Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-31


Sheepshead Bay, New York.
81 Contention: 42d annual encampment pf
the G. n. r. opened at Toledo.
SEPTEMBER.
/. Shipwreck: British bark Amazon lost |
near Port Talbot; q sailors drowned.
2 Fires: Forest fires wrought destruc-
ton to towns and villages in Mnne- |
sofa and Wisconsin. The famous Gala |
Veras group OF California giant trees |
injured by flames.
3. Personal: Col. Henry NJ. Nevius elect |
ed commander in chief Of the G.. A. r. |
ut Toledo. |
Obituary: Sir Lionel Sacl>ville-W |
former British ambassador to the
United States, in London; aged 81.
4. Obituary: Frank p. Sargent. United
States commissioner of immigration,
in Washington; aged "a
Fire: AT Rawhidc, New, business Sec
ton suffered a loss of $4,000 by
flames.
s. Sporting; Papke defeated Ketchel in
II rounds for the middleweisht cham
p;onship at Los Angeles.
9. Convention: 18th international eucha-
r!stic congress opened il London.
Sporting: Battling Nelson defeated Joe
Cans for the lightweight champion
ship in Il rounds at San Francisco.
Aeronautics: Orville Wright made 4 rec
ora breaking aefOplane at tOrt
Myer, remaining in the air 1 hour, 2
minutes and IL seconds.
10. Personal: Count Tolstoy's S0th birth
day hoaored in Russia.
Financial Troubles: a. Booth G. Co.,
fish and oyster firm, placed in receiv-
erS hands in Chicago; liabilities S.
100000.
IL. Sporting: 2 Lozier cars broke the
worlds n hour auto spin record by
running 1,l0I and 1092 miles respective
ly at Brighton Beach, n. Y.
Aeronautics: Orville Wright flew his
aeroplane 1 hour IA minutes at Fort
Myer, Va.
Fire: Plant of the Cosrnodale Cement
Co. near Louisville, Ky. burned; loss
S2,OG0,O00.
II. Fire: Flames in the library of the
John Hopkins university at Baltimore
| destroyed valuable scientific records
and collections.
| Airship Accident: Orville Wright, the
airship inventor, injured and his com
paaion, Lieut.. Thomas e. Selfridge,
L. s. A. killed by the fall of Wright's
! aeroDlane at Fort Myer, Va.
/ 20 Fire: Paris telephone central burned
/ out and all telephone connections in
the city destroyed
ShipWreck: The salmon cannery ship
Star of Bengal dashed to pieces in a
storm off Coronation island; 10 per-
| sons drowned.
| q. Aeroaautics: Wilbur Wright made
flight OF 1 hour 81 minutes % seconds
in his American aeroplane at LIE
| Mans, France.
Convention: International fishery con-
| gress opened in washington.
| p. Warship Disaster: 10 French sailors
| killed and many injured by the eXpIo-
| sion # a gun on the cruiser La Touche
at Touion.
| Convention: Biennial session of the
United irish League of America Open
"a. Convention: 18th annual meeting of
the farmers national congress opened
| at Madison, Wis.
| IS. Railroad Accident: 20 killed and many
injured in a head-on collision on the
Northern Pacific at Young's Point,
Mont.
q. Shipwreck: 20 sailors of the British
ship Loeb Finias drowned by the
wreckins of that vessel off Foster
| island.
%. Anniversary: 15cth anniversary Of the
founding of Pittssurg celebTG ted.
Conventions: Trienni2l international con-
gress on tuberculosis opened in wash
inston. American Bankers associa-
ton met in Denver.
g. Convention: 10th session of the ma
tional irrigation congress opened in
Albuquerque y. Nj.
30. Alfred Thompson Bricher American
painter of marine pictures. at New
Dorp. n. Y; aged Il.
OCTOBER.
/. Shipwreck: The French schoonc c.
Juniata wrecked on the Grand banks
e sailors lost.
2. Pacific Cruise: The battleship feet en-
| tered Manila bay
4. Philadelphia Anniversary: The 225th
anniversary of the founding of PhilG-
delphia by William Penn celebrated in
/ that city.
Fire: In Pittsburg the Pittsburg Plate
Glass Co.'S plant burned; loss $500. 00o.
S. Sporting: Martin J. Sheridan beat the
worlds record for discus by throwing
10 feet 81, inches from a 21L meter
circle in New York.
The Balkans: Bulgaria declared indie
pendent of Turkey by Prince Ferdi
| nand. who proclaimed himself 'czal
of the Bulyars.
8. Convention: 18th transmississippi com
mercial congress met in San fran
cisco.
The Balkans: Austria annexed the nom
inally Turkish provinces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina to the territory Of
the empire.
/ Z. Convention: The national inland wa
terways convention opened in Chicago
Accident and Fire: Explosion and fire il
n grain elevator az Richford, VT, re
. suited in the death of Is persons anC
= q loss of c490.OG0.
:, Sporting: Czarena made new world:
record for two-year-olds and for two
9 year-old fillies by troSting rcspectivel.
: in 2:12;a and 2:l2iS at Lexington, KY.
8. Political: Crete withdrew from Turk
: ism rule and announced annexation t,
Z Greece.
/ II. Obituary: Gen. Eppa Hunton, notet
!, Confederate veteran and long distin
guiShed IN Virginia public life, a
Il Richmond; aged Sc.
Aeronautics: % balloons started frorl
4 Berlin in the international balloon
race, the British Banshee winning.
r 13. Obituary: DR.. Daniel Colt Gilman, EN-
| inent American educator. at Norwich
: Conn; aged a..
), Sporting: The Chicago National leagu
baseball club (Cubs) won the world
-, championship at Detroit by defeating
!. the Detroit American league club (Ti
gers); score 90.
h Is. Convention: 10th annual convention o
!. the National American Woman Sui
Y frage association opened in Buffalo.
r Obituary: Mrs. George c. Howard. q
old time actress AID the original Tops
n in Uncle Toms Cabin in Cambridgt
: Mass; aged 70.
Is. Railroad Accident: Train bearing rel
!, ugees from forest fires wrecked nea
f Metz, Mich; many lives lost.
Fires: At Rock Island H., loss OF $500