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

keepsie: aged 81
"a Personals Conference of Gar Nicholas
and Emperor William near Bjorko. in
the Baltic sea-
q Japanese War. Baron Jutaro
Komura. chief japanese plenipo,enti-
airy to the peace conference. arrived in
New Yor.s
s. Obituary: Cen William Blacknar.
commander In chief OF the C. A r.. in
Boise. Ida.. aged a.
AUGUST.
?. Personal: N. Sergius witte, Russia 5
, chief plenipotentiary. arrived in New
York
5. Fire: The Delaware and I-ackawanna
railway terminal DESTROYED in Hobo
ken. y. J.; loss about 81 100000
Peace Conference: Russian and Jap
anese ENJOYS met on board the yacht
Mayfiower at Oyster Bay. ~. Y
s. Sporting: w. w. Coe of Boston put n
sixteen pound stone ~ feet inches at
Portland. Ore, breaking the worlds
record OF - feet Inches.
Obituary: Gen. Roy Stone. noted civil
war veteran and distinguished en-
gineer on public works. at Mendham.
N. j; aged %.
g. Peace Conference: First session held
at the United States navy yard. Ports
mouth, ". II.
Obituary: Archbishop Chapelle of tho
Roman Catholic diocese of New Or
leans victim of yellow fever: aged 81.
Convention: The National Catholic To-
tai Abstinence association met at
Wilkesbarre, Pa. and was addressed
by President Roosevelt.
IL. Obituary: Rear Admiral E. X. Ben
ham. L. S. N. retired. at Lake Ma
hopac. y. y: aged "a
II. Political: New treaty of alliance con-
cluded between England and Japan.
Is. Accident: Il killed and many injured
I'm an accident on the Nickel Plate at
kishman, o.
II. Accident: 90 colored excursionists kill
ed and as many injured in an open
drawbridge accident on the Atlantic
Coast line at Bruce, Va
IS. Sporting: Fifth and concluding race
for the Canada cup won by the Amer
lean yacht Iroquois.
10. Russia: a national representative as
sembly summoned by the car.
II. Storm: p killed and many missing in
storm which swept over southern
Minnesota
Obituary: Mary Mapes Dodge author.
poet and editor of ST Nicholas at
Tannersville, n. Y; aged 60.
Y. Earthquake: Severe shock felt in
southern Illinois. Tennessee and Ken
lucky.
%. Convention: Twentieth annual meet
ing of the American Bar association
at Narrasansett Pier, r. /.
%. Personal: President Roosevelt went
down in the submarine boat PIunger
in Long Island sound.
70. Peace conference: The uitimatum of
Car Nicholas that Russia would not
pay indemnity received by the peace
ENJOYS at Portsmouth.
Sporting: Ormondale won the go ESQ Fu-
turity at Sheepshead Bay
"a. Peace Conference: President Roose-
welt made final appeal to the mikado
to modify Japan's peace terms.
IS. Shipwreck: 20 seamen drowned by the
wrecking of the steamer Peconic off
Florida.
Convention: Interparliamentary con-
gress opened in Brussels
Peace Conferences: The mikado ordered
further concessions to Russia in order
TO insure peace.
%. Peace Conference: Terms agreed upon
by the ENJOYS at Portsmouth, Russia
retaining half of the island OF SAX
halin and paying no indemnity to
Japan for the cost of the war
Fire: AT Johnstown, Pa loss of 81 So
600 by the burning of the Penn Traffic
stores.
30. Earthquake: Shocks felt along the
New Hampshire coast line
Financial: Ernest Cronier French sugar
king, failed for 81, 100000.
Eclipse: Total eclipse of the sun lasting
from two and one-haIf to three min
utes observable from northern Africa.
81. Obituary: Francesca Tamagno. noted
tenor, at VareSe, Italy; aged IS
Accident: John E. Baldwin and his air
ship blown to atoms by dynamite
while l.5o0 feet in air at Greenville. o.
SEPTEMBER.
I. Accident: 10 people killed and 20 hurt
In a wreck on the Great Eastern rail-
way at Witham, England.
Fire: At Portland. Ore; loss of over
100000 by the burning of docks along
the Willamette.
g. Fire: 1000 houses burned In Adrian
ople, the second city of European
Turkey: loss, $5,O0oOOO.
T. Convention: The thirty-ninth encamp-
ment of the g. A II. opened at Dem
Yer.
:. Obituary: Gen. Bjornstjerna dlstin-
guished Swedish soldier. diplomat and
legislator. at Stockholm; aged So
Hezekfah Butterworth, noted Amer
lean author and editor, at Warren,
r. l.; aged Go.
D. Japan: Riotins in Tokyo because of
dfssatisfaetton with the peace treaty.
aarthquale: Is villages destroyed In.
the district of Calabrla, Italy; 10000 |
houses ruined and $500 people killed |
or injured
Personal: Corporal James Tanner elect |
Cd commander in chief of the q. A. r. |
Accident; - workmen killed by an ex- |
plosion in the Rand powder mills at |
Fafrchance. Pa.
10. Fire. At Chattanooga: loss of 100000 |
by flames in the freight yards
u. Accident: IL people killed or fatally |
injured by the fall of a coach from /
Y. Miscellaneous: Admiral Togo's flag /
ship Mikasa destroyed by an explosion |
following a fire, in Sasebo harbor: go |
officers and men lost. The Zambezi |
bridge. the highest in the world, cross /
ing the gorge mt Victoria falls. on the /
Cape to Cairo line. formally opened.
Is. Obituary: Connie de Brazza, noted /
French explorer. at Dakar. Africa; /
aged IS.
Accident: IL deaths by fire and explo- |
sion In the Climax fuse works at |
Avon. Conn
Tornado- a violent wind and rain storm |
swept over eastern Nebraska and |
western Iowa causing many deaths |
and heavy loss I'm property.
IT, Miscellaneous: Rain-in-the-Fac one |
of the leading chiefs in the ODster |
massacre anG who boasted that he |
Killed Gen Custer. died at the Stand |
ing Rock reservation. The annual en- |
campment Of the National Sons of |
Veterans association opened at Get |
tyssburg.
Obituary George Macdonald. English
novelist. az Sycamore. Surrey. Eng
land: aged "a