Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-31
HISTORY ITMAN7FG EVENTS OF 1907 III THE WOF

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| 4 Obituary: DR.. Edward Grieg, famous
Norwegian musical Composer. at Bcr-
| gen, Norway.
4 5. Financial Troubles: Watson & Co..
| stock exchange brokers In New York
and Chicago. failed for s3.0O0.Ooo.
6. Obituary: w. H Merrill, we'll known
| journalist. at Hingha H. Mass; aged G..
Railroad Accident: l. killed and many
| injured in a collision the Rock Is
land and Pacific at Norris. la.
| Z. Fire: The famous diff House. on the
| beach at San Francisco. totally de-
| stroyed by fire.
Sporting: The United States rifle team
| won the Palma trophy at Ottawa over
| Canada, Australia and Great Britain;
| record breaking score 1.12 out of a
possible 800.
| .. Conventions: The 10Th international
peace congress opened at Munich, Ba-
varia- 4st annua national encamp-
ment Of the G. A. r. opened at Sara
toga.
Russia: Anti-Jewish outbreak at ISishs-
| new
souri, elected commander in chief of
the G. A. r.
H. Obituary: Rear Admiral John Grimes
Walker. U. 8. N, retired, at High
! Pasture, N. H.: aged 70
| Railroad Accident: % killed and as
| the Boston and Maine at West Ca
| naan. n. II.
IT, Sea Disaster: Explosion on the Japa-
nese battleship Kashima caused the
death Of 81 of the crew.
| %. Railroad Accident: 80 persons killed
| and many injured in a collision on
the Mexican Central at Encarnacion.
q Obituary: Samuel Sloan. financier and
railroad builder; at Garrison. n. Y:
| aged SO.
| pa Morocco- Eraprh tarp,o OF moo ma
| cepted by the Moors at Casablanca.
q. Railroad Accident killed and 20 in
Jured in a wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio at Bellaire o.
%. Personal: Monument to the late Presi-
dent William Mckinley dedicated at
Canton. o.
OCTOBER.
| Z Convention: 18th triennial general
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church opened at Richmond, Va.
| s. Shipwreck: The arctic steamer FIRTH
| Jof accompanying the Wellman polar
exposition. lost off the coast of Ice
land; the captain and Is sailors
drowned.
9. Obituary: Mary ]. Holmes. popular
American novelist of the romantic
school. I'm Brockport, n. Y; aged 70.
I. Obituary: Prof. David Mason. noted
| Scotch scholar and historian. at Edin-
burgh; aged s..
10. Sporting: Trampfast won the worlds
racing record for a two-year-old by
| trotting Il mile In 2:121a at Lexington,
Ky.
II. Shipwreck: q lives lost by the sink
ing Of the steamship Cyprus during
| gale on Lake Superior.
Il Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis won
the national golf championship with a
| score OF up and to play at Chicago
Brookdale Nymph lowered the world 3
record for 6h furlongs around a turn
! by running the distance In LII 1-5 at
| Belmont park. The Chicago National
league baseball team won the world s
championship. defeating the Detroit
American league by the score of to 0.
at Detroit.
II. Cloudburst: so houses destroyed and
16 people drowned at San Jose, Del
Cabo. Lower California.
Naval: The armored cruisers Tennessee
and Washington sailed from Hampton
| Roads for the Pacific around the coast
of South America.
L. Maurice Loewy director of the Paris
observatory and the dean OF astrono-
mers. In Paris: aged "a
| Railroad Accident: 10 persons killed
l. and 80 injured by the derailment~of a
passenger train on the London and
Northwestern at Shrewsbury. England.
Explosions. SO persons killed and over
800 injured by series of explosions
in the Du Pont blasting powder mills
at Fontanet. Ind.
i6 Political: The first national Philip
pine assembly opened at Manila by
:. Secretary Taft.
Sporting: Sweet Marie made a new
worlds record for half mile track.
trotting in pos at Allentown, Pa
Financial: Sensational collapse of United
Copper stock In Wall street.
II. Marconi Wireless: Commercial teIcg-
raphy by wireless inaugurated be-
| tween stations in Nova Scotia and
| Ireland.
49, Financial Troubles: AS a result of
the collapse of copper stock in Wall
street the New York clearing house
compelled the Mercantile National
!, bank of New York to reorganize
! Peace Conference: The international
peace conference closed at The Hague.
Balloon Racing: Mccoy and Chandler
. In the United States signal corps bal
loon No. 10 won the Lahm cup for
ballooning by flight of AIS miles
II from st. Louis to West Virginia
6hipwreck: Danish steamer Alfred Err
landsen wrecked off Scotland; 20 sail
II ors drowned
q. Earthquake: Town of Karatagh, Rus
sian Turkestan, destroyed by an earth
quake: 14.00O deaths reported in Kara
/ tagh and vicinity.
p. Financial Troubles: The Knicker-
booker Trust Co. of New York closed
its doors; liabilities s7o.0OOooo. Meyer
& Co. of New York, stockholders,
| failed for s6.O0O0C0.
Balloonfng: Flight from ST. Louis of
balloons in race for the James Cor
don Bennett cup
. e. Financial Troubles: The secretary of
treasury deposited So. 100000 in New
York city to relieve the money market.
Three Westinghouse companies put
into receivers hands In Pittsburg liza
bilities SAT 100000.
Banooning: The German balloon Pom
mern wpn the second international
/ balloon race and the James Gordon
Bennett cup by a flight of S73 miles
air line from st. Louis to Asbury Park
N j.. in 40 hours.
Earthquake: Shocks in the province OF
Calabria. Italy: villages destroyed in
1905 again shaken: over 500 deaths
Vesuvius in eruption.
a Financial: The government made a
second deposit of $4,000 600 In New
York banks to restore confidence In
the money market: three small banks
in New York city suspended.
Conventions: Biennial session OF the
/ Universalist general convention opened
in Philadelphia.
g. Sporting: Martin ]. Sheridan made a
new worlds record by. covering q
{ feet In pole vault at Madison Square
. Garden.