Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-31

New York sociaT sensation. at Lib
erty. n. Y; aged 81.
8. Mining Accident: miners killed by
white damp" at Rocky Fork, Mont
8. Accident: Il workmen killed by eXplo-
sion at McAbee's dynamite factory.
Lancaster, "a
10. Sporting: Spearmint won the Grand
PriX de Paris.
Storm: people killed and many injured
in storm which swept the lower
Hudson valley.
woman physician, in New York city;
aged GA.
H. Panama Canal: The house voted for a
lock canal, ITO to Sc.
Russia: Jewish massacres at Bialystok.
Ship Disaster: 10 killed and 10 injured
by an explosion on the British steam
ship Haverford at Liverpool.
Is. Obituary: r. B. Roosevelt, uncle of
the president and n well known law
yer, author and politician, in New
York city; aged &c.
Russia: Continued attacks on the Jews
at Bialystok.
16. Obituary: Henry o. Houghton, the
publisher, at Cambridge, Mass: aged
81.
Political: Bill admitting Oklahoma to
statehood became a law.
is. Obituary: Gov. John NJ. Pattison of
Ohio, at Fremont; aged 50.
%. Coronation: King Haakon VII. of
Norway crowned at Trondhjem.
Sporting: Go Between won the $4,000
Suburban handicap.
%. Obituary: The Duke of Almodovar.
who presided over the Moroccan con-
ference at A1geciras, at Madrid; aged
81
Congress: The pure food bill passed the
house, 24O to III.
Sporting: Cornell won the four mile
og,,l,A
keepsie.
q. Sporting: Szisz won the Grand Prix
automobile race at lie Mans. Franco.
Is. Sporting: Harvard won the varsity
cared boat race at New London.
20 Congress: Railway rate bill signed by
the president.
july.
1. Obituary: Sir Wilfrid Lawson, noted
Liberal NJ. Z. and temperance reform
er, in London; aged II.
Accident: q lives lost in the wreck of an
American line special train at Sails
bury, England; % Americans among
the victims.
lean scientist. killed by an automobile
in Buffalo. n. Y.
Personal: a son born to Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany at
Potsdam.
6. Storm: so people killed and serious
IL
in the Valencia district of Spain.
0. Russia: Vice Admiral Choukin, COM
mander of the Russian Black sea fleet.
fatally shot by a sailor in league with
revolutionists.
>. The Dreyfus Case: The supreme court
of France annulled the condemnation
of Capt. Dreyfus.
Sporting: g. NJ. Daniels, American, won
the 100 yard amateur swimming match
for the championship of the world at
Nottingham. England.
South America: Gen. Regaldo, com
mander of the Salvadoran army. kill
ed in battle with Guatemalan forces.
8. The Dreyfus Case: Capt. Dreyfus re-
stored to the army of France by
special act of the Legislature.
1. South America: Honduras declared
war against Guatemala, thus beCom-
ing the ally of Salvador.
5. South America: The Salvadoran army
Won a victory over the Guatemalans
at platenar.
!. Obituary: Alfred Belt. the noted South
African financier. in London; aged 81.
3. South America: Armistice declared be-
tween Salvador and Honduras and
Guatemala.
Obituary: Lady Curzon, American wife
Of the eX-viceroy of India, in London.
}. Russia: radical newspapers sup
pressed in St Petersburg.
Fire: In Syrian, Russia; loss s.. 900. 600
South America: Treaty of peace be-
tween Guatemala and the Salvador |
Honduras alliance signed by commits |
sioners of the belligerent powers on
board the United States cruiser Mar
blehead off the Guatemalan coast.
Obituary: Brig. Gen. Edmund Rice. L. |
S. A. retired, at Wakefield, Mass; |
aged "a.
J, Accidents: % killed and "a injured in |
a wreck on the Seabord Air line. near
Hamlet. n. G. Q killed in \ wreck on |
NnrthNTn
Obituary: Russell Sage. at Lawrence |
Beach. n. Y; aged 90. Gen. Baron |
Kodama, chief of staff OF the Japanese |
army, at Tokyo.
Russia: Gar Nicholas dissolved the |
douma. Martial law declared in st. |
Petersburg.
. Russia: 1S6 members of the douma |
met at Viborg. Finland. and issued a |
revolutionary manifesto to the Rus
sian people.
Convention: Pan American congress
opened at Rio de Janeiro.
Accident: Many deaths caused by the |
collapse of n building under construc-
ton at South Framingbam. Mass.
Philippines: $50 Filipinos CPulajanes) |
killed in battle with American forces
near Baneun. island of Leyte.
Obituary: Prince Eugene Murat. great
grandson of King Joachim Murat. Ma
poleon's famous cavalry leader. killed
by his own automobile in Munich.
.
English comedian, at Brighton, Eng
land; aged 76.
AUGUST.
Russia: Fortress at Sveaborg. Fin
land. known as the Gibraltar of the
North" seized by mutineers as part
of a general conspiracy against the
car.
Labor: Strike OF photographers involv-
ing $1,000 workmen in the United
States and Canada. begun.
Obituary: Rear Admiral Charles ].
Train, commander of the United
States Asiatic fleet, at Chefu. China:
aged 81.
ShipwrecIl: 300 lives lost by the wreck
ing of the Italian steamship Sirio off
the coast of Spain.
Obituary: John James Roberts Man
ners, seventh Duke of Rutland. dis
tinguished author. traveller and cab
met minister, in London; aged IS. n.
B. Wesson. noted revolver manufac-
turer, at Springfield, Mass; aged 81.
Russia: Strike involving nearly 10000
workmen begun at st. Petersburg in ,
the interests of revolution
Financial: Milwaukee State bank OF