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

1. Conventions: Fifteenth annual con-
vention Daughters of the Revolution
met IN Philadelphia. Annual congress
of the National Society Sons of the
American Revolution met in Boston.
Sporting: Close Of the Olympic games at
Athens. Greece. in which American
athletes won the most events. winning
the national trophy.
Labor Troubles: May dav rioting of
workmen in Paris checked by the po-
lice.
2. Sporting: Sir Huon won the Kentucky
Derby at Louisville.
Convention: Conference for education in
the south met at Lexington, Ky.
8. Obituary: Michael Davitt. noted Irish
patriot. in Dublin; aged 60.
4. Russia: New ministry, headed by
Goremykin, announced.
Obituary: w. F. Owen. noted American
actor. in New York city; aged GO.
5. Labor Troubles: Anthracite miners
voted to resume work on the scale Of
1903.
10. Sporting: Graphic won the $4,000 Met
ropolitan stakes at Belmont.
Russia: Opening OF the douma at st.
Petersburg.
II. Fire: In Paris; loss of 100000 in the
leather district.
II. Obituary: Carl Schurz. noted German
American scholar and publicist. first
honored by President Lincoln, in New
York city; aged &C.
retired, at Montclair, n. J.; aged 81.
II. Convention: One hundred and eight
zenith session Of the Presbyterian
general assembly convened at Des
Moines.
is. Political: Railroad rate bill passed the
senate with vote of II to 8.
Obituary: Fannie Herring, favorite
American ACTRESS. once famous in tho
role Of Mazeppa, near Simsbury,
Conn; aged "a
Shipwreck: deaths by the sinking OF
the British torpedo boat No. Sc off
Port Said, Egypt
Fire: Forest fires devastated over 400
square miles of territory in Michigan
10. Obituary: George Mcneil, noted labor
leader called the Father of the
Eight Hour Day." in Boston; aged 20.
20. Fire: Loss of 100000 by the burning
of New York's chief refuse destroying
plant on Barren island.
Obituary: Diana Kearny. widow OF Gen.
Phil Kearny, noted New Jersey SOL
der who met with n tragic death in
1862, at Cape May, N. J.; aged 81.
%. Fire: Ogden. Utah: loss of S35O,O0O by
flames in the business district.
Sporting: Tokalon won the Brooklyn
handicap at Gravesend.
%. Obituary: Henrik Ibsen, Norway's
greatest poet and dramatist, at Chris
tiania; aged rs.
Sporting: Edward Payson Weston. the
long distance walker. walked from
Philadelphia to New York-96 miles
in 23 hours q minutes. beating the
record he made on the same course in
1868 by % minutes.
Fire: Fairbanks, Alaska; loss of 81. 0o0,- |
600 by flames in the business section.
3. Tornado: 10 lives lost in Nebraska and |
Iowa.
q. Accident. killed and % injured in a |
wreck on the Louisville and Nashville |
road at Louisville.
3d. Shipwreck: % lives lost by the sink |
ing of the British ship Lismore at |
Santa Maria, Chile.
Sporting: Spearmfnt won the English |
Derby. Burgomaster won the $4,000 /
Belmont stakes at Belmont park.
Political: Anglo-Cuba treaty of COM /
merce. navigation and industry rati-
fed by the Cuban senate.
1. Personal: Marriage of King Alfonso
and Princess Ena in Madrid. Bomb
thrown at the king and bride while
receiving an ovation in the streets
narrowly missed the royal couple and
killed 80 attendants and bystanders-
JUNE.
2. Spain: Morales, the Madrid bomb
thrower, committed suicide after dis
patching a guard sent to arrest him.
3. Accident: II killed and 40 hurt in
trolley smashup in East Providence,
r. L.
L. Obituary: United States Senator Ar
thur Pue German, in Washington;
aged 81.
). Obituary: Karl Won Hartmann. noted
German philosopher. in Berlin: aged Go.
Z Obituary. Oliver Sumner Teal once q