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


OF the Paris observatory and cal he'd the
dean dc astronomers; Joachim. Hun
| g;rian yiolinist; Edward Grieg. Norwe-
gian composer; the shah of Persia.
and Princess Clementine, daughter of
King Louis Philippe of France, p relic
| Of past glories, who attained he age
of NINETY; also Oscar ii. of Sweden.
JANUARY.
2. Accident: 81 deaths in a wreck on the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific at
Vollahd. Kan.
g. Obituary: Ernest Howard Crosby. So
cial leformer, In Baltimore ;Naged so.
Russial Gen. Won der Launitz. project
of the police at st. Petersburg. assas-
sinatld
8. Obituary: The shah of Persia at Te-
herafs aged S.
g. Persia: Ali Mira recognized as shah.
II. Fire Moss & Co.'S tobacco warehouse
burned in Lancaster. Pa: loss 81. O00 900.
Tidal Wave: Island of Simalu. Dutch
East indies, engulfed and other ada
cent Islands devastated.
13. ShipWreck: British ship PenGwern
grounded off Cuxhaven.. Germany;
crew Of "a drowned.
e. Earthquake: Business part of Kings
ton. Jamaica. destroyed; incomplete
RECORDS show nearly 1900 deaths;
! bhIed states naval vessels carried
| first ralief TO the stricken city: prop
erty loss over $l3O00,000.
| CoRyentton: National foreign commerce
! convention opened In Washington.
l6 Storm 100 deaths in typhoon, which
swept the islands of Leyte and Samar.
in the Philippines.
IT, Obituary: Margaret Young, widow of
President Brigham Young at Deseret
Utah; aged 81.
10 Accideits: 16 deaths in a train COL
Hsion On the Big Four at Fowler Ind.
"a dead and q injured in a wreck
| caused by powder explosion on the Big
Four system at Sanford Ind
| 20. Storm: Loss of $l,00O.000 from hurri-
cane at Buffalo.
Fire; AT Youngstown. o.; loss OF 81
000.000
\ p. Obituary: Josiah Flynt Willard. So
ciologiss who wrote over the name
Josiah Flyut." in Chicago; aged IS.
e. Explosion: 20 coal miners killed near
Pr;mero. Colo.
| Mexico: Tehuantepec National railroad.
Mexican enterprise. making a short
cut between the oceans. inaugurated
by President Diaz
"a. Obituary: Gen. Russell A. Alger,
United States senator from Michigan,
promineat Federal veteran and former
| secretary of war. in Washington:
| aged Il.
Is. Obituar.: Isabella Beecher Hooker.
last of the children OF the Rev. Lyman
Beecherf at Hartford. Conn; aged SIS.
&c. Obituary. Rev. Henry Martyr Field.
| clergyman and author, former editor
OF the New York Evangelist at Stock
bridge. Mass: aged IS.
Fatal Fire: deaths and property loss
| of $4,000 in a factory fire at Dover,
H.
g. Fire Pint of the Phelps Publishing
Co. at Sringfleld. Mass: loss 81. 600 coo.
Explosion:l las miners killed by firedamp
at johann -on -Saar. Prussia.
20. Fire: flames in the plant of the
Baldwin works at Philadelphia caused
a loss of 81. C00.000.
Explosion: 70 miners killed in the Stew
art mine, Fayette county. W. Va.
81. Shpwrecs: 20 deaths in the wrecking
of the British steamship Clavering off
Scotland.
FEBRUARY.
/. Fire: business buildings burned IN
Harrisburg; loss sl.OO0,OOO,
2 Obituary:l Hugh o. Pentecost. mil
lister lawyer. lecturer and all rouIh
freethinker, In New. York city; agf
CO. Prof Mendeleef. celebrated Ruiz
sian chemist of worldwide fame. ih
st. Petersburg: aged 70.
l. Mine explosion Il killed In thu
Thomas nine at EllIins, Va.
6. obituary: Rear Admiral Albert Kaut5
u. 8. N. retired. veteran of the civil
war. at Florence. Italy: aged IS.
8. Fire: Lindenhurst, the country home
lof John Wanamaker at Jelkintown
PA. destroyed; loss nearly S2.0o0.000.
Slip Accident: killed by explosion on
the French torpedo boat Spod at
lL'Orient France.
10. Obituary: Sir William Howard C"Bull
RUM Russell famous English war
correspondent, in London; aged Sc.
IL. Obituary: Frank w. Higgins. ex-gov-
crnor of New York. at Olean: aged 81
Political: King Edward opened the
British parliament
lS. Eire: At Pine Bluff. Ark: 50 build
ings burned. with a loss of SEQ 900.
!. IA. Conventions 18th annual assembly oil
the National Suffrage association mel
IN Chicago.
Is. Shipwreck: British steamer Orlanda
} sunk in collision off the coast Of
Wales; IA drowned.
Obituary: Princess Clementtne of Sake
Coburg-Gotha, daughter Of King Loui:
Philippe OF France In Vienna: aged 80
| Railway accident: "a killed and ovel
leo injured in an electric express trair
wreck on the New York Central a.
New York city
p. Personal: Right Hon. James Bryce
British ambassador to the United
States. arrived in New York city
p Shipwreck: ~ drowned by the loss OF
the Austrian steamer Imperatrix or
the coast Of Crete
70. Obituary: A e. Gunter- novelist anC
playwright. in New York CITY: aged SO
Fire: Less of sS00O0O by the burning o.
the Acker plant at Niagara Falls.
Political: The United States senate ratf
, fed the treaty with Santo Domingo
S. Honduras- Nicaragua War declared
by Honduras; battle at San Marco!
de Colon favorable to the Nicaraguans
Fire: II lives lost by the burning of
; school at Montreal
MARCH.
I l. Obituary: Wendell Phillips Garrison
son OF William Lloyd Garrison. tn,
: abolition leader and one of the editor
OF the New York Nation. in New Yor,
e city; aged g.
d T. Political: End OF the 59th congress-
8. Russia: Opening of the second doum
at st. Petersburg accompanied b
serious riots in the capital
J, 9. Shipwreck: "a deaths by the founder
n Ing of the German steamers wetter
q and Jorgensen in the North sea-
Obituary: John Alexander Dowie founi
r. er OF the world famous Zion con
/; munity, In Chicago; aged 60. NJ. Cas-
p 1nir-Perier, ex-president of France,
Paris; aged 90.
= Il. Warship Disaster: Explosion on IL
French battleship Lena at Toulo
II caused the death of 1903 seamen.
: Is. Flood: Rivers at Pittsburg reached
:. gauge of 1866 feet. the highest In
|, century. 81 deaths from dood aud m