Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31

Mauchamp. French subject. at Mo
rocco city last January
Obituary: Prof. Ernst Won Bergman.
noted German army surgeon, In Wies-
baden; aged 10.
Fire: The Morton salt block destroyed
at Hutchinson. Kan. loss nearly $780,
Co.,
Honduras-Nicaragua ,Nicaraguan forces
captured Tegucigalpa. capital of Hon
duras.
of South Boston, Va. caused a loss of
Sl,O00,000.
Railroad Accident: d Killed and 100
injured in a wreck on the Southern
Pacific near Cotton. Cal.
50. Fires: At Lacrosse. Wis: loss $780,.
600. Flames caused a loss of 500. 900 at
Laurens. S. C.
81. Obituary: GaluSha A. Grow, noted
speaker of congress in the sixties and
a striking figure in the political his
tory of the country. at Glenwood, Pa. !;
aged SO.
APRIL.
Z Fire: San Francisco's lighting plant
destroyed; loss $2,500.OOO
8. Storm Disaster: Tornado sweeping
over Louisiana and Alabama destroyed
property valued at s2OOOOOO; Is per-
sons killed and 100 injured.
Fire: The Mcdonald engineering build
y,
stroyed by fire; loss $4,000.
g. Obituary: DR.. William Henry Drum
mond. Canadian poet, at Cobalt. Ont. !;
aged 50.
g. Fire: Plant of the Columbus Dispatch
and other business properties burned
at Columbus. o.
Obituary: Rev. DIR. John Johnson, rec
tor emeritus of St. Philips church.
Charleston, survivor and principal his
torian of the Confederate defense OF
Fort Sumter. in Charleston; aged 10.
Isle OF Pines: The United States SUI
preme court decided that the island is
Cuban territory.
8. Fire: Loss of 81. 000,0O0 at Amsterdam,
n. V. by the burning of the Amster-
dam Broom Co. plant
II. Personal: Lord Cromer, British agent
and consul general In Egypt. resigned
his post
Il. Central America: The Honduran forces
surrendered Amapala to the Nicara-
guans.
10. Judicial: Standard Oil found guilty in
the rebate cases at Chicago.
Obituary: Daniel II. Chamberlain, re-
construction governor of South Caro-
lima. at Charlottesville, Va: aged u.
IA. Earthquake Disaster: Chilpancingo and
Chilapa and contiguous towns in Mex
leo raZed: 500 deaths reported.
Is. Sporting: Glorifier won the Carter
handicap at Aqueduct track. New
York.
Japan: The largest battleship in the
world the Aki, launched at Tokyo.
II. Earthquake: Shocks In Spain and
Constantinople.
IS. Conventions: 18th annual congress of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton met in Washington.
g. Fire: The Indianapolis Frog and
Switch Co.'S plant at Springfield o.
(owned by Vice President Fairbanks).
burned; loss $3.50. 900
&c. Worlds Fair: The jamestown expo
sition opened by President Roosevelt.
q. Obituary: Prof, Thomas S. Noble.
noted painter and art teacher, in New
York city; aged "a
%. Political: Revolt in Montenegro.
MAY.
l. Explosion: IA killed by gas explosion
in the Simple mine at Scarboro.
W. Va.
2. Convention: National meeting of the
General Society of the Daughters OF
the Revolution at Wheeling. w. Va.
4. Exhibition: The Irish International
exhibition opened in Dublin. s.t
8. Obituary: Gen. John Watts de Pey-
ste-', noted New York soldier and au-
thor, in New York city; aged Sc.
6. Obituaries: Gen. Henry Ronald Doug
las McIver. veteran OF the Confeder-
ate army, who had fought under many
HdSS. IN New 1OTk CITY. LIZ. JOns
Watson Qan Maclaren). the Scotch au-
thor at Mount Pleasant. Ia: aged o.
8. Shipwreck: BY the loss of the French
steamer Poitou. off San Jose Ignacio
Uruguay. 100 lives were lost.
Obituary: Edmund G. Ross. former
United States senator for Kansas al
Albuq herque. n. M; aged 81.
8. Sporting: Glorifier won the Metropoli-
tan handicap at Belmont park.
10. Obituary: Gen. Orlando 3. Wilcox
| U. S. A, retired, veteran of the Mex
lean and civil wars. at Coburg. Ont.
1 aged 49,
Personal: male heir born to the
II throHe of Spain. taking the title OF
II PRINCE of Asturias
Il. Accident: sc killed in a wreck on the
II Southern Pacific at Honda. Cal.
Il. Obituary: Gen. Matthew NJ. Blunt, u
IL 8. A., retired. veteran of the Federal
| ARMY in the civil war, in Brooklyn
! aged n.
3. Cor vention: 11sth general assembly
OF the Presbyterian church opened al
| 4 Columbus. o.
Obituary; Edwin H. Conger. who was
| UNIFIED States minister to Picking dur
in9 the Boxer troubles, at Pasadena
! CaG.; aged GA.
d. Convention: 9Th International Sun.
daily school convention opened at Rome
~ Convention: National Association oil
manufacturers met in New York city
Sporting: Superman won the Brooklyn
handicap at Gravesend.
bA OBITUARY: Theodore Tilton, editor and
1 author. formerly associated with Henry
Ward Beecher and the plaintiff In the
famous Beecher Tilton trial, in Paris
aEed ~.
STORM: Many lives lost In a storm which
swept over Texas.
&c Obituary: Mrs. William Mckinley
widow of the late president. at Can.
ton, o.; aged 60
3d. conventions: The United Confederate
Veterans met in reunion at Richmond
Va.
JUNE.
sIObituary: Gen. Thomas Kruger, U. 8
La. retired, well known veteran of the
avil war, at Stamford, Conn: aged "a
! Sporting: Richard Cookers Orby woI
Ethe English Derby.
Sporting: Pink Star won the Ken.
4 lucky Derby
Y Storm Disaster: Is persons killed and
4 81 injured from storms which swep
over southern Illinois, Indiana AM
II Kentucky.
"a Obituary: Julia Magruder. American
/ ii novelist, at Richmond, Va; aged So.
III Financial Troubles: Milliken Bros
, ~ Eteel manufacturers and constructors
VI ut Mariners Harbor, N. Y, failed
Nth liabilities of $6.500.000.
, IL. Marine Disaster: Ii men of the bat
|, f3shfp Minnesota lost In a launc
Mich went down off Norfolk. Va.