Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-16

on him and iracturing his right thigh.
DIR. DE Silva adjusted the fracture.
Street cars will run on all
lines of the Tri-City system and on
the bridge line all night during the
Saengerfest the latter part Of this
month.
Rasmus Celleson. aged 40, dropped
dead this morning from heat prostra-
ton in the shops of the Rock Island
road at Davenport, where he was en-
ployed.
The Davenport Mile Track associa-
ton has arranged for a series of fine
events July 27-30, when some of the
best track flyers in the country will
appear.
DR.. Henry Warmer, of Reynolds,
died at 10 o'clock this morning at LIE
Claire, Iowa, aged 80 years. He is
survived by his mother, sister and
a brother.
If Stearns' ball bearing lawn now
ers don't give better satisfaction than
any other mower, return them and get
your money. Spencer's, POP Eigh-
teenth street.
Survivors of the 126th regiment are
to meet at the sheriff's office at 1870
Monday evening to arrange for the
reunion of the regiment to be held in
Rock Island Aug. 1914.
Dewey camp No. 1886, X. N. of A.,
will meet Monday evening, July IS.
in Workmen hall. All members. are
urged to be present. V. A. Bollman,
oracle; j. A. Johnston, recorder.
Sam and Ben McPeck, who few
weeks ago escaped from the Glenwood
Industrial school, to which they were
sent from here last winter, were cap
tured yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
Hull. and will be taken back.
Farmer" Burns has quit wrestling
and is now following the business OF
horse racing, in which he says there
is more money than in the former, as
there are too many fake matches now
between wrestlers of prominence, and
the people will not attend them any
longer.
Rev. j. W. Washington left over
the c., b. Il q, last night for Camp
Tanner with the following recruits
for Col. Marshall's regiment: Henry
Terry, Charles Lyle and Fred Holmes,
of Rock Island; Fremont Brown, of
Moline, and Alex Bush and Chris AL.
len, of Davenport.
The great 18th annual saengerf est
of the Saengerbund of the Northwest
will be held at Davenport July 1881,
and will undoubtedly be one of the
grandest musical events in the coun-
try's history. 1t will be i festival of
music, such as has been rarely under
taken in this country.
The Tri-City Railway company has
published a neat souvenir of the tri-
cities Watch Tower and Rock Island
arsenal. 1t embraces not only an H.
lustrated description of the pleasure
resorts of the three cities in which
the Tower is given prominence, but i
map of the extensive Tri-City Rail
way system. The pamphlet will
prove of interest and value.
Another meeting of the executive
committee of the U. V. U. encamp-
ment was held at the Harper house
yesterday afternoon. Adjournment
was taken after several matters were
attended to until Friday of next week
ut 2 p. m. at the same place. 1t was
decided to call meeting of the Rock
Island committees at the council room
at s O'Clock next Tuesday evening.
A suit has been commenced in the
district court at Davenport by Attor.
torneys Dawson Il Lane against the
Rock Island Railroad company, John
+. Horne, of this city, an ex-engineer
of the road, being the plaintiff. Mr..
Horne asks $4,000 for injuries al
legged to have been received in the de.
railing of train of which he was en-
gineer at West Liberty. Iowa, July
ID. 1895. He claims the accident was
due to the removal, without notiiica-
ton by the company. of a portion OF
a sidetrack, which he had to pull into
to allow another train to pass.
| The Port Byron Globe reports that
the strike of the quarrymen at the
stone quarries of the Abel Lime and
| Cement company, north of lie Claire
which began the first of the month
has been declared off. and the men
have returned to work, the company
having granted their demand for an
increase in wages from S1.35 to $l.5C
per day. The Globe SAYS: The
strikers were all peaoeable during
their walkout. and it is gratifying to
know that the company has taken g
sensible view of the situation and al.
lowed the men their just demands. y