Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-30

Ere: In Milwaukee,; loss of $500. 600 by
the burning OF the Milwaukee exhshi-
ton building.
G. Personal: 1Srovcn Prince Frederick
William OF Prussia married TO the
Dochess Cecilia OF Mecklenburg-
Sca"eFin IL Berlin.
a. convention. The national council of
the General Federation of womens
Ciuos met at Atlantic City
ooiluaiS BerIah wilkins. editor and
proprietor OF the Washington Post, in
washington; aged 80.
Shipwfeck: British submarine boat
AS lost on PlyInGuih with Ii of her
crew.
Obituary: Prince Leopold of Hohenzol-
fern. whose nomination TO the throne
OF SPAN caused the Franco-Prussian
war In 1870. in Berlin: aged &C.
FINANCIAL: Thomas F. Ryan acquired
a controlling interest in the Equitable
lie assurance society; Paul Morton.
former secretary of navy, chosen
chairman OF the board of>directors.
~ fiood; Sudden rise of the Mississippi
river caused a loss OF S3,ooOooo in
iowa Illinois and Missouri.
Russo japanese War: President Roose-
Neit suggestion for a peace confer
ence accepted by Russia and Japan
L Fire; At Fort Worth, Tex; loss of
$4,000 by the burning of a packing
plant.
IA. Convention: Reunion. of the United
Confederate Veterans at louisville.
Is. Sporting: Reldame won the Suburban
handicap at Sheepshead Bay
l6. Fire: At Fort Francis. Ont; the bust
ness section destroyed. loss. 500 oo0
IL. Accidents q killed and many injured
in a wreck on the Western Maryland
railroad at Patapsco. Md
Obituary: Cen Maxine Gomez. the
Cuban leader. at Havana. aged a.
Is. Fire: AT Pemaukee. Wis. loss of $685.
coo by the burning of the Armour ice
Russo-Japanese War: Washington eho-
sen as the meeting place of the Rus
sian and Japanese plenipotentiaries.
l9. Convention- The Interstate National
Guard association met in ST. Paul.
90. Political; III. w. Bowen. former min
lister to Venezuela. dismissed from the
diplomatic service.
q. Accident: The Twentieth Century
Limited wrecked by an open switch at
Mentor. o.: deaths.
3. Russia; Battle between troops and
strikers at Lodz. Poland. SO citizens
killed and 200 wounded.
Is. Political: The Chinese exclusion law
defined by the president
Fire: AT Nashville: loss of 100000 in the
shopping district.
n. Personal: John Findlay Wallace. chief
engineer of the Panama canal. resign
cd
SpOIllnB- 1diS ueiedtel 11dEFdTu " q
al baseball at New Haven.
IS. Accident: o deaths in q. dynamite ex-
plosion at Emporium, Pa.
Sporting: Cornell won the eight cared
varsity races at Poughkeepsie; time.
miles. 20 minutes 20 2-5 seconds:
miles, 8 minutes 2-5 seconds.
Russia: Strike disorders at Odessa: loss
of S30,000.000 by incendiary fires. The
Russian bGttieship Kpiaz Potepkine.
in the hands Of znHtIu6cls. appeared
in the harbor afa Trained her guns
On the city. ~ff-,tr
9. Convention: The ElSatiopal Equal SUI
frage association NET at Portland,
Ore.
Sporting: Yale defeated harvard in the
varsity boat race at New London;
time. miles. p !Infnutes 81 2-5 seconds.
ID. Personal: John F.A stevens appointed
chief engineer of the Panama canal
Charles l.. Bonaparte Installed as sec
rotary of navy, vice Paul Morton. re-
signed.
Obituary: Gen. Hugh Boyle Ewing. SOL
der. author and diplomat. at Lancas-
ter. o.; aged 70.
JULY.
l. Obituary: John Hay. United States
secretary of state. at Newbury, n. H.;
aged 81.
2. Obituary: Rev. George Day, noted He
brew scholar and one of the revisers
of the Bible, in New Haven: aged 90
Storm: 1000 persons drowned by
cloudburst at Guanajuato, Mexico.
g. Convention: National educational con-
vention met at Asbury Park. N ].
T. Obituary: Prof. Jacques Reclus, IA
nous geographer. In Brussels; aged 70.
Sporting: New worlds record for autos
made at Morris park, New York, by
Webb Jay, who drove his machine a
mile III As As seconds.
Convention: Twenty-second Information
al Christian Endeavor gathering, in
Baltimore.
Russo-Japanese War: Baron Rosen, the
new Russian ambassador TO the Unit
ed States and one of the czar's peace
plenipotentiaries. arrived in New
York.
5. Sporting: NJ. Thiery won the inter-
national auto race for James Gordon
Bennett cup at Laschamp. France.
Storm: 40 deaths in a tornado which
devastated Montague county. Tex
g. Sporting: The Leander crew OF Eng
land defeated the Client crew of Bel
GUM for the Grand Challenge cup at
Henley n-the-Thames.
Paul Jones: The remains of Paul Jones
formally delivered to the United States
government by France
Convention: Seventh annual gathering
of the Epworth league opened at Dem
Yer.
Disaster at Sea: French submarine boat
Farfadet sank in the porl % Sidi Ad-
dallah. Tunis. carrying down Il men
5. Obituary: Walter Kittredge. author of
.'Tenting Tonight" at Manchester,
". II.
Fire: At Meridian, Miss; loss of 100000
by the burning of the Gulf cotton COM
press plant.
Russia: The battleship Kniaz Potem-
kline deliver ed to the Roumanian au-
thS-itfes by It's mutinous crew
sporting: May Sutton of Pasadena.
Cal. won the womans tennis cham
pionship of the world in London. Art
full Won the Brighton handicap
D. Russo-Japanese War: Japan hoisted
her flag over Russian soil by Selling
the Island of Sakhaifn.
Obituary: John Selby. famous scout.
who was with Gen Zachary TAYLOR in
the Mexican war. at Tacoma, Wash
Accident: 12s miners Killed by the ex-
plosion of fire damp at Wattstown.
Wales.
Russia: Count Shuvaloff. project of DO
lice at MOSCOW. assassinated
: Fire: The historic Stokes mansion at
Ienox, Mass. destroyed: loss. 500 oDO.
!. weather: Hottest July 70 on record IN
New York city: 63 deaths from heat
Russia: Zemstyo congress opened at
Moscow.
Personal: Elihu Root qualified as secre-
af