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

Omitted States for 1910 was SS.926,OO0,-
300, the largest record made and an
Increase over 1909 of S3O5 100000.
Corn is king, with a production of
B,125,713,O00 bushels; value. $1.523, $685.
900. Cotton crop. $500, 100000. Hay
Mats wheat with GO,97S,OOO tons: val
STAT ,769, coo. Wheat crop. 695,443,-
bushels; value, 1921, 443, OC0.
Ufrhe census of 1910 shows an in
ease in population over 1900 of 49,
$3.50.
JANUARY.
/ Obituary: Agnes Booth, widow Of Ju.
MUS Brutus Booth and at one time
star actress, in Broo!zline. Mass; aged
8. Personal: Charles w. Morse, convicted
New York banker began n fifteen year
sentence in the United States peniten-
tiary at Atlanta
4 Aviation Accident: Leon Delagrange,
pioneer aeroplane experimental, killed
by the fall of a Bleriot monoplane at
Bordeaux, France.
Obituary: Darius Ogden Mills banker
and capitalist, at San Francisco; aged
z Aviation: Hubert Latham, French avi-
ator. beat the records for altitude OF
heavier than air machines BY ascend
ing nearly $500 feet at MourEnelon.
Personal: Clifford Pinchot. chief forester,
removed by President Taft.
Obituary: Flora Adams Darling. found
er of the Society of the Daughters OF
! the American Revolution, in New York
/ city; aged 90.
- Obituary: Francesca di Paola Satoui.
81 noted cardinal. in Rome. Gen. New
In ton Martin Curtis, hero Of Fort Fish
N; err" in New York city; aged "A.
h Aviation: Aviation meet opened at Los
Angeles.
Il. Sporting: Fred Eames won the three
cushion billiard championship Of the
world from Alfredo De ORC, the Cuban
champion, IN New York: final score
3. shipwreck: Steamer Czarina wrecked
on Coos Bay bar. Oregon coast; 80 /
Il. Conventions: United Mine Workers of .
;, North America met at IndianapC'l Is .
Conference on uniform legislation met
: in Washington.
g. Financial: Lathrop, Hopkins & Co .
and J. n. Fiske &c Co. Stock Exchange
,. brokers, failed in New York as the re- .
suit of the collapse Of the Hooking
pool; total liabilities about S5.O93000. /
L. National Guard: The organized EOlUn- f
teer militia OF the United States be-
came 2. permanent adjunct Of the reg
ular army establishment by the opera
ton of the Dick law.
Railroad Accident: IS killed and 90 in
jured in the wrecling o. a passenger +
"a
crossing OF Spanish river. Ontario.
g. Obituary: Ezra Kendall. well known
comedian, at Martinsville. Ind: aged
Personal: .Toln r. Walsh. convicted Chi .
CaEo banker. began serving Ave year +.
tenn in the federal prison at Ieavcn- .
worth. TSG-.
"A. Paris Flood: The river Seine exceeded .
high wuts~ mark in Paris. endaDge
ins: the city and parllyziug traffic.
Panama i.iial Efsep- Indictment nF the
New York World in the Panama libel
case quasled IN the United States cir
cult court in New York city.
q. Paris Flood: Rising of the Seine
checked; . square miles inundated; loss
estimated over Sn3C5Hoc1
i. Explosion: % miners killed by cXplo-
sion in the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company's mine at Primero Colo.
FEBRUARY.
1. Mining Accident: IS killed b. explosion
in the Browder mine near DralSesbOro.
Ky.
2 Mining Accident: IS killed at Las Es-
peranzaS. Mexico.
Financial: Fisk & Robinson bankers
and brokers in New York Boston.
Chicago and Worcester, failed with
s6Sf7,96S liabilities. The Mexican Ma
tional Packing Co. iucOTpora ted in
New Jersey and operating IN Mexico .
failed with liabilities placed at So
CoO.C09
& Boycott Decision: Tho Connecticut ,
hatters' bovcott case decided in favor
of the plaintiff with award Of DAMAGES
against the individuals who Instituted
the bOycrt, amounting 20 $12L00c
5. Shipwreck: The United States naval
tug Nina lost on the voyage from
g Hampton Roads to Boston with a crew
OF 81 on board.
|. shipwrecE: The French liner. General
Chanzy wrec-ed in a gale near the
island OF Minorca; 1876 persons per
ished.
;. Financial: The Central Foundry Co.
steel corporation operating fouad~tes ,
in several states, failed with liabilities l
placed at over $1,000. 600.
Volcanic Disaster: Eruption of volcano /
Poasa, Costa Rica DESTROYED 50 lives
Shipwreck: SS lives lost on the Pacific L
Navigation Co.'S steamer Lima strand
ed in the strait Of Magellan.
: Railroad Accident: y killed and % in q,
jured in a heaJ-oH collision near Ma L
con. Ga, on the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad.
Personal: Herbert Gladstone. whose
father, ". Z. Gladstone. the great
commOner" twice declined a seat IN =,
the house of lords, elevated TO tie Z
peerage.
China: Anti-f0Fsign tiot in Canton; 500 ~
mutinous soldiers killed. =
Obituary: George Holland. the actor.
in Philadelphia; aged ca. Gen. St.
Clair MulhOlla1d. noted veteran Of the
civil war, in Philadelphia; aged a.
Obituary: Neil Burgess. the actor. in
New York city: aged 81
Strike: Philadelphia street car men went -
out after long elaboration
Obituary: Count Won StoUbers,-VVe-nf-
serode. president Of tho German reichs-
tag, in Berlin; aged 20.
Strike Plot: > people killed and 100 IN
jured in Philadelphia during "A riot re- -
sultinC from the strike q
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