Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-26

the 600 or 500 persons who attended |
mostly remained for the ball and the
affair took on the character of a mu-
sicale It is not too much to say that
the concert was one of the best ever
given in the city. Miss Poodle Ross,
who was the star attraction, was
generous in her responses to epcores
and as result the audience was able
TO hear her seven times.
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DIR. f. Boes reported 10 the Daven-
port board of health yesterday that
there were four cases of diphtheria
at 15IO% Rockingham read. They
are Yesterday, aged years; Charles,
aged 10 years; Francis, aged years;
and Emma, aged 6 years of age, all
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Behning.
Several car loads of stone have ar
rived for the new library building.
and work Will therefore be resumed
upon the structure this week. 1t is
promised that it will now be enclosed
in short order.
Sunday evening about $50 the fire
bowling alley on East Third street,
where fire had started in the rear.
1t was eXtinguished before the de-
partment arrived.
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Mrs. Charles Jaeger, Il widow who
resides on West Fourteenth street,
was the victim of pick pocket at
Schuetzen park. during the jubilee
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purse which contained So in change
in her pocket. and in some manner it
was extracted. leaving her without
even street car fare. The case was
reported to the police, but having no
clews whereon to work the chances
of capturing the guilty party seem to
be very slim. Mrs. Jaeger remem-
bers being iostled considerably, but
cannot recall by whom.
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\ big bazaar is being planned for
the benefit of St. Nincent's orphan
age. In all of the Catholic churches
Sunday the announcement was made,
and each of the pastors appointed a
delegation to attend Il joint bazaar
meeting which will be held at Hiber
MAN hall this week. The event which
is being planned will be an elaborate
one. and as its object is exclusively
charitable. it should be u success. 1t
will be held during October.
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Saturday night during the absence
of the family, the home of Theodore
j. Never. cashier of the local office of
the American Express company, To-
Gated at 42O Arlington atenue, was en-
tered by burglars, who gained an en-
trance by raising rear window. The |
house was thoroughly ransaclled, but |
so far as known, nothing of value was
taken. The ABOVE is the third time |
in the past thirteen years that Mr..
Meyer has been molested by burglars |
and he is now thinking seriously of |
having his home barricaded by Il |
number of automatic shot guns.
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Roy Hart the elevator boy at the |
McManus building, was hurt in an |
accident Saturday. While on duty he |
allowed his foot to hang over the |
edge of the elevator cage with the
result it was caught between floors |
and severely crushed. DR.. w. +. |
Hunt dressed the injury and re-
moved the lad to his home in Il car
riage. 1t is probable that he will |
lose the great toe of his MANNED |
foot.
Yesterday morning at the home of
her parents, 2OO4 Fulton avenue, at
II: 80 o'clock. occurred the death of
Margaret Mulcrone. Deceased had
been confined to her home for some
time prior to her death by tubercu-
losis. Margaret Mulcrone was
born in New York state ~ years ago
and had lived in this city for the past
40 years. She is survived by her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mulcrone,
two brothers. Martin and James, and
three sisters. Mrs. Belle Fink, Jennie
and Kate The funeral will he held
from Sacred Heart cathedral Wednes-
day morning at 9 o'clock with inter
ment in St. Marguerite's cemetery.
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The death angel visited Sunday af- |
ternoon at the home of Capt. Charles |
Faulkner and took therefrom Mrs. |
Louisa Faulkner, wife of Capt. Faux |
ner, and one of the most beloved wo- |
men in the city. Death was the re- |
suit of protracted illness and was |
therefore not unexpected, although |
none the less mourned. Mrs. Louisa /
Faulkner was born in AIKEN, Magde- |
burg, Prussia, Aug. %, 1886. She was
married to Herman School and to-
gether they came to this country. I
At the outbreak of the war Mr..
School enlisted in the navy and was
killed in the burning of his ship. BY /
him she had three children, of whom
Herman died in 1865. the rest surviv-
ing her. In 1868 she was married to
Charles Faulkner, and with him she |,
came to Davenport, where Capt.
Faulkner was for many years con-
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