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

Brooklyn; aged IS. Samuel Coleridge-
Taylor, colored music composer, In
London; aged 81.
Storms: Q killed and l3 hurt by 9 cloud
burst which struck q Northwestern
passenger train near Green Bay. Wis
A death roll Of so and q property loss
OF 100000 resulted from q storm and
cloudburst In the Panhandle district Of
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
= Fire: Fire in Ocean Park. q resort near
Los Angeles. Cal, caused damage Of
over $S.ooooo0
( Obituary: Lieut.. Gen. Arthur MacAr-
thur. U. S. A, retired, at Mnwaukee;
aged 67
Z Sporting: Jerome TIravers won the am
ateur golf championship Of the United
States. defeating Charles Evans. Jr..
at Wheaton, H., In final round.
& Political: Maine went Republican.
Convention: The Spanish-American war
veterans were IN session at Atlantic
City, n. J.
10. Mexico: Mexican regular troops cross
ed United States soil In pursuit Of in
surgents by marching through Arizona
with the consent Of the government.
Convention: The American Bankers as
ISOLATION met in Detroit
IL Convention: The national encampment
Of the G. A R. met at Los Angeles.
Cal Euoharistio congress opened In
Vienna
II Personal: Judge Alfr0d B. Beers Of
Connecticut elected commander in chief
OF the G. A r. at Los Angeles. Gen.
Count Marosuke Nogi, the japanese
hero Of Port Arthur. and his wife kill
ed themselves At Tokyo because Of the
death Of the emperor.
-. Obituary: Ex-senator fernando De
Soto Money, at Guhport. Miss: aged Is.
Sporting: The Chicago Americans de-
feated Philadelphia at Chicago, In
h. Lao ne 90 thn
ton1Red Sox for the worlds series.
q. Storm: n typhoon In Japan caused q
loss OF f2D.oeoo00.
g. Convention: The international peace
congress opened at Geneva
n Obituary: Baron Aarschan Won Bic
bernstein. noted German diplomat, at
Berlin; aged 70.
Is. Anniversary: The 10th anniversary OF
the meeting of II governors on the 18th
of September. 1852, at Altoona, Pa, was
celebrated In that city.
2S Nicaragua: Gen. Mena, the Nicaragua
revolutionist, surrendered with all his
army to United States and Nicaraguan
| troops.
| q. Sportings The New York club Of the
National Baseball league "cinched" the
pennant by defeating the Boston club
In New York by ID g.
| q Naval: The French battleship Paris.
| the most formidable in the navy.
a ~ 4OuiOua SHc II ADGh
guns and rs smaller pieces.
Obituary: Arthur Lumley, old time art
ist, at Mount Vernon, n. Y; aged Is.
! Aviation Disasters: Three aviators, in
Guiding two United States army air
men. killed In flight, making total
deaths In the air tc date 49,
! q. Sporting: Matt McGrath made a new
| worlds record by throwing a l6 pound
hammer a record distance OF lsl feet 8
inches; former record $50 feet inch.
20. Personals The Pulitzer school OF Jour-
nalism at Columbia. university opened
| in New York.
Obituary: The Rev Augustus Orlebar,
an Engh5h vicar, who was the original
Tom Brown in TON Browns School
Days" at wilmington. England.
OCTOBER.
L Dynamiters: Trial of the dynamite
plotters at Los Angeles Oct. 1, 1910, was
begun In Indianapolis.
2 Obituary: Rear Admiral Lucien Young
u. s. N. in New York city; aged 60.
Sporting: Ralph De Palma won the Van
derbilt auto cup on the Wauwatoss
course, Wisconsin; time, 4 hours q
minutes Sl.45 seconds; distance about
800 niles. The Australian team wor
tho international cricket match by 9
margin CT 1872 runs in New York.
4. Marine Accident: The British B-2 sub
marine eat in two by an ocean liner II
the English channel; Is drowned.
Convention: The Army OF the TENNESSEE
held its annual convention at Peoria
Balkan war: Hostilities between the
Balkan states and Turkey were begun
by a clash on the frontier north Of
Adrianople.
8. Sporting: Miss Margaret Curtis of Bos
l. ton WOE the national woman's gol
championship at Manchester, Mass. b!
40 ov.l vo1o
Z. Obituary; Ex-senator w. A. PETER
one OF the Populist leaders IN the sen
ate. at STenola, Kan; aged 81.
8. Obituary: Frank Eostock. the show
animal trainer in London; aged So
Balkan. War: Montenegro declared wa
against Turkey.
| Sporting: IN the opening game of tn
worlds Esries at New York the Boston
Americans Red Sox) defeated the New
York Nationals (Giants) by a score o
4to3.
10. Personal: DR.. Alexis Carrel of tn
Rockefeller institute was awarded tn
Nobel prize of ss9.Od0l for achievement
in surgery.
Balkan War: The Montenegrin arm,
captured Detchitch mountain, on tn
road to Scutari, with nearly all of tn
| Turkish defenders.
IL. Anniversary: The centenary of DruE
Lane theater celebrated In London =
tie Gloss or play.
Is. Balkan War: Bulgaria presented I
Turkey the ultimatum of the BalSa
states
IL The Courts: A verdict for the plain
tifrs in the celebrated Danbury ''haI
teTs' boycott case was given In tn
United States district court at Hart
ford, Conn.
Personal: Col. Theodore Roosevelt wa
shot at Milwaukee by a would be az
sassin named John Schrank.
IS. TripolitAii War: Peace protocol signe
by Italy and Turkey, bringing to a
end the war over Tripoli which bega
September, 1911.
J6. Typhoon. Loss of SIS 10000 In a ~
phoon II. the Philippines.
Sporting. Boston Red ssox won the fms
game Ia the worlds championship sc
ries. defeating the New York Giant
to at Boston.
Mexico: zee city of Vera Cruz. Mexico
arose - rebellion against Presiden
Ma6ero: Gen. Felix Dlaz, nephew G
ex-Presieent Diaz. was at the head c
the insu-r ection.
q. Balkan War: Turkey declared wa
upon SeESia and Bulgaria.
Obituary: Weldon Brinton Heybur.
United etates senator from Idaho {
Washington; aged 90.
Is. Fire; Fire Ia the storehouse of IN
United States arsenal az Benicia, Cal
caused q loss Of over 10000.
10 Convention: The ". c. 7. u. met 1
Portland, Ore.
2 Balkan War: Battle at Kirk Kills
between BuIgarn and Turks: reporfe