Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-06


ed as the little band of sportsmen
that gave the tournament.
Il. f. Taylor has returned from Tip
pecanoe, Ohio. where he spent week
Oh business with the TipP Whip COM
pany: For the past 10 years Mr.. Tay-
Tor has been the Iowa agent of the
company and by energy and bust
ness push has worked himself up to
position where worth and ability are
recognized. and hereafter will be gen
eral agent of all the western cities.
BY the death of his father, August
Goungerman. for the past 10 years
employee of the Refs jewelry store in
the capacity of Il matchmaker, has
become a man of great wealth, the
possessor, of property in real estate
and other holdings valued at, in the
aggregate, about 100000. Mr..
Y oungerman is one of the five sons of
the late Conrad Youngerman, of Des
Moines, who in the early days of that
city invested all he had in real prop
erty and later profited by the enorm-
Gus advance due to the rapid growth
of the city. The elder Youngerman
was the owner of the Houngerman
building and several other of the
more notable blocks in the capital
city, and his returns from these and
other pieces of property made him
several times millionaire and one
of the wealthiest men in the state.
His five sons are his only heirs and
half million is the probable share of
each. August, the Davenport son,
was married some time ago in this
city to n sister of Mrs. Robert Fab
ricius. He left yesterday afternoon
for Des Moines, where he will make
his home in the future and where he
will bc occupied looking after the in
terests of his fathers estate in which
he is TO share in such a handsome
manner. He is about 80 years of age,
and is well regarded by all who have
come to know him during the decade
he has spent in Davenport.
At a hospital at Chicago yesterday
occurred the death of j. b. Morris.
we'll known to the travelling men of
Davenport as Maj. Morris. He was a
salesman for the Nicholas Kuhnen
Macaroni company. His wife died in
this city some time ago. His recent
home has been in Chicago, but the
body may be brought to Davenport
for interment. He was a member of
several Masonic societies.
The death of Mrs. Catherine Belken
occurred yesterday at 1880 at her
home, 1913 West Locust street. The
deceased was 6S years of age, and
was born in New York City, living
there until 1854, when she and her
husband, Samuel Duffin, removed to
Davenport. At the first call for vol
unteers in the civil war, Mr.. Duffin
enlisted and gave his life for the
union. He lies in the cemetery at
Rome, Ga. His widow was afterward
united i'm marriage to Joseph ii. Bel
ken, who survives her. y son, Will
liam Duffin, of Rock Island, two
daughters, Mrs. Carrie Brown at
home and Mrs. Susan Mckinley, of
Minneapolis, seven grand children.
four great-grandchildren and two
sisters also mourn her. The deceas-
ed was a member of number of pa
triotic societies, n charter member
of the local branch of the Woman's
Relief Corps and member of the WI
r., L. V. L.
The death of Mrs. Fred +. Webb
occurred in Minneapolis Monday af-
ternoon was the sad word that came
to Davenport yesterday. Mrs. Webb
spent her young days here. She was
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Phineas
Gillette She was married to Rev. +.
T.. Webb in this city and from here
they went to Council Bluffs and to
Helena, Montana. From the latter
place Rev. Webb accepted the pasto-
rate of St. Paul's chruch in Minneap-
oils, where he is now located. The
death of Mrs. Webb followed long
Illness. BY il the community loses
one of it's best and most beautiful
characters. The surviving relatives
are the Borrowing husband and
daughter. Ada. In Davenport
are the mother, two sisters, Mrs. Will
liam La Venture and Mrs. 5. NJ.
Brown. and two brothers, Frank w.
and George ID. Gillette. Services
were held in Minneapolis yesterday
afternoon and the body is expected
to reach Davenport Wednesday morn
ing. 1t will he taken TO the La Vent
ure home, where private funeral
services will be conducted. The in
torment will be in Oalxdale cemetery.
The Davenport Malt and Grain
company held its annual stockhold-
erS' meeting Yesterday and declared
an annual dividend of percent, pay
able Dec. -. All the directors of the
company were reelected. The re-
port showed a present surplus after
deducting the dividend of S1,622; 50.
The company is capitalized at $780,
600. Extensive improvements are be-
ing made by the company.