Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-30
Events OF 1905 IN WORLD At LARGE

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20. Personal: The czar rewarded Wftte
Tor his services on the peace commits
| sion by creating him a count OF the
empire.
l. Fire: At Hiroshima, Japan: loss OF
$4,000 by the burning OF military
stores.
Z. Sporting: Dan Patch paced mile In
1:S5N. breaking his own record OF go.
at Louisville, Ky.
10. Convention: Thirty-first annual con-
, vention OF the American Bankers as
ISOLATION met in Washington.
L. Obituary: Josephine Shaw Lowell.
well known reformer and philanthro-
pist in New York city: aged g..
12. Obituary: Sir Henry Irving. the Eng
lish actor. at Bradford. England: aged
g..
IA Worlds Fair: Close of the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland. Ore. at
tendance for the entire fair period.
Assoc. The Missouri building at the
fair, with valuable art treasures.
burned.
Russo-Japanese War: The emperors of
Russia and Japan signed the peace
treaty. officially ending the war.
IS. Accident: people killed and SIS In
jured by a tornado at Sorrento, H.
-. Personal: The Danish court ANNOUNCE
ed that Prince Charles of Denmark
would accept the crown OF Norway.
Il Celebration: Centenary of the naval
battle of Trafalgar and the death OF
the British commander. Lord Nelson.
celebrated in the British dominions.
q. Personal: Admiral Togo made a public
entry of Tokyo TO report to the mika-
do the return of his fleet from the
war.
q Personal: Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived
at San Francisco from Yokohama.
Obituary; Jerry Simpson. former con-
gresham and noted Populist leader. at
Wichita.
"a. Chile: so persons killed and 500 wound
cd in a riot at Santiago.
Is. Russia: General Strike of railway
men followed by rioting In the great
cities.
so. Accident: Is killed and 30 injured in a
wreck on the Topeka and Santa Fe.
near Kansas City.
Russia: The car issued q manifesto
granting civic liberty.
81 Sporting: Ed Bryan broke the worlds
two mile record by trotting in 4:45 at
Philadelphia,
Russia: The railway strike committee
decided to continue the strike in spite
of the cars liberal manifesto and de-
manded general amnesty.
NOVEMBER.
/. Russia: Riot and disorder at Odessa
and vicinity. accompanied by attacks
on the Jews.
8. Personal: Prince Louis of Battenberg.
bearing a message from King Edward
VII to President Roosevelt. received
4. Russia: Car Nicholas granted the de-
mands of Finland for autonomy in gov
eminent as II existed before 1898. Am
nesty ukase signed freeing political
prisoners and press censorship aboI- |
ished.
Storm: 30 killed and many injured by
tornado at Mountain View. o. Il.
5. Obituary: William 7. Richards, Ia
nous American marine artist, at New |
port r. l.; aged e.
2. Obituary: Sir George Williams, found |
er of the Y. NJ. G. A, in London; aged |
81. Lady Florence Dixie. author ex- |
piorer and woman's rights champion. |
at Glen Stuart. Scotland: aged As.
s. Russia: Mutiny of Russian sailors at !
Cronstadt. accompanied by rioting and |
pillage.
II. Russia: Martial law proclaimed |
throughout Poland. Political uprising
and riot at Vladivostok.
Is. Convention: Congress of the American
Federation of Labor opened at Pitts
burg.
IA. Political: The Isle of Pines seeded
from Cuba and organized a govern
ment under United States laws.
IL Russia: The car granted land conces-
sions to the peasants.
l8 Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton at
football at New Haven.
Miscellaneous: Prince Charles of Dem
mark elected king of Norway. Korea
yielded to Japans demands in the
matter of government
10. Shipwreck: over 100 deaths by the loss
of the steamer Hilda in the English
channel
Is. Russia: Mutiny of sailors of the Rus
sian fleet and soldiers of the garrison
at Sevastopol.
PERSONAL: Norway's new king IIaakon :
VII. given royal welcome into Chris ,
tiania. ,
Sporting: Yale defeated Harvard at foot
ball, to 0. at Cambridge. /
16. Accident: 10 killed and % hurt in a
wreck on the Boston and Maine. near ,
Lincoln. Mass.
Celebration: The Goth anniversary of s
the settlement of Jews I'm America OBJ {
served throughout the country. :
a. Norway: King Ilaakon formally as
cended the throne at Christiania-
g. Personal: Edwin V. Morgan. former | {
United States minister to Korea, ap- :
pointed minister to Cuba. vice Herbert
G.. Squiers. resigned.
Russia: Russian mutineers at SevastopoI I
conquered after a severe battle. G
DECEMBER. !
2. Sporting: Army and navy football
game at Princeton resulted In a tiei I
score to 6. [
3. Obituary: John Bartlett. compiler of
"Bartletts Familiar Quotations." at q
Cambridge. Mass; aged &c.
4. Political: Premier Balfour tendered I
the resignation of the British cabinet a
8. Russia: Gen. Sacharoff. former minis. n
ter OF war. assassinated by a woman
reVolutionist.
Political: International fleet occupied u
the Turkish island OF Lemnos. SID f
Henry CampbeIl-Bannerman accepted !.
the task OF forming a new British y
cabinet.
!. Personal: Capt. Road Amundsen, d
Norwegian explorer. reached Eagle
City. Alaska. overland from Herschei
island, after having sailed the north a
west passage I'm the sloop GJoa. 3
Accident 10 killed and Is injured I'm a
wreck of the Overland Limited on the
Union Pacific at Rock Springs. Wyo. I
s. Obituary: United States Senator John a
II. Mitchell of Oregon. at Portland a
aged 20.
9. Obituary: Louisa Eldrldge (Aunt LOU
isa), well known actress. in New York s
city. aged IS. 6
Sporting: Root and Fogler won the six
day bicycle race in New York city:
score 2.250 miles laps. g
o. Personal: Baroness Won Suttner of
Austria awarded the Nobel peace
prize. valued "a $4,000. -