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

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married TO the Ducness Alexandra Vic
toria of Schleswig-Holstein IN Berlin.
e. Convention: Annual meeting of the
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance union opened il Denver.
"a. Sporting: George Robertson. driving
50 horsepower locomobile, won the
Vanderbilt cup in the auto race on
the motor parkway, New York; speed
average "a miles an hour.
g. Obituary: John Wallace Hutchinson.
last of the Hutchinson family of
singers at Lynn, Mass; aged 81.
Count Gombel Yamomoto, noted Japa-
nese admiral, at Tokyo; aged 90
Pacific Cruise: The batteship feet well
coined by TIE Chinese at Annoy.
NOVEMBER.
/. Venezuela: Expiration of time limit
given by Holland in the case of the
port of Curacao.
3. Political: The national election result
ed in the choice of W. u. Taft. Pop
ular vote: Republican, 1881 SIC; Demo-
cratic. 6.393, 49,; Socialist, ziS,45S; Pro-
hioitionist, "a, -; Independence league.
S3,186; Peoples party, 1871; Socialist
Labor, Ii, Al; total for all tickets, IA,
S53.01.
L Fire: Pembroke, Ont, loss of 100000
in the business section.
Obituary: Tomas Estrada Palma, first
president of Cuba. at Santiago: aged
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Personal: President Charles W. Eliot of
Harvard university resigned the posi-
ton he has held since 1865.
6. The Balkans: 10 soldiers killed by
Bosnian refugees, who dynaTnited the
Austrian barracks at konitza, HerZe-
BoVina.
Z. Football: Harvard defeated Carlisle
Indians, II to 0, at Cambridge. Wis
consin defeated Minnesota, to o. at
Minneapolis.
8. Obituary: Victorien Sardou, French
dramatist author of many popular
plays seen on the American stage, in
Paris: aged Il.
@. The Navy: BatIleship Dakota, Of the
Dreadnought class and the largest in
the world 10 date, launched at Quincy.
Mass.
Convention: American Federation of
Labor met at Denver.
10. Standard Oil Fine: Governments ap-
peal for a Iehecring denied by the fed
eral circuit court al Chicago.
Il. Railroad Accident: killed ct Little
Woods. La, on the New Orleans and
Northwestern.
Mine Disaster: at Hamnl, Germany. over
800 killed by explosion in the RadDod
mine.
Convention: 18th annual session OF the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
opened at Atlanta.
T. Fire: E.ookiyns oldest playhouse, tha
Park tEcater. burned.
13. China: Death OF the emperor, Kwang
Seu, announced at Pekln.
Il. Cuban Affairs: Gen. Jose Miguel CO.
I1ez elected president by the Liberals.
Football: Yale defeated Princeton, II &c
6. Chicago and Cornell played to a tie
score OF 6 to i. Pennsylvania defeated
Michigan. p to 0. at Ann Arbor.
| Is. Obituary: Tsze lIsi An, GoWager en-
49, D. ~
| Annie Lee Wister, translator of Ger
| man novels. at WaliinEford, "a
! Convention: First American Catholic
congress opened in Chicago.
| II. Fire: In Bardstown, Ky, loss of $780,
COO on stock in the Tom Moore distil.
lery warehouses and $4,000 govern
Iaent tax.
| Convention: Atlantic deep waterway:
| congress met in Baltimore.
| 4. Marine Disaster: Boiler explosion anC
fire destroyed the river steamer II. N
| Caster at Bayou Goala, La: 10 killec
| and 20 injured.
Football: Harvard defeated Yale, to Q
at New Haven.
| 3. Convention: Conference of New Eng
| land governors az Boston.
q. Marine Disaster: Steamer Sardini;
burned at sea off Malta; over 10
| deaths.
Personal: Statue to Gen. Phil Sheridan
unveiled in Washington.
Is. Sporting: Pennsylvania defeated Cor
nell at football. II to 4. in Philadelphia
| Wagner in Fiat car won the Gram
Prize Of the Automobile club. driving
402 miles in hours 10 minutes 81 sec
ondS, at Savannah. Ketchel defeat e.
Paple for the worlds middleweigh
Championship in II rounds at Sal
| Francisco.
Is. Football: West Point defeated Annap
oils in Philadelphia, G to 4.
Mining Accident: 19S coal miners kille
| by gas explosion at Mariana, Pa.
80. Sporting: Pat Mcdonald tossed the :
pound weight 10 feet three-eighths inc
in New York, smashing worlds rec
ord Of Is feet Z inches held by nc
Grath. Brooks and Wnding. Austria
liam defenders of the internationa
lawn tennis trophy. defeated the Amer
lean challengers at Melbourne.
Political: Identical note regarding tn
far east exchanged by United State
and Japan at Washington and Tokyo
DECEMBER.
L Pacific Cruise: The feet sailed fror
Manila, homeward bound.
Sporting: Tom Collins made a ne'
American record for mile run in Ne'
York: time Is minutes 10 2-5 seconds.
3 Political: Pu u enthroned as Empero
Hsuantung of China. with Prince Chu
regent. President Alexis of Haiti dc
|, posed by revolutionists.
Personal: Sixtieth anniversary of til
, coronation of Francis joseph ccls
brated in Vienna.
, Convention: American mining congress
opened in Pittsburg.
1 Fire: At Portland, Me-. loss of $500. o.
, at the Grand Trunk railway docks.
s. Obituary: Rear Admiral Joseph Eu
lock Coghlan, L. S. N, retired, at Ne
Rochelle. n. Y: aged ca.
, Z. Political: Last session of Goth congres
opened.
g. ShipwrecS: Steamer d. NJ Clemson
!, with crew of 25, lost on Lake Mich
gan off Duluth.