Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-31

Political: Governor Thomas R Marshall
nominated for vice president by the
Democratic convention at Baltimore.
L Railroad Accident: Al killed and many
injured on the Delaware and Lacka-
wanna railroad in a rear end collision
at Giheon's Narrows, n. Y
Sporting: Ad Wolgast declared winner
In a II round contest for the light
weight championship. defeating Joe
Rivers at Los Angeles. Cal Jack
johnson defeated Jim Flynn in the
ninth round for the heavyweight cham
pionship at East Las Vegas. n. NJ.
& Anniversary: The memorial lighthouse
TO commemorate the precautionary OF
Champlain's discovery OF the lake
which bears his name was unveiled at
Crown Point. n. 7.
Railroad Accident: a killed and 80 In
jursd In an accident on the Lgonier
Valley railroad at Wnpen, Pa.
G. Sporting: Formal opening OF the Olym-
pie games at Stockholm.
Z SPORTING: Jim Thorpe OF Carlisle. Pa.
won the pentathlon In the Olympic
games at Stockholm
G. Obituary: Robert Wiedemann Barrett
Browning, only son OF the English
poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, at Asolo. Italy;
aged g.
Convention: Goth annual convention ef
the National Education association
met At Chicago.
g. Fire: Thousand Island park swept by
FIRE: loss $4,000.
Convention: The North American rs
peranto congress met IN Boston.
Mine Disaster: 81 lives lost IN mine ex-
plosion at Conisboro, Yorkshire, Eng
land.
10 Political: The national Prohibition con-
vention met at Atlantic City, N. J.
IL Sporting: Ted Meredith (American)
games. making q new worlds record:
time IS seconds.
10. Obituary: Gen. H NJ Dufneld. veteran
Of the civil and SpRnish-American
wars, at Detroit.
Political: BY a vote OF IS 70 . the Unit
ed States senate declared that William
LoriTner of Illinois had not been duly
elected 10 that body.
Il Railroad Accident; Is killed in COLI
sion on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad at Western Springs,
Ill
a. Sporting: K. K Macarthur of South
Africa won the Olympic Marathon at
Stockholm.
L. Sporting: America won the track and
field meet at Stockholm with Us points
to Swedens 104 and England's e6.
Thorpe, The Indian. won the decathlon.
Is. Storm: A cloudburst at Denver caused
100000 damage.
II. Obituary: Henri Poincere, the world
famous mathematician. in Paris; aged
s.
IL. italian War: s Italian torpedo boats
tried to run the Dardanelles and were
driven back by the FIRE OF Turkish
forts
Storm: The mining towns of Mazuma
and Seventroughs, New. were nearly
wiped out by a cloudburst; many per-
sons killed.
20. Fire: A 100000 FIRE In Vancouver
B. c.
Obituary: Andrew Lang, English poet
critic and novelist, at Banchory, Scot
land; aged 6S.
| q Sporting: Olympic games ended. Swe-
den won with a total Of 1913 points:
United States, 129; England, IS. United
States lad IL frsts with Is; Sweden
second with q.
"a. Fire: A 500 600 oil fire at Marcus Hook,
Pa.
Obituary: Fannie Denham Rouse, prob
! ably the oldest actress in America, at
Ohioville. N. Y; aged 81.
Convention: The first international eu-
/ genics congress met IN London.
Sporting: Arthur Chapple ran a motor
| cycle a mile u SO Is seconds and SO
miles In IL minutes IS as seconds. both
records, at Brighton Beach, n. Y.
%. Storm: A cloudburst caused damage IN
southwest Pennsylvania; mines food
ed an6 wide area inundated; many
deaths
a. Aeronautics: huge gas balloons start
! ed from Kansas City In an eliminat alton
race for the James Gordon Bennett
contest to be held in Germany.
! 70. Aeronaudcs: The Balloon Uncle Sam
which left Kansas CITY on the 9Th
landed at Manassas. Va, having trav-
eled $50 miles, beating competitors III
the Bennett elimination race
IT,
champion sculler, defeated Richs I'd
Arnst OF Australia on the ThaInea
course for the scuIliug championship
OF the world.
30. Obituary: MutsuhIte; emperor of ia
pan, at Tokyo; aged 60. Succeeded bs
his son Toshihito)
AUGUST.
2 Political: The United States senate
warned foreign nations against acquir-
ing naval military sites near United
States possessions.
.. Storm: Snow fell in Pennsylvania
4 Sporting: Arthur Charple drove a mo.
torcycle a mile in SO As seconds a.
Brighton Beach, beating his own REQ
ord of July "a
g. Political: National convention of thG
Progressive party met at Chicago.
6 Political: The sultan of Turkey DIS
solved parliament; Young Turks lead
renewed.
!. Political: Theodore Roosevelt and Hi
ram Johnson nominated by the Pro
gressive national convention at Chic&
go.
g. Accident: Explosion in the nationa
palace Of Haiti at Port au Prince Kill
ed President Leconte. and 100 other
were killed or wounded.
Earthquake: An earthquake in Turkey
destroyed 5000 lives: Adrisnopls and
GailipoI suffered severely.
TO- Army: United States army nisneuveri
began In Connecticut.
II Political: Mulai Hand, the sultan o.
Morocco, abdicated the throne; MuIa
Toussef was proclaimed sultsz.
Convention; The International Typo
graphical union met at Cleveland, o.
IT, Obituary: Massenet. French compose
OF opera music, at Paris: aged 20 DR.
Horace Howard Furness noted Shake
spearean scholar. at Wallingford. Pa
aged 70.
u. Obituary: Gen. E. " Sumner. u s. A.
retired veteran OF the civil war anC
| Francisco; aged a.
Army: War game for the control of New
York city ended at NeWtown. Conn.
L. Storm: A cloudburst centering - Niles
Mich. caused damage Of 81 0slOO0
Nicaragua: Nicaragua rebels massacre
500 government troops; american.
were among the victims
u Obituary: Johann N Schleyer, invent
or Of the artificial language itnown al
Voiapuk. at Constance, Switzerland
aged a Rev. William Booth. foundel
and general Of the Salvation Army. Il
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