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


shot by oTcer or -res-dc-t Alexis.
4. Obituary; Senator William Pinkney
Whyte of Maryland. at Baltimore;
aged "a.
Haiti: AT the demand of the powers
Haitian revolutionist suspects were al
lowed to leave the country.
Is Obituary: Cardinal Casan del Drago.
one OF the Roman nobility, IT. Rome;
aged 20.
Russia Duel at St Petersburg between
Gen. Fock and Gen. Smirnof, who par
uclpated in the defense of Port Ar
thur. Death sentence OF Cen. Stoessel
Tor the surrender OF Port Arthur COM
muted to Imprisonment for ten years
~. German Africa: German troops in At
RIGA lost ii killed and l. wounded In a
shlrmish with Hottentots
p Sporting: Angelus won the $4,000 City
Park Derby at New Orleans.
q. Political: Durham White Stevens dip
lomatic adviser to the Korean council
of state. mortally wounded at San
Francisco by Korean patriot
"a Obituary: Spencer Compton Caven-
dish, duke of Devonshire, noted for
great wealth and accomplishments, at
Cannes. France; aged 10.
%: Fire: The famous Drury Lane theater
burned in London
e. Financial: The Knickerbocker Trust
Co., in New York, opened it's doors
after suspension of five months.
Earthquake: Chilapa, Mexico. partly de-
stroyed by shocks followed by fire.
2s Mine Accident: q lives lost by explo-
sions in 4 coal mine 1t Hanna, Wyo.
80. Obituary: Joseph Howard. Jr.. noted
newspaper man in New York city:
aged 70.
April
2. Warship Disaster: British torpedo boat
destroyer Tiger cut in two by collision
Of yvight. a. mon drowned
8. Fires: At Iyncbburg. Va. loss OF
sos CHo in the tobacco district Over
S7so 090 Ioss Nv, the h,,rri,,y Of Corninf,
& co.'s distiIierv at Peoria III.
sporting. C;otch defeated Hackeu-
schmidt for tho v,orId,r he,v,-v,eirI,.
wrestling chara2ionsafp II Ch!cogo.
Political. Trbor,ns T. yvateor Of C,en-a,a
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% Ob;t,,ry. SIR HEM CampbeI,-Ran-
ne:.r,cn, who had recently resigned tho
r,rerr,icrsl,ir, of F1-lrrd in london
a~a1 - E.=hoo FUtson Carers noted
ye.eran Of the civil war. at Columbia,
G e. gcd ~
| a obituary: Gen. Nif,olai I,inevitch suc.
cessor to Kuropatllin in co-?nard o.
the Russian army in Manchu1ia In
: 1896. at ST. Petersburg; aged 60.
storm: Reginning of two DAYS tor
| r-do which swept the southern state.
! from Texas to Georgia; nearly 400 peo
! ME killed and many thousands injured
"a. Convention: The American Society o
International Law met in washington
Auto Race: Louis Strang won the tro
phy- In the Br.arcIiff contest. near New
York. speeding $50 miles in 5 hours /
minutes 10 % seconds in an Italian
car.
Poman Catholic church in ireland. ar
rived in New YORK to participate I;
the centennial of the New York arch
diocese.
Boat Dish ster: Il peonle drowned nv tn
caDsi.inc of the Mississippi rive
steamer Marion ne-r the mouth O
tho St Tr-ancis river. Arkansas
! WarsF1iD Disaster: e sailors killed O
missing in a collision between tn
british cruiser Gladiator and tn
Ar,e-.ron liner ST Pan, off the Isle q
wight
81 CafhoIic Centennial. Popirnina, Of tn
. Po,nan C,,tboIic ceIehration in Ne,
yorl, ci+y-
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stool, F,xcban.,e firm of Coster. KHAN
G. co foiIe6 for rlearl, - o., ono
Accide,,t. a killed. ard % iniurcd in
trolley coIIision near vnejlanti Mich
90 obituary. Rev Or Morgan Dix. so
of tbe late Con Jobn s Diy who wa
noted in the civil war. and rector c
Trinity parish New York over
wears in that city: aged 81
g. Convention: The national congress
Sons of the American Revolution
opened In Buffalo.