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

| over 1000 killed and wounded
Personal: Ion Perdicaris the captive o,
Morocco brigands, released.
q Russo-Japanese War: Sortie Of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur checked
by Admiral Togo's destroyers: Rus.
sian battleship sunk. i cruiser and 1
battleship disabled
Political: Roosevelt and Fairbanks
nominated by the Republican con-
vention at Chicago.
a. Personal: William H. Moody appoint
ed United States attorney general
Paul Morton secretary of the navy and
". H. Metcalf secretary of commerce.
and labor.
& Sporting: Colonial Girl won the
Worlds Fair handicap at st. Louis.
Obituary: Clement Scott, once noted
dramatic critic. in London: aged 6.
q. Russo-Japanese War: Russians de-
feated in a six hours battle at Molten
pass by Cen Kurokfs army and re-
treated toward Liaoyang.
g. Shipwreck: Danish steamer Norge.
from Copenhagen for New York.
wrecked on rock OF the Hebrides:
nearly 800 passengers. chiefly immi-
grants. lost
Sporting: Syracuse won the great var
sity race at Poughkeepsie.
g. Obituary: J. l. Mitchell, former Unit
ed States senator from Wisconsin. at
Milwaukee. Dan Emmett. popular old
Dixie" at Vernon. o.: aged 80.
80. Sporting: Ajax won the French Derby
at Chantilly Yale defeated Harvard
in the cared freshman race at New
London.
Russo-Japanese War: The Russian
vladivostok squadron sheiled Wonsan.
on the coast of Korea. and sunk ves-
sells in the harbor.
JULY.
1. Obituary: George Frederick Watts.
noted English sculptor. in London:
aged 81.
Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard In the
varsity race at New London.
2. Fire: The Santa Fe railroad shops
burned at Cleburne. Tex: loss. $500. 900.
Sporting: English Lad won the ST. Louis
Derby.
Obituary: Senior Dupuy de LONE, Span
ish minister at Washington In 1885, in
Paris.
s. Accident: 10 people killed and 40 in
tured in a wreck on the Wabash rail-
road at Lftchfield. Ill.
Russo-Japanese War: Japanese Destroy
ers repulsed In an attack on the Rus
sian fleet in Port Arthur: of the de-
stroyers sunk by Russian batteries.
5. Fire; The Wilson steamship freight
shed at Charlestown. Mass. fired by
lightning: loss. $500. 600.
g. Convention: Democratic national con-
vention met in st. Louis.
Strike Troubles: Platform of the rail-
way station at Independence. Colo.
crowded with nonunion miners. blown
up by dynamite: II miners killed
g. Russo-Japanese War: Kaiping occu-
pied by Gen. Oku's Japanese army.
8. Sporting: Broomstick won the Brigh-
ton handicap.
10. Accident: II killed and 81 injured in q
collision on the Greenwood branch of
the Erie railroad at Midvale. n. ].
Obituary: Gen. Jose Toral. who surren-
dered Santiago to Gen. Shafter on
July H. 1898 at Ma drid.
Political: Parker and Davis nominated
by the Democratic convention at st.
Louis.
H. Russo-Japanese War: The Russian
cruisers Bayan. Diana, Pallada and
Novak repulsed by the Japanese feet
while attempting to steal out of Port
Arthur.
L. Butchers Strike: ~ 900 men in Chicago
and other meat packing centers went
out on a question OF wages.
Accident: Is killed and so injured in the
wreck OF church excursion train in
the suburbs OF Chicago.
Obituary: Samuel NJ. Jones, Toledo'S
Golden Rule mayor. in that city.
aged So.
L. Obituary: Paul Kruger South African
statesman. president OF the Trans
vaal republic and Boer leader in the
war of 1889. at Clarens. Switzerland.
g. Fire: Loss OF 100000 by the burning OF
the Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad wharfs and ware
houses at Duiuth- MIMI
Z. Russo-Japanese War: Russians under
Gen. Keller repulsed in an attempt to
recapture Molten pass from the Japa-
nese: Keller's loss. 1000 killed and
wounded.
g. Russo-Japanese War: Gen. KurokPs |
Japanese army defeated the Russians |
on Chi river. near Anpfng.
& Obituary: Wilson Barrett. English |
actor. manager and playwright. in |
London: aged So.
s. Russo-Japanese War: AS result OF |
defeat in a heavy battle outside OF |
Newchwang, on the oath. Gen. kuro- |
patkin ordered the evacuation OF that |
post. The Russian Vladivostok squad |
ron sank the American steamer knight |
Commander Off the province of Isu
Japan.
Fall River Strike: 10000 operatives In
the cotton mills struck against re-
duction OF wages.
/ Russo-Japanese War: Russians re-
F.. treated to Haicheng; Japanese occu-
pied Newchwang. Russian VladtvoS-
tok squadron seized the British steam
err Chalcas off Japan. and the Russian
volunteer steamer Smolensk seized the
British steamer Formosa In the Red
sea. Russian ships at Port Arthur at
tackled the Japanese fleet and bat
teries.
/ Russo-Japanese War: Japanese land
troops attacked the Russian works at
Port Arthur.
! Russo-Japanese War: Gen Kuropat-
kin's army evacuated Haicheng. re- |
treating northward to Liaoyang.
/ Obituary: Joseph T. Lewis. Wiscon-
sins war governor" at Columbus.
Wis: aged SO.
!. Accident: The Missouri Pacific Worlds
Fair "fifer'' wrecked near Eden. Colo;
81 killed and many injured.
| Political: United States squadron COM
manded by Admiral Theodore F. Jewell
sailed from Villefranche to Smyrna to
enforce demands on the sultan OF Tur-
key.
| Obituary: ExsUnited States Senator
G. G. Vest. At Sweet Springs. Mo-;
aged a.
| Obituary: NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau, for
mer premier OF France. at Paris.
Russo-Japanese War: Sortie of Russian
ships at Port Arthur: the squadron
comprised battleshipa 4 cruisers and
torpedo boats: the Russian COM
mander. Rear Admiral Without. kill
ed In an attempt to fight his way
through the Japanese line: several
Russian vessels escaped to sea. and
the remainder returned to Port Ar