Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-07
DEATH is A SAD ONE
Miss Josephine 3. Halves Sue
cumbs After Several
Weeks Illness.
TYPHOID FEVER FATAL A1LMENT
One of City's Popular Young
Ladies-.Funeral Tomorrow
..Other Obituary.


Miss Josephine Bonaparte Halves after
an illness of several weeks with ty-
phoid fever, the final summons COM
ing at o'clock at the residence of
her fatker, Maj. c. w. Halves, 1904
Twentieth street. Her demise was
Immediately due to imperfect heart
action brought on by typhoid.
Miss Halves was born in Rock Is
land March 81, 1876. She received
st. Katharine's hall, Davenport, and
at Oberlin (Ohio) college. She was a
young lady with hosts of warm
friends in the three cities, possessing
many lovable qualities, popular soci-
ally, gifted above the ordinary, and
but few short weeks back was in the
vigor of young womanhood, with
= future that seemed to be aglow
with happiness. She was member
IF the w. A. 1. F. S. club aud basket
tall team, and an affecting incident
yesterday morning was the visit of
these young lady comrades to her bed
>ide. She also belonged to Fay Halves
camp, r n. A, and all three organi-
cations will attend her funeral tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock at the be-
reaved home, Rev. w. :. Marquis, of
Broadway church, to conduct the SER
vices and the interment to be at Chip
pia mock cemetery. Deceased is sur
vived by her father, her brother,
Charles w. Halves, Jr., and her sister,
Mrs. James Mcnamara.
The death of Miss Halves, aside
from being keen bic W to her family,
will be deeply mourned by all who
knew her, especially among the
younger people, with whom she was
favorite.
Samuel W. Greenwich.
Samuel w. Greenwich. an old resi-
dent of this city, died Sunday morn
ing at the home of his daughter in
Davenport of heart failure. Mr..
Greenwell was 20 years of age, having
been born in Durham, Eugla1d, July
%, 1925. He leaves to mourn his
death, his wife, four daughters, Mrs.
James Coons, OF Davenport; Mrs.
John Davidson, Mrs. Albert Eiermann.
of Chicago, snd Mrs. H. G. Baker, of
this city, and one son, James Green
well, of Tyrone, KY. The funeral
will be held Tuesday at p. nj. from
the home OF his daughter, Mrs. James
Coons, 1905 West Second street, Dav-
export, with interment at Chippian-
mock cemetery, this city.
John r. HIIiard.
John R. billiard, aged so years, for
more than 20 years superintendent of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
way and latterly owner and operator of
the Wesley City coal mines, near
Peoria. died in. Peoria Saturday. Mr..
billiard went to Peoria from Ohio in
1871, and has since been prominently
identified with the interests of the
city. He built the Panhandle road
and was regarded as one of the best
railway men in the country. The
immediate cause of his death was a
sciatic attack. but his system had
been weakened by former attack of
pneumonia. He was born in Piqua,
o., in 1920, his parents being among
the first settlers of that territory.
He leaves a widow and two daughters.
Arthur ii. McNary.
The home of Rev. and Mrs. ID. L..
McNary has been saddened by the
sudden death at noon yesterday of
their 10-months-old son, Arthur
Hallam. The child had been
slightly affected for some time with
what was supposed to be nothing
worse than cold. Shortly before
the time stated he was taken with a
hemorrhage of the bowels and ex-
pired soon after the arrival of ply
stefan. The funeral will be held at 10
O'Clock Wednesday from the bereaved
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Mrs. McEIroy's Funeral.
The obsequies of Mrs. James Nc
Elroy took place yesterday afternoon
with services conducted by Rev. j. F.
Lockney at Sacred Heart church at 10
O'Clock. Interment was made at Chip
piannock. The pallbearers were G. j.
Larkin. John Brennan. M. V. Archer,
John McGinnis, Patrick Burns and
Conrad Meenan.
Belinda Stoney.
Miss Emily M. A. Stoney, superin-
tendent of St. Anthony's hospital
training school for nurses, is in re-
ceipt of the sad information of the
death of her sister, Miss Belinda
Stoney, at Southport, Eng. Her
death was due to an operation.