituary: Colonel ID. r. Anthony. noted
editor. at Leavenworth. Kan: aged So.
L. Sporting: Yale beat Princeton. L. "a Q.
at football at Princeton.
Obituary: George Lennox Watson. ia
nous designer OF racing yachts. In
Glasgow; aged 50.
Is Convention: The American Federation
of Labor met at San Francisco.
Is. Personals: Prince FushimA greeted
President Roosevelt In the name OF
the mikado OF Japan.
16 Russo-Jspanese War: Second division
of Russia's Baltic fleet sailed for the
seat OF war.
H. Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at
football at New Haven; score IL to O.
Political: The zemstvo presidents OF
Russia convened at ST. Petersburg To
advocate reform in the system OF gov
err.nent.
Obituary: Col. ". c. p. BRECKENRIDGE.
noted Kentuckian. at Lexington: aged
20. Obituary: Gen. Louis Palma di Ces-
nola. civil war veteran and authority.
on fine arts. in New York city: aged
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Dc. Russo-Japanese War: General attack
on the Russian works at Port Arthur
begun by the Japanese.
DECEMBER.
1. Russo-Japanese War: Japanese cap
tured Two Hundred and Three Meter,
bill at Port Arthur after Aercs bat
tie.
2. Obituary: Mrs. George Henry Gilbert.
the oldest actress on the American
stage. in Chicago: aged SO.
3. Russo-Japanese War: First armistice
at Port Arthur. for burying the dead.
5. Political: Last session OF the Fifty
eighth congress begun.
10. Sporting: Root and Dorlon won the
six day international bicycle race In
New York: distance 2. 1856 miles laps.
i. Obituary: Rev. John w. Chadwick
prominent Unitarian clergyman and
lecturer. In Brooklyn: aged "a.
a. Fire: At indianapolis: loss OF $s27,000
in the business district.
Political: Arbitration treaty concluded,
between United States and Italy.
Obituary: Lemuel Clarke Davis editor
OF the Philadelphia Public Ledger. IN
Philadelphia: aged GO.
:. Ship Disaster: deaths in the burning,
OF the steamer Glen Island ip Long
Island sound
s. Storm: Fierce hurricane and snow
storm on the New England coast:l
many vessels driven ashore
D. Miscellaneous: International commtDpl
sion to investigate the North seq tn0-l
dent met in Paris
Il. Obituary: Prof. j. l.. Budd, noted
pomologist of Iowa university, at
San Antonio. Texas. Sir Erasmus
Ommanney. father of British navy"
in England.
Russo panese War: Japanese squad
sails to meet Russian second
Pacific squadron.
Fire: Columbus. Ohio. suffers $780,
900 loss.
Storm Forty persons drowned in
gale in Portugal.
y. War: Philippine insurgents ambush
and Kill 40 scouts In Dolores island.
a. Fire: Loss of $2,500.000 suffered In
business district of Sioux City, Iowa.
Russo Japanese war: Admiral Togo
announces completion of work OF
fleet at Port Arthur and withdrawal
from before city.
Russia Abolition of passport system
announced.
IS. Accident: Eight lives lost I'm wreck
on Southern railroad at Maud's Sta
ton, Illinois.
Z. Storm: First blizzard of season and
one of unusual severity sweeps
north central states.
Russia: Gar issues ukase promising
long sought reforms to subjects.
9. Russo-Japanese war: Japanese car
ry Rihlung fort with loss of 1000
Arthur.
Miscellaneous: Southern cotton grow
ers burn thousands of bales to re-
duce supply and advance price.
D. HuSSO-JapaneSe war: RUSSIA neSOtf-
ates loan of $115,00O.000.