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

at Bellevue, Neb
l3. Convention: Conference of governors
net in Washington.
Aeronautics Feat: Wright brothers
made a successful flight with their
aeroplanc at Manteo n. c.
Sporting: Jack Atllin won the Metropol-
itan handicap at Belmont part. New
York.
Storm: so people killed in Louisiana by
4 tornado.
IA. Obituary: Rear Admiral c. w. Rae,
L. s. N. in Washington.
Is. Political: The Socialist party nomi-
mated Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin
Hanford at Chicago.
Obituary: Mrs. Emily z. Woodlcy. ia
nous in the civil war as a Federal
army nurse. in Philadelphia aged IS.
Prof. W. y. Wycsolf, sociologist stu
dent and author, at Princeton n. J.
Fire: Loss OF 81. 2J0ol1 by fire in the
Omaha Packing Co.'S plant at South
Omaha.
16 Sporting: jay Gould defeated Eugene
Miles. the English player. for the
worlds amateur tennis championship
in London.
Is Financial Troubles: The Allegheny Ma
tional banl. suspended in PittsburS.
l9. Sporting: Preceptor won the worlds
record for two-year-olds, running four
and one-half furlongs straightaway in
81 seconds.
Conventions: The National Association
OF Manufacturers met in New York.
The Southern Baptists met at Hot
Springs. Ark.
20. Convention: Conference on interna-
tional arbitration met at Lake Mo
hoak, n. Y.
D. Railway Accident: 60 killed and 100 in
jUred in collision near Antwerp Eel
GUM.
Convention: The general assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States met in Kansas City, Mo
%. Obituary: Francois Coppee French
poet and dramatist in Paris: aged IS.
. &c. Financial Troubles: The Amador Min
| ing and Development Co. of Montana
failed in Chicago.
! q. Shipwreck: The fishing schooner Fame
run down Off the coast of Maine by
the Dominion Atlantic line steamer
! Boston: Is sailors drowned.
| Obituary: David Henderson, composer
| OF "Bluebe2rd" and theatrical man
aSer of note in Chicago: aged GS.
| Rear Admiral =. s. Crowninshield, L.
! S. n. retired. in Philadelphia; aged c..
! e. Storm: ID persons killed by a tornado
| in Alfalfa county Okla.
Obttuary: Lieut.. Cen Stephen D. Lee.
| noted Confederate veteran, in Eicks-
burg, Miss; at5ed 70.
! Convention: International congress of
! Geronauts met in Ioc6on
80. Political: Emergency currency bill
passed and signed by the president
| Congress- adjourned.
| 81. Convention: The international con-
gress of navigation met IL st. Peters
burg.
| JUNE.
1! l. Convention: American Medical associ-
! alton net in Chicaso.
/ Sporting: Celt won the Brooklyn handi-
| cap at Gravesend New York.
! .. Obituary: Gen. Sir Henry Redvers
Butler. British commander at the siege
OF Ladysmith in the Roer war, in Lon
! don; aged C9.
| 3. Sporting: Signorinetta. an Italian
horse, won the English Derby.
Convention: Sth biennial convention of
the Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers at Columbus O.
| s. WaTShip Disaster: BY the explosion OF
a boiler tube on the cruiser Tcnnessee
near San Pedro. Cal. of the crew
| We're killed and several injured.
6. Storm: Windstor1ns and flood caused
heavy loss OF life in Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Nebraska and Iowa.
z. Personal: King Edward VII. of Eng
land and Emperor Nicholas II. OF Rus
sia met for Official conference at Reval.
O. Convention: Reunion of United Con-
federate Veterans at Birmingham
! Ala.
10. Obituary: Former Congressman Oliver
Hazard Perry Belmont, prominent cap
italist and society man, at Hampstead
y. Y; aged 80.
Personal: Gen. Clement a. Evans elect
ed commander in chief OF the United
Confederate Veterans.
II. Obituary: Isaac 8. Rich, veteran the
atrical manager, in Boston; aged 81.
13. Convention: Worlds church congress
met in London.
| Miscellaneous: Caleb Powers, convicted
of completely in the murder of Gov
| William Goebel OF Kentucky, par
doned. Thomas Virgins (Blind ToE)
noted negro piano player, died in Ho
bolIen. y. j.: aged about Co.
"a. Obituary: Frank c. Bangs, an actol
associated with Edwin Booth, Char
lotte Cushman and Laura Keene, il
Philadelphia; aged II.
Sporting: W. *. Vanderbilt's hors'
Northeast won the Grand Prix d.
Paris, the greatest race on the French
turf
H. Convention: The worlds Temperance
congress met at Saratoga Springs
n. Y.
. H. Fire: Loss of s25o,0a9 at the Raul lum
: Der plant. Birmingham. Ala.
Is. Convention: International Sunda.
school convention met in Louisville.
Political: " H. Taft nominated 70
president at the Republican conven
ton in Chicago
Fire: Plant of the Shelby Steel Co
r burned at Shelby. o.; loss 81 100000.
10. Sporting: Ballot. owned by ]. r
. Keene. won The Suburban handicap a
Shee )sEead Bay. New York.
e. Fire. In the business section of Thre
Rivers Que.; loss sioG0,0Oo
Obituary: Ellen NJ. Amcs, an autho
I known as Eleanor Kirk, at Weeka
pnug. r. l.; aged 7i.
Convention: The General Federation o
Womens Clubs net in Boston.
q. Persia: Persian parliament over
thrown for refusing the demands O
the shah.
3. Shipwrcck: Spanish steamer Larach
wrecked near Mu-os, with heavy los
of life among passengers and crew.
Sporting: Harvard won the varsity boa
|. race at New Locdon.
Obituary: Grover Cleveland, president G
the United States from 1855 to 1889 an
from 1893 20 1897 az Princeton, N. J.
aged Il.
&c. Fire: Loss of 81. ,0Go by the burnin
OF a grain elevator Of Duluth.
!. Mexico: Mexican rcvolutionists raide
the town Of Las vacas. on the Ri
Grande.
, %. Conventions: National Educational a.
ISOLATION met in Cleveland.
4 JULY.
, /. Obituary: Thomas Ill., American ar
list known for his Yosemite pictures
, at Raymond. Cal. aged So
:. Personal: Secretary OF War w II. Tai
resigned his portfolio; succeeded
Gen. Luke Z. Wright.
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