Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-22
DAVENPORT DOINGs


Mueller & Son own fine water craft
in which they are wont To enjoy
themselves ON Sundays and in the
evening. On repairing to Shantyboat
town, where the two skiffs were
moored. both were found missing.
After a long search Mr.. Schmidt
found his boat, but no traces of Mr..
Ewaldt's craft We're found. He re-
ported the matter to the police and
in consequence Shantyboat town will
be invaded by the minions of the law
in search of the stolen boat.
w. p. Carlin, contractor, started
TO break ground for the new Central
NJ. +. church on Fourteenth and
Brady streets yesterday morning.
He will have the several thousand
yards of earth removed in short
time. The lines for the excavation
were staked out last week. N
Two more cases of smallpox were
reported to the board of health
yesterday morning. The patients
are Bertha Kopeck, aged 16, residing
at 1910 fancy street, and Hinrich
Paasch. aged II, living at 1907 fancy
street.
Eddie Lynch. a bell boy at the Kim
ball house, went out to get n $40 bill
changed for the bartender, and has
not yet returned. The police are
looking for the boy, but they have
failed to locate him. Eddie had
worked as bell boy at the Kimball
for a few days only.
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County Attorney fischer states that
he has several witnesses who have
volunteered to testify whenever the
case of Mate Dan Breen of the Du-
buque is reported. He denies that
\. Bergman is associated with him
in any way in the case, Mr.. Berg
mans Investigations being entirely
independent.
William Altman, son of Justice j.
S. Altman, who resides in Chicago,
has gotten his picture in the paper.
The Record-Herald publishes his por-
trait with those of three others of
his crew on the Phantom, which the
Chicago papers says is the speediest
yacht on Fox lake.
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At o'clock last evening at the
residence of Rev. \. ID. Grief. pastor
of the German Lutheran church, on
Fifth and Vine streets, occurred the
nuptials of henry Wilkens, of the
Iowa Mantle works. and Johannah
Merz, both of this city. The couple
will reside on West Fourth street, in
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by the late Henry {. Struck. Sr.
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DIR. j. s. Weber has reported case
of smallpox at 1874 West Locust
street to the health authorities. The
patient is Peter Claussen. 81 years
of age. He has been quarantined at
his residence. The case is mild in
form.
Charles Eugene Banks spent Sun
day in Davenport. He is preparing
for lecture tour with that most in
teresting big fellow of literature,
Opie b. Reed.
At $50 O'Clock Sunday morning oc-
Cured the death of 10 months old
Gale De Verne Weavering, after an
illness extending over period of 80
hours.
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\ hearing in the bankruptcy case of
Carstens d Son was held last week.
and it was found the case was not
settled yet. IT first came up in 1899,
and John Hamann then tried to Sc
cure the stock under a chattel mort
paOe The referee refused his claims
and his action was sustained by Judge
Bollinger. Hamann then appealed
the case to the state supreme court,
| il being the first bankruptcy case that
has reached that court. Referee
Helmick was sustained there also.
Hamann then turned over the stock
which was valued at $1.620.30 and
filed his full claim against the bank