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

dianapolis In an American champion
ship race. Balloon America II. landed
near Warrenton, Va, after flight OF
Al hours.
I9. Aviation: weymann. an American.
and George Chavez. a Peruvian, at
tempted to fly over the Alps. Both
failed, and Chavez was nortally hurt
in landing.
Convention: 44th national encampment
of the Grand Army Of the Republic
met at Atlantic City.
Personal: Emperor William OF Germany
and Francis Joseph of Austria met ct
Vienna.
q. Trolley Disaster: Collision on the Wa
bash Traction line near Kingsland,
Ind. caused the death Of 80 passen-
gers.
%. Sporting: Harvester lowered the trot-
ting record for stations to 2:o1 at Co
luInbUs.
25. Convention: National irrigation con.
gress opened in Pueblo. Colo.
q. Convention: The United Irish league
met at Buffalo.
%. Convention: National good roads con-
gress met in ST. Louis.
20. Obituary: Window Homer, famous
American painter. at Scarboro, he;
aged "a. Mrs. Rebecca Harding Da-
Wis, the author. at the home Of her
son, Richard Harding Davis, Mount
Kisco. y. Y; aged 7e.
Aviation: Walter s. BroolIins broke the
cross country distance record by flying
from Chicago to Springfield, 1SS miles,
winning a $4,000 prize.
OCTOBER.
1. Sporting: The Vanderbilt cup auto
race won By Harry T. Grant; time.
hours IS minutes 50 seconds.
Ship Disaster: % OF the crew OF the bat
tleship New Hampshire drowned by
the swamping of a launch in the Hud-
son river at New York.
Explosion: A mysterious explosion. fol-
lowed by fire, destroyed the Los An
geles Times building and caused the
death Of q employees of the paper.
Aviation: Aviator Wynmalen made a
worlds record for height by ascending
9,1S6 feet at MouTmelon. France.
Shipwreck: The Pacific Navigation COM
pany's steamer Chiriqui wrecked of
Panama by the explosion OF her boil
ers; so lives lost:
Obituary: Ex-Governor Napoleon Bona
parte Broward of Florida. a former
Cuban flibuster, at Jacksonville; aged
SO.
2. Convention: International prison con-
gress opened in Washington.
Obituary: Former Governor and United
States Senator David Bennett Hill, at
Albany; aged 81. Joseph Abner Har-
per. member Of the old firm Of Harper
& Bros, the New York publishers, at
Newburg, y. Y: aged 4.
Fire: In New York city loss of $1,500,0OO
by flames in the lumber and factory
district on the Hudson river front.
3. Convention: Dry farming congress
opened at Spokane.
4. Collision: Two electric cars collided
at Springfield. Ill. causing the death
OF 81 people, chiefly passengers.
Personal: Justice w. II. Moody of the
United States supreme court resigned.
5. Portugal: Republican uprising in Lis
bon. King Manuel captured. The army
and navy sided with the revolution
lists, who proclaimed a republic.
s. Mine Disaster: 81 miners trapped by
an explosion in the Colorado Fuel and
Iron cOmpany's mine at Starl<ville,
Colo.
0. Personal: Ex-Governor Charles e.
Hughes took the oath of Office as jus
tice Of the United States supreme
court at Washington.
3. Storm: 4 fierce storm swept over Eu-
rope. causing heavy loss of life on the /
English coast and on the Baltic.
f. ShipwrecI: The French steamship /
Vile de ItochcfCrt was ramned by the .
British steamer PeVeril In the bay of J
Biscay and sank with g of her crew. :
Financial: Tho Charin,; Cross bank Of /
London, with 20 country branches. /
went into the hands of a receiver. ow-
ing depositors $5.0o0,OC0.
;. Obituary: L5rkin G. Mead noted Amer
lean sculptor. ir Florence Italy; aged !
IS. United States Senator Jonathan p.
Dolliver of Iowa, at Fort Dodge; aged /
90
Aviation: wellrnan's balloon America
started on its oversee flight at Attain
tic City.
!. Fire: At Alabasto~. Mich. loss Of 800
600 by flames in the plant Of the Unit
ed States Gypsum company.
The 250th anniversary OF the settlement
of Bergen county, n. J.. by the Dutch
was celebrated.
:. Aviation: 10 balloons representing the
United States. France. Germany and
Switzerland started from St. Louis in
the international race for the Bennett
cup and $3.50 in prizes. The dirigible
balloon Clement Bayard sailed from
Paris to London in hours, carrying
people.
Obituary: Julia Ward Howe. author OF
THE Battle Hymn Of the Republic"
at Middletown. r. l.; aged 81
(. Aviation: Wellman abandoned his air
ship 800 miles off Hatteras after sail
ing about 100 miles in - hours: far
thest point north was 40 miles north
east of Nantucket.
Storm: A West India hurricane struck
the Florida and South Carolina coasts.
Aviation: Balloon america IL. Post
and Hawley aerona uts, landed in the
province of Quebec. 1855 miles from
St Louis. the starting point, winning
the Bennett cup for distance.
Obituary: Gen. Thomas T. Eckert.
manager OF the Federal military tele-
graph in the civil war and later pres
ident Of the Western Union. at Long
Branch. ~. J.: aged s..
Tho steamship Regulus, ply
ing between New York and Newfound-
land ports, wrecked by a stern on
Shoal bay; 10 sailors drowned.
Personal: Edgar Allan Poe elected to
the American Hall OF Fame by q vote
of SO; necessary to choice. 81.
Criminal: DR.. Hawley II. Crfppen <
found guilty Of numbering his wife,
Belle Elmore, in the Old Bailey court, .
London.
Shipwreck: British steamship waTy
wrecked off Brazil; 50 passengers and
sailors drowned.
Aviation: International meet opened at
Belmont park, New York.
Sporting: The Athletics OF Philadel-
phia beat the Nationals of Chicago for q
the worlds baseball championship. z
to 2, at Chicago.
Chulalongkorn, king of Slam -
at Bangkok, after reigning 40 years;
aged 81.
Personal: Crown Prince Chowfa Maha q
Vajireavudh. who visited this country
In 1902, proclaimed king Of Slam.
storm: Ischia, an island in the Mediter- 4
raneon, and Naples swept by a hurri-
cane; 200 dead in ISchia.
Obituary: Rear Admiral John J. Read
q. s. N. retired, a civil war veteran.