Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-13

not furnished last night. The infor-
nation in the case was filed by the
woman who. claims to be wife No. l.
She stated she was married to him in
Muscatine in 1897, that the ceremony
was performed by the pastor of the
First Baptist church in that city, and
that her name before her marriage
was Hattie Leatherman. She had
her marriage certificate with her
when she appeared in Justice Halls
court. She told the justice she was
living in Davenport at the present
time, that she and Pope had separat-
ed after a few months of welded
life and that she had only recently
learned he was married in Rock Is
land early last year to Miss Hannah
Schmallhaus.
Dawson q Lane and w. NJ. Cham
berlin, attorneys for Capt. ID. f. Dor
rance, the widely known river man at
lie Claire, yesterday filed in the dis
trict court motion to strike and a
motion for a more specific statement
i'm the divorce suit in which the cap
tain is the defendant. They ask that
Mrs. Dorrance be required to tell
when and where the captain and the
Chicago lady doctor were on such in
innate terms, as was recently alleged
by the captains spouse in an amend
ment to her petition, filed on her be-
half by Lawyer j. \. Hanley. They
want to find out also whether or not
she continued to live with her hus-
band after she learned of the alleged
misconduct of the latter.
The ball given at Library hall last
night under the auspices of the letter
carriers of the city was fully as sue
cessful from every point of view as
could have been wished by the many
friends of the popular mail man.
Ed Witty was united in marriage
yesterday in this city to. Miss Lizzie
Stewart. of Ottumwa. The cere-
mony was performed by Mayor
Heinz Mr.. and Mrs. Witty will
make their home in Davenport, where
the groom was raised.
The electric line between Daven-
port and Muscatine seems to be n
probable feature of the future. 1t
has already shaped itself so far that
an engineer has been engaged to look
after the surveying. This work will
be done by w. III. Kimball. The work
will he begun on the Rockingham
road at the lower end of the Tri-City
Street Railway company's line and
will run west to a point opposite
Paramount cemetery, where il will
turn toward the southwest until il
crosses the c., Il. |. d p. railroad
tracks, which it will parallel the re-
mainder of the distance to Buffalo.
The money is ready to build the road
when the right time comes.
\ slip upon the sidewalk resulted
in n broken cheek bone for Mrs. Otto
Lindholm of 613 Farnam street. Mrs.
Lin lholm started out with her son to
mail letter and tripped and fell.
She was assisted to her home and
DrS. Hender and Potter called. At
first il was feared that her skull was
crushed. but closer examination
showed that the most serious injury
was the breaking of the cheek bone.
the marriage of Charles 5. Reed
and Mrs. Meta Mitchell. Mr.. Reed is
the proprietor of the piano store on
Main street between Second and
Third. His bride is former partner
in the business of that establishments,
she and her former husband, j. j.
Mitchell. having been sole owners UNI
der the style of the Reed Piano com
pany. with Mr.. Reed as manager.
This year Mr.. Reed bought them ont.
The happy bride of this interesting
union is reported to have had a rath-
cr hard experience during the day.
Her maid is said to have taken
French leave of the premises and her
iou. carrying off the major portion of
her mistress wardrobe, including the
gown in which Mrs. Mitchell intended
to be wed. The girl is also thought
to have taken some of Mrs. MitchelIs
jewelry. including chain given her
by her father and highly priced by
reason of its associations. The al
legged thief is stated to have gone to
Peoria and the police there were no.
titled. The Davenport police, when
asked regarding the matter last night
said they had not been informed of
it. The girl is only 10 years of age.
Astounding Discovery.
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