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


married to the Duchesse. Sophie Char
lotte of Oldenburg in the imperial pal
ace at Berlin.
MARCH.
Tornado: "a killed by a storm which
swept over Meridian. Miss; property
loss 100000.
4. Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. John NJ. Soho.
ned. T. S. a, retired, at st. Angus.
tine. Fla; aged 70.
8. Obituary: Gen. Sir William Forbes
Gatacre. a British leader in the Sudan
and in the Boer war, in London;, aged
63.
6-S. Philippines: Fight between Gen
Leonard Woods force and the Moros
on Mount Dajo; GOO Moros killed, and
the troops suffered n loss of 10 killed
and 60 wounded.
T. Political: The French ministry, head
ed by Premier Rouvier. resigned after
qefeat on the church question.
10 Obituary: Eugene Richter, Radical
leader of the reichstag, long an oppo-
nent of Bismarck and one of Ger
niany's most noted political editors, in
berlin; aged g.
= Disaster: Mine explosion at Pas de
Calias, France, caused the death OF
over LOO miners.
shipwreck: q sailors persisted by the
sinking of the Phenix liner British
King off Sable island.
Obituary: DIR. Manuel Quintana. presi-
OenI or the Argentine 1tepuDllc, at
Buenos Ayres: aged Il.
L. Judicial: Decision by the United
States supreme court that corporations
must produce their books and papers
and answer questions in actions
brought by the government.
13. lShipwreck: British steamer Colne
foundered off the Dutch coast; IL
Sailors drowned.
Obituary: Susan BrownelI Anthony, pio-
neer woman sUffragist, at Rochester,
n. Y; aged IS.
T. Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated
Terry McGovern in a six round con-
test in Philadelphia.
3. convention: National assembly of the
United Mine Workers of America
opened in Indianapolis.
16- Accident: 80 killed and % injured in
head-on collision on the Denver and
Rio Grande. near Adobe. Colo.
I7-2O. Earthquake: Several prosperous
towns in Formosa destroyed. causing
the loss Of several thousand lives les
timateO and a property damage of
Si5.C01.COO.
10. Accident: u miners killed by a snow
slide at Silverton, Colo.
20. Obituary: Mrs. y. d. T. Whitney ari-
thoress. best known by her stories for
young people. at Milton. Mass; aged
Political: Charles S. Francis of Troy.
y. Y, appointed to succeed BelIamy
Storer as American ambassador to
Austria.
21 judicial: Judge Otis ]. Humphrey of
the United States district court grant
ed the immunity pleas of the officers
Of five packing firms under indictment
for conspiracy in restraint of trade, in
Chicago.
p. Obituary: DR.. Robert Ogden Doremu5.
well known chemist, in New York city;
aged So.
Accident: Heavy loss of life by explo-
in
ginia.
3. Obituary: Ras Makonnen. the most
noted man in Abyssinia, who COM
manded the army which defeated the
Italians in 1896 at Jibuti.
9. Philippines: is American soldiers and
30 Pulajanes killed in a fight at Ma
gaton. Samar.
Obituary: Col. II. X. shackeIford. au-
thor of popular detective stories, at
cambridge. Ga; aged Go.
Fire: Wrangel, Alaska, nearly wiped
out.
Accident: 10 trainmen killed and II in
jured in n wreck on the Chicago and
Northwestern. near Casper. Wyo.
e Obituary: NOrval Z. Foard. well
known Baltimore journalist. in that
city; aged 90. W. II. Mcdonald. well
known actor, one of the original
"Bostonians," at Springfield. Mass;
aged SO.
Fire: Steamer Plymouth. Fall River |
line. with other properties. burned at |
Newport. r. J.; loss 81. 100000.
8 Fire: At Jamestown, Pa: loss $500. 600 |
l. Political: The international conference |
on Morocco affairs at Algeciras came |
to agreement upon all points in dis |
pute between Germany and France.
Coal Strike: About 100000 miners stop |
ped work.
APRIL.
|. Obituary: Gen. Blanco. last captain
J. Obituary: Eastman Johnson, noted |
American genre painter, in New York |
city; aged 81.
Mount Vesuvius: Violent explosions
took place in the crater, accompanied
by streams of lava and showers of
cinders over the surrounding country
far as Naples
! Obituary: Alexander Kielland, the
foremost Russian author, called the
'Daudet Of Norway" at Bergen:
aged 81.
Political: Parliamentary crisis in Hun
gary ended by Il compromise between
the crown and the Hungarian indie
pendents.
: Convention: International postal con-
gress opened by King Victor En-
manuel and Queen Helena at Rome.
Political: Moroccan convention signed
at Algeciras by the delegates to the
interna tional conference.
Russia: Sleptzoff. Russian governor OF
Tver. assassinated in the street by a
bomb thrOwer, who was arrested
Mount Nesuvius: The town of Bosco
Tre-Case. on the southern slope Of the
mountain, buried under lava and
ashes.
! Mount Nesuvius: Continued destruc-
ton around the volcanic mountain. ac-
companied by earthquake shocks:
( many towns abandoned.
!. Accident: Sand and ashes from We
suvius overweighted the roof of a
market in Naples. causing it to col
lapse; many deaths.
Personal: Maxim Gori1y, or Pieshkoff. |
Russian author and revolutionist, ar
rived in New York to raise funds for
the revolutionary cause
Obituary: Nathaniel Southgate Shaler,
dean of the Lawrence Scientific school
at Harvard, in Cambridge, Mass;
aged Go.
Personal: President Castro of Vene-
zuela retired temporarily from office.
Naval Accident: An officer and men
killed and one officer mortally injured
by an explosion of ammunition in the
turret of the United States battleShip :