Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-31


the Marian canals. at Milan; aged rs.
Railroad Accident: Cincinnati. section OF
the Twentieth Century Limited wreck
ed IN collision at Middetown, o.; %
killed and many injured.
( Fire: At Benton. Pa. 60 buildings burn
ed in Fourth OF July blaze; loss
$4,000.
/ Sporting: Jack johnson defeated Jeffries
IN 10 rounds at Reno, for the worlds
heavyweight championship.
! Race Troubles: Numerous riots in which
both whites and negroes were killed
followed the news OF the ring event at
Reno.
5. Fire: At Annprior Ont, flames in a
lumber yard caused loss OF over
5000, co.,
Convention: National Educational asso-
citation met IN Boston.
Z. Obituary: DR.. William James Rolfe,
noted Shakespearean scholar in Tis-
bury. Mass; aged SO.
g. Aviation: Walter r. Brookins few
6,275 feet up in the air at Atlantic City.
Obituary: George Berger. famous French
art critic, IN Paris; aged ~.
IL. Obituary: John Gottfried Gale. noted
astronomer at Potsdam: aged %.
II Aviation Accident: Capt. c. S. Rolls
English aviator. killed in a Wright
aeroplane at Bournemouth.
Obituary: Henry Dexter. founder of the
American News company. in New York
city; aged 98 Kate Tannatt Woods,
author. in Boston: aged 20.
Fire: Campbelltown, N. B., nearly de
stroyed; loss g, 100000
I3. Obituary: Daniel Folger Bigelow noted
American artist and art leader. in Chi
cago: aged s..
Il. Alloys Wirsching. inventor of the stock
ticker and New Yorl<'S fire alarm sys-
tenn. in Brooklyn; aged 70.
Is. Obituary: Z. 3. Knight who is said
to have named the Republican party |
in 1884, in Omaha; aged 50.
y. Army Accident: Premature explosion
of a gun during mimic war at Fort
Il.
"a Nicaragua: Estrada's revolutionists
defeated the government forces at
Acoypa.
Storm Disaster: 60 persons killed and
hundreds injured by tornado near
Milan. italy.
26 Obituary: Prof. Samuel Ross winans,
dean OF Princeton university. at Prince /
ton; aged S.
81 Obituary: Sir Henry Tichborne, infant /
defendant in the notorious Arthur Or !
ton claim to the Tichborne title and /
estates in 1871 and a noted big game |
hunter. in London; aged A.
81. Obituary: John G. Carlisle, Kentucky /
statesman and a member Of Grover /
Clevelands cabinet, IN New York city: /
aged 70. Rear Admiral Thomas II. /
LOCKER U. s. N, retired. veteran of (
the Mexican and civil wars, in Wash
fngtOn; aged 81.
AUGUST.
1. Convention The international peace
congress met in Stockholm.
3. Obituary: L. L. SamboUrne. noted car
toonist OF London Punch, IN London;
aged So.
4. Obituary: Louis Schriber. long known
as a great cornetist, in Los Angeles;
aged S.
c. Obituary: Rear Admiral SchoheId. L.
s. N. retired at Stamford, Conn;
aged y.
7. Obituary: J. r. Studley, once noted
actor. in New York city. Col Harvey
W. Scott, editor of the Portland Ore
gonian. in Baltimore; aged -.
g. Assault on Mayor Gaynor: Mayor VII +
liam J. Gaynor shot on board the
ocean liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
by James J. Gallagher. a discharged
city employee.
Railroad Accident: II killed and 20 in
Jured in n head-on collision on the
Northern Pacific near Ignacio. Cal.
Fire: In Boston's lumber district; loss
81 900 900.
10. Convention: Apple growers congress
opened in St Louis. Special conven-
ton of the United Mine Workers Of
America met in Indianapolis.
j. Obituary: Judith Ellen Foster. noicI
woman lawyer, in Washington; aged
2. Flood Disaster: 5000 houses and shops
destroyed and over a thousand lives
lost IN Tokyo.
Sporting: UhIan set new trotting rec
ord by going a mile in 1853 at Cleve-
land.
s. Obituary: Florence Nightingale. IA
nous nurse in the Crimean war, in /
London; aged %. Edmund D. Lewis, /
noted artist and art collector. in Phil
adelphia; aged 70.
Aviation: Radley. an English aviator.
broke he worlds speed record By fly
ing a mile in A 20 seconds at Black !
pool
4. Fire: The white City" of the worlds
fair at Brussels destroyed; loss esti-
mated at S2OOO0O1O
Railroad Accident SO killed and 100 in
jured in a collision at Saujon. France
Aviation: c. T. Willard carried three
passengers on a quarter mile biplane
trip at Garden City, beating the
worlds record on the number of pas
sengers. i
). Convention: The international Espe-
ranto congress met in Washington.
Obituary: Rev. Z. P. Hammond once
famous travelling evangelist. at Hart
ford. Conn.
). Obituary: President Montt of Chile in
shipwreck: 80 passengers and 7 sailors
drowned by the laundering of the
Spanish steamer Tarifa IN the strait
: Convention: Annual convention of the q
National Firemen's association met at
Rochester. n. 7.
. Nicaragua: Estrada's revolutionists
defeated the Madriz forces in front of
Msnagua.
Fire: In Jersey City loss of s, 100000 by
the burning of a business block.
|. Nicaragua: Managua, the capital. Oc-
cupied by the victorious revolutionists
under Estrada. Madriz. the president.
fed.
Fire: Is lives lost and property valued 2
at 81. 100000 destroyed at Wallace Ida,
by flames started by forest fires in the
vicinity OF the city.
!. Sporting: Harvester lowered the worlds
record for stations by trotting a mile
in 2:o3 at the Empire City track, Yon-
kers.
Sporting: William a. Larned. national
lawn tennis champion, defended his %
title at Newport, defeating Thomas c.
Bundy of California.
Sporting: Novelty won the Futurity
and purse OF SIS, $50 at Saratoga, with
Bashti second.
Glenn H Curtiss made an
over water record by flying GO miles
over Lake Erie IN l hour IS minutes
an average of 461 miles 81 hour
SEPTEMBER.
Obituary: Julian Edwards composer
of comic operas. at Yonkers. n. Y; a.
aged 81.
Convention: National conservation con-